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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1942
Page
7
Mrs Charles B Miller announces Betty Miller will wed Bruce Ellis. Eighty guests attended a Sunday afternoon tea at the YWCA cottage between two and five o clock. Betty is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Charles B Miller and the couple’s families are noted in this society notice.
A noteable event at the club featured lavender and peach decor, with Miss Miller’s engagement announced via a lavender caricature. Guests moved through in three groups while Miss Dorothy Snow and others hosted, and centerpieces from Mrs. P. D. Ellis highlighted the celebration. Miss Miller is set to marry July 19 to Mr. Ellis, a Northwestern Air Lines flight radio operator based in Minneapolis. Katharine Eloise Dodsley and Henry William Hedeen plan to wed tonight at First Presbyterian, Sioux City, with Dodsley as organist and Hedeen as tenor soloist. They will reside in Sioux City after a Black Hills trip.
The VFW Post in Huron opens exams for 18 to 26 year olds aiming to join the U S Army Air Corps as Aviation Cadets. Post leaders D M Vance and committee men John W Marston Wayne Wilson and E G Smith organize 3 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm testing with medical and mental screens to improve pass rates.
The Humming Bee Extension Club gathered at Mrs J Shultz home in Cavour with seven members and one visitor Mrs Isaac Wagner present. Chairman Mrs Walz led a social afternoon. The next meeting will be at Bertha Sweeny home.
Washington June 30 Congress heard War Production Board chief Donald M Nelson report optimism on plane tank and ship goals but warned the consumer outlook is very bad He said over the hump lies ahead with better raw material distribution and production aligned to strategy He predicted the United States would be much better off than England or Germany and noted Britain’s rationing as a guide without implying similar measures here.
In Pierre on June 30 Howard Head was named chairman of the South Dakota Young Republican league replacing F. N. Cosgrove. Officers elected by acclamation include Ward Wyman as vice chairman and Maxine Fresconi as national vice chairwoman. Delegates voted 127142 to 10840 against a proposed amendment barring state officers from statehouse positions.
Riter and Hughes county delegates praised a peaceful convention. Governor Harlan J. Bushfeld, candidate for the Senate, touted the largest state treasury balance and the administration's record. M. Q. Sharpe, candidate for governor, urged unity and right governance. A night incident ended with a desk sergeant fining a man $10 for intoxication.
A Salt Lake City man paid $10 for one night in the city. News item notes rising rents and odd lodging costs in the area. No further details available within readable text.
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