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The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
SHOW
PROVES HIT
Black-face Minister'S Strut Stuff
Before Capacity Audience
at Auditorium Sunday.

Previous successes scored by the Boy
Scouts of Troop 173 and TIA with their
minstrel performances, was repeated
Sunday evening at the Washington
auditorium before an audience that
filled every seat in the spacious hall.
This was the eighth annual appear
ance Of the Ministries. This year the
Cub Pack No. II had been added to the
list of performers and the little fellows
captured the audience in their style
Show" and the march of the Seven
Dwerfs.'
Those of the Cub Pack appearing were
Lukas Chimzar as Dopey; Richard
Banks as Doctor; Robert Senta as
Sleepy; Frank Lozar as Sneey; Larry
Burja as Bashful; Joe Kostelc as Happy,
and Barry Rorabeck as Grumpy, in the
Seven Dwarfs.
The Style Show proved a hit and
costumes were shown Of all kinds and
all ages. In the style parade were John
Smarija, Joe Kotclevar, Stanley Klun,
Larry Grahek, Anton Gornik, John
Bobby KvaS, Arthur Rajako-
vlch, Billy Kvas, Anton Burja, Jack
Lindgren, Bob Zbasnik, Alfred CHM
Ear and Bernie Sugar Kuzma.
Other specialties were given by the
instrumental trio, Tony Perushek. John
Fink and LukuS Chimzar; Joseph Novak,
Bernard Hutar, John Skule and Joseph
Senta as quartet; Frank Kuzma as
soloist, and Bernie Kuzma and Chimzar
n a novelty song. The Swingsters or
chestra furnished music between the
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
BABY CLINIC
HERE APRIL 20
Annual Spring Baby Clinic in
Ely Sponsored by Parent
Teacher Association.

The annual Spring Baby Clinic, spon-
sored by the Ely Parent Teacher Coun-
Gil will be held in the nurses rooms of
the Memorial high school building on
Saturday, April g.
DR.. Nutting of Duluth win conduct
the examinations and will be assisted
by Miss Mary Sever, Mrs Clifton Dro-
let and Mrs. John Salminen.
Morning or afternoon appointments
are to be made with Mrs. Harlan
Krause, telephone 406-R-2.
Mrs. Ted Toms and Mrs. Sam Swan
son viii have charge Of the afternoon
lunch for the nurses and doctor.
These clinics are being made possible
through the annual Christmas Seal
Sale.
Appointments viii be taken by Mrs.
Krause during the week of April "a.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Sends Resort Owners First of
Series of Lists Containing
Names of Questioners.

Names of approximately $50 persons
who had written to the Ely Commercial
club concerning everything from the
purchase of lake shore property to
canoe trips were mailed to resort owners
and other interested parties last week
by Secetary Ray Hoefier. This is the
first of such lists which will be sent
out at regular intervals during the
coming tourist season, and it represents
the people who have written for infor-
nation since last October.
The name and address of the inuuir-
er and the information asked for are
included in the list.
Seventeen states were represented.
covering territory from Texas on the
south to the Canadian border on the
north and from e;sllifornia on the west
coast to New York on the east. They
include: South Dakota, Minnesota, In
diana, Iowa, Nebraska, California, H.
inois, New York, Missouri, Massachu-
sets, Michigan, Texas, Pennsylvania,
Ohio, Kentucky, Florida, and Kansas.
Illinois was second to Minnesota in
number of inquiries.
Canoe trips arouse the most curiosity
among questioners. Canoe routes, maps,
guides, food, equipment, motors, and
cost are among the questions asked by
parties who express interest in travers-
ing the wilderness area near here in
the style Of travel employed by the
earliest of voyageurs.
The buying of lake shore property
come in for a great deal of attention.
Others write about hay fever, the
Ely booklet and aerial survey maps.
A representative of an Indian adj
vertising service asked if there were
any resorts here catering to Negro
trade. A group of students at the Mis-
souri, School of Mines wrote about
contemplated fishing, camping, and
geological research trip. Because some
of the oldest rock formations in the
world compose the Arrowhead country,
it is of great interest to biologists who
annually make many inspection trips
over the country.
The California people asked for maps
and resort literature One party re-
quested general information for fish
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Ely School Committee
Urge Closing Winton
and Savoy Buildings
Marked Decline in Number
of Pupils Attending is
Cited by Officials
MORE DECREASE SEEN
Winton Now Has 81 Pupils,
Savoy, Is; To Transport
Students to Ely.

The closing Of Winton and Savoy
schools has been recommended By the
committee on schools Of the school
board Of district No. T. The board.
however, has reserved action on the
matter, problem that has been I'd for
discussion for several years.
The marked decline in the number Of
pupils attending the schools is the
reason for closing them. school officials
say. Children viii be transported 70
the Ely buildings by bus if they are
closed.
At present the Savoy school has an
enrolment of Is pupils, with one teach
er giving instructions 10 first, second,
and third graders.
The Winton school has "a pupils.
grades one to six, inclusive and two
teachers. Only the first floor Of the
building is being used, the second story
having been closed OF for several years.
In 1884, school records reveal, Savoy
employed two teachers and had q
students. The same year winton had
As pupils. At one time the latter school
required the service of five teachers and
had an enrolment Of $50 pupils. In
structions for grades one 20 eight, in
elusive, were given.
An additional decrease in enrolment
in these two schools is anticipated dur
ing coming years, according 70 figures
compiled by the district.
At present there are 20 classes in
grade schools within Ely that have an
enrolment Of less than the standard
figure of 80 pupils each that could De
Increased to accommodate Savoy and
Winton pupils.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

In line with past records of 100 per
cent graduation, the u local people
who had attended the Ely Evening
Schools and successfully passed the ex-
aminations for naturalization, will take
part in the exercises to be staged at
the Washington auditorium on FRIDAY
evening and at which diplomas will be
awarded to the following:
John Aho. Esther Carlson, Gertrude
Golob, Carlo Gisalberti, John Laitari,
Axel Litanen, Matt Lepister, Santer
Maxi, Gust Maxi, Jack Murto. Richard
MSalo, Otto Manninen, Otto Neini,
Andrew Olson. Anna Pajumah, Matt
Edward Salo, Edward Sallinen, George
Sterbenc, Lempi Tersini, Frank Tkal-
cich, Johanna Tkalcich, Erick Taino,
Marie Tentari and Gregor Zebraka.
To the credit of the instructors, Miss
Clara Handberg and Mrs. Agnes FogeI-
berg, every member of the entire group
of those attending the classes success
fully passed the examinations conducted
by John Held, naturalization examiner
In speaking of the showing made Mr.
Held highly complimented the instruc-
tors on the success of the school and
especially on the fact that three-fourths
of the class had perfect attendance
for the past year.
The program for tomorrow evenings
graduation exercises is as follows:
Song, America the Beautiful Audience
Pledge to the Flag ..... Audience
The Rosary" and 'Let All My Life
be Music"
Legion Auxiliary GIee Club
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

April 26 Set as New Date for
"Hold Everything; No
Admission Charge.

The senior class play, Hold Every
thing" has been re-scheduled for next
Wednesday evening in the Washington
auditorium, with the first curtain set
for 8:15 O'Clock. No admission VIII be
charged
Eight girls and six boys have parts
IN the production, three-act comedy.
A short synopsis follows:
Christopher Morgan douglas Nam
kervis), successful banker, has set
his heart on a match between his
daughter, Connie Nancy Ecker0, and
the son of an old friend, Courtney
Barrett Frank ShepeD. But Connie
has other ideas on the subject and she
runs away with Bee Williams eileen
Hoppa), a friend
They stop for the night IN a tourist
camp and here the first scene in the
play opens. Here Connie meets a
mysterious young man, who immedi-
ately becomes infatuated with her.
Morgan hears of his impuIsive
daughters flight and sets out by car
in pursuit. It breaks down near the
tourist home, where he also stops for
the night.
Two strange men then arrive with q
suspicious-looking bag, followed By
another with all the earmarks Of a
detective. Suspicion breeds suspicion
and soon everyone trusts no one. Then
the action. hilarious and intricate starts.
Other members Of the cast include:
Caroline Caruthers. hotel proprietreS.
Gillian Koivunen); Niobe, colored maid.
Jennie Mestnik); Mrs. julia Gibbs. an
ambitious mother CBarnetta Agnew):
her daughters, Lottie, Daisy and Wanda,
MARY BONNER. Venny Maenpaa and
Julia PuceD.
Steve Clark and Andy Walker. crooks
enroute, STANLEY Senta and EIIEood
Lindholm; Tim Macauley, detective
Games Wolff, and the miIkman.
civilian CarIson).
The staff includes William Carlson
stage manager; Paul Hendricksou. bus
ness manager; Rosemary Murn, COS
TUNES, and Mabel Lamp properties.
Miss Mama Forbes is director.
The high school orchestra, under the
direction Of Frank " DiNino, wiz uro-
vide music.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

One of the research dis
coveries conducted by the Fed
eral government has found that
angel food cakes are better if
made with firm whites of eggs
than if made with those that
are thin" Burt Pearson at
Virginia, editor of the Enter
prise, expresses the opinion that
''the discovery should have
wide publicity that the people
of the country may have
chance to get back their in
vestment in that particular
piece of research"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
Camp III EnrOlIess to
Plant Trees at Aurora.

Seventy-five enrollees from the Por-
tage River CCC camp viii be transferred
to the Partridge river camp near Aurora.
Ma l, to ASS. IN The tree planting
program to be started there. They VIII
remain there until about June Is.
No tree planting viii be carried On
this year in the LaCroix or Fernberg
districts.
Eighty new boys arrived at the Por-
tage river camp last week TO replace
those whose terms had expired
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
ELYITEs VISIT IN TWO HARBoRs.

A party composed of Anton Golob,
William Osborne, John Somrock, John
Debeltz, John and Frank Strukel, Mrs
Joseph Veranth and two children were
in Two Harbors. Friday, for visit with
former commissioner Joseph Veranth,
who is now employed as Engineer on the
P. w. A. schoolhouse project.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
On his
Occasion
A Few Observations on Matters
Material and Immaterial by
the Editor.

After six weeks of close de-
liberation by the wage and hour
administration bureau in Wash
ington, the profound ruling was
promulgated that cutting ice
is a seasonal occupation"
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
ATTEND DEMONSTRATION.

John Richards, superintendent of
roads in the fourth commissioner dis
trict, Louis Gerzin and John Smrekar
attended service school and denon-
stration for highway equipment at Du-
luth last week
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
~ Evening School Students
to Receive Diplomas F riday

limitations ...... Valentine Roman
Musical Selections, ...... Louis KotZian
Greetings from Frank Lozar Post, 49,.
Byrd BrowneIl
Greetings from the Auxiliary .........
....M Mrs. Rose Sehaefer
Presentation of Diplomas, ...
.................... Stanley Adkins.
Superintendent of Schools
Song, America" ..... Audience
A cordial invitation is extended by the
instructors, the class and the school
authorities to the general public to at
tend these exercises at o'clock.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20
AT BOWLING MEET.

Tom Thielman, John Prola, Faustino
Cogliati, Jack Poshak and Rex Larson
represented the local American Legion
post at the Eighth district tournament
in Duluth Sunday.
The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1939-04-20

"Why all this fuss about civil
service" sarcastically says
Grant Utely in the Cass Lake
Times. "Are the victors TO be
robbed Of the fruits of victory.
Is not the Republican party en-
titled to build up a machine?
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Legion Auxiliary Glee Club
Evening star., 1939-10-25

only wanted autonomy. They were
told by Berlin they must secede or
be partitioned."
will the Czechs unite with anti
Hitler elements in Germany to over
throw Hitler?" asked a pretty bru-
nette in a purple sweater. DR.. Perg-
Ter replied that there was much
anti-Hitler feeling in the Reich.
rs Czecho-slovakia now a puppet
state or under martial law?"
How economically sufficient is
Czecho-S -Slovakia?" and What was
Hitler's objective?" were among the
other questions asked of Dr. Pergler
before young Campbell called halt
to the proceedings and adjourned
the meeting because of the lateness
of the hour.
H. w. D. Mayors of the Pan
American Union will be the speaker
at the second session next Tuesday.
Development of these town hall
programs is under an Executive
Committee of five students, Robert
OLaughlin, John Tackett, Carl
Maler, Barbara Lyddane and Frances
Bedell. Mrs. Edith Kojouharoff, a
history teacher, is faculty adviser.
Introducing the program to the
students was Assistant Principal
John F. Brougher. Principal Law
renee Hoover and George j. Jones,
head of the history department of
the white schools, were in the
audience.
Evening star., 1939-10-25
Central High Holds
First Town Hall; Hears
Talk on Czechs
Dr.. Perg|er Also
Discusses Minorities
Problem and Is Quizzed

Central High School yesterday was
the scene of what it's sponsors be-
lieve is the first high school town
hall program.
More chan 100 students and teach
ers gathered In the lecture room on
the third floor of the high school
building and heard DR.. Charles
Pergler, a former Czech official,
blast Germany, predict the Czech
nation will rise again, and describe
the minorities problem as Trojan
horse used to disrupt states"
DR.. Pergler, now dean Of the
National University Law School,
gave the Czechs historical back
ground and suggested that the way
minorities are now being used, the
only solution may be to trade them
around and establish unconventional
states.
Chairman Donald Campbell threw
the meeting open to questions after
DR.. Pergler finished. Every one
looked around to see who would ask
the first question. Finally a boy
raised his hand and wanted to know
why the Slovaks wanted their inde-
pendence if Czecho- -Slovakia was an
harmonious state.
The Slovaks did not want to
secede,' DR.. Pergler replied. They
Evening star., 1939-10-25

Nearly half the passenger auto
mobiles received into Greece this
year were from America.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

paying any attention to them? For yesterday
Pickles had heard the truth from Elsie about
Rollo DeRoyce and his super special.
Elsie was the girl next door. Her mother
was having baby. There was maid staying
there till her mother got back from the hos
pital, Rollo DeRoyce's chauffeur was that
maids boy friend, and he had told her, and
she had told Elsie, and Elsie had told Pickles,
that the chauffeur had built Rollo a soap-box
racer to run in the Derby. And that every
thing about it was super -extra-special.
1t had super-extra-special twelve-inch disk
wheels with ball bearings. and the chauffeur
had made special axles, turning them out on a
lathe in machine shop, tapering the ends so
the ball bearings would run smoothly. The
axles had special shock absorbers made out of
automobile valve springs, so that the racer
would glide smoothly over the bumps and
not waste any time bouncing around. And it
was all upholstered with real leather. The
chauffeur told Elsies mothers maid that if
the racer cost less than hundred dollars it
would be miracle
Now that picture of Rollo DeRoyce stand
ing over it with hammer and saw! And
face you'd give hundred dollars to haul off
Evening star., 1939-04-30

Every boy to make his own racer, materials
to cost not more than ten dollars. There we're
other rules, scores of them And Pickles had
obeyed them every one.
The chassis was his tried and faithful COM
panion of the gray dawn, the plank and
wheels that took him whistling down Maple
Street, every morning at the end of his paper
route, hustlmg him home to stack of but
tered flannel cakes gritty with sugar.
The chassis was just under the legal six
feet. The axles he had been forced to saw in
two and separate with a two four in order
to attain the required thirty inches. The
weight, due to the solid wooden turtleback,
was approaching the optimum and limit of
two hundred and fifty pounds which included
ninety-five pounds of himself
Everything must be perfect. At night he
had been haunted for weeks by the nightmare
of coming before the inspecting judges and
being disqualified for an inch under or a
pound over. Now at last, every rule complied
with, the job was done, the test at hand.
Until yesterday Pickles had felt increasing
pride and confidence. But what was the use
of obeying all the rules yourself if somebody
else got an unfair advantage of you by not
Evening star., 1939-04-30
= AVID MCCLURE COMPTON, called
Pickles, dashed the Morning Globe to

AVID MCCLURE COMPTON, called
Pickles, dashed the Morning Globe to
- the floor with an early Croatian mono
syllable expressing disgust. Then he imme-
diately stopped and picked up the paper
again, because nobody but Dad was allowed
to leave papers on the floor.
With a sort of fascination, Pickles tan
talized himself again. The offensive page
centered a cut of Rollo DeRoyce, the boy
crooner beside his soap racer. The racer
was obviously finished to the last coat of lac
quer, but Rollo DeRoyce had to have his
picture taken with hammer and saw poised in
midair.
With the Soap-Box Classic the greatest
amateur racing event in the world, less than
twenty-four hours off, Rollo and his racer
were the sort of competition that was staring
Pickles in the face.
He wandered bleakly through the kitchen
and pushed his way past the screen door with
out applying his hand to the knob.
His own racer, his hope and pride, rested
humbly in the shade of the house. 1t was
nearly finished. There we're still the turn
buckles TO put INTO the steering gear, tne
seat to be upholstered with oilcloth and tacks,
the turtleback to paint red to match the
hood, but the racer looked pretty much as
it was going to look when it stood poised on
the starting ramp awaiting the pistol. And to
Pickles it looked suddenly not as wonderful
as he had dreamed.
He was conscious of every flaw in its
streamlined tail. That depression was where
his chisel had gouged bit too well. That
other deviation was where dip in the grain
of the wood had caught him unawares. A
shadow at the edge of the hood was where the
tin snips had won out in their perverse prefer
ence for circle instead of straight line.
But such as it was he had made it, every
inch of it. And that was the rule of the Derby.
Evening star., 1939-04-30

and take a poke at, if you had hundred
dollars and if he didn't 60 everywhere with
bodyguard, his folks we're 50 afraid their littlea
crooner would be kidnapped.
So when fellow stuck by the rules of the,
game, that was all the thanks he got. 1t was
enough to make guy into pessimist.
The only chance was that the judges would
disqualify Rollo's entry. But Elsie's mothers
maid said the DeRoyces we're so rich from
having Rollo in the movies and on the air and
everything that they could get away with
murder. So guy could only hope.
Pickles located the pliers in the litter of
tools at his disposal, which included a cam
opener, crowbar, an ice pick, an automobile
spring sharpened into chisel at one end, a
railroad spike, and tire hammer.
He tried to forget Rollo by setting to work
at the turnbuckles. They were designed to
take all the play out of the steering gear, but
Pickles was prepared to be surprised if they
took it all out of his. His head was buried
under the hood when Elsie slipped through
space in the board fence and came to watch
operations from safe and respectful perch on
nearby orange box
Il found out something else about Rollo
DeRoyces racer" she announced. 1T has
real headlights that turn on, and an auto
mobile battery to run them. And the chauf-
feur said the battery would make the racer
heavier so it would 60 faster"
'Hmph," said Pickles. He pulled his head
out from under the hood which had black
I !
Rifles that were reminiscent of something.
Indeed the whole hood might, judging from
its shape and surface, have been half a gal
vanized washtub. Pickles looked at Elsie,
clean and starched sitting on the top end of
the orange box with her heels resting in the
section board. Sometimes, now for instance,
he almost felt as if he wanted to kiss her. 1t
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25
School Foundation
Washed Out By Rain
Precipitation of 80
OF An Inch Well Placed
And Timely

Heavy rains Tuesday night caus-
ed a wash-out in the partially con-
structed foundation of the auditor
ium-gymnasium of the public
school. Approximately forty feet
of new foundation was torn down
in the wash-out and its rebuilding
will cause delay in work which has
been progressing almost according
to schedule. Loss is estimated at
about thousand dollars.
Rains which fell practically all
night were beneficial to all crops
and vegetation, and came just in
time to provide hay and other for
age crops.
With the countryside fearful, re-
membering drouth years of "a and
'36, rains that fell over this COM
munity at 80 Of an inch that were
termed "wellplaced" and timely.
According to measurements of FIR.
Henry Reflex, West Union, May
has dropped 1.67 inches precipita-
ton. because of the nine miles
distance to West Union there may
be a disparity between that and
the fall hereo
Even of as much Importance, he
pointed out, was the display OF
lightning. Lightning generates, ne
said, about go to 10 percent OF the
nitrogen in the soil. The rain car
ries it to the earth. Early rains
Tuesday were punctuated with light
hail
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-05-25
sAUK CENTRE HERALD. Sank Centre. MINI.

A. d. Dryden, who has been III
for several weeks and is staying
at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs. W.
E. DeLaurier, is reported improv-
ing some this week. He Is able
to be up and around for short per-
iods during the day.
Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. r.
j. Mott and daughter, Nancy, re-
turned to their home here after
several weeks stay in Ohio. They
left Leroy where they had visited
the lady's parents, Rev. and Mrs.
Preston S. Hyde, early last week,
stopped in Chicago for a short visit.
The Rev. Mott joined her in st.
Paul Thursday.
Mrs. Paul Williams and daugh-
ter, Alice, Of Chicago, arrived Sat
urday and are visiting this week
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. George
Aldous and family. Today, Thurs
day, they leave for Little Falls and
their new home where Mr.. Williams
is manager of a meat market. He
is in that city now.
Hlgnllghting his stay IN 81. LOUIS
where he attended the 90th annual
session of the American Medica!
Association was the first reunion
of the class in which DR.. w. john
son, of this city, was graduated
seventeen years ago, he said this
week on his return. DR.. and Mrs.
Johnson, after a weeklong stay at
the Association sessions, returned
to this city Sunday evening. Il
had seen only one member of my
class since graduation until the re-
union" he said. "Some of those
boys have gone pretty far" Dur
ing the week he attended a lunch
con, that is an annual affair, for the
Diplomates of the National Board
of Medical Examiners, of which he
is a member. They viewed scores
of scientific and commercial exhib-
its pertaining to medicine. Mrs.
johnson saw the Cardinals come
from behind to win a ball game
from the Giants during her stay
in which Pepper Martin knocked
a homerun.