The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-03-13
The Common-tater
-By Chuck Rathe
Monday Diary
By Chuck Rattle


Betimes and up-betimes mainly because the
fire siren was screaming in the same ears we were
pounding Hastily breaking the nights fast and
so workward And off to the postoffice for the
mornings mail and back through Johns Place to
find John in morning alertness and police chief
Frank Schlichte already the job A quick
glance through the mails to find note to the entire
gang at the shop from kid brother, Jim who is now
a soldier, but the kid brother albeit. And
another from Fay Domke who threatens mayhem
to our person if publish any Of the letter. So
suffice it for you to know that in the Marine
Air Corps as pilot, Fay is due at Jacksonville, Flor
ida by March 20 for advanced training and that he
is dissatisfied with California weather in Oakland
He is spoiled by Hawaiian even temperatures
quick pop to school to find Supt. Stub
Olson bustling through weeks first mail and jam
Of weeks notes to freshen his memory. And find
Ray Schwartz wondering where to send his idea
for a shell to the government. Our suggestions
were arid. And Bernice Klobe with resolutions
for the week. one for each finger on her hand.
Check with Walt Weaver for bowling scores where
he is chuckling Bill Benson's game of the
evening before which included by way of illustra-
ton eight straight strikes. A short chat with
George Berggreen who leans back in chair with the
nonchalance of a man at home So home to
lunch and note that ice walking activities have left
us-and the whole popuace-with a curious shuttle
that is definitely not Buffaloward but be-
tween a schottische and continental minuet.
Find my mother in usual Monday preparations in
GLIDING washday and meagetting. Play a record
by Red Nichols on the monograph and jitterbug
myself into my overcoat. But have difficulty
carrying on the dance while shedding the feet with
rubbers. So back up to the stem and find COM
pany in Chuck Finch Our exchange Of greet
ings having the earmarks Of echo. So off
to afternoon capers the street checking with
businesseers and their employees for the weeks
happenstances. See Mrs Walt Holmes cycling
the seed racks and note that it is of the signs
of spring. Find Lulu Kriesel bit respondent,
a self admitted widow" since pal Ann Pfipsen left
Sunday for Flowerida. And the sun warm along
the south side bricks of the First State Bank and
long to stand there to soak up my vitamins about
which there is too much talk today. In fact more
people talking vitamns than they eating
And find Jimmy Benson summing up the ad
vantages of being married and wondering why he
didn't long time ago. Hear that Joe Schmit
is back at Gables. that he arrived with padlocks
each Of two suitcases He rooms with Frank
Hoffman and Thomson. Am directed by insat-
liable curiosity to Jerry Daniels to Jimmy Roose
velt's dime in the-slot movie machine. Watch
Ben Ives play the street with a'stream from hose,
and conclude it is the first we've seen since the
summer past. Suddenly get yen to sit under
a shade tree in the park and whisk myself in the
motor out to the lake. But can do neither.
Have AL Parker stop with a request about program,
but we couldn't help him.
Accost Bill Wruck in the postofce who grns
when we talk Of the boiler stories started in this
paper his glorious bit of metal And
find him pleased the fact 1t brought fan mail.
card from a woman in st. Cloud who ad
dressed the missive playfully: "Wruck Boiler"
And he got it proving once again the unerring
accuracy of Uncle Sans mails. For that matter 1t
has long since been proved to our satisfaction in