The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-04-03

Wood, Missouri where they had
been employed as carpenters on
government camp construction.
The two were among $4,000 en-
ployees erecting a virtual city on
$4,000 acre camp site. Harry
said this week that about 80 per
cent of the workmen had been
laid off now because of material
shortage but the camp is nearing
completion. The two worked
there for nine weeks. Payroll for
the construction men ran to a
million dollars a week. Barracks
We're two story structures and the
whole site is laid out "just like a
city in blocks. With several
weeks work yet remaining on the
camp, the local men were not cer-
tain they would return. They are
awaiting developments.
Mrs. r. E. Powdrell and daugh-
ter, Cynthia, arrived Monday night
from New York City for a visit
!: with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
A. N. Forsberg. They expect to
remain for two or three weeks.
Mrs. H. M. Fligg, another daugh-
ter, arrived last week Friday from
San Francisco, Calf, to spend a
week or ten days at the parental
home. Miss Mathilda Forsberg, of
Minneapolis, will arrive Friday to
spend the Easter vacation visiting
with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. A.
N. Forsberg and family.
Among more than 200 students,
who are majoring in pharmacy in
the University of Minnesota's Col
lege of Pharamcy, is Richard Bush
ey, of Sauk Centre. One Of the
oldest pharmacy colleges in the
west, Minnesota now has the larg-
est enrolment in it's history, ac-
cording to Dean Charles H. Rogers.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Finseth and
son, Ronnie, of Lidgerwood, N. D.,
spent the past weekend visiting
with friends and relatives in this
city.
r. J. Malloy early this week pur-
chased the property and home of
Miss Victoria Meyer, located at the
corner of Birch and Eighth streets.
The deal was completed Monday.
Miss Meyer has rented the AL Sal
mond house, corner Third and
Pine Streets, formerly occupied by
the Ward Roberts family. Mr..
,Malloy, we understand, plans ex-
tensive improvements to his newly
acquired property.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. H. Barnette, af-
ter spending the winter months in
California, returned to open their
home in this city Monday noon.
They arrived here from Minneapol-
is where they had been since last
week Wednesday with their son,
Harry and his family. Accompany
ing them from California was Miss
Mildred Shaw, formerly of West
port and Sauk Centre, who will
leave Friday on the return trip
to her home in Los Angeles. Mrs.
Barnette told Of visiting Camp
Haan on Sunday where they saw
some of the Sauk Centre boys, and
ate in the mess hall on the invita-
ton Of mess sergeant John Du-
Bois. Commenting on the abnorm-
al rains California had this season,
Mrs. Barnette said Al inches fell
in the Montrose vicinity where they
lived. First crop of Strawberries
was almost totally lost because
gardeners couldn't pick them. Many
of the other commodities raised in
truck farming suffered similar
plight in the heavy rains.
Mr.. and Mrs. H. F. Bastien were
visitors Sunday in Little Falls at
the home Of the lady's parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Hector Chelling.
Mrs. H. w. Bishop returned to
her home here Monday after spend
ing since Friday in Clarissa at the
home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert
Lippert and family.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. H. Bernauer, of
Wadena, were visitors for short
time Monday with the ladys moth
er, Mrs. H. w. Bishop. They were
enroute on a business trip to st.
Cloud.
Mrs. Wilfred Wahl and family
and her mother, Mrs. A. Beseman,
of st. Cloud, were guests Sunday
in the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
G. Borgmann. Mrs. Beseman is
sister Of Mrs. Borgmann.
Jim Cooper, Jim Arneson, Jerome
Reinardy and Arthur Ecklund left
for Minneapolis last Friday where
they saw sessions of the Minnesota
state high school league basketball
tournament. They saw the finals
in which northern Minnesota's
Buhl toppled Red Wing 81 to 20.
Others from this city at that ex-
citing finale were Mrs. George
Berggreen and son, Dick, Freddie
Cooper, Miss Lucy Hunt and Jun
ior Schmidt.
DR.. r. e. Cooper spent Tuesday
evening in Long Prairie where he
attended a meeting of the Todd
county dental association. A din
ner and a speaker were features
of the meeting.
Mr.. and Mrs. Newell Barnard
and family, of Bertha, were visit
ors in this city Sunday in the home
Of Mrs. II. Fielding.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. r. Hedin left
this city Sunday for Rochester
where they visited their son, Rich
ard, convalescing after an opera
ton in st. Mary's hospital. Their
daughter, Helen, home for a week
on spring vacation, accompanied
them as far as Minneapolis to re-
sumo her studies at the University
OF Minnesota.