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The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
4County4-H
Clubs Receive
Cavel Awards
GIFTS PRESENTED TO
JUNIOR LEADERS;
CLUB OFFICIALS

Small wooden gavels with sill
yer All club emblems and name
plates were awarded four Red
wood county clubs finishing the
year with 100 per cent project
completion ratings. They were
presented at the annual All club
party held in the Wabasso school
house Saturday night.
Clubs in which every member
finished every project for which
they signed include the Clements
Crusaders, with a membership OF
10, the Paxton club which num-
bers 80, the Morgan Spotlights
with % members and the little
Oak Grove club of SWedeS For
est whose five members won top
rank.
A gold All locket was present.
ed Miss Irene Neuschwander,
outstanding girl junior leader in
the county and Wesley Slaymak-
er, retiring county federation pre-
sident and outstanding Junior
leader among the boys, received
a silver lapel button.
In appreciation of their work
in the All club stand at the state
corn-husking contest, the county
group gave Mrs. Jesse Slaymak-
er of Morgan and Mrs. Lee Neu-
schwander of Redwood Falls,
parents of the junior leaders, gift
certificates from the Forster fur
niture store.
Each club member finishing
projects signed for received a
Christmas gift of green enve-
lope bearing the club emblem for
club records. Certificates of
award were presented to about
60 adult and Junior leaders who
served during the year.
Miss Lenore Golden, home de-
monstration agent and j. l. Swed-
berg, county agent, each received
desk sets of pen and stand and
the clubs gave Miss Alice Nc
Namara, office secretary, box
of candy.
About 200 club members, lead
ers and parents attended the af-
fair at which Wesley SlaymakeI
led Christmas games and stunts
Refreshments were served under
the direction of Francis Moses OF
Tracy and Mrs. Fred Wells Of
Paxton. Community singing OF
Christmas songs was led by Hill
lis Slaymaker and the group was
accompanied by Phyllis Dahme:
on the piano and Margie Bis:
with the violin.
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CHRISTMAS SEAL
QUOTA EXCEEDED
RECEIPTS $3.50 WITH
MANY LETTERS TO
BE RETURNED

Sales of Christmas Seals in
Redwood Falls this year were at
least SIS over the sos quota, ac-
cording to Mrs. Frank Baldwin,
committee chairman.
With so persons yet to return
seal letters and complete check
up of receipts from sales in the
postoffice lobby not made, total
of $3.50 has been received.
Letters returned with money
from seals netted S188. Five
dollar health bonds were taken
by the Quality, Twentieth Cent
ury and Woman's clubs, the
American Legion, American Le-
gion Auxiliary, the State Bank of
Redwood Falls, the Eastern Star,
Montgomery-Ward, the Lions
club, the Redwood Falls Motor
company, the Light and Power
company, the Redwood Falls hos
pital and the Parent Teacher as
ISOLATION. The Sorosis club and
the WV Auxiliary purchased
$3.50 health bonds.
Children from the first through
the sixth grades bought $12
worth of seals and receipts at the
postoffice are around SO. Mrs.
o. G. Austbo had charge of
health bond sales and Mrs. L. p.
Winter Of school sales.
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Board of Review
Considers Scout
Project Records

Application for the rank Of
Life Scout by John. BOVee was
considered at the first meeting of
the new Boy Scout board of re-
view in the Li-coln school Mon
day evening. His written test has
not yet been corrected by board
members. but it is expected he
viii be granted his badge.
Members Of the board which
includes J. J. SalzWedel, high
school principal, D. w. Gold and
DR.. O. H. Johnson, approved sew
eral tests taken by scouts of both
Redwood Falls troops.
Those who passed first class
tests were Dean Muetzel, first
aid; James Flirn, signaling and
handicraft; Phillip Tenney, sig
mailing. scouts pace, knife and
axe. fire building, cooking, COM
pass and safety; John Lauterbach
III. signaling and handicraft.
Second class applicants and
tests passed included James Gal
lea, Paul Gallea, David Feigal ard
Henry Nupson, first aid; Douglas
Week. first aid, tracking and fire
building; Bill Inglis, first aid,
signaling, knife and axe, thrift de-
post and Robert Freise, service
and uniform and first aid.
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Drive Planned To Finance Stadium
Polling Places for
Election Selected

The usual polling places have
been selected for the annual city
election to be held January 4. A
light vote is anticipated as there
is no opposition to incumbent Of
ficers and no special question up
for balloting.
First warders will vote at Drog-
osch and Sons plumbing shop on
Third street and residents of the
Second ward will go to the city
hall. Polls will be open from $50
a. m. to 8 p. m.
Officers filed for reelection
are J. F. Knudson, mayor; F. w.
Stanton, city treasurer; F. B.
Forbes, city recorder; George W..
Huhnerkoch, first ward alderman
ard E. o. Charlebois second ward
council member.
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CHILDREN GIVE
PAGEANT FOR
SHUT-IN FRIEND

The school children of district
90 just south of Redwood Falls
presented a pageant THE First
Christmas Wednesday in con-
nection with their annual Christ
mas program.
While rehearSals were in pro-
gress they gave the play for Mrs.
Everson who lives Lear the
schoolhouse and has been con-
fined to her bed for a year.
A friends of all the children,
Mrs. Everson thoroughly enjoyed
their thoughtfulness and express
ed her sincere thanks.
Miss Alice Simondet is teacher
of the district, known as the
Breckenridge school.
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Fund donated
ForPurchase
OF 4-H Stock
WILL ASSIST YOUTHS
IN GETTING GOOD
CLUB LIVESTOCK

A Redwood county livestock
revolving fund of $500 was set up
his week by a philanthropist who
prefers nat his name be with
held
Expenditure of the money for
the purchase of calves, pigs, lambs
and other livestock for feeding by
All club members will be direct
ed by J. l. SWedberg, county
agent and other All club leaders.
Opportunities for purchasing
lots of suitable livestock at rea-
sonabIe prices have come up at
various times, but have been
passed frequently because no
funds were Immediately avail
able. The gift fills need of long
standing.
The plan is to purchase the
stock and resell it at cost to club
members, turing the sale price
back into the fund. A limited
number of club members who
need financing will be granted
Short-term loans. The money is
already available.
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Farmers Seal
Less Bushels
IhanExpected
200 APPLICATIONS FOR
LOANS RECEIVED IN
COUNTY ALREADY

Redwood county farmers ap-
plying for federal corn loans are
sealing much less corn than ex-
pected and borrowing relatively
small sums on the grain.
The nine loans already received
are on lots of tbs, 244, SIT, 487,
400, 799, 766, 594 and 376 bushels
of corn. The figures are inter
esting as previous estimates that
the average number of bushels
sealed would be 1000 were gen.
morally regarded as low.
Last week, only one county
bank had agreed to handle loans,
paying the farmer directly as
soon Jas approval was granted.
After a personal canvass by
George Claussen of the county
soil conservation ASSOCIATION this
week, however, officers of nine
banks said they will aid in the
program.
Loan money may be obtained at
the Citizens State bank in Red
wood Falls, the Milroy exchange
of the Western State bank of
Marshall, the Sanborn State bank,
the Wanda State bank, the Farm
ers State bank of Morton, the
Citizens State Bank of Walnut
Grove, the Farmers and Mer-
chants State bank of Tracy, the
State Bank of Morgan and the
WabaSSo State bank.
To date 200 applications for
loans have been made here.
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SPENCER LODGE
HONORS LITTLE
ON ANNIVERSARY

c. c. Little of Redwood Falls
was honored recently at a cele-
bration of the siXty-fifth anniver-
sary of the Evening Shade lodge
of the Masonic order in Spencer,
Iowa.
Mr.. Little has been member of
the lodge for 48 years, being rails
ed by the Evening Shade lodge
April 8, 1889. He received his first
degree in Cascade lodge of Dubu-
que county. Iowa ard his second
and third in the Spencer organ
ization.
Eighty years of age, he was the
oldest member present at the cele-
bration which was attended by
300 persons. The affair was held
in the Spencer Masonic Temple.
Mr.. Little is ore of the oldest
members of the Redwood Falls
chapter and commandery.
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F-LChairman
Directs Balls
For President
COUNTY COMMUNITIES
PLAN BIRTHDAY
CELEBRATIONS

Gunder Holt of Belview, cOun-
~ chairman of the Farmer-Labor
association, has been appointed
chairman for Roosevelt birthday
balls in Redwood county. Seven
county towns will hold dances
and other social affairs Saturday,
January 30, in honor of the ma
tons president whose birthday IS
the next day. Proceeds will go
to the Warm Springs foundation
for cripples, a favorite Roosevelt
charity.
Wilbur LambertOn will be
chairman for the event in Red
wood Falls and others arranging
affairs on that evening are Rich
ara EVenson of Revere, Andrew
Taucr of Morgan and Emil DAN
ielOWski of LuCan. Chairmen Tor
Lamberton and Wabasso have not
VT been selected.
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Third Electric
Project Likely
SIGNERS OBTAINED IN
WESTERN TOWNSHIPS;
ADVICE GIVEN

Signers for the proposed third
REA project in Redwood county
are being obtained rapidly and it
is expected that action on the
allotment will be taken shortly
after the first of the year.
This week H. L. Ogren was
elected chairman of the Under
wood rural identification group
and men named to the commit
tee include Arthur Kremin, Roy
Christopherson, Peter Barber,
John Morgan, A. L. Growing,
Glen Holmberg and Luke Stava.
Members of the county asso-
citation went to Clements Tues
day to hear Roy B. Hugus, REA
official of Minneapolis, discuss
the use of current and electric
equipment. A similar meeting
was held at Wabasso Wednesday
afternoon.
Hugus told farmers who are
wiring their homes for the first
time that number IL wire, heavy
enough to carry load without
heating, is ideal for ordinary
homes in which an electric range
will not be part of the equip
ment.
He advised that outlets for per-
manent fixtures, such as electric
refrigerators be placed close to
the floor, but that plugs for
irons and other equipment which
will be moved often be put high
er up the wall. The plan eli
inmates unnecessary STOPPING for
plugging in equipment not in use
at all times. Long cords for APP
plications use up current, espe-
cially if the wire is light, he adj
vised.
Among equipment recommend
ed was one-half horsepower
hammer mill for grinding feed.
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DISCLAIMERS Chosen

Try-outs in the oratorical and
dramatics division of the declam-
atory contests Wednesday after
noon resulted in Sidney Alexan-
der and John Lair being chosen
as senior high school contestants
in the first group while Airline
Waller and Jean Lauterbach will
participate in the dramaticS con-
test. Humorous placings will be
decided today. The junior high
school will have its elimination
contest after the holidays when
one representative will be chosen
in each division.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
CROP BETTERMENT
COMMITTEE NAMED
CROP SHOW POSSIBLE
FEATURE OF NEW
PROGRAM HERE

A Crop Improvement commit
tee whose function will be to
promote the growing of better
varieties of grain and locate
sources of good seed was recent
ly appointed in Redwood county.
The group includes Kenneth
Campbell of Redwood Falls, c. A.
Marsh of Delhi, William Paulsen
of Sheridan, Henry I.au of Tracy
and j. P. Nigg of Lamberton.
They will meet this winter to
make plans for next years barley
school, possibly crop show and
other parts of a program which
j. I. Swedberg, county agent, will
assist in directing.
The Redwood gazette. [volume] (Redwood Falls, Minn.) 1873-1940, 1937-12-23
MARSHALL LAD BROWNS

MarShalI-Dean Mann, SIX year
old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Keith
Mann of Marshall was drowned
in the open water just below the
mill dam here Sunday afternoon
when he broke through while
playing on the ice with several
other youngsters. The child'S
body was recovered from under
meath the ice where it was swept
by the current by the Marshall
fire department after about 80
minutes. Attempts at applying
artificial respiration failed.
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Mrs. Laura Smith
Dies at jamestown

Mrs. Laura Smith, "a, former
Redwood Falls resident, died at
$50 p. m. Wednesday at the home
of her daughter Mrs. E. A. Gallea
at Jamestown, North Dakota.
Funeral services will be held at
a:36' m. Friday at the Odlaug
chapel here with Rev. G. E. Mar
tin in charge. Burial will be in the
Redwood Falls cemetery beside
her husband, Theodore Smith,
who died in July 1918.
Mrs. Smith was sister-in-law
of Mrs. Minnie Austin of Red
wood Falls.
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Pays 8 Per Cent

Dividends of eight per cent on
capital stock of the Scenic City
Cooperative Oil company are
ready for shareholders this week.
The company is paying out SLIP
to $40 individual stockholders. OF
these LA are Morgan residents,
so live at Vesta and the remand
er at Redwood Falls. This year
membership in the cooperative
has increased by AZ.
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10, Men, 4 Trucks
Remove 4S5 Loads
of Snow Rapidly

A crew of 10 men working from
Monday noon until midday last
Thursday under the direction of
Thomas Arnett Jr., street COM
missioner, removed 405 truck
loads of snow from the downtown
streets of Redwood Falls.
Arnett estimates that four
trucks hauled $3.50 cubic yards
of snow from the streets, dump
ing it below the Redwood river
dam at the old bridge and in the
gulley behind the Gandrud
creamery.
Snow from Sunday until Thurs
day noon amounted to about four
and one-half inches. n. B. An
dersen, Weatherman measured
moisture at ST inches.
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IOOF Initiates

A class of four members took
the initiatory degree in the /. O..
O. F. lodge Tuesday night. It
included Jack Reynolds, o. A.
Knudson, Ted Ahrens and H. E.
Kickul. Other recent initiates of
the Odd Fellows are John Hoop
ner, Harold Berger, Kenneth
Wheeler, DR.. M. p. Feigal and r.
A. Peterson
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Amateurs to Give
Varied Program

A varied program will be pre-
sented by amateurs in their week
ly show at the Falls theatre to-
night.
Arthur Schramm of Redwood
Falls will play the accordion;
Mrs. Harvey Benson, violinist, has
signed to appear; Luverne All
rens will give limitations; Robert
Frietag will play a mouth organ
solo; Thomas Downs will sing;
Leslie MuetZel and Robert Freise
will present a harmonica duet;
Tiny Leith of Morton will tap
dance and Mr.. Vohe of Franklin
will accompany his vocal select
ions with guitar.
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Marshall Again
Votes Pool Bonds

Marshall-Voters here Tuesday
decided 387 to 178 in favor of a
bond issue to help finance a mum
icipal swimming pool. The Public
Works admir- istration has alocated
s11,723 for the project while Mar
shalTs share is $4,000. AT a
September election SIS, 900 bonds
were voted but when this proved
inadequate, an extension was Civ
en- by PWA while another vote
was taken.
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Alumni Will Fr0lic Monday
Evening at Lincoln School

Plans for the Redwood Falls
High alumni banquet to be held
Monday evening in the Lincoln
school are complete.
The program will include an
address of welcome by Miss Mar
garet Smith, brief talk by Rev.
Godfrey O'Sullivan and the usual
awards of prizes for the Oldest
alumni present, those coming long
distances, the largest family there
and similar requirements.
Robert Tiffany will lead group
singing, Henry Jaehning will sing
a solo, Ross Davis of Seaforth will
tap dance and the Tiffany-Alex-
ander quartet will present must
cal numbers. Mrs. J. E. Greene,
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Re-Organizing of
Farm Bureau Into
Units Discussed

Plans for re-organizing the
Redwood County Farm Bureau
into about seven local units were
discussed this week as the annual
bureau membership drive neared
il close.
l. r. Purdy, state field man who
has been here occasionally dur
ing the drive, says that 800 MEM
bers have been obtained and the
final Check-up will show the
county very near its quota MEM
berShip of 400.
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association head, will preside.
A dance to music by Hardy
Bronson's orchestra will follow
the program and dinner, to be
served by Mrs. L. H. Cheney.
Reservations are coming in
rapidly. Those who have not yet
signified their intentions of at
tending are asked to notify Mrs.
Frank Baldwin or Mrs. H. E.
Kickul Immediately. A charge of
so cents will be made for the
dinner and dues are 80 cents this
year.
Written invitations have been
sent only to alumni living out of
town.
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Hear Tenancy Talk

DR.. A. A. Dowell of University
Farm talked on Farm Tenancy"
at banquet for county agents of
this district at Hotel Ramsey
Tuesday evening. Thirty agents
attended the session, one of a
series The next session viii be
held January 10.
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New Years Dance

Company L members will spon-
sor dance for New Years eve
in the Redwood Falls Armory.
The guards state that they do not
expect to make money on the af-
fair but believe that Redwood
Falls and vicinity wants such a
Funniest here. A five piece or
chestra will furnish music.
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Alumni Will
Be Asked To
Sell Tickets
$4,000 STADIUM AT
MEMORIAL FIELD
MADE POSSIBLE

A beautiful stone and con-
crete stadium to cost $4,000
and seat 1000 persons will
be the neXhimprovement at
Memorial Field and the first
major construction project
of 1888 in Redwood Falls, it
appeared certain this week.
Details of a plan to raise
the sponsors cash contribu-
ton of $4,000 to the Works
Progress administration pro-
iject, for which a grant has
already been made, were
worked out this week at a
meeting of directors of the
field and of the Redwood
Falls High School Alumni as
ISOLATION and the board OF
education.
The plan will be given the
alumni at their annual BAN
quet Monday evening and If
accepted, sale of tickets to
finance the Improvement will
begin at once. Rev. Godfrey
O'Sullivan, a member of the
field board, will explain the
plan.
The proposed tickets will con-
tain 80 coupons good for admls-
sion to all home football or bask-
etball games in which Redwood
Falls High school teams engage,
excluding tournaments. They
will sell for $40 and may be used
at the discretion of the purchas-
er, that is he may take 80 per-
sons to one game, or go slngiy TO
80 games or have the coupons
honored in any other manner be-
tween these extremes.
To Sponsor Sale
The alumni will sponsor sale of
the tickets if approval is given by
the association. Officers and di-
rectors expressed the opinion this
week that the group will Jump
at the chance" to do something
big for the school and city.
Plans for the stadium were
sent to WPA officials for final APP
proval this week, the grant OF
funds having already been made
subject to the local contribution.
They are expected to be finally
approved so that work can start
! in January.
Stone from the foundation of
the old high school will be used
in the stadium as well as other
stone obtained locally. The ath-
letic association also has $50
sacks of cement as starter.
The stadium will be built on
the west side of the football field
just outside the eight lane track
constructed during the summer
and fall. 1t will consist of five
sections, three of which will seat
800 persons each while two end
sections will accommodate $50
each. It will still be possible to
use bleacher seats on the track
for overflow crowds. Space will
be reserved in the stadium for
holders of the advance sale
tickets.
| Space For Rooms
Under the stadium there will
be space which later can be fin
ished off for dressing rooms, lock-
Continued on Page l2)
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WALNUT BEATS DELHI

Walnut Grove remained in the
undefeated class of the Redwood
County Basketball league by
trouncirg Delhi. 80 to 10 Friday
evening. Wabasso forfeited to
f.amberfol, the same night when
the Lamberton team went there to
play and Wabasso failed to get a
team together.
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Business Breaks Records as
Christmas Season Nears End
RELIGIOUS SERVICES
PLANNED; SOCIAL
ACTIVITIES ON

This week Redwood Falls
enters the holiday season, its
business, religious and social
life at their height to climax
a year generally prosperous
and happy.
Tonight the city postoffice
force will sit together at din
ner, relaxing for the first
time in several days as their
busiest season in years closes.
The dinner will be given at
Hotel Ramsey by Postmaster
Joseph R. Keefe in apprecia-
ton for their cooperation in
every respect.
The enormous task of handling
the huge volume of mail was done
efficiently without extra en-
ployees this year. 1t never would
have been possible without the
splendid help of the public who
were unusually thoughtful this
year in doing their Christmas
mailing early. We are grateful to
them and congratulate Them" he
said.
Mail Sets Record
An all time high in mail was
handled by the force. Monday,
he heaviest day, approximately
1900 cards and letters went
through the mailing machine and
that night 80 sacks of mail went
out.
Last year there was approx
mately the same number of cards
and letters, but only rs sacks of
mail. The indication is that a
great many more packages were
sent by Redwood Falls residents
this season.
Seventy-five sacks of mail left
the city postoffice Tuesday night
and postmaster Keefe says that
As ,230 pieces of first class mail
have been handled here since De-
cember Is. The incoming mail
hit its peak this morning when
80 sacks were unloaded at the
postoffice to be distributed to
Redwood Falls residents.
Holiday trade in general has
been all merchants could ask. Re-
mating open tonight as they have
all week for the convenience OF
Christmas shoppers, business
places will close at 6 Christmas
eve with holiday stocks largely
depleted One firm reports the
largest gross Saturday since its
establishments here, another notes
December as record month over
a several year period and practi-
cally all are closing their books on
the best year in some time.
Special Services
Special services at Redwood
Falls churches Christmas eve ard
throughout the week will include
gatherings of church young people
home from college.
st. Cornelia'S mission at the
Indian agency will have Christ
mas eve service with pageant a
p. m. and at IL p. m. a Christ.
mas music and candle light ser.
vice will be held at the Church O.
the Holy Communion here.
The Methodist church will have
its Christmas program Friday
light.
Christmas masses at st. Gather.
ines church will be at and 8 a
m. Saturday. st. Johns Lutheran
church will also hold service.
Saturday morning.
Besides church parties, youns
people home from school will en-
joy a round of holiday parties
the largest of which is the alumni
banquet in the Lincoln schoo
Monday evening.
Informal parties at the home
of year-round residents will ais,
add to the gayety of the season.