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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Chick Day
To Be Held
Sat-, May 18th
c Community Auction Arrange
ments Being Completed
By Committee
TO ENTERTAIN GUESTS
Next Club Meeting Will Be
Held Thursday, Even
ing, April Is

To stimulate interest in new
spring merchandise the merchants
OF Sank Centre have decided to
hold their second annual Chick
Day on Saturday, May 18th. This
event created considerable interest
last year, hence, it was deemed adj
visable that the Community Club
sponsor another Of these days in
connection with special sales by
the merchants.
The merchants will arrange
guessing contests, which will be
placed in the individual stores. The
winners in each contest will re-
ceive an order on one Of the local
hatcheries for twenty baby chicks.
These orders will be good If pre-
scented any time during the 1885
Matching season. Complete details
as to arrangements and the names
Of the merchants, who will have
these guessing contests in their
stores, will be published in the Her
aid later.
Another event of interest spon-
sored by the club is community
auction, which will be held during
the latter part Of May. At a meet
ing of the committee in charge of
arrangements held at the club
rooms last Thursday evening it
was decided to stage this auction
and to employ R. r.. belong as
auctioneer. Mr.. DeLong agreed to
cry the sale at q slight cost and al
so to hire the clerk.
Any farmer or resident Of this
community may enter articles for
sale, and the listings are to be left
at any store in this city There will
be charge made Of two percent
on all articles sold. Goods listed
and bid in by the owner will carry
charge Of one percent. Arrange
ments will be completed and sub
mitted to the club for action at the
next meeting. 1t is planned to de-
fray the costs of the auction by the
sale of articles donated by the mer-
chants.
The baseball committee, which
also met last Thursday evening,
decided to place the matter of a
baseball team before the next
meeting Of the club, and to ask for
the appointment OF new commit
tee.
The next meeting Of the Com
munity club will be held Thursday
evening, April 18th. President Scott
has arranged for an interesting
session, as he has invited the men,
bers OF six clubs of surrounding
cities and villages to be in attend
ance. The clubs which will be re-
presented at this meeting win be
from Brooten, Belgrade, Melrose,
Holdingford, Grey Eagle and Osa-
kis. Propositions Of interest to all
Of these clubs win be presented for
discussion. Following the business
session a pleasant time will be en-
joyed at cards and lunch will be
served. It Is hoped that a large
number of the business men and
club members will be present to
help entertain the visitors.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Celebration Started Today
With Proper Observances
Of Maundy Thursday
CHORAL CELEBRATION
Biblical Drama at Congrega-
tional Church-Other
Churches Active

In memory Of the first Holy
Communion, the Crucifixion- Of
Christ and His glorious resurrec-
ton Of nearly 1000 years ago, the
Churches Of Sank Centre have pre-
pared special services and pro-
grams. Services for Holy week OPP
en- today, Maundy Thursday, in
preparation Of the Easter celebra-
ton.
On this Thursday evening q
Communion service in commemora-
ton Of the first Holy Communion
win be celebrated at the Episcopal
Church. On Good Friday a three
hour devotional service will be
held from 1900 noon to 500 o.
clock. Sunday morning, Easter day,
will be marked by the celebration
of the Holy Communion at eight
o'clock and at Hoo o'clock there
will be a choral celebration.
There will be a service Of Tene-
brae and Alteration at st. Paurs
Catholic church this Thursday ev-
ening. At 900 o'clock Friday
morning Mass of the Presanctified
will be read. Other services will be
found in the announcement which
follows.
The Congregational church will
have special and appropriate SER
vices during the Holy Days, with
special choral services both Easter
morning and evening. The evening
service will be presented in the
form Of a religious drama and will
be q union service with the Meth
odist church.
At the First Methodist church
services will begin at 600 o'clock
Easter morning. This service is
sponsored by the Epworth League
and will be held at the City Park.
Those wishing to attend will gath
er at the church at $50 that morn
ing. The Easter service will be held
at Hoo a. m.
Appropriate Easter services will
be held at the Norwegian Luther
an Church in this city Sunday az
ternoon at Ills o'clock and at the
Long Bridge Norwegian Lutheran
Church in the morning at IL
o'clock. A choral service will also
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Drought Relief
Rates End Soon
Farmers Urged 10 Get Necessary
Shipments of Hay Started
Before That Date

All farmers and dealers who still
find 1t necessary to ship in rough
age under the drought relief rates
are cautioned from the County A
gents office at st. Cloud that the
reduced rates wherein the drought
certificates can be used come to an
end April 80. After that day the
full rate will be charged for all
shipments Of hay and straw from
distant points into this county.
With that in mind every farmer
and dealer Is urged to get the nee
essary shipments of hay and straw
ON their way to this county before
the drought rate comes to an end.
Certificates for these shipments
can, Of course, be secured at the
County agents office up until the
end Of April.
A saving Of 80 Is per cent can
be made on the shipments Of hay
and 80 per cent on the shipments
Of straw and other low class
roughages.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Will Flush City
MIGRANTS Soon
Patrons Asked To Bear With |
Commission For Short Time
Until Water Clears Up

In the near future workmen
Of the Water, Light and Power
Commission will flush the n.y.
drants, and as usual the water
will be roily for a short time.
It is impossible to do this work
during the winter months, hence
rust has gathered in the pipes.
For this reason the Commission
asks patrons to bear with them
until the water has settled.
The discoloration of water
following the flushing does not
impair its purity, it Is absolute
ly harmless and may be used
without fear. If you do not care
to use 1t when 1t Is roily let it
settle for awhile; it will then
clear up.
The Minnesota Department of
Health takes a test Of the city
water once or twice a year, and
1t has always found 1t to be best
as to purity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Miss Mildred Bye Gives His
tory of Pre-School Or
ganization

Friedrich Froebel, q noted Ger
man educator, gave the name kind
dergarten to an institution found
ed by him in Blankenburg, Ger
many in 1887, to meet the educa-
tional needs OF children between
the ages Of four and six years
through play.
The fullest development of this
type Of education has been in the
United States. The very first kin
dergartens were established in
Boston, New York, Milwaukee, Chi
cago, and st. Louis in the early
seventies. At the Philadelphia Elk
position in 1876, a kindergarten
demonstration gave the American
people an opportunity to Judge its
merits. Within the next decade
kindergartens had been established
in all the large cities Of the coun-
try. These early kindergarten were
all private or supported by organi-
cations. AS they proved their mer-
It they were gradually adopted by
the schools Of their communities.
The first states to enact laws per-
uniting the use Of public school
funds for the education Of children
Of kindergarten age were: Connect
icut, Indiana, and Vermont, during
the eighties. These laws made 1t
possible to organize kindergarten
training courses in the State-sup-
ported teachers training institu-
tons. The first state to offer such
courses were: Minnesota, Kansas.
Connecticut and New York.
The kindergarten in Sank Centre
was begun in 1916. Miss Marie
Whit from Albert Lea was the first
kindergarten teacher. Her excellent
work convinced the community
that kindergarten training was
valuable, and this Is the opinion
of every community where kim
dergartens have been establish
ed.
All parents should avail them
selves Of the opportunity to send
their children to kindergarten,
since the training received in this
department better prepares the
child for the adjustment he must
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Importance of Kindergarten
Training Stressed BY Teacher

make In the first grade. It Is q well
known fact among educators that
children with kindergarten train
ing make more rapid advancement
through the grades. Statistics prove
that parents who are Indifferent
to the value OF this type Of training
unconsciously do their own chill
dren an injustice since by such an
omission they handicap their child
by giving him feeling Of infer
iority when placed with children
who have had this advantage.
Proof that the community OF Sank
Centre realizes how fortunate 1t Is
in this respect Is shown by the
large enrolment which in some
years run as high as 70 boys and
girls.
In order that all, even those
who have not had direct contact
through their children with the
kindergarten, may fully understand
the situations which arise, there fol-
lows an account OF a day in the
kindergarten.
"A hlnOofg8rU6n D8y
The kindergarten Is an attractive
and inviting place. Lovely sunshine
glints through the clean windows;
a spreading fern lends grace
and beauty; a bowl OF fresh flow
ers brightens the teachers desk;
an earthen vase OF simple hne and
deep rich color adorns the plano;
pictures low on the wall suggest
good times or tell funny Mother
Goose tales; picture books on the
table attract the attention; re-
cord lies ready on the disc Of the
Victrola and gold fish swim lazily
about In their glass home.
The work bench, brushed free
and clean, holds tools and nails;
empty boxes and pieces Of wood
near at hand; a large jar on a Ia
BILE covered with clean oilcloth
contains clay ready to be nodded,
blocks of various sizes offer pro-
mise of completing the farm or
other project in process OF being
built; cloth, needles, scissors are
In convenient places; and an easel
with paper and colors stands in a
favorable light.
It is $50 o'clock in the morn
ing. Two little boys enter the
room, on hand early, for there Is
much to do before the school be-
gins. After greeting their teacher,
they run to the gold fish bowl,
CONTINUED on Page s. Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Ali Contests
In Our CITY
On April 81
Unusually Large Program Is
Planned for Event in
This City
9 CLUBS WILL COMPETE
Young People From Brooten
Prepare Special Enter
tainment Feature

Nine All clubs are putting finish
ing touches on their one-act plays
in preparation for the county one
act play contests which will be held
in the st. Joseph school gymna-
SUM, April 26 at 7:30 and in the
Sank Centre school gymnasium on
April u at 7:30 O'Clock. A general
admission Of ten cents will be
charged to defray the expenses.
Four clubs will put on their
plays at st. Joseph on Friday. The
Rice Lake club of Eden Valley has
prepared Little Oscar" directed by
Robert FIesland. Lorraine Bros
sard, Norman Ruin, Ivan Mills, and
Iris Jones are playing the parts of
the characters. The Sank Valley
club Of st. Cloud are giving Just
a Little Mistake" directed by
Gladys Hooker. Marion Payne, Ma
BILE Hoyer, Esther Hoyer, Alice
Thoms, Eileen Merrill, and Hester
Staples are acting. "Flittermouse"
directed by Henry Weisman Is the
play selected by the Cold Spring
All club. Characters are played by
Dolores Grams, Harriet Terrier,
Teresa Pink and lone Peters. The
fourth play, Elmer directed by
Mrs. M. G. zimmerman, is being Civ
en- by st. Joseph club. The actors
are Betty Pfannestein, Fred and
Marie Kuelbeck, Daniel Viehauser,
Leonilla and Armella Berg, Renee
Buttweiler, Yvonne Martini, and
Juliana Terway. I'm addition to
these four plays the Cold Spring
and Paynesville clubs have been
asked to furnish intermission en-
tertainment. A very large bird
house exhibit is expected. Boys and
girls interested in this line Of con-
servation are showing complete
exhibit Of five bird houses and
either birdIbath or a bird-feeder.
The Lynden All club has complete
charge Of this exhibit. Be sure to
see the excellent bird-houses which
have been made by the members.
The st. Joseph club has charge OF
ushering and the Rice Lake and
Willing Workers will take care OF
the admission.
An unusually large program Is
planned for the second half Of the
one-act play contest in Sank Gen.
tire on Saturday. The Raymond
Ashley club will give 1.-THE Tele-
gram" directed by Mrs. A. I. Cowl-
thorp. Eldoris Smith, Merle Judes,
Hazel Payne, Lorraine Meidleman
and Chas. Swift are playing the
parts in the play. The Albany club
has selected 'iSod" an unusual play
Of prairie life directed by Miss Bea-
trice eastman and Mary Schwing-
hamer. Parts are played by Anna
Pratschner, Mary Pexleitner, Vic
tor Schwinghamer and Edwin Auer
The Unity Club under the direction
Continued on Page 8
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
J. L. Gray
Writes Story
of Trip West
Interesting Sidelights Of
Farming and Dairying
In Oregon
HAD WONDERFUL TRIP
Tells of Former Sank Centre
Residents Enjoy West
ern Hospitality

The following article, written by
]. L. Gray, is an interesting &C
count of their Western trip. Mr..
Gray tells of the mode of farming,
climatic conditions and other in
teresting things. The letter fol-
lows:
Sank Centre Herald.
Dear Sirs:
Mrs. Gray and I have just re-
turned from a trip West, to the
state OF Oregon. Maybe you would
like to hear something about our
trip and what we think Of that part
of the West which we had the pleas
ure to visit. Leaving Morris, Mimi,
at noon the 18th of January we ar
rived in Portland, Oregon, at 2:30
p. M, the 18th Of January, and it
was showing hard. We stayed in
Portland with our cousin, Charles
o. Gray, until Friday afternoon.
Charles, as you remember, is q mu-
sic teacher. He has nice little
place Of his own just out Of Port
land. He had an outside engage
ment Friday afternoon and as we
were anxious to see Mrs. Grays
brother, the Rev. George III. Swift,
and his family, we went on to Sal
EN-, SO miles south Of Portland.
I am not sure whether you re-
member lMr. Swift or not. He used
to live here, went through high
school in Sank Centre and married
Miss Alice Parker, Of Ashley town.
ship. He was rector ot the Episco-
pal church in Minot, N. D., for a
number Of years before he was
called to Salem, Ore. He has been
the rector Of st. Paups in Salem for
about 5 years and he and Mrs.
Swift like it very much in Salem.
George and Alice are pretty busy
but they found time to show us the
country in all directions from
Salem, including MT. Hood. Mt.
Hood is a nice big pile Of rock and
dirt, that lifts its snow capped peak
over 1000 feet up into the clouds.
Mt. Hood is about 80 miles north
east of Salem and can be easily
seen any clear day. Salem, the cap
ital city of Oregon and county
seat Of Marion county Is a nice
clean city of about 10000 people.
There are mountains within 70
miles either east or west from Sal
EN-, not great high peaks like MT.
Hood or MT. Jefferson, but noun
tain ranges and anytime while we
were there we could see snow on
those mountains although 1t was
nice warm spring weather in Sal
EN-, except when It rained. George
and Alice took us to the Pacific
Ocean at Newport and we had our
first sight OF that vast body Cd wa
ter.
We never did see any on the
Continued on Page
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
to
Enter Annual
Music Event
Will Compete In Festival At
Alexandria April Goth
And 9th
MANY SCHOOLS ENROLL
Organizations Will Be Rated
According To Indiv-
idual Merits

The annual Twelfth District Jun
Tor and Senior High School Music
Festival, in which members of the
Sank Centre High School musical
organizations will participate, will
be held in Alexandria Friday and
Saturday. April 26th and 9th. APP
proximately 1900 students from
over 20 towns will take part in the
various events.
The organizations from the 10
cal school which will enter the
contest are the Junior High Girls
Glee Club. Senior High Girls Glee
Club and possibly a mixed chorus.
These clubs are under the direc-
ton Of Miss Boobar, local music in
structor. Other towns participating
this year will be: Bertha, Pelican
Rapids. Osakis, Cyrus, Wheaton,
Evansville, Elbow Lake, Henning,
Alexandria, Benson, Starbuck, Han
cock, Fergus Falls, Breckenridge,
Dillworth, Parkers Prairie, Long
Prairie, Brandon, Brooten, Clinton
and Battle Lake.
Judges for the festival will he
Prof. Abe Pepinsky, instrumental,
and Prof Archie N. Jones, vocal
Both men are from the music de-
partment of the University of
Minnesota.
In place OF the original plan OF
contests, there will be no compe-
tition between high schools, but in
stead each event will be rated ac-
cording to its individual merits;
that is, excellent will get an A
rating, very good a B rating, good
G rating and fair a d rating
This tends to create a better spirit
between the students participating
and is an incentive for the best ef-
forts that can be produced.
One of the features of the Fest
ival this year will be the chorus
Of 700 voices singing THE Fri
Kings Daughter" by Gade. Prof
Archie N. Jones will direct this
group and Prof. Abe Pepinsky will
be concert master for the special
orchestra which will accompany
the voices. Soloists are Miss Min
erva Pepinsky, soprano, Mrs. Ar
chic N. Jones, contralto, and Mr.
Theodore Ording, baritone. Prof
Pepinsky will direct the massed
bands and orchestras as in former
years.
All chamber music groups both
vocal and instrumental will per
form on Friday afternoon All Jun
Tor High vocal groups will sing at
this same session and at the con-
clusion Of the judging they Will
have their Junior High Festival.
All Senior High groups and Jun
Tor High Bands and Orchestras
will be heared on Saturday morn
ing. In the afternoon rehearsala
will be conducted In preparation
for the evenings concert.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Information From
Library Report


The librarian, Miss Lindeloff, has
submitted the following bits Of in
formation taken from the annual
report which Is sent to the State
Library department. This report
was submitted to the Library
Board on March 81, 1885. It con-
tains only the most pertinent facts
in which every tax payer Of this
city and every lover Of books
should be vitality interested.
In reviewing the years work,
one can notice the growing Inn
portance Of the library in the COM
munity during this economic cris-
is. That there has been a marked
increase in the use OF the library
is shown in the circulation report.
The circulation figures are:
Juvenile Adult
Fiction 8,601 17,125
Non-fiction SAD 3,5O3
Total 14,033 20,627
Probably the most notable in
crease Is in the circulation Of nom
fiction books There is an urgent
demand for literature on vocation
al reimbursement and books on
trades and occupations. TO meet
this demand the Bryant Public Id
brary has allotted a large portion
Of it's book fund to books Of this
type, and to up-to-date government
pamphlets.
People have more leisure time to
read, and there has never been
more to read. In recreational read
ing, fiction, travel and biography
books, there is an increase OF over
1000 volumes in circulation.
The hobby Of reading is not on
ly being developed in the adult
class. Children are reading more
than ever before. New educational
methods encourage children to
seek information for their school
projects from every available
source. Booksellers are emphasize
ing more than ever before worth
while subject matter and attractive
books for the youthful reader. To
make the books more easily Access
sible, library instruction has been
given to school children, SO that
they may use the catalog and find
their own books. One of the bus
lest departments in this library Is
the children's room. Children are
CONTINUED on Page 8. Col. ID
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Motor License
Rush Started

Governor Olson Wednesday
signed the bill fixing the new
motor vehicle taxes, and the
rush started to get taxes paid
before the time limit, fixed for
May 1. Secretary Of State Mike
Holm had new rate books ready
and in the hands Of his agents
all over the state, and word
went out to them today to begin
accepting license money and is
suing new plates. Those who al
ready have paid for their plates
on the higher rates will receive
small refunds later on, where
they have refunds coming.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Wheat Growers
To Ballot Soon
Shall Present AAA Wheat Adjust.
ment Program Be Continued
with Slight Changes

Minnesota wheat growers will
have an opportunity May % to vote
on the question Of whether or not
the present wheat adjustment pro
gram, with slight changes, shall be
continued from the end Of the pre-
sent crop year through 1889.
Notice Of this referendum. In
which the Agricultural Adjustment
Administration will seek to learn
the growers wishes, was received
late last week by w. G. Coffey,
dean Of the University Department
Of Agriculture and acting extern
sion director, University Farm, st
Paul, In a message from G. W..
Warburton, extension director Of
the United States Department Of
Agriculture.
The future program, II adopted,
would be virtually the same as the
one now In effect, except that the
Secretary Of Agriculture would be
authorized to require an acreage
reduction as high as Is per cent,
instead Of 20 per cent, as In the
present contract. The reduction re-
ouirements, however, would be var
led from year to year with 70 per
cent as the upper limit, as supply
and demand conditions would APP
pear to warrant.
More emphasis would also be
placed on shifting wheat land to
grass In the dust storm areas than
has been given under the present
program.
The rate OF benefit payments
and the conditions under which
these payments would be made
would also be determined each
year, the message reads. The base
period used In determining each
growers allotment would remain
the same as under the present con-
tract and the local administrative
work would be handled, as In the
past, by committees Of contract
signers.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
Minnesota Leads
In Sale of Farms
Buyers Seeking Land Investments
Raise Bids and Down Pay
ments, Says Land Bank

Seventy-two farms have been
sold in Minnesota by the Federal
Land Bank OF st. Paul up to April
10, according to a summary just
made by the bank, Minnesota lead
ing the other 8 states or the dis
trict in sales for the year thus tar
with Michigan a close second.
THE thing we have noticed about
our land sales this spring Is that
when we reject thin offer, almost
invariably the prospect raises his
offer, both as to price and down
payment" said President Roy A.
Nelson.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1935-04-18
st. Paul's Catholic Church
Services For Holy Week

I'm the evening of Thursday will
he Tenebrae and Alteration at 1880.
On Good Friday morning at 900
will be the Mass OF the Presancti-
fled, a procession, and Alteration
of the Cross. At 2:30 p. NJ, will be
the Way Of the Cross, and a ser
mon by Rev. Paul Eberle.
Saturday morning services will
commence at TOO with the blessing
of the fire, followed by the reading
of the Prophecies, the blessing OF
the Easter candle, and the blessing
of the water.
At 800 and TOO p. m, confess
sions will be heard.
On Easter Sunday the masses
will be at the usssAl time at 500
and 1000 a. m.