The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-09-30
City News Items

Theresa Bastien, oldest daughter
Of Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Bastien, l:
recovering from a bad cold thai
sent her to bed for three weeks
The services Of physician were
required when the cold developed
into a sinus infection.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gilbert Graham re.
turned Sunday evening to their
home in Mankato after a week end
visit in this city at the home Of the
lady's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Geo
Brown.
John Rataczak returned Tuesday
to Minneapolis after spending sew
eral days with Mr.. and Mrs. L. w
Garfield in this city. Week end
guests at the Canfield-Betz hons
were Miss Annabel Garfield and
Mr.. and Mrs. Norwood Garfield, Of
Minneapolis.
Sunday morning Mrs. Iris Betz
Mrs. May Richards, Mrs. Clara
Smith, the latter visiting here from
st. Paul, Mrs. Minnie Mamma, and
George Rice, left by auto fol
Steele, North Dakota. There they
expect to visit with Mrs. Belle
Whitney and with other relatives
for several days.
Miss Winifred Gray, Of Rochest.
er, is spending this week with hei
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. L. Gray.
Miss Marie Hildebrand, after a
short visit in Aitkin, returned to
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. C. c. Hildebrand, Friday. She
was accompanied by Miss Mary
Boggs, with whom she had visited
in Aitkin.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claude Gilbertson
returned last week Thursday from
a trip to Lansing, Mich. On theiI
return home they stopped in Mil
waukee, Wis, for a visit with Mr.
and Mrs. Nolan Gilbertson and
other relatives. Nolan sent greet
ings to all his friends in this com
munity.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Nickoley and
son, Billy, and Mrs. Douglas Cram
and daughter, Audrey, of Elysian
were visitors Sunday at the home
of DR.. and Mrs. r. B. Kettlewell
Elysian was the former home of
Kettlewell family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Van Haver.
maedt and children returned re-
Gently from Lonoke, Arkansas,
where they spent two and one-half
months with the lady's father, Jos.
May. They made the trip by truck
and took their furniture with them.
Mr.. Van Havermaedt found work
in the saw mills during their so
journ in the southland, while their
son, Joe, picked 1000 pounds Of cot
ton in the cotton fields. They found
conditions there were not as good
as in Minnesota, and their return
was prompted by the fact that they
did not like it there. Farming in
that country consists Of cotton and
rice production. However, in the
central part Of Arkansas a good
grain crop was harvested this year.
In the community in which they
visited all white labor is used in
the cotton fields. Mr.. Van Haver-
maedt said that in the neighbor-
hood of Lonoke activity in drilling
for oil was quite pronounced, and
that his father-in-law had leased
his place to an oil company. On
the return trip they spent one week
visiting with relatives in Iowa
Lonoke, Arkansas, is Twenty-Five
miles from Little Rock, and the
family made several trips to the
states metropolis. They enjoyed 9
splendid journey both ways and
agree that they are happy to be
back in Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. M. Parker re,
turned last week Thursday night
from Minneapolis, where the form
er was confined in a hospital re-
ceiving treatment for an affliction
of poison on his ears. Mr.. Parker Is
again at his office, and Is well and
able to care for his business
a fact his many friends will be glad
to learn.