The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-12-11

pOrtant that was farm when war came.
1t probably isn't to you. Yet to the very essence
of everything peaceful is found on the farm.
| wanted to write this for my own musings. To look
| back on some years hence; to see where was
when the world knew fell apart into something
| didn't know. wanted too to be able to indel.
IDLY etch that farm and others like 1t in my
mind. This day might well be the finely balanced
fulcrum which will turn my life and future. e.
One little girl Saturday enterprising
miss. Unable to write yet, she had cut out
wanted. And Santa trundled the letter off with
him.
T. O. DoweI westport farmer showed me his
registration card for the u s. Army the other day.
. He's carried it daily since 1917 and before
he got it proectively covered it very nearly fell
apart.
Flight
Flight Commander G. L. Ingram, with the
Royal Canadian Air Force, is by of Sank
Centres foremost pilots. E. Ingram born here,
in early manhood became bush flyer, those intre-
pd men who opened the Canadian wilderness in
the most dare devil manner Commander Ingram
spent several days here recently visiting relatives
Two years ago last spring he flew from Winnipeg
in his cub plane, enlisting in the Canadian
service shortly afterward and was stationed at
Trenton, Ontario, until this spring. This summer
he has covered most of the Canadian air fields on
inspections and coordinating the teaching curri-
culum. He stated here that many Americans
have enlisted pilots in the FCAF and at field
he found whole class of Sc were from the States.
substantial number of New zealanders and others
also in training there. One Of the most
interesting things he told of touched upon actual
European air combat. At one field he was examin-
ing instructor whom he noted had ribbon
decoration under his wings of insignia In examin-
ing the instructors air log he found entry Of
trip from Croydon airport (England), bombing
flight to the Kiel Canal and Hamburg; entry
concluding with the statements that the detectives
being accomplished he returned to his base.
Then in red ink just two words crash landing"
Inquiry brought out the fact that he had lost
six feet of one wing over Germany, one engine
completely disabled and the plane caught fire.
He put out the fire, miraculously held himself
and the ship together and landed-alive but injured.
Upon his release from hospital he was sent home
to act as instructor and hence his appearance in
Canada where Commander Ingram met him. .
But the strange part of it all is that years ago this
flier had become Canadian civilian pilot with a
poor rating. His license had been finally granted
him by Howard Ingram-the brother of the present
Commander. So there you strange tale
of the war with local quirk and all the excite
ment of dime novel thriller but written in pages
OF truth'
Ham
Affected under the nationwide request that
amateur radio operators stay off the air waves is
Sank Centreite-young Ira Plummer. Jr, who
is licensed amateur. Ira is what is commonly
known in his circle ham and will be among
thousands like him to stand by in emergency.
From here on in you expect draft boards
to be stringent. I would have written that same
statement, war, for draft boards have
been asked to get more men for the quotas.
Walt Otteson, the Star-Jour-Trib man he dubs
himself has rugged portable desk that is honey
It's board with cleats that fits neatly his steer
ing wheel-his portable office Ed Pangburn, his
memory logged by recent accident, saw roof
crumble on the erection of seven story building
one time. negro went down with the roof.
1t took an hour to dig him out and-he walked away
from the pile of debris.
The Carl Hildebrands-up in our neighborhood
hat iS m
crazy over-raw potato.
From Chatham, Massachusetts,, a note from the
Walfred Johnsons who are now nicely settled on
the end of Cape Cod. And another from Mrs.
Harriet Ward who with Mr. and Mrs. H. Rudolph
and Mrs Skaer is settled in st. Cloud, Florida.
But there is Sank Centre within fifty miles, a
situation they will attempt erstaz for in weekly
copies of the Herald It's pleasant little town
she writes of St Cloud about the size of Sank Gen.
tire. Doors and windows open, and Mr.. R. wanders
around the yard in shirt sleeves. The flowers are
beautiful especially the poinsettias. They grow as
tall trees. Our back yard is full of citrus
fruits" she said Our andlady told to help our
selves"
-Talendings
Sank Centres Boy Scouts who have begun a
drive for and magazines to collect to eliminate
waste of such items continuing their work with
the project. Scoutmaster Don Clough said this
week they are more anxious than ever to keep the
project going. Any one who has paper Is asked
to call the Scout in his neghborhood call Don.
He'll see Scout picks 1t up. 1t is not only
tidy bit Of gathering, but comes under the
heading Of national necessity and the program is
actually carried out under the suggestion of the
government. think ahead Of this and similar
communities now Is Of the greatest population
turnovers in its history It's been a mounting trend
notceably the past decade and the pace has
grown in the last three to five years in enormous
volumes Whole sections Of the people Of this COM
munity turnover in any given year. The total is
most often neither much less nor more than the
usual population of the town. But new, strange
faces are everywhere. And I'll wager it will con-
tinue to grow in proportions.