The Sauk Centre herald., 1930-11-20
PROGRESSIVE CLUB
KEEPS OPEN HOUSE
Guests From Sauk Centre and
st. Cloud Entertained Fri
day Evening
A FINE ORGANIZATION
Interesting Program Super
vised by Mayor James
Murphy, of St. Cloud

Friday evening of last week the
Progressive Farmers Club kept
open house for friends from Sauk
Centre and st. Cloud at their cosy
Club rooms southeast of this city
on Highway No. 8.
This splendid club is a fine illus
tration to farmers everywhere of
what determination and a real CO.
operative spirit can accomplish.
The club first saw the light of
day over Is years ago when small
group formed and purchased a
Rural School house made useless
because of the consolidation of the
district with the Sauk Centre Pub
lie school.
They managed to get along for
a time in the cramped quarters. In
q few years an addition was built
doubling the capacity of the origi-
nal building. Conditions were rosG
and the club was prospering fine
until the cyclone which swept that
section a half dozen years ago
completely destroyed the Club
property on which there was not
one cent of cyclone insurance.
With this misfortune people less
hardy than the Progressive Farm
ers Club members would have call
ed it a day and retired from busi-
ness.
The Club took it's loss philosphi-
cally and at once made plans for
a new and better Club house. The
members subscribed various sums
and certificates of Indebtedness
were issued for funds to complete
the new structure. Two years ago
the last of these certificates were
taken up.
The Club meets regularly once
each month. Practically adjacent
farmer in the community adjacent
to the club is member. He and
his family find the Club a wonder
full outlet of their social energies.
At each meeting worthwhile pro-
grams are rendered by groups
among the Club membership. On
occasions guests outside the Club
are invited to help with the enter
tainment.
Vice President Conrad Botz call
ed Friday evenings meeting to or
der and introduced Mayor James
Murphy of st. Cloud, and asked
His Honor to preside. The Mayor
is a clever Irishman and he intro
duced the various numbers in a
snappy manner.
Frederick Schliplin represented
the st. Cloud Times-Journal. He
expressed sorrow at the inability of
his father to be present but ex-
tended the Fluctuations of the Times
publisher to the Progressive Club
and its members.
Asa M. Wallace, of the Herald,
was next introduced. He said that
the people of Sauk Centre were in
tensely interested in the success of
tn Progressive Farmers Club, as
near neighbors. The Community
newspaper, the speaker said. wish
ed to be of every possible service in
furthering the intrests of the farm
ers of the Sauk Centre commun-
ity.
Mayor Sigurd Holme praised the
splendid spirit of cooperation
shown by the Progressive Club and
extended the fluctuations of all
of Sauk Centre upon the splendid
success the Club had made.
Howard Bishop, president Of the
Sauk Centre Community Club, con-
graduated the Club, and spoke at
some length on the interest of
Sauk Centre people in the growing
All Club work of this community.
Fire Chief Fred Gillis, gave a
short, practical talk on the neces-
sity Of fire prevention.
President ]. B. Schoenhoff and
Secretary Gunther Hillerud, of
the Stearns County Fair, expressed
qualification on being present at
the meeting assuring the farmers
that the Fair Association fully
appreciated the splendid co-opera-
ton given the Fair by the Progress
sive Club in past years.
Miks Kaklas, of st. Cloud, made
a distinct hit with his banjo and
vocal solos. He is a splendid en-
tertainer.
The lunch for the evening was
prepared by Mrs. c. F. Botz, Mrs.
Ray Walker, Mrs. Fay Huston and
Mrs. Ole Halverson.
At the conclusion of the program;
the floor was cleared for dancing
to music furnished by Nathe's zone
man ocf 20, ,of Moira Grove
AID EPISC CHURCH
Celebration of Holy Communion
Thanksgiving morning at $3.50
o'clock.