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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-12
Looking Back
Through Time
Excerpts from Herald of Thursday,
March 8, 1916-Items of Inter-
est of Twenty Years Ago

For five terms J. N. McGibbon
has faithfully and very conscien-
tiously served the people of Sank
Centre in the capacity Of Mayor. He
announces this week that he will
not be a candidate this year. DR.. H.
F. Hennemann Is a candidate for
the office at the coming city cleo
ton. George O'Gara and John A.
Brown, who have served on the
Council for several years, have filed
for reelection.
Friday evening, Feb. 8, marked
a mile stone for the Progressive
Farmers Club which has been Or
ganized one year. The club now has
a membership Of 81 paid members.
During the past year the farmers
Of the club have through coopera-
ton purchased a quantity of farm
necessities: thus deriving a great
saving in the price, besides having
an opportunity to meet each other
and discuss farm topics and spend
social evening together once a
month.
Herman Zerfuss has taken en-
ployment as a mechanic with the
Walter Sears Motor Co., in Mime
apolis.
Miss Flora Nutting arrived Satur-
day evening from Howard Lake for
a weeks visit with her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. F. B.. Nutting.
Mr.. and Mrs. l.. A. Walker and
child visited over Sunday at Nor
ris with DR.. and Mrs. S. Cole. Mr..
Walker and Mr.. Cole were class
mates in college.
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Questions Pertaining To
Agriculture and Home
Problems Confronting Farmers and
HOmemakers Answered BY
University Farm

Are tomatoes and other foods fit
to eat after they have stood for q
time In an open can?
Some acid foods, like fruit and
tomatoes, when stored in an open
can, tend to dissolve iron from the
can. This may give them a slightly
metallic taste, but will not make
them harmful.-Inez Hobart, Eek
tension Nutritionist.
Is there any difference between
thoroughbred and purebred stock?
The terms, thoroughbred" and
full blooded," are often mistakenly
used in place Of the term pure
bred" Strictly speaking, Thorough
bred Is the name Of a breed of
light racing horses. A purebred an
imal is member Of some particu-
lar breed and is registered or elig-
IDLE to registry in the herd book of
that breed. A purebred animal US
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Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Nathe, who
were married in st. Cloud last
Thursday, visited Friday and Satur-
day in this city at the home of
Math Nathe, the groom's brother.
The Wanted Paynesville basket
ball team has passed into history
as a false alarm. They were trim
med by the Sank Centre team by
the score of So to 6. The members
Of the local team were: Pangburn,
IF; Lyman, If; Wagner, c; Lee, rg;
Hennemann, lg.
The disposition of the $3.50 purse
hung by the Central Minnesota
Baseball League last year has not
been awarded to the winners of
the 1915 pennant for the reason
that both Long Prairie and st.
Cloud claim the bunting. President
A. T.. DuBau, of Sank Centre, has
had considerable difficulty in the
matter, which he has again taken
under consideration in an effort to
settle the controversy. The matter
involves the legality of two for
feited games, which are claimed by
Long Prairie.
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Book Reviews
Miss Mynette Lmdelo1T
VIE WHO ARE ARo1rT To DuE

VIE WHO ARE ABOUT TO DIE
David Lamson. In his Town Crier
broadcast on December %, Alexan-
der Woollcott said of the book,
1--WE Who Are About To Die-"The
book to which my thoughts have
gone back oftener than to any 9TH
er book I have read this year. Fas-
cinating in itself and to my notion
profoundly important"
The author, sentenced to hang,
was first imprisoned in San Jose,
but was then sent to San Quentin.
Here he spent the next thirteen
months in Condemned Row of San
Quentin with other men waiting to
be topped" His experiences and
observations in the months spent
where a man becomes a number
and "all men are convicts and con-
victs are nothing and nothing
equals nothing" and yet where
"convicts are people" make up this
book.
With cool detachment he describ-
es in detail the daily routine, atti-
tudes, conversations, and behavior
Of prisoners condemned to die. In
a long postscript he discusses pris-
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Sank #t tn obi H7n1 High
e cent: MAJ D E T : 5: ::
High
School
NO. xxi

Oratorical Division-"From a
Far Country" Helen Hedin; "The
Big Parade" Maxwell Kaufman;
True Americanism," Arloween
Hamilton.
Songs by Miss Swope.
Humorous Division-'Biff Per-
kin's Toboggan Slide" Stanley
Burt; 1.-THE Back Seat Driver" 81
byl Norris; Goodbye Sister," Dor
othy Peterson; Sister Of the Shiek"
Phyllis Svenneby; "Brotherly
Love-" Grace Chandler; by Rule
of Contrary" Shirley Carpenter.
The judges will give each con-
testant grade and a rank. The
judges will consider the following
points in judging: Interpretation,
enunciation, characterization, dir
ectness Of speech, poise.
The judges for the contest are:
Miss Maude Davis, Miss Mynette
Lindeloff and Mrs. Allen Meigs.
MISS BOHEMKE
The students of group one" in
Miss Bohemke's room have begun
the new Winston Readers"
A very interesting study of the
Dutch has been begun by the pup
lis. They are also making posters
from their study.
MISS BECK
In a game of spelldown the pu-
pills "lost OUT on the word car
rage"
Darleen Thornbloom won; Delor-
es Haider was second.
A set of the alphabet was made
to be used for posters.
Ella Petit has moved away. She
will attend a country school. The
students say they will miss Ella
very much.
The students will enjoy their new
Elson Reader because it contains
colored illustrations.
The fourth grade began to write
with ink last week. They have
been eager to begin and are en-
joying 1t very much.
Perfect attendance for this last
six weeks was achieved by Evelyn
Detterman, Darleen Thornbloom,
Allen Needham, Shirley Folkestad,
Carol Ingersoll and Alberta Gam
radt.
The room has been frightened up
by two new pupils, Iris and Joy
Schlotfeldt from the Ashley Banner
School district No. 1876.
RETURNED TO SCHOOL AFTER
FOUR WEEKS ABSENCE
Dorothy Conner, Vernon Conner
and Kenneth Forsberg have return
ed to school after being absent for
four weeks.
One pupil, Clara Wegoner, has
left school.
MISS CHAPMAN
The pupils of Miss Chapman's
room are sorry to hear that Roland
Nelson has left Sank Centre to at
tend school at Swanville.
Betty Gillette celebrated her
eighth birthday anniversary. She
treated the children with candy
and little individual cakes. Doris
Ward treated them with cookies
The children had very enjoyable
time and wished Betty many more
happy birthdays.
Miss Chapman has been keeping
health charts for the past four
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weeks. These charts include such
things as clean face and hands,
combed hair, clean finger nails and
the brushing Of teeth. When any
person has received five perfect
days he receives a gold star and at
the end Of the four weeks period
his name Is put on the chart. The
following pupils have their names
on the chart: Guther Austin, Phyl-
lis Thomas, David Highbie, Donald
Vail, Allen Thornbloom, Leon Hol-
brook, and Dwayne Weiner.
The first grade is studying about
the Dutch people, how they dress,
etc. They are also studying about
the windmills and different types
of flowers found in Holland.
MISS FLATEN'S ROOM
Marilyn Cordell has passed all
the Knight Studebaker Speed Tests.
She was the first one to pass all of
them in the fourth grade. Good
work, Marilyn!
The third and fourth grades are
getting ready to put up spring dec
orations in their room. They are all
hoping that this will hurry spring
along because they are all getting
tired Of this long winter.
MISS FESSENDEN
Last Friday the sixth grade had
election Of officers. The following
were elected:
President: Jack Svenneby.
Vice president: LEROY Vale.
Treasurer: Vivian Rasmussen.
Secretary: Marjory Lee (who was
re-elected).
They are studying the crusades
in History, they are also making
maps and soap carvings in connec-
ton with 1t. Russia is claiming the
attention Of the geography class in
this grade. In Health they are writ
ing compositions on cleanup week.
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Sank
Centre
MAINSTREET STAFF

Editor-Peggy Smith.
Sports-Tom Brown, Robert Ryd-
holm.
Sr. High-Dorothy Keldahl, Jarvis
Hansen.
Sr. High Teachers-Esther Pastian.
Jr. High-Ruth Grindy.
Music-Lorraine Botz.
Library and Scouts-Kathryn Dab
lem.
Commercial-Mary Margaret Bar
ron.
Teachers Training-Kathryn Ken
nedy.
Health-Malvina Gritzmacher.
Industrial-William Conkey.
Grades-Mae Huismann, Valera
Trisko, Eleanor Thull, Elamay
Burt, Alverna Peterson.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-12

order for Hearing on Final Account
and Petition for distribution
STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Stearns
IN PROBATE COURT
In Re Estate of Elizabeth Allen
Decedent.
The. representative of the above
named estate having filed his final
account and petition for adjustment
and allowance thereof and for dis
tribution to the persons thereunto
IT IS ORDERED. That the hear
Ing thereof be had on Friday. March
9th, 1886, at 8 o'clock, A. NJ. before
this Court in the probate court room
IN the court house in the City Of st.
Cloud. Minnesota, and that notice
hereof be given by publication of
this order in the Sank Centre Her
aid, a legal newspaper. and by
mailed notice as provided by law.
Dated March End. 1896.
COURT SEAL)
Paul Ahles
Probate Judge
Victor T. Conklin, Esq.
Attorney for Petitioner
Sank Centre, MINI.
Published Mar. 5-12-19, 1886
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-12

And how these Balmoral OK
fords will wear! Black side
leather flexible uppers. Center
seam toe! Welt construction
Leather soles and hesiC BuysI
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-03-12

10 Good HOlstein Cows some of which fresh
ened in January and February, others
will freshen very soon and some during
the summer.
2 three year old Heifers Yearling Heifers
l Bull about l u years old
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TOJJRNAMENT NEWS

Talk about scientific basketball!
It seemed that the Sank Centre
team used all the science known to
high school hoopsters, especially
the science of stalling. After a
brief spell of scoring, the boys net
ted six points, the team was sat
isfied to pass the ball around until
Long Prairie and everybody else
was dizzy and then they try for a
shot. After the half the fans grew
sleepy watching Long Prairie vain
ly try to take the ball from local
hands. Their miracle man made
the only Long Prairie field goal
about half way into the last quar-
ter. The final score was Sank Cen
ire Is, Long Prairie Z.
The boys forgot their science Of
shooting foul shots, when they
played Alex; otherwise, they play
ed a pretty good game. Decree was
out most Of the game because Of a
tendency to rough it up little too
much, although he tried to play a
clean game. Hoffman played most
of the time in his place. Alex broke
the IL to II tie up Of the third
quarter, early in the last quarter,
the locals tried to make it up but
just couldn't do it. The final score
was Alex 20; Sank Centre 16 and
we lost our last chance to be this
years district champion.
The Mainstreeters had a good
time in the consolation game
against Glenwood, who had been
beaten by Bertha.
The game was a free and easy
affair with none Of that tenseness
connected with most games. Both
teams displayed model sportsman
ship. Glenwood finally won by the
margin of 24-23 and thereby push
ed Sank Centre into fourth place
in the district.
Bertha narrowly defeated Alex
andria to win the district cham
pionship.
SENIOR HIGH HONOR ROLL
Fourth Six Weeks Period
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ually possesses distinctive and
useful type which 1t has the power
to transmit to its offspring, be-
cause it is backed by a long line
Of ancestors of the same type.-A.
L. Harvey, Division of Animal Hus-
bandry.
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Taking a smack at a passerby
who had made sighting remark
about him, Robert Herring, Of Bal
timore, missed his mark, fell and
broke his arm.
For 80 years John Dietrich, Of
Greencastle, Ind, believed his bro
Their dead. But recently John re-
ceived word that his brother just
died.
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MUSIC CLINIC

NAOStS SkAXN4S
The double quartet went to Osa-
kis to take part in a music clinic.
They sang Village Blacksmith"
under the direction of Mr.. Waugn
from st. Cloud. The "Village Black
smith" Is the Music Festival num-
Der for this year.
Miss Moe attended the luncheon
for music supervisors at Osakis.
Speeches were given by Mr.. Waugh
and Miss Stanchfield on various
phases Of vocal music in the public
schools.
LIBRARY NEWS
There will be Story Hour for the
young readers this Saturday at
three o'clock and every other Sat
urday for the rest of the school
year.
New books have been added to
the library store. A Petershan book,
THE Story Book of Wheels, Ships,
Trains and Aircraft" for the lower
grades; "Coocajou," by Montgom-
cry, for the upper grades is a story
of a giant weasel hated and feared
by the fur trappers in the North !;
Far Town Road" by Sterne for
high school readers, is book of
plays to be read and dramatized.
Suggestive helps for it's presenta-
ton are also given.
DEFAMATION CONTEST
The following is the program for
the Junior High Defamation con-
test to be held FRIDAY, March 10:
Songs by the Girls Glee Club
go Down, Moses" Laughing
Spring."
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JUNIOR HIGH NEWS

The seventh graders are starting
books on poetry.
The eighth grade science classes
are starting a study Of hygiene and
sanitation. Last Friday they pre-
scented play on Clara Barton's
work.
The ninth grade Is studying
poetry. They are now starting the
poem Lady of the Lake"
FOR 4TH 6 WEEKS PERIOD
Evening star., 1936-06-28
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in handling themselves in salt water.
whether swimming or using small
boats. because of their knowledge OF
prevalent dangers. Yet these peculiar
salt water conditions do take heavy
toll of greenhorns. The inlander should
always make careful inquiry about such
matters before venturing far. When 1t
is considered that tidal currents some
times run at 5 to miles an hour, the
helplessness of a swimmer being car
ried out to sea may readily be mag
ined.
Assuming that you are an Inland
swimmer, entering the surf for the
first time. what's the most important
fact for you to learn? Simply that it
is useless to fight the water. Wading
out from the beach you can take the
wee breakers on your knees and thighs
with the greatest ease, stopping 10
brace yourself as the waves become
larger.
Taking advantage Of the interval
DcGNtcll Tie waves JOu AAAO'N
out to point where the water Is waist
deep. There the breakers. If OF con-
siderable size. may be met in one OF
two ways. The most common method
is simply to leap straight up as the
foot of the wave hits you and ride over
the top of it, settling into the trough
on the other side. The other method
is to dive headlong through the wave
to appear on the other side.
1t is not advisable to swim to any
extent in the breakers themselves. In
the intervals between the waves 1t Is
customary to use breast stroke. al
ways looking ahead and watching for
the next big fellow. Beyond the break
ers any stroke may be used to advan-
tage. but in the case of the crawl there
must be some adaptation. The stroke
of the arms has to be shortened and
the recovery made more quickly.
What's the best all-round rough
water stroke? The breast stroke. This,
in former times, was commonly known
as the sailor stroke. and the very
name indicates its efficiency and the
use to which it was put
When coming in through the break
ers progress can be made most ef-
fectively by waiting to pick up big
wave and, upon catching its face. using
a sprinting crawl stroke. 1t some
times takes just the ride of one wave
to reach the beach.
NOV, for safety's sake, here's one
of the most important points to
remember: If you happen to get caught
and pulled down and under wave
by the runback of the preceding one,
don't make any attempt to struggle
back to your original position. In
stead, you should turn and 60 with
the current that Is dragging at you
and slant to the surface on diagonal
Evening star., 1936-06-28

quaint kitchen garden Is already re-
plete with pungcnt herbs.
Charming Virginia ladies Of aristo-
cratic bearing serve as guides. Vlsi-
tors may see the house and grounds
from am. to 6 pm. every day. in
Guiding Sunday An admission fee OF
so cents for adults and 25 cents for
children is charged. This does not
seem at all exhorbitant. 1t is real
privilege to visit Stratford Hall. And
in paving for fascinating tour OF the
DID estate the public is participating in
the maintenance of this splendid
memorial to one of the Nation great
est historical figures.
On your return trip pleasant route
is TO follow 2l4 out of Stratford until
Route is reached; take this all the
way to Fredericksburg. and then shift
to Route /, which leads back to Wash
ington.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

planes in service between London and
Paris fly at cruising speeds of only
about 80 miles per hour, as con-
trasted with speeds of from 100 to
100 miles per hour on average do
mestic airlines in this country. she
said. Flying time between London
ana Paris is about two and one-half
hours, while 16-hour schedules now
are maintained across the United
States.
Because Of strike conditions in
France, she said. British airliners on
the Pairs run must carry sufficient
fuel for the round trip. She was
inclined to believe that the strike
reports received in this country have
been exaggerated and said that, al
though there was feeling of tension
in the air, there was no demonstra-
ton. There was no shortage Of food
or milk She said that, while Imperial
Airways would not guarantee taxicab
service from lie Bourget. she expert
enced no difficulty in getting trans
portation.
CMASHING all records in its history
of nine years of continuous oper-
ations, Pennsylvania Airlines has
reported that 1t carried 5.807 pasSen-
gers during May on its Washington
Detroit Milwaukee route. This total
is 49 per cent greater than for May
of last wear and more than 40 per
cent greater than for April.
June passenger business is expected
to surpaSs the May total by a wide
margin, establishing another all-time
record, it was announced by w. j.
Austin, vice president of the airline.
Business so far this month con-
tinues to show an upward trend"
Austin said, land in view OF the in
auguration on June IL of new and
faster service with Boeing transports
between Milwaukee and Detroit, We
are looking forward to an unprece-
dented demand for accommodations
during the current month"
WARNING has been issued to all
w pilots that extensive runway con-
struction work is in progress near the
junction of the northwest
and the east-west runways at the Ana
costa Naval Air Station, or old Boil
ing Field.
The Navy photographic Office gave
notice that large groups Of men and
Evening star., 1936-06-28

tenant colonel at the same time
Other Air Corps officers in the grad
uating class are Col. John F. Curry.
Lieut.. Coils. Walter G. Kilner, Doug
las B. Netherwood, Robert C. Candee
and Laurence F. Stone and Mas.
Francis M. Brady and Lester T. Mil
Ter. They were members of the lar2-
est class in the history OF the War
College.
EURTHER testimony to the in
creased air transport traffic which
is resulting in new records throughout
the country is given by Central Air
lines in its announcement Of a fifth
round "Trip air passenger schedule. to
be inaugurated between Washington
and Detroit July l.
-Four consecutive months this year
have far exceeded the peak months
of passenger traffic during 1885," ex-
planned D. Walter Swan, vice presi-
dent in charge of traffic.
Under the new schedules effective
July l. Central Airlines airplanes
will leave Washington Airport for
Detroit, by way of Pittsburgh, Akron
and Cleveland. at $50 am. and 3:35,
ABS, $50 and 1920 pm, the ABS
trip being the new schedule. All
schedules viii connect with the major
airlines from coast to coast.
CONTRACTS for a total OF 263
military airplanes have been
awarded by the Navy Bureau of
Aeronautics and the Army Air Corps
during the curSent month. In addi-
ton to existing contracts. upon which
deliveries now are being made, this
will go a long way toward rounding
certain Of the depleted squadrons Of
the services.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

passengers a r e
superior to those
in France, Mrs.
Hancock S al d -.
they still are
below the stand
ards of American
air ira n S por t
terminals. Ter
minal facilities
generally are in
ferior to those of
this country, even
at the famous LIE
Bourget at Paris.
and Croydon at
London. she said.
Air tran snort
Evening star., 1936-06-28
Safe Surf Swimming

Once upon the surface you can pick
up the next wave to work your way
back to the beach.
And here's another friendly tip: As
long as the beach bather remains in
horizontal swimming position the mo-
ton of the surface waters will keep him
moving towards the beach. If the legs
are dropped in an effort to find the
bottom. the subsurface current of the
undertow may again catch and pull
him out beneath the oncoming waves.
II there is on the flood or the ebb a
definite set of tidal current along the
shore. and if the swimmer finds that
he is therefore unable to make progress
to the original point at which he en-
tered the water. he should turn around
and then, travelling with the current.
take long diagonal course towards
the shore, even though he may come to
land at distance of a quarter of a
mile or more from the starting point
You can readily detect the direction in
which the current is running by fixing
your attention upon some stationary
object on shore and noting which way
you are moving. If large wave breaks
over and engulfs you, all your efforts
| should be directed toward righting
yourself Gf you have been overturned)
so that in the next trough your head
may quickly emerge and you can get
your breath.
If you suddenly find yourself being
carried shoreward into the rocks.
against a jetty, or something else
upon which you might be dashed with
probable serious injury-what should
you do? Simply use a bit of common
sense. Or. more specifically, the self
same principles you would employ in
extricating yourself from an along
shore type of tide current. You should
turn and start on long diagonal slant
toward some spot on the shore which
is less hazardous.
IF ANY words Of caution can be
used which would sum up what
the conduct of the inland swimmer
should be when he comes to the coast,
they are:
l. Don't overestinate your ability as
a swimmer.
2. Don't fight the waves. Always
go with them and extricate yourself
from any difficult situation.
3. Don't think you know it all.
Study carefully the actions of good
surf batherS. Listen to the advice Of
the life guards.
4. Don't try to horn in on the life
guards duties. He knows far more
about local conditions than you do
and is usually far better qualified to
save lives than you are.
S. Don't swim under dangerous con-
ditions or on days when. owing to ex-
treme surfs, bathing is hazardous.
Evening star., 1936-06-28

of the Air Corps
promotion a ct
which became a
law June is. is at
the head OF a list
of nine Air Corps
officers graduated
during the last
week from the
Army War Col
lege. He was pro-
NOTED from the
rank OF colonel
Second on the
list is Brig. Gen,
George H. Brett.
advanced from
the rank of lieu