The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1936-02-20

Robert Mossman and Miss John
son, of Grey Eagle, spent the day
Saturday at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. w. E. DeIaurier.
w. D. O'Gara, Russell Shulze,
and L. p. Hintzen autoed to Min
neapolis on Wednesday where they
spent the day on business.
Ernest and Arthur Vogel, both
of whom are employed in St.
Cloud, visited over Sunday in this
city at the home Of their parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. B. o. Vogel.
Herbert Hanauer left this city on
last week Tuesday for an indef-
mite stay in Moorhead and in Far
go, North Dakota. He is visiting at
the home of his aunt, Mrs. ]. S.
Anderson and son, Alfred.
L. T. Lovik left Sunday after
noon for st. Paul where he attend
ed several days this week a con-
ference of Swift and Co. plant
managers. He returned on Wednes-
day to his home in this city.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. P. Hintzen mo-
tored to Carlos on last Saturday in
spite Of threatening weather and
semi-blocked roads. They visited
for the remainder Of the weekend
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. N. E. Steidl.
George Hanauer, who is employ
ed in a meat market in Long
Prairie, is spending this week and
next on a vacation at the home of
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs. NJ. ].
Hanauer, in this city. He will re-
turn to work about the first of
March.
Al Lilienthal announced early
this week that he has accepted a
position with the Metropolitan Life
Insurance company as an agent in
the st. Cloud territory. Mr.. and
Mrs. Lilienthal plan to move to the
Granite City, central point in con-
nection with his work, sometime
the latter part of the week.
Mrs. P. R. Davis returned to her
evening from Minneapolis where
she was a local representative at
the Press conference sponsored by
the Minneapolis Tribune in collab-
grafton with the Women's Clubs of
the state. She also spent several
days visiting with her son, Mr.. and
Mrs. E. o. Davis.
! Charles Miller, bus driver for the
public school, announced Wednes-
day that his route has been opened
and is now ready for traffic. The
seven miles of road on his route
were shoveled out by a crew Of
twenty-three men, and the work
was completed Wednesday after
noon. This route runs east of town
and leaves the city On Third Street.
Mrs. Herbert Yuly, daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Phillip Kraemer, who
has been visiting her parents for
the past several weeks, received
distressing news from her home
near Minot, North Dakota, on
Monday of this week. Her husband,
who wrote the letter, informed her
that in the early morning hours Of
a day last week the furnace Of the
house exploded and subsequent
fire completely destroyed the home
and all it's furnishings. Mr.. Yuly
informed that none Of the family
had been injured, but had escaped
the flames clad only in night
clothing.
Rev. Mr.. John F. Robertson,
rector of the Church of the Good
Samaritan, left Sunday afternoon
from Minneapolis by plane for a
weeks stay in Washington, D. c.,
where he was formerly assistant
rector of st. Stephens. He was
accompanied as far as Minneapolis
by Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. O'Gara. On
the way, seeing they had plenty
of time, they decided to stop along
the road to eat lunch. They pulled
off the pavement onto what looked
like an innocent clearing, but what
really was a snow bank and they
found themselves in the ditch. A
wrecker was sent out from Elk
River, the nearest town, and they
proceeded on to Minneapolis. They
lost forty minutes and it was neces-
sary for Rev. Robertson to take a
taxi from the Nicollet hotel to get
to the airport. A card received on
Tuesday morning reported his safe
arrival in Chicago. From there he
continued on to Nashville, Tennes-
see, where he stopped on business.
The last leg of the trip was COM
pleted on Tuesday evening when
he reached Washington. He will
return to this city on Saturday of
this week.
From Glendive, Montana, comes
word Of a near disaster to a
former Sank Centre man. Mr.. and
Mrs. Leroy Working received a
letter from their son, J. G. Working,
in that city this week in which he
told of the explosion which wreck
ed the new U. S. postoffice build
ing. Mr.. Working was just mount
ing the steps Of the building when
the explosion occurred. The havoc
was caused when a leak broke out
in the gas main and remained I'M
discovered until too late. When the
explosion shook the building Mr..
Working was picked up bodily by
the conclusion and carried back a
distance of IS feet to be placed,
miraculously enough, upon his
feet. At the instant he landed a
flying fragment sent skyward by
the blast hit him on the left side
Of the head, and he complained of
a partial paralysis on that side Of
his body for almost day. The edi-
flee, he reports, is almost total
loss with cracked walls and broken
out windows. The huge main doors
which he was approaching, were
hurled into the street and IL Is