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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Constructed on Sliding
Scale Basis at Bryant
Library This Week

A new reading program for the
first nine grades Of the public
school, constructed on a sliding
scale basis, was announced from
the Bryant Library this week, as
% rural schools began the biggest
rural library program since its in
auguration with a circulation that
is expected to run to 100000 by
spring.
Purpose of the school reading
program" said Miss Bernice Fin
negan, librarian, "is to stimulate
the entire student body by trying
to interest each student in read
ing"
Recognizing that all students are
not on a standard reading level, no
standard for reading has been set,
but the program will be conducted
on a percentage basis. The grade
having the highest percentage Of
students reading and reporting on
a book is hailed as champ Of the
week." Percentages are arrived at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
A. r. Kinney
Passed Away
At St. Cloud
Death Came to Veteran
Railway Employee Early
Friday Morning
BURIAL MONDAY
Former Resident of Sank
Centre While Working
On C. N. Kline

Arthur Kinney, former resident
OF Sank Centre, passed away early
Friday morning at st. Cloud after
an illness of several months. Dur.
ing his residence in this city Mr..
Kinney was conductor on the K
Line Of the Great Northern railway,
and was well known here.
Mr.. Kinney was born on October
8, 1877, in Menunk, Illinois, the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ephrias Kinney.
He was 81 years old at the time
of death. Surviving relatives are
Mrs. Kinney and three sons, James,
of st. Cloud; Russell, Jr., of Min
neapolis, and Dwayne, of Swan
River.
Before going to st. Cloud, Mr..
Kinney was a resident of Sank
Centre, and for a period of 35
years was a conductor of the Great
Northern railway. He was a men,
Der of the Great Northern Veter-
ans Association, the Conductors or
ganization and of the Masonic
order.
The body was held at the Daniel
Funeral Chapel in st. Cloud until
the time of the funeral service at
two o'clock Monday afternoon. The
services were conducted by. Fred
Daubanton and Masonic rites were
conducted at the grave on the fam
lily lot in North Star cemetery.
Active pallbearers were: James
Cumby, Walter Prior, George Clary,
Walter Baumgartner, Charles Nc
gladden. and J. G. Ryan.
Members Of the Great Northern
Veterans Association who formed
an honorary escort were: r. J.
Clarity, H. A. Peterson, S. F. Stel-
zig, J. A. Dickinson, p. P. Theisen
and Fred Lindt.
Attending from Sank Centre
were: Mrs. Clinton Kreofsky, s. F.
Bonaime, Great Northern agent,
and daughter, Alice, Mrs. Frank
O'Gara, Mrs. H. A. Saeger, George
Barner and Mrs. Minnie Harrison.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Decision Favors
Defendants In
Birch Lake Case
F. S. Parker and c.. S.
Thomas Notified of
Judges Decision Recently

A suit which has been pending on
the Birch Lake flowage cases for
some time, was recently decided in
favor of the defendants, F. s. Park
err G. s. Thomas, who with others,
were sued for alleged damages re-
sulting from the construction of a
dam at the lower end of Little
Birch Lake.
A letter from the law firm of
Ahles & Ahles, st. Cloud, to F. S.
Parker announced the decision of
the Judge on September 18th. The
letter is as follows:
1--WE received the decision of the
judge today in the Birch Lake
flowage cases. The judge decided
in your favor in all three cases.
He also decided in favor of all the
defendants in these cases, except
that in the Solt case, he gave
judgment for the plaintiff in the
sum of $4,000 against the defend.
ants Fred Moening, Jos. Vornbroch
and r. H. McCleary."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Legion County
Meet October II
VIII Be Held In
Sank Centre Next
Wednesday Evening

All ex-servicemen of the com
munity, besides regularly affiliated
members of the Legion post, are
invited to attend a meeting of the
13-Post Stearns County Council of
the American Legion to be held in
Sank Centre next week, it was an
nounced by Robert Swift Posts
commander Dewey OGara.
The meeting will be held next
Wednesday evening, October 18th.
it was announced, and county COM
mander Cliff Bemis, Of st. Cloud,
will preside. There will be speak
er, lunch and entertainment at the
Community Club Rooms. The meet
ing is the first of the county group
since the annual election Of officers.
Monday evening the Sank Centre
Legion Band and representatives
of Robert Swift Post autoed to
Sank Rapids where they attended
a sub-district rally for posts in the
9Th district. The band paraded at
eight o'clock. Attending from the
local post were: Commander Dewey
O'Gara, w. A. Kohl and w. d.
Gallup.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Little Girl
Accidently
Killed Tues.
Little Daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Earl Killeen,
Buried Today

An accident which saddened
the hearts Of the people of the
Padua community, occurred
Tuesday afternoon at $3.50,
when Donna Mae, little daugh-
ter Of Mr.. and Mrs. Earl Kill
leen, was accidently killed. She
passed away from injuries in
fiicted when the large arm on
q hay stacker fell and crushed
her chest. Donna Mae, two
years, seven months and "a days
old, was playing about the idle
stacker when the accident 0c-
CURED. Funeral services are
being held this Thursday morn
ing at the Catholic Church at
Padua at nine o'clock. The
bereaved parents have the
sympathy Of q large number Of
friends In the community.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Junior COLLEGE
Plans For
Homecoming
Will Meet St. Cloud
Teachers This Week
Friday Eve. At O-Sa-Ge
NEW JERSEYS
Have Invited Seniors
From Surrounding Cities
And Villages

A courtesy gesture that sent in
vitations to eight nearby high
schools turned the spotlight on full
tilt at the Sank Centre Junior Col
lege-an 11-man team of surprises
coached by Ray Standardization
they meet the freshmen of st. Cloud
Teachers College on O-Sa-Ge field
Friday evening at 500 o'clock.
With a loss to the over-power-
ing, strongly reserved Johnny frosh
last week II to 0, the JAYS were
looking up to this game, with a
revamped passing defense that
ought to put them strongly in the
running.
Added incentive for the boys to
give all the ball they can to this
game is an invitation to eight near
by high school senior classes to
attend the game, for a look at
Sank Centres first stab at SUBJ
collegiate football.
Announcing the invitation
list, Supt. w. A. Kohl said, ITS
just a courtesy in so far as
these schools have representa-
tives on the team and enrolled
in the college," Seniors from
Long Prairie, Grey Eagle, Bel
grade, Swanville, Osakis, Glen
wood, BroOten and Melrose
have been invited he said. They
will be admitted at the stu
dent rate of ten cents, it was
announced.
Long Prairie, Osakis and Broot-
en- may well claim some credit for
any showing made by this team,
and representatives from these
towns are expected to attend. Long
Prairie's Elver and Stretch; Broot-
ems Kenneth and Ralph Thompson,
and Osakis' Olson are all squad
members and strong men on the
lineup.
AS for the high school games,
school buses will begin running
from the First State Bank corner
to the Fair Grounds field at seven
o'clock.
Delighting fans last week with an
impressive line that stacked up to
176 pounds per man, and a back
field weighing up to 172 on the
hoof, the Jays were looming as a
tough outfit. But the Johnnies, be-
hind Captain Tom Paul, stretched
out with a passing attack so dead
ly the boys were caught without
mapped defense. Razzle dazzle,
with fullback John Egan attempt
ing laterals from several of his line
plunges, the fine work of Dickhaus,
stellar line play of Stretch made
the game thrilling exhibition for
local fans.
Only fly in the ointment is the
fact that the Jays must play eleven
men, or at best have only thirteen,
for the entire stretch. But they
can take it, it appears.
Lineup will include Norman
Bohne, Edward Dickhaus, John and
Hilary Egan, Dean Elver, Don
Kringen, Don Ethun, Harry Olson,
Kenneth and Ralph Thompson and
Stretch.
New feature, enticing the lads to
further effort, will be their first
game in their own colored jerseys.
With green and gold selected as
the schools colors, it was announc-
ed the jerseys were here ready for
Friday nights play.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Opening Day MARRIED
BY Loss of Life-Passed
Away at 2:30

Opening day of the duck hunting
season, Sunday, found Sank Centre
listed among the few communities
where fatal shooting accidents oc-
CURED. Four hunters were killed
in the state that day.
Ed r. Haney, 40 years old, OF
Herman, Mimi, was accidently shot
with a shotgun by one of his nep-
hews, while hunting on the R. B
Kinsella farm, in Ashley Township
Sunday. The charge entered the
top rear Of his head, and was OF
such proportions that nothing could
have been done to save his life
The accident occurred at 1870 Sum
day afternoon, and death followed
one hour later at 2:30.
Mr.. Haney, secretary of the
Grant County Fair, came to this
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05

All birds must be entered by noon
Saturday, October 7th, and they
cannot be removed before ten
o'clock that evening. All entries
must consist Of one cockerel and
one hen, and each member can
make only one entry. Each boy
and girl will receive the entire
sum Of money paid for their bird
or birds at the auction sale.
1t is expected that entries in this
show will exceed eighty-seven and
that at least eight varieties OF
breeds will be shown. This should
be a successful show, however, its
success depends upon the mer-
chants attendance at the auction
sale and the interest displayed by
the club members.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Herman Man Killed While
Hunting in This Community

community with Fred and Steve
Kinsella, his brother, Tom Haney
and wife, and son, Of Herman, and
a nephew, Joe Haney, to enjoy duck
hunting on the Kinsella farm. The
two nephews and Mr.. Haney were
together, and he had told the boys
he would tell them when to shoot
When he gave the signal the boys
shot and he evidently raised up in
front Of the gun and received the
full blast at distance of two feet,
we understand. After the ducks
had passed and shooting had stop
ped they saw Mr.. Haney on the
ground, and it was then that the
grim realization of a fatal accident
came to them. Mr.. Haney was
brought to the city Immediately
and taken to the local hospital,
where he passed away.
Mr.. Haney is survived by his
wife, three brothers and his father.
He and his brother, Tom, were in
the real estate business in Herman,
and the body was removed Sunday
to the family home for burial.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Chick GA41 Po~l1sx Shom Sa4esdd1

ton with the show at 10 p. m,
at which time the boys and
girls will be given an oppor-
tunity to dispose Of their birds.
1t will be optional to the club
member, as to whether the
birds are sold in pairs or single.
1t is not compulsory, however,
for club members to sell the
birds on exhibit II they do not
desire. Richard M. Otte will be
the auctioneer.
William G. Steuber, agricultural
instructor Of the Long Prairie pub
lie schools, who has been engaged
as judge, met with the committee
Tuesday night and assisted in ar
prizes for the show.
Liberal prizes are offered as
follows: Grand champion, best
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05

pair Of birds Of show, choice
of 100 chicks any variety Of
heavy breed; runner-up, second
best pair Of birds of show,
$500. Other prizes offered in
clude a first, second and third
In each breed class, as well as
additional prizes. Amounts of
each prize and the number of
additional prizes will be deter
mined according to the number
Of entries In each class. All
prizes will be given on pair Of
birds exhibited.
To enter birds in this show eac
boy and girl must have a receir
showing that they have contribute
one cockerel to the committee
help defray the cost connected wit
the show.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Sank Centre
Lost Third
Battle
Morris Won IA to O Over
Harveymen Friday
Night on O-Sa-Ge
LONG PRAIRIE NEXT
Friday Afternoon Locals
Will Meet Todd Eleven
At County Seat

Celebrating the opening ON
their new $45OO football field,
Long Prairie was promised
reciprocal backing from the
Sank Centre high school tOmOr-
row afternoon, Friday, it was
announced by Principal e. w.
Olson this week.
Long Prairie, with a recent
6 to 0 defeat by Wadena, looms
as another strong opponent for
Sank Centre Friday. The game
will start at 500 o'clock, it was
announced. "We're reciprocal
ing for Long Prairie's fine turn
out at our dedication last year."
Olson said.
With Long Prairie business
firms closed for the afternoon,
Olson announced that school
buses would take local pupils
to the game. Classes will be
readjusted to meet q 200
leaving. The local pep band
will be in the caravan. Long
Prairie, with a natural bowl be-
hind their school building, has
resOdded her field, installed
1000 dollars worth of cement
bleachers. The move Is inter-
preted to be a preview for in
stallation of a night system,
probably next year, it was said.
With the breaks all pointed Saul
Centres way, Morris, lead by vet
eran Nelson, a running, passinI
combination surprise packag e
crashed it's way to an early gam
Friday night as Saul
Centre met its second West Cen
trail Conference opponent, and thel
stacked another along side just a
the ball game closed.
Under an autumn moon fully un
furled, and a crisp night that sen
up vapory clouds from steamini
players, Morris drove sixty yard
from the opening kickoff to scor
In exactly six plays. Then fan
them stalemated in a ser
les of penalties, breaks and chang
ing fortunes that gave the bal
game color and Sank Centre op
- missed - until in tn
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05

by balancing the room enrolment
against the reports. There will be
a champ named on each floor of
the grade building.
Two banners, in maroon and
white felt, one for each floor, will
be material symbols to be circulat-
ed each week. At the end Of the
year the grade having the banner
most often will get 1t permanently,
it was announced.
20 rural schools launched the
biggest rural library program
this fall that will reach an
estimated ESQ students, 1t was
announced. Last November the
program started with Is
schools, expanded to FL by the
school years end.
To each of the % schools is cir
culated an average Of so books
monthly, from a separate depart
ment of the library that houses a
thousand books exclusively for the
rural service.
This year the program is expect
ed to reach a circulation quota
that is high, it was said. To each
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Liberal Prizes Offered
For Best Pair of
Birds of Each Breed

Final arrangements for the poul-
try show Of the Boys and Girls
Chick Club, sponsored by the mer-
chants of the Community Club,
were made at a meeting of the
committee Tuesday night. This
show will be held in the Bruce
building, formerly occupied by the
Coast-to-Coast store, one door north
Of the Waldorf Cafe.
All merchants of the city are
urged to attend the auction,
which will be held In cOnnec-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Anna Trones
Passed AWav
Tuesday Morn
Funeral Service In
This City Friday
Afternoon, October 6
MRS. LARSON DIED
Former Resident
Brought Here for Burial
Wednesday Afternoon
Anna TrOnes

4IOlCS
Anna Trones, resident of this
city for twenty years, passed away
at her home on the morning of
Tuesday, October 3rd, at 1855
o'clock. At the time Of passing
she was 70 years, four months and
Is days Of age. Death was caused
by a heart ailment.
Anna Trones was born in Nor
way on May IT, 1869, and she came
to the United States with her par
ents in the fall of 1880. For the
past twenty years she resided in
this city caring for her aged par
ents.
Surviving are six brothers and
sisters, viz: Ole Trones, living on
a farm; Peter Trones, st. Cloud
Mrs. Marie Davies, Minneapolis;
Mrs. Harry Hurd, Minneapolis;
Pauline Trones, Minneapolis; and
CONTINUED on Page 10 Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
HUNTING VIOLATIONS

Fourteen arrests for violations
of the hunting regulations were
made in the Melrose community
on the opening day. Most of these
were made because the boys could
not wait until the opening time
prescribed by law.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Duck Graces
Table in Many
Local Homes
Abundance of Donald
And Donnie Noted On
Opening Day
GOOD SHOOTING
Several Wild Geese
Listed In Bags of
Sunday, Unusual

Duck, wild and racy piece OF
fowl, was on the menu Monday in
a lot of Sank Centre homes as
the boys laid down the barrage in
Sundays opener of the 45-day sea.
son in what has become the big.
gest annual gun totin' spree since
Gettysburg.
Despite clear, warm day that
looked more like June picnic wealth.
er than fall hunting climatic con.
ditions, the boys brought in a lot
Of ducks. Dozens got limits, doz.
ems got enough ducks for several
messes. The boys that worked the
sloughs and pot holes really got
their share.
But they flew high when they
took to wing, and quipped Mark
Franta, you needed anti-aircraft
to bring them down."
Despite repeated warnings that
the game commission was going tc
be vigilant on the law, this yeal
was little different than others, fol
the "sooners" were blasting sleer
out of the lazy heads of towns
residents as early as a. M, ar
hour before legal shooting time.
Ducks, plentiful this season, are
good weight, it was reported. Plen
ty Of feed has fattened them well
for the take. Northern flights
haven't yet joined local ducks, but
storms in Canada had moved out
some it was believed.
Unusual opening day high
light was fetching home several
geese, that is rare In this neck
Of the woods. Alex Benson
came home with a good-sized
Canadian hOnker. L. A. Walk
er got one, It's reported. Wayne
Dahlem got q Brant goose. But
topper of them all was Frank
Wiener's bag that shared three
geese.
Sim Wiener found his proves
with a casting rod help, and ad
vises hunters to supplement theil
activity with a bit of fishing. Sim
lost two ducks in the water. With.
out boat, he was nearly stymie6
at getting them. But he went home
lugged his fishing rod back. A
couple casts with bass plug hook
ed the ducks and retrieved them
Dozens Of out-of-t-own hunters
joined local parties. Among then
were ]. Webb Hedin, of Mime
apolis, DR.. G. H. Vandesteeg, OF
Minneapolis, and DIR. Phil Hall, OF
st. Paul.
Art MacDermond added to
the sport In his party by lit
orally taking a duching. His
dog was chasing wounded teal
in the slough where the mud
was too deep for the animal
to swim. Art says, 81 thought
I'd help him, SO 1 stepped Off
all right. I was doing fine un-
til I reached down to pick up
the duck. Then I stepped In q
hole" He sat under q straw
stack drying clothes and a we'll
filed left boot.
A deer with a broken leg was
reported to Leo Peyton, Melrost
game warden, Monday. Discovered
by several hunting parties, north
Of this city, the deer was first re.
ported by Bert Martin.
According to reports some Of
the boys were talking as II
they believed Hungarian part
ridge could be shot In this sec
tor. According to maps from
the Game and Fish Commits
sion, the area for this bird Is
limited to only q few western
counties. There is no open area
In Stearns or adjacent counties.
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1939-10-05
Mother Cooking
School October 10th
Event At Main Street
Theatre Tuesday Proved
Successful and Interesting

Although not largely attended
the cooking school held at the Main
Street Theatre Tuesday afternoon
was a successful and interesting
event, and a forerunner Of the
splendid things to come in the next
Continues On Page 10. Col. ID
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-02
MARY WIlDES,
 RALPH MERRILL , WED SATURDAY
Civil Ceremony to Be Fol- lowed by Service af
 Catholic Church

Miss Mary Alice Wildes and MT. Ralph Merrill. popular Juneau couple, surprised their many friends Saturday evening and were quietly married at the Baranof Hotel by United States Commissioner M. E. Monagle.
 Attendants for the service were Miss Sybil Godfrey and Mir Harold Mckinley. XII
 The civil ceremony will be fol- lowed by a church service later this month when the couple will take their vows at the Catholic Church of the Nativity.
 We'll known in this city,, Miss Wildes is the daughter of Mir. Cor don L.. Wildes. She attended the Juneau High School and Sullins College at Bristol, Virginia, later finishing her education at a busi- ness college in Seattle, returning here during the latter part of Sep tember. fiss M ~
 MT. Merrill is the son of Mrs. Anne Merrill of Portland, Oregon, and has many friends in this city. He came to the Capital City several years ago and attended the Juneau High School where he was grad uated with the class of '34. He later attended the University of Oregon and is at present associated with the Standard Oil Company in this city.
 Yesterday m orning wedding breakfast was held in the Irish room of the Baranof Hotel where the newlyweds were joined by a number of their friends.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-02
MILLIGANS OF
 FAIRBANKS IN
 JUNEAU TODAY

MT. and Mrs. F. G. Milligan oI Fairbanks, where Milligan is Pa cific Alaska Airways agent, arrived in Juneau via Electra last Satur- day on the first leg of a 30-day vacation.
 Having got this far, Milligan said he did not know whether they would continue their journey or spend the time here
 Milligan will be remembered as one of the featured speakers here last year at the airmail inaugura- ton ceremonies for the Juneau Fairbanks run, man who went to the microphone to tell of how he had once carried the mail by dog team where the Electras now do the same job in fraction of the time involved before.
 The two are guests at the Bar anof Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1939-10-02
NIGHT SCHOOL CLASSES MAY !. NOT BE HELD
Subjects VIII Be Offered if More Interest Shown
 in Registration

Tt is extremely doubtful wheth- CT we will have any night school at all this year" said A. B. Phillips, Superintendent of Juneau Public Schools today
 According to the letters that have been returned to the school, only three people in Juneau want be- ginning typing, five for advanced typing, one for beginning short hand, five for advanced shorthand, five for bookkeeping, and one each for French. college algebra public speaking, and citizenship. said MT. Phillips
 Unless more people are inter- ested, night school will not be of tered At least ten must register for each class before that class will be organized. Tn spite of the poor registration, the classes are still open for additional students.
 School authorities today mailed out registration blanks to all those who wrote in requesting them. No dates can be set until it is defin- itely known how many wish to en- roll and what classes will be taught. Any class that has. ten or more people will be started.
 ''1t is impossible to say at this time who the teachers will be for various classes. High School teach CTS will not be used for night school work if other teachers can be ob- tained But where a demand for class exists, we will use High School teachers if no others are available