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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Work of Girls School is
Explained to Kiwanians
Mrs. Mary Stewart Tells of So
ciety's "By-Product" in St.
Cloud Address

A motherly and understanding
sympathy for her charges in the
Girls Industrial school at Sank
Centre was evidenced in the talk
given before Kiwanis Monday noon
by Mary E. Stewart, former St.
Cloud resident, who is now head of
that institution.
"The maladjusted girls future is
the purpose of the institution"
said Mrs. Stewart. eve all know
the individual who as she grows
older begins to hang around the
postoffice and the depot and goes
unchaperoned to country dances.
She is not a freak. She is human,
almost always the victim of her en-
vironment," she said.
With proper training the girl
is made a prospective home-maker,
and when she is released, the Of
ficials of the home always seek to
place her in a locality other than
her former home. MRS. Stewart ex-
planned that it was easy for a girl
to succumb to her former environ
ment, and to her family, which she
said often was the cause of her
previous condition.
Many of the girls who become
mothers at the home do not know
the names of the fathers of their
children, the superintendent said.
She blamed the automobile and the
hip-fask for this, and says the re-
cords at the home show these two
to be the cause of many innocent
girls downfall.-St. Cloud Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Mechanic Overcome by
Monoxide Saturday
Harold LeSeuer Overcome While
at Work-Fred Brown AL
SO Effected.


Harold LeSeuer, assistant mech
anic at Fred Browns garage, was
overcome by monoxide gas Satur-
day morning of last week.
Mr.. Brown and Harold had just
completed grinding the valves on a
Hudson car and were running the
motor to set the valves. With the
motor warmed up Mr.. LeSeuer
thought it good time to drain the
oil and crawled under the machine
to make preparations. When he
returned to his feet he felt head
ache coming on, but paid no atten-
ton to it. Mr.. Brown was also de-
veloping severe headache.
After the oil had stopped rum
ming, Harold crawled underneath
the car again to get the drainage
pan. He worked few minutes
more setting the valves and then
fell to the floor unconscious. He
was carried to DR.. Moynihan's of
flee by Mr.. Brown and AL Nathe,
where he regained consciousness in
a few minutes.
His condition was not serious
and after resting over Sunday he
was back to work again Monday
afternoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14

Bros. from the Ingrams, and con-
solidated the two stocks. At this
time w. o. P. Hilsdale, and the
late C. M. Sprague became stock
holders. These gentleman retired
from the corporation in 1915 when
the lumber yard was sold to the
Borgerding Lumber Co., who lat
er sold the business to the Best
Schultz Co., of Alexandria, the
latter selling to the Lampert Bros.
Lumber Co., several years ago.
In 1918 Mr.. Gingery established
a furniture business in the Fender
CAST building on Third street. Lee
Gingery retired from this business
in 1922 when the business was sold
to George Berggreen.
Lew always took an active in
terestin every activity of the COM
munity that tended to make Sank
Centre a better business town and
finer placein which to reside. He
was elected as member of the
City Council in 1910. serving UNI
til the spring of 1914. He served
as president Of the body in 1911
and 1912.
Mr.. Gingery served as member
of the Sank Centre Library Board
for number of years. When the
Water, Light and Power Commits
sion came into being under the
new city charter in the spring of
1918, Judges Roeser, Nye and Par
sons, of the District Court, appoint
ed Mr.. Gingery as a member of
the commission. When the city pur-
fcentinued on Page Four3
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Suggestions for Bible
Reading During Lent
Rev. T. B. Shorts Urges General
Study of Scriptures-Memor-
ize Verse Daily

Rev. T. B. Shorts, pastor of the
Methodist church, invites the pub
lie and especially the members of
his congregation and the Sunday
School to join in the program of
Bible reading as outlined below
during the six weeks preceding
Easter. He suggests that the Scrip
ture assignments be read without
fail, memorizing at least one out
standing verse each day. The sug-
gestions follow:
February
10. David at His Best, Psalm 81.
IA. A Tonic for Cody Faith,
Psalm 27.
Is. The Blessedness of Forgive
ness, Psalm 80.
16. God Follows You Every
where, Psalm 81.
IT. Early Portrait of Christ,
Isaiah So.
Is. Early Vision of the Gospel,
Isaiah 40.
10. Christ the Eternal Light,
John 1:1-18.
20. The Beginning and the End,
Revelation %.
FL. Sermon on the Mount, Ma
thew 5.
%. Sermon on the Mount, Math-
ew 6.
%. Sermon on the Mount, Ma
thew 7.
"a. The Twelve Called and in
structed, Matthew 1923.
25. The Seventy Sent Forth, Luke
10:1-20.
26. Discipleship Exacting, Luke
14:15-33.
27. The Greatness of Service,
Mark 10:35-45.
%. Workers in the Vineyard, Ma
thew 20:1-16.
March
1. Laborers Together With God,
/ Corinthians 8.
2. Good Deeds Always Honored,
Matthew 12:1-14.
8. Do You Have it, 1 Corinthians
10.
A. When Were You Born Again !?
John 3:1-20.
5. Are You that One?, Luke Is:
Ito.
G. What Would Have Done, ? Luke
10:25-37.
z. Only One Thing Needful, Luke
1880.
8. Is it Hard to Do, Luke s.:
C7CQ
9. AS We Sow, We Reap, Ma
thew 13:34-43.
10. Parable of the Virgins, Ma
thew 25:1-13.
IL. Parable Of the Sewer, Luke
8:4-15.
IL. Parable of the Talents, Ma
thew rs 1910.
10. Parable of the Rich Man, Luke
16:19-31.
ID. Parable Of the Prodigal, Luke
15:11-24.
Is. Parable of the Unjust Stew
ard, Luke 1918.
Continued on Page -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
L.W. GINCERY DIED
AT GLENDALE, CAL.
Was Well Known and Highly
Respected Sank Centre
Business Man
BURIED AT GLENDALE
Old Friends From This City
Were Pallbearers-Was
59Years of Age

Lew Wallace Gingery for rs
years a very highly respected Sank
Centre business man and public
official, passed away at the home
of his daughter, Mrs. Theodore E
Sohle, 51asHa1m Drive, Glendale
CAL, Thursday evening, Feb. 7.
1929.
The announcement of the pass.
ing of Mr.. Gingery while not en-.
tirelv unexpected, nevertheless cast
a pail of sorrow about the city.
The deceased came to Sank Cen
tire from Iowa in 1901, and started
in the lumber and grain business
under the corporate name. Lee
Gingery Co. This yard was located
about where the Blue Valley
Creamery plant now stands. In a
few years the company purchased
the yard now owned by Lampert
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Former Secretary Of Navy
DENLY Died in Detroit
Was Made Goat in Teapot Dome
Oil Scandal Engineered by
Fall

Detroit, Mich Feb. 8.-Edwin
B. DENLY, former secretary of the
navy, died suddenly from heart
failure at his hotel here today. Den
by's law office said he had ap.
peared in perfect health when he
left yesterday. He has been at the
office regularly the last two weeks
DENLY also served as representa-
tive from Michigan in the 59th,
Goth and 61st congresses from
1905 to 1910.
DENLY, who was SO years old,
was born at Evansville, Ind. He
was secretary of the navy from
1921 to 1924. His son, Edwin, Jr.,
16, is preparing to enter the naval
academy and his daughter, Marian,
IA, is attending a private school
here.
For the last nine years, DENLY
has been associated in law firm
with Joseph j. Kennedy and his
younger brother, Leland Kennedy.
DENLY was one of the casual
ties of the famous senate Teapot
Dome investigation, and the first
of the conspicuous figures in that
matter to die. DENLY resigned af-
ter the senate called for his res
ignatien because of his alleged fail
ure to block the disposition of the
Teapot Dome and Elk Hills naval
oil reserves to Harry F. Sinclair
and E. L. Doheny.
1t was charged in the senate he
was incompetent and signed the
documents laid before him by the
then secretary of interior Fall
without knowing their real signif-
canoe.
DENLY never was accused of any
Legitimate part IN the Teapot
Dome affair and was regarded by
the senate critics only as an in
nocent tool of designing men.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Sank Centre Takes ~
MeIyose TO Cleaners
Local High School Basket Ball
Quint Wins Corking Game
Friday Night.

1t doesn't really make so much
difference whether the Sank Cen
ire High School basket ball team
travels very far on the district
tournament or not.
They have defeated the tradi-
tional rivals -Melrose, in both
games of the year.
Regardless of the strength of
the teams from these schools when
thew meet it is good natured battle
royal.
The teams first met on the Sank
Centre floor several weeks ago.
Melrose sent up a bunch of splen-
did rooters. The game was a cork
er to witness, and Sank Centre
came off victorious by a small ma
jority.
Friday evening the play was at
Melrose. Sank Centre sent down a
bunch of rooters which almost ov-
erawed the hamlet to the east.
Play was called promptly at 8
o'clock. Within a minute after the
whistle blew Ed Keils shot the
first of his five field goals of the
evening.
Incidentally Ed had regained his
old time form and was high scorer
for the game.
The battle waged furiously every
inch of the way. The half ended
with lat score, Sank Centre on
the long end.
Bunny" Markson started at
right forward for Sank Centre. He
was not going SO good and after he
had accumulated two personal
fouls coach Nicholson substituted
Tid-Bit "Tuffy" Cliff. He accumu-
lated six points in the first half
with two field goals and two free
throws. His only contribution in
the last half was a tree throw.
Carl Lewis played whale of
game at left guard, holding Camp
bell, Melrose's star forward to one
field goal for the entire game -
some feat.
"Jim" O'Gara, captain of the
Main Street gang, prayed corking
game. After he had completed his
duties as jumping center dropped
back for the defense and stopped
many of the Melrose onrushes.
The contest was pretty one to
Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
H. w. Bishop, Head Of
Midwest Stores, Inc.
Sank Centre Merchant Reelected
President of Buying Organiza-
ton at Annual Meeting

H w. Bishop, of this city, re-
turned to Sank Centre the latter
part of the week from Minneapo-
lis where he had been attending, the
annual meeting of the Midwest
Stores, Inc.
Mr.. Bishop was one of the prime
movers in the organization of this
buying concern which was incor-
porated under the laws of Mime
sofa less than three years ago. He
was the first president, and was
unanimously reelected last week.
At the present time about 100 of
the better rural stores in Mime
sofa, North and South Dakota,
Montana, Wisconsin and Nebraska,
are members. Applications for
membership are now pending from
merchants in Iowa and other states
where the company has member
ships.
The Midwest stores buys ladies'
ready-to-wear, mems furnishings
and clothing, shoes, dry goods,
piece goods, and other merchan-
disc, direct from the manufac-
turers, thus eliminating middle
mems profits. The money saved in
this manner is passed on to the
customers.
The four stores of the Bishop
Co., Inc, group are members, Sank
Centre, Clarissa, Park Rapids, and
Frazee.
The Midwest stores corporation
maintain offices at SOP jewelers.
building, Minneapolis, where a
complete line of samples is carried.
VIM. r. Wingate, an Anoka mer-
chant, is manager. He is assisted
by a corps of assistants. Last week
over 100000 worth of business
was transacted through the office
of the general manager.
The Midwest Stores are jealous
of the character of the merchants
who become members. They must
stand well in their community as
dependable merchants and have
sufficient financial rating.
The primary object of the organ
ization is to place the members in
a position to successfully compete.
with chain store competition.
The officers of the corporation
are: II. w. Bishop, Sank Centre,
president; A. L. Anderson, Stanley,
N. D., secretary-treasurer; Henry
G. Fredin, Minneapolis, vice presi-
dent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
FAMOUS FOR SWEET
CREAM PRODUCED
Sank Centre is Supreme in
Northwest in This Branch
of Dairying
BLUE VAL. MGR. TALKS
M. A. Nye Says There is No
Danger of Over-prOductiOn
of Choice Butter

Sank Centre is the market for
more sweet CT cam for buttermak-
ing purposes than any other city in
the northwest, according to M. A.
Nye, manager of the Blue Valley
Sweet Cream Creamery here,
which, with the close of 1928, COM
pleted its fifth successful year of
creamery service to the farmers.
Besides serving large number
of farmers who deliver their own
cream, the Blue Valley Sweet
Cream Creamery serves as mar
ket for dairy farmers at approx
mately one hundred shipping points
situated in all directions from
Sank Centre, thereby insuring the
creamery a steady, large volume
of sweet cream at all times.
This is what is called the direct
cream shipping system. Each farm
err ships or delivers his own cream.
On arrival each can is graded,
weighed, and tested, the check
mailed back to the farmer the same
day, and the empty can returned on
Vic dill. llc uuLLcI
shipped in car lots to the company's
own sales house in New York City,
where it is sold through a large
fleet of Blue Valley trucks to lead
ing hotels and grocery stores.
A butter print room is maintain
ed in the Blue Valley plant, where
the butter is packed in the famous
Blue Valley package in different
sized prints. The company was
one of the very first creameries to
sell its butter in this way and un-
der an advertised brand which now
for many years has been thorough
ly established. AS consequence,
Blue Valley Butter has become a
household term in millions of city
homes in the eastern and central
part of the United States. This old
established market, selling butter
Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Lampert;s Office Vas
Robbed Tuesday Night
Access Gained Through Basement
Window-Loot $4O.0O-In
Unlocked Safe

Thieves entered the Lampert
Bros. Lumber company office some
time Tuesday night and made
away with about $4,000 in silver.
Access to the building was gained
by way of the basement window
breaking the glass and turning the
latch. They went through the safe,
which is left unlocked and through
the money drawer. Apparently the
party was acquainted with the
premises as they acquired the
money bag without molesting any
property. When employees of the
yards came to work Wednesday
morning they found the front and
back doors of the building unlatch-
ed. Chief of Police Jos. Miller af-
ter investigating the situation firm
ly believes that it was the work of
local talent.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
District Declamafory
Contest Febrnary18th
Sank Centre Will Have Three
Entrants, Helen ODER, Glen Sui
Ivan and Florence Capkey

The annual district Public School
declamatory contest will be held at
Melrose Tuesday evening, Feb. Is.
Sank Centre will have three en-
trants in this contest, one in each
department, Helen ODER, Glen Sui
livan and Florence Capkey. The
other schools to oe represented
are: Melrose, Upsa1a, Little Falls,
and Holdingford.
Each school has held a series of
inter-school elimination contests to
pick their best for entrants in this
district contest. !.
The Sank Centre students have
worked hard to represent their
school in the district meet and the
Herald predicts they will acquit
themselves with credit.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Official Roster of the
!. S. c. Community Club
President Berggreen Names Di-
rectors and Committeeman
J. H. Hansen, Sec.-Treas.

President George Berggreen, of
the Sank Centre Community Club
has completed his slections for
members of the board of directors
and standing committees.
The Clubs official roster for
1929 follows:
President-George Berggreen.
Vice Pres.-Ben Otte.
Vice Pres.-H. j. Sauer.
Sec.-Treas.-J. H. Hansen.
Directors.-W. M. Parker, DIR.
]. A. Dubois, w. A. Moore, D. B.
Caughren, HI. w. Bishop, F. J.
Bergman, Asa NJ. Wallace, v. G.
Wedge, F. w. Unger, V. L. Bur.
CESS, j. F. Cooper, G. Hillerud, L.
l.. Kells, George O'Gara, J. B.
Schoenhoff, r. L.. Scott, L. w.
Whitson, A. J. Weisner.
Standing Committees
Agricultural = Oscar Lying,
chairman; M. P. Mortenson, Ben
Dubois, Herman Hager, Harry
Schmidt, Ralph Steffes, C. R.
Bruce, George Strauss, A. Bromen-
Scnenkel.
New Enterprises and Business
Promotion-Howard Bishop, chair
man; F. w. Sprague, Geo. Steiner
M. A. Nye.
Roads and Highways-Asa M !.
Wallace, chairman; w. M. Parker,
DIR. j. A. Dubois, J. F. Cooper,
George O'Gara, D. B. Caughren,
Geo. Borgmann.
Programs and Banquets-C. E.
Bohall, chairman: Ed Hansen, J.
Mondloch, V. l.. Burgess, c.. R.
Bruce, A. j. Weisner.
Entertainment, Music and Fun
Fay Cooper, chairman; Fred I'm
ger, Charles Harrison, Rev. Earle
B. Jewell.
Advertising Sigurd Holme
chairman; M. J. Fleming, Ed L,
Rattle, w. A. Moore.
Membership. B. Schoenaoff,
chairman; DIR. ]. F. Dubois, DIR.
Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Resident Of West Union
Township Since 1866, Dead
Mrs Clarissia Gross, Aged 81,
Buried in Ashley Cemetery
January %

Mrs. Clarissia Gross died Mon
day, Jan. %, at the farm home in
West Union township. She was
taken i'll with the flu several weeks
ago and at the advanced age of 80
years was unable to combat the
disease.
Clarissia Adelaid King was born
in Machias, New York, May 16,
1845. She was daughter of Sim
con and Hanah King. When about
seven years old she moved with
her parents to Chester, Wis. Later
they resided at Albert Lea and
Mankato, MINI.
On April IL, 1866, she was unit
ed in marriage to John Jacob Gross,
moving soon after to West Union
township where they were among
the first to take up a homestead :.
Her husband preceded her in
death Is years ago, and three
daughters and two sons have gone
TO the great beyond. Surviving mem
bers of the family are four sons
Charles, of Medford, Ore; Ezra
OF casper, Wyo., ana Jesse anC
Mark, of West Union, and one
daughter, Mrs. Ethel Nelson, OF
Sherwood, N. D. She is. also sur
vived by two brothers, Byron King
of Osakis, and VIM. King, of Bel
field, N. D., ten grandchildren ano
nine great grandchildren.
Mrs. Gross became a member Of
the church many years ago and was
an earnest Christian woman. She
was kind neighbor and always
ready to lend a helping hand to
those in need.
Funeral services were held from
the farm home at l a. M, Monday
Feb. 4th, and interment was in the
Ashley cemetery. Rev. L. w. Bar.
thalow, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church of Osakis, offic
lated. -Osakis Review.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
Sank Centre Farmers Club
Float Wins First Prize
Organization Wins Honors at St.
Cloud Winter Carnival Fri
day Evening

Coming to st. Cloud a distance
of 45 miles, 13 members of the
Sank Centre Progressive Farmers
club took first prize for the float
they staged in the Winter Sports
carnival parade last evening, and
also took The Times flag for the
largest community group present.
The Sank Centre people said
they got real thrill in the VEN
ture, and promised they would
come back next year. ST. Cloud,
they said, was a hospitable city
despite the extremely cold wealth
er. Mayor James H. Murphy Com
missioner of Finance August Buck
man and Commissioner of Streets
John Zierten welcomed them at the
new fire house, where Fire Chief J.
A. ellis gave them a warm place
to decorate their float.
The Sank Centre club owns its
own clubhouse, the only one in the
state to have that distinction, and
last evening the 13 members pass
ed UP a dance there, given by the
club, to appear in the parade here.
The club had a float of white
trimmed with red and draped with
red, white and blue bunting. Pro-
ducts from the farms in that sec
ton were literally displayed. Ears
of corn were used as spokes in the
wheels, while sheaves of wheat,
broom corn, rutabagas, onions, a
bale of tobacco and numerous 9TH
er products adorned the front and
the rear. Two other cars with the
Sank Centre label also appeared IN
the parade.
Fay Houston, the president OF
the club, Secretary Ray Walker
and Mrs. Walker, Treasurer Ole
Halverson and Mrs. Halverson,
Vice President C. If. Botz and Mrs.
Botz, Will Reese, sergeant-at-
arms, Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Ramp
bake, Mrs. Mike Bosl, Ed Meow
an, and B. H. Otte, for many years
the club president and one of its
original organizers, were included
in the Sank Centre group st.
Cloud Times.
The Progressive Farmers Club
has been doing wonderful COM
munity work in Western Stearns
for several years. The members are
strong supporters Of the Stearns
County Fair. President j. b.
Schoenhoff wishes the Herald to
express the fair associations APP
to the officers and MEM
bers Of the Club for the splendid
showing made ct St. Cloud.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
TO EXPLAIN FARM PLAN

Two of Minnesota's best known
country newspaper men, Rudolph
Lee, and Lou Benschoff, Detroit
Lakes, will discuss the Minnesota
plan for farm relief, sponsored by
over 100 of the rural editors of
Minnesota, by broadcasting over
WCCO Saturday evening, Feb. 16,
at 1880. The messages will be de-
livered from the studio at Lowry
Hotel, st. Paul.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
FORMER TEACHER
DIED in CHINA FEB. 8
Helen Gallagher Passes Away
Following Operation for
Appendicitis
SERVING AS MISSIONARY
Member Sank Centre High
School Faculty 1922-23-
in Orient Five Years

News of the death of Miss Hell
en- P. Gallagher, which occurred
in China Feb. 8, has been receiv-
ed by friends in this city.
Following the young lady's grad
uation from Carleton college at
Mortified with the Class of 1922,
she came to Sank Centre, becom-
ing a member of the High School
faculty. She taught English and
General Science during the school
years of 1929. She declined a
reelection as she had an ambition
to do missionary work in China.
She was commissioned for the
work by the American Board of
Foreign Missions of the Congrega-
tional church. Miss Gallagher sail
ed for China in the fall of 1924.
Her commission called for a SER
vice of five years. Her enlistment
was nearly completed and she was
looking forward TO her return to
parents and friends in Minnesota
when she was stricken with appen-
dicitis. She underwent an opera
ton at the Hosji hospital, the day
before her death.
The life of the deceased was
packed full of thrills and dangers
almost from the day of her ar
rival in the Orient, because of the
internal war which was raging.
Miss Gallagher was employed as
a teacher in High School for girls
at the Tung Flu, school at Peking.
The young lady was the daugh-
ter of Rev. and Mrs. Elmer Gal
agher, Waseca, MINI. She was
also the niece of Roy Gallagher,
Padua, Stearns county.
The announcementof her death
came as a complete shock to her
many Sank Centre friends.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
AUTO CASE IN COURT

In May, 1928, the autos of
Charles Harrison and the one own
ed by S. Deziel, the latter driven
by Mrs. Deziel, collided on Oak
street just after Mr.. Harrison had
backed out of the O'Gara garage.
The case was taken to Municipal
court for settlement. Mr.. Harri-
son won the first battle. The De-
ziels appealed to the district court.
The action was heard before Judge
Roeser and jury couple of weeks
ago. In the last trial Mr.. Deziel
was given verdict Of $4,000 and
costs.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1929-02-14
LOOKING BACKWARD

The following from the "Fifty
Years Ago Today" column pub
lished sin the Minneapolis Journal
of Feb. IL, has a local angle:
The Little Falls & Dakota
Railroad capitalized at ST.
100000 to construct a rail-
road from Little Falls to Sank
Centre, to Glenwood and
thence to Morris, was organ
lied today with Sank Centre
as headquarters.