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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Mar 07, 1940

Page

14

Campus Players Ready Our Town at Huron College

Cast of twenty five students with a choir of eight prepares a Friday production of Our Town directed by Eric T. Volkert at Huron College. Scene choices include the wedding and cemetery, with emphasis on character work and stage atmosphere. Participants include Mar win Person Clarence Williams Bob Smith Alyce Viereck Betty Peterson and others. The choir features Betty Martin and several students.

Campus Players Huron College Our Town Ornton Wilder Eric T. Volkert Anc Betty Martin Marwin Person Clarence Williams Bob Smith Alyce Viereck Dorothy Meyer Kenneth Knapp Violet Hohm Richard Schieman Betty Peterson Lloyd Musolf Neil Christensen Shirley Dearborn Elgin Wollman Willard Schwanz Volf Ream Carl Trautman Charles Mickelberry Vernal Madsen Donald Burg Arlene Beckman Mary Walker Vola Ream Lloyd Musolt Lyle Schuetke

Vermillion Girl Loretta Brown Named Honorary Colonel

Vermillion on Wednesday night Loretta Brown of Vermillion was presented as Honorary Colonel for 1940 at the State University of South Dakota ceremony. A bugle sounded and a salute marked the event as Miss Dor. (text cut)

Loretta Brown SDU

Honorary military event at armory features student honorees

Rothy Messerli and another woman student enter the North end armory as honorary adjutant and colonel while Robert Snider and Robert Taplett lead. The ball room is decorated with red white blue pylons and flags as Vincent Lopez Orchestra plays. Alumnae honorary colonels are presented and a drill by freshmen and sophomores along with Scabbard and Blade pledges closes the formal ceremony.

Vincent Lopez Guidon

County chorus rehearsal at Conde led by local superintendents

Pupil groups from Conde and nearby rural schools joined in a county chorus rehearsal on Saturday afternoon. The event was directed by Eva Sumner county superintendent and Robert Gibson of Redfield.

Conde Mar Eva Sumner Robert Gibson Redfield

La Follette Keeps Distance From Presidential Race

Senator La Follette of Wisconsin, a Progressive, plans a lone-hand approach in the 1944 elections. He has adopted a hands-off attitude toward the presidential contest after backing Roosevelt in 1936 and 1942. He has not announced a run and will avoid Democratic and Republican clashes until after party nominees are chosen.

la Follette Edwin B. Harkinson Washington la Follette Progressive Wisconsin Progressive Party Senate Roosevelt Young Bob

La Follette to Seek Re election Under Progressive Banner

Wisconsin political figure Robert M La Follette Jr plans a 1938 bid under the Progressive banner despite a split with Republicans and a legacy tied to Fighting Bob La Follette. The elder La Follette led the Senate for 19 years, his family remaining central to state and national politics.

la Follette Senate Roosevelt Progressive National Committee Franklin B. Roosevelt

Rotarians Discuss Juvenile Delinquency at Meeting

Rotarians continued focus on juvenile delinquency with a panel at the Rotary Club gathering. Judge R M Russell and William Churchill led discussions on county judge’s office work, with Rev Co E Wilcox A J Lang Loftus H Ward contributing. The group decided to refer the matter to the boys work committee for recommendations. Brookings Rotarians H M Jones and P F Waltz attended as guests. Deadly poisoning from swallowing shotgun pellets noted as a common ailment among wild ducks.

Rotary Club R. M. Russell William Churchill Co. E. Wilcox A. J. Lang Loftus H. Ward Russell H. M. Jones P. F. Waltz Brookings

Sportsmen Elect Boyce President

A. J. Boyce of Sioux Falls was elected the first president of the South Dakota Conservation Federation, formed to back the bi partisan game and fish commission and promote 4 H Club and Boy Scout work. Fankhauser Woonsocket was elected vice president and R Kettering Aberdeen secretary treasurer. Directors named J J Larson Yankton and W A Rothschild Madison second district G Wadel Webster and George Stafford Huron third district Harold Boner Custer and W T Huxtable Rapid City. About 50 attended statewide meetings with reps from 15 communities and 11 organizations and talks on game and fish commission 4 H and Boy Scout activities.

A. J. Boyce Sioux Falls South Dakota Conservation Federation South Dakota Game and Fish Commission F. E. Fankhauser Woonsocket

By Laws Planned For Organization In Africa Lions Vermin Note

Included H M Jones Brookin state 4H Club leader Dr Far hauser Varney Warner Woonse member of the state game and 1 1 commission and A L Ford Brot ings director of the federal shet bell program in South Dakota A five man committee was ani to draw up a set of by laws for ab organization In Africa lions are generally ed as vermin.

H. M. Jones Brookin Farhauser Varney Warner Woonse A. L. Ford Brotings South Dakota Anii

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