The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-01-24
DRIVE STARTED TO
ORGANIZE CLUBS
County Fair Officials and All
Club Leaders Met in Sank
Centre Tuesday
INTENSIVE CAMPAIGN
With Co. Supt. BOerger As
sisting, Organization of
County Starts Feb. l

w III. DOerSer, FRANK OmlUn, Secre-
tary of the Benton County Fair,
and President j. B. Schoenhoff,
Vice President B. H. Otte, Secre-
tary Gunther Hillerud, of the
Stearns County Fair, DR.. G. H.
Vandesteeg, M. "A. Nye and j. A.
Fish met at the Community Club
rooms to lay plans for an extern
sive campaign to develop the Boys
and Girls All club movement.
7. A. Erickson, of University
Farm, head of the club movement
in the state, was billed to attend
the meeting but was delayed by
car trouble and did not reach Sank
Centre until after the session had
adjourned.
Both fair associations are in
tensely interested in the movement
and will give it every encourage
ment. Of course County Super
intendent VIM. Boerger is giving
the plan every cooperation.
In former years there has been
some conflict between the Stearna
and Benton County Fair Associa-
tions. Because of its geographical
location it has been easier for the
Club members in the extreme east
ern part of Stearns to exhibit at
the Benton county than at the
Stearns county show at Sank Gen.
tire. The purpose of the meeting
was to get together and work in
harmony. After an informal discus
sion the county was divided as fol-
lows: Stearns County, the town
ships of Sank Centre, Ashley, Ray
mond, Getty, Grove, Melrose,
North Fork, Lake George, Grow
Lake. Crow River, Lake Henry,
Spring Hill, Saint Martin, Zion,
Wildwood, Paynesville, Eden Lake,
Munson, Farming, Albany, Krain,
Holding, Avon, Collegeville, Wake
field, Luxembourg, Oak.
! Eight townships in this county
were given to the Benton county
association, and include Rockville,
Maine Prairie, st. Joseph, Brock
way, st. Augusta, St. Cloud, LIE
Sank and Lynden.
DR.. G. H. Vandesteeg and j. A.
Fish, of Sank Centre, will have
charge of the initiatory organiza-
ton work for the Stearns county
section. These gentlemen are the,
Club leaders for the Sank Centre,
Club to be organized.
"The total vaiue Of fol pro-.
ducts of Stearns county reaches
many millions annually" said c..
Supt. Boerger in an informal talk.
'There are over 200 families resid-
ing in st. Cloud in destitute cir
cumstances because the head of the
house cannot get work. Most Of
these men came from the farm
originally.
"It is absolutely essential to
make the home life so attractive
and profitable that the boys and
girls will desire to remain on the
farm instead of moving to the
centers of population.
"The average farm in Stearns
county consists of 172 acres. In
1927 the dairy men of the county
produced butterfat valued in ex-
cess of $7,000,000. If these farms
were reduced to 40 acres each and
intensively farmed over four times
the present amount of food stuffs
could be produced. Other lines of
agriculture would be grown in
the same proportion.
"One of the most feasible meth
DDS of solving this problem is the
support and encouragement Of
the Boys and Girls Club move
ment.
Naturally the Rural schools of
Stearns county will lend every pos
sible assistance to this work. Our
plans for the 1929 Stearns county
fair contemplate a separate group
exhibit from each school in the
county.
Gin my opinion the cash profits
on the farm have been stressed too
much. Improved home conditions
are essential. In this work of bet
ter home life on the farm the par
ents should be educated along with
the boys and girls. The fact that
the boy and the girl IN the country
does not have the same school adj
vantages as the child in the cities
and towns is not handicap. The
trend of the rural school life
should be to hook up the child with
the farm. I want to promise you
the hearty support of the county
superintendent office and rural
teachers of Stearns county"
Elsewhere in this issue the Her
al ! publishes blank which every
child interested in the Club move
ment should fill out at once and
mail to Co. Supt. Boerger at St.
Clol d. The blanks will be placed
into the district where they belong
and mailed to the proper person by
Mr.. Boerger.
An active campaign will be
started Feb. 1 to secure members
of the clubs. This year projects Of
dairy and beef cattle, swine, sheep
and poultry will be stressed. The
territory for each club will be
definitely decided upon and the
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