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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1939
Page
11
Lary Westerberg of Lindy League in Foster Township District No 1 notes a Tuesday spell down contest using True Blue speller words. Janice Brewer, first grader, achieved last one love standing. Joseph Green teaches this school. The craft of cheese making dates back over 7000 years.
February Safe Driver awards were announced by D. W. H. Saxton of Huron, heading Central South Dakota Council Boy Scouts health and safety. Recipients include J. C. Dexter and Culley Fliss from Huron, in both pleasure and commercial classes, with others from Aberdeen Pierre Mobridge cited.
A regular meeting of the Liely Bonds League was called to order by president Charlotte Gleason. Eunice McCoy read the roll, two members were absent, and Devee Cranston presented the treasurer’s report. Plans for a spring program include selling a bedspread to fund the treasury and mothers making candy wheels for sale at the event on March 31. Gleason was named announcer, with McCoy as property manager and several others handling ticket and candy sales. Committees were formed and the meeting adjourned.
The Sunshine League of the Mor vil School held a Friday meeting led by vice president Maurice Crangton. Two new members Ernest and Charleen Marone were voted in as members, with officers for the next three months including William Morrill as president Grace Tobin as vice president Raymond Stolz secretary and Minnie Lou Lousbury treasurer.
Temperature notes show high and low records from a year ago and a long term peak. Precipitation totals for the ship month and normal year to date are listed. The forecast for Huron and vicinity calls for fair conditions tonight and Friday with temperature guidance. Regional notes include colder trends in southwest Minnesota and Iowa, with increasing cloudiness and unsettled conditions in extreme west.
Orient YCL contests select students from multiple grades to advance to a final round next week. Winners include Katherine Gebhart Jack Gardner Bruce Conway Patricia Schofield Kenneth Anglin in elementary groups and James Conway Wayne Kent Joyce Keck Marian Davis Annette Hagan Maxine Moad Geradine Gebhart Vi Sweetland Dolores Pittman in older divisions, with Marian Cook Darrell Kent and others in first and second grades.
De Smet Boy Scout Troop 9 held its annual PathersSon chili feed Monday evening March 13 at the De Smet Methodist Church. Scoutmaster Maynard Cochrane led songs with Robert Purintun on guitar. Prizes went to fathers for Best Soup Guzzler Smallest Bowl Largest Bowl. Rev L A Johnson spoke on Character Development followed by Scout movies and a brief Court of Honor where Clifford Walstrom received his Life Badge. Candle Lighting ceremony completed the event with about 65 dads and boys in attendance.
In a school bulletin board created by eighth graders under Miss Davis the board features a Supreme Court judges photo and many pupils contributed March bills and pictures of boys flying kites, Dutch youths with guns, Tums, and lions.
Several Miner School pupils miss classes due to influenza. Teddy North, a third grader, notes absentees Harriet Miner Lois Norma Delvin Jerry Mattke Lloyd Teddy North Lyle and Shirley Hopper. He hopes they return next week.
Phyllis Hints a fifth grader writes about updating wall maps in her school. Stasia Davis notes the initiative involves seventh and eighth graders in the project, reflecting student collaboration on classroom displays.
Student reports describe seventh and eighth graders at Whittier School beginning the era Jackanapes by Ars Ewing and reading The Great Face and Rip Van Winkie, with Devena Armstrong noting liking both works under teacher Lois Davis. Lindbergh School seventh graders near completion of essays about the state, as Jehnnie Securing j notes they have learned much.
A report by Eapest Searing notes that first through fourth grades at Lindbergh School are doing contest selections to sight the school. Winners will travel to Huron to compete. the work is overseen by Mrs. Barton.
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