The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-17
Train of Fifteen Cars With
IS Displays Open
To Public
EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
Local Builders Will Confer
With Government FILA
Representative

Saturday morning, January 10th,
from 10:45 to II noon, Sank Centre
will be visited by the Train of
Hardware Progress, a special train
Of the Kelley-How Thomson Co.,
Of Duluth. This train, brought to
this city through the cooperation
OF the HiMerud Hardware, Ekstrand
Hardware and Calkin's Hardware,
with the city's merchants and the
Sank Centre Herald cooperating,
will be open for inspection at the
Northern Pacific depot platform
during the above mentioned hours.
This train consisting of fifteen
cars, which house 50 beautiful dis
plays, is open to the public. It is an
educational display, hence teachers
and pupils from both city and rural
SCHOOLS are invited to visit the
train while in this city. The boys
drum corps, of the Veterans of For
eign Wars, will go through maneu-
vers while marching 10 the depot.
Coffee and doughnuts will be serv-
ed at the three hardware stores in
the city from II to o'clock. There
Is no admission charge to enter the
train and the lunches will be serv-
ed free.
Carl Eckberg, chairman, and
number of men representing the
building trades OF this community,
will meet with Joseph M. Upchurch,
Of Washington, who represents the
P1IA, Federal Housing Admins
tration). Mr.. Upchurch will confer
with these men ana give them in
formation regarding the Better
Housing Plan, sponsored by the
government. A model home, COM
plete in every detail, has been plac-
ed on the train to stimulate inter
est in the governments plan. A
visit to these exhibits will be we'll
worth your while.
Products on display range in size
from large furnace heating unit
and air conditioner, in the special
car which illustrates in a practical
manner what home improvements
may be financed under the Federal
Housing program, to tiny, brightly
colored fish lures, wrenches, brads
and tacks.
Auxiliary dynamos have been in
stalled to generate both alternating
and direct electrical current to OPP
crate the many devices of the IS
displays in the Is coach special. A
crew of 40 has been engaged for
three weeks constructing the ex-
hibits and remodei1ng the interior
Of the coaches. Each article in the
booths has been securely fastened
with wire or nails in order to hold
all products from being disarrang-
ed on the trip.
Visitors, in viewing the exhibits,
will enter the train through the OBJ
servation car and first will step
onto the porch of the furnished
model home. The approach has
been handicapped and lattice work
Is seen on each size Of the door.
Several Of the walls in the struc-
ture are covered by a newly devel-
oped type Of lnoleum.
Continuing into another car, the
visitors will see displays Of all
types Of hardware products, hous-
wares and industrial tools and ma
chinery and implements. A rope dis
play showing the construction Of
the strands and uses OF various
types. A giant model Of an electric
mixer for the kitchen will catch the
eye Of the housewife. It was brot
here from the Worlds Fair.
The cutlery display illustrates
the stages in the process Of man
ufacturing a knife from crude ore
to the shining, completed product.
A carving set which was presented
to President U. S. Grant in 1860
contributes to the romance and
historical interest of the exhibits.
Table sets which were used by
hostesses Of the pre-Civil war per-
dod are shown. Table knives, for
instance, with handles containing
half a dozen blades, are seen in con-
trast to the more MODEST designs
used today.
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