The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-04-15
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NAMElS-tIecdlllnS pleas
ant memories out of the past are
nicknames. Those peculiar appela-
tions tackled onto us by our friends
are more indicative of our traits
than any paragraph one might
write. There are those who can
not refer to Sinclair Lewis, Main
Street fame, other than Doodles :.
Bunny Markson got his because
his birthday, April Z, came the first
time on Easter Sunday . How
many of you knew his real name
was Mark? .. Prior to his going
to Montevideo Harley Forsyth was
known as Herb" To Merrill
Forsberg they have tackled Badly
). From the succession of his in
itials has derived the monicker
Pam for Paul Markson Origin
alton of Beef Vandesteeg for Clar-
ence, the original Beef, may have
been from a corrupted pronuncia-
ton of his last name, "Vandesteak."
Steak suggesting a piece of beef
And it stuck Slewfoot has
been supplemented to the name of
the Ethun who works in the Mod
ell But the kids in school get
off the best ones George Min
cite, who piloted the football gang
this year, is affectionately known
to those brawny sons of the ham,
let as Avery . But origin of
Spick Franks is tops, as told to
us :. In splitting contest one day
he earned the title He was
small and unable to talk distinct
ly Losing out on one of the
marks, he declared, Il can't spick
that far" It stuck His real
name is Norbert, though few re-
call that more dignified title -.
BITS-Things that happen once:
Going to bed chewing a favorite
wad of gum-and wake up in the
morning with it in your hair. By
the way, it's time to return your
neighbours snow shovel. Cause
times a-ripenin' when you'll need
his garden tools and lawnmower.
Itasca is not of Indian origin as
most Minnesotans suppose but is a
hybridization of two Latin words.
The word is derived from the last
four letters of verITAS and the
first two of CAput. Literal transla-
ton of these is true head" Itas-
ca is the true source of the Missis-
sippi River.
Two startling pieces of evidence
of the strangest military fiasco
ever involving Uncle Sans Forces
are in the possession of the local
Library. A lead medal, fashioned
from the ballast of the submarine
Deutschland, which landed in Bal
timore in July 9, 1916, is one of
these. 1t was given to the Library
by Mrs. Crowley, local resident,
who bought the medal in Seattle,
Washington, during the Great War.
On it is the inscription For the
benefit of Prisoners of War in 81
IBERIA" 1t hints at the United
States efforts along with the Allies
to keep Central Powers hands
from falling on valuable supplies in
the tundra country. The whole I'M
dercover maneuver is outlined in
the book Americas Siberian Ad-
venture" by Major-General William
S. Graves. 1t too may be had in the
Library.
COIN HOME-I CHANGED to talk
the other day with a young lad on
his way home to Dallas, Texas.
Landing in this north country with
a magazine selling crew, he was
returning with hitched rides. With
the lazy drawl of the Texan he
told that he had ridden the blinds"
all night. And he was hitting for
one of those hot shot freights
straight through TO Kansas City.
Minnesota was okay to him; but
Texas was home, a bath, and three
squares a day. Unlike most young
fellows today he didn't smoke, but
chewed gum deliciously.
MEMYORES-Well does Leroy
Working remember his first spring
in Minnesota back in $780, Coming
here as greene" from Missouri
trading horses all the way right up
to Sank Centres back door, he
landed here in the spring. That
year the ice went out earlier than
has ever been since recorded, &C
cording to Mr.. Working. It went
out in March, and Mr.. Working
had shot loon on the lake and
proceeded to wade out to get It.
The cold water was numbing, and
he needed assistance to get back to
shore. Average date of the ice
break up, he AYERS, is from April
10 to is, and as long as there is ice
on the lake there is a chill in the
air. Last years date ran to a new
hardness when the final break I'D
came on April 20.
M1DWAY-On his advertising
material, r j. Malloy uses the
position indicator slogan Midway
between Puget Sound and Ply
mouth Rock" And he isn't far
off, at all Sank Centre lies on
an east-west line that halves the
north American continent north
and south And lies east Of the
geographical center Of the contin-
ent which falls nearer Bismarck
=. We're 1000 miles from Puget
Sound As the airlines go
And about 100 from New York
When the fire broke out the other
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