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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1931
Page
2
AP indicates a quiet summer ahead as the rural credits referendum was dropped and candidates build capital for next year. Petitions required for referendums on taxes and education acts loom, while Fred R. Smith embezzlement case promises to be South Dakota’s most complex trial with hundreds of witnesses and thousands of exhibits.
Mitchell, May 23. A Dakota Wesleyan faculty member says curriculum changes have transformed university literary societies. He notes past roles of debates and drama in campus life have shifted as schools now employ debate coaches and speech departments with trained instructors.
Awards were given in a Lake Preston poppy poster contest conducted by the American Legion and Auxiliary to boost poppy day sales. First and second prizes went to seven students across grades seven to second, with posters displayed in downtown storefronts.
Lake Preston high school seniors received memory books from Community State Bank as part of the annual tradition. The bank annually presents each outgoing senior with one of these keepsake books.
Wayne Nicholas of Ree Heights edits the Yankton College Greyhound yearbook distributed to students. The 1933 edition, 176 pages, features a robot themed cover and three color opening, with art by wini fred Gross. It honors Dr. M. A Stewart and includes Maizie Alwens Rudy Vallee attention, Elinor Haney, and Phyllis Ray.
George Boyer 87 pioneer resident of Spink county died at his son G H Boyer’s home in Ashton. Funeral services were held at the Community church with interment in Ashton cemetery. Born in 1884 in Runcorn England he lived in Madison Wisconsin Charles City Iowa Ashton and Sandstone Minnesota before settling near Ashton. Surviving daughters Mrs Frank Baker Oregon and Mrs T Snyder St Cloud. sons G R Boyer Ashton Earl Boyer Hedfield. another son Lloyd preceded him in death.
Rapid City May 2 Gutson Borglum sculptor of the Mount Rushmore memorial in the Black Hills of South Dakota met in New York with Ignace Paderwski noted musician to discuss plans for unveiling a statue of Wilson in Fomnor Poland on July 4 The talks aimed to arrange a reception for a large gathering of Americans of Polish descent expected to travel to Poland for the ceremony including over 1080 from Chicago Progress of Belgium toward Poland was noted The Black Hills ranch project is set for early August.
Funeral services for W. F. Adrian will be held Sunday at 2 30 p m at the Congregational church in Redfield. Rev R M Miller will conduct. Adrian, about 50, had operated an automobile business in Redfield for 15 years and is survived by his wife and a daughter.
South Dakota highway crews report gravel and earth routes in good to fair condition after recent moisture. Main routes from U.S. 12 to U.S. 81 show mixed surfaces with several good segments, detours, and construction zones impacting travel across the state.
Preston high school held Thursday afternoon a class day program in the auditorium. Readings and performances included piano and vocal solos by listed students, a class poem by Pearl Jensen and Leila Beck, selections by the high school male quartet, and a class will by Porter Rich among other items.
May 21 Special report notes phased work on the Sioux Falls Coliseum nearing completion. The piece mentions custom manufacturing needs and extended time for this stage. Mr and Mrs W A Carbinier and son Robert are visiting for two weeks.
A window display in the McLaughlin store at Highmore draws attention with relics from bygone days. The exhibit aims to spark interest in the upcoming Golden Anniversary and Home Coming in late August. Items include Daniel Webster study law books from 1832, a 1715 Sermon Bible, a century old christening robe, Civil War relics, and the Muster Roll of a Continental Army artillery company dated December 1777 verified by the War Department.
A class of 38 graduates at Highmore High School received diplomas with E Dudley Parsons delivering the address. Music was provided by the glee clubs. The class roster includes Ruby Christensen Gertrude De Wolf Helen Eller Margaret Enger Edna Fuller Grace Gunderson Donald Hague Opal Hanson Verna Kopacky Ted Lee Herbert Lee Howard Marso Margaret Mason Helen Moore Muriel O'Brien Ruth Mitchell Maxine O'Brien Henry Odegeard Melvin Palon Edna Peterson Alvin Ratzlaff Gilbert Ratzlaff Virginia Ratzlaff Donald Ruggenberg Donald Robinson Louis Sharp Josephine Sigler Daniel Sunding Elsie Sunding Royal Tomter Maynard Volz Emma Ward Ruth Ward Vivian Williams Clinton De Wolf Alice Fuller George Evenson Rose Mitchell.
Old Settlers of Jerauld county announce their annual picnic will be held June 10 under Henry Kellis as president. The event expects larger attendance than last year and will offer free activities with baseball games, horse and pony racing, and other sports. If speaker is to be announced later.
Wolsey high school held its commencement on May 21 in the auditorium with Rev Miss Fammy B Mills delivering the invocation. Edith Brock gave the salutatory and Frederick Newton performed a trombone solo. Supt F W Wardman presented diplomas as the glee club sang and the class motto was read by Viola Pierson.
North American Creameries, Inc. will build a new creamery in Redfield replacing the Clarence Hopkins business. Plans call for a full basement facility on the Service Motor site, 100 by 50 feet, beginning work at once after approvals.
A report outlines forthcoming reforms in the San Francisco school system with shifts in administration and curriculum under new proposals. Details include changes to staffing, classroom programs, and budget priorities to improve student outcomes.
Sioux Falls college released the 1932 Sioux Brave yearbook amid ceremonies in the chapel. Edited by L John Nickerson and Robert Phillips, the book features an Indian theme, color printing, and sections on tennis golf women’s athletics and student life. Dedicated to M F Martini the German Latin professor with tributes from students.
Brookings high school will hold its achievement day program on June 3 at the high school auditorium. A parade opens the forenoon with a picnic and games on the courthouse lawn at noon. The afternoon program starts at 1 30.
Governor War ren Green names Mrs Francis W Warring of Yankton and Perry F Loucks of Watertown to attend the fifty third annual conference of the American Library association at Yale university June 22.
Mitchell date May 23 report outlines commencement week at Dakota Wesleyan University with multiple music recitals and ceremonies. Events include School of Music recital Sunday 4 PM, senior chapel and speech recital Tuesday, music recital Wednesday, farewell chapel Friday morning, and the annual commencement play The Importance of Being Earnest directed by Miss Helen Fishbeck. May fete closes weekend with campus band concert and 8 PM fete hour.
Dr E A Roadman will give the bace fl aureste sermon at First Methodist in Mitchell on May 3 during the all university vesper at 4 p.m. The 8 p.m. college sermon will be by Rev HK D Gough at the Methodist church in Hi ton South Dakota. On May 2 the school of speech will hold its annual commencement recital in the chapel and on June 3 Ora Rodeniser will present a speech recital at 8 p.m. in the chapel.
Canton to welcome a Chicago engineering firm's plan to build a milk plant with equipment for whole milk powder cream, skim milk powder, buttermilk, cheese and casein. The facility would serve local dairy needs after a survey found enough cows to justify construction, with an expected investment around 156 000.
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