The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-05-15
SAUK CENTRE HERALD, Sank Centre, MINI.

UP bowling event during the winter. Tearing
down the work shack Of the post office construction
reminded the other day of the rather good wit
ticism offered by Bob LATERAL when it being
built. Sighting few knot holes he supposed they
were for circular letters Isn't this dandy. Nice
lacy curtains have been put up in the telephone
office Mrs Kettleweil and her family are to
leave for Kansas to join the Doctor, now with the
Army for the summer All a-twitter they all
too In the hustle the other day young Margaret
Ann preached a problem hitherto unthought of.
do they know we're coming?" she asked. Her
mother informed her their daddy did and inquired
whom she meant by they" . well, you know"
she said, 'the Army" Nanny Polipnick and
his wife getting quite chuckle the other night
they worked about their new home and one 1
got in on in passing. Their daughter came bouncing
up, announcing proudly she had an apple blossom.
They denoted their interest The girl continued
that it apple blossom from cherry tree, at
which Nanny looked if to say neat trick If you
do it. Just before passed out of earshot,
the girl rang down the curtain with, May be it'll
grow into a nice crab apple If keep it." Where
upon both prepared to begin the little ladys course
in nature study.
So enthusiastic is the response to and devotion
of most volunteer firemen to the department that
it is virtually historic when one misses the alarm
1t is also just the kind Of fodder for kidding
the boys looking for when one of the fellows
sleeps right through the waing siren So at last
fire when Hank Thielen was undisturbed by the
alarm slept right through the elevator fire, the
chorus of voices rubbing Hank has grown to rather
tremendous proportions.
this sleepyheadedness the light of the fact that
in fourteen years it is only the second alarm he
missed. He nearly let Dave Hoopers house burn
down. Hank says in official statement Of course,
1T was that darned south wind"
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-Plover
George O'Gara, S. p. Hansen and some others OF
their vintage talking about wildlife in the
community the other day. They noted in particular
the demise hereabouts Of certain birds such as the
plover, the Brandt II don't know about the spelling
of that, and the sand hill crane. He was telling
about it later, George was, and confessed to having
never knowingly seen any of these species. The
long-geared variety that slung over
mans shoulder would reach to the ground. George
said that out blowing he had seen brandts by the
hundreds. They were like tame goose of small
stature. The povers almost never flew and they
barged around in pairs. The boys could remember
how you never shot one plover you waited for them
to get in line to get two at time. 1 suppose
that the game and bird life of this community has
changed considerably. Animals once regular inhabl-
tants are now never seen. The nfltration OF man
into even the most remote hiding places for these
of the wild life has brought these changes. But
there is the converse of the proposition too
Most notable is the return of deer to the commun-
ity in, some say, greater numbers than ever
Nature has strange powers of balance. Man may
cripple her strategy, but her final campaign pro-
duces fair return to normally.
Family
In the paper the other day was picture of
family of fifteen children, parents of whom are Mr.
and Mrs George Bauer, of Albany. significantly
it is reputedly the largest family, all living, in the
northwest Significantly, too it is hardening back
into not too distant past before larger families
as a part of Americana became fewer and fewer
Most the fellows seeing it concerned over the
grocery item for such multitudinous gathering of
mouths. And well they might. have heard George
OGara tell of the times when his family at home,
numbering twelve, had to be cautioned against US
ing more than pound of butter at meal.
Large families have always interested me in their
composite personality. There's certain together
ness about them. can remember going to the
Alex Benson home with Jim and laughing my sides
sore at the banter, the pranks the family chatter
Apparently ingrained in the schools annual fes-
toons that adorn usherng out each years graduates
is skip day In practice it is simply that seniors,
now with a what-the-heck attitude, pack off some
morning in a body just after assembly and for the
duration of the day seen no more The day
is unannounced, spontaneous. 1t is not officially
mild cloud the seniors shining hori-
zon that only adds to the fun.