The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1923-12-20
BUSINESS MEN OF
CITY BREAK BREAD
INFORMAL COMMUNITY CLUB
DINNER LAST THURSDAY
EVENING ENJOYABLE
MANY SPLENDID TALKS
CLUB WILL PUT ON HIGH CLASS
MOVIE NEXT WEEK AT
cAUCHREN THEATRE

The first of series of Community
Club dinners for members was served
in the Club dining room Thursday
evening of last week by the Coreops-
Is society of the Congregational
church. About 70 sat down. The
neal was simple, well cooked one,
dainty served and enjoyed.
A committee headed by v. G..
Wedge had been appointed by Presi-
dent Moore to arrange the program
Ell the evening. Several of the local
business and professional men We're
called on for short talks on various
subjects and it was clearly demon
strated that there was sufficient tai
ent within the Club to entertain the
rest of the membership at any time.
Ven G. Wedge made a corking
POSTMASTER, and he grilled his vic
TINS without fear or favor. The first
speaker called upon was H. w.
Bishop who responded to the subject
Building Up the Community.
Among other things MI. Bishop said
that the business of any community
depended on the fiber, integrity, and
vigor of the businessmen. Each one
had responsibilities and that any
community is just what its citizen
make it. If businessman or a
community is to be success they
nust have the full confidence of the
people. Mr.. Bishop stated that if
the businessmen would apply The
Golden Rule in their association WITH,
competitors and customers the COM
nunity would be built up on a perm
anent basis.
". l.. Burgess discussed "Com-
munity Credits" He stated that the
credit of a community was not
measured on a financial basis but BY
the standing of our community, in
reighboring towns, state and nation
The community must have leaders
ard he believed the club dinners were
a fine thing and would develop the
leaders, besides giving the business
men Of the community an opportunity
I'd EuD cIUOWS Will clSu oIiicI, 0S'
ct1ss topics that were of real Interest
to the community, and raise Saul
Centre to the high standard it should
reach.
Fred Fischer's topic was "Hom.
Trade! Down With the Bread Wag
on." The gentleman's talk was a.
unusal as it was interesting. He sait
that while improved highways were ;
splendid thing for any communit!
there was danger to the small bust
nessman in their development. H,
cited the bread wagon which dali.
visits Sank Centre, as one of then
and predicted that within compare
lively short time other business be
sides those Of the bakeries would b.
affected by the wagons of concern
in the larger cities. He deplored tn
!, fact that there was ever tehdenc,
IA the part of local businessmen no
70 stand back of local concerns. H
lited the experience of the Nickels 4
ticks Wholesale Grocery in this cit.
as an illustration, stating that if tn
local grocers had patronized thi
wholesale grocery they would nc
have needed to carry as large
grocery stock and the concern woul,
have been a live one in the com
munity at this time, saving loca
dealers thousands of dollars in freigh
each year. Fred hit straight from tn
4 shoulder in his remarks.
w. B. Morgan, manual trainin!
director of the Public school, wa
scheduled to talk on "School Ath
letics." The gentleman is finishes
speaker and made most interestin,
talk on the subject. He said "ath
letics really consisted of more thai
the development of more muscle
Chivalry, denial of self, obedience t
the law that holds the team togethe
these qualities grow up naturall
with an athlete in every game h
plays. If he is loyal to his team an,
school he will be loyal to his coun
try and community" said Mr.. Nor
gan. He referred to law recent
passed which obliges every publ
school student to take physical edu
cation. History points out this is no
new law for compulsory education
was required by law. in olden times
Considerably less money is appropri
ated by the legislatures and congress
for the care and development of tn
bodies of our children than is az
propriated to combat hog cholera.
Colonel Hammond of the regula
army was in Sank Centre and too
the place on the program assigned t
Capt. Roy Scott Of the Nationa
Guard. In the course Of his remark