The Sauk Centre herald., 1935-12-26
Historical Panorama OF
Sauk Centre 1885

historical panorama VI
Sauk Centre 1885
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appointed on the county ware
house board which will make
available loans on farm stored
grain in Stearns county.
Issue Of September 26
Members of the Water, Light and
Power Commission were inform
ed that the erection Of a new
dam over Sauk River can not be
made available through Federal
funds. Bids are asked on this
project to be built with local
funds.
Two thousand people witnessed the
exhibition baseball game between
the Millers and Saints held in this
city on last Saturday. All business
houses were closed for the game.
DR.. H. G. Woodbridge and Mrs.
Clyde Inomas were appointed
last Thursday evening to fill the
vacancies in the Library Board
left by designations.
Issue of October 8
Joseph H. Parks, pioneer resident
of Birchdale Township, died at
his home in this city Sunday ev-
ening at the age of SO years.
Miss Margaret Mathews, of st.
Cloud, opened a Smart Dress
Shop the forepart of the week in
the Pendergast building. Mr..
Harry Webber is occupying the
building in connection with the
Webber Shoe Co.
Tuesday evening a group Of men
met in the Club Rooms for the
purpose Of organizing a sport
club for the furtherance of ath-
letic pursuits in this city with
Roy Scott heading the group as
president.
At the Northern Conference for
Methodist Churches held in Min
neapolis last week the Rev. Mr..
j. D. Butler was transferred to
the Central Methodist Church in
Duluth and will leave next week.
Rev. Mr.. E. w. Munson, Of Two
Harbors, will take the pastorate
in the local church.
Born to Mr. and Mrs. Leland Gray,
formerly of this city now of
Brainerd, an eight pound daugh-
ter on last Tuesday.
Issue of October 10
Owing to the increase in the Public
School enrolment a new instruc-
tor. Miss Ruth Albrecht, has
been added to the faculty to han
die commercial courses.
Preliminary work on the new dam
over Sauk River was commenced
Monday with the Okes Con-
struction Co., successful bidders
with a bid of S1S,963.20.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. N. Cordell were
made happy on Saturday by the
birth of an eight pound girl.
Miss Muriel Wallin, employed for
a time as assistant to DR.. r. E.
Cooper, was killed in an automo-
bile accident near Sherburn last
Sunday.
Issue of October IL
Tuesday work was begun in the
laying of a new cement floor in
the Sank Lake Creamery
Henry Nelson, employed by the city
on street work, was fatally in
jured Wednesday afternoon,
when his team ran away. He was
SO years of age.
Miss Mynette Lindeloff, local IL
brarian, returned from a conven-
tion in st. Paul last weekend at
which meeting the rural library
service of the local library was
cited as an example to handle
rural circulation.
Members of the Robert Swift Le-
gion Post of this city were hosts
to members of seven posts
throughout the county on last
Monday evening.
Mrs. Carl WalZ, sister of Miss jose
phine Woeste, employed in this
city, died at the st. Cloud hospi-
tai last Wednesday. Her home
was in Greenwald.
Issue of October "a
Charles ]. Hanson, early resident
of this community, passed away
early Wednesday at his home on
Main Street at the age of IS
years.
Mrs. Maria Dustin died Friday
night at the home of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. F. P. Minette, at the
age of 88 years.
Meeting on Monday evening the
Catholic girls and ladies of this
city organized a local unit Of the
National Circle Daughters of Is
abella.
Sauk Centres Public Schools in
stalled a Belts Testing machine
for the correction of reading dis
abilities found in local pupils.
Issue of October 81
DR.. Ida NJ. Alexander, former res
ident of this city, passed away
last Wednesday near Lake City,
Michigan.
A. c. Smith, resident here for the
past year, passed away last Fri
day morning at the st. Cloud hos
pital, following an operation
which revealed cancer.
The home of Mr.. and Mrs. Bert
Martin has a new resident in the
person of an eleven pound daugh-
ter born October 16.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Barnette
learned the whereabouts of some
of their cottage equipment which
has been missing since the last
of September, when the Roscoe
bank robbers were captured.
They were the gentlemen who
helped themselves to various ar
ticles for their own use
IsSue Of November