The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-04-07

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 35
THE  PINE  RIVER  JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER.   CASS   COUNTY.   MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY, APRIL
1938
SUB. ?1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
j "SAFETY  FIRST"  PLAY TO  BE
GIVEN AT LONGVILLE SAT.
'GRAB    SPEEDERS,"    FIRST
ORDER   OF   PATROL  CHIEK
The play "Safety First" sponsored
uy the local PTA will be given in
Longville on Saturday evening, April
9, by request, due to its success when
: given in Pine River. It is hoped that
tne showing in Longville will be as
successful as the local performance.
"Enforce speed limits and in every
way   discourage   dangerous     speeds."
In substance, this was the first order M. J. Murray, now chief of tin;
Highway patrol of the Minnesota
Highway department, issued to his
men.
Chief Murray pninted out that of
late several tragic accidents, bringing wholesale death, have .occurred
on the highways of the state and investigation has shown that unreasonable speed played an important part
in each.
At the same time, Chief Murray
ordered that after April 1 patrolmen
follow the usual procedure with drivers of motor, vehicles not showing
1938 Minnesota license plates.
As an added service, an officer of
the Highway patiwl will be stationed
in the central office in St. Paul from
12 noon to 8 p. m. each Saturday,
Sunday and holiday until further not
ice for emergency needs.
SUPPER   CLUB   MEETS
The Sunday night Supper Club met
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Kater this week. A 7 o'clock dinner was
served by the hostess after which contract was played. Honors went to
Mrs John Kater and L. YV. Isensee.
Mrs. H. C. oKinner won the traveling
prize. '
TWO BIG SHOWS AT
MARLOW THIS WK.
PINE R. FARMER HAS INTERESTING HOBBY
Adolph Anderson, local farmer who
lives three miles south of Pine R ver
SERVICES FOR PIONEER RES. AT M.E.
CHURCH TO-DAY
FORTNlGhiLY CLUB MEETS
Mrs.   Caroline  Robideau,   aged    70,
pioneer resident of Pine River, pass-
on  T. H. 871,  has a very interesting1 e*i away at her home here"*5_ondny af-
hobby and plently of articles to p.ovej ternoon after a lingering illness.
it. Funeral services will be conducted
Air. Anderson stopped in at    the | from the Methodist church on Thurs-
Journal   oflice   Saturday  w.th  severalftday afternoon,  at 3 p.    m.     (today),
The Fortnightly Club met at the
home of Mrs. Clyde Townsend Monday evening. A'7 o'clock dinner was
served with bridge following. Honors
went to Mrs. Ted Hill and Mrs. Fre.l
Hempstead.
PTA MEETING HELD
MONDAY EVENING
A sleepy Kentucky town supplies
the background for the warmest, most
human characterization of Will Rogers' career in "Judge Priest," which
■opens at the Marlow theatre Thursday night (tonight) and continues
thru Saturday night.   Fashioned from \ wh'ich is composed of interlocking tri-
,f . angles and chain links with a circle
items he had carved out of wood, with
an ordinary pocket- knife, and showed us what could be done w.th a pieca
of wood and a little patience. He
stated that he had worked even'.ngs
for three or four months to complete
some of the pieces of wood carving.
besides his wood-carving, he has a
yen for inserting articles that are several times the size of a bottle-neck
into a bottle. He has two bottles filled with interlocking crosses about
2 1-2 inches across, wvth a ribbon tied
in a bow at the cross nearest the bottom. All the pieces must ba assembled after they are dropped int. the
bottle.
He also ha. a sixteen inch pendant
that was carved out of a single board,
The local PTA held 'its regular
meeting Monday evening, with a good
attendance. On Thursday afternoon,
April 21, ladies are asked to voluntee1-
to help repair and re-hand the stage
curtains.
The PTA voted to donat. $3.03* towards prizes for the kite flying contest.
Room mothers are busy planning
for a farwell luncheon and party to
be held in honor of the school faculty
next month. Room mothers are requested ta meet April-21, at 2 p. to.
An invitation has been extended to
Mrs. Larson, Dist Pres. of the PTA,
of Aitkin,  to attend this luncheon.
The new historian book made for
the PTA by Mrs. Dale Dubbs and
Mrs. Alice Amy will be displayed at.
the next meeting. It will contain a
complete record of all PTA activities
since the organization began. Due to
the splendid publicity given the PTA
by the local newspaper, a large and
complete set of clippings will be included. An interesting program was
prepared for the meeting Monday evening by Thomas Riley. Two plays
were given by the Footlight Dramatic
Club which were well received. I
The traveling prize went to the se- ,
cond grade and the door prize, donated by G. P. Rognlie, was won by
Mrs. Clarence Lesher. Lunch was
served at the close of the meeting by
the second grade mothers.
the famous Irvin S. Cobb stories
the small town judge and his Civil
War-veteran cronies, the film gives
Rogers the ideal opportunity for the
simple, heart to heart type of role he
loved.
Rochelle Hudson, Tom Brown, Anita Louise and Stepin Fetchit are featured in the cast supporting America's beloved cowboy-humorist. In addition to this great play a compleco
picture "Quintupland" will be shown,
portraying the famous Quints at their
Ontario home. This is one program
you cannot afford to miss!
Sunday and Monday brings you
Ronald Coleman in "Prisoner of Zen-
centered with a star at each end. Every piece in the entirependa.t 'is move
able. This particular pieca of work
occupied Mr. Anderson's evenings for
about three months. Other item? if
his collection included a pair of pliers atnut six inches  lot.g  that    are
with Rev. Huss officiating.    Interment,
iwill be made in the Pine Ridge cemetery.
Caroline Olson was born December
27, 1861, in Wisconsin. She later
moved with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Sylvester Olson to Fairfax, Minn.
jf-On November 3 1S79, she was united
in marriage to George Robideau of
Redwood Falls. To this union twelve children were born, of whom nine
survive. In 1S97, she came with her
husband to Pine River, where she has
since made her home. Mr. Robideau
preceeded her in death some years
ago. The deceased has for many
years, been a member of the Lutheran
church and was a faithful worker.
She is survived by nine children:
Four daughters, Mrs. James Creigh-
ton of Vancouver, B. G, Mrs. Al De-
Lare of Campbell River, B. C. Mrs.
Al Widing of Minneapolis and Mrs.
jpiifE Gearhart of Mildred; four sons,
George Jr. of Walker, Sam of Lands-
dale, Pa., and Howard and'Ernest of
Pine River, and Bud of Akron, Ohio;
also one brother and four sisters.   All
NOTICE
The Farmer-Labor club will hold
its next regular meeting Monday, Ap.
11, at 8 p. in., at the local armory. Reports on the state convention held in
Duluth will bo made. Lunch will be
served after the meeting. All members and liberals are invited.
STATE AAA OFFICE
CLEARS FARMER'S
APPLICATIONS
'WHOOPEE' JOHN
TO PLAY IN P. R.
Tune in on WTCN, Minneapolis, at
11 a. m. and 4 p. m. and, listen to
"Whoopee John" and his Merrymakers, the orchestra that will entertain
you on Tuesday evening, April 19, i-.t
the Pine River armory. This dance
is being sponsored by the Oddfellow
Lodge  of Pine River.
The orchestra carries a complete
floor show and guarantees a full evr
ening of entertainment for young and
old.
Special arrangements will be made
to seat spectators. This is an outstanding band and one that you can't
afford to miss. So remember the date
and .come to the armory on April 19.
Applications for payment of nearly
$3,000,000 under the 1937 AAA program have cleared the state office and
been sent out to the general accounting office for final audit, Harry S.
Muir, chairman of the state AAA committee announced today.
Slightly more than 26,000 applications for payment from 24 Minnesota
counties totaling $2,801,907.06, have
have cleared the state office. AAA
payments totaling $1,487,102.78 have
already been sent to farmers in Id
counties.
Under the 1937 program, each cooperating farmer received a "Summary of Performance" showing how
he earned his AAA payment. The
farmer then made an application for
his payment which had to be signed
by him and approved by the state
committee. The applications are then
sent to the accounting office for a
final audit before payment.
Payments approved by the state office for Cass county was $65,702.03.
correcr'in every detail, even down to j^the above were present for the funer
opening and shutting. They were
carved out of a single piece of wood.
He also has several items such as
neckties, various farm tools and
novelties whittled from wood. He
specializes in cutting out some article
^_^_________________._.____._._.______._.__
al with the exception of Mrs. Delate
[ and Sam and Bud.
BACKUS    4-H     CLUB    WINS
ONE-ACT   PLAY  CONTEST
 I First place in the county 4-H ONE-
that is moveable, from a sing'.e pioee ' Act Play contest was awarded to the
of wood,  using no  pins  or glue    to   BackusBoosters 4-H  Club  on  a play
da" with Madeleine Carrol and Doug- ! miike «  °Perate-    The more difficmt j entitled "Elmer."    Second place went
the job, the better he likes it. | to the Pillager club and third to the
Early last winter he made several   Happy Hollow club of Hackensack.
letter openers with the handle carved i   . giX 0f the county 4-H clubs were
in such a manner as  to appear    as   represented in the contest in putting
though  it  was  twisted several  times   on about two and one half hours of
around.   "These he presented to  van-   splendid entertainment before an  in-
las  Fairbanks
ing picture.
Jr.,  another   outstand-
Central Walden
Lillian Heino,
Mrs.
Correspondent
Mykannen and son Ole, were
Brainerd shoppers Tuesday.
Mrs. Abe Pajumpa and Mr. David
son and and son Edwin and Martha
Nikkari spent Sunday in Brainerd.
Friends and relatives of Mr. and
Mrs. Jokela gathered at their new
home Sunday for a house-warming.
A number of useful gifts were received by the honored couple.
Several relatives and friends from
this vicinity gathered at the Mykannen home Tuesday evening. The occasion being Ole Mykkannen's birtn-
day. A delicious lunch was served at
the close of the evening.
ous friends as gift^^^^^^^^^^^^
There is one thing certain, with a
hobby of this kind, there is no trouble in whileing away the long w nter
evenings.
MOOSE LAKE
Mrs.  C. J.  Lawrence, Corres.
NOTICE TO RURAL TEACHERS
Due to the maintenance of the season, the 1938 Cass county school exhibit at the county fair will include
the same items as are found in last
years' (1937) exhibit.
The committee on school exhibits
is attempting to select a Fair list
that will conform to the activities
suggested in the same course of study and enable the rural teachers to
use material in her project method
class activity. This has caused con
siderable delav and lias taken a lair^e
amount of time, which means that
the new list will be out late this
spring.
Schools will be permitted to exhibit
articles in either the 19',7 list or tho
19.8 list, or both.
LIST SCORES  FOR   KITE-FLYING
The Pine River Recreational Board
is sponsoring a Kite-Flying contest
for the grades and junior high school
students in Pine River and vicinity.
Prizes will be awarded to the student
winning the most points in the grades
and in the junior high schools. Points
will be determined according to the
following schedule:
1. Highest   flying    10
2. Largest         <i
3. Smallest      6
4. Best  decorated,          8
5. Most   Novel         8
6. Kite with most pull     5
7. Best const   feflying ability  ..    8
The contest will be held Saturday,
April 23, at the fair grounds at 1 p.
m., if weather permits.
WHIST SCORES
Everyone here appreciates the change to daily mail service.
R. U. Vernon made a business trip
to Hector this week.
C. J. Lawrence purchased a tractor
from Martin Melin, near Pequot this
week.
The McCoy children of dist. 27, an
attending Maple Grove school, being
transported by L. A. Hojem.
George Swanson trucked the stock
and household goods for Burton Raun
this week, to the Nimrod community,
The whist boys had quite a windy \ where they win make tneir nome-
session Monday evening as several uo- -     Members  of  the  Hojem  and Law
sets occurred and with only one more   rence families visited at the Vernon
game to go   everyone was    out for   n0lne Sunday.    Incidentally, celebrat-
blood. Thursday evening will tell the   inS  tne 6th  anniversary    of    Roger
tale. I Vernon.
Carlson-McLane  416 ! Too  Late f _. Last Week
Lundin—Hill     .'  480       M_   and Mr_  B   j   Coughlin visited
Robideau—Rounds     627   ;!t the Fred Arthur home Sunday.
Downing—Siefert     610      Miss Blanche    Shepard of Pine Ri-
Shiffer—Robideau     49.   _.__ is visiting at the Kelvin Nelson
Thompson—Fields  o"7   nome_
Yancey—Kolb     570       M_.   0Hver Flategraff and children
Sherwood—Kater    528   _p_nt th_. week_end  at the  sim0nsen
Zigmund—Siebel     603   home jn Map]e twp
Oftedahl-Lien  624       M___  A    R   Fergtlson   accompanied
L. Carlson—C.  Siefert    52')   he_ son Kenneth  t0 Minneapolis last
Schuster-Ritchie  60'5   Week, for a short visit.
F.  Carlson—Kotka     445       Mr   and  M__   c   A   Qm^  accom.
j_.  Rovik—Seaton     651   panied  by  Melvin  Noison,  visited   at
Butler—H    Kline    :  516   the home  _f M__   -_hn Nelson ln L.t-
O. Rovik—Triggs    542     , , _-.in_ TIu-rsday_
McAllister—Bremkin     486       -.„_  L   p   CouncI1  family  of neR-
Dip-le—T*tevp.r     "S0 .Tine  River  and  the  Sam    SaliYsN r"
; undrigan—L. Klein   6- ' femilv and G-andpa N-lso-. were   Ui
Luscher—Way   44.)   day  dinne_ gu__t_  ftt  th_  p   A   Ne
Heemstra—Dubbs  506  gon borne
Hickle—Klin°     425
_, -_-       Geo.   Erickson,   chief  fire  warden.
Haack—Fraser      5o .
, ....   made a call in this neighborhood Sun-
i_utton—Hanson     ooO ■
day.    Several fires were started  las
 — ' week but most of them were out be-
Anyone wishing further information   fore the rain came.    A few stacks of
should get In touch with either of th"   0ld hay were burned.
following committee members:  Mess- 	
ers L. W. Walton, Homer Fraser, G. E.
Henderson.
Get   busy   boys  and   girls  and win
one of the fine prizes.
terested group of about 300 spectators.
The clubs taking part in addition to .
the winners were Bridgeman, Home-1
brook and Jr. Winners.   .
This contest climaxed a winter   of |
club  activities.    It is  now  time    for
the  project  work which of course is
one of the fundamental parts of the
4-H club program.
It is interesting to note* what excellent work car. be done by local cluos
in activities as well as in project
work.
OLD TIME DANCE
AT ARMORY SAT.
Starting Saturday evening, April 9,
a series of old time dances will be
given under the auspices of a committee of the Pine River Veterans.
Music will be furnished by some of
the winners of the fiddlers contest.
The admission will be only 35c per:
couple. Extra ladies will be admitted |
free. Here's a chance for all you old
time dance enthusiasts to get what
yovf want, so be at the armory Saturday evening.
FARLEY TO SPEAK
NOT FOR SALE i
Henry Foi;d is sair to have been Df-
fered, on a number of occas'ons,
$1,000,000,000. for the Ford Motor
Company—It seems, he isn't very
anxious to sell.
Chairman Farley of the Democratic
National Committee will deliver an
address over a nation-wide hookup of
the Columbia Broadcasting system, in
connection with the celebration of the
195th anniversary of the birth of
Thomas Jefferson, founder of the Democratic Party. This address will go
to every Jefferson celebration thru- '
out the country on Wednesday evening, April 13. It will be from 9:30 to
10 p. m. eastern standard time and
8:30 to 9 p. m. central standard time.
WITH THE CHURCHES
BIBLE THOUGHT
I will instruct thee and teach chee
in the ways which thou  shalt go:  ;
will counsel thee with mine eye upon
thee,—jPsalm 32:3
The announcement that this or tha'
federal agency will spend a siznhl°
amount for publicity does create a
riple in the country newspaper office.
Metropolitan publications and the big
magazines get a nice slice of it but
the country weeklies are all on the
free list.
METHODIST   EPISCOPAL
REV.   H.   E.   PETERSON,   PASTOR
10 a. m., Church  School
11 a. in., morning worship, theme-
"The Victor"
League at 8 p. m., Tuesday.
FAITH   EVANGELICAL  LUTHERAN
Rev. John  E.  Dehaan, Pastor
Faith   Lutheran   Sunday   school   Id
a    m.
Worship Services every Sunday at
1 "• a. m. All services held In th new
i'arlsh  House.
Women's   Missionary   Circle.     fiisi
.day in each month.
Lutheran    Ladies   Aid.   second   Frl-
i    in each  month.
Senio,   Lutheran   l.eatrue.  first    :ind
d   Wednesdays.
Intermediate ..nther l/eagu     s con I
nd  fourth  Fridays,
''burcli   Council,   third   Tuesday   of |
in li   month.
OUR   LADY  OF   ! OURDES  CATHOLIC  CHURCH
Rev. Father R. Crowe, Pastor
Services at   10  a. in.
Instruction  for children  after mass
Services  the  first,  third  and  fifth
Sundays as follows:
First Sunday, 7:30 p. m.
Third Sunday, 2:30 p. m.
Fifth Sunday. 11 a. m.
PINE   RIVER  GOSPEL,
TABERNACLE
paul  J.   MacKinney,  Pastor
Phone 33
10 a. m. Sunday school, classes for
all ages.
11 a. in., Morning worship
7 p. m., Young Peoples meetjing
8 p.   m.,  Evangelistic  service    and
orchestra.
Monday  choir  practice
Tuesday, Cottage prayer meeting
Thursday,  business  meeting
Friday, Young peoples prayer meeting  and  Bible  study.
The public is cordially Invited    to
these meetings.
SWANBURG
Mrs.   Anderson.   Correspondent
Last week end here, proved very
eventful by the fact that two double
birthday celebrations took place. On
Friday afternoon, a large group gathered at the home of Mrs. John Stevens in honor of her anniversary and
that of her father, Theo. Anderson.
Many happy returns Mabel and uncle
Theodore. On Saturday, the anniversary of twin sisters, Marie (Mrs. O
Ruud) and Marjorie Moser were duly
ihonored at the home of Mrs. Oakley
IRuud. Many happy returns Mane
and Marjie.
The Lutheran Ladies Aid will meet,
this week on Friday, at the home of
Mrs. John Heemstra.
Jim Evans of Pine River, was an
over-nite guest of Geo. Miller Thursday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Steckman spent
Sunday in Pontoria, with Mr. and
Mrs. C. E. Snyder and family.
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Peterson
drove to Brainerd Monday, accompanied by the Mesdames John Dehaan, ,T. Miller and John Heemstra.
NOTICE OP  PUBLIC  INTEREST
The community hall association announces a special meeting to be held
at the school house Friday evening,
at 8 p. m.
The Faith Missionary Circle met
with Mrs. Harold Moser Friday afternoon. An interesting lecture on the
lesson topic "MoslemFaith and Religion" was given by Miss Emma Houston. At the close of the regular study period, refreshments were served
by the hostess. The May meeting
will be held at the home of Mrs. Jerry
Miller on May 6.
GRACE    ENGLISH     LUTHERAN
CHURCH
Rev.  John   E.   Dehaan,  Pastor
Services at the Mildred schoolhouse.
Worship services  every  Sunday at
2 p. m.
Sunday school at 3 p. m. There will
be an adult class in Scriptural Doctrines.
TRINITY  LUTHERAN  CHURCH
Rev. Raymond Huss, Pastor
NORTHERN   GOSPEL   MISSION
MILDRED   CHAPEL
J. H. Wiens, Pastor
10 a. m., Sunday school
11 a.  m.. Worship service and ser-
Tuesday   evening,  prayer    meeting
and singing practice.
Friday evening, Singing practice
for Easter Cantata. A lot of interest
is shown in the practice and we are [
looking forward to a good service at
the Cantata entitled "Psalms of Vic-
toryy" to be given on the evening of
Easter Sunday.
PINE   VALLEY   SCHOOL
Gospel meeting Sunday evening at
8 p. m. An interesting and helpful
service. Come and receive the blessing.
John H. Wiens
MAPLE HILL
Edith   Erickson,   Correspondent
Birdie and Clifford Peterson visited
at the Hediund home Sunday.
Jennie Velsvaag made a brief call
at the Albert Patton home Friday.
Mrs. Fred Krieger spent a few days
at the Sidenkranz home.
Hildur Hediund spent the week-end
at the Erickson home.
Inez Mongomery spent Friday night
with Birdie Peterson.
Mrs. Henry Falkers called at th"
Erickson home Saturday afternoon.
Harvey Mills made a brief call at
the Patton home Friday.
Harvey Mills and Birdie Peterson
called at the Velsvaag home Friday
afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Knutson and
Marie and Robert, were supper guests
at the Erickson home Wednesday.
Walter Pederson and Frida Huffman and Lois and Clifford drove .0
Minneapolis   Sunday.
Rev. Huss called at the Erickson,
Velsvaag and Langle homes Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Sidenkranz called at
the Montgomery home Sunday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Hediund and
Mary, Hildur Hediund and Inez Montgomery, called at the George Olson
home  Saturday.
A 3-act play entitled "Old Fashioned Mother" will be given by the Maple Hill young folks at the church
basement Saturday evening, April 9,
at 8 p. m. A small admission wIU be
charged.