The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-22
sAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, Mimi

scribed transfusions of sort that would require a
donor willing to allow himself to be innocuated
with serum from the disease she had. In all the
Cities he knew at first to answer such de-
mands But there was one a relative by marriage
who volunteered. 1t lead to the arrest of the
disease. Now it is entirely cured, and Eleanor is
building herself up strong and well-save for one
thing her power of locomotion. Last week she
went to Gillette hospital where they expect surgery
will make sound enough to ride bicycle
OF course the family is happy. We are telling
you this because little talk had with George
He started off like this: IF some one had told me
a wear before :" he almost shuddered thinking of
the year horror he would have put in. He doubted
that he would have survived such year He in
timated he could not have expected to enjoy the
companionship of daughter for whom, in her ill
ness he must feel pity And there is proof again
that it is often desirable that know nothing
of what's coming to For things haven't been
as that year waiting might have indicated They've
had real fun together. He's been arnazed in turn
first by his spirit and then by Eeanors own
great resources in keeping the chin up. For
than year now she has directed his house
hold-from a wheel chair. She cooked, she sewed.
From that perch she pushed vacuum sweepers. AT
time she gave a birthday party for one Of her
former classmates for which she baked cake
When the girls left, they almost despairing-
not for Eleanor but for themselves. She seemed
happiest and gayest of the lot. We don't pre-
tend to know what mechanism starts whirring In
the human mind when something more or less dis
astrous happens. But there is an indominitable
spirit, will that amazes. The chin is high.
could make Eleanor completely happy with letters
to her in care of Gillette hospital, st. Paul
Dream
twelfth night ago our mother had a dream.
1t was her first about brother, JIM now with
the Army at Camp Ham. If she was prouder of
the fact she had born up well as not to have
dreamed before of him. that it was her first, we
couldn't tell. But she related how in the dream
Jim had Unexpectedly come home. His greeting
to her a mountainous bear of hug.
weekend ago Jim with Art Rosenwald Bud Soltau,
Keldahl motored up into the mountains to Big
Bear Lake, where they cottaged overnight, fried
steaks, caught fish, gaped at the scenery. Nom
entos of the trip sent here. The other morning
postcards with scenes of the place But
dovetaling neatly into mothers dream was trinket
of bear attached to shipping tag, reverse side
of which read: am just little cub who bears
greetings to you with great big hug
In the class play the other night part
in which radio program to dovetail into the
plays plot. The way it rugged was rather neat
. The simplifying system was hooked up with
student speakers talking to simulate bona fide
program. . g. 1t was thrown into the radio. Brain
behind this hookup was Don OBrien who they say
is a positive wizard at such things. OF course, dur
ing rehearsas of the last week the whole system
broke down. Don calmly went about taking 1t
apart fixed it with major parts left over
singuarly difficult feat.
1t must be safe to talk about it without in
curing the presence OF anOtner. IL was the DlZ-
card of the Ides of March. An official report
of the Weather Bureau has been issued on it, a
copy of which Wilma Boehmke has seen fit to pro-
vide 1t is known the most severe and
phenomenal storm Of its type in history. 1t is
officially dubbed wnd-shift storm How well we
remember. One hour steady breeze was blowing
the southwest; half hour later gale that would
bowl you bowling from the northwest sec
tor. It's suddenness and severity make it remark
able At Moorhead IL mile hour wind was
heaving to out of the southwest before the sudden
wind-shift at 9:25 p BY $3.50 the wind had shifted
to the northwest and at the Fargo airport RECORDED
46 mile an hour gale at 9:35. In Duluth
new intense wind velocity record made when
the velocity reached Is mph 1t topped the gale of
August 10, 1884, at SO miles hour from the west
Property damage general Thousands of
game birds persisted well some livestock and
much poultry. Overhead wire systems were dam
aged and trees fell. Traffic was seriously de-
layed. At least 80 persons were known to have
lost their lives in Minnesota alone. Frost bite
occurred occasoning amputation of and legs
Fires broke out and aided by the wind and cold
caused damage. In all the loss set at some
thing like $250,000. The November 18th storm
was pale lily either recall it. Damage
of its intense cold remains still at the Waldorf
where the hghwnds and cold blew in and froze the
ar-condtoning machine, undergoing repairs