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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Turn Off the
.Spigots, We
Had Our Rain
Heaviest Precipitation
In June Recorded
go Inches In City

They can turn off the spigots.
We've had our rain.
With rain to date exceeding the
normal by two hundred percent,
this section has in six months of
1914 collected more water than the
normal year precipitation on the
basis of average fall for the past
seven years, Rev. Henry Reflex,
West Union, U. S. government
weather observer, said this week
in a brief summary.
For In Just six months of
the current year his records
showed a total of 20.18 inches
had fallen as compared with q
7-year average of 2O.12 inches
per year.
"By the end of June" he said,
1--WE normally have As percent of
our rainfall. Ordinarily normal
rain by the end Of June is nine
inches. So we have ten more inch
es of rain that we had a right to
expect"
LII the IIlcdIltlIilc UOIil INCN. INct-
eek for West Union and Henry
Rydholm for Sank Centre released
summaries for June that goes down
as the heaviest precipitation month
on record. In West Union the
month measured 8.83 inches; in
Sank Centre 90. Only August,
1885, with 1855 inches comes close
to June's top ranking stand.
1T was the heaviest rainfall I've
ever measured" Rev. Reflex said,
and he's been at it since 1882. June
was winning candy kisses too for
the heaviest single rain on record
that came on June Goth and pre-
cipitated flood conditions that roar
ed through the Sank River valley.
It's interesting to note that con-
versely on that day in West Union
rain measured 6.25 inches, while in
Sank Centre only 4.72.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Sank Centre
Band to Have
FineUniforns
New Caps and Coats Will
Enhance Appearance of
Fine Organization

Sank Centres snappy American
Legion band will be newly uni
formed when they journey to Min
neapolis to take part in the Aqua
tennial. This was made possible
as the result Of a drive for funds,
with more than two-thirds Of the
total subscribed by Wednesday.
Pledges up to that time of more
than $500 enabled the band to con-
tract for SO new coats Saturday
night, it was announced by Win
Gallup, manager of the band.
Members Of the band were meas
ured for the coats Monday night.
They are colorful blue, with gold
braid trimming, with caps to
match. An appropriation of 500
by the city council recently per-
mitted the purchase of new mill
tary caps which the band members
will wear for the first time Thurs
day night in opening the Fourth
Of July celebration.
The uniform coats have a value
Of SIPS, and 1t is hoped that the
donations by private citizens and
organizations will also permit the
purchase Of trousers, to complete
the new outfits. In the meantime
the old trousers will be worn with
the new coats and caps.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03

~

Whereas: The Fourth of July
has always been a happy fes-
tival, a day Of joy and exalta-
ton in which all Americans
have caught something of the
spirit of liberty which the Faith
ers of the Republic proclaimed
to all the world on that mid
summer day in Philadelphia in
1776 it has been essentially a
home festival.
The Fourth of July rededica-
ton is to take place simultan-
eously throughout the nation at
100 p. M, Pacific Coast Time;
200 p. m, Mountain Time; 800
p. m, Central Time; 400 p. NJ,
Eastern Standard Time; and
500 p. m, Eastern Daylight
Time.
The rededication will begin
with a five-minute radio speech
by President Roosevelt. This
will be followed by the playing
Of national anthem started by
the u. s. Marine Band in Wash
ington, and picked up by bands
all over the country. Follow
ing national anthem, all citizens
led by the President will repeat
the Oath of Allegiance to the
United States.
Therefore, I, s. G. Schwarz-
bauer, Mayor of the City of
Sank Centre, ask all citizens
wherever you may be to join
with the President of the Unit
ed States to do your part in
the rededication and repeat the
oath Of allegiance, and that all
bands taking part in the cele-
bration at Sank Centre join in
playing the national anthem,
1.-THE Star Spangled Banner"
s. G. Schwarzbauer, Mayor.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Telephone Wire Has
Been Leased To Fargo
For One Hour

Telephone facilities were In ord
er today, it was announced by
manager Robert L. LATERAL,
Northwestern Bell Telephone COM
pany, as the WDAY Fargo, North
Dakota, radio station prepared to
broadcast it's regular Hayloft JAM
boree program from the Sank Cen
tire Armory this evening, Thurs
day, as the hopoff Of the Fourth
Of July celebration here.
The telephone circuit, by which
the program is relayed by wire to
the station at Fargo from this
point, has been leased for one hour
beginning at S:15, Mr.. LATERAL
said.
In explaining the process brief
ly, Mr.. LATERAL said that a wire
has been strung from the Armory
to the local exchange. The wire
is attached to connecting block
where radio artists attach the am
plifiers and microphones.
Brought from the Armory to the
local exchange by wire, it is re-
layeQ over long distance Toll cir
cult to st. Cloud there via sim
liar circuit to Fargo. The normal
Minneapolis-Fargo circuit is being
utilized, with the section from St.
Cloud to Minneapolis cut off to
other service during the period Of
the broadcast.
At the exchange here a regular
circuit can't be used because Of the
battery connections which would
burn out radio amplifiers. In
stead it Is lead in on an "open"
farm circuit, that is on one which
there are no subscribers, and out
to the st. Cloud circuit.
Mr.. LATERAL said that the en-
tire route of the program from
the Armory to Fargo would be
thoroughly tested this afternoon
about three or four hours before
the programs scheduled beginning.
From Fargo the program is broad
cast from their station.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Local Telephone Manager
Prepared For Broadcast
81 Youth Registered
For Serbice Mly1st

Thirty-two young men of this
community, reaching their ma
jority since October 16, 1910,
when the historic peacetime
draft was inaugurated, marched
into the military class OF 1911
Tuesday when they registered
for service in the Community
Club Rooms under an amend
ment Of the Selective Service
Act Of 1910. Mrs. s. N. Deziel,
chief registrar, said that most
Of the young men were from
farm homes. One man from
Minneapolis, and another from
North Dakota are included in
the local figure, she said. They
had expected from Is to 80. c.
w. Carlson, Melrose, chairman
Of local draft board number
two, collected registrants' cards
here Tuesday night, wired re-
suits to Washington Wednesday
morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Private Wells
Should Be
ChlOrinated
City Water Now
Good to Drink Says
Health Physician

Private wells, that were within
twenty feet of flood waters during
the recent storms, and resident
Easements that were flooded should
be chlorinated as a precautionary
measure, DR.. A. F. Moynihan, city
health officer, said after he had
talked with State Board of Health
men.
For purifying wells he suggested
that a small can of chlorine be
purchased at any drug store. The
contents should be dissolved in a
pail Of water and the solution
thrown into the well. Allow to
stand for ten hours and then pump
out water. If it can not all be
pumped out, pump out enough to
weaken the chlorine solution so 1t
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03

Falls ladies drum corps, and the
Eagle Bend American Legion drum
corps. These are all outstanding
organizations, and these drum
corps are among the best in the
state. The Glenwood band and the
Aitkin drum corps cancelled out at
the last minute.
At a meeting Of the parade COM
mittee held Monday evening, it was
decided that only decorated floats,
bands, drum corps, comic entries,
and marching units would be ad-
mitted to the parade. Trucks and
cars with a little bunting wrapped
around them will not be permitted.
The line Of the parade will be as
follows: Starting on North Main
Street the parade will wend its
way to Second Street; it will thence
turn west for two blocks, thence
south to the armory and east on
Third to Main Street. Turning
south on Main the parade will con-
tinue to the Library corner, where
it will turn to the west and dis
band.
There will be rides and conces-
sions galore, as well as shows. The
committee will have its own ath-
letic show, featuring wrestling all
day long. This show will be loo
ated at the corner of Oak and
Third Street. Uncle Ezra and his
miniature farm will show at the
corner Of Main and Third. Con-
cessions will be located along both
sides Of Main and Third Streets.
Drum corps and bands will march
on Main and Third streets and will
give special demonstrations on
Fourth Street, between Main and
Pine Streets. This street will be
blocked to traffic. Numerous con-
cessions have been spoken for and
they will be distributed on Main
and Third. Manager Parsons will
run matinee at the theatre the
afternoon of July Fourth.
There will be something doing
all the time, and this show will be
one Of the biggest events ever stag
ed in Sank Centre. Don't fail to
see it. All roads lead to Sank Gen.
tire and they should be filled with
cars headed this way. Reports
from Glenwood, Alexandria and
other surrounding towns and cit
les indicate that large numbers of
people will visit our city. We're
here to show them a good time and
we want them to enjoy themselves.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Girl Scout
Camp Will
Open July Is
Registration Blanks
Available From Mrs.
Lynn w. Whitson

Camp Coo-Oaks, officially recog-
nized Girl Scout Camp, was being
readied for the opening Of its sec
ond official year with camp ses-
sion scheduled from July 1919, 1t
was announced by chairman Of the
camp committee, Mrs. Andrew G.
Nelson, Wednesday.
All Girl Scouts Of the city
who intend to take I'm the camp
session at the Sank Lake lodge
are asked to obtain registra-
ton blanks from Mrs. L. w.
WhitsOn as soon as possible.
The camp will accommodate
twenty girls for the weeks
run.
Services of Miss Leota Abbot,
who has had much experience in
camp work and in dictatorship of
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Speakers at Farm
Bureau Meeting
Group Republication and
Legislation Topics-Plan
Program of Music

William Mills, Of the Minnesots
Hospital Association, and State
Senator Richard Gardner, Of Slap
les, will be the speakers on the
Little Sauk-Kandota Farm Buread
program at the Little Sank town
hall Monday evening, July 7th. The
officers of the Farm Bureau ask
that all please note change Of date
Mr.. Mills will speak on rural or
group disqualification, while Sena-
tor Gardner will talk on legislation
Arthur Erickson is lining up some
good musical numbers for the pro-
gram also. Mrs. Oliver Larson has
charge of the lunch. The public
is invited.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
DR.. johnson
Says East Is
In Full Blast
Family Returned Tues
day From A Trip To
Massachusetts

An industrial east mobilizing un-
der national defense is booming
and doing all it can" toward the
mechanization Of United States
forces, DIR. Walfred Johnson said
Tuesday after he and his family
had returned from q recent trip
to Massachusetts,.
The aid and defense effort is by
now so pronounced an aspect OF
eastern everyday living It is read
lily evident to the most casual trav-
eler, he said.
In Philadelphia ship yards are
going full blast; in New Jersey
plants are working three daily
shifts; to all appearances unem-
ployment has virtually disappeared
along with WPA; dozens of plants
have now ceased to manufacture
original outputs, have switched en-.
tirely to defense orders.
In Canada, where they went
enroute, they saw posters, pro-
claiming the hnship Of Bril-
tain and the United States I'm
this effort, with prime minister
Churchill and President ROose-
welt side by side. The posters,
he said, were virtually through
out all Of Canada they visited.
Canadians treat Americans like
visiting potentates, eagerly accept
American money, now ten percent
higher in value than their own.
In Worcester, his old home where
they visited mainly, DR.. Johnson
said that in the ten days there
two orders for three and a halt
millions of dollars were placed
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Gna1sd Celebration "a Slant Thu &ue>,A1q
Retire Sewage Disposal
Bonds With WI. P. Funds

$3.50 in interest, and the tax
payers will save on the yearly,
levy made to retire the bonds.
The sewage disposal bonds,
a direct obligation against the
city itself, would mature July
/, 1858. Each year the city paid
$4,000 and interest from the tax
levy, which will be eliminated
under this arrangement.
The payment on the bonds in
cludes the $4,000 from the
Water, Light & Power Commits
sion, and $1,000 and the inter-
est to be paid from the city
tax fund. This makes the pay
ment total $39,000 and interest.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Percentage of Passing
As of June 1941 Was
Ola Fine Record

Local Junior Extension College
credits, based on the University of
Minnesota's final examinations CIV
en- in June, were received last week
by the college. The percentage of
passing showed a favorable increase
over the record Of passing Of all
previous examinations and reached
the new high of 91.7%.
The percentage of passing for
the two examinations each for the
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Multiplication
Available At
Herald Office
National Defense
Industrial Work Pro-
gram Open To Youth

Unemployed out of school youth
interested in the NYA National
Defense industrial work experience
program with the related training
courses provided by the State De-
partment of Vocational Education,
may secure information and APP
plication forms at the office of the
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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Sank Centre Boys Carry
Old Glory in 165th Year

Symbol of Sank Centres part in
national defense in which 80 men
of this and adjacent communities
are now in Camp Ham and dozens
Of others are scattered about in
camps of the nation is this picture
Of the color guard of the Regi-
mental Headquarters Battery,
Camp HAN. AS the nation pre-
pares to observe tomorrow amidst
war-clouded world the 165th
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Saving Of $3.50
And Yearly Tax Levy
To City Taxpayers

Pleasant news to the taxpay-
ers Of this city, should be the
recent action Of the members
Of the Water, Light & Power
Commission, who turned over
to the city dads a check for
$4,000. This money is to be
used to pay the bonds on the
sewage disposal plant.
Under this arrangement the
city will save approximately
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Junior College Sets Ne0v
High Examination Record

Sixty-five percent or passing Is
considered average achievement.
This June there were only six
failures in examinations. There
was one failure each in American
Government and Politics, Ameri-
can History, English composition
and Sociology. There were two
failures in Geology, while there
were no failures in College Mathe-
mates and Trigonometry.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03

The reason so many farmers post
mo Hunting" signs on their prop
erty is not to protect the game,
they're just tired of picking buck
shot out of their mules.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
WDAY Artists and Ambrose and His Dog Circus
In Free Attraction Continuous Clown Acts
Each Day
TWO SPLENDID DECORATIVE PARADES
Five Fine Bands and Drum Corps, Rides, Shows
and Concessions Will Feature Big Celebration
Free Shows For Three Days

SPECIAL Sank Centres
businessmen have banded them
selves together to stage two CO
operative parades, and the 10
suit win be numerous beautiful
floats for both parades. The
evening parade will be nlumi-
mated with special lighting ef-
fects, and the beauty of the
floats will thus be enhanced.
A special float has been book
ed by the American Legion
post for the evening parade. We
assure you It Is q beauty. Co
operation in the parade events
has been splendid and the COM
mittee wants to take this OPP
portunity to thank all those
who so Loyalty supported their
home town In staging the
Fourth Of July celebration. If
weather Is threatening the
floats will be kept under cover
until the parade can take place
without trouble. Otherwise all
floats and others participating
must be at North Main Street
by 1000 o'clock in the morning.
Today final arrangements for the
Fourth of July celebration are be.
ing made. The celebration will
open this evening with a band con.
cert and free attractions on Main
Street, and special broadcast and
dance at the armory, commencing
at eight o'clock. The free shows
will start at TOO o'clock.
Free attractions include the Hay
loft Jamboree, twenty-five radio
stars from WDAY, and Ambrose
and His Society boy Circus. Am
brose is a clown, who will appear
in free shows in Sank Centre or
July 3, 4 and 5. He has q twenty
minute dog circus and will dc
clown acts about the city at all
times. These acts have been rec.
commended as among the best and
they have been booked for your
entertainment.
Expert float builders have been
working in the city during the
week and they have built a mum.
Der of outstanding floats for the
morning and evening parades
These floats are the finest ever
shown in Sank Centre, and their
like has never been in parade in
the city before.
Bands and drum corps booked fol
the event are: Melrose City band
and the Sank Centre band, Fergus
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Saturday, July 5th

$3.50 p. M.-Ambrose and His Dog Circus and Clown Act
free entertainment Main Street
800 p MAmbrose His Circus Clown Act
entertainment Main Street.
Rides on Third Street and Concessions and Shows
Will Continue During Entire Celebration until late
Saturday Night.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Friday, July 4th

1000 A. M.-Grand Parade through Of city.
100 M-Band concerts Main
Third and Fourth Streets.
200 p M-Free platform entertainment front
Theatre building WDAY artists and Ambrose
His Dog Circus Clown Act.
$3.50 MBand concerts and drum Third
Main and Fourth Streets
NIGHT SHOW
700 p. M-Band
Third and Fourth Streets.
800 p. M-Free platform entertainment Main Street
WDAY Artists and Ambrose His Dog Circus
Clown Act.
$3.50 p MIuminated Parade Fireworks City Streets
1000 p MDance at Armory-Musc by Oscar johnson
His Music Makers, WDAY Orchestra.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-07-03
Celebration PROGRAM
Thursday Evening, July 3rd

TOO P. M-Free entertainment Street,
Oxford Theatre Building-WDAY Artists and AM
brose and His Dog Circus and Clown Act-Band
Concert.
500 p. M-Specal
Armory WDAY by special hookup. Admission
charge n connection dance.
$50 p M-Dance Armory. Music by Oscar johnson
His Music Makers, WDAY orchestra.
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Curmody
Continued From First Page)

tense and or poignant moments.
The picture which achieved it most
thoroughly among those which came
within this reviewers orbit was THE
Trial of Mary Dugan." More likely
because they have been trying poor
Mary for these too many years than
because of any ineptness on the part
of Laraine Day, the trial scene was
marked by a beautifully sustained
and precisely wrong audience reac-
ton.
Almost as uncomfortably close to
being satire on itself, and an un-
whiting one, was East of the River" "
a melodrama starring John Garfield.
That one wound up with Marjorie
Rambeau, playing his mother, land
ing a hefty right to Garf1elds nose,
a right that more properly might
have been plopped on the noses OF
those who decided to make East
of the River" in the first place.
Maybe this will sort of even up
for Mr.. Garfield. After all, the pic
ture wasn't his fault. >
Even if it does not. 1t sort Of
clears the way for selecting the 10
best, or at least 8, perhaps next
Sunday.
Evening star., 1941-12-07

a musical AS a back-fring, ironic
commentary on the strange ways of
the cinema, it was almost as potent
as Miss Boothe's original blast and
almost infinitely dull.
The feeling of her fearful fans
that Loretta Young is being NAL
treated by employers who once were
kind was heightened by another of
the years unforgettably bad pic
lures, The Lady From Cheyenne" :"
For that one, Universal assembled a
cast of fairly good actors and Robert
Preston, but in casting Miss Young
as kind of Carrie Nation it over
looked the conspicuous fact of her
fragility, her physical disqualified
ton for cleaning up such a big.
rough state as Wyoming. The result
was that the picture lacked a single
believable moment, unless it was
that one in which Gladys George, as
a soiled dove of the frontier, told
Miss Young a few of the facts Of
life in the great open spaces.
Almost Its Own Satire.
The ultimate in dramatic ineffec-
tiveness is achieved when audiences
break into embarrassed or derisive
laughter at what are designed to be
Evening star., 1941-12-07
Fred Astaire
Tries Two
Partners
And Calls Both,
Though Unknown,
Swell Dancers
Wide World News.
HOLLYWOOD.

WlUS WOIlQ NtWS.
HOLLYWOOD.
Fred Astaire usually has four or
five dances in his pictures, and they
leave his partner exhausted.
In his new film he does eight
numbers-a record, he says-and for
the first time has two partners. The
girls are comparatively unknown
Virginia Dale and Marjorie Reyn-
olds-but they're both swell dancers,
Fred says.
The girls are equally compliment
tary about Astaire, but they admit
he's a perfectionist who won't stop,
no matter how long numbers re-
hearsed, until he's entirely satisfied
with it. Virginia says her feet bled
after one particularly hard day.
my arches collapsed, and I had
to wear plastic supports in my
shoes Marjorie adds, ref1ectively.
This was Astaire's schedule-Thirty
days of rest after his last picture,
three months of working up the
dances for Holiday Inn" and re-
hearsing them with the partners;
two months on the picture itself,
and now, a month of dubbing-in
sound and steps Then 80 days of
rest before starting another picture
with its grind of eight hours of
dancing day.