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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Insurance Executive
Denies Payments 10
Illinois Official
Monopoly Group Hears
Conflicting Testimony
On S. &. G. Audit
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
A monopoly subcommittee heard
conflicting testimony today about a
record of payments of $500 to pay
R Haffner, identified as actuary of
the Illinois State Insurance Depart
ment, by a Reinsurance company.
A ]. Leary, Securities Exchange
investigator, testified that check
stubs and an audit report of the
American Conservation Co., Chi
cago Reinsurance company, showed
payments to Mr.. Haffner by the
company headed by Herbert Shrimp.
Mr.. Shrimp vigorously commended
that not "a dollar of this money"
ever went to the Illinois State in
surance official
Check Stubs Destroyed.
How is it that Mr.. Haffners
name is on the check stubs and in
this audit?' asked Gerhard Gesell
committee counsel.
Il don't know" Mr.. Shrimp re-
piled 1t must be a mistake of
the auditors
Mr.. shrimp testified that all the
check stubs of the Reinsurance
company he directs had been de-
stroyed when S. E. C. investigators
completed examining company rec
ords.
Mr.. Shrimp told of paying spe-
cial commissions to Raymond T.
Smith, whom Mr.. Shrimp identified
as vice president of Alfred M. Best
& Co., New York City, in connec-
ton with reinsurance contract.
Introduced to Officers.
Mr.. Gesell, after testimony that
Best e. Co supplied data on finan-
cial conditions of insurance COM
panies. asked Mr. Shrimp what serv-
ices Mr.. Smith performed to share
in the Reinsurance commissions.
He introduced me to some Off
GERS of one Of the companies was
the reply.
The subcommittee heard testi-
mony yesterday that funds of
the Illinois Bankers Life Assurance
Co. had been used in various ways
for the financial benefit of several
Of its officers, their friends and
families since the formation of the
company in 1929
Hugh T. Martin. president of the
company, supplied most of the de-
tails of transactions which he con-
coded redounded TO his personal
benefit. including a s430000 kick
back" out of reinsurance commits
sions which was returned to him
and his associates.
Loan to Wife.
During the testimony Mr.. Martin
told the committee that the COM
pany had loaned money to his wife,
two Sisters-in law officials of the
trust company of Chicago" which
Mr.. Martin had helped organize,
John c. Temple who purchases
property from Mr.. Martin with the
money he borrowed from the in
surance company. and to j. H.
Brady, Kansas City lawyer who
had helped the company obtain a
license to do business in Missouri.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Milk Sales Average
Slightly Above 1893
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Daily
average sales of fluid milk in
November were 6.567.96O quarts. an
increase of .78 of l per cent from
6,5l7 268 in November last year. the
Milk Industry Foundation said to-
day
The report, based on figures from
leading distributors in 1856 markets
added it was the ninth consecutive
month in which 1889 sales topped
the comparable 1888 month.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Chicago Produce

CHICAGO. Dec, % P.-Poultry. live,
one car, As trucks; weak Hens. Az
pounds up, 13'2:. unuer Az pounds. l1l2:
springs. 4 pounds up, colored, II, Plym-
outh Rock II; White Rock, IL; geese
over II pounds, IL: l. pounds and down,
1872: other prices unchanged
Butter 6Sl $40; easier. Creamery, 93
changed, Eggs, $3.50; Steady. eef frs qi.
Tor extras, l4H4; standards, IA; flrsts, 1917:
other prices unbalanced.
Potatoes, So; on track. 266 total u S
shipments 375: steady supplies moderate
demand slow sacked, per cwt Idaho Rus.
set Burbanks. U. s. No. /. few sales
lea so; occasional car large I.95
Nebraska Bliss Triumphs. cotton sacks
washed, U. S. No l, 200: burlap sacks
200; unwashed, So per cent U. S. No. l
1.55; North Dakota, Red River Valley sec.
tio1., Cobblers So to 80 per cent U. S. No
l. 1.17l2-25; unclassifled,. l 90; Bliss Tri.
umphs, IS to 90 per cent u s. No. i. few
sales. ~17h-25; early Ohios, SIS per cent
y. S; No. l. 1,25: Wisconsin. round. whites
u S commercials, 1.i2l2; unclassified
100.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
New York Produce

NEW YORK Dec. 80 P.-Butter. 42o.-
3S3. easier. Creamery. higher than extra
t0'4-'il 2: extra CO! score. 3ul2: firsts
tsS-'tlt, 2124-;}o; seconds tS4-s7l, 25l4-
Cheese, 50 sos; quiet. Prices unchanged.
= Esss, lo,599; steady Mixed colors,
fancy to extra fancy, 23'a-24l2;. stand
ards, 2.; tirSt5 2n14; seconds. 1624-1sl2:
mediums. 1914; dirtles, No. l, l5a4-16h4
average checks, 15l4-l2. Refrigerator.
fancy and heavyweights. 16; standards,
los; tirs5s, l4L4-iz:. seconds. IA; me
Whites Resale of premium marks
2l1.-29a4 nearby and Midwestern, pre-
mum marks 25l4-26s4; exchange specials.
24a4: exchange standards, 23-23l2 Re-
sale, of exchange to fancy nearby heavier
mediums me- 20ia-24 Nearby and Midwest
eeIn, eXcnanse mediums. 90; pulets is.
nearby and Midwestern standards, 17-17l2
lrsts. 16-16l2
Browns: Nearby. fancy to extra fancy.
24l2-25. Nearby and Midwestern, ex-
change specials. "a exchange standards
22aa; exchange mediums 20; pullets, II,
Duck eggs, 1926.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
349 Maryland Looms
TotoI ST, l26,790

BY the Associated Press.
The Federal Savings and Loan
Insurance Corp reported yesterday
349 loans totaling s1,126,79O were
made in Maryland in November for
home construction and improve
ment.
The number, made through Fed
orally insured savings and loan as
soclatlons, was more than double
the 1876 loans for $567,17O in No.
vember, 1898, said Nugent Fallon,
general manager.
Savings deposited in the AZ asso-
Citations during the month totaled
S774,600 and assets of the associ-
atoms November 30 were s33 1855 ,OO0
a gain of $7081 900 over November
1898.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
OLD Youngstown Firm
Will Be Dissolved
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio, Dec. a.
Brier Hill Iron g. Coal Co., 1Ol years
old and once Youngstown's largest
business, has passed out of exist
ence.
Stockholders arranged yesterday
for dissolution of the company and
distribution of assets valued at $13
per share. There are 5000 shares.
Its once large business in pig iron
and coal was taken over by the
Briel Hill Steel Co. in 1912, which
merged into the Youngstown Sheet
g. Tube Co. in 1922. Its last Penn
sylvania coal lands were sold sew
eral years ago, and its final assets
consisted of cash and securities.
Principal owners were the Tod
Butler and Stambaugh families OF
Youngstown.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Years Tire Volume
Largest Since 1929

BY the Associated Press.
NEW YORK. Dec. 22.-Tire sales
in 1889 were estimated today by the
Rubber Manufacturers Association
at approximately 100000 units,
the largest volume since 1929 Last
year the industry sold 40 900 900 tires.
Requirements sales bulked large
in the total as most of the cars made
in 1886 and l937-big automobile
years-were due for tire renewals
this year.
The rubber manufacturing in
dustry as a whole operated about 80
per cent higher than last year and
total pay rolls were approximately
"a per cent larger.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Seattle Transit
Places Record
Motor Order

~ TIC NaaON "a tta Press.
PITTSBURGH. Dec. 22.-An Or
der to build 1876 electric trolley
coach motors for the Municipal
Transit System of Seattle, described
as the largest single order of the
kind in history, was announced to-
day by Westinghouse Electric g.
Manufacturing Co.
The motor order, totaling about
1857 600, was accompanied by a
$l82 900 contract for the trolley bus
overhead structure.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Dividends Declared
Special Dispatch to The Star.

NEW YORK. Dec 22.-Directors
OF the Cuban-American Manganese
Corp, subsidiary of the Freeport
Sulphur Co.. declared dividend of
90 cents per share on the Glass A
preferred stock and a dividend of
SO cents per share on the Glass B
preferred stock, Langbourne M
Williams, jr., president, announced
The dividends are payable on De-
cember % to stockholders of record
at the close of business on Deem
Der &c.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Decline Is Revealed
In Sugar Deliveries
BY the Associated Press.

BY the Associated Press
The Agriculture Department re-
ported yesterday refined sugar de.
hvered to the, American market in
November by manufacturers and
importers totled 373,039 short tons,
raw value.
Deliveries from the same sources
in November last year totaled 494, 444
short tons.
Deliveries during the first II
months of this year by manufacture
ers and importers totaled 6,183,43l
short tons, compared with 5,944, 405
short tons in the corresponding
period last year.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Hordwore SoIes Coin

Ten retail hardware stores in Vir-
ginia reported October sales of s73,-
6S6, an increase of l.8 per cent over
the September figure, but SO per
cent below the October, 1888. sales,
the Census Bureau announced.
The bureau said reports from II
manufacturers showed October sales
were 80 per cent above October last
wear
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Consolidation of Two
Water Firms Asked
By the Associated Press.

By the Associated Press.
BALTIMORE, Dec. ga hearing
on the proposed merger of two AL
legany County water companies,
with the issuance of capital stock by
the surviving company. was sched-
uled for December % by the Public
Service Commission yesterday.
The application would permit the
Homecoming Water Co. to absorb the
Midland Elk Lick Water Co., then
issue $50 shares of S50-par value
common stock. Indebtedness of the
Midland would be assumed by the
Homecoming.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Foreign Markets

l.. LONDON; Dec. % lPl.-Fresh public and
.nstitutional buying of British gilt-edged
Improvement IN the stock market today.
industrial leaders, were mostly higher and
Rio Unto was outstanding among Arm
eoppers and scattered buving propped
kaffrs. Oils and rubhers idled at steady
Prices Modest improvement was noted in
the majority of trans-Atlantics
PAR1S.-A forward trend in the bourse
steaolly galne1 momeHtum today Rubbers
sure ard GAINS in selected domestic and
Foreign equities raneei to 3 per cent
Rentes closed rs to 1875 centines higher
AMSTERDAM-The b7urse shock eff
early irresularity- as dealineS progressed
today and closed on steady footing
ROYAL Dutch and Unilever issues were
strong spots.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Poris Exchange Rates

PARIS Dec. % CP-The United States
dollar finished unchanged at 1880 francs
t2.2S3 cents, to the. france in foreign
currency dealings today. The rate con-
trasted with 2.24o cents to the franc in
New York overnight. Exchange on Lon
doN. 116 U25.
Three per cent rentes in the sourse
were 72.70 francs; 412s "a" $50: 4las
1887, 21R.55.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Brokers' Looms Rise
$4,000, 1000 in Week

BY the Associated Press
The Federal Reserve Board re-
ported that last weeks loans to
brokers and dealers on securities
held by reporting member banks in
New York City totaled $685. 900 900.
For the week ended Wednesday
the total represented an increase
OF $28000,000 when compared with
the previous week.
Loans for the corresponding week
a year ago totaled $690,O0O,COO.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
CornweII to Address
Shenandoah Bankers
BY the Associated Press

: WINCHESTER, Va, Dec. o.
John j. Cornwell, former Governor
of West Virginia and general coun-
sci for the Baltimore g. Ohio Rail-
road, has accepted an invitation to
address a dinner meeting of the
Shenandoah Valley Clearing House
Association here January u.s. Corn
we'll is at present president of a
Romney, w. Va, bank.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Metal Market,

NEW YORK. Dec. % chopper
steady. electrolytic. spot, 12.5O: export
fas., New York. 127O-75. Tin firm; spot
and nearby. $3.50; forward, $500 Lead
steady; SPOT. New York. 5.5O-55; East St
Louis, 5.35. Finch steady; East St. Louis,
lis. oo-l so 90 nominal Pig iron alum
mum antimony.. platinum Chinese Wolf
ramite and domestic scheelite UNCHANGED.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
1925 Tons of Leud Sold

NEW YORK, Dec. % P.-St
Joseph Lead Co. reported rs tons OF
Southeast Missouri pig lead sold yes
terday at $5.35 per 100 pounds, East
st. Louis; 1850 tons at $5.55 New
York, and 100 tons at the New York
average.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Excess Bank Reserves
Gain $50,000,000
During Week
Increase After Slump
Attributed Mainly
To Gold Imports

By the Associated Press
The Federal Reserve Board said
lendable excess reserves of banks
increased $5O,O0O,OO0 to a total of
$4,000, 100000 in the week ended De-
cember 20.
The gain, attributed mostly to
gold imports, followed a sharp re-
duction in the preceding week due
to Treasury borrowing.
The board also said that the u
Federal Reserve Banks sold $4,000
600 of their Government bond in
vestments during the week
The boards statement said:
During the week ended Deem
Der 20 member bank reserve bal
ances increased s9O0000oO Addi-
lions to member bank reserves
arose from decrease Of S59000,000
In Treasury deposits with the Fed
eral Reserve Banks and increases of
S112,000000 in gold stock. Sl02,000-
600 in Reserve Bank credit and So
100000 in Treasury currency, offset
in part by increases of $3.50 00G00
In money in circulation, Sl3,000000
In Treasury cash and S59000,000 in
non-member deposits and other
Federal Reserve accounts Excess
reserves of member banks on De-
cember 20 were estimated to be ap-
proximately s49O00Oo,oOo an in
crease of s5oOO0,OOO for the week.
Holdings of United States Gov
eminent bonds. direct and guaran-
teed, declined sic, 100000 during the
week"
Changes in member bank reserve
balances and related items during
the week and the year ended De-
cember 20, 1899. were reported as
follows:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Washington Exchange
SALES AFTER CALL,

Mergenthaler Linotype-1O at 1917.
10 at 15l2, 10 at 1917, 10 at 49,,
10 at 1512.
NOI1CE-This exchange will be
closed tomorrow and Monday
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22

Quotations furnished bv National AsSo-
elation of Securities Dealers. Inc. which
states they DO not neceSsarilv reflect &C.
tual transactions or firm bids or offers but
should indicate annroXinate prices. and
unless Otherwise indicated. are as quoted
by the SPONSORS or isSuers
issuers"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Rubber Futures

NEW YORK, Dec. % P-Crude rub.
Der futures opened higher to 8 lower
December; 2033-39: March. 1s.95-19 90;
May, 1884.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
London Bar Silver

LONDON, Dec. % GP.-Bar silver, 23,.d,
of Is. Equivalent 1925 cents on the dol
lar basis. $4.l2D Bar gold 1855, I'M
changed. Equivalent, S33S5)
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
London Tin Prices

LONDON. Dec % P,.-Tin spot f255
los big 500 los asked; futures. 1854 los
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
New York SUGAR

NEW YORK. Dec % LP.-sugar futures
No. 3 opened UNCHANGED. January 1S7b;
March, 1.9s; May, 2.O2: July. 2O5b; Sep
TENDER. 2OS. b Bid.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
MISCELLANEOUS.

Chevy Chase Club lst 4i4s IO4l2 1851
Col Country Club LIST 4As lob
1er Ret g. VIII Corp 1st 4As 100
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
United States Treasury Position
y the Associated Press

The position Of the Treasury December
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Federal Land Banks

NEW YORK. Dec. 90 LR.-Federal Land
Bank bonds:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Investing Companies

NEW YORK Dec % -, National AS
sociation Securities Dealers Inc:
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
BONDS

PUBLIC UTILITY
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1939-12-22
Dividends Declared

NEW YORK. Dec 80 Dividends d
eAared-pTepareo oy Fltch Publishing c.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-16

Mrs. Carl Schwake. Mrs. John Volk
man and Mrs. Edwin Becker, OF
Long Prairie, Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Fritzlar, Andrew Fritzlar and Will.
lam, Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hummer
and family helped Mrs. Johnny
| Fritzlar celebrate her birthday
anniversary last Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Kind and daughter
Marcella, visited Mrs. Johnny Frit.
zlar Friday afternoon.
Richard Quade called on Clinton
J Upton Friday.
Chas. Ritter and Henry Jennissen
and daughters called at the Walter
Kind home Friday forenoon.
]. c. Matthiesen called at the
Alvin Hummer home Wednesday
Henry Quade called on Johnny
Fritzlar Tuesday.
Mrs. Walter Kind and daughter
and Mrs. Lorenz McKinnon and
daughter visited Thursday after
neon with Mrs. Arnold Kind.
Paul Dold called at the Walter
Kind home Saturday.
Chas. Goodpaster is the owner
of new car purchased Friday.
Walter Kind called at the homes
of Joe, Matt and Henry Jennissen
Friday afternoon.
Mrs. Clemens Hummer and son
and Mrs. Johnny Ritter and son
were Thursday Long Prairie call.
erS.
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Kind visited
at the Chas. Hummer home Friday
evening.
Norbert bold was a dinner guest
of Mr.. and Mrs. Arnold Kind Thurs
day.
Ben Otte called on Clinton Upton
Friday.
Henry Quade called on Walter
Kind Saturday.
School in Dist. 173 was closed
Thursday neon, owing to the illness
of Miss Mahigan's father.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Betow, Willard
and Alice were Sunday dinner and
supper guests at the Albert Kind
home.
Mrs. Margaret Warner and Ray
mond, Herman and Edwin Quade
were Sunday evening visitors at the
Walter Kind home.
Robert Betow, ST., and Arvin
Kind were Sunday supper guests
at the home of Chas. Hummer.
Dorothy Warner visited Sunday
with Eleancre Meirs.
Arvin Kind visited the Goodpas-
ter boys Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Ben Cheadle visited Sunday
afternoon with Mrs. Hulda Kun
mer.
Joe Uphus called on Walter
Kind Monday.
Alvin Hummer, Walter and Arvin
Kind called at the Clemens Kun
mer home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-16
Fairy Lake News

Mr.. and Mrs. Melvin Hanson and
Miss Dorothy Hanson visited at the
George Sukke home Wednesday
Mr.. and Mrs. George Trierweiler
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Trierweiler
and son, Larry, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto
Ferdinand Belize, Mr.. and Mrs
Belize and family, Mr.. and Mrs
Mike Ahrens and family, Albert
Quistorff, Bill Herlicke and Mr.. and
Mrs. Alvin Quistorff helped Mrs
Emil Quistorff celebrate her birth
day anniversary Tuesday evening.
Mike Ahrens was a caller at the
John Kortan, ST., home Friday
morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff Wis
tied at the Louis Quistorff home
Tuesday afternoon.
Miss lone Trierweiler visited at
school district No. 6 Tuesday and
Thursday.
Otto Belize and Ferdinand Bell
Ike were callers at the Mike Ahrens
home Tuesday.
Henry Trierweiler and Stanley
Grindy were callers at the Emil
Quistorff home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff and
son, John, Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin
Quistorff and daughter, lone, Ira
and Bertha Quistorff and Mr.. and
Mrs. Botz visited at the Louis
Quistorff home Sunday. Also Mr..
and Mrs. Fritz Mossman visited
there.
Rose Kortan visited with her sis
ter and brother-in-law, Mr.. and
Mrs. Mike Ahrens and family, Mon
day.
Orville Quistorff was a dinner
guest at the Otto Belize home
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff and
family visited at the Louis Quis-
torff home Wednesday evening.
George Ruehmann was a bust
ness caller at school district No.
Monday.
Lawrence Tank helped his faith
er. Frank Tank, Wednesday fore
noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ahrens and family
and Merlin Magnuson were dinner
guests at the Emil Quistorff home
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Huston, of
st. Cloud, visited at the Art Cooper
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-16
{ - news

home last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff and
family, A. M. Birdsell and Charles
Magnuson visited at the c. M. Mag
nuson home Thursday evening.
| Henry Hartung, Mrs. Helstrom
and Mr.. johnson were callers at
the Mike Ahrens home Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Trierweiler
| visited with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Emil Quistorff and son, Ar
mold, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Ahrens and
family were business callers at
Osakis Wednesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Art Cooper visited
at the John Kortan, ST., home We'd
nesday.
Arnold Quistorff visited at the C.
M. Magnuson home Sunday after
, noon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff Wis
tied at the Mike Ahrens home Fri
day evening.
Miss lone Trierweiler was a sup
per guest at the Emil Quistorff
home and visited during the eve
ming.
Albert Quistorff and Bill John
son were dinner guests at the Emil
Quistorff home Sunday.
Mrs. Nelson visited with Mrs.
Henry Rees Wednesday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Sukke and
family visited at the Louis Rees
home Sunday evening.
Otto Belize and sons, Arthur,
John and Rudolph, and Ferdinand
Belize were callers at Fritz Moss
mans Saturday.
Beverly Ireland and Shirley Mag
nuson visited with Mrs. George
Trierweiler Saturday afternoon.
Jesse Weir and son, Clifford, were
| dinner guests at the Otto Belize
home Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Quistorff and
family and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Trierweiler and son, Larry, visited
with Mr.. and Mrs. George Trier-
weller Sunday evening.
Otto Belize helped Fritz Moss
mann saw wood Thursday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Quistorff
were business callers at the Otto
Belize home Thursday.
Mike Ahrens was a business call
er at the Emil Quistorff home Sun
day evening.
Otto Belize and Mr.. and Mrs.
/ Ferdinand Belize visited at the
Louis Quistorff home Wednesday
| evening.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-11-16
West Union

Mr.. and Mrs. J. l.. Hoeppner,
from PaynesviIe, spent Sunday
afternoon and evening at the H. G.
Wakefield home.
Miss Mile Bentfield returned
to st. Paul Sunday. She was called
home by the illness and death of
her father, the late Anton Bentfield.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert Linn visited
Sunday with the formers parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Math Linn, at st.
Anthony.
Mrs. H. J. Bentfield and son, Leo,
motCred to Minneapolis Wednesday
where they visited their son and
brother, Richard Bentfield and
family.
Mr.. and Mrs. Theo. Noeske and
Marilyn spent Saturday afternoon
and evening at the home of Mr..
Noeske's parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed. Berkness, from
Crosby, visited several days at the
home of the lady's parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Dan Beck, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Clarence Selensky.
Mr.. and Mrs. Dan Beck, from st.
Cloud, were Sunday guests of Mr..
and Mrs. Clarence Selensky.
Clarence Selensky and Theo.
Neoske, returned Thursday from
deer hunt to Sioux Narrows, Ont,
Canada. Sheriff Adams, of Long
Prairie, accompanied them. Each
returned with a deer apiece.
Miss Gertrude Cans returned to
Belle Prairie Sunday where she is
attending Holy Angels Academy.
She visited her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Joe Cans, several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Mondloch,
from Sank Centre, spent Thursday
evening visiting the lady's brother,
John Sauer and family.
Mrs. Theo. Noeske entertained
8 ladies at cards Thursday after
noon. Mrs. Levi White, of Osakis,
was an out-of-rown guest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Cans enter
tanned at a family dinner Sunday
noon. The following relatives were
present: Sr. Angelus, o. S. F.,
Campbellspoint, Wis, ST.. Frieda-