Grand Forks herald. [volume] (Grand Forks, N.D.) 1916-1955, 1920-02-04

AZ any season OF the year st.
Thomas presents as attractive an ap-
pearance q any North Dakota town;
6ut II Q stranger to the Red River
Valley should visit this vicinity for
early September he might think he
had strayed instead into the fertile
valley Of the Nile. Approaching st.
Thomas from the north between fields
as clean and carefully cultivated as
market garden, n enters the town
through groves of splendid trees
bordering lawns that stretch like vel
vet carpets back to spacious resi-
dences. There Is an unusually fine
residence On the right, the Garnet
home, which speaks at once the Gull
ture OF IT'S founder and the pros
perity of the country.
A Good Business Town.
The. business houses are bulls on
either side of the broad principal
street of the town, and or an ave-
u Joining 1t. Il winter or In sum-
mer business is brisk and h streets
seem Always filled with busy towns
people and the conveyances of farm
erR
A wide awake Commercial club
has done much to add to the attrac-
tiveness Of St. Thomas. Indeed. one
may expect to find the unusual in st.
Thomas. It is a town of some six
hundred population, yet it has a
municipality owned electric light
plant that furnishes 24-hour service.
1t has a volunteer fire department,
speed and efficiency. There is no bet
ter water supply for fighting fire in
any medium sized town in the state.
It is ideal from a chemical stand
point. and is supplied from a flowing
well and an 80O-barrel cistern.
There is a good library in St. Thorn
rs which the women Of the city take
turns In tending. The state travelling
library supplements the local supply
OF reading matter.
A Splendid War Record. :
Red Cross work in Pembina county.
and Pembina county lee the state. A
notable feature Of h war work was
the staging of the remarkable pageant
of THE New Day. the words and
music of which were written by Mar
garet Plank Ganssle (Mrs. c. S.
Ganssle) at her farm home near the
" was represented in the cast of the
pageant, numbering more than SOC,
n thousands Of people from all yer
North Dakota, from other states, n
from Canada witnessed the produc-
o . William Jennings Bryan, an
honor guest at the pageant, was so
impressed that he has twice request
book.
Care of Young People. i
The most careful attention is paid
to the welfare of the young people
Of St ThomaA There is an efficient
school board of which A. L.. Miller
lis president, the members being James
Whelan, A. Wynne, Martin I. Torger-
son, Albert Thexton and 7. E. Whelan,
clerk: The first class high school
10 doing good work under b super
intendency Of n. H Joseph Inc his
stair Of eight teachers.
The town affords excellent opportu-
nities for recreation. It hoasts the
largest enclosed skating rink in h
scate. There is a good basketball
floor in the opera house where the
town and high school teams clash
in vigorous practice gamea
Everybody in St Thomas Is a cur
ling fan. There is no nee to ex-
plain to any resident the meaning of
the lin turn" the 'hog line" or
'.the house" There are sixty-four.
members in the curling association,
d the wfsole town takes pride in tho.
five trophies tho victorious Kinks have
81 ~ AN4n ~A0 e.
"A, thriving community club has
Supplied entertainments for the win
j ter month"; Fred Van Camp, Jr.. is
h president and DR.. A. w. Grandy.
secretary-treasurer. One Of the fin
est achievements Of the club was
btg community Christmas program
which was attended by some
hundred people x
The Times Publishing Company.
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newspaper. Is an example of h fine
community spirit Of the town. This
paper was under the personal direc-
zion Of Grant s. H2ger for 81 years.
when 1t became necessary for Mr..
HRgersto dispose Of the paper because
of his duties In connection with the
Walsh County Record, the concern
men OF st. Thomas who now form
The Times Publishing company.
Thomas E. Whelan is the business
: manager, DR.. F. ". Deason is editor
and j. G.: Curtis, managing editor.
TIE company h2s owned the paper
for 4 year, In that time the circula-
ton he's increased more than SO per
cent, and nc subscriptions have been
solicited.
There are many returned service
mon in and about st. Thomas. A.
Post Of the American Legion las just
been organized with an enrolment
q more than 100 members. .-s
a. NJ O'Connor is mayor of 81.
tThoanaa. He Is we'll supported by the
city council, which includes James
W1helan, Free Sltteriin, l. B. Oby, F.
i. Wedge. CrtB GanAsle, Robert
Str1chan. g. e.. Peterson Is city au-
dttor.
Tho BusineB Houses.
Ono Of the oldest banks in the