The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-08-07

shade" George Conkey has moved four times
and at time more than block away In fact
the any Of the other intervening two George
must be stuck up there on Maple Street
-Johnsonzed
In Company c, Home Defense they feel they
can rank with any telephone city directory in
the state that is proportionately At recent
drill Gordy Johnson, by now old trooper of some
months, came marching in dragging brother, How
ard. Howard duly enlisted only to discover that
there Hank. They took him in and had just
dished out pair of shoes and uniform when in
walked another-Larry-to take over the company.
Upshot is the outfit now has five Johnsons,
four of which are brothers and pair of which are
twins. All Of which should drive company Of
ficers bit daffy. Johnson night in the Home
Defense
Latest announced advancement in military rank
among the who have left this city for the ser
vice is the rise to major for Dr. Ralph Kettlewell,
with the U. S. Cavalry. in Kansas. An
nouncement made by his wife who with thel
children is in Manhattan, Kansas, with him for the
summer. She writes, 1.-THE Doctor is wearing his
gold leaves now" 1t seems in Manhattan they
had bit of flood what with the river rising to
a point to halt train and road traffic between that
point and points both east and west. But she
intimates the Sank Centre flood has taken some
of the SAVIOR out of relating the experiences of
their own when they return here. Although the
story of their son. Jackie whose eyes got pretty
big when he the highway covered with water
and his first question was, How I going to
get back to my friends in Sank Centre?" He
claims too, he see Sank Centre from the Coun-
try Club Hill in Manhattan If he can don't tell
the Army, Mrs. Kettlewell they will be drafting
your young for the signal corps. Typically
southern Mrs Kettlewell says that while she doesn't
particularly want to brag about the heat it did get
down to 1O2 degrees. Some seven thousand men
plus their horses, hospital tents and ambulances
are ready to shove off for maneuvers Major
Kettlewell is in charge of the hospital tents Some
ho folxo Of at
always casualties in the cavalry, with last weeks
maneuvers showing two broken legs and dozens 0,
horses together plus trilons of flies and someone
is going to get kicked or thrown" Mrs X.
and the children soon to return here where'
she writes, you say hello to your friends on
Main Street chin time away on the telephone
Oompah
Now respondent in uniforms, the Ameri-
can Legion band is planning its Appreciation Day
concert eliminating the drive for funds that made
the uniforming venture possible. That day
Charles Miller, tuba player with the outfit looks
back on quite a band history in this town. And
he dons the eighth uniform in Sank Centre bands.
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Farmers saw their work this tele-
scoped to rush orders never before Peculiar
weather breaks first with rains that delayed hayng
and then excessive heat that ripened grain so fast
you could almost hear it, were the reasons
There's been little letup for the boys on the farm
this summer They've jumped from one task to
another with amazing alacrity got the harvest In
in the hottest weather of the year. Now with
threshng in many places, they're tossing their
forks back into the hay piles.
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Cards
When Johns Place moved the first Of the month
next door to the vacated post office building four
of the boys caught right in the middle of
the hand. . Right there historic moment.
Undaunted the boys held their hands picked up the
table, moved to the spot where they finished
the game Just as a matter of record, pryng
historians eager to find out about civilization
of this era can know, they were Art MacDermond,
Alex Botz George Fish and Harold Dean
Symbol of mans struggle to combat the heat
Laurel Kels popping across the street with cleo
fan in hand. =. Best desk fan we've seen is the
one Vic Conkln sprouted week ago. The fan
itself whirrs parallel with the desk top, looks like
an autogyro. . It's covered and it scurries the
air around in good shape-yet won't blow your pap
ers to the four winds
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