The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1938-11-24

three days when carbuncle made its irritating
pearance the nape Of his neck. And p. NJ
Reinardy getting hauled out Of trunde at
230 a. m the other morn by guy looking for the
chief of police-who lives next cottage, south
Pine. And the Cuckoo Club had a meeting,
which John Koppel presides. Said Frank OGara
only young married couples can belong-under S."
And Northwestern Bells clerk Joan CHA Bell)
Markson had day off to come back to find Manager
H. s. Forsyth had purchased another magazine sub
scripton. If there are mags that H s. doesn't take
it's because he hasn't heard of them. :. And young
Glenna Selensky is ready to help her daddy Her
father, Clarence of West Union, victim of corn
shredder accident She has eight ten tablets ready
to help him learn to write with his left hand. :.
1t is not often that the pleasantries of a chat
with one of ninety-six comes to one of twenty-odd
years. But it happened to the other day when
had an informal chat with Mrs. Edward Smith, only
two days before her 96th anniversary. was inn
mediatey struck with her remarkable wit her ready
laugh. For she laughed gay at the antics of those
in the days she remembers best. Remarkable, too
is her near-perfect memory, her mind is keen Dates
that read like history to younger ones roll off her
tongue to enliven human situations she experienced
could not help but to catch faint nostalga-which
can't possibly experience since am much too young
for those early days of which she spoke . . . I had
heard much of Grandma" Smith, but had never met
her. So was mite surprised, too at her apparent
physical welbeing It is indeed surprising that the
first girl She met her arrival in this community
u years ago is Mrs. H. N. Carpenter still a resi-
dent here, still a staunch friend But my whole
thoughts simmered down to premise talked
with her. What fine person she is; and how fine
must all of them have BEEN Had they been different
people, Sank Centre might easily have been differ
ent place. And my greeting to Mrs. G. D. Mar
shall, who is i'll. know her best of the older ones
There's bearded old fellow here who can't get
pension Few even know his name. Knowing that
ne is of the proper for receipt, but unknowing
OF the date place of BIRTH authorities can't estab
lish definitely his citizenship And he is in rare
strates indeed.
Last week when Tussy Walker and Willis Botz
decided to advertise to get black cat-a property
required of initiates into the Black Cat order-hey
darned near got the entire black kitty population.
II the responsive phone calls any indication It
kept RAJ Walker hopping the wire for nearly an
hour by people quoting sizes prices of black cats
until he saw cats in his Sleep Now the boys are
wondering if someone wasn't pulling their compound
leg just itsy btsy -.
Thinking out Loud-A gray day. and your cor
respondent spent old-fashioned Sunday afternoon
No frittering around from place to place. nothing
special to do so at home in my fathers the
afternoon After pleasantly satisfying MONDAY
meal set myself to drousng half asleep half between
wakefulness For once there was something pleas
antly soothing about the symphony hour; and the
swing that followed seemed an audible din out of
gear with the afternoon All I lacked to complete
the day was the staccato popping of over fire
or munching an apple out Of the hand. And trag-
edy struck down at south Pine. A three-way feud
that burned has simmered down to a duo now. Once
there was the Johnson's limping collie; our dog
Sandy" and the Reinardy chow Ching" Now
Johnsons dog is gone, shot through the head while
he accompanied his masters out the fields a short
time ago. The three were always at swords
points. Sandy hated the Johnson pet with delicious
hate Once they fought viciously until parted. Now
there's only Ching to hate and Sandy is bit afraid
OF him. He will go as near Reinardy's the fence
that separates the Cowlthorp estate from them. If
he wants to continue farther, he crosses the road.
But wthial, believe Sandy missed the limping one
He moped for couple of days. There
to bark at One Of the peasantries is meeting
people Once dreaded the icy feeling that froze
my tongue into cultural mumblings when met new
ones; now is delicious treat For acquain-
tances become victims of better selves-we turn
on the charm for them. I don't mean we deliberate
ly try to fool the other into believing are some
thing we not, but it's quite natural to set the
best forward. We blush modestly at over-charged
introduction that paints little brightly; we
BILE pleasantries about the weather Once launched
into the converse over this nick mack that
piece Of furniture or the children. We're parade
then with thoughts loftily pinnacled . After,
we marvel at how personable chap really can
be. Sort of good for one.
And cold weather brings a new problem to mail
carriers. Gloves become quite item. The contin-
handling of the mails tears rents in the
ings in no time at all. Val Schoenhof says III
costs him about two pairs of canvas ones each week.
MISUNDERSTANDING the costuming and the sets
for the Junior class play ANNE of Green Gables"
borrowed from the late McIntyre-to those who
member the days of 1900. Certainly the costumery
used in this production must have carried memories
for some. There were two wedding dresses worn.
The white one worn by Vera Jackson was the we'd
ding attire of Mrs. Bone, mother of Esther Bone,
the school nurse. 1t came from st. Paul. The
other was the wedding gown Of Mrs. Schmitz Of this
city. In the play it worn by Dorothy Peterson,
the unquenchable Anne That cute yellow
worn by Rosemary Morse, who played Diana,
loaned by lady in Young (not Lttle) America.
There's an oddment about that grey plumed hat
so stunningly by Rita Egan. It's the property of
Mrs. r. E. Hansen-and she hadn't seen it for
number of years. had nearly given it up for lost.
An ivory hat worn by Vera jackson made by
millinery for Mrs. A. F. Moynihan. Three Of the
dresses were made especially for this play and the
characters Josie Pye Diana, and Anne, all worn in
the second act. That lavendar that brought
scene is the property of the Misses Erwin. That