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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Q-Nhat things should I con
slider In selecting a neighbOrhOOd
In which TO build house:

4 Some Of The most important
factors you should consider arc
is tho ncighborhood appropriate
for your means? i II protected
against undesirable buildings OF
uses? Is It a section which is i'm.
proving or dctCrIoratinC in value
How convenient 10 stores, schools
churches and parks viii you be
Are transportation lines near al
hand?
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

J Warner Woon president Of the Detroit Realty
Association. address
Tuesday regular weekly meeting of the F. d. R.
Northeastern G. a Joseph
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
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prints and three sets of specifications of
this model at The Detroit Times House
Plan Department, main lobby, Times
Building, 1870 Cass avenue for SIS.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

The front room in this ideal Colonial
dwelling has an open stairway and fire.
place. There are three large bedrooms
upstairs. You can get four sets of blue
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Red Owl Store
Now Modernized
Work of Remodeling and
Redecorating Interior
Completed Wednesday Night

According to announcement In
the Herald last week, the Red Owl
Store was being completely remod-
eled, redecorated and streamlined.
Work was completed Wednesday
evening and the result is CHEEKY,
pleasant atmosphere and an up-to-
date merchandising mart.
In the enlarged salesroom all new
shelving, counters, gondolas and
display bins have been installed.
All equipment has been stained
and vanished in oak finish. There
is also a specially constructed fruit
and vegetable display rack, to keep
products in the best of condition.
Work was done under the super
vision Of the company's construc-
ton engineer, Walter Lindemann,
Of Park Rapids, who was assisted
by local workmen. Clayton Howe,
district supervisor for this terri
tory, supervised the opening and
remodeling arrangements. e. T..
Maltby, Of Minneapolis, general
superintendent for the company,
attended the opening, and express
ed his pleasure of the splendid
business and the new improvement.
Roy Griggs, manager Of the loo
al store, invited the public to in
spect the new store. Howard Skin
ner, Loren Potter and Fred LUX,
all local boys, are employed at the
store.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Live Potato Bug and
Cabbage Green and
Fresh Under Snowdrifts

Retreating snowbanks in the face
Of the advance of spring were un-
covering some strange phenomena
that looked like April Fool pranks.
But they weren't pranks of a
day in spring but dated back far
Their to Armistice Day, and their
discovery brought forth the truth
that a blanket of snow can be
quite as warm as the downy quilt
it looks like.
For this spring a growing
potato plant Eyes, complete
with a live parasitic potato
bug), and q forgotten cabbage,
green as a fresh head, were I'M
covered by the melting SHOWS.
The potato plant, about three
inches high, is now the pet of the
men working on the new sewer
project, and (honest) the live pota-
to beetle that sought refuge in its
leaves is their mascot, Stanley
Grindy, timekeeper on the job,
says. They're nursing the plant
along and it's quite alive and green
after nearly five months coverage
by a snowbank. 1T must have been
an orphan plant, for it was uncov-
cred a hundred feet or more from
a potato patch.
To get to the cabbage head, it
was a soft one left in the garden
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Dickinson
last fall. When the SHOWS left last
week, Mrs. Dickinson said she
found it "green and unfrozen." Had
it been a good solid head to begin
with, she doesn't doubt that 1t
would be edible after its five
months burial alive.
The strange winter explains these
quirks. Relatively little freezing
weather came before the blizzard
of November 18th and before the
plants and vegetables were frozen
they were covered with a protec.
tive blanket ofssnow.
In the meantime March went ou
lamb-like, but switch it around an!
way you like, March can't be de
lionized. Yes, it came in like {
lamb and retreated as quietly, bu
CONTINUED on Page 10. Col. ~
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Mrs.Wickland
Passed AWAY
March 31st
Burial Conducted
Wednesday Afternoon
In This City

Mrs. Andrew Wickland, we'll
known resident Of this city, passed
away Monday morning, March 31st,
at los o'clock. Her age at death
was sS years.
Mrs. Wickland, nee Annie Lind
quist, was born at Kristenstead,
Sweden, on June 6, 1852. She came
to America with her parents in
1873, and they located in Mime
apolis. On June 6, 1878, she was
united in marriage to Andrew
Wickland, and they continued to
make their home in Minneapolis.
After a number Of years of resi-
dence in Minneapolis, they moved
to farm near Sank Centre, and in
the year of 1915, they moved into
Sank Centre, where they have since
resided.
Six children were born to Mr..
and Mrs. Wickland, five Of whom
with the bereaved father survive.
The children are as follows: Rob-
ert, Of Sank Centre; Walter, of
Glencoe; Fred, Of Ortonville; Mrs,
J. A. Strom, Iottieo), Of Ipswich,
s. D., and Err, Of international
Falls. Also surviving are eight
grandchildren. One son, Harry,
passed away in 1917.
Funeral services were held from
the Norwegian Lutheran Church,
in this city, at two o'clock Wed
nesday afternoon. Rev. Carmen
Thronson, pastor Of the local con-
gregation, conducted the last rites
and interment was made in Green
wood cemetery. The pallbearers
were: Peter Erickson, Oscar Suk-
Ike, Ben Bosshardt, Carl Eckberg,
Albert Eckberg and Robert Plant
Mrs. Wickland was well-known
among the older residents and she
was respected and honored by all
who knew her. The family in their
bereavement have the consolation
Of a large number Of friends In
the community.
Members Of the family who
came to attend funeral services are
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Wickland and
family, Of Glencoe, Mr.. and Mrs
Ed Wickland and family, Of Inter
national Falls, Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Strom and family, of Ipswich
South Dakota, and Mr.. and Mrs
F. B. Wickland and family, of Or
tonville.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Groups Will Meet
Regularly At Com
munity Club Rooms

Sank Centres all-community sew
ing and knitting groups to aid in
relief in war-torn Europe and Asia
began its work this week and at a
meeting Monday Of the Sank Cen
ire Welfare Council, unit organiza-
ton of some eighteen church and
civic groups, sewing units will
meet regularly on three afternoons
each week at the Community Club
Rooms. Announcement was made
Wednesday by Mrs. v. J. Sartell,
general chairman.
While day to day chairmen, rep
resenting various groups of the
city have been set up on a daily
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Senior Glass Play
Vehicle Chosen
Tryouts For Cast
Conducted with
Volunteer Seniors

American Passport" by Dana
Thomas, a three act comedy defin-
itely in the flavor Of the day, is
the play chosen for the senior
class production to be staged in
the senior high school auditorium
early in May, it was announced
this week by director, Mrs. r. M
Harris.
Tryouts for a cast, including six
women and four men, are being
conducted this week from among
volunteering senior class members,
she said. And rehearsals will get
underway Immediately after the
spring vacation.
1.-THE play has been given in a
number Of schools with great sue
cess" Mrs. Harris said. TITS a
comedy with an emphasis on pat
riotism that is in good keeping
with the spirit Of the times"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Boys In Camp
Enjoy Health
Says Officer
Lieutenant Colonel
Scott States Rumors
Of Illness Untrue
BEAUTIFUL CAMP
Training Progresses
And Boys Take To It
Weather Better

In an editorial in the Herald
last week we called attention to
rumors and propaganda about
camp life, even illness and death,
which were unfounded. We warn
ed people to be sure they were tell
ing facts, as the rumors do nothing
more than to excite the parents of
boys in the service.
We have heard many reports,
wondered where they came from
and when they were checked we
found them untrue or greatly exag-
gerated. According to recent let
tiers received the local boys in SER
vice at Camp Ham, California, are
getting along nicely, and there Is
no serious illness in camp.
A recent letter to the editor from
Lieutenant Colonel Roy Scott ex-
plains in detail why boys are in
the hospital and that none of them
are seriously i'll. Home folks will
be advised when their boys are i'll,
or whenever any thing of serious
nature befalls them. We publish
the following letter from Scotty
and we sincerely hope this will
allay any fears that parents may
have and that it will stop ill-found-
ed rumors from spreading about
this city.
HEADQUARTERS, 217th CA (AA)
Camp Ham, California.
March 81, 1871.
Dear Ed:
would much appreciate hav-
ing you straighten out the ru-
mors heard about all these
boys in the hospital. I under
stand that there is a lot of
propaganda going around that
the boys out here are in bad
shape. That statement, or any
other similar to it, is certainly
not true.
We do not have a lot of boys
in the hospital at camp, but
Continued on Page 10, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
za~>sAAaA Plan
Rad BuiAAtse
Pao9nom@Heon
Getty Township Calls
Election To Vote
$4,000 Bonds
SPECIAL MEET
Sank Centre Town Will
Will Hold Special Meet
To Discuss Problem

Construction Of roads Is one of
the main topics for discussion in
the surrounding townships, brought
about by the seriousness of road
conditions and winter snow re-
moval. Special town meetings and
bond elections have been called in
an effort to build up all roads for
better travel throughout the year.
Getty Township will have an
election on April 9Th, to vote bonds
in the amount Of 100000. This
amount will be for the purpose of
building and crawling roads and
for the purchase of culverts. This
will be a township movement and.
we understand, will include all
main township roads.
Another township contemplating
road improvement Is Sank Centre
Township. A special town meet
ing has been called according to
law for Thursday, April 10th, to
be held in the Community Club
rooms in this city. The purpose
Of this meeting will be to discuss
the possibility Of bonding the
township for the purpose Of build
ing and improving all main roads.
In the recent township election,
Raymond Township citizens voted
to instruct their officers to investi-
gate a proposition Of building roads
according to modern road building
methods. Travel during the winter
and spring, no doubt, has proven
the Importance of built-up roads
for both snow removal and the
protection Of roads during the
spring breakup.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
New Scout
Executive
Takes The Place of
John Virgins, Who
Resigned In February

Horace Gorton, Of Bismarck, No
Oak, has been selected by the Cen
trail Minnesota Council to be the
new Scout Executive, according to
Mr.. o. J. Jerde, Council president
of st. Cloud. Mr.. Gorton takes
the place Of John Virgins who re.
signed February IS, to go into priv.
ate business. Mr.. Gorton will re-
port for duty on May list.
For the past three years, Mr.
Gorton has served as Scout Exec
utive of the Missouri Valley Coun-
Gil which includes large section
of Central North Dakota, with
headquarters at Bismarck. Prior
to his promotion to Bismarck, he
served as a field executive at the
st. Paul Area Council with head
quarters at Rapport. In this capac.
ity, he had responsibility for the
Scout program in seven counties
just east of the city of st. Paul.
A graduate Of the University of
Minnesota, Mr.. Gorton has been
associated with the Scout Program
without a break, since he first be-
came a tenderfoot Scout at the age
of IL, at White Bear Lake, Min
nesota. He advanced to the rank
Of Eagle, and for seven years serv-
ed as Assistant Scoutmaster, prior
to his entrance to the Professional
Service in Scouting. He is mar
ried and has two children. The
family will reside at 705 LIST Ave.
So, st. Cloud.
In a statement today, Mr.. Jerde
said that 1.-THE Central Minnesota
Council feels that it is fortunate
in securing a man Of Mr.. Gorton's
ability and experience"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
To Raise Funds
For Legion Convention
And Entertainment
LARGE ATTENDANCE
Will Also Stage
appreciation Day and
Pie Baking Contest

At a Community Club dinner,
held in the club rooms last week
Thursday evening, with seventy
five men in attendance, club men,
bers voted to stage a celebration
Of the Fourth of July this year.
The ladies of st. Pauls Church
served the dinner at $3.50 o'clock.
Plans for the Fourth Of July
celebration include a two-day event
to start the evening of July Bird.
This event will be staged to raise
funds for an American Legion con-
vention and a special celebration
in 1912.
A committee, which will meet in
the near future, has been appointed
to select entertainment and to
complete arrangements for a rous-
ing celebration. The committee
members, from among whom will
be selected committee chairmen,
are as follows: Allan Meigs, G. N.
Jeffries, Herman Vennewitz, Sig
Holme, d. B. Caughren, w. M.
Parker, Jerry Daniel, JOS. Dirn-
berger, George Berggreen, Dewey
OGara, Andrew Nelson, Ed Bar
tylla, w. Gallup, A. Parker, Fred
Unger, Howard Polling, Jos. Frank,
Fred Schwartz, J. A. Schoenhoff
and Irv Nelson. This will form
the general committee and a gen.
eral chairman will be selected at
the first meeting.
Another event to be staged some
time in May will be Appreciation
Day and pie baking contest. This
will be sponsored by the club with
out solicitation of funds. This con-
test will be staged for the women
of the rural area and city. The
committee selected by the president
for this event will be: John Mond-
loch, e. w. Olson, Ed Schwochert,
Clyde Biedleman, Vic Nelson, L. T.
Lovik, Ed L. Rattle, Don Hansen,
Harold Gray and G. Hillerud.
Other business completed by the
club included added sponsorships
for the Boys and Girls Chick Club
Seventeen sponsors were needed
and these were secured within a
few minutes, to the qualification
Of the committee members and club
officials. All of the 151 registrants
for membership in the club will
receive their chicks and become
bona fide members. Cards are be-
ing sent out this week to each
member asking them to get their
chicks and free feed before April
oath, the closing date.
It was also decided to have the
highway sign south Of the city re-
painted, and the president was in
structed to select a committee for
the undertaking. This, however
being the work Of the advertising
committee, 1t was placed in the
hands Of chairman, Bernie Robis-
chon, who Is now making arrange
ments to have the sign repainted
so that 1t will have a more modern
up-to-date appearance.
Other matters for discussion in
cluded snow pillow work, airport
project, and the organization Of q
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
All-C Community Sewing and
Knitting For War Relief

schedule, Mrs. Sartell emphasized
that any women are welcomed on
any of the regular Tuesday, Thurs
day and Friday afternoon sessions.
They meet from 1 to o'clock.
At present there are some
primary needs for the work,
she said. The work requires
tape, floss, crochet cotton, rib
bon and buttons any of which
will be welcomed. Anyone who
has some Of these necessities
IS asked to bring them to the
club rooms or call one of the
chairmen.
There is need too for additional
sewing machines. 1t is asked of
those who have portable machines
to bring them with them on sew
ing days. The unit seeks, too, other
machines, that may be now out Of
use in homes, for the duration Of
Continued on Page 10, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Local Man
Named Head
of Conference
E. w. Olson, of This
City, Elected At
Benson Tuesday

e. w. Olson, superintendent Of
Sank Centre public school, was
named president Of the West Cen
trail Athletic Conference at a meet
ing in Benson Tuesday night where
Montevideo was named basketball
champion for the 1940-41 season Of
the eight team loop and school
men designated spring sports.
Montevideo, with seven victories
out Of eight starts in conference
play, was first ranking team
among the schools that includes
Benson. Litchfield, Morris, Glen
wood, Willmar, Appleton, and Sank
Centre who ranked in that order
in the current basketball campaign.
Other officers for the conference
include Clarence Nelson, Of Itch
field, as vice president; and Supt.
Pogue, Morris. as secretary.
Conference track meet will be
held at Montevideo on Tuesday,
May 9Th, It was announced and the
field day will be held Saturday,
May 10th, in Litchfield.
An all-conference team chosen
by conference coaches named one
Sank Centre player, senior Jim
Arneson, in the honorable mention
column. The first team chosen
gave: forwards, Arleigh Lund,
Glenwood, Bob Miller, and Lowell
Christopherson, Litchfield; centers,
James Himley, Montevideo, and
Roger Ulstad, Appleton; guards,
Burton Bake, Montevideo. Harry
Nelson, Norris, and Don johnson,
Benson.
Benson, second in the league,
won eight games out Of ten; Itch
field won six out of eight; Morris
won five out of eight; Glenwood
five out Of four; Willmar two out
Of eight; Appleton one out Of nine;
and Sank Centre no victories in
eight conference starts.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

the City Council and Water, Light
G. Power Commission, it was said,
favor this project.
Under this plan the new building
will extend the full width Of the
city owned property, which Is now
only partially covered by the pres
ent hall. The plan includes hous-
ing of city offices, the rest room,
a large meeting hall, a meeting
place for the fire department and
ample room for housing fire equip
ment. This matter was brought
before the gathering by Jos. Miller,
one of the senior members Of the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Sank Centre
Scouts Look
To Outdoors
Plan All of Troop
To Take Part In
First Camp Event

Boy Scouting this week began
looking to the out of doors, and
hard on the heels of an announce
ment that the Central Minnesota
Council Camporee dates had been
selected, Scoutmaster Don Clough
indicated that efforts would be
made to take all or a part Of the
Sank Centre troop Is to this first
camp event.
It was announced by Louis
Knudsen, Brainerd, area camp
chairman, that dates for the Coun-
cil-wide camporee were set for
June ell at a recent meeting Of
the Area Executive Board. The
camporee will be held this year on
a site near Long Lake, nine miles
north Of Brainerd.
Mr.. Clough said the camporee
came early enough this year after
the close of school so that arrange
ments could probably be made to
have a good representation from
the local troop, though it is early
to plan definitely. The Council is
expecting several hundred Scouts
from Central Minnesota to partici-
pate in the three-day event.
In the council announcement Mr..
Knudsen stated the camp commit
tee is taking steps to secure the
60 acre site on which the camporee
win be held as a permanent Coun-
Gil camp site to accommodate sum-
mer camping. The plan involves
the development Of several troop
sites on which will be erected COM
bination kitchen and dining units,
one for each troop. A good well
will be drilled to insure water sup
ply and construction Of proper SAN
itary facilities Is among the plans.
Barring unforeseen obstacles 1t is
believed the camp will be ready for
use for a four week period this
summer starting about July 18th.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03


With a Lenten Season given new
significance for the modern church
in these days Of new wars and
international perils, pastors and
their congregations of this city
bent toward the last Of the forty
days in observances old as Christ
ianity itself, the intensity Of Holy
Week and preparation for the Re-
surrection Of Christ.
Services that began back on Ash
Wednesday were to reach the CHM
ak during the coming week and be-
ginning with Palm Sunday the
church will move from its dark
est hour, Good Friday, to burst
forth in the happiest hour Of the
drama, Easter Sunday. Easter is
April 18th.
Mid-week Lenten services were
continuing this week in most of the
churches and pastors announced
new emphasis on services for next
week. Most intense days Of the
week are from Maundy Thursday
on to Easter Sunday. In nearly all
the churches choirs are busy re-
hearsing music that carries the
gladdest strain in all Of Christian
music, hailing the Resurrection of
the Lord, the Easter chorus.
Additional Masses and Confes-
sions beginning next Wednesday
will emphasize Holy Week in Our
Lady Of the Angels Church, Rev.
John Bettendorf announced. Con-
LESSONS will be heard at three per-
iods on Wednesday. Holy Thurs
day will open with two services
Of Holy Communion, with High
Mass and Procession at 900 a. m.
7:30 p. m. will bring the Holy Hour.
Three services are scheduled for
Good Friday, morning, afternoon
and evening, Mass Of the Presanc-
titled, Way Of the Cross, and Way
Of the Cross and Sermon. Holy
Saturday brings morning services
and High Mass with Confessions in
afternoon and evening periods.
Choir is preparing special music
for Easter Sunday.
Rev. M. L. Brann announced eve
ming services from Tuesday thru
Friday at the Methodist Church
with group Of guest preachers in
a series Of talks. Services begin
at 7:30. Rev. Ernest Lowe, of
Long Prairie, will preach Tuesday;
Rev. Alvin Ruehman, Willard,
Wednesday,; Rev. Lorenzo johnson,
Little Falls, Thursday; and Rev
Continued on Page 10, Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Com. Gz4A Dld+A 4ouazh Gelehaa1iop
Melting Sno0v Drifts
Uncover Strange Phenomena
NOTICE!

Community Club officials have
given no one permission to solic-
it funds or advertising in the
name of the club. When such
permission is granted and a pro-
position receives the backing of
the club, the person soliciting
will be armed with a bona fide
letter stating that the club is in
favor of the proposition. All
propositions and solicitors hav-
ing no such letter Of authority
from the club, must be judged
as to merit by yourself. They
are on their own.
Signed:
Ed L. Rattle,
President.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
SaAk Ge>szhe 4i1enaeIs lauo4 Ne4u elm HAIL..

W.P.A. grant, city hall can be
erected with a sponsors contribu-
ton Of rs percent. Taking into con-
sideration the property and salvage
which can be obtained from mater
ials in the present building, it was
estimated that the sponsors share
would possibly not exceed the cost
of cement and face brick.
The department was urged to
commence activity on this project
Immediately, and was advised to
get in touch with the W.P.A. offic-
ials in an effort to get estimates
and plans prepared. Members of
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department.
At this meeting it was also voted
to purchase new uniforms. This
new uniform will consist of blue
trousers, wine colored gabardine
shirt, white belt, white tie and
white cap. White lettering will
be placed on the right sleeve, and
firemen's metal badge will be
placed on the front Of the cap.
At the close Of the meeting the
firemen enjoyed refreshments, with
s. p. Hansen, Jr., and John Kop-
pie as hosts, as an expression of
gratitude to the department.