The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-06-29
Annual Farm Bureau and
4-H Club Picnic June 22nd

1900 people attended. Picnic COM
mittees however, lost no time on
Thursday morning in completing
arrangements for the picnic even
though opportunities for doing the
work earlier were impossible be-
cause of weather conditions. A
complete program of sports events
for All members was carried out
during the forenoon on one of the
athletic fields at the institution. For
the noon day lunch the county
Farm Bureau furnished free cof-
fee, cream and sugar for all folks
who attended.
The st. Cloud Boys Band, under
the direction of G. Oliver Riggs,
carried out a splendid concert from
1890 until 1870. The natty appear
ance of this musical organization
received many favorable comments
from all sides.
The afternoon program opened
with a welcome address by the
Very Reverend Father Prier, of St.
Johns, which was responded to by
c. L. Arnold, Watkins, president of
the Stearns County Farm Bureau.
With Everell Smith, county club
leader, at the miscrophone, num-
Der of interesting numbers were
carried out by members of the var
ious All clubs in the county. The
st. Martin orchestra under the di-
rection of Henry Haehn opened this
part of the program. This was fol-
lowed by the presentation of a
beautiful metal and watch chain,
the gift of the Stearns County All
Council by r. H. Giberson, district
club agent at Morris, to Louis Ste
man, county and state health cham
pion and National King of Posture.
Editha Quisberg, of the Belgrade
Progressive All club, gave read
ing entitled Ignorance is Bliss"
From the Holdingford All club
Patricia Pallansch, Patricia Vos,
Marjorie Ehrnst, and Doris Mae
Viehauser sang God Bless Amer
ica" and Anchors Aweigh." This
group won first place at the All
music festival this spring.
Veronica, Lorraine, Leo and
Lawrence Imdieke from the Meier
Grove club, put on 1.-THE Missouri
Waltz" and Church in the Wild
wood"
"The Setting Hen" was the title
Of the reading put on by Norman
Bork of the Paynesville-Koroni
Al Club.
From the Lake George club Bud
he
piano accordian.
The milking contest as carried
out between the Sank Valley and
Gopher Prairie All clubs brought
forth an unlimited amount of
laughter from the visiting folks. In
this event Harold Otte, of the Cop
her Prairie club, and John Under
sander, of the Sank Valley club,
won first and second place follow
ed by Joe zehrer and Mary Alice
Undersander
Marguerite Orban, of the Albany
Sunnyside All club, gave reading.
The Willing Workers All Club,
of Fair Haven and St. Augusta
townships, put on a mock boxing
contest for their members.
From the Lyden All club came a
blindfolded pillow fight put on by
two of the members.
One of the events which sort of
climaxed the Al afternoon pro-
gram was pie eating contest in
which II members participated.
The contest was run off in two
divisions. The participants were:
Leo Feneis, Bernard Traut, Syl-
vester Post, Leo Imdieke, Andrew
Molitor, Joe Pallansch, Lloyd Kiley,
Leroy Kiley, Arnold Schuma, Nor
man Bork, Polycarp Meyer, Ray
mond Veeder and Maxine Keough.
Leo Feneis and Bernard Traut
placed first. Sylvester Post and
Leo Imdieke placed second. The
judges for this pie eating contest
were Edwin MANI, of Paynesville,
and John Terwey, of st. Joseph.
The official time keeper for the
contest was r. H. Giberson, of Nor
ris. Joe Kunkel, of Clearwater,
and Walter Ruehle, of South Hav-
en-, acted as assistants in holding
the pie board down.
To complete the All program of
the afternoon the Cold Spring All
club presented three numbers
Mary Anne Stone sang solo, "The
Blackbird." She was followed by
Jerry Hoefer who played an &C
cordian. Their third number was
song and tap dance presented
by Mary Lou Kahlert, Marilyn
Slight and Gertrude Stone.
Following the program there was
tour through st. Johns Univer-
sity for those interested and a gen.
eral sports program on the ath-
letic field.
Farm Bureau members and All
families who attended the County
Farm Bureau picnic at st. Johns
on June % were treated with prob
ably the finest talk ever given on
rural and national conditions in
general during recent years in
Stearns county. The speaker was
N. w. Gaines, of the Agricultural
Extension Service of the Univer-
sity of Nebraska. Mr.. Gaines was
able to bring in more humor than
most talented lecturers ever find
possible.
In paying tribute to All club
work he stated that this organiza-
ton built more in the memory of
the boys and girls on farms than
a place to work, eat and sleep. In
commenting on the organization of