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Newspaper

Evening Huronite

Location

Huron, South Dakota, United States of America

Date

Oct 26, 1939

Page

3

Colorful Floats Parade at Dakota Day Events

Vermillion October 26. Dakota Day parade at State University features a 90 piece State University band and ten other bands with about 40 floats. Miss State College Betty Frei of Wagner leads as queen. Prizes include Roy C Davis trophies and 25 and 15 dollar awards. The parade includes fraternity and sorority floats, academic department displays, and a 50 year pageant honoring statehood with 40 dollar prizes. A Volante commemorative edition will be issued.

Vermillion Mie State University Ernie Jenkinson Sioux City South Dakota State State College Crack State Miss State College Roy C. Davis Betty Frei Wagner South Dakota

Nurses Examining Board Moves Office to Mitchell

The state nurses examining board will move its offices to Mitchell on November 2. Miss Carrie E. Clift, secretary treasurer, announced. Miss Carrie A. Benham of Troy will be director of nursing education and establish headquarters with the board in the 321 Western building.

State Nurses Examining Board Mitchell Carrie E. Clit Carrie A. Benham Troy Miss Benham

Old Settlers Hold Annual Gathering in St Lawrence

The St Lawrence area old settlers held their annual reunion at the J A Loomis home north of Wolsey with 60 guests at the noon dinner. An address of welcome by Mr Loomis was followed by a Kelley response and musical solos by Mrs Fae Thompson and C H Williams. Mrs A R Hannum of Huron shared recollections of early St Lawrence days. Allen Jones was elected president and Mrs J M Magness secretary, term through 1940 at the next meeting hosted by Allen Jones.

St, Lawrence Old Settlers St. Lawrence J. A. Loomis Wolsey Mr. Loomis Tom Kelley Fae Thompson C. H. Williams J. M. Magness A. R. Hannum Huron Allen Jones

New Sidewalks Installed In De Smet WPA Project

De Smet progress report notes the completion of nearly 600 feet of new sidewalk as part of a WPA project. A crew of 23 men under Foreman Ray Perry completed the work at a cost to property owners of about 10 cents per foot. The project should finish in two weeks.

de Smet DE Smet Ray Perry

Audubon man visits Blunt and Gettysburg on cattle hunt

Harlan McCoy of Audubon Iowa stopped in Blunt on Sunday to visit his niece Miss Greta McCoy. They traveled to Gettysburg to see the Moore family Mr and Mrs Arthur Moore. McCoy plans to buy cattle and horses in the area to ship to Iowa.

Blunt Blunt Harlan McCoy Audubon Iowa Blunt Niecr Greta McCoy Gettysburg Arthur Moore

International Kiwanis Head to Guest at Redfield Meeting

Kiwanis International president Ben Knudson of Albert Lea Minnesota will attend the Redfield gathering on Wednesday November 1 with a 6 30 PM dinner and after-dinner program He will be main speaker and state and district officers will join from Mitchell Watertown Aberdeen Webster Wessington Springs and Pierre R W Gibson of Redfield is lieutenant governor of the sixth Kiwanis division.

Redfield Ben Knudson Albert Lea Minn Kiwanis International South Dakota Kiwaniang Knudson Mitchell Watertown Aberdeen Webster Wessington Springs Pierre R. W. Gibson Leutenant Kiwanis

Fedora Child Hurt In-Fall From Gate

Myron Bennett two and one half year old son of Mr and Mrs Harvey Bennett is in serious condition after an intestinal injury from a fall from a fence at his grandmother Elizabeth Walter’s home. Doctors performed an operation at a Mitchell hospital.

Fedora Myron Bennett Harvey Bennett Mitchell Hospital Elizabeth Walter

Sidewalk Project Nears Finish in Gettysburg

Gettysburg WPA sidewalk project nears completion adding 7 000 feet of new and repaired sidewalks since May. About 200 feet of culverts and gutters completed as 2006? No. Property owners to pay about 2 406 for the improvements.

Gettysburg Gettysburgs

Missouri Man Injured In Hunting Mishap

J G Gibson of Jefferson City Mo was reported improving in a Mitchell hospital after a hunting accident near Artesian. A Kansas City party firing a single gun discharged causing an eye hemorrhage. Doctors say he will have partial vision in the injured eye.

Missouri Mitchell J. G. Gibson Jefferson City Gibson Kansas City

Pierre Hospital adds two patients and reports flu case

In Pierre hospital blunt on October 26 special Lawrence Cawan remains under treatment for flu with pneumonia complications. Mrs. Alice Donner and Mrs. Anna Hilmer were admitted as patients on Monday.

Pierre Blunt Lawrence Cawan St. Mary’s Hospital Alice Donner Anna Hilmer

13 701 Acres of R C Land Sold Tuesday

Pierre Oct 26 The State Rural Credit Board sold 41 land tracts totaling 23 701 acres for 64 987 24 dollars. Land west of the Missouri River averaged 4 74 per acre. About 300 900 acres, 17 percent of the department holdings, have been sold since Jan 1 as the program aims to liquidate the department in five years.

Scott

Prize winning steer loses final to rival at Ak-Sar-Ben

Marvin Berge of Charles Mix County showed a Hereford steer in the 980 to 1030 pound division at the Ak-Sar-Ben exposition in Omaha on October 26. The steer won a prize but finished second to George Hoffman of Ida County in the final standings.

Omaha Marvin Berge Charles Mix County Ak-Sar-Ben George Hoffman Ida County

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