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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Farm Bureau Men
Solicit Membership
Held Meeting In Sank Centre
Community Club Rooms
Tuesday Afternoon

280 volunteer workers, under the
direction OF G. L. Arnold and ]. A
Willenbring, county campaign
managers, started out on Monday
Of this week to solicit members in
the annual Stearns County Farm
Bureau membership campaign. An
average of z workers are on duty
in each township and before the
week Is over 1t Is expected that
they will have contacted every
farmer in the county and invited
him to join.
The drive was opened with mem.
bership schools held Tuesday at
Sank Centre, st. Cloud, and Rich
mond at which County Farm Bur-
eau officers and ]. s. Jones and D.
A. Williams, representing the Min
nesota Farm Bureau Federation,
explained why every farmer should
cooperate in helping to solve the
problems that confront agriculture.
The meeting in this city was held
in the Community Club rooms dur
ing the afternoon.
The drive will be officially closed
Saturday night, but the victory
night banquet will be held at lat
er date and place to be announced
soon. Reports will be made by each
worker on the number Of farmers
he contacted and, the number who
affiliated. All drive workers are in
vited to attend the banquet.
Names of new members and their
state and national dues will i'm
mediately be dispatched to the
Minnesota Farm Bureau Fedora
ton in st. Paul, thus completing
the affiliation of the newcomers
with the largest farm organization
in America.
While the drive in under way In
Stearns county, similar move
ment is afoot throughout the state
and in the other forty-three states
that make up the American Farm
Bureau Federation.
The Minnesota Farm Bureau
Federation last year enjoyed the
largest membership in its history
The 1896 membership, as a result
Of the current drive, should be con.
siderably in excess OF the high
mark in 1885, Farm Bureau officers
assert.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
II Applications
For School Aid
Have Been Placed At Various
Work Projects About The
High School

Seventeen applications for aid
under the WPA educational pro-
gram have been approved for stu
dents in the local High School. Stu
dents, under this program, have
been set to work on various pro-
jects, such as janitor work, refin-
ishing seats in the gymnasium
compiling records, and other odd
jobs about the school. Each Of these
student applications have been ap-
proved by the head of the Youth
Movement in the WPA, at st. Paul.
The program has made 1t possible
for these young folk to acquire a
high school education. where other
wise It would have been impossible
for them to do so.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
II. Nelson
Fatally Hurt
In Runaway
Died at ST. Cloud Hospital
Wednesday Night At
1890 O'clock
LAST RITES SATURDAY
Survived By Wife, Son and
Daughter-Was So
Years Old

Henry Nelson, a resident Of Ho-
boken, who was employed by the
city on work on the streets, was
fatally injured Wednesday after
noon when his team bolted and ran
away. He was ordered taken to the
local hospital Immediately follow
ing the accident where it was
found that he had suffered a COM
pound fracture of the right leg,
severe shock and possible internal
injuries. He was then taken to the
st. Cloud Hospital where he arriv-
ed at $40 and passed away at
1880 p. m. Mr.. Nelson was SO
years Of age and is survived by his
bereaved wife, his son, Erwin, and
daughter, Fern.
The accident occurred at about
4 o'clock just as a number of chill
dren were going home from school
when the team bolted at the corner
of Third and Pine Streets and con-
tinued south on Pine. At the corner
Of Fourth and Pine the wagon hit
a fire hydrant and swerved onto
the parking. They continued for
about 200 feet and hit a tree.
Mr.. Nelson, who was thrown on
his back when the wagon hit the
fire hydrant, attempted to jump
when he saw the team was about
to hit the tree. However, he did not
jump soon enough and his right
leg was caught between the wheel
and the tree, with the result that
1t was fractured between the hip
and knee, and other injuries re-
suited which caused his death.
One Of the horses went through
the collar and was finally caught at
the Shell Service Station, near the
overhead bridge.
The wagon and harness were
badly broken and torn. Mr.. Nelson
was taken to the local hospital In
the Nelson Laundry wagon, which
was used as an ambulance. 1t is
thought the horses became fright
ened when a small school child
swung q sweater back and forth.
Funeral services win be held
from the home in Hoboken Satur.
day afternoon. At the time of go
ing to press the hour had not been
set for the service.
Mr.. Nelson had been resident
of this city for many years and the
accident was severe shock to the
members Of the family, who have
the sincere sympathy Of the entire
community. Complete obituary viii
be published next week.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Will Hold
Corn Hog
Referendum
Ballots Will Be Sent To Con-
tract Signers Through
The Mails
TO VOTE OCTOBER 26
November 80, 1885, Expira-
ton Date of Present
Corn-Hog Program

Corn-Hog producers of Stearns
county will be offered referendum
ballots on which to state their
choice as to whether or not they
wish to have the corn-hog program
continued beyond the year 1885.
The present contract which Is the
second one-year contract offered
for corn-hog expires November 80
1895, and the specific question that
farmers will vote on on October &c
is: do you favor a corn-hog ad-
justment program to follow the
1885 program which expires Nov.
ember 80, 1882"
The opponents Of A. A. A. pro-
grams are going to great lengths
according to the County Agents
office to show that corn and hog
prices have reached figure high
er than the A. A. A. originally
planned that they should reach
with the control program. These
folk are using the present hog
prices as their basis for making
statements of this kind. They seem
to forget that for the marketing
year beginning October 1, 1884, and
coming to a close Nov. 30, 1885,
that hogs did not sell for $40 or
more during all these months. If
a weighted average was made Of all
hogs sold during that marketing
year the average price Of hogs
would have been $40. This is a
little hard for the average person
to believe but when it is considered
that q relatively few thousand
hogs are sold during July, August
and September at the high prize
that was experienced for these
months and that the bulk of the
hog crop of the United States is
sold during November, December,
and January, it is easy enough to
see how a weighted average OF
and September at the high price
Of $500 a hundred at least should
be secured by farmers producing
hogs and an average price Of lit
tie over $500 is necessary to give
a price parity such as was enjoyed
in the period of time between 1910
IA. In other words that price Is
necessary in order to give 100
pounds Of pork the same purchas-
ing power as was enjoyed In the
1904 period. Hog numbers IN the
United States will show a big In
crease in the next year even
though an adjustment program Is
put in force. OF course, a reason
able increase in numbers Is justi-
fled.
Contract signers will receive bal
lots through the mail to be return
ed after they have cast their vote
and non-contract signers can Sc
cure ballots on which to make their
choice from any Of the corn-hog
committeeman in their township.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Mrs. Carl Wals Died
At St. Cloud Last Week
Sister of Miss Josephine Woeste
of This City, Buried Satur-
day Morning at $50

Miss Josephone Woeste returned
Sunday evening from a weeks stay
in Greenwald during the illness
and death Of her sister, Mrs. Carl
Walz, who passed away at the st.
Cloud hospital on Wednesday of
last week at the age of thirty-nine
years. She had been i'll about six
weeks prior to her death. Injuries
sustained in a fall were followed
by infections in her hip and SER
ious complications caused her
death.
Funeral services were held Sat
urday morning at nine o'clock
from st. Peter and Pauls Church
in Elrosa with the Rev. FIR. Hirsch
reading the Mass. Interment was
made in st. Andrews Cemetery In
Greenwald.
Mrs. Wall was born on October
II, 1894 on the farm near Green
wald which her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. John Woeste, still occupy. She
attended elementary rural school
In Greenwald, and lived there un-
til the age of nineteen years. AT
that time in June, 1915, she was
united in marriage to Carl Walz
Of Elrosa, to which community
they moved and lived ever since
Six children were born to them
three boys and three girls: Irwin
Norwood, Virgil, Marion, Eleanor
and Veronica. During the month OF
August of this year she fell in
which she suffered injuries to her
hip which ultimately caused her
death,
Besides her husband and her six
children she is survived by her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. John Woeste
seven sisters; Mrs. Ed Weinmanr
(Anna), Of Elrosa; Mrs. Oregon
Volt (Elizabeth), Of Greenwald
Mrs. Ben Ostendorf (Tillie), Of Oak
Haven; Mrs. John Marthaler Dor
othy), Of Spring Hill; Mrs. Al Leis
er (Celia), of Lake Henry; Mrs
Roman Volt (Marcella), of AL
bany; and Miss Josephine Woeste
who is employed in this city. She
is also survived by several broth.
ers: Frank, Of Long Prairie; Cas-.
per, William, John, Joseph, and
Sylvester, Of Greenwald.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Legionaires
OF StearnS
Met Monday
Seven Posts Guests of Robert
Swift Post At Com
munity Rooms
ENJOY REFRESHMENTS
Membership Drive Roll Call
Reveals Activity on Part
Of the Members

Members Of Robert Swift Post
American Legion, Of this city, were
hosts to Representatives of seven
posts Of the county and the offic-
ers OF the county unit at the Com
munity Club rooms Monday even
ing. These meetings are held
monthly at various places through
out the county and have been in
stituted for the purpose of main
tanning interest and membership
quotas in the posts of the county.
The next meeting Of this nature
will be held at Brooten on Monday
evening, November 18th.
The Paynesville Drum Corps, an
excellent Legion unit, organized
during the past year, accompanied
by large number of Legionnaires
from that city, attended and lent
color to the meeting. The drum
corps paraded through the streets
Of the city proceeding the opening
Of the session.
Verne Soltau, commander of the
local post, called the meeting to
order and Immediately gave the
chair to County Commander L. De-
Blois, from Paynesville. The Coun-
ty Adjutant is Walter Schultz, also
Of Paynesville.
A roll call of the posts present
and their activities in the present
membership drive, revealed that
most Of the posts have been quite
active in securing members. Those
present at the meeting and the
members secured up to that time
are as follows: Brooten, 20; AL
bany IL; st. Cloud, 1875; Paynes-
vile, 70; Melrose, 35; st. Joseph, |;
Cold Spring, 10; Sank Centre, "a
The Paynesville Post Of which
Henry Sauer, formerly Of this city,
is the commander, is the only post
in the county which has reached
its full quota. The membership
quota for Stearns county is 613.
and at the present 326 have been
signed for 1896.
The County Commander gave
some advice on the membership
drive and explained as to how 1t
was done in Paynesville. Frank
Herzog, Of st. Cloud, made a plea
for cooperation among the county
posts in the matter Of Child We'll
fare and the support Of orphans Of
veterans. Frank Yogerst, Post Com
mander Of st. Cloud, invited the
Legionnaires to attend the District
Rally to be held in the Granite City
on Wednesday, October 23rd. The
rally will open with a dinner at the
Recreation Cafe at six o'clock.
There will be a joint meeting Of
the Legion and Auxiliary at the
Elk's building at eight o'clock, at
which the Department Commander
and President Of the Auxiliary will
be the speakers. Both organiza-
tons will later have separate
meetings, after which lunch and
dancing will be enjoyed.
District Commander Jerry Sper-
ring, Of st. Cloud, made talk on
the membership drive, and asked
the post officers to hold their men,
berships until the District Rally at
st. Cloud, and announce them IN
roll call at that time. The meeting
was adjourned, following which the
Legionnaires enjoyed sauer kraut
and wiener sandwiches and the nee
essary refreshments to complete a
tasty dutch lunch.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Warned Against
So-called Schools
F. e. Bunker Notified COrrespon-
dence Institutions Have No
Standing with Commission

Sometime ago practically every
home in Sank Centre and on the
rural routes surrounding the city
received an advertisement from a
school representing itself as bon
afide school for those who wish to
take civil service examinations.
This advertising, sent out by the
Civil Employees Training, Inc, Of
Cleveland, Ohio, was enhanced by
the large salaries women and men
are able to make in the civil SER
vice employ.
In reference to this advertising
F. e. Bunker, secretary of the
Board Of u. s. Civil Service Exam
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17

Write Junior
Class Drama
Will Be Presented in Junior
High Auditorium Eve Of
November 20
ABLE CAST SELECTED
Presents Cross Section of
Modern College Life in
Wholesome Comedy

Miss Helen Wilder, High School
English teacher, and Miss Helen
Henkels, first grade teacher, have
collaborated in writing an original
comedy entitled 1.-THE Plays The
Thing" which will be presented by
the Junior Class on the evening of
November %.
Miss Wilder has been in charge
Of Junior Class Plays and Declam-
alton in the local school since 1881,
coming here from the University
Of Minnesota and has enjoyed
much success with her produc-
tions. She has been ably assisted
by Miss Henkels, whose exper-
fence in the st. Cloud Teachers
College and the University of Min
nesota Dramatic Departments, has
given her a wealth Of background
in the work. Together the two have
planned and conceived a play
which suits the interest and abil-
tiles Of High School Juniors, Is full
of clean humor and tense situation,
and should prove a credit to them
selves and the school.
The play presents cross section
Of modern college life. Set in the
boys dormitory Of Stafford College,
1.-THE Plays the Thing" roles
along, giving the audience an anus
ing picture of a day in college boys
lives. Flash, who in his own eyes
is Stafford's bid for an All-Amer-
lean quarterback position, and
Jerry, a true lady killer, are room.
mates Of Dyke Barrymore" Stew
ems. Problems confront them as
Barrymore, the hero Of the coming
nights play, develops measles. A
girl discovered in the boys room
adds further complications. YET
the fact that Barrymore fears he
may not be able to appear and thus
fail to win the coveted drama
school scholarship does not damp.
en- the boys spirits completely
There is an uproarious scene from
1.-THE Tanning Of the Shrew" that
the boys rehearse; there is a mirth-
full midnight feed. There are tense
moments as Barrymore's mother
sister, and girl friend discover the
boys pranks. But for the most part
comedy reigns supreme.
The cast is as follows:
Dyke (Barrymore) Stevens-Dud-
ley Morse.
Jerry Moore-James Forsberg.
Flash" Allen-Royale Arvig.
Tommy Paterson-Warren Peg
low.
Skeets Swanson-Tom Fleming.
Doctor-Dave Dubois.
Sally Newton-Leona Kueffler.
Kit Northrop-Vera Taylor.
Mrs. Stevens-Dorothy Keldahl.
Nancy Stevens-Geraldine Hanson
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
District Meeting
OF Odd Fellows
Grand Master Ed Thompson and
Other Notables Of Order VIII
BE Present-Plan Activities

Odd Fellows of District % will
begin winter activities with a dis
trict meeting to be held in Sank
Centre at the I. o. 0. +. Hall Wed
nesday evening, october 23rd.
Ed Thompson, Grand Master OF
Minnesota, will be present, as well
as other notables Of the order.
Plans for the winter program will
be outlined at this session.
All Odd Fellows are urged to be
present at this meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Creamery Will
Have New Floor
Replaced Old Drain From Floors
Surface With Larger Out
lets and Pipes

Tuesday afternoon work was be-
gum laying a new cement floor
in the main room Of the Sank Lake
Creamery. The churns and mach
inery were moved to one side, and
work of tearing out the old ce-
ment, which was badly worn, was
begun. Tuesday night work OF dig
cling down to the drain was COM
pleted and new drain pipes were
laid with larger outlets leading
from the floors surface. The ce-
ment will be poured in sections
necessitated by the continuous OPP
Grafton Of the creamery. The floor
being replaced has stood about
eighteen years Of service.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Biz Saak Lake Closed
To Whitetish Netting
Several Lakes In Stearns and Todd
Under Ban-Season Opened
Tuesday, October 18th

Game Warden Vornbrock,
Of Melrose, announced Tues
day that several lakes In
Stearns and Todd Counties had
been closed to the netting Of
whitefish. The. season for
whitefish netting opened on
October 18th.
The lakes which are located
In Stearns and Todd counties
closed to netting whitefish are
as follows: Big Sank Lake,
Big Birch Lake and Little
Birch Lake. Closed lakes I'm
Stearns county are: Big Lake,
East Lake. Horseshoe Lake
and Rice Lake. Lakes in Todd
County, which have been clos
ed, are: Charlotte, Lady, Big
Swan, Long and Turtle.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17

The soya bean originated In Man
churia, where 1t has a history OF
5000 years. It was introduced into
America about the end Of the
eighteenth century.
America has $4,000 blind persons.
Mae West is a Kentucky colonel.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
Rural Library
Service Cited
Miss Mynette Lindeloff, Librarian,
Attended Convention at St
Paul Last Week

Miss Mynette Lindeloff, librarian
of the local Bryant Library, return
ed last weekend from a conven-
ton Of representatives from Ii
braries from all over the State held
in the Lowry Hotel in st. Paul on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday OF
last week.
The program besides the round
table discussion to iron out prob
lens akin to all libraries and to
exchange ideas included several
prominent speakers. DR.. Lewis R.
Wilson, President of the American
Library Association was one Of the
speakers, along with Dr.. John
Rockwell, Commissioner Of Edu-
cation in Minnesota. Mrs. Caroline
Dale Snedeker, who is one Of the
foremost Of the nations authors on
children's books, was guest speak
er at the meeting. Two important
points were stressed which are go
ing to find more impetus in library
work in the coming year. Certified
ton of librarians has become live
problem whereby they hope to in
troduce a bill into the State Legis-
lature to that effect. The second is
the establishment of county IL
brary service in which the libraries
will branch out to individuals as
well as the schools in surrounding
territory. This movement received
its start in the rural work some as
sociations are conducting. The rur-
al service offered by the local IL
brary was cited during the conven-
ton as an example for the estab-
Iishment Of county service. The
Sank Centre library Is one Of the
few organizations In the state to
offer the service to rural schools
and has now fourteen member
schools participating.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17
SCHEDULE CHANGE

F. s. Bonaime, Great Northern
station agent, announced last week
that No. z, the Winnipeg Flyer,
will not stop in this city following
Sunday night, October 18th. No
other change was made In the
schedule.
Owing to the above train change
no mail will leave the local post Of
flee after $50 p. m, with the ex-
ception Of that which is sent north
on the 5:55 KLINE train to Bemid-
j.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17

The Methodist Episcopal church
in Greenwich, Kan, Is 80 years old,
but It had it's first wedding cere-
Emony Just recently, when Eldon M.
GHagan married Effie Louise Borg.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-10-17

Mrs. Lue Stuart Wadsworth Of
Mass, has for a hobby
the collection Of pitchers and now
has 1878 Of them, ranging In capa-
city from one drop to a gallon.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-04
First Lady of France
Visits White House

A slightly-built woman with
rich brown hair and an ever pres
ent smile, Nine. Albert Lebrun,
First Lady of France" stepped
from train in Union Station
this afternoon and was given a
warm welcome.
The wife of the President Of
France, who arrived in New York
yesterday on the liner Normandie
on her first visit to the United
States, came here to meet the
President and Mrs. Roosevelt.
She has already met Mrs. James
Roosevelt, mother of the Presi'
dent, and entertained her in
France. And Nine. Lebrun thinks
that the mother of the President
is "delicieuse"-and you don't
have to be a French scholar to
understand that.
Sec. Hull Greets Her
AS she stepped from the train
Secretary of State and Mrs. Hull
extended a formal greeting.
There also were the French Am
basSador and Nine. de Laboulaye
and other members of the en-
bassy staff.
A White House limousine was
waiting, and she was whisked
away to the French Embassy.
Later in the afternoon the car will
carry her to the White House
where she and the ladies of her
party will be greeted by Mrs.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1935-06-04
.WARDNAN HITS
HALSEY-STUART

The Halsey-Stuart Company to-
day was characterized by
Harry Wardman, whose real es-
tate empire here collapsed at the
outset of the depression, as all
organization of "gangsters and
gunner"
Mr.. Wardman made this asser-
ton before the special House CON-
mittee investigating real estate
bondholders' protective commit
tees, as he related how his for
tunes were dashed suddenly in
1928.
Preceding him on the witness
stand was James D. Hobbs, who
had been financial head of the
WardmanA organization, and who
testified that assets of the COM
pany became so frozen in 1928
that it was necessary to obtain
financial help and that the Hal
sey-Stuart Company, together
with the Hamilton Company, Of
Baltimore, finally were dealt with.
Bankers Get Control
Mr.. Hobbs explained that the
Halsey-Stuart Company compelled
them to make such an agreement
that the bonding house gained
control of the properties and
eventually forced all the Ward
man representatives out of the
picture. He ADDED that today the
bankers can regulate the first
mortgage bond holders and manip-
ulate those bonds 80 as to freeze
out the investors"
He told the committee that the
financial status of the Wardman
company was so strained at the
time the agreement with Halsey.
Stuart was made that there was
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