The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1931-12-10
Clubs Not To
Merge With
FarnBureau
Plan to Join Hands With Old
er Organization Definitely
Rejected Saturday
WOULD CRIPPLE WORK
More Than One Thousand
Stearns County Boys and
Girls Have Projects

of the Stearns County Farm Bur-
eau, the Stearns County All Clubs
of Stearns county was brought up
for final settlement.
At the close of the year there
were % active, functioning All
Clubs in Stearns county, These
clubs had been built up by hard
work by an enthusiastic group of
workers and financial supporters.
The Farm Bureau had desire to
merge the All Club work with the
Farm Bureau promising to carry
on the work if $1,000 was raised
and turned over to the Farm
bureau.
Last week the Herald went on
record editorially as being opposed
to the merger setting up the claim
that because of the size of the
county and the farm population it
would be a physical impossibility
for any single county agent to
carry on the work successfully. This
editorial was read at the meeting.
1t was apparent from the start of
the meeting that there was no OPP
position to the Farm Bureau as an
organization. There was however, a
pronounced opposition to merging
the two organizations. This opposi-
ton was based Largely along the
same lines as laid down in the
Herald editorial.
The Stearns County Fair have
sponsored the All Club movement
from the start. In 1929 when loosely
formed groups began runctioning
after a fashion. Last year more
than 1000 boys and girls Of the
county carried on projects with
signal success. Competant local
leaders will largely supervise work
in 1882.
At Saturdays meeting Executive
Secretary Henneman rendered his
resignation to the council but by q
unanimous vote the Council refused
to accept it. Carl has done splendid
work and he must continue co
carry on.
The opposition to the merger can
be grouped in about the following
manner:
1. Lack of popularity; there
are $500 farmers in Stearns
county and only about $50 of
them have shown their approx
al of the bureau by paying
membership into it.
2. If the farm bureau in it's
initial year of club work took
over the movement and its pro-
gram failed, the growing en-
thusiasm and the accommodating
prestige of the All club drive
would suffer serious setback.
It was agreed that Stearns
county is generally sold on club
work.
8 Voluntary contribution Of
money and work support the
club movement. It is backed by
exactly those people who wish
to have it succeed. On the
other hand the farm bureau re-
ceives state and federal aid,
and in some counties, and ap-
preparation from the county
commission.
With a triple program for
the adult farmers, the All clubs
and farm women, it would be a
physical impossiblity for one
county agent, unassisted, to per-
form the work in Stearns
county, vast agricultural re-
gion.
Voting for the merger were T. ].
Anthony, Richmond; ]. M. Munkel,
Pearl Lake; John Terwey, st.
Joseph; and Supt. A. r. Ernst, Hol-
dingford. In the negative were Carl
Hennemann, st. Cloud; ]. B.
Schoenhoff, Sank Centre; Eldred
Peters, Cold Spring; Norbert
Weihs, Melrose; Estella Winter,
Sank Centre; Mrs. I. A. 'Cowlthorp.
Raymond Ashley; Fred Meyer, Fair
Haven; Mary Ann Hassler, st.
Stephen; and Mrs. ]. Bailey Cooper,
Stickney Hill.
Clubs failing to vote in person, or
not posting a ballot, were those Of
Paynesville, Belgrade, Eden Valley,
Kimball, Lynden, Avon and Albany.