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Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20
CHAPTER SIX

STANDING before the desk at
(which Melvin Hardy sat, Iona felt
"a shiver begin to chase itself down
her spine, and she checked it with
an effort. She shouldn't have come
here, she thought, striving to meet
,unconcernedly the beady eyes that
brought flooding back memories of
that last trying week at Ardmore's.
She should have crossed the Allison
Trust from her list of possibilities
the moment she recalled Hardy's
connection with it.
Strengthening her shoulders she
waited, conscious that he was look
ing her over from head to foot,
taking in her worn suit, her frayed
gloves and battered hat with an
insolent stare that made her want
to turn and run.
Then he smiled and his smile was
sven worse than h stare.
I'm glad to see y again, Miss
'Ackerman," he said, in the low
pitched, curiously well-modulated
voice that was his one attraction.
s"Sit down." he invited.
IT was wondering what had be-
come of you," he went on, when
Iona did not answer. Don't tell me
you haven't had any work since you
ah-left Ardmore's." He was ex-
amining her. clothes again, and
Iona felt herself flush.
'T'm afraid I haven't" she said.
~And I didn't know you would be
hiring here or I wouldn't have
come"
The words slipped out before she
realized what she was saying. At
the look which sprang to his eyes
she wished she could recall them.
But my dear girl" he ex-
claimed. His tone hurt. Surely
you don't think there was anything
personal in my having to lay you
off! T thought I explained at the
time that it was only matter Of
ah-expediency. You are a very
good worker. I thought you-un-
derstood." He narrowed his beady
eyes.
II understood, of course" Iona
brought out. How could she help
understanding, something within
her longed to cry out. But I nat
orally felt hurt" She CROPPED for
words. It'd been at Ardmore's five
years, and Mr.. Ardmore kneW-my
father"
She hesitated, and Hardy leaned
forward, suddenly. "There was q
letter in Ardmore's files about your
father, Miss Alderman" he said
slowly. II read it, and I'm very
sorry" He reached out and touched
her hand lightly. "a thing like that
rs IA tough break for a girl like
you. That's why I called you in
when I recognized you out there in
the Office. thought, perhaps, you
would allow me to-help you in
some way. This job, now, it's not
what you had at Ardmore's, Of
course. Times have changed. But
it's pretty decent pay, and if yor
want it, I think it can be ar.
ranged"
He paused, and Iona felt sud
den beWildering flash of doubt. HI
really sounded friendly. Had sht
been wrong after all ? Had she mis-
Judged.
do you mean you're Offering m,
work." She could scarcely brins
out the words. Work!
Melvin Hardy smiled then, tn,
smooth, insinuating personal sor
Iof smile she had always hated il
him. He glanced at his watch.
{ Suppose you wit and go t,
lunch with me, and well-talk i
over" he proposed evenly, hi
beady eyes fastened on hers.
For moment Iona lust sa
looking at him. The letdown afte
her brief instant of hope was al
most too much. I'm afraid you'll
have to count me out" she man
! aged to say finally, and got to he
~
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20
Defense. For Britain
Is Speeded Up
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Continued From Page One)
government borrowing power for
defense from $2,OOO,0OO,OOO to $4,-
10000, 900 was to be moved by Sir
John Simon, chancellor of the ex-
chequer.
Defense in the coming financial
year will cost the staggering sum
of $4,000, 900, as announced Feb
ruary Is.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20

Employment in North Carolina in
creased slightly during January, ac-
cording to the department of labor
division of statistics, but average
hourly wage rates in manufacturing
industries dropped off little.
The average factory worker in the
state made $l4.72 a week, the report
shows.
At that rate, few factory workers
will be worried by the approaching
income tax period.
agricultural, live stock, industrial
and labor interests of the country
should rejoice that we now have five
methods of transportation, rather
than one as in earlier years., Chester
Gray, director Of the National High
way Users Conference, said recently
in warning that greater regulation
Of any transportation medium would
fail to solve the nations problems
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20

Seeing that the Page bill in the
house providing for a constitutional
amendment for quadrennial sessions
Of the legislature wasn't getting
along very well, Senator Graham
dropped similar measure into his
chamber. "Oughta make it every
eight years" muttered an unknown
visitor in the side lobby.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20

incidentally, if Carl Goerch's face
isn't redder than usual, it ought 10
De. Friday night he quite glibly told
his radio audience that the Whining
ton trip would be tomorrow. which
would have been day before yester-
day.
And this after the Wilmington pa
per listed his name alone of the newc
men who will make the trip come
this Saturday.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20

With scanty attendance in each
branch, the legislature had its light
est day Saturday. The senate worked
CD little harder than the house Of
representatives, receiving four pure
ly local bills, while the house, got
only three The house bills to date.
however, more than double the SEN
ate, the figures at close Of business
last week being 1896 and 1872.
This legislature, with fewer news
paper men in its membership than
in recent years, gives promise Of be-
ing the first one to say what news
paper is-and that bill was offered
by a lawyer in the senate, rather
than by the lone publisher on that
side-Senator Gordon Gray.
Unless something is done to change
the minds of number Of folks, the
Charlotte meeting of the general as
sembly Wednesday will run we'll past
the dinner hour. At least a dozen
members have bills which they want
to introduce at Charlotte just for the
historic significance such introduce
ton would give them.
But with two governors and three
ex-governors on hand (and one Of
the exes never missing a chance to
make specify, with a free lunch
and free dinner in the offering, and
a hospitable city and county eager
to entertain the distinguished visi-
tors, there won't be time for much
bill introducing.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1939-02-20
Capital Gossip
BY HENRY AVERII.T. ann
LYNN NISBET
Daily Dispatch Bureau.
In the Sir Walter Hotel
BY Henry Averil

ny t1IIU Lyhn NlShet
Raleigh, Feb. 20.-Word is that s.
many people, in addition TO the sena-
tors, have expressed desire to 90 ~,
the Wilmington junket of next Sat
urday that efforts are under way in
the city on the Cape Fear to take
care OF all hands and the legislative
cook
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23
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Welfare. His figures, taken
from monthly reports submitted
by j. A. Kraus, executive secretary
of the local Welfare Board, show
that at the beginning CT the cur
rent 12-month period there were
205 direct relief cases in the
county. During the year, 1,060
cases were investigated and ac-
cepted for relief, this number of
acceptances being SIT times the
number of direct relief cases on
the roll at the beginning of the
year, or, with some variation, at
any other specified time. At the
close of the period studied--Oct
81, 1939-the number of such cases
was 353, an increase of 148.
I'm making this study" said Mr..
Finke, 1--WE sought facts relative
to a rather widespread impression
that the ccunty's direct relief roll
remains the same month after
month, with only minor increases
or decreases; that this continuing
load does not change in it's com,
position.
The facts, as established by cur
study, prove that any such impress.
sion is in error. While there is not
a great variation in the total num-
Der of cases on relief from month
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23

which they are making for some
little boys or girls. But there's
two bright lasses who have com
pleted them already and they are
LaVerne Steffler and Gloria RUs-
enwald. The sophomores have fin
ished their skirts and are start
ing on blouses, which Miss Cary
said are mostly satin. So, fir
ished another busy week in the
Home &c. Dept.
ART
Is anyone interested in interior
decorating? If you are I've found
q place for you. Go to Mis-:
Klobe's art class. They're building
homes and furnishing them. What Z
Certainly not, you knew was talk
ing about miniature houses. You
needn't laugh either. Some OF
these homes are built and arrang
ed just as good as your homes. II
we all took a course in art wouldn't
this be a perfectly lovely town. II
you care to learn anything about
color-scheming ask either Miss
Klobe or any of her seventh grade
art students. They'll be glad to
tell you and with no hesitation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23

to month, the data shows that
there has been an impressive turn
over--not necessarily of individual
cases but in the total number that
have been accepted for relief.
This turnover figure shows
that many cases are for only short
periods and that the county well
fare administration is constantly
investigating and checking resour-
ces to determine eligibility. 1t also
means that in instances where
cases remain on the roll month af-
ter month their need of relief is
reviewed regularly. 1t further
means that many direct relief cas-
es require aid for only short per-
iods to meet special needs. In the
main, the local case load is not
static, but is made up of a con-
slant flow on and eff the rolls dur
ing authenticated periods of need"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23

because this amazing gasoline is
higher test more volatile .
reader to vaporize quickly and even
ly for faster starting and smoother
acceleration.
In any weather, it needs the least
possible choke, a facrd definitely proved
by continuous laboratory surveys.
So don't wait. Start getting faster
starting tomorrow morning, by get
ting Phillips &C Poly Gas this after
noon. You pay nothing extra for its
extra high test. at any Orange and
Black &C Shield because Phillips
is the WORLDS LARGEST PRODUCER
of natural high test gasoline.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23
Big "Turn-Ouer" Of
Relief Cases in County
Records for the Past Year
Show That Entire Local
is Being Re-examined

believe it or not, as Ripley
would say, the direct relief load
in Stearns county, during the last
IL months, has been turned over"
almost six times, according to an
alysis made this week at the st.
Paul office of Walter w. Finke,
director of the Division of Social
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23

Telling, Mildred Adrian, Betty
Berry and Shirley Rosenwald
THIS,N THAT ABOUT SIR. Hi.
We, as school students, really
must be improving in character, or
does it just happen that we get all
our lyceums at one time? The
Parkington Ensemble gave us a
rare treat by playing for us the
different musical instruments. They
also gave us the origin of different
instruments.
Snow White introduced to us her
seven little friends, the dwarfs.
through the ability of the Jess Pup
peters. They came to us on We'd
nesday morning, the 18th of Nov
ember.
Maybe now that football season
is completed for this year, Mr.. Har-
vey might have more time to plan
his class experiments on concen-
tration. For example, bright and
early Cor was ito Monday morning
the students, some very lazily, while
others very poppy filed into room
306. Without due warning, Mr.. Har-
vey introduced another one of his
famous experiments. This one hap
pened to be on q period of concen-
tration Of twelve minutes. If he
does as he plans to do during the
next few weeks, we will probably
learn one of the most valuable ways
nf CT IF ID SIrnnnad
from now we will all want to thank
our social science teacher, Mr.. Har-
vey, for his patience in teaching
us the art of concentration.
SENIOR Hi CLASSES
Well, here we are again-or are
we? We wonder!
Miss Momsen says that they are
immensely enjoying their new
room. So if you care to call on
her, here is her room number
210-it will save you a lot of trouble
for there are so many rooms. But
to get back to their studies, right
now they are studying the War of
1S12-learning how the United
States got mixed up in this foreign
affair and comparing it with the
present situation. AS Miss Nom
sen so fittingly puts it, 1--WE hope
it doesn't happen the fourth time.
Mr.. Schwartz's physic classes are
still studying the mechanics of liq-
uids and gas. His biology students
have been dissecting frog. To put
it in Mr.. Schwartz's language
"They are dissecting frogs from the
top to the bottom" Make of it
what you please.
Mr.. Harvey's social science class
es also were among the movers"
last week. In the End hour class,
Mr.. Harvey was giving instructions
for the new classroom while the
students were still in the old one.
He must have been very excited
(and eIated) for he said, Don't sit
in the seats until you get there!
His classes have been studying the
chapter of Domestic Exchange
which deals with credit and money.
Letters, letters and more letters.
Miss Wilson's students want to
know when that letter unit will be
done. They have written the Soc
ial letters and are now writing bus
mess letters-for example-letters
of application, order, inquiry, COM
plant and etc. Those of her stu
dents who are taking the College
Prep course have been studying
"Beowulf" for extra work.
THISN THAT ABOUT JR. HIGH
BOOK WEEK.
It seems like Book Week is go
ing over prttty big for the ninth
grade.
Posters describing good books
have been set up all over the
school One I can think of on the
spur of the moment is quite a large
one entitled. South of the Sun
set" This is picture of a ship
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-23
Greatest enemy of economy il

0TedteSt eneWy Vi economy IN
winter driving is the choke. When
it is used for starting, or while the
motor is warming up, yonr gas tank
is being drained 5 to IS times
faster than normal
The only way to stop this waste
of your money, is to Use, not higher
priced, but HIGHER TEST GASOLINE.
This is why: With heavy crude oil
in a perfume atomizer, no matter
how hard you squeezed the bulb, you
probably could not produce spray.
But Phillips &C Poly Gas would
turn into fine vapor at the first
light pressure on the rubber bulb {.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-12
Sand Creek

Mr.. and Mrs. Edward Erickson of
Fond du Lac, spent Sunday at the
home of her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Albert Sahlen.
MIR. and Mrs. George Hanson and
daughter visited relatives in Denham
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Russell Soderquist
and son of Sandstone, visited Sunday
at the home of his parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. liner Carlson and
family visited Sunday at the Paul
Babcock home in Markville.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stanford Swanson
and daughter were Sunday dinner
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Swanson.
Several of the residents of this COM
munity have been making improve
ments to their property recently.
George Hanson has painted his barn
which greatly adds to its appearance
Andrew Engebo has built two-room
addition to his house and added a
new coat of paint.
John Brookbar and Mrs. Stella
Brock, who have been staying with
August Hessler the past several years,
have moved onto the Isaacson place
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Croningen

Church services will be held Sum-
day, Oct. Is, at $50 a. M; Sunday
school at 10:45 a. m.
Mrs. Saastad of Bruno, and MIR
and Mrs. c. Jensen and son of Askov
visited Friday at the Fred Anderson
home.
Mr. and Mrs. B. Klein spent Tues.
day evening at the Fritz Sawatzky
home near Friesland
Miss June Pearson of Duluth, spent
Sunday with her grandparents, Mr.
and Mrs. S. Haglin. Mr.. and Mrs
Al Johnson and son, Carl, and daugh-
ter, Austrid, of Friesland, also visited
there in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Anderson and
daughter, Margie, were Sunday din
ner guests at their son, Andrews
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Evjen and daugh-
ter, Mrs. L. Bloom, and Miss Hilda
Postma of Minneapolis, spent Sunday
with the ladies' parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
J. Postma.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. Klein spent Mon
day evening with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. A. Klein, Sr.
Mr. and Mrs. Walter Kauppi and
son, Gerald, and daughter, Lorraine
and the Misses Edna Haglin and Helen
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Ogena

Herman Dill of Marquette, Mich,
arrived Friday to visit at the Fred
Thyar home
Mr.. and Mrs. T. J. Ryan and Mr..
and Mrs. Allen Simmerman and
daughter of Pine City, went to Madi-
son, Wis, recently to visit relatives
They came home by way of Winona
and visited friends in GAINESVILLE and
Alma City and returned Sunday to
their homes.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. L. Thyar and son,
Dean, from st. Paul, spent Sunday
at the F. H. Thyar home.
The Garden club gave a party in
the town hall Friday evening.
The Indian project work started
last week. Lewie Laundra is the
foreman.
Mr.. Peterson and family from the
Cities, cousin of Earl Crow, are en-
joying Today vacation
Lewie Laundra spent the weekend
at his home in Cloquet.
Mrs. Joe Beaufeaux and son and
family of Duxbury, spent Monday at
the Utley and Kenneth Beaufeaux
homes.
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Pleasant Hill

Visitors at the Mary Kvasnicka
home recently were Mr.. and Mrs. AL
fred Pavelka, Mrs. Frank Pavelka,
Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Kvasnicka and
10 Ann and Paul KvaSnicka and
family.
MIR. and Mrs. George Rydberg and
daughters of Minneapolis, are visit
ing at the Berglund homes a few days.
John Southerton took a truckload
OF potatoes to Minneapolis for Paul
Kvasnicka Friday.
John Pavelka of Hopkins, visited
at the Pavelka home recently.
Mr.. and Mrs Felix Kvasnicka and
10 Ann visited at the Adrian Berg
lund home Friday evening and on
Saturday evening they visited at the
Jerry Sostak home.
Callers at the Paul Kvasnicka home
recently were Mrs. Mary Kvasnicka
and Carl, Mr.. and Mrs. Felix Kvas-
nicka and 10 Ann, Mr.. and Mrs.
ChaS. KunZ and John Southerton.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-12
Finlayson Corner

Mrs. Martin Rypkema and Mrs.
Eek of Sandstone, called on Mrs
Oscar Anderson Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Ed Mills of ST. Paul, is spend
ing this week with her mother, Mrs
Carl Anderson, and son, Earl.
Mrs. Ed Barnick was accompanied
home from st. Paul Friday evening
by her father, 1. Herbrand, and sister,
Mrs. John Dersherl, of Charleston,
Wash. They returned Sunday eve
ming to st. Paul with Mrs. Barnick's
brother and sister-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Nick Herbrand of st. Paul, who
spent Sunday at the Ed Barnick home.
Miss Lucille Owens of Sandstone,
was a dinner guest at the home of
Mrs. Carl Anderson.
Mrs. E. B. GreenWald has been on
the sick list the past week, but is
able to be up and around at this
writing.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Barnick spent
Sunday evening at the E. B. Green
valid home.
Miss Josephine Holl of Rine Lake,
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Fleming Township

Ludwig Sorensen rode with Al
Osterberg to the Twin Cities last
week on a business trip. Leon Beav-
ems drove the school bus while he
was gone.
Mrs. Nose Monette recently re-
ceived a telegram from Faribault
that her sister was very ill. She and
Florence and Clarence drove down
at once. No word has been heard
from them since they left.
H. A. Lunda has guests from the
Cities Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Breiland and
children recently returned from their
trip to the southern part of the state.
Mrs. Nels Breiland accompanied them
home again.
Leon Beavens has just finished
painting his buildings.
Frank Olson is erecting a house
beside the barn he built on his new
forty.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-10-12
ClOyerdale
(From Another Correspondent

Sunday visitors at the Tom Wolf
home were Mr.. and Mrs. Edgar Mil
Ter, Olaf Miller and daughter, Mil
dred, Frank Schander and Paul An
derson, all from Almelund, and Mr.
and Mrs. Conrad Svardahl and chill
dren of Sand Creek.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Anderson OF
Litchfield, spent the weekend at the
Charles Peterson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Swanson and
children and Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
Tangren and son of Almelund, spent
Sunday at the Magnus Christensen
home.
Thomas Wolf, Jr, and Les Gysberg
left Sunday for Quenton, Iowa, where
they will pick corn.
Harvey O'Flanagan had the mis-
fortune of losing one of his best
cows Wednesday evening of last week
1t was struck by lightning.
Miss Elenor Lyseth spent Sunday
in Minneapolis visiting friends.
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Kingsdale

John Aarlie and Philip motorec
to Pine City Tuesday of last week
when Philip joined the CCC and lef
for camp at Bena.
Mrs. A. S. Nordquist spent Monday
at the Dickman home at Moose juno.
ton.
Alfred and Russell Videen returned
home from Minneapolis Friday, leav-
ing for Grand Marais Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. Mohoupt, Mrs. &c
Heinke and Mrs. Smith of Crane
Rapids, visited at the c. A. LunC
home Sunday.
Raymond Johnson of Minneapolis
held services at the Lutheran church
Sunday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnard Langstron
and Donnie motored to Sandstone Sat.
urday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Gunnard Langstrom
and Donnie visited in Duxbury Sun
day..
Russell Nelson left Sunday for Min.
neapolis where he will be employed
Mr.. and Mrs. AXel Lindquist and
Mr.. and Mrs. David Danielson of the
Twin Cities, visited Sunday at the
Carl Nelson home.
Bob Thompson left for Duluth last
Thursday.
The Robert Feigum family visited
at the Ayner Nordstrom home Sum-
day
The Simon Hedin family visited at
the Carl Nelson home Sunday.
MIR. and Mrs. Hanson visited at the
B. j. Haugen home Sunday.
Mrs. Ruth Peterson, Albert Wight
man and Franklin Bruette of Marine
on the st. Croix, visited at the Harry
Frederick home Sunday.
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Duxbury

Mrs. Archie Schmidt entertained
the West Side Ladies' Aid Wednesday
of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Matson and
Mrs. R. Shute spent last Thursday
at the Carl Wegwerth home in Rut-
ledge.
Mrs. Edling and son of Luck, Wis,
spent the weekend at the L. Nc
Cullen home.
Mrs. Lawson of Luck, Wis, spent
the weekend at the Carl Bjork home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Raymond Swanson
and family and Mr.. and Mrs Norman
Matson and Sis spent Sunday after
noon at the Shute home.
Mrs. Harry Shute is on the sick
list at this writing
Junior Matson spent the week.
end with John Wegwerth in Rutledge.
Friends from Duxbury extend their
sympathy to the Sjodin family in
their hour of sorrow.
Mrs. Peter Hanson spent a week
recently at the Harold Anderson
home
Ed Stellberg of Grantsburg, called
on Francis Ludwig Monday. Mr.
Stellberg is former resident of Dux-
bury.
Several young people of Duxbury
attended the recent carnival in Mark
vile. A very enjoyable time was re-
ported
The Erwin Anderson family called
at the Carl Bjork home Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Norman Matson and
Junior and Winifred attended a meet
ing of the American Legion and Aux
iliary in Markville Wednesday night
of last week.
Ralph Shute, William Ludwig, Nor
man Matson and Christian Peterson
attended the cribbage tournament at
the Thompson home in Kingsdale Fri
day evening.
The Ted Holmstrom family of
Markville, visited in Duxbury Satur-
day and Sunday.