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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1941
Page
16
A World War II style portrait describes the company clerk in the 34th Division at Camp Claiborne. The private secretary handles maneuvers numbers ratings and personnel papers while coordinating orders at regimental headquarters. After long days he faces a stack of mail and personal requests from officers.
At Camp Claiborne on May 15 special report notes the 109th Engineers completing the practice firing range for the 34th Division. Maj. George B. Lander of Deadwood led the project, appointed by Col. Earle L. Lewis of Rapid City to oversee construction. The team moved more than 50 000 yards of earth using jackknives to 10 ton prime mueve tracks and heavy machinery.
Corporal Renn S. Kinsman, a Beadle County draftee, describes a bakery unit of 126 personnel with 16 ovens weighing 30 tons. The soldiers bake four pound loaves for field use and two pound leaves for bar attacks, working in mud and rain to meet military deadlines. The unit expects maneuvers in Tennessee this month.
The project mobilizes Le Toursneaus bulldozers and draglines to shape terrain. Workers remove stumps and build a 300 yard rifle course while erecting hundreds of target frames and using peg relays. Additional ranges include pistol trench mortar 1000 inch 220 yard and 300 yard rifle as well as machine gun 37 mm and anti-aircraft facilities.
Harrold community notes report Uneeda Sewing Club members visiting the BSone Bsten sian Club at Mrs Otto Barki home. Mrs Esther Krull demonstrated. Members listed include Mrs B E Tiemens Mrs A B Bauder Mrs Irv Peterson Mrs Pred Subn Mrs Alvin Raw and Mrs Marvin Raw. The Willing Worker will entertain the club next.
Sewing Club guests at Mrs Richard Howard home last Thursday. Con tract Club honors to Mrs Lloyd Allison. Ed Marsh visited relatives in Highmore. Wellington silent tale senior play cast hosted by Mrs John McGirr. Mrs Robert Shea travels to Charleston W Va to visit daughter Mrs Gordon Custer. Pastime Club met at Mrs Carl Bakers farm. next meeting at Mrs G W Wimners with officer election. They work on a quilt for the iron lung fund.
Local society items list visits and travel across South Dakota towns including Ethane Turton Wilton and Watertown. Multiple families and friends share weekends in Willow Lake Wolsey Blunt Harrold Frankfort Yale Hitchcock Conde and Wellington with birthdays visits and dinners noted.
Floyd Goodell of Rapid City visited here from Wayland while Lola Winegar returned home after a Huron trip. Burdette and Wayland residents joined L J Barkhuis and Ravenscroft families for Sunday gatherings. Miller and Wessington Springs visitors were noted along with several stays in Huron and Willow Lake.
Extensive record of transfers in Huron S D and nearby areas includes Beadie Clausen to Florina McGinty and many sales involving Fed Farm Mortgage Corp and sheriff transfers. Transactions cover lots in Fisher and Fosters additions, replat parcels, and scattered uplifts in Townships 19 through 22 with values largely set at $1 and several larger sums.
Thirty eight women students of Eastern Normal are taking a Girl Scout leadership training course in Madison this week with additional learners from Howard Arlington Flandreau and Madison.
The jubilee honors Father George Dinneen, longtime Huron figure and Jesuit priest, marking fifty years in religious life. Attendees include Mrs. Mark Kuni and Bob Kuni with events in Chicago and Rogers Park. Dinneen notable for founding the Legion of Decency and shaping Catholic theater efforts in Omaha and Chicago.
Mount McKinley, North America's highest peak, stands above 14,000 feet of ice below its summit as exploration continues.
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