The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-09-26

until notification that the British
Alley scene-That no parking sign sung in the
window Of the post office. The Monday washes
swaying like novice ballet dancers the roof tops
as the apt. jewellers the weeks dirt
Cattle trucks parked along the roadway How
different the backs Of the stores look. maze
of chimneys, belching smoke in the first crisp Of
autumn. Aerial wires cutting ndelble lines
across the blue. barking dog. Businesseers
swinging in and out of back doors. The alley
behind Main Street where on Sattdy night the cars
are parked closer than tables in night club.
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Now is the season when the garages somber
dispensers ordinarily for automobiles, become the
gaudiest business blocks in town. They're herald
ing the models, with this gadget and that
makes cariders mouths watah!
Paradox-One of the strangest sights we've seen
and one that was twice head turner for us.
car parked in one of the local filling stations,
bearing the license of British Columbia-thats Can
ada-and above it of those metal enameled mod
els of the-U. S. flag Canada is liberal nation
at Frank Brown, of the rec program, is
one of the few bow tie wearers in the hamlet
Funny how dogs always bark at drunk. The
name of Wendell Willkie, the GOPresidential nom
nee sounds like something out of Rip Van Wrinkle
Frank Bunker moseying round in his yard
Sunday. He hauling up few pals of dirt
Just he walked up the lawn something whirred
past his 1t was close enough to touch. He
set down the pail looked around, and there under
his apple tree, strutted in all his finery cock
pheasant. Brave fellow, maybe he can read
the calendar. i. :. At any rate Frank watched him.
Phillip Pheasant strutted for moment, plumed his
feathers, lifted his feet, sailed Mrs Mullen's
house. and started for uptown. Probably to get
matted milk. Bill Benson, too, says that
pheasants are right the street from their
house. And the boys say there are more ducks
in the country this year than for long time and
they really look for hunting season. They are
presumably thicker than hair on a wig.
n tha
home fire missed last week in our ramblngs.
Yet the point we caught quite well. There were
those little things, not to be purchased but those
things that call up little memories. In the first
place while everyone was out of the house, it is
probably Of fewer than half dozen times that
the house has been entirely devoid of humanity,
anytime during the "a hours of the day, in the 30
years the family has lived there There were
two things that Mrs O'Gara really wanted saved
One was the parrot who was saved. The other
picture. The picture is of oldest son Dewey
when he was just tyke Fireman Tony Klein
spied it the floor underfoot, picked it up, and
retrieved it to safety Mrs: oGara iva, was over,
have to Deweys wife who wants to hang it up but
Dewey don't wanna because-the picture is of him
with long curls!
Midtown vignette-And with the modern twist
A young fellow stopped in Saturday at of
the shops to get pair of glasses fixed. They
his extra pair. He said to the clerk IF you
have pair of glasses turned in here, lost them"
They fell off his schnozze when he looked out
from MS alrplane TO get petter look at Main Street
We treat the youngsters right in this mans
town. AS witness those especially erected stands
| alongside the drinking fonts in the Main Street
theatah and the Water, Light and Power office.
We are told that young fellow, not now in
town, will enlist for the air service. His mother
doesn't know but she will Saturday. Strange
thing this drafting and the little dramas that will
| on in many homes as boys enlist or sit waiting for
| the draft would make poignant story for someone
Prairie
paper. An ex-schoo teacher in your town, after an
illness that prevents her teaching regular school,
in the flock the oldest of which won't be three until
January. Looks like good feature yarn the
way friends told us.
year ago in September a young fellow, who
had become nightly interested in model airplane
building, had talked himself into the air service
| he doesn't today handle stick. He's Dudley
Morse, of Mr. and Mrs G. v. Morse, and he was
recently transferred from Randolph field in Texas
| to Englin Field Florida. Here's few notes from
his recent letter: "The field itself is small right
now. However they have 275OOO acres here to be
| used a machine gun and bombing range. They
working new barracks and hangers to house
the planes expected for the gunnery classes. OF
course it will be next summer before things are
anywhere near ready.
1.-THE task of building up the weather office Is
squarey in the hands of my partner, Julian Legrase
by name, and myself. It's going to be job, we
practically have to start from scratch Am going
to pattern it after Randolph much as I can.
Guess you could call the head Of the station.
Orders do not read that way, but am the ranking
man, and guess I'm really rank There are
only three planes permanently stationed here at
present There is also Douglas Amphibian, con-
solidated pursuit bomber, and medium bomber
that they have been experimenting with There have
been orders to the contrary but think 1t wiser
If don't divulge the nature of the experiments.
They are very interesting and bit novel too. Had
my first game of tennis today since don't know
when. Am going to have to go back to that for
| exercise they have hand ball courts here. OF
course there's plenty Of swimming ION Pensacola
Bay, Gulf of Mexico.O :. bud is in meteorology