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The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
E. w. Olson
Delegate To
MEA Meet
Selected At st.
Cloud Meeting Held
Last Weekend

e. w. Olson, superintendent of
the Sauk Centre public schools, was
named in a group Of eight educa-
tors as delegates to the Minnesota
Education Association at the con-
cluding session Friday Of the Cen
trail Minnesota Education Associa-
ton convention In st. Cloud. The
convention was attended for two
days by the 32-faculty staff Of the
local schools.
Mr.. Olson said this week that
the MEA assembly will meet in
Minneapolis October 31st. The as
sembly, a group composed Of dele
gates from each Of the sectional
associations Of the state, he said
Monday, is the legislative part of
the MEA. Resolutions to be pre-
sented to the general assembly of
the MEA next fall will be drafted
at the meeting.
]. X. Niche, Little Falls, was
elected president Of the CMEA and
Forrest Wiley, Alexandria, as vice
president. Directors chosen were
Clarence A. Nelson, Litchfield, and
o. A. Schmitz, st. Cloud.
Delegates to the assembly with
Mr.. Olson are p. M. Atwood, Stap-
les; A. w. Evenson, Glenwood; o.
J.. Gerde. Alice Lund and Martha
Van Brussel, st. Cloud; George
Sprandel, Little Falls, and Mary
Walsh, Brainerd.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Two Former
Residents In
jured Friday
Daughters Of Pioneer
Stage Coach Driver
In Auto Wreck

Injured in the bus crash near
Park Rapids early last Friday
were two former Sauk Centre lad
les, Miss Minnie Schiefer and Mrs.
Amos Hinckley, both daughters of
Math Schiefer, early resident of
Sauk Centre and stage coach driv-
er in this territory during the
pioneer days.
Miss Schiefer was among the SER
ious injured in the wreck, and ac-
cording to word from her sister,
Miss Harriet Schiefer, who is en-
ployed at the Home School for
Girls, in this city, her condition is
still serious. Mrs. Hinckley was
not as badly injured.
These ladies were injured when
the school district bus, chartered
to carry Rebekah Lodge members
to a meeting at Backus, plunged
down an embankment at a curve
on a state highway, Is miles out
Of Park Rapids. Two ladies were
killed in the wreck, and eight 9TH
ers were injured.
Mrs. Amos Hinckley was former
ly Miss Gertrude Schiefer, whom
older residents remember as a
schoolmate. The family left this
city about fifty years ago.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Provided For Individuals,
Who Were Not "Indig-
ent," Said Examiner

Joseph T. Langlais, state public
examiner, Tuesday charged the
Stearns county board, in violation
of law, had, at county expense,
provided hospitalization to many
individuals who were not indig-
ent."
Langlais revealed in a report
made public Tuesday covering the
financial affairs Of Stearns county,
that the outstanding accounts ex-
ceed 100000 as the result Of agree
ments entered into by persons hos
pitalized, but who agreed to reim-
burse the county.
It Is the boards duty to pro
ceed without delay to bring such
action as may be necessary to eff
feet collection or settlement Of
these accounts" he warned.
In the future, the public exam
liner advised, thorough investiga-
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Sank Centre
Tied Willnar
Last Friday
A Moral Victory
For Locals, Who
Showed Improvement

In one Of the strangest football
games on record, but one that had
the color of a substantially rejuv-
enated Sauk Centre team, the Main
Streeters and Willmar battled for
four quarters, scrambled up the
yardage and finally wound up as
even as they had started last We'd
nesday. The score was 6 and 6.
While 1t was no victory and the
score sheets tips heavily toward
Willmar's favor in the matter of
yardage and first downs, it was
a moral victory for a Sauk Centre
club that has been going up and
down the country taking its beat
ings regularly.
Outmanned, outweighed, they
were definitely not outfought and
even with an amazing 18 to 8 first
downs against them they wouldn't
admit Willmar could beat them
and proved II.
While Willmar edged of the
first downs and held a 800 yard
gain from scrimmage as q total
to only "a for Sauk Centre,
they are still paying off In
t0uchdowns. Twice the Main
Streeters rallied defensively to
stop Willmar cold I'm pay dirt
territory on the 7-yard line.
In the first half alone on fourth
down plays Willmar scrimmaged
Continued on Page 5, Col. 81
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Six Weeks
Senior High
Roll
Upper Class Students
Must Have "B" Average
To Be Eligible to Roll

Principal o. e. Thompson sub.
mitted the Senior High honor roll
for publication last week. An av-
erage Of "B" Is required to be
eligible for this listing. The per-
cent figures represent the percent
Of each class that made the honor
roll. Honor roll students are as
follows:
Tenth Grade-18%-
Valeria Altman, Lorraine Bailey,
Dorothy Botz, Shirley Folkestad,
lone Goerdt, Carol Ingersoll, Donna
Kuefler, Stanley Lebowsky, Helen
Markson, lone Moser, Catherine
Prasch, Phyllis Schmiesing, Lois
Stelzig, Darleen Thornbloom and
Maxine Young.
Eleventh Grade-11%-
Evelyn Beste, Aileen Edoff, Pearl
Gardner, Winifred Hansen, John
Kleinschmidt, Bernard Mischke,
Shirley Paske, Frances Saathoff
and Philip Thiegs.
Twelfth Grade-15%
Betty Berry, Stella Beste, Mary
Ann Dubois, Ody Fish, Robert
Hansmann, Gordon Hedin, Chris
tine Koterba, Audrey McKersie
Norma Nelson, Mary Margaret
Prasch, Oliver Rasmussen and BOZ
Rattle.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
v. 7. Conklin
Resigned AS
Secretary
Chuck Rattle Named
AS Successor-D. B.
Caughren, President

v. T. Conklin, after serving as
secretary for thirteen years from
1928, resigned from the post of the
board Of the Bryant Library last
Thursday at regular meeting and
election Of officers.
d. B. Caughren was reelected as
president Of the board Of directors
and Chuck Rattle was named Sec
retary to succeed Mr.. Conklin.
Efforts Of the board to reelect
Mr.. Conklin met with his resigna-
tion announcement. He gave as his
reason that for six months Of the
year he will be out Of the city. Mr..
Conklin succeeded the late F. w.
Sprague in 1928 as secretary and
except for a brief interval when
L. L. Kells was secretary held the
position continuously.
Mr.. Conklin, however, was re-
tanned as q director on the board.
In the same meeting a perman-
ent schedule for salaries Of the
librarian was submitted and ap-
proved by the board. A committee
composed Of Mrs. Philip Steiner.
". T. Conllin and e. w. Olson con-
ferred with schoolboard members
in setting up the schedule. It was
adopted without change.
Miss Mary Ann Skinner, librar-
ian, in her monthly report to the
board, announced plans In connec-
ton with the school are depart
ment, under Miss Bernice Klobe,
for Book Week November 3-8.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Stearns Board Hit on Hos
pitalization Policy Tuesday

tions should be made in each case
and applications approved only, as
the law provides, when the apph-
cant is unable, financially, to Sc
cure and pay for such hospitaliza-
tion."
Langlais cited a 1895 law which
imposes upon the county board re-
sponsibility Of securing all avail
able information as to the finan-
cial ability Of the person who seeks
hospital aid.
Temporary inability of a per-
son, regularly employed, to pay In
cash for disqualification" Langlais
said, does not make the person
|'indigent."
Langlais reminded the county
board that his 1889 audit report
called attention to the same prob
lem.
It appears from interviews which
the examiner had with recipients,
according to Langlais' report, that
repayment Of costs paid by the
county was not being urged with
the diligence necessary to protect
the best interests of the county.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
H. A. Falk Wrote Book
on Corporal Punishment
Interpretation and
Theory of Practice In
Schools of United States
CULTURAL LAG
Book Will Be
Placed In Public
Library This Week

The Herald this week received a
book entitled, Corporal Punish
ment," written by our former
townsman, Herbert A. Falk, Phi. D.,
who was superintendent Of the
local public schools several years
ago. Mr.. Falk is now engaged in
teaching in Columbia University,
New York.
This book is a social interpreta-
ton Of the theory and practice Of
corporal punishment in the schools
of the United States. It is an ex-
haustive and comprehensive study
of the subject, which is enhanced
with charts and records of investi-
cation. There are tables which
have been acquired through con-
tact with superintendent of
schools, members Of Rotary clubs
and parents.
Mr.. Falk, in his book, sets forth
reasons for the abolition of corpor-
al punishment in the school, an
antiquated means Of coercion for
the so-called unruly student. He
states that corporal punishment,
even though more limited, regulat-
ed, and less frequent than ever
before in our history, still is an
example Of cultural lag.
Spare the rod, and spoil the
child" Is an ancient maxim, which
today has no place in the public
school system, according to modern
research. Legislation, public en-
lightenment, and an intelligent
teaching profession are necessary
for the abolition of corporal pun
ishment. Legislation will habituate
the public to an educative process
not based on force. A well-train-
ed teaching staff can reconstruct
education along lines which will
not tolerate the use of coercion,
thus reinforcing enlightened pub
lie opinion and in turn being rein
forced by 1t, says the closing para
graph of this book, which is Col
umbia University's contribution to
education.
This book sells for $2.10 per copy
and can be obtained through the
Bureau Of Publications, Teachers
College, Columbia University. The
book received by the Herald will
be placed in the public library for
those who wish to read it.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Damages Considerable
In Bowling Alley
And Furnace Room

An early morning explosion in
the heating plant at the Masonic
Temple building Saturday, that left
a freakish path Of minor destruc-
ton in the Bowling Center alleys
housed in the buildings basement,
was without a definite cause tag
this week.
The explosion that left Bowling
Center premises in a tumble Of
sticky, black oily SCOT, occurred
sometime after 500 a. m, alleys
manager Walt Weaver pointed out.
For up to that time he and John
Kleinschmidt had been working on
refinishing the alleys.
In its wake were broken win
dows, q cracked partition,
cracked doors. One swinging
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
PoMhzaxGM1AAc11onzo4a9h
Sauk Centre Businessmen
Pictured in look" Mac

Blycker in evidence; Fred Schwartz
and George Aldous at the Cities
Service station; Andrew Nelson in
his laundry, and d. B. Caughren,
lighting his pipe at his desk in the
bank.
These pictures are published In
connection with story about the
small businessman and morale in
the defense problem. It is a story
about what can happen to small
business.
In the introduction, captioned:
Small Businessmen on main
Street." LOOK says: ITO photo
graph as typical group of small
as American can
boast, LOOK went to Sauk Centre,
Mimi, the little town Sinclair Lewis
immortalized as Main Street."
These pictures show the towns
middle-class "free-enter-
prisers." They are the kind Of
people whose faces are familiar on
Main Streets all over the country
and whose morale must be main
tanned. Read what is happening
to them as America arms for de-
fense."
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Published In Connection
With Article On Morale
In Defense Program

A number Of Sauk Centres bus
inessmen have made Look" maga-
zine, and their pictures appear in
the November 4th issue. There
are ten pictures in the Look mag
including picture of the old Sauk
Centre highway sign on highway
No. 81.
First picture in the spread is that
of Don Hansen. leaning on his
broom, and visiting with his up
stairs neighbors, DR.. Moynihan and
DIR. Henneman. Then comes Ward
Roberts and Jos. Rogers; the beau
ty shop with Mrs. A. +. Moynihan
as a customer; Vern Soltau's barber
shop with youthful customer; H.
G. Rydholm, photographer, taking
the picture Of Miss Vera Mae Jack
son; meeting Of the Rotary Club,
with G. Hillerud, s. G. Schwarz-
bauer, d. B. Caughren, DR.. J. F..
Dubois, Ed Borgmann and Lloyd
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Many Entries Makes
This Best Show
OF Club History
SHOULD ATTEND
Auction of Prize Winning
Birds At $3.50 This
Evening At Armory

An auction sale Of prize winning
birds will be held this Thursday
evening at $50 o'clock as a cul-
mination Of the two-day poultry
show Of the boys and girls club.
This auction will take place fol-
lowing a Community Club meeting
to be held in the Armory tonight
at 7:30. All businessmen Of the
city, who are sponsors Of poultry
club members, are urged to be
present.
At noon, Wednesday, approxi-
mately $50 boys and girls had
placed their poultry exhibits in one
Of the largest poultry shows ever
held in this city. Entries were be-
ing cared for by committee MEM
bers and birds were placed on dis
play as soon as possible. The show
closes tonight with the auction sale.
All prize winning birds will be
sold at auction, If the owner so
desires. The money derived from
the sale of prize winning birds is
the property Of the exhibitor. Judg-
ing Of birds was completed We'd
nesday afternoon, too late for pub
lication in this weeks Herald. All
winners will be announced next
week.
Businessmen and citizens of Sauk
Centre are cordially invited to at
tend the show today. This show
is sponsored by the Community
Club, with individual merchants as
sponsors of the various club men,
bers. Sponsors Of Club members
should by all means attempt to be
present.
The boy and girl members Of the
club have complied with the rules
and have taken birds to the pro-
duce houses to be Sold The money
derived from the sale is being used
as prize money. and has been div
ided equally among the five breeds
of chickens selected by the club.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Home Talent
Show Was
Sponsored By American
Legion Post-First
Nighters Enjoyed Event

An estimated seventy-five Sauk
Centre people paraded home tai
ent and buffoonery before good
sized two night audiences at the
school auditorium in Come, Meet
the People," that closed last night,
Wednesday, sponsored by the Rob
ert Swift Post, American Legion,
as part of their drive to sustain
the 1912 sixth district convention
to be held here next June.
Post Commander c. N. Jeffries
said the post was pleased with gen.
eral response of the people who at
tended and took part in the show.
First night audience Tuesday was
estimated at about 500.
Audiences were given a near
three hour show that opened with
a band concert by the American
Legion Band at 500. A dozen spec
ialty acts ranging from a complete
square dance given by members Of
the Progressive Farmers Club to
singing and piano acts were good.
The comedy of the play, that was
as loose knit as q last seasons
sweater, was hilarious with men
taking the parts Of women in the
crash scene, the wedding Of the
diminutive senator, who came
home after thirty years in WASH
ington, and his towering bride, the
night club oriole.
There was gravity in the show
too. A reading on the War Prayer
was given that dovetailed into the
current. situation. And midway In
the show players and audience
alike stood to sing God Bless
America"
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Hunters Shot
Fine Horse
For Farmer
Offers Reward of $50
For Identification of
Person-Highly Valued

A fifty dollar reward was posted
this week by John Walters, farmer,
who lives four miles northwest Of
Sauk Centre, after the death of a
horse on his farm killed by q rifle
shot. The horse was two-year-old
sorrel mare, whose death broke up
q team of full sisters.
The reward, Mr.. Walters said. IL
for information leading to the
Identification Of the person who
did the shooting. The team he said
was highly valued.
The accident Is the first reported
death Of an animal during the cur
rent hunting season. Mr.. Walters
clearly indicated the shot was from
a rifle and not a shotgun. The
accident happened last week We'd
nesday the opening day Of the
squirrel season.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Community
Club Meet
This Evening
Christmas Decorations
Purchase Recently
Completed By Committee

A meeting of the Commun-
ity Club Will be held tonight,
Thursday, at the Armory. This
meeting Is called for the pur-
pose to decide on events for the
pre-hOliday season, and It is
important that all members of
the club attend. Several pro-
positions Of vital interest will
be placed before the members.
This meeting will precede the
poultry show auction.
Purchase of Christmas decora-
tfons for the streets Of Sauk Cen
tire was recently completed by the
Community Club committee. Dec
orations this year will be greatly
enhanced by the addition of illum-
mated red bells, which will be
placed on the white way posts and
will be hung from the wires across
the street. Illuminated pictures
with holiday themes and garland
and colored lights will complete the
decorative scheme.
Eighteen thirty inch bells have
been purchased to hang from wires
in the center OF Main and Third
streets, and eighteen 18-inch bells
have been purchased to be placed
on the white way posts. These
bells are made Of red celloglas with
electric bulbs placed inside of them.
Three Illuminated holiday pictures,
made in moon shape, will be placed
on Main and Third streets, one at
the beginning Of decorations at the
south of Main, one at the beginning
at north Main and one at the be-
ginning Of the Third Street decora-
tions.
These decorations have been pur-
chased with Community Club funds
and no extra money for this pur-
pose will be cokected from the bus.
inessmen. For that reason 1t is
Continued on Page 10. Col. -
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Home School
Annual Fair
To he Held In Community
Building October 20, so. ST.
Open To Public

Annual fair presented in the
community building by the Home
School for Girls, in this city, will
be held Wednesday, Thursday and
Friday, October 20, 80, and 81, 1t
was announced from the school
this week.
In the community building ex-
hibits in handwork, canning and
baking will be open to the public
during the three days. The build
ing viii be open each afternoon OF
the three days and evenings on
Wednesday and Thursday only.
Thursday evening, the 30th, a
special program will be given by
the girls Of the institution begin
ming at 1880 o'clock.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Explosion Of Heating Plant
At Masonic Temple Saturday
door had been blown open with
such force it had cracked.

SUCH IOIC0 IL uaQ CraCkcO.
Exact cause Of the explosion was
still undetermined. It was not the
water boiler for that was intact.
It was an internal explosion that
blew open furnace doors and CHM
ney stops and sprayed the sticky
oil SCOT over the bowling alleys
rooms. The heating plant was in
stalled this fall.
A review Of the damage showed
two window panes blown out In
the mems lavatory. A partition be-
tween the furnace room and the
alleys room was cracked and SHOW
ed outward from the blast. Up
stairs in the lodge meeting rooms
there was no damage and most Of
the dirt was confined to the furn-
ace room and two adjoining rooms
including the alleys lounge.
It was explained that the furn-
ace had been used only a little
while and that 1t was scarcely pos
sible the pipes or chimney could
have been plugged.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Payroll of
Almost A
4th Million
Total Exceeds
World War I Days,
Says Secretary
SHOWS FINE GAIN
Have Retired All
But $500 Of A
$23, 300 Indebtedness

A payroll of nearly a quarter of
a million dollars, aided by produc-
tion gains and a steadily upward
butterfat market, was announced
for the first nine months of 1941
by George Strauss, secretary of the
Sauk Lake Cooperative Creamery
Association. this week as he point
ed to debt pared twenty thous-
and dollars in three years. The
announcement was made following
the sale Of Third Street creamery
property to Jos. Dirnberger and a
nine months resume Of production.
With application Of the money
for the sale on the creamery debt,
Mr.. Strauss announced that since
September /, 1898, the creamery
had retired all but $500 on a
$23, 300 Indebtedness.
A payroll that had stretched
to $228,710 for the first nine
months of 1941-$59,5O6 higher
than for the identical period q
year agO-was announced as
the highest for any similar per-
iOd In the history Of the local
institution including even the
high price days Of 1917-18, Mr..
Strauss said. In 1910 payment
for the same period had been
$169,1O4.
While higher prices prevailed in
the World War days, he pointed
to the increased production in but
terfat in this section as outdis-
tancing even the total butterfat
checks Of that era.
Production review of the first
nine months Of the year showed a
total butter make of 730,831 pounds
"a gain of $4,000 pounds over the
674,816 pounds make to October !
in 1910. The resume was made on
announcement that In September
the plant had produced 62,31s
pounds Of butter-3000 pounds over
the month q year ago-and had
paid to patrons $21 ,036. In Septem-
ber, 1910 the payroll check had
been $15,272.
Prices had swept upward to AZ
cents for the month paid for sweet
cream as compared with 80 cents
for the September Of a year ago.
It was a series Of improvements
and purchases that had run the
debt Of the creamery to $23, 300,
Mr.. Strauss pointed out. In Sep
tember, 1888, the directors bought
the building Of the Blue Valley for
$4,000. In the same year a sur
face cooler was installed and re-
frigeration system was rebuilt at
a cost of $2500. Then followed q
new churn for $1,000. The summer
Of 1910 saw the purchase of a new
stainless steel vat, with trade in,
at $1,000. In that winter two old
watts were rebuilt; stainless steel
weigh pans and can were installed
for $780,
In brief, retirement of that debt
has been made with the exception
Of $4,000, $4,000 Of which is covered
in uncashed certificates. Deduct
ing the certificates Mr.. Strauss
pointed to an actual debt of only
$500.
He said this week that creamery
plant and equipment were now in
top flight condition.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
Preliminary
Plans For
Halloween
City-Wide Party For
Children Will Be
Held October 31st

Sauk Centres insurance plan for
a safe and sane" Halloween SEEM
ed assured this week for its fourth
consecutive year.
With plans to entertain all the
city's youths-from tykes to high
school students-the Sauk Centre
Welfare Council, central agency for
some fifteen Of the towns wom-
ems organizations, in collaboration
with other civic groups, launched
preliminary plans for the fourth
annual event.
The party is to be held the night
of Friday, October 31st.
Success Of the party-that
Last year entertained an esti-
mated 900 from both of the
city's scho0ls-Is evidenced In
the fact that reports after each
of the three previous parties in
dictate that depredations and
property damage fell to q min
imum.
Age groups will be divided for
games and dancing at various
places in the city's public build
ings which will be announced next
week. Activities will open with the
traditional bon fire at which the
witches and hobgoblins are driven
away for the night.
For the town It marks a new
era on Halloween when youths
formerly took to the traditional
depredations. The party marks
complete cooperation between the
oldsters, who put on the party, and
the youngsters, who forego other
wise rlinous spiriting.
Complete plans and arrange
ments are being handled this year
by the Sauk Centre Welfare Coun-
Gil, it was announced, but volun-
teer adult leaders are being accept
ed from virtually all Of the city's
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
PAY TAXES BEFORE
OCTOBER SISTI

The second half Of the real
estate tax is due and payable be-
fore the last day Of October, and
can be paid at either of the
city's banks. Don't forget to pay
your taxes.
The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-10-23
PUG LUND WAS
IN CITY TUESDAY,

Pug Lund, former Minnesota
Gopher star and ace back on the
1884 national championship team,
was in Sauk Centre Tuesday. He
visited briefly that morning with
C. N. Jeffries.