The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-12-29

reSgnaClOn SUNDAY 10 take q
pastorate at Roscoe, will preach
his farewell sermon Sunday.
Community Club announced prizes
to encourage Christmas decora-
tions In both homes and stories.
2SO0 feet Of evergreen rope, at a
cost of nearly 5000, comprises
the uptown decorative scheme,
Walt Gritzmacher, secretary, said
this week.
Leo Zehrer and son, local farmers,
announced purchase Of an out
standing herd sire when they pur-
chased an Ayreshire, Echo Lake
Gay Symbolizer.
Monday the Water, Light and Pow
er Commission adopted the one
meter system to affect eventually
complete adoption of the system.
District $500 lead the rural school
contest, conducted by the Com
munity Club, as the contest drew
to its closing frame, to end Dec
ember IT.
Jim Cooper and Ray Berggreen,
with a host of other high awards,
received Eagle awards last eve
ming in Troop rs Boy Scouts court
of honor.
Until Christmas the postoffice will
remain open Saturday afternoon,
it was announced.
Santa Claus, in wintery setting,
came to town in modern fashion
yesterday afternoon, greet d
nearly 1900 youths of the COM
munity as guests of Sauk Centre
merchants.
Six miles Of wire strung Saturday
opened the rural farm telephone
lines, of the Ashley Rural Tele-
phone company, to improve SER
vice.
A. N. Forsberg, retired shoemaker,
observed his 8Sth birthday ami
versary Sunday at his home here.
Clifford Domke, son of Mr.. and Mrs.
Paul Domke, is safe in Sian,
China, a letter this week said.
Bokinski Garage, quit it's Third
street location, this week to oc-
cupy the AL Salmond garage on
Main street, vacated by J. j.
Smith short time ago.
Erected in 1927, the school flag pole
| fell in the advance of the build
ing program Wednesday morning,
was reset later.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred Determan December
first.
Week of December Is
Embryo plans to sponsor a Main
Street move into Minneapolis
when Sinclair Lewis, star Of his
own play, Angela Is Twenty
Two" appears, were begun.
Nearly $50 were guests at the Bry-
ant Library Tuesday when open
house" celebrated the finish of a
near $1400 WPA redecoration
project.
Wednesday the City Council voted
to purchase a new fire truck to
cost not more than $500, to have
capacity of 500 gallons per min.
ute.
When v. T. Conklin resigned as city
attorney Wednesday, Councilmen
appointed L. L. Kells to the posi-
ton with a salary increase foI
PWA work. Kells resigned from
the Water, Light and Power Com
mission, Immediately the name OF
Al Salmond was circulated for
necessary petition signers for the
| commissioner post.
Rev. John Bettendorf, assigned to
the pastorate of Our Lady of the
Angels Church, arrived this week
from Breckenridge, assuming the
place vacated by Rev. Charles
Mayors transfer to Roscoe.
AZ Boy Scouts grabbed off more
than 80 awards Wednesday when
two of the troop were elevated to
the Eagle rank, gave the troop
Eagle Scouts.
John Blair, Fairy Lake resident,
died at his home Saturday, Dec
ember 10, at the age of 81 years.
Mrs. Baptist Schmitz, Kandota
resident, died Friday, December
9th. She was 62.
Ellit H. Judd, SO, old settler OF
West Union, died December 6 at
the home of his daughter, Mrs.
Byron King, in Osakis.
A daughter was born to Mr.. and
Mrs. J. E. Kringen Friday eve-
ming at University hospital in
Minneapolis.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Eiden last Thursday, to
be named David Ambrose.
Donald r. Cole. sergeant of COM