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The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
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Ward Springs

Mrs. Richard Grant, who had
been visiting relatives here for ten
days, returned to st. Paul week
ago Monday, accompanied by her
daughter, Rita.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Brake visit
ed one evening recently at the
home of Mrs. Elizabeth Harmeling.
Lena Albers was a Grey Eagle
visitor on Wednesday.
A week ago Sunday guests of
Mrs. Eva Ritter and son, Raymond,
were: Mr.. and Mrs. John Ritter
and family, Of Clutches Grove, Mr..
and Mrs. Paul Ritter and chill
dren, and Mr.. and Mrs. Pete Ritter
and family.
Marcella Kinzel, who had been
visiting at her home here, return
ed to Grey Eagle.
Mr.. and Mrs. Mike Albers and
children, who have resided on
farm south of here, have moved
to a farm, twelve miles west Of
Browerville.
AL Uhlenkamp, Of Melrose, was
a visitor of his brother, Joe Uhlen-
kamp and family, one evening last
week.
Laura and Wilfred Kinzel visit
ed their sister and brother, Mar
celia, and Claude Kinzel, at Grey
Eagle, Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Albers and Lor-
eta, motored to st. Cloud on Fri
day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Casper Kicker and
Mrs. Alfred Kicker motored to
Clutches Grove Tuesday night.
Wilfred Kinzel, who had been en-
ployed in a CCC camp at Akeley,
has returned to his home here.
Miss Imelda Schumann, of Swan
vile, was Sunday guest at the
Norbert Hoppe home.
Math Monti, Of Genoa, Wiscon-
sin, and Mrs. Charles Greener and
Mrs. Harry Tullock, Of Lacrosse,
Wisconsin, were guests at the John
Veneer home last week, Thursday.
They were enroute home from
Clutches Grove, where they had
been called by the illness and death
of their sister-in-law, Mrs. Joe
Monti. Mrs. Greener, Mrs. Tullock
and Mr.. MONT are nieces and nep-
hew Of Mrs. John Veneer.
John Mason, Of Swanville, spent
Wednesday at his cottage at Little
Birch Lake.
Sunday visitors Of the Joe Uh-
lenkamp family, were Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn Terwey and sons, of
Duluth. and Mr.. and Mrs. Anton
Brake.
Lena Albers Is spending some
time with the Mike Albers family
near Browerville.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Veneer and
family, Mrs. Alfred Kicker, Mrs.
William Veneer, Mrs. Paul Ritter
and Regime Kicker, Mr.. and Mrs.
Peter Ritter and Raymond Ritter
attended the funeral Of Mrs. Joe
Monti, at Long Prairie, Wednesday
morning.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

home Of Mr.. mad Mrs. Joe Budde,
ST., at Melrose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clifford Conlin and
son, Bernard, spent Sunday even
ing at the home Of MIR. and Mrs.
Ronald Stewart.
Herman Kemper was a business
caller at the Ted Svennecker
home Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Rehkamp
and family spent Sunday afternoon
at the home of MIR. and Mrs. Geo.
Manning at Melrose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Tank were
business callers at st. Cloud
Friday.
Adeline Kortenbush spent Sun
day afternoon at the Henry Tie
man home.
Rudy Sander called on his aunt,
Mrs. Mary Miller, at Sank Centre
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard Otte spent
Friday evening at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. Ben Otte.
Mrs. Ed Shurfan called at the
John Wolfe home Tuesday after
noon.
Mr.. mad Mrs. Henry Herbig and
son, David, from Minneapolis, Mr..
and Mrs. Ronald Stewart spent
Sunday afternoon with Mrs. Emma
Stewart, Mrs. Herbig and son,
David, remained and will spend
the week with her mother, Mrs.
Emma Stewart.
Pauline and Neva Wilcox, Cor
don and Junior Pauly spent Sun
day Afternoon at the Webber home.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
South Sank Centre

Elizabeth Bieringer spent Mon
day forenoon at the John Biering-
err home.
John Bieringer was business
caller at the Edo Paul home Mon.
day forenoon.
Gust Quade motored to st. Cloud
Monday.
Ben, Elizabeth and Theresa Bier
niger spent Wednesday evening
with Mr.. and Mrs. John Bieringer
and family.
Ben Bieringer was caller at the
William Schloegle home Thursday
afternoon.
Miss Theresa Bieringer Is spend
ing few days at the John Bier
niger home.
Anton Bieringer called at the
Joe Schloegle home Friday after
noon.
Jean Jenc and Kenneth Paul
were callers at the John Biering-
er home Wednesday.
Henry Barchenger, Eddie Jenc
and Edmund Schramel were call
ers at the John Bieringer home
Monday.
Mrs. Frank Jenc and Elizabeth
Bieringer spent Wednesday at the
John Bieringer home.
Anton Bieringer was a caller at
the Frank Doege home recently.
Ben Bieringer called at the Will
liam Schloegle home Sunday fore
noon.
Ed Schramel, Carl Bieringer, Syl-
vester and Albert Schieffer, Joe
Rouslang and sons, Arnold and
Wilfred, were callers at the John
Bieringer home Monday forenoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03
Sank Centre Route 3

Frank Doege was a business call
err and dinner guest at Anton Ess-
ler's Monday.
Lawrence Christie was a dinner
guest and caller at Joe Schloegle's
recently.
Children in School Dist. 1873 were
busy making wren houses. They
are painted in red, blue, white,
orange and other colors. They ex-
pect to make book holders next.
John Petermeier, Nick Bromen-
schenkel and Fred Schmidt were
business callers at Joe Schloegle's
recently.
Bill Schloegle and son, Norbert,
and Marion Orth were visitors at
Joe Schloegle's Saturday.
Robins, blackbirds, meadow larks
and wild ducks (three groups) have
arrived in this community. Snow
is going fast. Slough holes are
running over with large amounts
Of water. Roads which are rutted
and soft from mud have stopped
lot of traffic. Unable to use
sleds, farmers are now using their
wagons, which are not as COM
Portable, but are handy.
Mrs. Joe Schloegle and sons were
visitors with Mrs. Lambert Orth
and family Sunday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. Orville Johnson and
daughter, Kathleen, spent Satur-
day at Joe Schloegle's.
John Petermeier, Emil Polipnick,
Lawrence Christie, Joe Schloegle,
Othmar Bromenschenkel, Fred
Schmidt and Nick Bromenschenkel
shoveled snow to aid in opening
roads recently.
Lawrence Christie visited with
Joe Schloegle Sunday afternoon.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

Robert Peschel, of Grey Eagle,
was a Friday afternoon caller here.
Raymond Ritter and Frank
Brake were Sunday callers at Pete
Ritter's.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

Small automobiles powered by
electric batteries that must be
charged every rs miles are gaining
popularity in Paris where gasoline
Is at a premium.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

A wall switch has been invent
ed to control the three-light inten-
sity Of electric lamps installed any
where in the room.
READ THE HERALD WANT-ADS
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-04-03

berg's Saturday afternoon.
Mrs. Louis Huber returned home
Wednesday after spending some
time at the home Of her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Leo McCloskey, Of Clotho.
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14
Strange Soul Boats in the
Land of the White Rajah

say. But is IL not better 10 do
this, than TO do as some other
races do. raise cripples or even
intentionally deform children to
be turned into beggars or other
wise exploited for money?
am wondering though. now
that we have a beautiful. modern
hospital and many of the native
girls go there TO have their ba-
bies-what will happen if a
cripple is born. The doctors there,
who after all are Englishmen and
civilized" will not permit even
crippled or idiot child TO be killed
but I suspect the Dyaks will
still dispose of any such unfor-
tunate infant once they get it
home.
II may be that war will con-
fiscate the hospital and the ma
tives go back 10 their medicine
men and here / am reminded Of
an early experience of the Rajah
when he still was Rajah Muda
and in his early twenties.
He was in Dyak home where
a child was about to be born. The
young mother was a little girl of
only thirteen.
Here" said one of the three
old native women who were there
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Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

the girl-wife with a bundle of
wood. Her husband wasn't in
sight so the Rajah and l eX-
changed meaningful glances.
He probably is at home taking
care of a baby" the Rajah
smiled.
But the girl invited us in and
there was no baby.
My husband will be back" she
assured us. He go out hunting"
We talked of many things
Are you happy" asked the
girl because her eyes looked
strangely dreamy and as if they
were seeing things no one. else
could see.
YES. Happy-but very bad
luck" she answered. My baby
was cursed-it had 10 die. Hands
no fingers feet no toes"
Immediately l knew what had
happened. The midwife, or medi-
cine man who attended the birth
had taken one look at the new
born child. seen its deformity and
its little throat had been nipped.
Slowly the blood flowed from the
wound until the infant was dead.
There are no cripples among
the Dyaks in Sarawak because
they never allow a crippled child
to-live. even for a day
Barbarous, some people may
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

~ another Long House ! got
] Something ! had coveted for a
long time a tall burial jar that
for years had held the bones Of
one Of the greatest native chiefs.
Don't worry ! didn't take
his bones They had disappeared
mysterlously several years be-
fore But 90 feet a strange
thrill up MY back every time !
think how tins great Dyak gentle
man was tremendously folded IN
the middle, chucked into the
yawning mouth of a four-foot
l.-r-S pr.alzled- llenG1Gl-Y- QlIIh-na--
tive camphor. shut IN by a tightly
stretched skin and Jeff 20 moulder
there for rearly a century
And even though they had him
picked" in a jar his relatives
probably sent messages 10 him
after death in one Of the cruelest
fashions imaginable
Pirates stole slaves IN those
days and sold them as sacrifices.
Dressed only in a loin cloth.
such a slave was encircled by all
those who wished 20 send word TO
the deceased. each armed with
spear. Shouting and dancing
around him they started the cere-
mony.
Tell my brother that all is
well with his family" shouted
one as ne thrust his spear into
the victims body.
Ask him If he is well served
by those whose heads he took IN
this world" instructed the son,
pushing another spear into the
slave boy.
Tell him we have much rice.
and TO spare o. the dead mans
nephew added his spear thrust
TO those that had gone before.
Each message was accompan-
led by a jab. When the slave
could bear no more and death
came with the final thrust, he
was supposed 10 carry all the
messages into the next world.
Such cruelty doesn't happen in
Sarawak any more thanks 10
the reign Of the three white Ra-
jahs.
Only simple and relatively
harmless supersutions remain
or at least so l try TO think
The Rajah and both were anX-
ious to visit a young couple
whose wedding ceremony we had
attended on an earlier trip into
the Jungle. We Travelled up a
languid stream one day that led
us almost TO their door.
There. climbing the bamboo
pole which leads 10 her home was
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I'VE will not go The child is
not lost II has killed it's mother
and soon 1t, too, will die
2 The Englishman looked - in
credulous. Plainly these natives
did not understand his poor rem
dition Of Malay, or he did not
understand them.
Then one Of the brown men ex-
planned: This child you hear is
very evil. Twin boys were born
TO one young Dyak woman last
night. This young mother and
one son died. II is the other
baby you hear
Early this morning we have
placed all three in a shallow
grave the living baby we have
tied 10 the dead bodies He and
his brother caused his mothers
death. Already the brother is
dead and now this one must pay
the penalty too
Again the child was heard
family. but with set faces the
natives went on their~way There
vas nothing the Engllshman
could do then for the Dyaks so
firm In their belief would have
turned upon him. When he went
back hours later the crying had
ceased It was too late.
The cruel practice Of burying
live babies with their dead
mothers no longer exists.
A few mornings after our en-
counter with the Pontianak, as
our yacht lay at anchor ana the
Rajah and I were preparing for
our days jaunt I saw a Seripa
girl whose face seemed very IA
miliar Suddenly ! remembered
her and her story
Two years before she had faced
death from exposure and the
threat OF death at the hands Of
her relatives. in order 20 escape
10 the man she loved Taking
only few handfuls OF dry rice.
and dressed IN mans clothing she
had travelled day and night III
stolen canoe until she came 10
the part Of the country where
he liYed. She plilled her crazy
craft from one river 20 another.
over the rapids and across the
surf
Finally. half dead from eXhaus-
ton she reached his door
Now they were very happy and
had two children, but she had
not seen any Of her people since
that night she ran away.
Tell me of them" she whis-
pered shyly as she and all the
other women from her village
crowded around me in my small
cabin on the yacht.
WHENEVER we stay any
w where on our journey | have
no privacy at all because the ma
tive women crowd around TO
watch the Rance dress 10 see
how she makes up her face and
combs her hair. 90 smell her per
fume. finger her Jewels and
touch her clothes
No less fascinated are they
with the activities Of Ling Foo
as he prepares the food for our
party And this is not surpris-
ing. our food is quite different
from that most Of the natives eat
and when in the jungle the Rajah
and usually eat our own meal
first, cooked by the faithful Ling
Foo and then we merely pretend
TO eat the food at feasts and ma
tive family dinners.
remember one dreadful eX-
perience in one Of the Long
Houses. We all sat on a mat on
the floor eating with our fingers
from the pots of food in the CEN
ter. AS / nibbled at some raw
fish. cut very fine and served
with rice and salt, my nose
caught the faint but awful smell
of sulphur.
"Hell-fire and birthstone"
thought to myself but il was
only the next course | was SMELL
some ancient eggs that had
lain buried so long they had
turned perfectly black. The
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

Rajah and / managed 20 wash
down a mouthful Of this tidbit
with several gulps Of Arak, the
potent rice wine all natives of
Sarawak drink.
Then came the piece de resist
ance.
This was a mess Of fat, dingy-
colored slugs. The natives prob
ably had spent days gathering
them from the jungle trees Slngs
are considered a great treat,
comparable in excellence only 10
the long white. almost tfanspar-
ent woodworms obtained by soak
ing a soft wood named Taha Tan
gan under water for about a
month
When our meal was finished
and needless TO say | didn't
manage single slug the natives
got up and belched loudly. This
was a sign they had enjoyed the
repast
shuddered AT that meal, but
had ! come 20 this Long House
hundred years ago ! might not
have had a chance 20 shudder
FOR probably would have been in
the soup pot instead Then young
boys were fed human hearts and
the skins OF the foreheads of
brave men so they too might be-
come good warriors. The palm
Of the human hand. was a deli
cacy even greater than slugs
and worms.
Cannibal Dyaks even killed and
ate their own relatives II those
relatives happened 70 be sick
and near death
Detroit evening times. (Detroit, Mich) 1921-1958, 1941-09-14

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The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
New Haven's Trade School

Down in New Haven the authorities are considering plan of utilizing the county jail factory for State Trade School purposes. Offhand this would seem as an excellent means of providing such 1n- Struction, but the thought occurs to us that the State Board of Education might offer the same objection here as it did to a plan to utilize an old factory site III Waterbury for trade school purposes. The state board felt that an abandoned fac tory building was not suitable for trade school purposes. Would the county jail factory be any more suitable?
 This, naturally, is New Haven's prob lem and not Waterbury'S, so we need not worry too much about it. But we are so much concerned here about getting trade school that any idea which is re- ceiving attention some place where there is a trade school and where expansion of the existing program is planned is eager ly seized upon. If New Haven is serious ly thinking of asking the State Board of Education to support the scheme of using the county jail factory for school, then we can't afford to pass up every means at our command to interest the state in our own problem.
 v While we believe our local legislators are doing just this and have shown so from the beginning by the fact that they have unearthed possible means of H. nancing the school to a certain extent through long-existing trust fund, still the fact that New Haven has one trade school and is fighting very hard to get another convinceS us that Waterbury will have to fight doubly hard to get a similar institution. Anything that will advance our chances of being so benefit ed should not be overlooked.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
A Thought for Today
Plenty of Trouble

The plaintive melody about "ah got plenty of trouble" could well be sung by Uncle Sam right now. He has plenty of trouble. It begins at Washington where the lend-lease bill is still undergoing bitter debate in the Senate. From there it seems to stem out in all directions. Certainly the strike situation in the steel industry is far from the least of these troubles and worries. Here is a problem that might well become as serious to us as an invasion of Nazi bomberS along the New England coast. National defense programs may be thrown into disorder if this situation prevails
 The plane crash in the South may be just another accident of the airlines, but they really are so few and far between these days that one involving as this did persons prominent in national legisla- tion and business attracts more than passing attention. It comes, too, with news of other events perhaps unrelated, but, nevertheless, of suspicious nature, such as explosions at plants. Redoubled efforts on the part of this nation to strike out sabotage should follow. If we can't keep our own house in order we have no business trying to straighten out some body else'S.
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
Citizenship Recognition Day

Every year about two million young men and women reach the age ot 21 and thus become full-fledged citizens and voters. Every year thousands more be- come citizens by naturalization, and this wear the number will be exceptionally large. The naturalized citizen is required to learn at least some outline of what 1t means to be an American citizen. But the millions of native-born young men and women who achieve citizenship merely by being born and staying around for 2l years often are not even taught these basic elements.
 It is something to be a citizen of the United States. The Apostle Paul, arrest ed in connection with riot in Jerusalem, was able to tell the centurion proudly, T am a man .. of TarSuS citizen of no mean city," and demand to be heard. So the men and women of the United States are citizens of no mean country, and they have every reason to wear their citizenship proudly. So, few years ago, certain people conceived the idea that this precious citizenship should not be assumed lightly or casually, but with solemnity, with ceremony propor- toned to It's importance, and after prep aration for It's responsibilities.
 The movement grew, and this spring Citizenship Recognition Day is going to be moro impressive than ever. The date, the third Sunday in May each year, has been set by Congress in an effort to cre' ate a nationwide ceremonial. Previously groups in different cities held their exer' cises at different times. Adoption of q single official date makes possible ar' rangcment Of e national broadcast. per- hapb including an address by the Presl' dent .. ..l.
 More and more communities are Ioln. ing ln the work each year, They form classee which prospective citizens may
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28

attend, in which a background on the meaning and responsibilities of citizen ship, as well as it's privileges, is presented: State universities, with Wisconsin and Illinois in the lead, have prepared exten- sion courses for new voters. The U. s. Immigration and Naturalization Service, the National Education Association, the American Legion's Americanism Commis- sion, and many other organizations are cooperating. Plans are under way for the most impressive ceremony ever held to demonstrate on May IS that Ameri- cans are growing more conscious of both the rights and the duties implied by be- coming citizens of no mean country"
The Waterbury Democrat., 1941-02-28
More Homes

The quadrennial census always de- velops lot of interesting sidelights aside from finding out how many Americans there are. For instance, there were in 194O five million more home units than in 193O You might say, Naturally" since the population increased. But the inter- esting thing about this is that the num- Der of homes increased faster than the population. The total number ofN people increased only 7.2 per cent in the decade, but the number of separate households increased 16.6 per cent during the same period.
 Fewer families doubling up," more people marrying, as the worst of the hard times passed by, seems to be the answer Salesmen and producers of the things households use will note that it is possl- ble for the market to increase much faster than the population.