The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-04-11


otherwise familiar unto contempt. . There were
always pictures forming and people of interest
passing by. And of course looking out the win
dow is not idle pastme; it's boon to concentration
In school I found that looking out the window
only heightened in interest 1t was welcome
escape from books. 1t had the dashingly daring
quality prompted by the fact that teacher would
soon discover me, and remove me conspicuously to
my seat. All that, I found, had the faculty for
heightening to the dramatic such otherwise mum
dane scenes dog fight, two old men arguing and
splitting on the sidewalk 1t has always been diff
ficut for education-or even busness-to compete
with looking out the window. The other day
CHANGED at school, the English teacher was reading
Gray's "Ellegy In Churchyard." But the OBJ
vous competition in the janitor washing the windows
too much for the class While that is not exact
ly looking out the window, it's easily that the
line of vision trained toward these port holes.
There was never too busy, a businessman, clerk
senographer shop boy who could not be attracted
from the most engrossing part of work to such a
light scene a man going down the street. his tou-
pee decked with the first straw hat of summer.
And when the scene outdoors is fire truck scamp
ering to a smudge, the pull to the window is not only
a thing magnetic it's downright compelling I've
such undramatic things the cry of child,
a rabbit dashing scared to death among the houses,
housewife calling her Willie summon to the win
dows the good people of entire block. Sashes
fly up and easements frame galaxy of faces.
OF course, there those things in which neghbors
don't participate obviously. But rely that in the
event of Juniors spanking, fathers arrival slight
ly unsteady, the fighting couple the way,
all have been SEEM {. Truly, the window is the
best of modern inventions, and it's incredible that
civilization was able to reach its crest with our
forebears having to have such impediments as win
dows of oiled paper skins. Obviously such
openings were for light only. AS complete window
they were busts S
I should say that the greatest boon to clerical
workers, outside of the glass window ITSELF is the
typewriter. I have found that, in the writing
stride, one gaze fondy out the window and work
as we'll. I wonder if the greater of translucent
glass brick for lighting purposes is not definite
step backward.
Bill Pollock, the signal maintenance with
the G NJ talking about the recent squalls and
sun spots that have disrupted communication. He
got reminscing about his early days in the power
and communications business. 1t when he
lust punk" he termed it. He had job
as lineman which position he could not at that
time fill completely. He amateur at climbing
with hooks. working the st.
Louis river, and poles about fifty feet tall
The foreman told Bill to shiny up. He did, pro-
ceeding carefully not looking downward the rocks
below. Just as he reached the cross arms put
his hands the braces, his hooks cut out. He
dangled there for a few minutes. He got out,
did his work. Then he tried to come down. I say
he tried because he was glued to the top of that
pole. They threw rocks at him in attempt to
loosen him from his fear of descending. Finally,
after an hour or more, that must have seemed an
eternity to him, Bill started down. He never had
trouble after that going But he says it's hap
pened to lot of fellows that couldn't do it again.
You either have it you don't. No knows
exactly why.
Sank River is roaring to it's crest, flooding its
banks. Chicks down the line is getting his feath-
ers wet.
Jack Costello MICS announcer has the
mercial spoutng the Horace Heidi POG program,
on Tuesday evenings. Jacks been flying around
the country to Chicago, Columbus, Cleveland Pitts
burgh, Washington, d. c., following the program
spots. Jack enjoyed the plane trips end,
clean and time saving. But what didn't he like
about it? That's right. Leaving wife Mary and
son Dennis Sean; and sometime the drinking water
not too hot. . . And brief correspondence from
my chum, Bob Vandesteeg, who at Chi is studenting
as senior at optometry college, is wild with glee
the fact he has been named among Is, junior
staff associate. That's the highest a student
get without acquiring the handle of doctor. He
sent too a dance program from the Trianon,
with lit about Lawrence Welks champagne music.
Welk is the lad who started out at Yankton in the
small time and smacked right into the weller of big
stuff. What I'll do with that dance program don't
know I haven't danced for so long that if my right
foot steps my left, it doesn't even say "ooooh
beg yer pahdon" :.
This town got the going over it's getting
from these two chaps here with Look magazine
They've covered everything and in weeks time.
They know what makes the old town tick. . 4. The
one without the camera, Walter Walker, who halls
from Texas, is an editor on the staff. He's out
this assignment because it's "his baby" He wanted
to see 1t through. It'll be six weeks probably
before the mag hits the stands with the Sank Centre
portrait.