The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-05-26
Interesting Programs
Feature Two-Day
Event-90 Delegates

major departments of their work
Mrs. Einar Gulbrandson, state pres.
ident and director Of general fed.
Grafton Of Women's Clubs, asked
women gathered here for the 33rd
annual convention Of the 9Th dis.
trict Minnesota Federation Of Wom-
ems Clubs, do you consider your
club a community asset?"
Sessions, which concluded a two
day program, yesterday afternoon
Wednesday, included election Of Of
ficers for the district and q tea,
given by the hostess club, Gradatim
at the Episcopal Church.
I'VE do not need a hero" Mrs.
Gulbrandson continued, speaking
on the rise Of relationships in Eu-
rope, "but we need good citizens
every day." Investment in know
ledge is the best investment Of all, I"
she said, referring to club work in
education sponsoring contests and
aiding in adult education.
Registrations up to eleven o'clock
"Wednesday morning for the final
sessions included about ninety dele
gates from thirty-four Of the thir-
ty-nine clubs in this district. Let
tiers OF regret came from many OF
the northern clubs when continued
bad roads kept them from attend
ing.
Mrs. J. A. Norris presence at the
Tuesday evening banquet was one
Of the pleasing touches for local
members. Mrs. Norris, recently re-
turned to her home here from Min
neapolis, is q charter member OF
Gradatim.
One of the highlights of the two
day program was the banquet at
the Home School where the group
dined Tuesday evening. Honorine
Mrs. Gulbrandson, Mrs. Fred Schil-
plin, st. Cloud, and Mrs. II. c.
Bowin, state conservation chairman
and a number Of past district pres.
idents, the affair was one Of the
most colorful of the convention
Favors were in keeping with the
Main Street theme.
MAN In America"
mo matter how far back in the
history Of man you go, wheneve,
you find man you find him as man,
Rev. Henry Reflex, West Union
priest and archaeologist, told WON.
en- at the Tuesday evening session
"And further always there are EVIL
dences Of burial rites, evidence in
his pursuit Of religion and his
search for Immortality" he said as
he related, with the aid of slides
his history of the history Of man
in America"
Soliciting aid from women's clubs
he said, We're going to try to pass
legislation to make all of the 10000
mounds in Minnesota state prop
erty and keep everyone from dig.
ging into them" The assembly ap-
plauded his, Burial mounds should
be respected"
AS he coursed back from age to
age through the development OF
man he traced such American civ
ilizations as that of the Incas, the
Magyar in Central and South
America, the moundmen, and the
Pueblos, the Indians in this coun.
try. Pueblo civilization was one sc
ancient it was extinct by the time
white men came to this shore, he
pointed out, and the Incas had q
calendar based on the moon before
the Gregorian calendar was worked
out.
Minnesota alone is rich in such
historical lore and he pointed to
discoveries Of ancient specimens OF
men in Browns Valley and his own
discovery near West Union.
Discovery or mammoth tusks
along the Yukon Of Alaska and in
New Mexico give graphic evidence
that the march Of men came to
America by way Of the Boring
Strait from Asia during a time
when the glacial period swept down
over the continent, he said.