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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 05, 1939
Page
7
The Lakotah Girls Scout Troop held its first meeting at the Congregational Church Monday led by R G Toler. Plans for the year were discussed, members filled out questionnaires, and Ruth Elaine Snapp was introduced to assist the troop. Sockie Morrill became a new member.
Announcements followed the meeting as Jeanette Kumhart reports on a ceremony filled with peppy songs and taps. The fragment references a lively conclusion and local reportage of community events.
Viola Wips, a sixth grader, writes a Europe booklet for geography using fifth and sixth grade materials. She describes a black cover with white letters and designs cut and pasted, while teacher Della Davis oversees the project at the school.
Delores Friese, the only beginner at Pleasant Corner School, learns to count to 20 and distinguish numbers. She recently mastered telling time for school and home, and next week will learn "One Little, Two Little Indians" before singing lessons for primary grades.
The Mortimer School of Altoona District No 2 played Mortimer School of Pleasant View District on Friday with Pleasant View winning 23 to 19. Dorothy Nesfield was umpire. Altoona received new maps Monday that stand up. Dicky Pofter brought two watermelons for pupils at recess. The school is practicing a Halloween program and pupils brought cans to keep time for songs.
S D At Dairy Show Milbank October 5 4 H dairy team members Gilbert Schwandt 17 and Alvin Schwarze 19 of Grant County will represent South Dakota in the National Dairy Show in San Francisco October 21 30. They depart October 16 with county agent G A Dyke. Kraft Phenix Cheese Corp funds travel and will award 2800 in college scholarships to top eight teams. They will demo Producing Clean Milk amid sterilization and proper equipment against national teams. Both have strong 4 H records. Gilbert is State College freshman and club president. Alvin is club vp secretary treasurer and has sold dairy products totaling 1194. They are graduates of high school.
Alicia Anderson reports from the school where teacher Dorothy Nesfield reads Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn to a class, highlighting classroom discussion and student engagement with the classic novel.
The Sand Creek Consolidated School greets three new instructors Miss Kathryn Small of Huron and Ernest Anderson of Hayti as high school staff and Miss Evonne Pearson of Wessington Springs as primary teacher. High school has twenty three pupils, primary thirteen, and grammar ten, per reporter Marie Rogers.
Andrew Tschetter, school board member, installed stove pipes this week because the building was too cold without heat. The board bought a new stove pipe to replace the rusted old one. Doris Tschetter, seventh grade reporter at Sun shine School, recounts the event.
Pupils at Fairfield School No 3 compete in a spelling race marked by car illustrations on the blackboard. Each day students travel miles equal to their spelling grade as the six week period ends with a prize for the winner. Shirley Bischoff, child of Fairfield School No 34, is taught by Irene Mortimer.
Sixth grader Phyllis Hintz notes classroom rules to maintain order at Connell School taught by Stasia Davis. Pupils agreed on leaving seats speaking Bets ting a drink and leaving the room with procedures of writing names on the board and crossing them when returning, and report satisfactory results.
The third and fourth graders at Richland Center School created a miniature telephone office using a cardboard box nails and toy telephones. Luise Husen notes they enjoyed learning proper usage and clear speaking while using the phone under guidance of Miss Rudy, Bob.
Whittier School teacher Mrs. Pier reads Mystery of the Empty Room to pupils. Devona Armstrong, an eighth grader, notes the tale follows Jean, a 12 year old girl, as she enters a deserted brick house and hears footsteps, causing her to crawl under a bed. The class is eager to see what happens next.
Stanley Grant built a six foot red and white car with two wheels in front and one behind that resembles an airplane. He brought it to school and gave several children rides. Leona Keller, a seventh grader taught by Alice Welsh, attends Southeast Banner No.4 School. PRACTICE notes. Roy Brusse of Meyer School in Foster District No.1 reports practicing dialogues recitations and songs for this year's program. He mentions dialogues at each opening exercise and more practice afterhema.
Edwin Eldeen reports a school reading contest at Fairfield School No 3 with two sides. Delmar Eldeen Lawrence Brock Raymond Brock Betty Tysrell Dale Clegg comprise one team while Leora Clegg Billy Clegg Richard Eldeen and Cam read more than 30 books.
Eighth graders in the grammar room at Sand Creek Consolidated School completed five posters to illustrate Civics lessons. Two students made a Safety First poster and a Manners at School poster. They also finished a Red Cross poster now displayed in their room.
Viola Wips, a Sunshine Schools pupil in Town Township, writes about the sixth grade’s new reading book Golden Leaves by Gates and Ayer. The cover features an Indian rider on horseback. the class is taught by Miss D. Davis at Sunshine Schools.
Leona Keller writes that her school has a new song book titled Singing Days. She learns chorus songs from it and likes it, under the instruction of Alice Welsh at Southeast Banner No. School.
Dinner guests at the R A Gundman home Sunday included Mr and Mrs Mark Gillespie Mr and Mrs Menz Gillespie and daughter Neva June Mr and Mrs Will Paulson and son Vernon Mr and Mrs Cecil Freeburg and son Wayne Oscar Hillestad and Theodore Baseler Ivan and Evelyn Jacobson Mrs Joe Costello and Mr and Mrs Lester Hein of Esmond Also note an odd Swedish omen about mourning cloak butterflies seen in groups of more than five.
In a September 29, 1934 report, critics accuse Governor Bushfield of undermining federal aid for South Dakota while praising Berry and Jensen for seeking relief. The letter cites Jensen’s 1937 remarks on widespread suffering and starvation, contrasting with Bushfield’s stance and arguing that federal funds saved many in the state. The writer urges voters to remember those aided by federal aid during hard years.
A letter argues that American neutrality strengthens western civilization if Europe falls into war again. The writer urges fortifying American defenses and preserving cultural achievements rather than rushing to intervene, praising American strength to protect civilization and future generations.
Sioux Falls reports September 15 farm price gains lift South Dakota’s price index to pre war levels, led by sharp increases in grains and meat animals. Wheat 71c, corn 45c, oats 26c, flax 1.53, hogs 6.70, beef cattle 8.00, veal calves 8.50, sheep 3.10, lambs 7.80, milk cows 57, hens 10.7c, eggs 13.6c, butter 26c, wool 24c. National index up to 38 pct of pre war. parity remains uneven across commodities.
Real estate transfer notes include T M Calvert and wife selling to John Nv and Frances Manolis in Huron for 1 dollar, east 109 feet of south 50 feet of lot 4 block 37 fourth ward. American Baptist Foreign Mission Society to Best Williams Land Co. Inc. for 1 dollar, SE 13-109-64. Best Williams Land Co. Inc. to Elvin C and Helen Wangness for 1 dollar, SEY 13-109 64. O W Jeffers to Gracie L Jeffers in Huron for 1 dollar, lot 15 block 1 Kerrs addition. Fed Farm Mig Corp to Pod Land Bank for 1 dollar, NW1/4 25 and part NE 26-110-63.
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