The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14

ney remained so that they could
keep fire. Mrs. Otto reported that
the crash burst into their supper
sent the dog scurrying off under
the bed. For a minute, they
thought, they might have been
bombed. A cupola at the home of
Mr.. and Mrs. P. F. Mcnamara was
disarranged in the high wind, but
was not blown entirely off. The
wind dashed a hood off a car park
ed along the street.
Sank Lake Cooperative Cream
cry chalked up one of the few days
in it's history when not single
patron arrived with cream. 1t was
reported that up to Tuesday noon
no one had brought cream to the
creamery.
A group of cattle, pastured out
by Leonard Brown, were caught in
the brunt of the storm on the Fairy
Lake flats. Tuesday, with a hay
rack full of corn stalks to lead, the
men were trying to drive the cat
tie to town and cover.
Louis Butler, driver for Swift
and Company, was marooned with
his truck at West Union, but he
was able to let his family know he
was safe.
Residents across the river, who
had to face the storm to get home,
stayed up town. Ed Besser and
Win Gallup tried twice to go across
on foot but gave it up.
There were plenty caught with
out storm windows on their homes,
and typical is the case of DR.. A. j.
Mayer who especially reserved
Armistice Day for his storm win
dow job.
State highway patrolmen Ray
Woods and Al Frederickson re-
turned from Alexandria Monday by
train when they were forced to
abandon the patrol car. Rural mail
deliverers didn't even start Mon
day and their routes were still
blocked.
Mrs. H. Fielding. who went to
Bertha Sunday to the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Newell Barnard, remain
ed at Bertha, it was reported from
her home here.
Annual American Legion COM
memoration Of Armistice Day din
ner, to be held Monday evening,
was cancelled late. Turkeys and
pumpkin pies were already being
prepared when the Legion boys
cancelled the affair. AS a result in
several Of the Legionnaires homes
they gathered the turkeys and pies
and had quiet family celebrations
as the storm heightened outdoors
Brave Niblick Club, with the
storm continuing Tuesday, went
ahead with its planned lunch
con at the home Of Mrs. Ray
Hillerud with Mrs. A. j. May
er assisting. It was one of the
few functions notably not post
pOned.
While the tales piled up, old tim
ers had difficulty in remembering
when winter, at any stage Of the
game, had brought such a storm.
Mrs. w. H. Barnette, whose hus-
band is retired mail carrier, said
that Mr.. Barnette was marooned
one time until the third day on his
route. But this is the worst we've
seen, and we've lived here since
1910" she said.
One Of the earliest such
storms I'm many years, this one
is topped in its early arrived by
the three-day storm of Octob-
er Is, 1880; the near blizzard of
November 2, 1886; and on Oct.
81, 1920, that brought snow
storm.
The high gale that accompanied
this storm was reminiscent of the
60-mile-an-hour gale that visited in
November, 1888, when literally tons
of crappies were blown out Of Sank
Lake and the populace scooped
them up in basketfuls.
Out at the r. v. Plant farm with
$50 turkeys ready for the Thanks
giving and Christmas markets, they
worked all day Monday to protect
their flocks. Mrs. Plant reported
Tuesday that only few birds had
been lost and the others are COM
fortably in the barn. 1--WE had to
bring about 10 Of them in the house
to thaw out and they seem to be
pulling through" she said. Nov
they're all out in the barn roost-
ing on the cows"
In many other parts % the state
were widespread reports Of whole
sale turkey losses.
Many people employed in the city
were unable to go to their homes
Monday evening and some Of them
stayed at their places Of work, 9th
ers took rooms at hotels. Among
a group, who were forced to remain
at their place of work, were several
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