The Sauk Centre herald., 1938-12-29


sti-and on then to another-upon whom rests the
work of carrying on or detracting from what was
left before them.
Christmas Palaver-val Schoenhof-who's al
ways wanted electric train since before he left
the knee pants stage-bought one this Yuletde sea-
son for his son, four-year-old Gerry Gerry will
be lucky if he sees it. Since the fireplace
chimney of the Bryant Library was bricked up dur
ing former regime-the pretty-looking Yule logs
of birch will have to do just thatst and look pref
y....
Mr. and Mrs O. w. Dowswell got for Christmas
self portrait of their artist son, Bob this year.
The portrait, done in pencil lines worked with the
aid of mirror, is q startling likeness. And
horsepay featured the Christmas box sent to Glenn
Swanson former bank employee here, by Ed Nathe
and Bill Cook-his pals. Features of the box
crappie heads. piece of herring, old razor
blades and other necessities that will in handy
Payoff was picture of the receiver, showing hin,
catching lingering pickerel with the slogan below
"See yourself others see you" Warrant he
got outlaws from that present
1t sort of tugged just little to meet man the
other day with eight hundred miles to to his home
Christmas coming on; no job; no money. 1t tells
story.
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Conversation pieces-"Time means nothing any
more" The man who made that statement gray
curly haired George OGara Your correspondent
had just said something about how it doesn't seem
Christmas could really be here. Seeing was a
young whose hands time hung heavily when
anticipation stirred; he stopped and made the state
ment. listened; he went on.
II come to the garage fairly early each day..
(faith and I've never been there ahead of him)
First thing know" he continued, "the boys say,
Let's co."
Where to?"
Dinner, then supper-then it's Sunday" /. =. /. A
shrug of resignation returned him to his work. . /.
1t settled something I've wondered about for long.
Whether time moves more swiftly when grows
older.
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Common carrier-Heres one for the scrapbook
and shep me I sat in on the converse. Imagine this
setting. Two Yellowstone proferrng cigar to the
other. Said he, do you smoke cigars?"
mot very often" said the other, passively
Came the reply, Neither do l. Here, you carry
1t around for while" 1t was too good to keep.
New Year slant-I suppose that Sim Weiner
won't mind my using this tidbit about him. He
laughs of it himself. He explaining that all
the Weiners he had heard of-that weren't relatives
were Jews. Evidently others had the same idea.
Houses he deals with often address mail to him as
sam Welner. But the payof came when he
received from a Jewish merchandise house a New
Years greeting-written in Hebrew. In fact it ar
rived in the month of the Jewish New Year. Sim
didn't even know what it until firm repre-
sentative told him. >.
young man sat in theatre improvising with
one hand on the organ, whilst with the other he
munched sandwich drained glass of milk. On
the screen-silent then-flashed the of howl
ing band of Commanches bearing down on a settle
ment, or the one of the United States cavalry COM
ing the lea of hill with the flag waving ahead
His accompaniments coincided. In his youth he
had been held at the piano practicing when the
usual boyish activities beckoned temptingly from
outdoors. Last week smiling be-spectacled w.
A. Kohl rumpled fingers and kicked foot pedals on
his own organ tossed out organ strains to passers-
by, gave his bit of the pre-Christmas atmosphere.
With the superintendency Of 32-faculty men,
Der school administration, the additional strain Of
school building program upon him, Yves Kohl fin
q
an all-embracing program. He's played for theatre,
for church, for dance orchestra composed his own
numbers, directed bands orchestras-what hasn't he
done? Possibly symphony. I don't know. T.. He
played theatre organ at stretches of from 10 to IL
hours at sitting During the war his piano playing
he carried with him to camp. . Today, know
he looks upon his musical experience as something
finer than just that His philosophy Of music is
that few can better, that music depends-and it's
appreciation-on individual Interpretation" Play it
or sing itas feel It, he'll counsel you If you ask
Wes came here when yours truly was sopho-
more He took over the boys glee club. With nine
unframed voices to work with, he whipped together
an organization that would sing for anything-and
did. Including funeral services. can hear him
telling us yet, Athletics fine. I played them.
But you're washed up at 25 at the best 80. But
music? You've got 1t foreverat least it's apprecia-
tion." -.
OF People-Bill Benson had his latest car six
months to the day without scratch-but the next
day he smacked right into the back Of Frank
OGaras car that was standing still. . Bunny
Markson, former, the boy who directed a rec
ent presentation of Journeys End" in Minneapolis
that drew full page feature Of pictures in the Min
neapolis Journal. Bunny is quite closely allied
with Twin City drayma. And Jim Flynn, mon
arch Of Keller HILL paying his subscription. He paid
to March 17th-St Patrick's Day-and not day
more. And librarian Bernice Finnegan, born on
St. Patricks Day, was almost named Patricia But
parents feared the inevitable Pat Finnegan. /. :.
Oscar Holmberg, kibtzing long at the school NOV
Ing job, he held his ears with the cold Mrs. F..
L. Decree still has Of those gold tooth picks
that ladies' and gentlemen used in an just passed
And Bill Kay, Northland Greyhound exec, wants
to join the Sauk Centre gang in any Sinclair Lewis
Sauk Centre theatre party that may arise when the
author appears in his own play in Minneapolis dur
ing January. Bill. says d. B. Caughren, Is
former sauk Centresident was graduated from the
schools here. =.
terry, but has just years standing