The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-12-19

Clever are some Of the Christmas decorations
that have sprung about the town. Atop the tall
structure of the Farmers Elevator is winking star,
visible we are told nearly far Melrose and
Osakis down the highways It's a Christmas
beacon. They tell us it is seven feet across from
point to point. Their biggest worry is that bulbs
will burn out.
1t would be worth your trouble to the evil
dences of Christmas spirit at the school, In nearly
every room, peeking out of nearly every window,
the student-arranged wisps of Christmas greet
ngs Much of it is supervised by the art depart
ment under Miss Bernice Kobe Looking out at
Main Street from the windows is the real Christmas
message with the Wise Men, the star of Bethlehem,
the message Good Will Toward Men," All rooms
1t would be worth your while to brouse through
them There's only a day or two left. I'm sure
they wouldn't mind your visit at the school. -.
They say there is an epidemic at Little Sank.
It's catching any disease but it's newt
able outcome is much more pleasant. The boys
wearing more boards than appeared in the u s.
Army list Of generals during the Civil War.
Bernice Cary home &c instructor at the school,
the only lass in the city registered for Uncle Sam
the boys from q to IS. Under national
defenses all home economics instructors were reg
istered.
Two scrapbooks in the city form unique pat
tern of the life of the community. The books
specialize entirely in clippings from the Sank Centre
Herald. The late F. M. Connolly started it and
his filings go way back to 1880 in the years when
the town growing like boy in his first long
pants. Then in 1926 at his death the volume
ceased But carrying on in a different one is
Mrs Bill Stadtherr Her scraps of life of the COM
munity begin in 1926 and still chronicle.
Frank Schlichte who has been policing both day
and night beats in this town for years. was talking
to of the fellows the other day. He was
kidding them about some of the scrapes they got
into Then he ended up with, you know policing
isn't the fun it used to be-"
There are lot of the boys who having bit
of trouble with rats. They haven't laid their
finger the breeding places, but it might be good
for everyone to watch garbage disposal Rats
be dangerous and bothersome pest They
have been known to enter homes and bite young
children causing dangerous infections.
My mother follows the pattern of housewifely
philosophy we have run across SO often. 1t was
Monday and wash day. The telephone rang, and the
grocery boy came and she trotted up and down
stairs she needed escalator Suddenly she
stopped and opined that-it was whale of lot
better than being in bombed house. By noon
though she wasn't quite so sure.
Block booking has long been thorn in the sides
of the small town moving picture exhibitor.
Briefly it compels him to buy not just the one pic
ture he wants, but entire block of AZ pictures.
He buys them, like you used to trade horses, sight
and unseen Obvious result is he got lot OF
stuff he didn't want. In fact he gets and pays for
lot of pictures he disdains to foist onto the
theatre going public. Now they have legislation
that cuts the block to five pictures and provides
advance showing. But the horse didn't change
much we're told. The small exhibitor must buy
the first block Of five to be eligible for the second
He must the advance showing when the dis
trbutor says it will be held. They say that such
block booking has given rise to the double feature
The poor pictures have been grouped on two for
offering. There are those exhibitors who are
guessing that one Of the reasons Jimmy Roosevelt
went to Holywood-besides his slot machine picture
nrOd because of this block DOCKING
But they refuse either that he went to correct
it, or that he had any thing to do with the new
Federal legislation.
There's new way to say. It's just merry
Christmas" no matter what the words are It's
our wish to each of you.