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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 16, 1940
Page
16
A partial OCR fragment notes about using funds for WPA projects in towns and the urgency of work for men in dire circumstances. It references the need to direct resources to local employment and relief efforts amid hardship.
Poppy Day will be observed on May 25 in Huron and nationwide. Mrs. Tom Luby chairs the local Poppy Day committee under the Williams Reaves unit of the American Legion Auxiliary. Proceeds fund welfare work for disabled veterans and families of the dead.
Four hundred fifty six midshipmen form one of the Naval Academy's largest senior classes. Graduates receive commissions as ensigns Marine Corps officers or pursue civilian life. From South Dakota are Clifford Bundy Sioux Falls James Phelin Aberdeen John Michael Cavour Alan Schirmer Aberdeen.
Ree Heights May 16 Special E T Volkert Huron College will deliver the commencement address here this evening. Graduates include Francis Deuter Wayne Gard ner Ruby Flint Rex Hines Frank Hill Florence Hines Helen MeKel Emerson Peterka Kathryn lyn Phinney Gottfried Reiman Mildred Speirs Neal Compson Wilfred Thompson Lillian Pietz Raymond Pietz Speirs is valedictorian Peterka salutatorian. The school band and a vocal octet will furnish music.
Representatives from the plains states urged a House subcommittee to provide 2,320,000 in Work Projects Administration funds for the prairie states forestry project for the next fiscal year. Jed Johnson of Oklahoma led the push, with the forest service to oversee expenditures. The project, using relief workers, has operated since 1935 and aids wind erosion control and wildlife protection, with trees later serving farmers as fence posts and fuel.
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