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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1937-01-14
Merchants National
Bank
Social Events
Golden Jubilee Of Chapter


Members of Sank Centre Chapter
No 40, r. A. NJ, and their guests,
sixty in number, attended the Gold
en- Jubilee celebration held in the
Masonic Temple Thursday evening
Of last week. The festivities opened
with a chicken dinner, served in
the dining room, following which
the party repaired to the lodge
room for the program. Frank
Bunker acted as POSTMASTER, and
introduced the Grand High Priest
Lawrence Hall, of Duluth, and
Grand Lecturer William Poole, Of
Mankato, both Of whom delivered
short talks. Mr.. Hall presented
cards to those who had been in con-
tinuous membership in the Chapter
for IS years or more. An orchestra,
composed of members Of the Sank
Centre band, under the direction
,of DR.. p. w. Hanson, played two
selections. After the program the
evening was spent in dancing and
in playing cards. One of the high
lights of the celebration was a tele-
gram Of congratulation received
from Axel Meyerton, a member of
Sank Centre Chapter, and also the
presentation of a beautiful bouquet
of flowers donated by Mr.. Meyer
ton, who now resides in Sabatha,
Kansas.
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SENATOR WOOLSEY GIVEN
ELEVEN COMMITTEE PLACES

Senator Ralph ". Woolsey, who
represents our Stearns county dis
trict in the state senate, has been
given assignments on eleven i'm
portant committees of the upper
house of the legislature, according
to word just received from st. Paul,
and so will be in good position to
represent the interests of this dis
trict. All committees have been
named and, with some Of the most
important legislation in years
scheduled for consideration, most
OF them will begin active work at
once.
Senator Woolsey has been named
chairman of the State Parks,
Memorials and Monuments Commit
tee. In addition he has been select
ed as member Of the Cooperative
Committee, Education Committee,
Election Committee, Game and
Fish Committee, Insurance Com
mittee, Judiciary Committee, Mum
icipal Affairs Committee, Public
Welfare Committee, Taxes and Tax
Laws Committee and Telephone
and Telegraph Committee. AS a
Of these committees, he &C
cordingly will help to shape legis-
lation on wide variety Of sub
jects.
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One Of City's Oldest.
Landmarks DESTROYED
Continued from Pas

was added. The Odd Fellows took
the south half OF the third floor
and the Masons the north half.
Each paid $3.50 to have the third
story erected, and both fraternities
were granted q 99-year lease. Later
Sank Centre Chapter No. 40, r. A.
M, purchased the lease from the
Odd Fellows, and until the first Of
January 1917, when their new tenn
pie was finished, continued to hold
meetings there. At that time the
lease was sold to Leroy Working,
who has occupied the third story
since then.
The building was completed about
November 10, 1873. When the Chap
ter purchased the lease for the
south half Of the upper story, c. S.
Allen was employed to make neces-
sary improvements, and at that
time he layed the first maple floor
ever laid in Sank Centre.
From the early files of the Her
aid we learned that work was
started on the building in 1873,
during the latter part of July. 1t
was to be a structure 44x60, three
stories. The first floor was to be
used for store space, the second
floor was to be a hall the full size
of the building, and the third to
house the Masonic and Odd Eel
low Lodges. From the issue of Nov
ember Is, 1873, we find that Thorn
as & Co., had occupied one of the
store spaces and would be open
for business the forepart of the
week. Lancaster & Fry had a stock
os furniture in the other store
space.
DIR. J. A. Dubois purchased the
north % feet of the property on
October, 1903, and acquired the
south % feet December 20, 1902.
At the time Of going to press we
learned that neither Oscar Klonne,
Of the harness shop, nor
the Vogel Furniture Co., had Sc
cured locations for the operation of
business.
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NEW UNOFFICIAL CHAMP

That Dick Bassett Is the new un-
official champ Of the Table Tennis
Club, he admitted Tuesday morn
ing. Dick beat his way through less
than a corporal's guard of players
in fact 1t is reported that there
were few more attending than
enough for a good game Of double
solitaire. Meeting Monday evening
sickness and business kept a good
many of the members away, and
Dick accepts the title only unoffic-
tally. Art Werner, made champion
some weeks ago, was unable to at
tend. Art, beginning what may be q
long line Of club champs, success
fully defended his title much, as
one said, in the manner Braddock
Is defending his. Mr.. Bassett said
he would have to meet several
other players before he considered
himself the official champ.
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Emerging victorious in their first
tilt following the holidays the Har-
veymen outclassed an inexperienc-
ed Johnny Prep club Friday even
ing Is to IT on the st. Johns Uni
versity court.
In a preliminary encounter the
embattled seconds who have set the
pace for the first stringers right
along, raced it off at merry clip.
It was nip and tuck all the way
as deadlocks could not be broken.
Johnny and Harveymen were con-
stantly in the tie bracket. At the
end of regular game time the two
outfits clinched their teeth a little
tighter and endeavored to break the
90 deadlock. One overtime period
proved insufficient to do it, and
the game was called a draw at H.
II. Ethun, forward, took honors
with points for high score man,
and O'Connell, Johnny center, fol-
lowed him with five points.
Led by substitute Bellinger the
varsity squad early took the lead
in the scoring. Proceeding through
out the first and second quarters
the locals were in front at half
time 9 to 5, and at the end of the
third frame, they had allowed the
Johnnies to tie them at 1916. Then
Sank Centre picked up an extra
notch of steam and ran up four
points while the Johnnies took an
other free throw. From there to Is
was only a matter of two buckets
and a free throw, and the ball
game was over.
A smoothly passed, fast ball
game, 1t was pretty bit Of basket
ball to watch. Fouling was rela-
lively low, and the passing attacks
clicked well. Harvey attributes his
teams smooth passing to the size Of
the floor. The floor was of the
large college denomination and
makes for a more open game.
There's not so much chance to get
hemmed in and squeezed on the
plays. Harvey is Of the opinion that
his outfit was set tighter defensive
ly than the Johnny props. March
ing at the head of the troupe was
Bellinger who scored three buck
cts. At his side was Liewer, John
ny forward, also with points.
Hoffman and Walker followed in
their wake with five points each.
Box scores.
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PAGE FIVE

them thar fields? No end Of it,
Mister, no end of it."
In conclusion he writes: eff the
reading of Main Street" Or seeing
its portrayal in moving pictures
has created the impression that its
main purpose has been to empha-
size the lack of progress in the
narrow groove of small town life
and activities, you will never find
the trace of it's origin in Sank
Centre"
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CARD OF THANKS
To the Editor:

To the Editor:
The local Christmas Seal commit
tee wishes to extend their appre-
citation to your paper for the gen.
erous contribution Of space to the
tuberculosis cause during the re-
cent campaign. This support was
Of incalculable value not only in
promoting the sale Of Seals but
also in arousing the community to
a new interest in tuberculosis and
health work, and thus was real
community service.
We wish also to take this oppor-
tunity to thank local residents for
their generous purchase Of the tu-
berculosis stamps. We are also
grateful to all those who served in
any capacity during the campaign
and through the contribution Of
time and energy helped make the
1886 Seal sale the success 1t was.
The Seal Sale Committee.
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Mr.. brakes article in part is as

Mr.. BRAKES article In part Is as
follows:
Since the day Sinclair Lewis re-
IIeased his justly famous main
Street." there has been more or
less curiosity as to where he got the
idea Of his plot and the material he
used. Some have wondered wheth-
er his characters are taken mainly
from real life, as he has known
them, as was the case in Mark
Twain's "Huckleberry Finn.
The more generous view has al
ways been that "Main Street" rep
resented a somewhat distorted
picture Of small town life in gen.
eral. But since Mr.. Lewis grew
up in Sank Centre, and gained most
of his early impressions Of life
in those surroundings, there are
many who are wont to whisper
casually that perhaps he might
have developed something of a
grudge at the provincialism of his
home town, and took this occasion
to burn up" some Of his early as
sociates.
To be perfectly frank, was Just
a little curious myself as to what
manner Of town I would find in
Sank Centre. had passed through
1t on various occasions, as many
others have done, and noted, too,
that the main thoroughfare of the
town has been christened Main
Street. But had never taken the
time to look for the BACKGROUND Of
the other main Street." on which
Mr.. Lewis based his novel. For
some reason, was not particularly
enthusiastic; in fact, I rather fear
ed the worst. But when, after
lunch, the friendly hotel man began
to tell me something of what was
going on in Sank Centre, I sudden
ly realized that here was about the
liveliest and most progressive town
of its size to be found anywhere.
The inhabitants of Sank Centre,
it seems, do not enthuse in a big
way over culture of the Boston
bean variety. They speak no unna-
tural, strange dialect. There Is still a
trace of several foreign language
accents, but these are fast leveling
out into plain u. S. A. English.
From Main Street to Broadway"
they say, lis long distance" and
Sank Centre may never travel far
in that direction, but it will pro-
badly devote it's energies in ways
more useful.
1t is true, that Sank Centre does
not have purple glass fronts on all
the stores In town, nor air-condi-
toned streets and alleyways, nor
marble steps to great public build
ings; but it is extremely well kept,
and Main Street is lined with sub
stantial store and office buildings.
In these buildings you will find a
well organized, earnest, and en-
thusiastic representation of bust
ness men and women, who are do
ing a good job to serve their town
and surrounding territory. Their in
fluence Is shown in the activities Of
the town, and the extra business
that their efforts produce.
In summing up the situation in
regard to the business position of
Sank Centre, we cannot overlook
the surrounding country as a foun-
dation source of strength-black
surface soil, and a subsoil full of
nuggets. Not nuggets of gold, of
course, but Of limestone, which
turns to gold as 1t feeds the roots
of the alfalfa and sweet clover that
eventually are manufactured into
that golden butter for which the re-
gion may we'll be proud. Gold in
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Writes Says Sauk
Centre Vas Not
Setting for Book
Finds Lively and Progressive Town
People Speak No Unnatural
or Strange Dialect

Under the caption: Where Is
main Street., an article written
by ]. A. Drake, published in The
Farmer of January 2, 1887, Is the
statement: "You Will Never Find
the Setting in Sank Centre, Mimi"
The article, which has as its
topic the commercial, social and
agriculture activity Of the COM
munity, is enhanced by a view Of
Main Street, pictures Of the Mer-
chants bank and the Theatre, the
city Hall, the Public school build
ings and the Cooperative creamery.
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Announce Marriage

Sunday, Twin City dailies carried
in the social sections the announce
ment of the marriage of one of Saul
Centres popular young men, Ed
ward L. Kells, who now resides DR.
Los Angeles, California. The fol
lowing Is the announcement taken
from the Daily Star:
Mr.. and Mrs. o. II. Ulring,
5015 Aldrich avenue, s., an
nounce the engagement OF their
daughter, Miss Jean Engan
Ulring, to Edward L. Kells, Los
Angeles, Calf, son of Mr.. and
Mrs. L. T.. Kells, Sank Centre,
Mimi. The wedding will take
place April IA.
Both Miss Ulring and Mr..
Kells are University of Mime
sofa graduates. The latter re-
ceived his masters degree from
the California Institute of Tech
nology in Pasadena and Is a
member of Pi Tau Sigma and
Tau Beta Pi, engineering frat
ernities.
Mrs. L. w. Gorder, 400 Nico-
Ilet avenue, entertained 40
guests at a buffet supper Sun
day evening in compliment to
her niece, Miss Ulring.
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Rooney-Felling Nuptials


The marriage of Miss Helene
Rooney, daughter of Mrs. Margar-
ct Rooney, of Padua, and Edwin
Telling, son Of Mr.. and Mrs. Ber-
nard FEELING, of Belgrade, was sol
emnized Monday morning at nine
O'Clock at st. Anthony's Church at
Padua. The Rev. FIR. Charles Pfeif-
fer officiated at the ceremony.
The bride wore a gown of wine
colored transparent velvet, made
along princess lines with metallic
hat and silver slippers. Her flowers
were white carnations. Miss Clara
Telling, bridesmaid, was attired in
a gown similar to that of the
bride, Of navy blue with accessories
to match and she carried pink car
nations. The groom was attended
by Ambrose Rooney, brother of the
bride.
The bride is one of the popular
young ladies of this community and
for the past several years has been
a successful teacher. She attended
the st. Benedict's Academy at st.
Joseph, st. GATHERINGS College in
st. Paul, and the State Teachers
College at Bemidji.
A wedding dinner was served to
the immediate relatives after the
ceremony at the home of the brides
mother. Mr.. and Mrs. Telling will be
at home after January 18th at Pa
dua
The Herald joins their many
friends in extending felicitations.
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8 O'Clock Sunday evenings. Inter-
est is to be conferred upon some of
the social and religious problems Of
today. Next Sunday REV. Mr.. jan
sen will present a paper on 1.-The
Plight Of American Youth Today"
A period of discussion will follow.
Other problems that will be dealt
with on Sunday evenings will be:
This Question Of Relief," Prob
lens Of Organized Labor" Racial
War and the Church"
Girls in Reform Schools" Social
Security i'm America" "Coopera-
tives," etc.
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Methodist Episcopal Church

Sunday School at 9:45 A. M.
Worship at II A. M.
Junior League at 7 P. M.
There will be no meeting of the
Senior League owing to the sub
district rally to be held in Long
Prairie Sunday afternoon and even
ing. District Superintendent Rev.
Arthur Dinsdale will be the speak
err of the evening. All Senior Leag-
uers are urged to attend the raj
ly.
Choir practice Thursday evening
at the home of Mrs. Frank Bunker.
Rev. M. L. Brann.
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Dinner Guests

Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Vennewitz, of
Alexandria, and H. G. Vennewitz,
Of this city, were dinner and sup
per guests on Sunday at the home
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Thiegs.
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Past Matrons Postponed

Past Matrons, organization of
Past Worthy Matrons Of the Order
OF the Eastern Star, meeting will
be postponed indefinitely it was
announced this week. Scheduled
for a week ago at the home Of
Mrs. Berggreen illness prevented
its meeting, and deferred to to-
morrow, Friday, when 1t was found
that further illness interferes.
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LADY FOresters Met

The local Court Of the Womens
Catholic Order of Foresters met
Wednesday evening at st. Pauls
Parochial School in their regular
meeting.
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o. T.. s. Meeting

Naomi Chapter, Order of East
ern Star, meet next Tuesday eve
ming at the Temple beginning at
500 O'Clock. All members are
urged to be present.
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Entertains for Mrs. Schnur

DR.. and Mrs. G. J. Henneman en-
tertained at two tables of bridge on
Saturday evening. The affair was
in honor of Mrs. B. J. Schnur, visit
ing in this city from Chicago.
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Birthday Surprise

Eleven sophomore girls, friends
OF Miss Jane Brecken, came to her
home and surprised her on the an
niversary OF her birthday. The
girls brought supper which was
served at $50 o'clock, and they
presented a gift to Miss Brecken.
Following supper thev attended the
Alexandria-Sauk Centre basketball
game.
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The Churches
Zion Lutheran Church
Sunday, Jan. II

10 A. M. Divine Service.
II A. M. Sunday School and BIZ
BILE classes.
2:15 P. NJ, Thursday Ladies Aid
Meeting.
700 P. M, Thursday Sunday
School Teachers meeting.
$50 A. NJ, Saturday Religious
Instruction.
The Lutheran Hour every Sunday
at $3.50 p. NJ, over KSTP.
]. F. Schumacher, Pastor.
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Little Flower Court

Members of Little Flower Court,
w. c. o. F., will meet this evening,
Thursday, and will be entertained
at the home Of Mrs. Breher.
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with Mrs. Beidleman, Mrs. Brum-
met, Mrs. r. Payne and Mrs. Bis
aillon as assisting hostesses.-Re-
porter.
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st. Paul's Lutheran Church

2:30 p. M. Service in English.
After service Annual Voters
j. F. Schumacher, Pastor.
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Appreciation

We wish to extend our thanks to the members
of the Fire Department to the telephone operators
and to those who aided in the removal of furniture
from our store during the fire Sunday night The eff
forts of all were appreciated, through their aid
we were saved from more severe loss.
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GOSPEL Tabernacle

UOSpeI TaDernaCIe
Saturday, 8 p. m. Christ Ambas-
sailors meet to study 1.-THE Faith
fulness of God"
Sunday services:
10 A. M. Sunday School classes
TO-. all.
II A. NJ. Morning worship.
8P. M. Evangelistic service.
Wednesday, p. m. Bible study
in the Book of Revelation. Bring
your Bibles and let us see what
Gods Word tells us about the Last
Days" in which we are living. All
are welcome.
Charles F. Busch, pastor.
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Social Action Forum Organized
The older young people Of the
Congregational Church are organ
izing a Forum which wal meet at
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v. F. w. Auxiliary Meeting


Ladies Of the Auxiliary to Paul
F. Donart Post, Veterans Of For
eign Wars, decided in their meet
ing Friday evening to again spon-
sor an essay contest. Permanent
Teeth for America Is the title for
1875 contest sponsored by the
Auxiliary, and high school pupils
between the ages Of IA and 18 are
eligible as contestants. Lunch was
served after the business meeting
by the hostesses, Mrs. Pangburn,
Mrs. Bentz, Mrs. Plant and Mrs.
Nugent.
In the order Of business three
new members were voted into the
Auxiliary. Several letters were read
from families who received Christ
mas boxes from the Auxiliary. A
card Of thanks was read from a
member whose ten-year old son is
an invalid and whose father is q
disabled Veteran for the present in
Fergus Falls. With the help of the
local Service OFFICER, Commander
John ". Kane, the Auxiliary secur-
ed a hospital bed for the lad from
the Veterans Relief From the St.
Cloud Veterans hospital a letter Of
thanks for the fine selection Of ar
ticles given by the local Post and
Auxiliary was acknowledged. From
the Children's Home in Eaton Rap
ids, Michigan, a letter was received
in thanks for the donations given
by the local group. Mrs. Pangburn
reported that she had purchased
from the American Legion a book
"1O1 Best Stories Of Minnesota" to
be presented to the library at the
Eaton Rapids Home for the chill
dren to read. It was voted to pur-
chase 25 yards Of outing flannel
for a member who Is in need.
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O. j. Jerde Ill For League-LegiOn
Meeting

An anxious group of persons, who
had come to hear o. j. Jerde, of the
st. Cloud Teachers College, fidgeted
uneasily Monday evening as time
wore along and Mr.. Jerde had not
arrived. While they waited there
Mr.. Jerde was in Melrose very ILL.,
He was on his way to this city
when illness seized him, and he
was unable to continue any furth-
err.
Mr.. Jerde, an able speaker, was
being brought to this city through
the collaborated efforts of the local
units of the League of Women Vo-
tiers and Robert Swift Post Amer
lean Legion to speak on the newly
proposed Civil Service Bill. This
bill, now before the State Legisla-
ture, Is a special protege of the
League, and is finding sponsorship
in the American Legion. It's propos-
ition is to do away with the spoils
system in political office holding.
MIR. Jerde was to have explained
the importance and tenets of the
proposed legislation.
According to officers of the Or
CARNATIONS who planned Mondays
meeting no further arrangements
have been made with Mr.. Jerde.
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Lyman Prairie Home Management

A meeting Of the Lyman Prairie
Home Management group was held
at the home Of Mrs. H. Schlief on
December 18th. Mrs. e. Smith, Mrs.
r. Morris and Mrs. Walter Morris
were the assisting hostesses. The
storage problem was the topic Of
discussion, and was given with the
roll call. After the meeting lunch
was served and the members ex-
changed gifts. All enjoyed a pleas
ant afternoon. The next meeting
viii, take place at the home Of Mrs.
Walter Payne on January 10th,
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Entertains Dorcas Society

Tuesday evening Mrs. II. D.
Hoaglund and Mrs. A. r. Hesse en-
tertained members Of the Dorcas
Society Of the Methodist church, at
the home Of Mrs. Hesse. They en-
joyed a program of singing and
readings presented by Mr.. and
Mrs. Bob Bolton, negro entertain
ers and lecturers. Mr.. and Mrs. Bel
ton entertained also at the Rotary
dinner at noon, and also at the
school.
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Trinity Church, Grove Lake
1:3O P. M. Religious instruction
and Sunday School.
2:30 p. M. Divine Services. No
instruction Saturday.
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ST. Johns, Willard

st. Johns, Willard
10 A. M. Sunday School and BIZ
BILE Class.
1O:45 A. M. Divine Services in
English.
E. Mcneil, Pastor.
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Conversational Church

Congregational Church
Rev. Peter j. Jansen, Pastor
Church School at $50 a. m.
Morning Worship at 10:45 a. m.
Topic: Man Is Master.
Vesper Service at 500 p. m.
intermediate League at TOO p.
m.
Social Action Forum at 500 p. m.