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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
.S11,500 Fire
Loss in City
During Year
Department Elected Officers
At Annual Meeting
Tuesday Evening
q FIRE CALLS IN 1884
Local Organization Consists
of 80 Men-Is Efficient
In It's Work

Tuesday evening the Sank Gen.
tire Fire Department held its an
nual meeting in the fire hall, at
which time the following officers
were reelected: George Fish, chief;
ID. b. Caughren, treasurer; G. I.
Dobbs, secretary
Chief Fish appointed the follow
ing officers to head the various
departments and to aid him In
conducting the work for the en-
suing year: Ralph Steffes, fore
man Of the pumper; Ben vogel
foreman Of the all-service truck;
John Mondloch, first assistant
chief; J. A. Rose, second assistant
chief.
The officers for the relief asso-
citation were elected as follows: ].
N. McGibbon, president; B. F. Du-
bois, treasurer; n. E. Hansen, sec
rotary.
Chief Fish, in making his annual
report to the department, stated
that % fire calls had been made
during the past year. OF these 1s
were in the city, and five were in
the country. The average attend
ance Of firemen at city fires was 20,
and the average at country fires
was z. This average is about the
same as during the past several
years.
Mr.. Fish stated further, that
while the department has 30 men
on the active list, it cannot be ex-
pected that they will be 100 per-
cent available at all times. For this
reason it is necessary in a volun-
teer department to have a greater
| number of men, than paid de-
partment in a city the size OF
Sank Centre would need.
The loss in this community by
fire during the past year has beer
approximately $11 10000 IN viewing
the records of the department the
men are entitled 20 one hundred
percent credit for the efficient
manner in which they conducted
the business of fire fighting.
Chief Fish thanked the men OF
the department, the patrol officers
and the city officers for the splen-
did cooperation given him during
the past year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
Droafh Relief Meet
At St. Cloud Saturday
WIN Form Stearns County Drouth
Relief Association-Al Far
merB Invited to Attend

A Stearns County drouth relief
meeting will be held In the Court
House in st. Cloud next Saturday
afternoon at one o'clock. All farm
ers who have been receiving feed
and who need seed are asked to be
present.
The purpose Of this meeting will
be to organize a Stearns County
Drouth Relief Association. It is
hoped that every township in the
county will be represented SO that
the organization may be complet-
ed. This association is being form
ed SO that farmers may present
their problems and complaints to
a recognized organization, which
will be in position to settle all
claims satisfactorily.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
Fire Department
To Grey Eagle
Interior of Alderman's Meat Mar
ket Badly Damaged BY
Flames Monday Night

The Sank Centre Fire Depart
ment was called to Grey Eagle on
Monday night at about IL o'clock,
to help extinguish a fire at Alder
mans Meat Market. This call was
on silent alarm, and the all-service
truck was FASTENED to the scene.
The interior Of the meat market
was badly damaged, and for time
It was thought that the fire would
prove disastrous to the adjoining
business places. However, upon the
arrival Of the local department, the
Grey Eagle firemen had the blaze
under control. It is said by local
fire fighters that their work was
done exceptionally well.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
Mrs. Jennie
SimOnt ton
PassedAway
Came To Sank Centre In
1862-Lived For Some
Time in Grove Lake
WAS OVER SO YEARS
Funeral Service Will Be Held
At Home. Friday
Morning, 1890

Mrs. Jennie Simonton, one OF
the earliest Of the Sank Centre
pioneers, passed away Wednesday
morning. january 9th. at 3:15 o.
clock at her home on Maple Street.
Although the aged lady had been
unable to leave her home for the
past year, she had been Ill only a
couple Of days preceding her de-
mise. She had reached the ripe age
OF 50 years, months and % days.
Mrs. Simonton, daughter Of Mr..
and Mrs. Dean Stabler, was born
at Leeds. England, April 18, 1916.
When she was two years old, her
parents came to America and To-
Gated at Roclkland, Maine. In the
fall Of 1859 they came to st. An
thony, now Minneapolis, from
which place they drove to Grove
Lake. ]. ]. Getty, who had a COW
cred wagon and a beautiful team
Of horses, went to st. Anthony to
get them.
At the time Of the Sioux Indian
outbreak in 1852 the people of the
surrounding community gathered
at Sank Centre, expecting to con-
tinue their journey to st. Cloud for
safety. Mr.. and Mrs. Stabler were
among the folk who gathered
here and also started for st. Cloud.
When the party had reached a
point about five miles from this
city, Mr.. Stabler announced that
he was returning to Sank Centre;
about half Of the party returned
with him. Mr.. Stabler had charge
Of building the stockade which
stood at Ash and Seventh Streets.
That winter, Mrs. Simonton and
her sister, Louisa, afterwards Mrs.
w. j. WhitefieldD went to st. An
thony where they remained until
Spring.
April 49, 1870, deceased was unit
ed in marriage to Joseph III. Simon
ton, founder and editor Of the Sank
Centre Herald. Mr.. Simonton pas
sed away July 10, 1920.
Deceased was the mother of six
children, two of whom passed away
in infancy. The surviving children
are: Will Simonton, of Genwood |;
Frank Simonton, Calgary, Can;
Ben Simonton, Alexandria; and
Mildred Simonton, of this city. She
Is also survived by two sisters,
Mrs. 8. s. Titus, of Grand Forks,
N. D.; and Mrs. c. ]. futile, Of Seat
tie, Wash.
When Naomi Chapter No. 81, O.
e. s., was founded in this city,
April %, 1893, Mrs. Simonton be-
came one Of the charter members.
She has been an active member Of
the order since that time, and dur
ing the late years attended when
ever able. She gave many interest
ing accounts Of the early history Of
the order at various times. and
these were greatly appreciated by
the membership.
Mrs. Simonton was a member Of
the Congregational church for
many years. She was kindly wo-
man, and had many friends who re-
greet her passing.
Funeral services win be held
Friday morning, January IL, at
1880 at the home on Maple Street.
Rev. Peter Jansen, pastor Of the
Congregational church. will con-
duct the service and interment
will be made in Oakland cemetery.
Past Matrons Of Naomi chapter,
O. e. s., win conduct brief COM
initial, services. The pallbearers
will be o. w. Winslow, B. +. Du-
Bots, l. L. Keals, w. A. Kohl, J. H.
Hansen and v. G. Wedge.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
New County
Officials Take
Office Mon.
Louis Borgmann, Of This
City, Appointed As
Night Jailer
ART McINTEE SHERIFF
Garland Taylor Appointed
Alois O. Schmitz AS
His Assistant

Art McIntee, of Paynesville, who
became sheriff Of Stearns County
Monday morning, appointed Louis
Borgmann, of this city, as night
jailer. Lester DeBlois, Of Paynes.
vile, was appointed as chief jail.
er. Joseph Schmitt, formerly asso-
ciated with the Boy Scout office
and Joseph Himsl, son of Judge
Himsl. are the men who received
the deputy appointments. Walter
Reetz, of Paynesville, has been
named as part time deputy for that
part of the county.
B. e. Schooner, the retiring sher
iff, has held the office for the past
% years. The salaries of the new
appointees were fixed by the
County Commissioners in session
Tuesday.
Mrs. Elizabeth McIntee, wife OF
the new sheriff, will be the matron
Of the county jail.
The new Stearns county sheriff
is IS years old. He was born Sept.
ember IT, 1889. in Meeker county
five and a half miles west of Eden
Valley. The parents. both deceased
were Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Nc.
Intee. Art McIntee was one Of a
family of 10 children, eight sons
and two daughters.
Twenty-Five years ago Art Nc
Intee took unto himself a wife
Elizabeth OBrien Of Cresco, Iowa,
and they Immediately established
their home I'm the village Of Paynes-
willie. There Mr.. McIntee went into
the well drilling business, which
business he followed for many
years. Three children were born
The oldest is Cleone, Is. The son Il
Edward, eight years old, and the
third Is a daughter, Moreno, six and
a half years old.
Mr.. McIntee was chief Of police
at Paynesville for a period Of SIX
years, and he served as part
time deputy sheriff under Sheriff
Schooner about five years. For
four years until last May, he was
a patrolman with the state highway
patrol.
Another newly elected officer,
who took office Monday morning,
Is Garland Taylor, VINO became the
county superintendent Of schools
He succeeds w. A. Boerger. who
has held that office for "a years
He appointed as his assistant
Alois o. Schmitz, who has held the
position as assistant for the past
IL years.
The new superintendent OF
schools, youngest Of the county Of
ficials, was born April z, 1901, near
Galesburg, Illinois, son Of Mr..
and Mrs. William e. Taylor, who
are still residents of Galesburg
Garland Taylor Is one Of a family
Of five children, having three sis
tiers and a brother.
After graduating from high
school Mr.. Taylor attended and
graduated from Knox college at
Galesburg. He took undergraduate
work at the Western Illinois
Teachers college at Macomb, Ill
inois, and at the University Of Chi
cago, where he maJored in educa-
ton administration and manage
men&- Having earned a teaching
scholarship through his scholastic
standing at Knox college. Taylor
came to the University Of Mime
sofa in 1928 to do postgraduate
work, while he was engaged as a
teacher In the department Of his
Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
Meeting of
Safety Coun-
Gil Tuesday
Local Committee Consists Of
Nineteen Members-To
Work with State Unit
ELIMINATE HAZARDS
Formed For Purpose of Pub
lie Safety Thru Educa-
ton and Action

al meeting of the newly organ
lied Safety Council Of the City of
Sank Centre will be held in the
Community Club rooms Tuesday
evening, January 18th, at eight o.
clock. Elmer j. Courteau, represen-
tative of the Minnesota Education
al program of the State Safety
Division, will be present to aid in
the organization work.
There are many problems per-
tanning to public safety within the
boundaries of our city, and also
within the community about the
city, which will be presented to the
local committee. These problems
will then be presented to the State
Safety Division for correction.
The members of the local Council
(Continued on Page Four)
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
SKATING RINK

II. F. Bastien has built a very
fine skating rink on the lake near
his home. He invites everyone, who
likes to slcate, to make the most Of
this opportunity. The rink will be
used for skating for only q short
time, and there are no charges
connected.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10
CONSERVATION CLUB

The Conservation Club will meet
tomorrow evening, Friday. at 7:30
o'clock in the Community Club
rooms to make arrangements for
feeding pheasants and to elect a
delegate to the Minnesota Protect
i've League meeting to be held in
st. Paul next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10

The total membership in all
church denominations In the Unit
ed States Is nearly 81, 00O, 900.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-01-10

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Evening star., 1935-03-25

Pageant Committee, and Robert p.
Smith, director general of the Shrine
Committee for the Imperial Shrine
Conclave In June.
Gen. Fries has surrounded himself
with an active committee which is
meeting regularly to perfect details
before starting actual construction
work.
On the committee are Sergt. Joseph
Bargain of the District of Columbia
Fire Department; Edwin S. Bettel-
helm, Arno B. Cammerer, Albert
Clyde Burton, Albert E. Conradis. c.
C. Coombs, Harry Coope. r. Z. Doyle,
jr.; Gratz E. Dunkum, George j. B.
Fisher, John M. Gibbs, Lieut.. II. r.
Evening star., 1935-03-25

Harding. Marx Z. Kahn, Harry s.
Kimberly, Col. B. j. Lloyd, William N.
Morrell, James O'Ccnnor Roberts, j.
w. Shultz, Rev. Howard 4. Snyder,
Col. r. p. Parrott, Arthur Clarendon
Smith, Rear Admiral Harry G. Ham,
let and Howard w. Cutter.
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Women to Be Appointed.

While Portugal has decided to have
woman members of Parliament, they
will not be elected, but nominated by
the premier in consultation.
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UNUSUAL PAGEANTRY
PLANNED FOR SHRINE
Illumination to Play Big Part in
Decoration-Gen. Fries Com
mittee Active.

Unusual effects in illumination and
pageantry are promised by Maj. Gen.
Amos A. Fries, chairman of the Shrine
Evening star., 1935-12-22

simple. She works with assurance
and speed. the thought instilled by
her mother, Finish what you start, !"
always uppermost. And her enthusi-
asm never fails to bring assistance
from every quarter.
''Never have I planned anything
that the help Of my friends has not
come to me in just this lovely way"
she says, surveying her doll shop
with misty eyes. And there's never
a night that 1 am not thankful for
leisure to do for others" Then, with
a sudden gleam Of mischief, she tells
how her friends scold her because IT
never have time for bridge. AS a
matter of fact, dearly love it."
EVERY doll that has not been given
to her the Lady Of the Dolls has
made or bought from her own pocket.
Only in the last few weeks. when
the task of completing the miniature
wardrobes seemed mountainous, has
she enlisted the aid Of several inter-
ested groups in fashioning the tiny
garments. Women have come in
groups of 80 and 40 to her doll teas, "
armed with needles, thread and scis-
sors and with pieces Of silks. brocades
and furs from their last seasons
dresses, just to create the latest in
dolldom fashions. One friend, a Grip
pie, crocheted 30 caps for the cause.
But most of the dollies bear Mrs.
McCabe's own loving handwork, which
Evening star., 1935-12-22

many a day has kept her busy from
to and sometimes on into the
evening. Whack, whack, go her
shears as she cuts around a doll lying
on a square of gingham which very
shortly will be a pinafore.
No patterns for the Doll Lady, for,
although she is having her first taste
of dressmaking on such small scale
she Is well versed in the seamstreSs'
art.
Indeed, dressing the little creatures
has been only a part Of the task.
Many needed new compilations or
happier expressions, and some must
undergo plastic surgery in the first
degree.
Here Mr.. McCabe, who patiently al
lows battalions Of dolls to recline upon
his counterpart while he seeks a bed
elsewhere, comes gallantly to the fore.
One of his greatest triumphS was the
restoring of fingers on broken hand
and the substitution of plastic wood
for a missing nose.
The patient" was ''baby" 40
years old, the gift of friend, and the
Doll Lady tells humorously of shop
ping for the real baby clothes in which
she has dressed it.
And how old is the baby?" the
shopkeeper inquired of her.
Forty years DID," his customer an
swered casually.
The shopkeeper looked at hel
Evening star., 1935-12-22
Academy's Fall Show.

CTUDENTS Of the National Academy
- of Stage Training will be presented
at the National Theater tonight by
steve Cochran in a performance
marking the end of the schools Fall
term.
The program will include a one-act
play, Remembrance" farce entitled
Happy Returns" an original play,
Sarah" by Marvin Gentry; a scene
from 1.-THE School for Scandal" a
playlet by the junior class, ''The Foun-
tain of Youth: program by the
dancing class, under the direction OF
Marion venahle, and fencing exhibi-
ton by Mai. Edward L. Dyer, fencing
instructor at the academy.
The performance is under the direc-
ton of Maurice Greet, director Of the
academy. assisted by Mildred Coleman.
The Winter term of the National
Academy, which now is in its fourth
year, will begin January 13.
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Continued From First Page.)
mony that Washington is determined
to make this its greatest, most joyous
Christmas celebration.
Another expression of the relaxa-
ton of restraints which have sur
rounded recent Yuletide festivals is
TO be found in the volume Of Christ
mas travel. Union station is alive not
the ceaseleSs activity of inbound and
outbound mail, but the joyous and
human spirit of homecoming.
The same thing is to be found at
Washington Airport, where for days
huge airliners have disgorged their full
complement Of the homeward bound.
Strange automobile license plates
on the streets-students home from
school. ex-patriate adults returned
from their various alien enterprises
tell another part of the huge story Of
the Christmas trek to the family fire.
side.
The volume of Christmas travel is
the largest IN years, one Is IOlu DS
every type of travel agency: as if one
needed to be told! 1t would have to
be as part of the largest Yuletide cele-
bration the National Capital ever has
known.
The tableaux that remain to COM
rlete the pageant represent the re-
wards for participation in those
which have gone before.
They will include the age-old scenes
which show that while Christmas
celebrations differ in degree, they vary
| little in kind.
| On Tuesday, the Christmas tree will
| be set up, decorated and the gifts
spread below its evergreen, brightly
ornamented branches.
Young Washington will climb into
| bed with its dreams; adult Washing
| ton will retire to its well deserved rest
in anticipation of the day for the en-
ioyment for which it has worked so
| hard.
The rest it leaves confidently to
Santa Claus!
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shrewdly. then retired to the rear
of the store, whispered to his wife
and sent her out to handle" the Gus
toner.
How old did you say the baby
was?" testify.
Forty years." said Mrs. McCabe,
then added. turning the joke, but
she's only doll"
"Oh, are you the Doll Lady?" Mrs.
McCabe admitted that she was, and
the woman behind the counter, smil-
ing, called to her husband, Come on,
she's all right"
For months the dolls have taken
complete possession of Mrs. Nc
Cabe's sewing room until now she has
barely enough room to turn at her
work from piece boxes to paints. Dolls
overflow drawers. chests and even the
hall nnen closet, which resembles a
doll store now that its doors have been
removed.
Trunks in the basement have been
pressed into service and boxes piled in
unaccustomed corners of the lovely
home. Dolls in the making have a
drawer to themselves and a hobo doll
who has yet to grow his whiskers con-
templates a blond miss with a mask
which keeps her new complexion from
smearnig.
Other dolls peer down from above
the windows or. like sleepy children
| lean against the wall. Some are still
Evening star., 1935-12-22

most studios send manuscripts back
unopened, or, if they are opened by
mistake, make photostat copies Of
them and return the original, via the
law department of the studio. Be-
cause Of this, beginner has no chance
to sell an original, no matter how good
1t may be.
Julian Johnson, story editor at
Twentieth Century-Fox, says: 'The
high school for the motion picture
writer is the printed page. After grad
uation from this he may consider
writing directly for the films, but cer-
tainly not before"
Mr.. johnson has about 1.500 stories
on hand that are available for pro-
duction and about 1000 that may be
available for remakeS at any time.
He turns from seven to ten scripts
away each day without even opening
them, although knowing some of the
material he thus rejects undoubtedly
would be screen fare.
Remakes Of old stories have played
bigger part in motion picture history
than most people realize. This has
been especially true since sound came
into vogue about eight years ago.
Carmen" for instance, has been made
in pictures six times already Theda
Bara was the screens first Carmen
and there's a good chance that this
story will be made again with music
during the coming year.
East Lynne" has been made five
times in the films and The Trail of
the Lonesome Pine" has just been fin
iShed for the third time Way back
in 1915 Cecil De Mile made it with
Charlotte Walker, Thomas Meighan
and Theodore Roberts; in 1922 Mary
Miles Minter, Antonio Moreno and
Ernest Terrence we're the stars Of this
mountain drama, and you'll next see
it as an all-color talkie, featuring
Sylvia Sidney, Henry Fonda and Fred
MacMurray. Proving that good story
never grows old.
Other films that have been made
three times are Ramona" Treasure
Island" Way Down East" Alice in
Wonderland" "The Virginian," The
Sea Wolfe" and Three Live Ghosts" 4"
This list could be expanded ad in
fnitum.
You must write story with the
motion pictures in mind "a thing that
/ 80 per cent Of the authors do today
get it published and then sell it to
the movies, or you must be an estab-
lished author who can come to Holly
wood ana get work writing original
screen scripts. Mailing your ideas and
suggestions for films to studios is Just
! a waste of time.
Evening star., 1935-12-22
Stevenson Film.

A SIGNATURE on a contract this
week put into motion machinery
which will bring some of the most
exciting stories in literature. famous
for more than hsk a century, to the
motion picture screen. They are from
the Suicide Club" series, by Robert
Louis Stevenson, and Metro Goldwyn-
Mayer Is the purchaser.
Scenarists Mamie Self and E, E.
Paramore have already begun work
adapting to the screen the adventures
of Prince Florizel of Bohemia. who.
with his stanch friend Col. Geraldine,
brings to justice the president Of the
sinister Suicide Club"
The three stories comprising the
series-"The Story of the Young Man
With the Cream Tarts," THE Story
Of the Physician and the Saratoga
Trunk" and The Adventure Of the
Hanson Cab"-will be nodded into
one for the picture.