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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
JEAN JEWELL WAS
CONTEST WINNER
Junior High Students Drew
Characters From "Pinocchio,"
Said Miss KlObe

Jean Jewell was awarded first in
a group of ten winners and thirty
one entries from the Junior high
school art classes with his draw
ing of a character from the screen
play, "Pinocchio," it was announc-
ed by art instructor, Miss Bernice
Kobe. The contest, open only to
Junior high students, was sponsor
ed by Floyd Fetherhuff, manager
Of the Oxford Theatre, in connec-
ton with his showing of the pic
ture.
Prize winning drawings are ex-
hibited this week in Coffee Shop
and Corner Drug store windows.
Judges for the event were Miss
Clifford Everhart, Miss Nellie Rob
ertson and Mr.. Fetherhuff.
a Other winners in the project
were: End. Marceline Dickhaus:
3rd, Jim Johnson; 4th, Marilyn
Cordell; 9Th, Pat Stanley; 9Th, Au-
drey Brecken; 7th, Boniface Weis-
ser; 9Th, Harold Korf; 9th, Frank
lin Koterba; and 10th, Joy Schlot-
felt.
Prizes were: first two weeks
pass to the theatre, second 10 day
pass, third one week pass, fourth
five day pass, and fifth through
tenth two passes each.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

phases of communication, featured
scenes Of important countries in a
talking movie.
Another feature showed views of
New York's telephone network and
central offices. There was a pic
ture Of the hurricane which struck
the New England states, which
showed the tremendous damage
suffered by communication systems.
Linemen and telephone workers
from twelve states were engaged in
the huge task Of repairing and re-
building the lines so that commun-
ication with the rest Of the world
could be continued.
Sleet storms cause most serious
damage and greatest loss to tele-
phone systems, and to impress up
on the firemen the extent of that
damage picture of the sleet storm
in the Duluth area of a few years
ago was shown. Damage suffered
in that storm was tremendous, and
workers were at a disadvantage as
they were forced to do repair work
in deep, ice covered snow.
An interesting picture was that
which death with telephone habits,
and it clearly demonstrated that
there are two ways to use a tele-
phone. There is a good way and
a bad way, the latter most harmful
in business circles where courtesy
and cheerfulness are so necessary.
These pictures were very interest
ing and educational to those who
had the privilege of seeing them.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
Student Groups To
Attend Music Festival
Will Participate In Event
OF District 22 At
Glenwood April "a

Sank Centre schools music
groups, of more than one hundred
instrumentalists and vocalists, will
participate April q, at Glenwood
in the annual district % music
festival, it was announced this
week.
A mixed chorus of seventy voices
will be under the direction Of Miss
Lillian Krogh representing the loo
al school. Ed J. Kitzberger will
direct the forty-seven piece orch
estra on its numbers selected for
the festival.
In the evening massed groups Of
the schools in the district will be
assembled for chorus, band and
orchestra work. Combined groups
playing selected numbers will be a
highlight of the entertainment. The
festival is entirely non-competitive.
But critics are called in for help
full criticism for each performing
group.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
DONKEY BALL IS
SCHOOL BOOKING
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Opposing captains on the lineups
arranged Wednesday are George
Minette for the faculty and bust
nessmen's team, and Dave Hooper
for the farmers. The farmers have
together two factions on their
team. with A. N. Cordell, Pat Ken
ma, Tim Graham, Ed and Tim AL
len designated as the Irish; and
Abe Miller, Frank Peschek, Jack
Mathiesen Fred Botz, Walter
Hummer, and Harry Hooper as the
Rough Riders. Both will merge in
their donkey battle against THE
combined forces of school faculty
and businessmen.
On the RIGHTEOUSNESS team
are: Pat Dubois. Jerry Shively,
Lloyd Blycker, Rol Bentley, Har-
old Keldahl, Ray Schwartz, Don
Clough, Harold Rasmussen, Ed
Kitzberger. Admissions are 10, Is,
and IS cents.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

chased property and proposed the
erection Of a new building with a
frontage Of 46x166 feet; to be Of
brick and stone and modern
throughout.
April Is, 1920
At the reorganization meeting
Tuesday evening, John A. Brown
was elected as president Of the
council
George D. Wing and Dewey
O'Gara have been commissioned as
Second Lieutenants in the Machine
Gun company of Sank Centre.
They have taken the places made
vacant by the resignation of
Leutenants H. T. Austin and d.
Hanson.
Frank E. Bunker, of Brainerd,
has accepted position as clerk in
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
TRACK SEASON
UNDERWAY MONDAY
Squad of Ten Men
Reported For Training To
Coach Ray Schwartz

Tracks short season got under
way Monday evening with a few
jogging exercises, and squad of
ten men that reported to Coach
Ray Schwartz.
They'll have to hit a stride early
this season with bad weather de-
laying rehearsals, because the dis
trict track meet May 18th at Alex
andria Is the finale. And before
that on the 4th the boys will COM
pete in the West Central Confer
ence event at Montevideo.
Aside from those two meets none
other are scheduled for local track
sters. Team this year, district title
defender, is a new squad, with most
of last years team graduating. Ray
Berggreen and Carl Hildebrand are
only returning trackmen. Others
in the squad reporting Monday in
Guided: Jim Arneson, Bud Veeder,
Gordon Hedin, Bob Rattle, Paul
Kuefler, Stan Nelson, John Green,
and Hardin. No selections have
been made for teams or events as
yet.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
LOOKING BACK
THROUGH TIME
Excerpts From the Herald of
Thursday, April Sis, 1920
Items of Twenty Years Ago.

Adam Ingram was elected hs
mayor of Sank Centre without OPP
position. J. A. Brown. F. w. Perry
and James Coyle were elected as
aldermen.
George O'Gara was up for APP
pointment as a member Of the
Water, Light & Power Commission
a petition being circulated for him
the past week. L. w. Gingery, past
member, declined to longer serve
on the commission.
Sank Centre Lodge No. "a, LOO.
F., Is to have one of the finest
buildings in Minnesota outside Of
the cities. The lodge has pur-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
EVAN WRUCK
WRITES FROM ALASKA

It is pleasant to hear from
friends in distant communities and
countries, and among the most
pleasant received of late, Is a let
ter from Evan Wruck, former Sank
Centre boy, who is now in Juneau,
Alaska. Evan is making good as a
"sourdough" in Uncle Sans north
ernmost possession, and he has
found that country to his liking.
Incidentally, the Herald received a
copy of The Daily Alaska Empire,
published at Juneau, and we find
that northern land most intriguing.
The paper received was the 1910
Progress and Development edition,
a fine paper, Interestingly made-up
and with contents so interesting
that it would be hard to pass them
up. The letter from Evan read as
follows:
Maybe you think it doesn't seem
pretty swell to read all the home
town news every week! Well, it
surely does! If it wasn't for The
Herald keeping me posted on all
the rapid changes that are con-
stantly being made in Sank Centre,
I guess I'd feel almost like a stran-
ger whenever 7 came back to
Main Street.
Incidentally, did you know that
Sank Centres Main Street is quite
well known even way up here In
Alaska? Every so often I meet
people that express their surprise
and interest when they learn that
I am from Sank Centre.
And another thing - hope
Chuck never forgets to write his
'Common-Tater' column each week
think it's great. Sometimes
even read it before I finish read
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
GOV. STASSEN CHOSEN
AS COP KEYNOTER
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too. And finds, he says, that of
IS district delegate candidates most
likely to be chosen, 16 are friendly
to Vandenberg, and at least two
of the four most likely to be chosen
delegates-at-large are for the sena-
tor"
Then Bill threw down this chal-
lenge to managers for Dewey, Taft
ct al:
Therefore, other candidates have
little if any hope of securing Min
nesota delegates"
This obviously was Parker's an
swer to Dewey Manager J. D. Holt
hermann, reported in the Sunday
Star Journal as saying his survey
of the state showed sentiment for
the New York prosecutor sweeping
the state.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
NEWS
Reviews of Features
At Both Theatres
MAIN STREET THEATRE

MAIN Sl1tEEI THEATRE
TOO Many Husbands" can prove
somewhat troublesome, and Jean
Arthur discovers that fact in the
Main Street Theatres forthcoming
Columbia comedy, which shows
Sunday and Monday with Fred
MacMurray and Melvyn Douglas
also starred. Based upon a w.
Somerset Vaughan stage success,
the mapcap new production has
been hailed as an hilariously witty
melee of men, marriage and morals.
Briefly, the story of"Too Many
Husbands" is founded upon three
logical items: Jean is married to
reckless Fred, who is reported dead
at sea. Jean marries the more
stable Melvyn, Fred's best friend.
Fred returns home.
And from those original PROPOSE
tons producer director Wesley
Ruggles is said to have developed
one of the most original, one of the
most uproarious screen comedies of
this or any other season.
In the cast of TOO Many Hus-
bands" in addition to its popular
stars, are such well-known char
acter players as Harry Davenport,
Dorothy Peterson, Melville Cooper
and Tom Dugan. Claude Binyon
penned the screenplay.
OXFORD THEATRE
Walt Disney's "Pinocchio" hailed
as new triumph at Oxford Theatre
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday,
April 21-22-23.
It does not take long for the
buzz-buzz Of appreciation of a new
Walt Disney picture to get around
town, and already "Pinocchio" is
holding first place as topic of
conversation.
improvements in color, technique
and mechanics that seem incredible
have been developed at the Disney
studios in the two years since the
first Technicolor full-length ami
mated picture, Snow White and
the Seven Dwarfs," was completed.
Animation, color, perspective have
developed what might almost be
called an art more real than life.
The characters, though only a few
of them are human beings, seem to
be more real than life itself.
This Walt Disney feature is bas-
ed on the old story of "Pinocchio.'
written seventy years ago by c.
Collodi and long fayorite with
children and adults. Collodi, in
turn, based his story on the Pin
occhio puppet show that had been
popular for centuries in Europe.
Six musical numbers easy to
whistle and hard to forget are in
troduced in "Pinocchio." They are
the work of Ned Washington and
Leigh Harline. RKO Radio Pic
lures is releasing "Pinocchio."
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
LATEST ICE BREAK
in TEN YEARS?
CONTINUED from Page One

servers, Is between the 10th and the
18th. For the upper lake the av-
erage date is around the 18th or
18th. Once several years ago the
upper body went out on April 7th.
Delayed when winter failed to
crack down early, the ice sheet
finally settled to a depth Of 26 inch
es-two over a year ago. But I'M
til late in December three attempts
at freezing over were broken by
high winds and continued high
temperatures. The years ice crop
was good quality, ice men reported
According to some who can re-
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
Miss Janette Veeder
Buried Saturday
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Norman Gilbert, of New York City
Miss Veeder had many warm
friends in this city, who remember
her as a friendly and courteous
young lady.
Mrs. Caroline s. Lambrecht
Mrs. Edward A. Lambrecht, resi-
dent Of the Grey Eagle commun-
ity, passed away April 18th, at her
home three miles north Of Grey
Eagle in Burnham Township. Mrs.
Lambrecht, a former resident of
Sank Centre, had been i'll for a
year.
Mrs. Caroline Lambrecht was
born December 6, 1887, in Olmsted
County, Minnesota, and her age at
death was So years, four months
and seven days. She is survived
by her husband, two sons and a
daughter.
Funeral services were held at the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
COMMUNITY CLUB
MEETING APRIL rs

A regular meeting Of the Sank
Centre Community Club will be
held Thursday evening, April
25th, at eight o'clock, in the club
rooms. This will be an import
ant meeting for all business men
Of the city, and they are urgent
ly requested to be present.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

family home at 1870 Monday after
noon and Zion Lutheran Church,
in Sank Centre, at 2:30 o'clock. Rev.
J. F. Schumacher conducted the
last rites and burial was made in
Greenwood. The pallbearers were
neighbors Of the Grey Eagle COM
munity.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

the Sank Centre postoffice. Mr..
Bunker has served In the local
office before. He assumed his new
duties last Thursday.
On Wednesday morning Of last
week at eight o'clock occurred the
marriage Of DIR. Carl H. Minette
and Miss Emma Nelson. The cere-
mony was performed in the Cath
Ollie Church at Cutbank, Montana.
Joseph Vogel, 23-year-old Sank
Centre youth was sentenced to a
term in the st. Cloud reformatory
not to exceed three years after
pleading guilty to charge Of
second degree grand larceny before
Judge Byron Wilson in district
court Saturday morning.-St. Cloud
Times.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

member that far back, the spring
of 81 is recorded as the earliest
ice break. 1t came that year in
March. In 1882 the ice got thick
est at A inches.
The record, taken from H. F.
Bastien's report, for the lower lake
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
Library Shows Fine
Gain In Circulation
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ed in the juvenile group.
Included in the total figure Is
circulation to "a rural schools I'M
der the rural program.
Odd tallies in the report includ-
ed: two nonresident borrowers in
the registered file; subscription to
SO current magazines and four
newspapers; inter-library loan of
300 volumes; an average of five ref
erence questions answered daily.
Beside circulation records the
library this year listed tangible i'm
provements and advances in it's
program work. 1939-40 saw the his
torical picture exhibit with it's re-
sultant painting donated by Henry
Capser of the early stockade, the
miniature Of Capser's store on its
18th anniversary, mention in the
Minnesota Historical Society mag
azine: four additions to the foreign
doll collection; new furniture for
the reading rooms with six new
tables and "a chairs; greater use
Of collections such as the Guate-
mala items of Miss Mary How and
the Chinese display from Cliff DOM
ke's collection. Hobby lobby was
an innovation of the year for local
talent, and art displays Of Bob
Dowswell and Sim Wiener were
among other projects. Addition too
were the autographed volumes
from Sank Centres author James
Hendryx.
These top circulation figures
are the result of a five-year
long pull i'm which circulation
has steamed steadily upward.
Circulation in the past five
years has more than trebled.
The steady rise first broke So
900 mark in 1897. Circulation
figures for 1888 were 37,O41; for
1896 10000; for 1885, 20,5O0.
no hr,IofA1 nNy,o ,.i.ar rarorf ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18

ing the main news items on the
front page"
Sincerely,
Evan f. Wruck.
Box 1851, Juneau, Alaska.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-18
TELEPHONE MOVIES
SHOWN BEFORE GROUP

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
Three Tn Three Days

Three auto fatalities in and around Waterbury involving Waterbury residents in three days comes near if not an all- time high for deaths resulting from auto mobile accidents in such short limited period of time. Coming at time when the police and safety officials are con- centrated upon one of the most intensive safety campaigns in the history of the city it seems almost like an irony of fate working against the efforts of those who are devoting their time to educate the public to avoid and try to improve upon such accidents that have recently tran spired in the last three days.
 sIn all three accidents which have taken place the last few days both speed and defective cars as well as disregard for the state motor vehicle laws of Connecticut have been contributory part to main reasons for the accidents Each and every one of these causes have been time and time again stressed by motor vehicle and police officials in their con- stant warnings to the driving public. Yet the accidents continue to mount up, which leads one to conclude that sooner or later more than warnings alone will be necessary to curb this awtui undue waste of life on our streets and public highways.
 Furthermore irrespective of safety drives, warnings, inspections and what s)ever means is taken to educate the pub lie against automobile hazards the day is soon coming when our automobile man. ufacturers will have to take the matter into their own hands by producing cars that can travel only at limited speed say 40 miles per hour. Some will say SO and if you grant that it will soon again be 60. No, less speed and plenty less is the only answer to this awful story of carnage, not only here, but through out the country every year. The tlgure represents annually actually more deaths than all the Americans killed in the last war. When is it going to end? Only with less speed. ~-
 In the last analysis why the need for the speed with which motorists fit from place to place today? In most instances when they get there they have nowhere to 20. which leads one to believe the aver age driver is just out for speed and It's accompanying sensations Is the coun- try's business any better off for the speed of high powered trucks on our highways? The answer is in our grow ing lists of unemployed. Or why does motorist pleasure bent on trip to Flor ida or across the continent have to make the trip in a comparative few days? Ii he has not the time to make it leisurely and incidently safely, he should stay at home. No person can drive twelve or fif- teen hours consecutively at sixty, seventy, and even eighty, miles, an hour two or three days without becoming a mental hazard on the. highway. Cut down the speed of all cars, it may take more time to get places, but it will be infinitely safer
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
Opera Turns to the People

It was proven long ago that the opera is not merely dowager's monopoly = a sort of esthetic fashion show. The commonest of common men enjoys this venerable form of musical entertainment quite as much as the jewel-sprinkled social empress of Newport. The Metro politan Opera Association of New York scanned it's books recently and discovered that it's famous old opera house might have to close shop unless the humber lovers of music were willing to come for ward with some folding money, - about $1,OOO,OOO.
 The old endowment system among wealthy patrons was cracking up. The Little Man all over the country was quick to dig into his pocket. Donations are be- ing received in abundance, and an early prediction is that the Met has been saved. For the first time in history, the simple opera-lover will own share in the Met!
 The phenomenal success of outdoor opera projects, notably in St. Louis, estab lished long ago that opera was not talk ing fatal beating by the more ribald forms of modern musical entertainment. Genuine opera fans are still numbered in the millions, and it is good to feel re- assured that prima donnas are not soon destined to become museum pieces
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06

way at one point to allow an old and beautiful oak tree to be spared. Well, the noble old oak bit the dust the other day. Rot set in and highway workers chopped down the tree. It's no more.
 Some of the pictures that were taken of the tree and the roadway at the point, where it overhung the roadside, made it appear as if the motorist had to drive around the tree, they were that out of focus and distorted when reproduced in black and white by the press. AS mat ter of strict fact and from an impartial viewpoint, attained by frequent passage along the Merritt Parkway, the bend in the roadway produced by tree remaining where it was growing was so slight as not to be noticeable unless you were looking for it.
 The fact that the first fatality on the Parkway occurred at the tree was merely coincidence, not due to the structure of the roadway nor it's abutting roadside de- velopment. Some day no one will ever re- member there was tree at the spot un- less highway department officials accept the offer of the owner of the adjacent property who has already announced she will replace the oak with another tree If so desired.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06
A Great American Anniversary

This week all America is celebrating the 3Oth anniversary of the establish ment of the Boy Scout Movement in Am erica. The movement has it's enthusiastic supporters everywhere. Indeed in it's three decades nearly 9,00O,C00 Americans have been Scouts, Cubs and leaders. To- day there are over 1,330,00O boys and men actively enrolled.
 Now as never before, American adults are giving their time, energies and finan- cial support to time-tested boys and girls organizations that help mold their chil- dren into types of citizens that will guar antee the continued existence of the United States along the pattern set by the nations founders who gave America it's democratic form of government and it's precious heritage, the Constitution and it's Bill of Rights.
 Supplementing existing organizations such as the home, church and school, the Boy Scouts of America engages boys leisure-time energies in outdoor life and activities of cultural and practical values which lead boys to become dependable men.
 Every President of the United States since William Howard Taft has been an enthusiastic supporter of scouting and every American who knows anything about scouting's beneficial program ac- knowledges it as worthy of continued con- fidence and trust.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1940-02-06

February is more or less a patriotic month. Twice we display the American flag, and twice the school children and the teachers and many others enjoy a holiday. There is a way to salute the flag and way to fly the flag, and if you are not acquainted with flag etiquette it is best to refrain from the practice of flying or saluting, There is the proper salute for women, and the proper salute for Boy Scout or man in uniform. Then there is the etiquette of the bareheaded man who stands at attention with both hands at his sides. Your flag when hung must have the field of stars in the proper posi- tion, and when flag is raised on pole, it must be first raised to the top then at half or whole mast as the case may be. If you are about when flag is being raised it is the proper thing to stand at atten-. tion. Sunrise to sunset is the allotted time for flag to remain floating So it goes. Flag etiquette has generous ob- servance during the present month.