The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1940-10-31
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi

ways from Sunday. . Obviously that is an internal
bore to us. . We have tried various ways to bring
variety into the thing with only mildly temporar,
| success. We could-and 1t has been suggested
| try writing standing up just for the change in
| atmosphere afforded by the greater height.
Please be assured that many occasions when we
| ting down on the job i. We have found too that
every time tried standing up to work, someone
took the chair Possession being nine points of the
law as it were. i. :. Which shows you what devil
of fix this country is really in. We blame it on
to the American Youth Congress.
Where we really were when started out was
something comparatively simple. The other day
Dave Hooper stepped outside the office door, dashed
madly back in and said "You got something to
write about" We suspected a runaway; some
one run over and various other gruesome details
that newspapers write about. What he showed
on the 23rd of October-was tomato pants
It's growing right out of the window guard here on
the south side of the Herald office. Apparently
it sprung from seed is protected from the weather.
The plant has grown to height of nearly two feet
Along the same line, Mrs. Harold Gray was
showing two lovely roses picked October %.
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Smoke over the town-the city's filmy, neglgee.
The elms know it's OCTOBER the oaks, hanging
to their leaves if the foliage were the last they
wear won't admit it. giant poplar its leaves
that yellow you suspect might turn to brown any
minute, caught in the morning sun like golden
ball. . A fall sky changeable woman buy
ing a hat. Blue a baby ribbon one minute;
trees penciled against low-hung gray the next
Kids playing the postoffice lot-latest job
for the sidewalk supts And they're Sinking It, .
Politics making hunting talk-even to hunters-as
second rate the fellow who loses the election will
be.
Oscar Konne with bundle of flakes.
Harley Forsyth, of the Morris telco, and Lloyd
Blycker having birthdays the same date. Happy
ones trust. Fred Lux for Is years in the
cigar making business, it's trade union
president . . Item generally overlooked in the rush
of things is the fact that Frank Bunker retired as
president of the Minnesota Federation of Postoice
Clerks last August-after four terms. Chewing
the name Of that organization over every now and
then would discourage men of less forttude to give
up after one year.
We thinking the other day of the sartorial
elegance felt the first time we put on long pants
:. The exacting task it was for both filter and
the fitted. He trying to measure me while did
all but stand head trying to find exactly how
long they came. Because of 1t I fear I was
nearly deformed. Trying to keep my eye on the
back Of my heel nearly cavorated spine out of its
intended course. But 1t was fun; real exhilira-
ton that pinned badge on me and said: You are
getting to be man. misconstrued it to mean that
I was already man. But learned. Now even
the tiniest emerge in long pants. They graduate
from diapers into them. Imagine missing the
thrill of those first longies.
Digging up a new hobby can do strange things
for fellow. We've seen it work where 1t even
kept husband home many of his non-working
hours. For Val Schoenhoff it has done this.
eight weeks than any similar period in his life.
From what origin the idea sprang he didn't
say, but it is sufficient to know that Val is collect
ing mechanical pencils Not just any kind; they
must represent some firm, carry advertising.
1t is like collecting match folders-only harder.
Val is much thrilled with the new venture. He
each day hither and yon to dozens Of firms. In
most cases, in the event they have used that type
advertising, they comply. Sometimes he never hears
from them at all But in the span of a few weeks
he's forty Of he
qurk in the of these mediums is evident, he
pointed out Firms advertise their product by actual
y filling the barrel of the pencil with the goods they
represent. For this reason he has some filled with
mineral oil, salt, flour seed to mention few.
Obviously the hobby will perpetuate itself. With the
pencils he can sit down and write more letters for
which he gets more pencils to write more letters
forever mind.
Fred Unger might have been a lawyer. =. In
fact he had already started the study, thinking
of going to finish at Harvard. Then he switched
to the furniture line with his father where he's
stayed.
Orchids and a couple Of gardenias for Henry
Rydhom's work Of the summer in photographing a
number Of floral specimen. What his camera
saw he caught with real artistry. Then Peggy
Smith gave them real life quality with her careful
hand coloring. Henry says that for him the real
thrill was in doing the work Peggy on some Of
really are flawless Film company representatives
have called the reproductions good as the new
color process film itself.
In our youth corner-young Myron Johnson son
Of the M D., wrote q skit to be used at football
pepfest The skit called for four characters School
gives to kids today the chances they used to have
to make for themselves out in the old red barn.
Then there's young Stanley Lebowsky, son Of the
clothier. That Botz and CO. orchestra has life Is
in no small way Stanley's doing The way he goes
to town on the traps Is hottern the Chicago fire.
They say he can play anything except harmonica
a piano.
I don't know how many fathers can top this
but few any more proud Of it than Ferd Berg
mann. He has five sons and everyone Of them
waltzed up to register last week.
Shows you what hunting does. Bud soltau
works at Swft's. Bud Is also one Of those fellows
who will eat when it's not time to 60 hunting, but
not vice versa Early in the pheasant season,
Bud was doing some task at which 1t was easy to