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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
Brook Park High Life
High School.

Again bad weather steps in and
the attendance drops, but no matter
how cold or how much the wind blows
school must continue, and those liv-
ing in town plod to school. Friday
however, is a vacation day, for the
teachers are to go and visit other
schools.
The basketball boys went to Sand
stone Tuesday afternoon, February 25,
and played their last game. They put
up good fight which is shown by
the score, even though they were not
the victors. The final score was IA
to IL, in Sandstone's favor.
The students are again starting a
new unit in social science. The new
unit, the last one, is on government.
The students hope to finish this soon
and then begin reviewing for state
examinations.
Grades.
Franklin Judin, Donald Peterson,
Zylpha Stevenson and Ann Ziegler are
on the sixth grade honor roll; and
Severa Brechbiel and Marcella Scy-
monk ranked highest in the fifth
grade the past six weeks.
Only few students in the fifth and
sixth grades have had a perfect at
tendance record this six weeks, due to
Donald Peterson, George Butler, Keith
Chase and FRANKLIN Judin have been
here every day.
The recent standard spelling test
resulted in several high scores. In
the fifth grade Charlene Sodergren
got A; Leroy Swedlund, B; and Flor
ence Hanson and Severa Brechbiel,
B.. In the sixth grade Zylpha Steven
son, Ann Ziegler, Donald Peterson and
Franklin Judin received A; Donald
Furrer B; and Kenneth Ashcraft,
Norval Brechbiel and George Butler,
B..
Those on the honor roll in the
third grade are Eva Anderson, Wesley
Brechbiel and Irene Ziegler, and on
the fourth grade honor roll are RO-
bert Fosberg, Delmar Clark and Flor
ence Kruba.
Eva Anderson, Wesley Brechbiel,
Robert Fosberg and Frederick Nor
denstrom got A in the standard SPELL
ing test.
The first grade children on the hon
or roll are Gala Nordenstrom and
Gloria Fleming. The second grade
children on the honor roll are Don
aid Ziegler, Grace Bell and Raymond
Anderson.
Duane Finn was the only pupil who
had perfect attendance in the second
grade.
The following children have been in
the health parade all this month:
Gloria Fleming, Robert Furrer, DON
aid Gaddes, Gala Nordenstrom, John
Runa, Raymond Anderson, Grace Bell,
Ramona Butler, Gladys Eklund and
Duane Finn.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
CLOVERDALE

Miss Eileen COyne, teacher at Dis
trict No. Ill, spent Saturday and Sum
Gay at the parental Coyne home near
Hinckley.
Mrs. Pearson and Edward visited at
the Redeem home Friday evening.
Carnie Moffat, from west of Hinck-
ley, is employed on the c. G. Peterson
farm.
Mrs. Paul Frye has been helping
her sister, Mrs. Einar Norlander, care
for their youngest son, Alvin, who has
been seriously ill with pneumonia.
Friends are very glad to hear that he
is improving very rapidly.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Orr were Wis
itors at the Pearson home Friday.
Leroy Orr returned home with his
parents after having spent several
weeks with his grandmother.
Miss Evelyn Petsko spent the week.
end with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Joseph Petsko.
Mrs. Herman Peterson of Forest
Lake, returned Wednesday CT last
week to her home. She came Monday
for the funeral of her mother and
visited her sister, Mrs. Dewey Carlson,
and brother, Einar, and their families.
Church services were held Sunday
forenoon.
Several men from here have secured
work near the Yellow Banks CCC
camp.
Edward Pearson and Vern Asleson
visited at the Hemming home Satur-
day evening.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
English Names of Months
Are of Latin Extraction

The months of the year received
: their English names from correspond
ing Latin names. Those from Septem.
Der to December were called from the
numerals septem, seven; octo,
"eight"; novem, "nine"; and deem,
"ten." September was the seventh
month when the year began with
March. July was formerly called Quin-
titus. from quintus, "fifth"; but when
julius Caesar reformed the calendar.
he changed the months name to julius
in his own honor. julius became July in
English. Similarly, SeXtilius, from sex
tus, SIXTH" was named Augustus aft
er the emperor Of that name and be-
came our August. January was named
from Janus, god of entrances. Febru-
airy is derived from februa, festival
of publication held In that month by
the Romans. Martius is the month OF
Mars, who was originally a god of agri-
culture, his month being the one when
crops were ordinarily planted. The orf-
gin of April is not known. May is
named from Maia, the mother Of the
Roman god Mercury. June is derived
from Juno. the goddess Of women and
Of marriage. The week. consisting OF
seven days, is unit Of time dating
from prehistoric antiquity.
Each Of the seven days corresponds
to one Of the seven moving heavenly
bodies then known, and may have been
set apart for the worship Of CORE
spending god or goddess. Sunday was
the suns day; Monday. the moons
day; Tuesday. Mars (Tues in NOrse)
day; Wednesday, Mercury's (Wodan's)
day; Thursday, Jupiter's (Thor's) day !;
Friday, Venus (Freia's) day; and Sat
urday, Saturn's day. - Indianapolis
News.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
Writing From Right to Left

1t is believed by philOlogists that the
earliest writing ran from right to left.
The ancient Egyptians wrote this way
and SO did the Phoenicians. AS a con-
sequence, all the Semitic languages
with the exception of the extinct AS
syro-BabylOnian and modern Ethiopic
were or are written from right to left.
All other written languages used in
the world read from left to right with
the exception of Chinese and Japanese
which read from top to bottom and in
columns from right to left.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
(FrOm Another Correspondent

(FrOm Another Correspondent
Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph Pike and family
spent Sunday afternoon at the Martin
Anderson home.
Mrs. Curtis Lyon and children, Ann
Paveck, Dorothy Berg, Mr.. and Mrs.
Delmar Benson and Georgia Ann and
Mr.. and Mrs. G. Dalberg and family
of Danbury, spent Sunday afternoon
at the Swan home.
Graydon Wise, Barney Rau and
Hank Allen spent the weekend at the
Frank Ramsdel home.
Mrs. Lester Thieling and Mrs. Del
mar Benson visited at the Irons school
Friday. Mrs. Theiling acted as one of
the judges for the declamatory con-
test for that school. George York won
first place, Hilma Rasmussen, second,
and Leonard Frye, third. March 16,
at Glover Hall, will be the night when
the winners are chosen to represent
this end of the county at Hinckley.
Let's all turn out and boost the
schools.
Leslie Hastings called at the Emery
Huntley home Sunday afternoon.
Nellie Hanson and Corrine Linehan
visited school Tuesday afternoon and
were supper guests at the Benson
home.
Mrs. Ed Soens and children visited
at the Curtis Lyon home Saturday
evening.
Dorothy Berg spent last Thursday
evening at the Soens home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ivan Grove, Mr.. and
Mrs. Lester Theiling, Cecil Theiling
and Mr.. and Mrs. Kramer and family
spent Saturday evening at the Grove
home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
DanfOrth Township

Don't forget the change of Sunday
school time. 1t is 2 p. m. now in
stead of 1870 on Sundays.
Paul Drane, who was fire warden
here three years ago, moved truck
load of furniture here last week, and
will again be fire warden for the sum-
mer. He and Mrs. Drane and baby
will be at home here in about three
weeks.
Oscar johnson attended Young Peo-
pies meeting at the Soderquist home
Saturday evening.
Elsie Boo and Wendell Moore spent
the weekend at the Louie Larson
home and attended Warren's birthday
party Saturday afternoon.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
OGEMA

A large group of Ogema people went
to Pine City Monday.
The Duxbury camp has about $50
men there now. They are now work
ing in the jack pines for the park.
Many stay at the camp all week as
the board is reasonable.
The Frye, Huntley and Pike fam
lilies plowed the snow out of their
road three days last week and it was
hard work.
Mrs. T. ]. Ryan and Mrs. Delmar
Benson visited at the Swan home Sat
urday.
The mail man didn't go last Thurs
day as roads were too bad
T. ]. Ryan called at the Joe Beau
feauX home Sunday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
SANDSTONE BIBLE CHURCH
Observation-Disclosures

Sunday services Sunday, March s.
Sunday school, 10 a. m, class for your
age. The Bible is our text book.
Morning service, II a. m, subject,
The Christine Token of Gods Love
Toward This World. Third sermon
on the Supernatural Christ.
Evangelistic service, p. m. We in
wife you to sing with us the old gos-
pei songs. Gospel singing and preach
ing, subject, The One Who Loves You.
Christ wants you. You need Him.
Tuesday, s p. m. Fisherman club.
Wednesday, p. M, prayer meeting.
Saturday, 10 a. m, boys and girls
club.
r. DEURSEN, Pastor.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
Earlv Books on Beasts

Bestiaries, books that prOfessed to
describe living beasts, added much to
the scientific confusion of the Middle
ages. They not only include imaginary
animals such as dragons and man.
headed lions, but they gave fabulous
characteristics to real animals, two Of
which have been believed almost to
the present day-that crOcOdiles shed
tears and that bears are born without
form and have to be licked into shape
by their mothers.-COllier's Weekly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
The Silent "Mad King"

Ludwig II, the Mad King" of Ba-
varia from 1864 to 1886, never saw
or spoke to anyone if he could avoid
it. When in Munich his chief amuse-
ments were to attend performances
at the Royal and National theater for
which he purchased all seats so he
could be alone, and to row gOndola
on an artificial lake which he had built
on the third floor of his palace so he
could not be watched by servants
Golfers Weekly.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
(From Another Correspondent

(FrOm Another Correspondent
On account of snow-blOcked roads,
the mail carrier on Route No. 1, west
of GrOningen, has missed several days.
Willard Nelson, who has been en-
played at Rock Creek, accompanied
his brother, Jewel, to Duluth Monday
for few days visit.
Lawrence annd Glen Dupee have
recently been busy cutting logs just
west of Groningen, and will soon be
ready to saw lumber.
The school attendance has been
very small for the past month due
to sickness, cold weather and blocked
roads.
Ben Nelson spent the weekend at
home.
A. c. Haglin of Duluth, was here
week ago Saturday to look after his
interests and bring supplies for Clar.
ence and Emil.
A crew of men have started to gra-
vel the road known as the GroningeI
and Bass Lake road.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
Peace Lutheran Church, Finlayson.

H. Sporleder, pastor.
English service, 1920 a. M; Bible
school 10 a. M, subject, Jesus
Agony in Gethsemane." Senior choir
will sing a Lenten hymn entitled,
Jesus l Will Ponder Now
Junior choir meets Friday at p.
m. at the parsonage.
Confirmation instruction Saturday
at $50 a. m. at the H. E. Shafer
home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
SANDSTONE
(From Another Correspondent

The ladies of the Missionary club
of the Bible church will meet Thurs
day today at 2 p. m at the home Of
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Van der Werf. All
friends and members are urged to
attend
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05
GRONINGEN

Church services will be- held Sun
day morning, March 8, at $50 o'clock.
All are welcome.
Mrs. L. Nystrom will entertain the
Ladies' Aid at her home Thursday,
March IL. Everybody welcome.
M. Ortenblad was a Pine City Wis
itor Monday.
Willard Nelson is visiting at his
parental home at this writing.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05

Keep informed by reading the
American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-03-05

You saw it in the American.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
Convention of
Library Heads
Annual Lake Region Event VIII Be
Held In Sank Centre May
LIST and End

Librarians of this section will
convene in their 18th annual Lake
Region convention in this city on
May 1 and 2, announced Miss Myn-
cite Lindeloff, local librarian, this
week. The two-day meet will bring
a number of out-of-town guests to
Sank Centre, beside the rural pop
ulation invited to the open session
on Friday evening.
About forty cities of this section
of the state will be represented
with invitations being extended to
both city and school librarians.
Business meetings will be held
throughout both days in the Ii
barry. On Friday evening, May LIST,
which features prominent speakers,
there will be an open meeting to
which the rural school teachers and
rural school board members and
the general public will be invited.
Country library service will be the
topic stressed on Friday evening,
and hence it is desirable that all
rural school teachers and board
members be present. Rural library
service Is receiving ever increasing
impetus, and the local library it.
self Is carrying on the work
through the rural schools. Further
details OF the plans for the meet
will be announced from time to
time.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05

Tournament
Is Successful
Seven CUNTS Met In Sank
Centre In Elimination
Contest
TWO TEAMS SELECTED
Osakis Provided Upset To
Dopesters In Defeat Of
MelrOSe

Swanville and Osakis were final
lists in the eastern division of the
sub-district played in the local gym
last Thursday and Friday evenings.
Swanville romped through Willard
80 to Is in the opening frame. Then
pursuing their easy ticket they took
Grey Eagle in their stride 80 to r.
Osakis shunted Clarissa out Of the
way with SO to % final tally, and
then proceeded to walk over Mel
rose to the tune of 43 to 10.
Bertha, in the western division
and Henning came out on top fol
district competition. Bertha draw.
ing a bye in the first round, noseG
out Evansville, winner over Eagle
Bend, in the final round. Hennine
defeated Parkers Prairie in the
final round to enter the district
play. Parkers and Henning had q
good scrap. Tied at 12-all Hennine
put on a final squirt that sent them
in front SO to "a as the game was
called.
The local meet did not exhibit
the best brands of basketball
Swanville pulled it's way through
an easy schedule with Willard and
Grey Eagle. Melrose and Upsala
gave the finest exhibition with q
final score of % to 81, Melrose
leading. Osakis provided the tour
ney with one of those upsets when
they caught Melrose flat footed and
trounced them roundly. Melrose
Continued on Page 4, Col ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
Sank Centre
Won Its First
Tourney Tilt
Will Meet Alexandria To-
night In Second Cage
Game
LOCAL PEOPLE ELATED
Large Number of Fans Ex-
pected To Follow Our
Team
District play thus far:
Bertha %; Osakis 16.


Glenwood 26; Henning 10.
Alexandria 26; Swanville 16.
Completely composed the Sank
Centre high school cagers turned
in one of their finest exhibitions in
their first round set-up in the Dis
trict tournament last night when
they defeated Long Prairie Is to z.
The game sent the locals on to the
second round tussle with Alexan-
dria to be played tonight, Thurs
day.
A reversal in the traditional Of
fensive baffled Long Prairie five
to the extent that the locals had
things pretty much their own way
throughout the game. Instead of
employing the usual system the
boys simply passed the old pill
around the court. To nothing else
can the victory be contributed, and
it was as pretty an exhibition Of
passing that this district has seen
for long time.
Sank Centre started off passing
neatly and went in fast to get a
few buckets but several misjudged
shots Tailed zero. Arvig bucketed
the ball for the first goal Tipping
one in from the corner. Keldahl
followed him with a shot under the
basket from the tip off, and Arvig
drove in hard to reap the third.
Then the boys settled down to
their passing game Of watchful
waiting. Long Prairie got no points
and scarcely got a decent shot at
Continued on Page 4, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
A. NJ. WELLES GUEST
EDITOR OF NEWS

A. NJ. Welles, former editor of
the Sank Centre Herald, who is
now a resident Of Mortified as
a guest of the Odd Fellows
Home, was guest editor of the
Mortified News last week. Mr..
Welles edited the editorial col
umn Of the News and displayed
that he still has a wonderful
grasp Of political and other i'm
portant events Of the day. In
across the Editors Desk" a
personal and chatty column,
which appears in the News each
week, he referred to political
events which transpired during
his editorship of the Herald. He
mentioned the late Frank M.
Eddy, of this city, and Rudy Lee,
of Long Prairie, in his COM
ments. The editorial column,
which was edited in typical We'll
lesonian style, was headed AL
bert NJ. Welles, retired country
publisher, guest editor of this
ISSUE" Sank Centre friends will
rejoice in the fact that Mr..
Welles is still able to don the
editorial harness In such able
manner. More power to our vet
eran friend!
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
Discuss Hog
Production
Economies
H. G. Zavoral, Specialist, Will
Speak at Two Meetings
In County
FIRST ONE AT MELROSE.
Swine Sanitation And Market
Cycles Will Be Part of
Discussion

Two meetings of interest to all
people who raise hogs in Stearns
county will be held on March 10
and IL at Melrose and Paynesville.
The county extension service at st.
Cloud was able to secure the SER
vices of H. G. Zavoral, extension
specialist in swine production, for
the two meetings in question. The
Melrose meeting will be held at the
village hall on March 10 at 200 p.
m, and on the following day Mr..
Zavoral will speak at Paynesville
at the village hall at 200 p. m.
Mr.. Zavoral has vast experience
covering the hog production bust
ness. A few years ago he spent a
year in Russia at the request of the
Soviet government to set up the
hog production facilities in that
country. The particular things that
he will bring to light in Stearns
county will be practices Of econom-
ical swine production. Just as is
the case with dairy production,
economical work production Is a
thing that every farmer should be
striving for. In the case of dairy
cows the large numbers Of cows
producing only 100 to 125 pounds of
butterfat per year are the ones that
are building up the surplus when
a surplus exists. In other words 1t
takes q great number of dairy
COWS producing 100 pounds per
year to produce $1,000 farm income.
A smaller number Of higher pro-
ducers would produce the same
amount of farm income. The same
situation is true in hog production.
The man that needs large mum.
CONTINUED on Page 4, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
Victor Christgau
Will Speak About
w P A Probl EN- s
Will Be Guest of Community Club
At Dinner Next Wednesday
Noon

Victor Christgau, administra-
tor of the Works Progress Ad-
ministration of the State of
Minnesota, will be a guest of
the Community Club on We'd
nesday noon, March 18th. He
will speak on "WPA Problems,
What It Has Done, Is Doing
and Will Do"
This event will take place at
q dinner meeting sponsored by
the Community Club, and will
be held In the Club rooms,
commencing promptly at 1905
noon.
This meeting is open to all
interested and an especial invi-
tation is extended to the men,
bers of the League of Women
Voters, the Gradatim Club and
other women's organizations of
the city.
Mr.. Christgau, who formerly
was assistant AAA administra-
tor at Washington and a Min
nesota Congressman, Is a splen-
did speker, and will present this
vital subject in an interesting
manner.
An advance ticket sale will be
conducted and the price of the
dinner will be SOC per plate.
Fred Unger, president of the
Community Club, Is DESTROYS
that a large number of the
city's citizens be present at
this meeting.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
Farmer Suggests Conservation
of M0iStMre as Vital Farm Aid

lower lakes tends to reduce the
water level Of our deeper lakes,
as the springs that feed many
Of our deep lakes become in
active.
To many of us, it seems as
though this might be modified
to a certain extent by damming
up some of our small rivers and
creeks, overlooking what we
might call rather marginal
lands and retaining these
moisture possibilities within the
country. AS it now stands, the
winter SHOWS and spring rains
pass rapidly down the rivers to
the Mississippi, often causing
serious conditions on the lower
strips of the river. For instance,
in our locality, we have what
we call the Ashley Creek. If
we would dam this up 8 or 10
feet, we could overflow about
two sections of what is now
rather poor pasture land, 1t
would elevate the creek to the
point where 1t could be brought
through what we call Fairy
Lake, raise the level of that
lake 6 or 7 feet and then flow
it on its course to Sank Lake,
then ultimately to the Missis-
sippi.
A project of this kind would
be beneficial and advantageous
in many ways. 1t would pre-
serve our moisture, take out Of
small production marginal
land, would increase the beauty
Of this territory, furnish addi-
tional fishing and hunting
lakes.
The reforestation project is
good, but unless there is con-
siderable moisture available in
the locality 1t is pretty hard to
grow trees. The last three or
four years in this country our
natural timber has been dying
very fast. Reforestation is al
most impossible in a section
that can't preserve the timber
it already has.
The project I have just men,
toned could be repeated many
times throughout our State. 1t
would eliminate much of our
marginal land and would force
into pasture purposes such CT
the ground that we are now
tilling.
Yours very truly,
Oscar j. Lying.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-05
WPA ToHey Ball
To Commence Tonight
All Adults Are Urged To Take
Part In RecreatiOnal
Events

Opening of the WPA recreational
program in this city will take place
tonight Thursday in the Junior
High School gymnasium, according
to announcement of Ray Steir, 10
cal director.
The program will open with vol
ley ball games for adults and will
continue from seven until nine o.
clock. Everyone interested in this
sport is invited to take part.
The junior program will not
commence until after school closes
as it will conflict with the school
sport program. Announcement of
future sport sessions will be made
in the Herald from time to time.