The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-12-26

ed into this community on q 60
mile gale brought the wors
storm in many years to the com
munity.
Stearns County Selective Servic,
boards have been ordered to sent
missionaries and classify 20 pc
cent of registrants by January Is
J In spite of high winds that pilet
up waves, Sank Lakes annua
freezeup came November II IL
one Of the strangest closings IL
years.
Private funeral services will b,
held this morning, Thursday, fol
Thomas Root Conklin, 19-year
old son Of Mr.. and Mrs. v. T
Conklin, who died in Fargo Sun
day.
5000 sunfish, 5000 crappies, 500 4
inch bass, and 1000 lingering
Great Northerns were put into
Sank Lake this week by George
Simmer.
Schools reopened today, traffic as
sumed somewhat normal proper
lions, the city was shoveling it.
self out of huge drifts piled uI
by the storm.
Sank Centre Volunteer Fire De
partment, set for storm emer
gency, staid all night at the fire
hall Monday while the storm
howled without.
Jonas Didier, 70, resident Of West
Union township, died Saturday
morning, November End.
Week of November 81
Enlistments Tuesday for service
Company C of the Minnesota
Home Defense, had risen to q
men, Captain Dewey OGara an.
nounced.
Deer hunters filtered back into the
city and found game plentiful
but hunting conditions in the
snow difficult.
Brothers John, 20, and Charles
Garrison, Is, of Gushing, were
found dead in the snow along
highway % Friday. They perish
ed in the Armistice Day blizzard
Construction on the $26,785 addi-
ton to Sank Centres Armory is
scheduled for December Bird, Cap
tain Carl Fischer announced.
DR.. w. Johnson was appointed as
deputy coroner here, replacing
DR.. A. F. Moynihan, who has
served since 1920 when he return
ed from France.
Mrs. Will Botz and Mrs. Jos. Botz
of this city, were injured in an
auto accident Monday near Avon
They were taken to the Melrose
hospital.
Charles M. Crandall, father of Fred
Crandall, of this city, died at his
home in st. Paul at the age OF
IS years on Sunday.
Theodore Trutna, Sank Centre high
school tackle, was named to the
first team in All-Conference Sc
lection of the West Central group
Sank Centre Herald announced
sponsorship Of a nationwide es-
say contest conducted by Auxili-
airy of the Veterans Of Foreign
Wars.
Week of November Is
Fifty officers of the commands OF
10 batteries in the 217 regiment
CA-AA conferred in this city Sat.
urday and Sunday.
G.. L. Ingram, former Sank Centre
resident, was called one Of thu
toughest instructors in the flying
game by Toronto, Canada pap
err. Ingram is flight instructor
in Canada's war training fol
pilots.
Andrew Nelson was elected presi
dent of the Stearns County Fail
and dates for 1871 were set fol
August IA to IT, at the annua
meeting Friday.
Crew went to work this week from
the engineering department Of
the State drainage and water
ways, to survey Sank River pre-
paratory for it's Strengthening anG
erection of fish rearing pond.
Jack Mathiesen brought back the
deer tale of the week when HI
reported getting his deer before
he even reached camp.
City Council purchased Ros:
snow pillow this week at a cos
of $3.50.
DR.. w. Johnson, who contested thu
election of DR.. J. F. Dubois a.
director of the school board, los
his case in Minnesota Supreme
Court November 22nd.
103 Sank Centre students were list
ed on scholastic honor rolls thi!
week from Junior and Senior
high school classes.
Non-commissioned officers Of Regi
mental Headquarters Battery an
| xnor.anI n militia, ,r han 10 h,