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Newspaper
Evening Huronite
Location
Huron, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
7
South Dakota 1938 State Fair dairy cattle show featured a shift toward Brown Swiss. Supt D H Jacobsen praised high quality stock and noted Brown Swiss entries from Wisconsin and other states. Winners included State School and Home Redfield and Freedom Farms Minneapolis with multiple grand and junior championships.
State Fair beef cattle division winners announced by Superintendent Carl Gustafson of Winner. Breeders from South Dakota Nebraska Minnesota and Iowa took top prizes. W C Anderson Sons of West Liberty Indiana swept all championships in beef shorthorn class for grand championship. Sunior ship bulls F A Sloan Sons of Burchard Nebraska earned grand and senior championship cow in red polled cattle. Fred Esterly of Buffalo Minnesota showed junior champion cow. Bones Stock Farm Parker South Dakota won both championships in Hereford division for grand and reserve bulls and grand and reserve cows.
The Women s Building hosts a 4 H style revue on the south porch between 6 74 and 7 30 this evening. A music hour on the building s second floor follows at 8 30 directed by Loftus Ward with demonstrations and talks by local 4 H leaders and county agents on canning vegetables salads meat grades and poetry recital by Mrs Gertrude Gunderson.
Earl Schwandt of Big Stone earned grand champion for a Holstein-Friesian registered heifer calf. Alan Oviatt of Huron claimed grand for a yearling heifer, with Ross Oviatt and Elwood Harder also winning in two year old and heifer calf divisions. Additional grand champs included Guernsey and Brown Swiss entries from Castlewood, Mitchell, Vienna, Sioux Falls, and Castlewood, with Dairy Showmanship awarded to Vern Koenders of Castlewood.
A lively account of opening day at the South Dakota Fair with about ten thousand in the grandstand and twenty five thousand on the grounds. Veterans like Ray Coonroe and Pat in a big white sombrero drew laughs, while Ed Everson from St Charles enjoyed the midway and crowd. Hornby’s right bower presence and a corn husking contest tease add to the festive mood as locals speculate on attractions and weather.
A fragmented message references horse drawn wagging and regulations in coin tossing events. The text appears as a personal sign off with no forthcoming details, making a precise newsworthy summary unattainable from the readable content.
The Homestake Mining Company display at the South Dakota State Fair Agriculture Building draws crowds with underground photos, mill scenes, mining tools, and an underground workings model. Two company reps explain mining methods and ore processing, including a small ore button showing value per ton. About 4,000 tons of ore are mined daily.
Wellington Springs on September 15 Special Meade Bensom a local druggist was severely cut about the eye Monday evening when he was driving from a tee a golf ball glanced off a board of the tee box and struck him His glasses were broken and he was taken to a local physician for treatment.
County booths in the Women’s Building display homemaking projects by 40 South Dakota counties. Exhibits highlight budget fashion, reading centers, home improvements, canned fruit buying guidance, quick mix recipes, rug making, and money saving ideas for Christmas gifts.
Judges at the state canning contest at the fair yesterday named Mrs. W. H. Williamson of Sioux Falls Route 2 as winner of the Ball contest. Mrs. W. E. Nielsen of Huron earned the award offered by the Kert Company. Williamson displayed fries chickens and greens while Nielsen won first with her exhibit.
Spinach and beef with peaches topped the Kerr contest judging by Miss Susan Wilder extension nutritionist at Staite College. Other Kerr winners include Mrs Roy E. Barnett Brookings peas raspberries pork and pork products. Ball contest led by Mrs Loren Butxe Salem cherries ground meat and green string beans along with other prize exhibitors from Aberdeen Platte Milbank and Alexandria. Exhibits required a fruit or tomato meat and non acid vegetable demanding skill. Winners in Huron had previously won county Home Achievement Day.
Alvina Donner salutatorian for Blunt high school’s 1938 class departed Monday for Minneapolis to enroll in Twin City Business College. Carol Marsh also left Monday to begin as a sophomore at Huron College this year.
Competition in the State Fair forage division grows keener as drought resistant crops take priority. Prizes totaling 40 dollars were awarded by Superintendent S. H. Swach. Winners include Ed He Moeller of Cavour for 8 inch bundle, B F Barthell of Huromsecone first in Sudan, Wahler Smith of Huron first in Sooner mile sorghum, and Paul King of Huron first in Caneheads.
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