The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1941-10-16

the Kels-Hansen duo brag that they found lice on
the decoys. s'help me-.
Trucks
NJ. w. Itchy of the Sank Centre Nash was
awarded contract bid for rs trucks to the gov
eminent for the Twin City munitions plant near
New Brighton. We refraining from getting
into Cedric Adams little corner on just whose plant
it is Delivery the trucks made in two
days and it quite scramble, they told us
at the garage. Trucks were in Duluth, Min
neapols and some other points and had to be round
ed up in forty-eight hours And they MADE IT,
It's virtually the first outright contract Of the
sort to be grabbed by Sank Centre firm
Official notation is made right here that Ben
Schoenhof-the man who kept the name Gopher
Prairie alive longer than other on this business
Streets eligible to our first time grandfather's
club. It's on accounta daughter born to Mr. and
Mrs Dick Schoenhoff in Rochester. Come to
think of it we should begin first time grandmoth-
er's club too perhaps and include Mrs. s.
Defense
Christmas cards-at least small groups of them
this will reflect the patriotic note
We've seen some lines and note the use of flags,
minute men, early fathers Of this nation. One OF
the best the of the Constitutions preamble
and then the notation at the bottom that because
there was a first Christmas people can have the
ideals completed set forth in that important instu-
ment. . Here's little slogan we'n give to the
Treasury Department free: Tank up on defense bonds
and stamps.
Bells
These fellows that come home from Camp Ham
on furlough find all sorts of startling things
about this town that seemed neither new nor start
ling to them when they left Weather leads the
list. In their minds eye out there they have so
magnified the good points of Minnesota weather
they are getting as bad the California chambers
of commerce. In fact we have been told 1t is
a great duel right now between the Minnesota sol
ders and the California chambers. Matter of per-
servance, you know. But Maurice Mischke popped
into the office the other day with new one.
The church bells tolling the death to the days
work at six Maurice pricked up his ears, listened
a moment and offered that he hadn't heard church
bells since he left here. Well, like church BELLS
too . I've written of their work in this town
several times :. think like them best on the
strange faraway note from across the field mile
in the country . On a windy day the sound
surges and eddies in the wind so that at one time
the full peal is slapping against your ears and at
another you're catching only the faint after thought
Its tone seems more of summons from out
of the town. I remember one time in particular;
it was never so clearly a summons as that time to
me. Lester Wruck and were couple of young
punks who after school one October evening had
ventured the other side of the river, east of town.
. We were eating black haws, thorn apples and
other varieties that gets over out of childhood
The woods alive with fun and we dawdled
some time. . d. And suddenly from out of the set
ting sun came the first boom of the church bells
. . Six o'clock. Now in our home it was cardinal
to sin against the time for meals. Les too, was
anxious to get home. 1t was mile or two around
each way. So in the chill of that late October day
we uncovered out feet to wade the river. 1t
was chilly crossing, but it saved an almost in
evitable dressing down at home. You see have
a profound respect for the bells
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-Talendings
Down at a publishers meeting of Stearns country
newspapermen last week in Paynesville-wel you
never know what the topic will be. At dinner it
was how many teeth cow has, the placement OF
same, and possibly-though I'm not sure-the rela-
tive merits of in this goth century society
The Norb Nathes in Alaska are living in tent
Their house is a-building but material short
age threatens to leave them virtually in the cold
All material is shipped in of course, and the vast
government defense program gets priority. .
Willis Lovesee, the former S. c. lad, writes one of
his pals Hank Johnson, the twin, here, that he Is
of-and boy for a long way. Now in California
with the Douglass aircraft people, Willis will hop off
to Afrca-of all places-with the same firm.
Shades of a Hottentot. We dropped up to see Mrs
John Whitson the other day. At 49, she's astute
on affairs about the town. Noting that the high
school is putting H. M. S. Pinafore in its music
department. she offered the information that at
sixteen she had seen Pnafore for the first time
and right here in Sank Centre Said she was really
thrilled E. If you're going anyplace these days
have extra bit ready. Effective October 10th was
a new five percent straight tax all transportation
tickets including bus, railroad and steam ship fares
It's part of the gigantic tax measure recently
into effect many lines including automobiles, tires
(by the pound) jewery cosmetics, amusement tick
cts. q. Frankly, the variety store men are going
nuts over the thing. And the penny market took
a tremendous boom. We haven't checked with
banks on additional volume; but one businessman
told us that in two days he had exhausted in change
all but $50 of 1000 pennies
halfway of Still ed for help; but soon realizing that
historical stand they could reach bottom turned the