The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-24

Oaks on Sank Lake, but because
Of the rain 1t was postponed until
drier weather.
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1.-THE Lost Locket" Is written by
Ethel Parton and illustrated by
Margaret Plat.
When the tall, romantic Major
brought his two little girls to board
with the widow Dobie, tongues all
over Newburyport began to wag.
And when the Major became the
victim of a daring highway rob-
berry, Nap, Dobie, and the other
children were all plunged into a
round Of exciting adventures.
There Is the incident Of the mouse
at the ladies' sewing circle; Of the
girl who lost the locket when the
sleigh tipped over; and Of her
would-be gallant escort who lost the
girl. And this gossipy, eventful
demure, bubbling humor which is
pure New England.
Miss Parton also tells Of the orig
in of her books. what I have
really been attempting in my whole
series Of children's books" writes
Miss Parton, "is to cover the first
half Of the nineteenth century with
a series Of stories, set a decade
apart, all in the same local setting
-Newburyport-thus displaying, in
a natural and informal way, the
changing scene, as the time march
es on. Also, all the books are
bound together by the temperance
Of some characters, at different
ages, or the appearance Of their
descendants. The series begins
with 1900 (Runaway Prentice).
Then come "Tabitha Mary" (181O)
and Melissa Ann" $500. "The
Lost Locket is a story Of the New
buryport Of 1880, and Penelope
Ellen" in 1910. If live long
enough, there'll be an 1850.
I'm projecting this series, I turn
ed to the city where I live, whose
history and traditions I have alb
sorbed not from printed chronicles
alone, but from living lips, as they
are passed down, even today, in
fine old deeply rooted families. I
have been able to weave into a fic-
tionable narrative many true incl
dents so gathered; and with them
others, Of the same periods, belong
ing to my own family, which were
told me by my aunt and grand
mother in the days when I used
to beg for a when you were a
little girl story.
In "The Lost Locket," the sham
robbery is based on true instance.
The case Of the Remission brothers,
with Daniel Webster for the de-
tense, grew out Of it, and was
sensational trial In its way. It al
ways struck me as an odd cpl
sode I would like some day to
use."
SENIOR HIGH CLASSES
Sophomore: The biology classes
have finished their study Of the
Of the blood through
the heart and are starting on a new
chapter, Supply and Demand"
AhCy hdNO udu SOIIlc WOTk III the
applying and proper procedure of
the prone and pressure method of
respiration. Friday they
wrote story on what they would
do in case of a drowning at
camp five miles from town. There
was a great variation in the pro-
cedure that would be taken by diff
ferent people.
The history classes have made
some very attractive maps of the
of Italy. On Tuesday
they read the weekly News Re-
view" and took the geography quiz
provided for in the paper. One
thing the students can't see is why,
oh why, do they have to provide a
test with the paper. They think
they can get plenty from the teach
ers without paper furnishing an
other.
Lights, camera, action! Yes, the
plays the thing. English classes
have begun their work on the dra-