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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1939

Page

3

South Dakota Parents and Teachers Convene in Pierre

Pierre hosts the 20th annual convention of the South Dakota Congress of Parents and Teachers in Pierre October 16 to 18. National and state speakers will present under the theme Building South Dakotans with leaders including Mrs. Logan Hughes James F. Fieser FE Hines C C Jacobson FT DO Weeks and N E Steele. The program marks Fifty Years of Statehood with safety and education topics featured.

Pierre South Dakota James F. Fieser National Red Cross Washington, D. C FE. Hines C. C. Jacobson Canton SDEA FT. DO. Weeks State University N. E. Steele Northern State Teacher's College

Twin Daughters Born Weighing Under Five Pounds

Twin daughters born to Mr and Mrs Leslie Mills two and a half miles south of Bonesteel. The babies weighed one and a half pounds and three and a quarter pounds at birth and were placed in incubators at Gregory.

Leslie Mills Here Gregory

Miller Women s Club Holds First Meeting

The Miller Women s Club opened its fall season with a session led by president Mrs C P Cor mt. Members reported on the State Federation meeting in Sioux Falls. Six new membership applications were filed and plans for the new year were announced. Tea featured a fruit centerpiece and flute music by Mrs Gorman Nelson.

Corcoran Gorman Nelson

Friendly Garden Club October Meeting Highlights

The Friendly Garden Club met at Mrs. Maude Waters home with poetry selections by Mrs. Hora Wilmarth a paper on Trees and Indoor Gardening by Mrs. Karen Wulff a duet by Mrs. Maynard Cochrane and Mrs. Paul Anderson with Mrs. Glenn Van Tassell and a report on a Miladelphia flower show visited by Mrs. F L Brewer The November meeting will be hosted by Mrs. Lizzie Thedorff.

Friendly Garden Club ESMET Maude Waters Hora Wilmarth Karen Wulff Maynard Cochrane Paul Anderson Glenn van Tassell Miladelphia F. L. Brewer Lizzie ‘Thedorff

Lane Visitors At Ed Lindebak Home

Mr and Mrs Glen Colby and family of Avon Mrs Ben Colby of Canton and Mrs Carrie Strand of Sioux City visited Ed Lindebak home Sunday Mrs Strand mother of Mrs Lindebak stayed for an extended visit others returned home Sunday evening

Lane Glen Colby Fam My Avon Ben Colby Canton Carrie Strand Sioux City Ed Lindebak

Scott Sets Goal For Land Sale

Pierre December report from Millard G. Scott of the state rural credit department shows a goal to sell 1 500 tracts of state owned land in 1939. During 1938, 344 tracts were sold. the department owned 6 910 tracts at year start and 1 007 tracts sold since January 1. The 13 000 acres sold totalled 101 275 dollars at an average 7 74 per acre.

Scott

Masked Holdup Men Rob Tavern Keeper in Sioux Falls

Ed Trout, keeper of Trout's Tavern at Main Avenue and Eighth Street, said two masked men hid in Orchard Heights and robbed him of 500 to 600 dollars early Wednesday. They bound Trout and a woman companion, ransacked the home, and waited outside his house until about 1 a.m. before fleeing. the sheriff's office opened an investigation.

Sioux Falls Ed Trout Orchard Heights Trout Main Avenue Eighth Street

Study Club Meets Miller in Fortnightly Meeting

Fortnightly Study Club met Monday evening at the home of Mrs. M. W. Wiseman with Mrs. Holland Simmons and Edna Evans as assisting hostesses. Discussion of the year's program continued and suggestions were offered for the committee in charge. After the social hour refreshments were served by the host.

Miller M. W. Wiseman Holland Simmons Edna Evans

Hyde Teachers Form County IDEA Unit

Hyde County teachers met at the high school to organize a county unit with Eva McDonald as president Gwen Hochstrasser as vice president Dorothy Hink as secretary and Lucille Christensen as treasurer The group reports 100 percent enrollment in the D E A for the seventh year.

Hyde Highmore Hyde County Eva McDonald Gwen Hochstrasser Dorothy Hink Lucille Christensen

Wolsey HighSenior Named All State Staff Alternate

Martin Busch a Wolsey High School senior and editor of The Cardinal has been chosen as an alternate member of the 1939 all state staff to cover the P T A convention in Pierre October 15 18 Membership on the staff is based upon merit Eleven other South Dakota high school journalists were also chosen.

Wolsey Martin Busch Wolsey High School

Visit at Mitchell Wolsey Oct 12 Wolsey family visit

Mr and Mrs F Gordon and family of Wolsey spent Sunday at Mitchell visiting their daughter Beth, Miss Alice Ness accompanied them.

Mitchell Wolsey Mrs. F. ©. Gordon

Pirate Homecoming At Highmore Friday

Highmore High School gears up for its annual Pirate Day homecoming on Friday with a morning program ending in the crowning of the Pirate King and Queen unknown at present. A costume parade follows the ceremony, then a football game against the Pierre Indians, and a dance in the auditorium that evening.

Highmore Highmore High School

Woonsocket Club Hosts Study Club Dinner and Week observance

The Woonsocket Business and Professional Women's Club hosted the Study Club for a six o'clock dinner in the high school dormitory. Evelyn Hinker reviewed a Yankton radio program with national and state officers. Miss Idella Alison reported on Mitchell meeting where Miss Mary Mims of Louisiana spoke. Mrs. Edna Piper opened remarks, and Magdalen Rud led a community singing program marking the club's first activity for National Week.

Woonsocket Woonsocket Business and Professional Women Evelyn Hinker Yankton Idella Alison Mitchell Mary

Mrs Cahalan Hosts Miller PEO Chapter Meeting

Chapter A K P E O met at Mrs A Cenalan's home Monday afternoon. Miss Collie Bushfield presented a paper on South Dakota statehood facts. Mrs A J Jamieson discussed the state's highways and recreation possibilities. Refreshments were served by Mrs Cenalan and her daughter Mrs Mary Alice Mecham.

Cahalan Miller A. K A. B. Cenalan Collie Bushfield South Dakota A. J. Jamieson Canalan Mary Alice Meciharn

Springs Man Held On Federal Charge

Ernest Holcomb of Wessington Springs faces federal charges for sending a threatening letter to Mrs. W. H. Booye demanding $50. Deputy U. S. Marshal Mike H. Helgland placed him in Minnesota County jail pending court action. The letter accused Mrs. Buoye of selling liquor to an Indian and threatened exposure to authorities if money was not paid.

Ravua Paul W. H. Booye Wessington Springs Ernest Holcomb Mike H. Helgsland Ir. S Holcomb Minnéhaha County United States

Supreme Court Hears Hit Run Case Appeal

PIERRE Oct 12 The appeal of William Clark of Yankton from a one month sentence for failing to stop at an accident scene killed William Eckert of Hanover Kan was heard Wednesday by the state supreme court. Attorneys for Clark argued the evidence did not justify the verdict. Eckert was killed July 31 1938 while sleeping beside a car on the outskirts of Yankton.

Pierre William Clark Yankton William H. Eckert Hanover Kan State Supreme Court Clark Rekert

Nurse Alice Tott Visits Tulare From Chicago

Miss Alice Tott, who recently completed a nurses' training course in Chicago, arrived in Tulare on Tuesday to visit her mother Mrs. Henry Gietske. She plans a three week stay in Tulare.

Chicago Tulare Alice Tott Henry Gietske Miss Tott Lin Tulare

Don's Pills Claim Kidney Health Help

Docu says your arnay contain ten miles of nu tubes or filters to purify the blood and keep you healthy. Kidneys remove poisonous waste from your body and aid energy. Signs of kidney trouble include backache, rheumatic pains, loss of energy, night awakenings, swelling, itching under the eyes, headaches. Donn’s Pills advertised as relief after over 40 years of use.

Neil Walt Railbona

Vital Statistics For Hand County September Births and Deaths

W. 3. Thomas, Hand County clerk of courts, reports September totals of 15 births, 2 deaths, 6 marriages and 1 final U S citizenship certificate. Births list names and towns including Miller Ree Heights St Lawrence Rockham and Wessington. Deaths include Albert A. Wharton and a baby boy Gogalin. Marriages include several couples from Miller Rockham Waldorf Zell and St Lawrence.

Miller W. 3. Thomas Hand County U. S Russell Keith William Thompson Delvin Doyle Theodore Arbogast Ree Heights Janice Ann Harry Teeslink Gann Valley Roger Eugene Frank Grogan St. Lawrence Shirley Ann Ewald H. Bertsch Verne Gogalin Wessington Merle Edwin Edwin S. Jenner Herbert Lowell Vernie Jackson Rockham John L. Manni Gogalin Albert A. Wharton Holden

Eichstadt visit to Wolsey parents noted

Dorothy and Robert Eichstadt spent Sunday at the home of their parents near Wolsey. Lawrence, Oliver C. Storey and De lores Volek, Highmore, visited Wols ey family. Oct 12. Special report from Huron.

Lawrence, Oliver C. Storey Delores Volek Highmore Wolsey Dorothy and Robert Eichstadt Huron

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