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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 27, 1932
Page
2
Watertown hosts the South Dakota American Legion convention June 24 to 27 with a terrapin derby at City Park Lake Kampeska. One thousand terrapins race July 2 with elimination rounds and cash prizes led by a first prize around $1000.
William He White of Mitchell sues Hartford based Travelers Insurance in feral court seeking $5 000 claiming he was disabled by pulmonary tuberculosis while employed by Moorman Manufacturing Co Quincy TN and that he notified the insurer but was denied the benefit. Davenport and Morsay of Sioux Falls represent the defendant.
A crowd gathered at Armadale park for a settlers picnic featuring a Columbia versus Stratford baseball game and a merry go round. The Harmony Kings played music until a musician nearly drowned after wandering to the riverbank and collapsing. first aid and hospital care followed, and the man was reported recovering.
Katherine Smith of Aberdeen wins first in the Gallett Short Story contest held at Northern State Teachers College. Katherine Van Walker takes second and Ellery McKelvy third. gold medal funded by D G Gallett with silver medals for others. judges include Miss Beryl DeHaver Mrs V P McDowell and Mrs J G Lindberg.
In Carthage area the past week brought the hottest weather of the year seeing crops in excellent condition with corn advancing rapidly and knee high. The thermometer topped 100 degrees. In Osceola Cecil Abel reports a theft of two iron gray horses weighing about 1300 pounds each, last night, likely taken by truck.
Miss Lucille Millhouse and Lloyd Stevens married at Mt Vernon with Rev A E Hockig of the Mt Vernon Methodist church officiating. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs John Millhouse of Alpena. The groom resides in Mitchell and they will make their home there.
Senator Peter Norbeck plans to speak at Brookings Farm and Home Day on July 15. He will discuss National Legislation in Behalf of Agriculture in the Northwest, joining Senator W. J. Bulow and Montana State College economist M. L. Wilson. The event features campus tours, films, horseshoe finals, baseball, a German band, 4-H pageant, and a campus picnic with free coffee sugar and cream.
Alpha Zeta the national honorary agricultural fraternity at State college plans weed and crop specimen exhibits for Smith Hughes high school departments across the state. Seven Brookings members collect material from local plots and farms to aid in crop judging contests. A small charge will cover exhibit material costs.
Beth Gordon tripped while roller skating to scout meeting in Wolsey and fractured her left arm. Her parents learned of the injury after noticing a crooked limb and she was taken to a doctor for setting the bone. the operation was painful due to the arm’s condition.
At a June 27 meeting the Frankfort school board elected six teachers for the coming year. D Coldren is superintendent and principal, Vern Hitchison of Springfield will teach, Miss Shearer of Tyndall high school, Miss Margaret Place Conde 7th and 8th grades, Miss Rachel Johnson Frankfort 4th and 5th and 6th grades, Miss Georgia May Luxton first to third grades. Salaries reduced. census 128, one above 1931.
County school superintendents will study the state’s new public school curriculum at Spearfish August 1 to 6. The six day session includes five hours daily with college credits possible through state higher education institutions. E C Gffen directs the program with Hazel Ott guiding instruction in the language arts and social studies units.
Mrs. BR. E. Dye and her son Don of Fort Lauderdale are visiting Alpena to see old friends and neighbors. Shull drove the visitors to Huron on Friday. Dye was a former editor of the Alpena Journal about twenty years ago before selling out and moving to Florida.
Deadwood men form the Whiskers Club to honor the Days of 76 event on August 4 to 6. The group, started 20 years ago, enables members with long beards to join and showcase designs like the T and 8 while promising punishment for shaving before the final night. John T. Heffron leads the committee.
Brown County Agent W B Dittmer reports crop damage from blister beetles in the Aberdeen area. The beetles, called old fashioned potato beetle, come in three color forms and are active. Dittmer recommends dusting with dry sodium arsenate mixed with filler like slaked lime. Beetle outbreaks often accompany grasshopper outbreaks.
Mrs. A. BR. Bratsberg and her mother Mrs. R. E. Hazen hosted a luncheon at the Hazen home. Bridge drew three tables after the meal with Mrs. D. K. Gundby winning high score and Mrs. J. M. Arens the consolation. Guests included Mrs. W. R Allen of La Grange and Mrs. D. K. Gundby of Tampa Florida, who received guest prizes and Mrs. H. S. Deie earned a chair prize as the last seated.
Woon_socket Mrs Howard Fillis and daughter Helen visit McFarland home after touring Bad Lands and Kadoka. Huron week brings Mrs John Luddington and others to see friends and family in Woonsocket. Alpena bicycle ride features Mim Theda Leighton 15 aiming to visit cousin Mrs Yegge and spends time at the Yegge home.
Mrs. Hazel Ott state elementary supervisor outlines the new official course of study for all twelve grades to be used in South Dakota schools this fall. The program centers on integrated social studies with five themes: interdependence, adaptation for subsistence, increasing group coordination, man’s control over nature, and movement for a higher living standard.
Announcement reports C. E. Dieter named postmaster at Pierpont after U S senate confirmation following Hoover recommendation. Former editor of the Pierpont Signal had served as temporary postmaster for several weeks replacing the former incumbent.
Lloyd Fisher of Watertown, a World War II veteran, has filed a federal suit seeking $10,000 in war risk insurance claiming total and permanent disability entitles him to the benefit.
Grain fields in Mellette show exceptionally good prospects for rye wheat barley and oats. Corn is growing rapidly as alfalfa yields are strong with first cut heavy. Grasshoppers hatch in hay meadows and pastures raising concern, but previous rains aid crops. prices may limit cash returns.
Carthage June 2 Robert Lee two miles west of Carthage sustained four broken ribs when his team of horses bolted while he tended a corn crop. A nose bag fell off a horse causing it to lunge and frighten the others, pushing him into a fence and running over him. He was riding the neck yoke and knocked from the tongue as the wagon tipped.
The Methodist Sunday school held its annual picnic at Fishers Grove in Frankfort on Friday June 24. More than 125 people attended and enjoyed a meal, contests, and races.
The State college class of 1931 funds a statue of Tetonkaha to be placed in the Calvin Coolidge Theater niche on campus. The tale recalls Tetonkaha, an Indian girl of the Lion Indians near Oakwood Lakes, who aided a lover and his companion during a fort era clash as white settlers arrived.
Plew guilty to stealing a tire valued at three dollars from a town store. Fred Campbell was sentenced to a brief jail term after the home theft incident occurred. Judge VYadge Lia announced the decision at the hearing.
Fragmentary notice indicates Mrs. R. Slocum and others plan to attend a convention. Aimed at electric Vials ion and related employment matters. Details are unclear due to damaged text.
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