The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1932-09-01
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Man Made
Good inCity
Robert H. Kells Visits Sister,
Uncle, Cousin and Friends
In Old Town
WAS RAISED ON A FARM
Nationally Known Lecturer,
Author, Sales Executive,
Publishing House Head
WAS RAISED ON A FARM

Probably no city in the state ,the
size of Sank Centre has sent out
more men and women who have
risen to fame in their chosen pro-
fession than has this city.
To enumerate some of them.
The most famous, of course, is
Sinclair Lewis, noted fiction writer
and winner of the Noble prize, the
son of one of this city's pioneer
physicians.
There is Fred Carpenter, private
Secretary to President William
Howard Taft
There is James B. Hendrys, not
ed author of red-blooded Western
fiction, and prominent contributor
to Boys magazines, son of a form
er editor of the Herald.
There are others of greater or
less prominence.
Monday and Tuesday of this
week, a gentleman, a son of a pio-
neer farmer, born on a farm on the
shore of Sank river, southeast of
the city, visited his sister, uncle,
other relatives and old friends, in
this community. He is one of three
brothers, who, after graduating
from the Sank Centre Public
schools. worked their way through
Hamline and the University of Min
nesota, and took post graduate at
higher institutions of learning, and
have made marked successes in
their chosen professions.
Lucas c. Kells, graduated from
Sank Centre as a member of the
Glass of 1900. He studied at the
University of Minnesota for five
years. He received his Doctors
degree, Philosophy and Law at the
Columbia University. He is now a
very successful lawyer at Seattle,
Wash. ... -, i
Lyman Kells graduated from the
Sank Centre Schools with the Class
of 1908. He worked his way thru
the University of Minnesota; took
Post Graduate at Columbia. He. Is
now mathematics professor at the
Annapolis Navy Academy. Mr..
Kells has written and published. a
text book on higher mathematics
which has been accepted as author
ity by many of the universities of
the land.
Robert H. Kells, is the youngest
of the three boys. He graduated
from the public schools in this city
in 1913. In 1914 he entered the
Hamhne University. After his grad
uation there he took post graduate
work at the University of Mime
sofa.
These young men are the sons
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Steven A.
Kells. Mrs. Jake Key, residing
southeast of the city, is sister;
Municipal Judge R. r. Kells is an
uncle, and City Attorney L. L. Kells,
of this city, is a cousin.
Robert H. Kells, was the gentle
man making a brief visit in the
community Monday and Tuesday.
Following his graduation Mr..
KeIls travelled over $4,000 miles in
the United States as lecturer, sales
executive, corporation president,
and author. He was earning more
than $4,000 annually at this time.
In his travels he was compiling
data for an idea he had in mind.
The result of these Investigations
brought the Fireside Index Library
corporation into existence. The
company's headquarters are in
Minneapolis.
Besides being president and gen.
eral sales manager of his company
Mr.. Kells is the founder of its
unique system of bringing to the
schools and citizens of the United
States, the sifted and carefully Sc
lected results of over two hundred
millions of dollars spent annually
in research and fact-gathering by
the United States and the AZ states.
The members of the Bryant Lii
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