The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1925-04-23
LOCAL MINISTRIES
PLEASE BIG CROWDS
ATTENDANCE RECORDS WERE
BROKEN BY THIS YEARS
OFFERING
EVERY ACT STRONG ONE
1900 PEOPLE WITNESS FOUR
PERFORMANCES-TIDY SUM
FOR COMMUNITY CLUB

The last joke has been put over,
the solo artists have retired to private
. life, the men in the chorus and In
terlocutor Charles Harrison have
; done their 'stuff," the speciality men
have escaped with their lives, and
about 80 of Sank Centres business
and professional men have taken up
their usual avocations once more
The second annual Minstrel Show
sponsored by the Sank Centre Com.
munity Club is now thing of the
past.
1t was some show-the public &C
claim this fact to the world at large
the actors and directors modestly ad.
NIT it.
All attendance records for amateur
productions were broken. Four per,
formances were given, Children's
matinee and three evening perform,
ances. The seating capacity of the
Caughren theatre is 434 land from the
oversale at each performance an esti-
mate of combined audience of 1900
is not far out of the way. Not only
Sank Centre turned out enmasse, but
large delegations were present from
Melrose, Little Falls, Long Prairie.
Osakis, West Union, Westport, Little
Sank, Grey Eagle, Burtrum, Willard
Glenwood, Brooten, Belgrade, Elrosa
Metre Grove, Greenwald, ST. Cloud
Swanville, Minneapolis, ST. Paul and
other places.
There was two hours and fifteen
minutes of solid show and not dull
monument. Test was added to the
End Mems jokes and gags because OF
local application; the soloists' ballads
and popular songs were splendidly
handled, and the specialties of the
s5iio or Second Part were decidedly
different than last year.
The men in the company responded
splendidly to Director Glen R. Otis
and Assistant Director Asa M. Wal
lace. The music was in charge of
Miss Florence Vogel, and she gave
valuable and painstaking service.
The company personnel follows;
Observation-Disclosures E. Harrison
Tambourines- Lynn Whitson, Ed
ward Gaspard, o. w. Dowswell.
Bones-Fay S. Cooper, DR.. ]. F.
DuBeis and Henry Thieien.
Circle George Berggreen, A. F.
Strebel, DIR. R. E. Cooper, Frank
Kinsella, H. ]. Krohm, ]. A. Schoen-
hoff, Frank O'Gara, V. T. Conklin,
Howard Veeder, M. A. Nye, VIM
DeLaurier, Thomas Clough, Floyd
Clark, Clyde Thomas, Pat Gaspard.
Page--Edward Kell.s
Hugh E. Wallace directed and had
charge of the makeup" of the men
taking part-an important adjunct to
successful entertainment. His work
on the physiognomy of Herman
Krohm made that gentleman look as
if he had just came from New York's
famous EAST Side."
The audiences were impartial in
their applause, demanding several
encores from each and every song
song and chorus in the First Part.
The Second Part opened with q
bang with Krohm and Kusba in q
seYiddish and Dutch Mix-Up." Kusbs
sSaad typical Weber & Field make.
up. Krohm opened the act with Vic
song that was WOW. Kusba's song
"Where o Where Hos Dot Lettle Dog
Gone" followed with dance and his
infectious smile, continued the fine
work started by his partner. The act
closed with the chorus of "My Wilc
Irish Rose" in a dialect which called
for a vigorous encore.
Ed and Pat Gaspard and Der
Morgan's sit, a "Pair of Hard Boiled
Coons and Pale-Faced Simp," was 9
scream. AS a foil for his coloreG
brothers Morgan rounded out cork.
ing act which closed with a parody on
sway Down Yonder in the Corn
Field"
The Main Street Quartet composed
of Oscar Dowswell, Floyd Clark
Henry Thielen and George Berggreen
beautifully sang several old Southern
melodies and demonstrated that
"Main Street" has male quartet OF
real ability.
The t'Main Street Band" directed
by Joseph Kusba, was corking good
burlesque on real music and must
clans. The band personel was: Cor
net, Otto 'Janecke; Cornet, Ralph j !.
McNally; Claironet, Henry RAIDER;
Piccolo, Wilbert Larson; Trombone,
Shlan Meigs; Baritone, Charles Mill
'er; Snare Drum, Hugh Wallace; Base
Drum, George Paul.
The "Rastus and SNOWFALL" act
of Lynn Whitson and Fay Cooper
was a smashing hit. Coupled with