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The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Sank CentyeiteS Leave TO
Honor Sinclair LeW,iS Today
Younger Churchman' S
Conference Held
Adopted Five Point Program
For Youth Including Worship,
Study Service and Recreation

The Younger Churchman'S Con-
ference of the Church of the Good
Samaritan, called by the rector, the
Rev. r. J. Mott, met this Wednes-
day evening at the parish house.
The purpose Of the conference
was to draw up unified and eff
fective program for the young peo-
pie of the local church of high
school and college ages. A five
point program which includes or
ganization, worship, study, service
to the parish church, and recrea-
ton was agreed upon by the as
sembled group.
Following the conference there
was social hour with light re-
freshments.
For their study-project the group
have adopted a course which fol-
lows the development Of religion
from primitive times down to mod
ern Christianity. Textbook for the
course is written by a layman and
lawyer, Charles L. Dibble, D. c. L.,
of the Episcopal Church. The book
is entitled, when the Half-Gods
Go, A Sketch Of the Emergence of
Religions"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Expenditures By Weyare
Board Totalled 2,l88.W

cent, with only five counties in the
state showing less.
From the tax settlements Of
March, July and December Stearns
County paid $158,618OO toward Soc
ial security. State and federal con-
tributions for old age assistance
were 1907 7,087.30. State and federal
contributions to dependent chill
dren was 68,225.99. State allot-
ments to direct relief funds tot
allied $22,s1O.OO, to drouth relief
$7,874.14, and to the WPA sewing
project $500. Township and city
reimbursements for direct relief
were $33,22s.7e.
Direct relief orders paid during
the year were $S7,858.71, and drouth
and farm relief orders amounted
to T,584.48. Other expenditures
were disqualification $44,855.04, hos
pital examination fees $2,652.2O, fun
eral expense payments $3,553.5O,
supplies for WPA projects $4,840.99,
care Of dependent children $814.11,
care Of feeble minded $2588O, and
special medical care $278.00.
Expenditures for the year includ-
ing all payments for welfare and
administration from state, federal
and county funds totalled $685.
1890. Paid to Welfare Board for
all purposes $685. .892.55, which left
a balance Of $16,704.35.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Will Address
Com. Club
Annual Meeting Will
Be Held Thursday
Eve, January 26th

Community Club activity for
the year of 1888 will be review
ed at the annual meeting which
will be held Thursday evening,
January 26th, at eight o'clock.
The purpose of this meeting
will be the election of officers
and the reading Of the financial
and activity reports.
Following the business session
Ed L. Stockinger, executive
secretary Of the st. Cloud
Chamber of Commerce, will
speak, said President D. B.
Caughren Tuesday. Mr.. Stock
niger is q dynamic and inter-
esting speaker and his message
will be of interest to every
member Of the club.
Club activities Of the past
year, include sponsorship Of the
Fourth Of July celebration, the
Farm Bureau picnic, Christmas
decorations, Christmas candies
for the children Of the commun-
ity, the rural school contest,
butter sales crusade, Sinclair
Lewis party, Highway II and
% Improvement. Promises for
1889 include the band tourna-
ment, state firemen's conven-
ton, Catholic Aid Societies con-
vention, and roadside develop
Of Highway So and II for next
spring.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
VOLUME SEVENTY-TWO- NUMBER THIRTY-THR
School Pupil TRANSPORTATION
Demands added Safety
January Shattered
Five-Year Record
1.8 Inches Is Actual
Water Content of Shows
Fallen During Month

January with SHOWS, rains, and
sleet that made hazardous motor
travel and slicked streets, in it's
first seventeen days has already
shattered five year records for the
month in precipitation. Actual wa
ter content of SHOWS that have
fallen this month measure 1.38
inches, according to records of
weather observer, Rev. Henry Ret
EEK, West Union.
Since. 1884 January's entir q
month has not reached that mea-
surement in snowfall, Rev. Retzek
pointed out. 1886 came closest with
LA inches, but that reading is for
all the days of the month. The
moisture, that follows a late fall
and early winter "drouth" when
October-low month of 1888
brought only .13 inches, may pres
age a more sprightly precipitation.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Talks on Interesting Subjects
Gvem Before RotQriamS

from Berlin to Rome via Switzer-
land, but that if the letter went
by way Of France the charge was
80 cents. A person in Mexico in
those years who received a letter
from London paid his postoffice
$1.45?"
The Universal Postal Union,
which today includes every district
in the world, was established at
Berne, Switzerland, in 1874, where
central office was set up, and
where 1t is located today. The con-
vention Of 1874, which brought ord
er to the chaotic state of foreign
mails, was convened largely through
the efforts Of Heinrich Won Step
han, director of posts, North Ger
man Confederation. Its achieve
ments were q single uniform postal
rate to all foreign countries and the
rules adopted with additions are
those in force today.
Mr.. Fischer continued that for a
single uniform rate, five cents in
the United States or its equivalent
in all other countries, letter will
be delivered to a foreign postoffice
anywhere in the world.
People who live in countries be-
longing to the Pan-American Union
can send letter to any other coun-
try in that Union by the payment
merely Of the domestic postage rate.
This postal union, founded at Mad
rid, Spain, in 1920, and developed
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Old Age Assistance
Cost $339,424.24-Aid
To Children 500, ,933.00

Old age assistant payments in
Stearns County for 1888 totalled
$339, ,42424, according to the annual
financial report of the Child Wei
fare Board issued for the fiscal year
January /, 1888, to December 81,
1888. During the same period aid
to dependent children totalled $780,
$500. There are something over
600 dependent children in the coun-
ty, and almost 1400 people receive
old age assistance in the county.
Old age assistance and aid to
dependent children comprise the
largest bulk Of expenditures in the
field Of public welfare. Average
grants in Stearns County are in
line with average paymen ia
throughout the state. Stearns Coun-
ty's average grant for old age as
sistance is $20.S5, as compared with
$20.25 for the entire state; while
aid to dependent children In
Stearns County averaged $13.14 per
child compared to $3.50 for all
counties Of the state. Administra-
tive costs in Stearns County for the
social security category is 2.s per-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
LOCAL GIRL APPEALS TO SAUK CENTRETTES
FOR VICTIMS OF INFANTILE PARALYSIS
Sauk Centre, Mimi, January 18, 1889.

Sauk Centre, Mimi. January 18 1889.
To the Editor:
the Presidents Ball to be held January
Both, asked to write open letter people
Centre urging them to contribute to this very worthy
Whether not with President Rooseves policies
will admit he is doing victims nfante
paralysis.
Although people country
capped this disease Springs
modate only about 200 patients year, pity small
of those afflicted The President would like double
ity of Warm Springs at This takes lots of money
hospital building
both buildings has been slow due to want of funds
During six months down there had operations,
and for each operation transported in ambulance
Atlanta about 70 Foundation Both doctors
had to travel the distance with
strangers when they Warm Springs
Because Of that trip back the hospital
obliged to cut the from foot had keep leg
elevated three pillows nearly week reduce the SWELL
operation The President decided long ago hospital
at the and the people of great
country the hospital will completed and stated
with expert attendants.
wanted graduate with my arranged
private tutoring paid $OO lesson,
had when teacher and could together
porch teachers cottage sometimes in
empty dining under place in the hall
where could find a little quiet
The waters OF Warm Springs beneficial to the victims
Of nfntie paralysis who there within two after
being The pity children
stricken year could deform
tiles IL sufficient could provided Warm
by the surgeons knife and staff Of specially trained doctors
about the work do there
deformed bodes patients them
selves; and to become supporting citizens not asking
anything for myself because have had everything medical
give me, those fortunate than
make this Please believe dollar
invested in dance ticket for the January 30h Ball will give
100 cents worth Of benefit the victims nfane and will
pay society very big dividends
Monica Grace Fleming.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Another Min
neSOtan Listed
With Greats
Takes Place With
Other Greats In who's
Who In America"

Another central Minnesotan, JOS
eph kiselewski, of Browerville,
rose to high rank in his field rec
emily, and more than ever assured
his position with the Big Three, the
neighborhood greats of this part of
the state, Sinclair Lewis, of Sauk
Centre, and Charles Lindbergh, of
Little Falls.
The career of 37-year-old Kisel-
ewski, Browerville-born sculptor,
was given story book twist when
he broke for the first time into the
Who's Who in America" 1938-3s
edition, and the volume is to be
found on the shelves of the Bryant
Library.
This man, who is called one OF
the foremost of contemporary
sculptors, who holds the highest
award in his field, the Prix de
Rome, started his career drawing
wheelbarrows and cows on the
farm. Now designing the Business
administration building for the 1888
New York Worlds Fair, he is a
brother of Sauk Centre resident,
John Kiselewski.
Joseph Kiselewski was a good
enough farm hand so that he might
have lived his life on a Browerville
farm. But Joe, John tells here
started drawing, mostly homely
farmyard settings, collected the
plaudits of his teachers.
When he decided to quit the farm
and take up the artists brush, par
entail objection came strongly on
the grounds they had heard of pow
erty row among artists. Joe enroll
ed in the Minnesota School of Art
started his study that was to take
eleven years of his time.
Hardly had he enrolled than the
feel of moulding clay into human
and natural forms claimed his in
terest. He dropped the brush for
SCULPTURE. Then he studied in New
York, then Paris, then Rome. He
worked for SIS a week in New
York, finally worked under the
great 10 Davidson on a sitting of
Benito Mussolini.
More and more Of the story book
SAVIOR crept into the work Of this
young man. Climax came when he
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Special Bus Will
Leave From Waldorf
Cafe At 400 P. M.
OVER 80 WILL ATTEND
Governor StaSSen and
Mayor Leach Will
Be Honor Guests

Sauk Centre people leave TO-DAY
for Minneapolis to attend recep-
ton in honor of Sinclair Lewis to
be given at the Nicollet Hotel fol-
lowing the play, Angela Is Twen-
ty-Two," in which he takes the lead
role. Eighty people are making
this trip, some by bus and some In
individual cars.
A special bus will leave the Wal
dorf Cafe at four o'clock this af-
ternoon, and will continue directly
to the Nicollet Hotel, where others
Of the Sauk Centre party will join
the group to proceed to the Lyceum
Theatre to attend the play. The
stop at the Nicollet Hotel will pro-
vide opportunity for lunch for
those who desire to eat at that time.
All those who go to the City in IN
dividual cars are to meet at the
Nicollet Hotel at seven o'clock that
evening.
The after theatre party or recep-
ton will open at about 11:15 p. M,
and it will be held in the Junior
ballroom of the Nicollet Hotel. Tic
kets for the after theatre party are
still available at the Sauk Centre
Funeral Parlors, however, tickets
to the play will have to be pur-
chased at the box office in Mime
apolis. A block of one hundred
tickets was sent to this city for
sale, and those not sold were re-
turned to Minneapolis this morn
ing.
Among the prominent guests
who will be present to honor the
famous Main Street author will be
Governor Stassen and Mayor Leach,
besides prominent people in Twin
City newspaper circles.
News reels of the reception will
be taken by the Paramount and
Universal News Weekies, according
to information received from the
Civic & Commerce Association, of
Minneapolis. According to latest
information available ticket sales
in Minneapolis indicate a splendid
attendance Of former Sauk Centre
ties, who now reside in the Mill
City.
Sauk Centres party in Mime
apolis, which is to be absolutely
informal, should be successful from
every angle, and those who attend
will not regret that they have TAX
en- part in one of the major events
offered to Sauk Centre since its
beginning.
D. B. Caughren, president of the
Community Club, will be in charge
of the after theatre party at the
Nicollet Hotel. The Community
Club is sponsoring this event, and
the Civic & Commerce Association,
Minneapolis, Is cooperating with
the local organization.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
S
Ball Will Be
Jan. 80
Ben Dubois Selected
AS Chairman of
Local Committee
TICKETS $l.OO
Every Penny To Be
Used For Purpose
Designated-No Cost

Ben Dubois has accepted the
Craftsmanship of the committee on
arrangements for the Presidents
Ball to be held in this city on the
evening of January 30th. This event
is sponsored to raise funds for the
Georgia Foundation at Warm
Springs, where those suffering from
the effects Of infantile paralysis
receive treatment for the correc-
ton Of deformities.
Other members of the commit
tee, selected to represent the var
ious civic and fraternal organiza-
tions of the city, are: Frank Bon
aime, D. B. Caughren, L. T. Lovik,
Rudolph Nathe, John Koppel, Ray
Walker, w. A. Kohl, DR.. R. E.
Cooper, Lyle Ethun, M. J. Fleming
and Carl Fischer.
One half of the funds derived
from this ball will go to the Warm
Springs Foundation, the other half
can be used as the local committee
may designate. At a meeting of
the committee held Monday eve
ming, it was decided to conduct
this event without cost, so that
every penny so raised can be used
for the purpose for which it has
been designated.
Arrangements for this event in
clude music, advertising and a
place to hold the ball all gratis, so
that the gross receipts will be the
net receipts.
One half Of this fund must go to
the Warm Springs Foundation, the
other half the committee decided is
to go to the Shriners Hospital, Min
neapolis, which has been erected
for the care of crippled children,
of all creeds and all colors, who are
unable to pay for such care.
No one, either child or adult, is
immune from infantile paralysis
President Roosevelt was stricken
after he was grown man, and
since then his efforts have been
devoted to secure ways and means
to care for the many others who
have been so stricken. This is a
worthwhile undertaking and II
should receive the support of every
person in this community.
At a meeting Of the committee
Tuesday evening, Miss Monica
Fleming, who received treatment at
the Warm Springs Foundation
from which she returned recently,
gave an interesting talk in which
she presented first hand informa-
ton of that institution and its
work, and of the care provided at
the Shriners Hospital as well.
The Presidents Ball in Sauk Gen.
tre will be held in the Junior High
school auditorium, Kohps Klinkers
will furnish the music and the Sauk
Centre Herald will glady furnish
the tickets and advertising gratis.
There will be no expense connected
with this dance and every penny
Of the fund will go to these insti-
tutions to be used for the treat
ment Of infantile paralysis victims
and crippled children. Tickets to
dance will be $1.0O per couple.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Last Rites For
Peder Hanson
Tuesday
Resident of Kandota
Township Passed Away
Saturday, January 7th

Peder Hanson, who passed away
Saturday afternoon, January 7th,
at $3.50 o'clock, was laid at rest
Tuesday afternoon. At death he
had reached the age of 78 years, A
months and % days. Death came
to him at the home of his son, Mel
vim Hanson.
Mr.. Hanson was born in Oslo,
Norway, on August 10, 1860. At
the age of twenty years he came to
America and settled in Kandota
Township, where he remained until
death.
In the year of 1881 he was united
in marriage to- Mary Nelson and
they settled on a farm in Kandota
Township. Twelve children were
born to this union, three of whom
preceded the father in death. Mrs.
Hanson passed away thirty-three
years ago.
Surviving children are: John o.
Hanson, Melvin Hanson and Louis
Hanson, of Sauk Centre; Mrs. AL
ma Cross and Mrs. Hannah Nor
gan, of Minneapolis; Mrs. Agnes
Peterson and Nick Hanson, Of La
Porte; Josephine Parker, of Port
land, Oregon, and Henry Hanson.
There are also surviving IA grand
children, 9 great-grandchildre and
one sister, Mrs. Hannah Trey, of
Minneapolis, who attended the
funeral service. All but three of
the children were in attendance at
the last sad rites. Those unable to
attend were Mrs. Agnes Peterson,
of LaPorte, Mimi; Mrs. Josephine
Parker Portland, Oregon; and
Henry Hanson.
Funeral services were held Tues
day afternoon at two o'clock at
Bethel Church, with Rev. Strand
conducting the last sad rites. Bur-
ial was made in the Bethel ceme-
terry on the family lot, beside the
graves of his departed loved ones.
The pallbearers were Otto and Sc
dolph Samuelson, Clarence Paske,
John Hector, George Johnson,
and Ben Peckskamp.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
DONATIONS ACCEPTABLE

Owing to the fact that several
people have stated that they wish
ed to make donations to the fund
for the 1889 State Firemen's con-
vention to be held in this City, we
have been asked to state that they
may do so by leaving their dona-
tion with either s. G. Schwarzbauer
or Geo. Fish. Donations from var
ious sources have been pledged, and
one Of the farmers of this COM
munity has already donated $500,
said George Fish, chief Of the local
department, and president Of the
State Association.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
Hog Cholera
School Opens
Next Week
Two Days, January
oath and 25th, At st.
Martin, Stearns County
VALUABLE COURSE
DR.. Billings, State
Veterinarian, Will
Give instruction
Hog Cholera School

Next week on Tuesday and We'd
nesday, January "a and 25, the hog
cholera school will be held at st.
Martin beginning at 1000 each
morning. This school has been ar
ranged through the cooperation of
the agricultural extension service
at University Farm, the Minnesota
Livestock Sanitary Board, and the
county agents office, st. Cloud. The
instruction at the school will be
given by DR.. w. A. Billings, ex-
tension veterinarian for the state.
Under the law which makes these
schools possible, it is necessary to
have seven outbreaks of cholera
in the year prior to the holding of
the school. Stearns county had
enough outbreaks of cholera in 1888
to qualify and this school will be
the first of it's kind held in the
county. To secure a layman's per-
NIT to vaccinate ones own hogs,
it is necessary to take in the school
and on passing the examination on
the afternoon Of the second day
and payment of $500 fee to the
Minnesota Livestock Sanitary
Board, the layman's permit is is
sued. The examination needs to be
taken but once and the permit can
be renewed from year to year on
payment of the $1.OO fee to the
Livestock Sanitary Board. Hog
producers in all parts of the coun-
ty are urged by the extension Of
flee at st. Cloud to take in the
school
Wanted, Flax Seed
Flax growers having a supply Of
Bison, Winona, Chippewa, or any
other wilt and rust resistant var
iety of flax suitable for seed pur-
poses are urged by the county
agents office at st. Cloud to in
form that office as to the variety
and the bushels they have for sale.
An increase in the flax acreage in
the U. S. is warranted since with
flax this country is on an import
basis and large quantities of flax
have been imported in the last sew
eral years. The amount this coun-
try produces is far short Of the
needs. This is quite a contrast to
other farm crops, most Of which are
produced in surplus quantities and
the American price for the same
is based on the world price. With
flax however, the tariff is effective
and large acreage is encouraged.
There will be quite a demand for
flax seed and for that reason the
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The Sauk Centre herald., 1939-01-19
School
Won Two;
Lost Two
Took Two Games From
Todd County Seat
Scores 24-23 and 28-16
ALEX HERE TUESDAY
Osakis Winner of
Two Games-Scores
44-34 and 1920

Local fans get back into the
high school athletic table this
coming week when Alexandria,
fast coming team, invades the
local court for the second home
game since the holidays. Still
feeling for its stride, but ma
terially strengthening in scOr-
ing punch, Sauk Centre will
face a battle. Alex, after an
unimpressive start, has toppled
recently a bigwig like Staples
who dumped Frank Cleve's Min
neapOlis South team early in
the season. The Alex game is
next Tuesday evening. Friday
of this week the TOftness men
go to Swanville in another dis
trict battle.
Sauk Centre "A; Long Prairie %
An unimpressive victory, in which
the Toftness cagers missed defeat
by a hair, over Long Prairie Tues
day evening gave the locals theil
first major district victory in 6
heated last half minute finish thai
kept fans on the edge of their seat:
until the final score read "a to %
For the defending champions a:
a team, it was not impressive ball
but for the outstanding perform
ances of Ethun, Hildebrand anc
Conkey individual honors were
awarded.
After three quarters of tough
ball in which Sauk Centre helt
marginal leads, Long Prairie came
up on the opening of the fourth
leading IA to 13. Sauk Centre wa
expected to turn on the heat will
Pangburn and Kringen, benchet
for three quarters, going into th'
fray with their height.
Conkey first scored with loni
shot. Larson succeeded him wheI
he broke clear under the basket
Kringen broke through the Lont
Prairie attack to break with EthuI
and Pangburn alongside. His pas
went to Ethun who executed tn
most beautiful change Of pace will
a burst of speed all evening. Hi
drive carried him in to score, ant
Sauk Centre walked into a com
manding lead.
But Long Prairie's Blake ant
Lubertz were not to be outdone
Quickly they scored, were followed
by Simonson to take the lead 2.
to 20. Pangburn's bucket snatchet
at the lead again. Blake SLAM
banged his way to another basket
Now with only seconds to g.
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