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

the crack of the northern flight,
were stalled here.
Schools failed to open here
Tuesday after the Armistice
Day holiday that sent most
public school teachers scOoting
for their homes for the three
day vacation. Most Of them
marOOned, it was estimated
that less than a dozen of the
36-member faculty remained In
town Tuesday morning.
Dozens of cars, abandoned by
their owners after being stuck
long enough to know they were in,
were about the city's streets cram
med in snow banks. It was report
ed that 81 autos were stalled on
the Walker corner, three miles
south of this city, and occupants
crowded into the Charles and Bill
Kortan homes. Cars Uttered the
roadways and bitches as the storm
caught motorists returning from
short weekend vacations totally
unaware.
The only bus that reached this
community Monday was stalled
from noon on. Because buses use
no anti-freeze for their cooling
systems the bus motor ran contin-
Continued on Page 8. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Sixteen Men Were
On Call During
Blizzard Monday Night
IMPROVE TRUCK
Two Hundred Gallon
Tank Added For
Country Fire Runs

Realizing the dangers of fire
during the severe blizzard, mem
bers Of Sank Centres Volunteer
Fire Department, sixteen in num-
Der, carried out vigil to be ready
in case Of emergency Monday night.
Chief Geo. Fish and thirteen men
remained at the fire hall all night
to be ready at a moments notice.
They were prepared to give service
in any emergency, at any time dur
ing the night. This was done to
have a group Of firemen available
Immediately upon call, and because,
had they gone home, 1t Is possible
they may not have heard the siren
during the roar Of the wind.
Two more men were stationed at
Gus Otto's garage, where one Of
the trucks had been taken for i'm
provement in service. The truck
was ready for use in case Of emer-
gency.
Increased service has been made
available by the addition of two
hundred gallon water tank on the
old fire truck, and the work was
underway at the time of the storm.
For that reason the truck was
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
&leben Mile Hike
FoNoming Blissard
DIR. Kettlewell MaroOned
Beyond Osakis-D. b. Caugh-
rem Walked Nine Miles

An eleven mile hike.in sub-free-
zing temperatures, over deep-drift-
ed snow, climaxed a brimful two
days experience for DR.. r. B.
Kettlewell, he related when he
reached town Tuesday afternoon.
Trapped when he went to farm
late Sunday, II miles from this
city and west Of Little Sank, DR..
Kettlewell was marooned in a
farm house for more than thirty
hours. He was called on a confine-
ment case late Sunday. The baby
was delivered during the Armis-
tice Day storm.
Abandoning his car at the farm,
DR.. Kettlewell started out on
foot Tuesday morning and contin-
ued hiking for eleven miles before
he caught a ride to this city. His
story told of snow banks twenty
feet deep in places.
At the farm the farmer was
saving fence posts during the
storm to replenish dwindling fuel
supplies.
Then unshaven for three days,
the Doctor made his way to this
Continued on Page s, Col. 50
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14

gale rOared on through the
trees, thoughts turned back 20
years to another Armistice
Day-the first one. When In
Sank Centre, after heavy rains
the unpaved Main Street was
a sea of mud In which slither-
ed, its siren blowing joyOusly,
the fire truck.
It all started as far back as
Saturday when the white mantle
of winter was tossed carelessly in
the mud and slush. Light SHOWS
continued throughout Sunday
when during the night the winds
arose and by morning the blizzard
was sweeping its way.
In crescendo Of volume
throughout the day, the storm
reached it's peak here from to
8 p. m. Monday with more than a
50-mile an hour wind chattering
from the northwest. BY Tuesday
morning, far from over, the wind
had ebbed to about half its high
point speed.
It caught hundreds of holiday
travellers, school teachers, duck
hunters. Every available room was
filled in Sank Centres hotels as
bus passengers marooned and
deer hunters, ready to get in on
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Steer
Calves For
4-H Members
Large Enrolment In
Beef Project Assured,
Said County Agent

During the past week a carload
Of 80 range-bred steer calves were
distributed through the county
agents office at st. Cloud to All
members and FLA. members over
Stearns county. These club calves
came from the Geesaman ranch,
of Belfield, North Dakota, in the
Little Missouri basin. All Of the
calves are branded with a double
dipper, the brand Of the Geesaman
ranch, and weighed on the average
AT pounds when they left the
ranch. With this number Of good
calves distributed in the county and
an additional number that were Sc
cured by club members earlier in
the fall, a large enrolment in the
All baby beef project Is assured.
Likewise FLA. members, especial
ly those in the Sank Centre COM
munity where good number of
these calves were placed, will have
very desirable farm projects to sup
plement their classroom work.
The calves secured in this ship
ment were representative Of the
type raised in the Little Missouri
basin Of Billings and Golden Val
lev counties of North Dakota.
Practically all the cattle in this
area are purebred or grade Here
ford. The grazing land in the ter
ritory is controlled by the Medora
Grazing Association and only good
quality purebred Hereford bulls as
approved by the Grazing Associa-
ton directors are permitted in the
area. According to the Grazing
Association, this is the first
time that a whole carload of
steer calves was taken from one
ranch to be shipped to another
state for All feeding purposes.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
OuestiOnaires.
Order Num-
bers Mailed
Have Orders To Classify
20 Per Cent of Total
Before January Is
II VOLUNTEERED
Failure To Produce
Card Upon Request
Will Result In Arrest

Stearns County Selective Service
Local Board No. has orders from
the State Selective Service Head
quarters to mail out questionnaires
and classify 20 per cent Of its total
registration before January 18th. It
is estimated that this percentage
Of registrants will be ample to fill
calls for induction prior to March
81, 1914.
The highest number used by the
board in order numbering its reg
istrants was 1856. Three registra-
tons received since the Washing
ton drawing were given serial num-
bers up to 2959. The latter receiv-
ed order numbers in accordance
with the national drawing. but
were designated with an "a"
The first mailing of cards inform
ing the registrant of his serial num-
Der and local board order number
was made November 9th. All reg
istrants will receive one of these
cards.
Questionnaires to the top order
numbers are being mailed at the
average rate Of twelve each day.
Registrars have five days in which
to complete and return the ques-
tionnaire to the local board. State
Headquarters have been in contact
with the Minnesota State Bar As
Continued on Page 6. Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Several Christmas Events
Planned By Community Club

the Morris Style Shop, up to and
including Tuesday, November 26th.
Prizes will be awarded as follows:
first, $1,000; second, $500; third,
$500; fourth, $500. Admission to
this will be zoe for adults, and 1Oc
for children up to IL years. Tick
cts will be placed on sale at all
business places Friday Of this week.
Following the amateur show,
special events have been planned
for three Saturdays. This enter
tainment will include free movie
shows at the Main Street Theatre
and the visitation of Santa Claus.
There will be three free movies on
each Of these days and Santa
Claus will appear also on the three
days to distribute candy and nuts
to the Riddles.
Dates selected for the free movies
and Santa Claus visit are as fol-
lows: Saturday, November 30th;
Saturday, December 7th; Saturday,
December 14th. Three free movies
will be shown on each Of these
days, the first at 1920 a. m, the
second at 1:30 p. m. and the third
at $3.50 p. m.
This plan is similar to that used
in Sank Centre for many years,
however, 1t has been enlarged and
systematized, with the amateur
show added to increase entertain
ment.
Sank Centre will be CARRIED in
holiday attire, and the decorations
will be put up in the near future,
most likely before Thanksgiving
Day, November 21st.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Sank Lake
Has Coat of
3-Inch Ice
Freezeup Came On
Armistice Day
During High Wind

While Sank Lake, that laps the
feet Of this city, was losing a game
battle Monday as nature and man
alike were scarcely set for this
greatest Of all snowstorms in this
area, a lone duck on lower Sank
won his.
BY Tuesday morning, in spite Of
flashing waves that seemed defiant
ly to challenge lowering tempera-
lures, lower Sank Lake was tran
gully subdued-with a coat of
three inches Of ice: The prelim-
mary freezeup came on Armistice
Day.
But lone duck, sopped,
little fellow, was threatened
with being caught in the lake
slush. Mrs. HI. F. Bastien, who
watched him said, HE looked
pathetic out there" But he
finally worked his way free Of
the imprisOning ice and flew
away.
It wasn't the kind of ice the
youngsters want for skating and
ice men weren't particularly en-
thusiastic about its quality, but
there it was, lower Sank had its
winter coat slung over it's should
ers.
While the elements worked
against one another, cold and vol
umes of snow blown into the lake
won the fight. Winds that brought
snow and heaved the lake into a
great twisting, fighting body of
water, lost in the struggle.
After snow had been blown in
for hours, Mrs. Bastien said in de-
scribing the unusual freezing pro-
cess, the lake became a mass OF
slush that swelled and rocked in
the winds. But the undulations OF
the water became fainter in the
great weight Of the snow, and fin
ally, smothered in the slush, the
lake gave up.
There was no indication that up.
per Sank Lake had followed the
lead of the lower lake. The Her.
aid was unable to contact upper
lake residents to see If the main
body had frozen in the storm.
The duck incident served to re.
mind hunters this week that per.
haps to hundreds Of ducks the same
fate threatened. They pointed tc
the possibility Of pheasants caught
without adequate protection. They
uara estimating losses IN game
birds in the hundreds.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Amateur Show and
Free Movies On
Pre-Holiday Program

Sank Centres Community Club
has adopted a special and extern
sive program of events for pre-
holiday entertainment that will
start as early as November 10Th.
This was done at a special meet
ing Of the club held last Friday
evening, when Morris Lebowsky,
who offered the plan, was named
chairman, and committee members
as follows were chosen to aid with
the program; George Berggreen,
Alan Meigs, Ward Roberts and
Clyde Biedleman.
During this meeting, Lloyd
Blycker, who was elected as
president at the last annual ses-
sion, rendered his resignation.
Upon acceptance by club men,
bers, s. G. Schwarzbauer, first
vice president, took over the
reins of the organization and
will continue as president until
the annual meeting in January.
The program of pre-holiday
events, unanimously adopted at the
meeting, will include as an opener
an amateur contest. This event
will be staged in the new high
school auditorium Friday evening,
November Goth. The contest will
be open to all amteurs, who must
register with Morris Lebowsky at
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Volunteer FiYemem Gaze AU-
Nieht Service For EMERGENCY

stationed in the garage, for it had
been taken there some time ago for
improvement and repair.
When the change in the old
truck is completed, it will be used
for country fire runs, and the ad-
ditional water tank capacity will
be valuable in this work. This is
a worthwhile and necessary i'm
provement in the department, and
Is proof Of the fact that the depart
ment is alert and ever willing to
give better service to the city and
community.
The volunteer firemen, who re-
manned at the post of duty for
emergency all night, are to be COM
mended for their thoughtfulness
and splendid service to the people
Of Sank Centre. Our hats off to
them-they deserve our fullest
measure Of cooperation.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Firenen's
Ball Thursday
q
Ticket Sale Will Be
Conducted BY J. A.
Rose, of Department

Tickets are now on sale for the
57th annual Firemen's Ball, which
will be held in the Junior High
School Auditorium Thursday eve
ming, November 21st. Music will
be furnished by Bob Linnell and
his orchestra.
The ticket sale will be conducted
on house-to-house basis by J. A.
Rose, who has been appointed by
the Volunteer Firemen to repre-
sent the department in this, the
only drive for funds made during
the year.
Our local department purchases
most Of its own equipment, espec-
tally clothing necessary during the
work of fighting fires. Several
new coats have been purchased
recently and several new raincoats
are needed. Such equipment Is
purchased from the money made
available through the annual ball
Fifty-seven years of community
service in the protection Of prop
erty and life Is a record worthy
Of 100 percent community cooper
alton. When the department sales
man comes to you, don't forget to
do your bit-buy one ticket at least.
Service is the watchword Of the
department, and the members are
always alert to give that service.
Monday night during the severe
storm, a number of the volunteer
firemen remained at the fire hall
all night, so as to be available i'm
mediately in case of emergency.
That kind of service Is worthy of
the support of all citizens.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Sank Centre
Lady Called
Last Friday
Burial Postponed To
Wednesday Afternoon
Owing To Blizzard
JONAS DIDIER DIED
West Union Man
Laid At Rest Tuesday
Morning
Thomas Root Conklin

luOu1dS ROOT SOnKl1n
Private funeral services will be
held at the home Of Mr.. and Mrs.
V. T. Conklin this morning, Thurs
day, at 1890 o'clock for their son,
Thomas Root. He would have
been nineteen years old next April
5th. Thomas died at st. Luke's
hospital, Fargo, North Dakota,
Sunday evening at 8 o'clock after
an illness of only one day. He was
taken to the hospital late Sunday
afternoon. Called to Fargo by his
death, Mr.. and Mrs. Conklin re-
turned to this city Monday evening.
Mrs. Lillian Truax
Mrs. Lillian Truax, who was
born in Ashley Township II years
ago, was called from this earth
following an operation to which
she submitted at University Hos
pital a few weeks ago. Death came
to her Friday evening, November
g. at TIP o'clock. Mrs. Truax had
been at University hospital for %
days prior to death. Her age when
called was II years, two months, 10
days.
Mrs. Truax, nee Lillian Gillett,
was born in Ashley Township on
August 10, 1869. She grew to wom-
anhood in this community and at
tended public school in Sank
Centre. On November q, 1885, she
was united in marriage to J. L.
Truax, who passed away on Thurs
day, July 16, 1886.
Following the marriage, Mr.. and
Mrs. Truax resided on the home
stead Of his parents in Ashley
Township, and preceding the death
Of his mother in 1900, they moved
into Sank Centre where they made
their home at 421 Elm Street, and
where she resided until death.
Surviving relatives are the son,
Roy Truax, of Jamestown, N. D.,
four grandchildren, and three
brothers, William and Gent Gillett
of Sank Centre, and Rollin Gillett,
Of Canada.
Mrs. Truax was member of the
Methodist Church, of this city,
and was active in its various Or
CARNATIONS. She was also a men,
her Of the Royal Neighbor Lodge
and Of the Women's Relief Corps.
Funeral services, which had
been planned for Monday after
noon, and which had to be post
poned owing to the severe blizzard,
were held Wednesday afternoon at
two o'clock in the Sank Centre
Funeral Chapel. Rev. M. L. Brann,
Of the Methodist Church, conduct
ed the service and interment was
made in Oakland cemetery. The
pallbearers were: Foster Wilcox,
Paul Wilcox, Bruce Elliott, Robert
CONTINUED on Page s, Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
AnIsol1>sce Meet
Oh Mts<se4oL
3ekes4e limit
Men Who Wish To
Enlist Asked To
Attend Monday Evening

Dewey O'Gara, commissioned as
captain of Sank Centres Company
c, of the First Service Regiment
of the Minnesota Defense Force,
announced this week a meeting
next Monday evening for enlist
ments to the new arm of the u. s.
defense program.
The new unit will serve as re-
placement for the National Guard
when that outfit is ordered into
Federal service by the President.
Captain OGara announced
the meeting will be held at
the ArmOry at 500 p. m. Mon
day, and all those who wish 30
enlist, between the ages of FL
and 80 years, are asked to at
tend this organization meeting.
The preliminary organization
was to have been held Monday of
this week, O'Gara announced, but
because of the blizzard it was
postponed.
It's to the advantage of draftees
to enlist in this home defense
force, he said. A draftee, who has
seen service with this group, when
called for regular service may help
himself to become eligible for Of
ficers training school or receive
appointment as a non-commission-
ed officer.
Enlistment period is for three
years, he said. But men who have
had prior service in the World
War, or who have served a three
year enlistment with the National
Guard, may enlist in the Minnesota
Home Defense for one year.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Community Gets
Back To Normal
Trains Back on Schedule,
Deer Hunters Set For
North Woods Invasion

This city was shifting back to
almost normal gear by Wednesday
with train services on both lines
through the city resuming, schools
about to reopen, milk deliveries
getting back on schedule, and sun
shaven duck hunters filtering back
off the farms making the place elig-
IDLE for the Paul Bunyan bid.
Northern Pacific agent, v. j.
Sartell, announced Wednesday
morning that service was expected
to break through that afternoon
Continued on Page 5, Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Junior Glass Play Will Be
Presented Tomorrow Night
PROCLAMATION

In conformity with the pro-
carnations issued by President
Roosevelt and Governor Stas-
sen, urge that the residents of
Sank Centre appropriately OBJ
serve the time-honored event Of
Thanksgiving on Thursday, Nov
ember 21st.
AS Thanksgiving Day is one
of that group Of holidays select
ed by the businessmen through
their Community Club for clos
ing the stores and pausing from
business and work, I urge that
the day be observed in that way.
AS in the past, I hope that all
stores will be closed.
During this period, we as
Americans have much to be
thankful for, and with that
thought in mind, 1t is obvious
that we should pause from our
duties for a day Of thanksgiving.
Signed:
s. G. Schwarzbauer, Mayor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
"Big Hearted Herbert"
At New III. s.
Auditorium
THIRTEEN IN CAST
Three Act Comedy
Offered For People
OF Community

With its thirteen members OF the
cast and more than twenty others
on functioning committees for the
production, big Hearted Herbert"
the Junior Class Of the Sank Cen
tire high school was holding to the
old theatrical tradition, 1.-THE show
must go on"
The play, directed by Miss Mar
jorie Swanson, will be given tomor-
row evening, Friday, at 8 p. m. In
the senior high school auditorium.
Minus some important last
week rehearsaIs when the snow
storm marooned Miss Swanson
for a day in Alexandra, the
cast was going ahead with It's
last minute rehearsals cram
ming In full time to get the
play In final shape.
e. w. Olson, superintendent, said
Tuesday, before schools reopened
after the storm, that there is no
intention Of postponing the play.
It will proceed as planned.
Ticket admissions this year for
adults were set at thirty cents, in
Guiding a Scent Federal amuse-
ment tax that Is levied perhaps
for the first time on school func-
lions. Those school functions for
the direct benefit Of a particular
group Of students are not exempt
ed from the tax, It has been ex-
planned to the school in a recent
ruling.
The play big Hearted Herbert"
Is a comedy Of family life. It re-
wolves about the story Of Herbert
Kalness, self made business man,
who has his own ideas Of how his
family should live. When the fam
lily embraces his teaching of plain
traditions literally and Mrs. Kali
ness appears at dinner in kitchen
dress, even Herbert Is distressed.
Solution Of the problems In the
Kalness household gives a plot with
plenty of comedy.
Behind the members of the cast
is a corps Of some twenty-odd Jun
Tors handling stage sets, business
of posting the city, selling tickets,
assembling properties, working as
prompters. All Of them Miss Swan
son has pointed out are essential
to the production Of any play and
their taking Of the responsibility
in these jobs is quite as import
ant as the out front job Of acting.
Included in the cast are: Bud
Veeder as Herbert Kalness; Odie
Fish as Robert Kalness; Stella Bes-
te as Elizabeth Kalness; Bob Rattle
as Herbert Kalness, Jr.; Louise
Halverson as Alice Kalness; Au-
drey McKersie as Martha; Gordon
Hedin as Andrew Goodrich; Mil
dred Adrian as Amy Lawrence;
John Cotton as Jim Lawrence; Dick
O'Gara as Mr.. Goodrich; Mary
Margaret Prasch as Mrs. Good
rich; Chick Otto as Mr.. Ravens;
Marjorie Carlson as Mrs. Ravens
There are no reserved seats for
the play, but student committees of
the class are conducting an ad-
vance ticket sale.
Others engaged in committee
work are: stage managers, Robert
Hansmann and Harry Schmidt, Jr.;
business committee, Christine Kot-
erba, chairman, with Ruth Lux
Constance Stelzig, Margery Wernig,
Priscilla Smith, Leona Lais, Ruth
Continued on Page 8. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-11-14
Large Sunfish
and Crappies
in Lake
Black Bass And
Great Northerns Also
Added In Planting

Sank Lake has been rated as the
third best all around fishing lake
in the state-and there is a reason.
There are men in the community
who have taken an interest in re-
stocking the lake, and their efforts
have shown great results in the
past few years.
Among the men who have made
application for various fry, finger
lings and partly grown fish, is Geo.
l.. Simmer. Mr.. Simmer conceived
the idea that Sank Lake needed
more Great Northern pike, and he
Immediately applied for finger
lings. He got them, and for sew
eral years he has carried on that
project.
Again this year, he made appli-
cation for various kinds OF fish
and the results were more than
pleasing. Large sunfish, large crap
pies, bass four inches long and
lingering Great Northerns were
placed in the lake during the past
three weeks.
Mr.. Simmer reported that 5000
large sunfish and 5000 large crap
pies were planted recently. These
were obtained from another lake,
which was going dry and which
was seined by the Conservation
department. Then he also received
5000 four inch black bass and 1000
finggerling Great Northerns.
Restocking with fish of the
above mentioned sizes is profitable
because they are large enough to
withstand the laws Of the survival
of the fittest, and although the
numbers do not seem large for
the chance for survival among
these paintings Is greater than a
planting of 100000 fry.