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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Oct 30, 1936
Page
4
An observant piece recalls the changing image of the schoolteacher from stern battlesax to stylish educator. It contrasts past memories of rough discipline with today’s attractive, capable maams and notes the tough, unpaid labor they endured to educate and mold citizenship and hygiene.
Westbrook Peiger analyzes how the British press soft pedals the Wallis Simpson divorce and King Edward VIII, contrasting it with American coverage. The piece notes British editors crave scandal and publicize Hollywood divorces and sensational crime, citing recent Dutch Schultz events as an example of their field day with Britain–America reporting contrasts.
A columnist notes how American and British papers handled sensational stories about Lindbergh and family. He compares British restraint and selective reporting with American appetite for scandal, citing the Mary Astor diary and Simpson case. He questions press integrity and freedom.
The Evening Huronite presents selected editorials from major American papers for reference and study. Readers may consult these pieces in the News Room on the second floor for private study and political perspective during office hours.
In New York the American Hospital Association addressed by Newton D. Baker and General Haskell extols private hospitals as the nation's most precious civic asset. The speakers urge continued private support, cautioning against transferring these humane services to public hands to preserve civilization’s human values.
South Dakota corn husking contest activities resume after weather delays and cancellations. The event scheduled for Tuesday at the Matt Olson farm between Brookings and Volga on Highway 14 features a 104 piece military band from State College, speeches by C W Pugsley and Brookings mayor, with an expected crowd near 20 000 spectators.
Doyle Barton recounts Beadle County members attending the Junior Short Course in Brookings. Activities include vesper services, assemblies on head heart hand and health, sports demos, group talks, theatre party, and a tour of the campus. Weather limited outdoor games but participants enjoyed livestock judging and a marionette show.
The Weeks School collects clippings on local state national and international news. Students tape items to the wall for a week then paste them into the notebook and record the clipping date and source person. Reported by Anna May Iverson.
Girl Scouts of troop 20 in Kawea meet in the High School Glee Club room to organize for upcoming winter sessions. They assign committees including Food and chairpersons Betty Hagman Marjorie Lang Jean Laskowski Lois Peterson Eleanor Hall Rye Anderson Janet Thatcher Betty Martin and discuss holiday plans with Methodist troop leader Miss Helen Buchanan inviting cooperation.
A home gathering Sunday afternoon at Gertrude Smith's house formed a planning group for the Jolly Coyotes 4-5 Club Halloween Party honoring members' parents. Mrs. B A Lyman leads the committee with invitations for Saturday evening's event at her home. Marie May penned this account.
The Girls Club at Wessioritan and the Little Women’s Club of Wessing ton met with Vernice Ganske on Oct. 24 with six members present. Darlene Larson chaired the meeting. All 4-H books were finished and mailed. Vorrice Gauske hosted lunch. Next meeting set for Oct. 11 with Darlene Larson.
Wessington notes Eva Davis visited the county’s largest school twice this year. First visit brought guests Miss Marian Erickson and Miss Dorothea Gross, one a teacher in an eastern city and the other in Huron. Second visit included last year’s art and wood work.
Doris Kohlmeyer, age 12, reports Weeks School students in the fifth and sixth grades are making history notebooks about the founding of the colonies and the formation of our present government.
An eighth grade class writes to famed poets politicians actors and other celebrities for autographs. Students have already contacted Mr Jon Hoissevain and Mr Alfred Noyes as part of this outreach effort.
Local notices promote a Sunday interdenominational gathering in Huron with services listed across multiple churches. Messages emphasize Christian life, personal faith, and community participation, inviting residents to attend morning and evening worship, Sunday school, choir events, and confirmation classes.
The First Church of Christ Scientist at Fifth and Minnte reads a lesson-sermon on Everlasting Punishment this Sunday November 1 with the Golden Text urging abhorrence of evil and cleaving to good. It cites Proverbs 11 5 5 and Mary Baker Eddy's Science and Health. Services: 12 10 Sunday school 00 Wednesday evening testimony. Reading room hours 230 to 430 Wednesdays and Saturdays. a Christian Science Committee on Publication for South Dakota program airs Sundays at 1 p m on KGDY. St Martin's Catholic Church offers Masses 939 and 1 with weekday Mass at 3 pm.
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