The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-01-19

article last week and interested in the fact that
the lady of the first students to attend st.
Benedicts Academy in st. Joseph. :. She pointed
out that st. Clouds radio station KHAN broadcasts
program regularly sponsored by st. Benedicts and
thought Mrs Hall might be interested. And aside
to Mrs. Halverson: am sending the paper as you
have suggested. The letter brought to mind re-
membranes of Mr. McGibbon-everyone knows him
as John" In particular remember father
sons banquet at which he asked for Of his
poems John Is great reciter, and the thought
comes that not many today follow this practice His
original pieces always good for laugh, bit of
philosophy, a homespun thought. He recited this
poem and can see his wavy crop of white hair his
mustache. His eyes sparkled and benevolent smile
Il know not what else to call t-wreathed his face
A trace of Scottish burr, I thought could
detect. I'm afraid John will always be of
my favorites. Hmm, scarcely ten minutes before
train time let's hurry and get aboard for Chica-
go. Or better still climb on the magic carpet
and Wen whisk off to barge into Bob Vandesteeg's
room quicker than you the capitals of these
forty-eight States.
Windy, down here, isn't it? But we'll get used
to it. Here we are 4170 Drexel, the dormtory of
the Northern College of Optometry-an awfully long
name it seems. Up three flights of stairs a bang
on the door, hope Bob's dressed-and in we CO.
IT'S showing here in Chicago" he writes but it
isn't like good old Minnesota snow" (aha a bit of
nostalgia) Here it is sushy, dirty and all in ALL
isn't quite as nice as it is back home he continues
He called it the first snow in Chicago of the
year : In fact last Sunday when out walk
ing there were fellows on the U. of Chicago
courts playing. 1t seemed funny to people play
ing tennis on JAN sth" Remember how used
to beat Bob in tennis folks? q. In soto voice to
Bob: Remember how you used to wallop the socks
offa me? And so long to Bob, folks. -.
Intuition your galoshes folks, on accounta we
uns headin' south-yassuh-a don't want anyone
to get too warm And have those summer clothes
ready. Isn't it shame we have to stay in Min
nesota! So our magic carpet pulls up in front of
the mail box of little chicken farm near Starke
up'r r1o
and Mrs Don Arneson will have us in for chicken
and dumplins Whattaya say? -.
Don you know, is a former Sank Centre resi-
dent, and the son of Mr.. and Mrs A. j. Arneson by
way OF Identification don't have to waste too
much time on the introductions incidentally his
letter-and already he has been talking to the pub
licity bureau of the Flowerida state-tes of the
weather. And it looks like a swell spot to start a
Callfornia-Florida feud. But Don I betcha the
Cal formers" have you outnumbered, but not out
spirited. Anyway he writes thuswise: You had
short about California weather didn't tell you
1t was coming) being sunny-well, I am in Florida
starting chicken farm and I'm not kidding when
say it's hot And believe you, Don, though
It's hard with me sitting the radiator with my
hat on and pecking at these keys-gosh they've got
ten cold all of sudden. But on with this epistle
L can even work in the sun from II a. m. to p. M
The sun is directly head and does she beat
down." This next one is the that'l make
Caifornans bristle: MY sister, Marion left for CAL
Dec. 26th and heard from her today. She saws
GAL is not so sunny. III raining again TODAY So
believe Florida Is best after ALL" Presumably
a matter of opinion, Dom And Marion what a breach
of etiquette The chamber of commerce will be
writing strong letters. . And he tells of his
parents leaving Indianapolis and coming there for
visit I'm glad because Joe, hot day last summer,
was wishing for southern vacation this wintertime
Don continues: Il have been planting strawberries,
onions, greens, cabbages flowers every week since
Nov 1st and the Strawberries blooming and bear
ing" Say hows about a piece of strawberry
shortcake before we leave you Don. And thanks
for the kind letter. :.
For $85 could cross the Pacific to Hawaii
1000 miles from the mainland-but the magic CARPET
will be much cheaper. So pick up the letter Fay
Domke has written, and we're off to the land of
flowers. 1t was just year ago about this time
that Fay left winterlocked Minnesota headed across
the continent to the coast and boarded ship bound
for Hawaii Now in Honolulu he writes So
IL you nave your swim suits handy We'll take dip
while he talks about this land. He tells of meet
ing one of the three Clipper pilots in the world and
OF a new 74-passenger Clipper that will go into SER
vice. 1t certainly seems funny to be Christmas
time without any matter of fact think it is
about the middle of July. Was down at the beach
for the first time since school started the water
is warm the old tub. Xmas spirit seems to pre-
vail in spite of the fact of the weather. but it lust
doesn't seem right to me-" Fay talks of meeting
his brother Cliff, now in China, in Hong Kong next
summer when Cliff returns to the States, but i'm
parts the information that Hong Kong may sound
about as far from Honolulu as Melrose from Sank
Centre, but in reality it is long ride from here
But distances don't seem to have the significance
that one might think" . Here's an interesting
bit OF chatter: Yesterday (Jan. 81 I went to the
last football game of the year out here and think
the last played in u S. territory. This is the Pine
apple Bowl classic u c. L. A. downed the Univer-
sity of Hawaii 80 to T." Fay wasn't out for foot
ball this year; too busy his reason. He says
of the people, Sometime think I'm not in U. s.
there are 80 many Orientals around. Some of them
very fine people, just like any other race. The
Hawaiians easy going good-natured persons with
world. There aren't
many pure Hawaiians left, most Of them have inter
married with other races" don't know I rather
liked this paragraph, and think you will. :. II
was glad to hear" Fay writes from all the people
around home; there is nothing like friends in this
world chuck (doggone him he spelled my with
lower case ca slip Of the typewriter, hope) the
longer one lives the more realizes how true 1t
becomes. had scrapbook from the Rotary Club
that pleased me very much; it took right back