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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1941
Page
5
Legion reports a threefold enlargement of the bucking arena with four chutes and a 4600 square foot setup, moved back infield to improve visibility for spectators. Officials promise longer performances and safer viewing with better crowd control and ground preparation.
Rehearsals underway for a morning Fourth of July pageant in Campbell Park Huron with G W Chitty director and Roy Case assisting. Event spans five episodes detailing the city and Beadle County’s development using a public address system to handle a larger audience.
The American Legion hosts a July 3 11 p m dance at the Band Box with Norman Geske and band. July 4 events include patriotic talks at 10 a m in J W Campbell Park band shell, a 2 p m two mile rodeo parade with multiple bands, rodeo horses and Brahma steers, a post parade rodeo featuring outlaw bucking horses and top riders, and a 9 p m jam session with Norman Geske at Band Box. Reserved seats available at Sherman Moe’s.
The pageant outlines five planned episodes for Huron's celebration. They cover the laying out of the city by Marvin Hughitt and surveyors, Gen H H Beadle guiding a teacher meeting, first daily Hi ronite publication, opening of Huron College, and sale of the old Farmers' Cooperative packing plant to Armour and Company. After a Campbell Park picnic, the big two mile rodeo parade leads to the rodeo at the State Fair.
At a Friday night American Legion Committee meeting five bands confirmed for the Fourth of July two mile parade with more possibilities. DeSmet Wolsey Bonilla Huron Municipal and William Reeves Post Legion drum and bugle corps named, with Miller band and Pierre Kilties drum corps contacted. Parade route near Campbell Park will traverse downtown to the fair, featuring 4-H exhibits farms and riding clubs plus rodeo stock and an iron ring funded by Beadle County contributions.
American Legion presents a major Fourth of July rodeo in Huron with top bronco busters Scott Greggs Fritzie Rue and Bill French. Bill Maher and Glenn Spiller co manage the event featuring three young Masher sisters and world class trick riding. Contests follow standard rodeo rules with one handed riding and high air maneuvers, climaxing the all day celebration.
Bill Maher and Glenn Spiller, prominent South Dakota ranchers near Hitchcock and Huron, supervise the American Legion rodeo’s three hour show. They assemble rodeo stock from Mexico, select top bronco riders and trick performers, trucking and pen construction to ensure spectator safety.
Dr. Leonard de Moor of Huron College led a summer class to the State School and Home for the feeble minded at Redfield. The group of ten toured the institution and dined at the Redfield Coffee Shop after lunch. Two cars carried the party with Mrs. de Moor and Miss Wilma Bliss among them.
Warner Charles Putnam, famed South Dakota booster and longtime rodeo announcer, will serve as master of ceremonies for the American Legion Fourth of July rodeo in Custer and headline other Midwest events. He makes his 13th appearance at Custer Gold Discovery Days and will also announce Deadwood Days of 76 and Sheldon Air Fair Iowa. Born August 10, 1885, Putnam spent over thirty five years touring South Dakota and has announced forty seven events in the Sunshine State.
A Kansas City report recalls a longtime calendar publisher who promoted national events from the Cornhusking Contests in South Dakota and Kansas to the World Championship Rodeo Contests in Chicago. The piece highlights his thoughtful approach and ties to Tex Austin. Elsewhere, pedestrians win praise for safety on Rockhill road as ducks cross, and a jog of family ties unfolds when a bellhop meets a LA cousin named Bryte.
Grandfather Melvin Hippensteel of North Manchester received three family calls in six hours announcing a granddaughter Jean Son John reported from Servia at 1 am for a grandson Robert and Roy phoned again at 3 am to note twin sister Jean. An Elkhart housewife reports a coal truck driver known for a flower lovers’ taste tramples plants. Emil Uzzel, living south of Lake Preston, was seriously injured last week when thrown from a load of hay due to a broken sling, taken to Madison hospital.
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