The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-02-02
Community Club
Officers Reelected
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the president appoint as many
members to the committee as the
chief desires. Mr.. Fish stated that
400 towns and cities are represented
in the State Firemens association
and indications are that Sank Cen
ire will have the largest convention
held during recent years. 1t will
be necessary to make arrange
ments for entertainment, a large
parade, housing facilities and the
feeding of 1900 people one evening
of the convention.
Ed Stockinger, executive secre-
tary of the Chamber of Commerce,
st. Cloud, who was the speaker
of the evening, stated that he was
invited here to be a revivifier or
rejuvenator for the club. He stat
ed that the men present represent
ed the civic mind of the city, but
that is not what the club needs
entirely-it needs men Of all walks
of life to be successful.
Mr.. Stockinger's talk was main
ly on the problems of business,
stating that the present economic
ills are laid directly at the door
of business, and that business is
blamed as a whole for the prob
lem now confronting the nation.
He warned that small and large
city business men must stick to-
gether to overcome these charges
and to cure the evils laid at their
door. He cited figures and gave
reasons to show that business is not
responsible for the economic ills of
today. Business has been accused
of many things and the individual
businessman must not sit back and
allow these accusations to continue.
He said: IF all the wealth of the
60 families was distributed per
capita today, each ones share
would be &c" He continued that
small groups must work to restore
normally, and that only the ma
chinery of business, although modi-
fled and repaired, nevertheless will
bring it back. American business
is made up of small businesses,
and although there are unques-
tionably teaches among the group,
the settlement of the problem to-
day rests with the corner filling
station as well as the manufacturer.
Mr.. Stockinger said that fight
against business today is that of
Main Street as we'll as the large
cities. He showed the decline Of
wages in Minnesota from 1919 to
1926, stating that in 1919 $127 600, 900
was paid for labor, in 1926 that
amount went down to $4,000, 900.
A solidified business, as members
of the Community Club, is neces-
sary to combat this evil, which Is
sinister in it's attack on business
prestige, and which should be fought
by every business man. In closing
he said: When the businessmen
have the prestige and justification
of the people, they will be able to
restore it to the place where it
should be-"
After the close of the business
session the group enjoyed refresh
ments and a social time.
Committeeman selected for the
coming year are as follows:
Boys Work-Dr. r. E. Cooper,
chairman, r. B. Kettlewell, Clyde
Thomas.
Education-W. A. Kohl, chair
man, p. w. Hanson, George Stein
err and d. L Hanson.
Conservation-Carl Fischer, chair
man, S. p. Hansen, Jr., L. L. Kells,
Walter Benson, Walter Jung.
Membership Andrew Nelson,
chairman, F. L. Parsons, Fred
Kranz, DR.. w. Johnson, w. D. Gal
lup, Paul Telling, Harley Forsyth,
Ward Roberts, Lloyd Blycker, AL
bert Parker, c. A. Heuer, Cliff Gan
druid, Herman Vennewitz, AL Hesse
and Ed Borgmann.
Representative of City Council
Jos. Miller.
Representative Of County Com
mission-Lawrence Herzog.
Firemen's Convention 8. G..
Schwarzbauer, DR.. c. F. Wager, w.
A. Kohl and George Berggreen.
Rural Membership-Ed Miller,
Oscar Lying, F. ]. Minette and John
Lentz.
Booster Activities = Bill Cook,
chairman, Jos. Frank, Vic Sieben,
Verne Soltau, Gene Harvey, Jim
Benson, Ed L. Rattle, Henry Thei-
len and Maurice Arneson.
Highways-L. T. Lovik, chairman,
]. e. Miller, b. +. Dubois, w. M.