The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-03-17

              Old Time Music Contest & Free Dance at Armory Saturday JMite, Marcl
PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IH NUMBER 32
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 17, 193S
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Yeai
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NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
LAD     LOSES     FINGERS    AS
DYNAMITE     CAPS     EXPLODE
Tracy.—Vernon, 8 year-old son of
Mr. and Mrs. Hollingsworth who reside 13 miles southeast of Tracy, lost
a thumb ancl two fingers on his left
hand when some dynamite caps exploded. The small boy had found
the caps which aroused' his curiosity.
According to his father, the youngster pounded the caps on the ice
which caused them to explode, severely injury his hand. He was rush-
to a local hospital for treatment.
DULUTH     MAN     IS     NEW
STATE     PATROL     HEAD
GUN       BARREL    EXPLODES,
HITS    SCHOOL    JANITOR
Braharn.—While attempting to fix
over an old gun which had not been
in use for several years, Robert Falk
of Grasston, janitor of the Grasston
schools, was seriously injured when
in some manner the barrel of the
gun exploded, tearing the flesh from
the palm of his left hand, his wrist
and forearm. The accident occurred
in the furnace room of the school. Mr.
■Falk was burning off the stock of
the gun preparatory to making an
article for use at the school, when,
for no explainable reason, the barrel
exploded, resulting in the painful injury. The injury necessitated special
treatment at the University hospital.
M. J. Murray of Duluth, former
[investigator for the United States
Department of Justice, will leave his
position as personnel director of the
State Board of Control, to take over
the duties of chief of the highway
patrol of the Minnesota Highway department March 15. Mr. Murray will
succeed John P. Arnoldy.
MUSIC   DIRECTORS  TO   MEET
Music directors from neighboring
schools in both Cass and Crow Wing
counties will meet at the local school
Thursday afternoon, to make plans
for the Music Festival to be held
here this spring.
RITES FOR MRS.
LYONS AT LOTH.
CHURCH MON.
JR. H.S.BASKETBALL
TOURNAMENT BEGINS FRI. P.M.
HAS LARGE COLLECTION OF
PIPES FROM VARIOUS LANDS
The Junior high school basketball
tournament will open in Pine River,
on Friday afternoon, March 18, at
4:15 p. m. The games will be played at the school gym.
Backus, Pequot, Remer and i'ine
River schools will compete for the
awards.
Backus and Pequot will play at 4)3.5
and Remer and Pine River at 5 p.
m. The winners of these two games
will play for the title at 8:30. Losers
of the first two games will play at
7:30 for third place. Admission will
be 10c and 15c.
H. S. SENIORS TO PUBLISH
SCHOOL ANNUAL THIS YEAP
This community was greatly shocked Saturday afternoon to hear of the
sudden  death  of Mrs. James  Lyons.   past   week   «>U<:itlng  advertisements.
Senior students are busy this week
selecting invitations and making
plans for the publication of a school
annual which will go to press soon.
The committee has    been   busy    the
NINTH     LIFE    BECOMES    A
VERY    VALUABLE  ATTRIBUTE
Mantorville.—A weird tale of a Persian cat which survived without food
or drink for 35 days, an occasion
when undoubtedly nine lives are an,
asset, is here py Haven Andrist and
Jim Tully. The cat had been buried
for more than a month under a pile
of Alfalfa, but a spark of one or
more lives remained and at present
he- seems to have a fair chance of
once more res'uming his kingly prestige. The large Persian cat, made
homeless when its owners left the
community, was offered a new home
at the Tully farm. The cat had been
moved from the house to the barn
with a big box of food and a good
place to sleep. In spite of all this,
the cat forsook the comforts of his
•bed and ducked through a hole in
the partition and was lost in the expanse of the big hay mow. After
tramping around in the hay, search
was given up and the sight of a broken window gave the boys the impression that the cat had escaped. 35
days later as one of the boys rolled
back the alfalfa he saw the pet cat
leaning against the wall of hay.
who has been in, our midst for one
short year, making her home on a
farm near Jenkins. She was 63 years
of age at the time of -her death.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Trinity Lutheran Church
in Pine River, Monday afternoon,
with Rev. Huss officiating. Interment
was made in the Whitefish cemetery.
Pallbearers included six near relatives: Messers Martin Lantz, Ray
Hanson, Harry, Ralph and Everett
Felton and Clayton Lee.
Bertha Blanche Handy was born
near Luvern, Minn., on May 21, 1875.
She spent her youth and grew to
womanhood   in   this    locality.    Later
Anyone  wishing  space  who  has  not
been called on, may do so by get tin
in touch with Supt. Haack.
OUTSTANDING HITS
AT MARLOW THIS WK.
Friday and Saturday will bring you
a new Western Singing Star, Smith
J-allew In Harold Bell Wright's "Wes-
ittrn Gold" with Heather Angel as the
Frontier girl.    The story  Is  that of
HONOR   ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions td the Journal have
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Dr. C. V. Williams, Pine River
J. A. Fordyce, Monlonton, Canada
CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our heartfelt
thanks for all the kind acts and sympathy extended to us during the last
ili ness of our loved one. We especially wish to thank the pastor and
singers.
Mr.  James Lyons
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Lantz
Mrs. Rachel Cane
The   four  (sisters,   Esther,
Ella,  Mabel  and  Jessie
MOOSE LAKE
Mrs. C. J. Lawrence, Corres.
The Peter Nelson family spent Sunday at the Oman home.
Mr. and Mrs. Hye Buss, accompanied by Helen Lawrence of Stony
trcok, visited at the C. J. Lawrence
home Wednesday evening.
Mr. and Mrs. John Skow of Minneapolis, spent the week-end with rela
tives here.
The C. A. Oman family drove to
Little Falls Sunday, and spent the
day with Chester Oman, at the home
of Sirs. John Nelson.
Mrs. C. J. Lawrence and Robert,
spent the week-end with Helen Lawrence at  Stony Brook.
These warm days remind us of
spring and most of the farmers are
(busy hauling logs and hay before
.the. roads soften up too. much.
(the Wells-Fargo attempts to send
she moved with her parents to Neils-1 Shipments of gold thru the Union for-
ville, Wis., where she was united in ees in the Civil War. Sergeant Bill
marriage to John Lantz. Their early 'Gibson is commissioned by Pres. Lin-
married lift was spent in Wisconsin,' coln t0 find out wh-V the shipments
where four children came to bless aren't coming through. From here
the home, Daniel, Rachael, Eliza and  ,°n there is a series of thrills as the
Martin.
In 1903 the family moved on a
homestead near Swanberg, where Mr.
Lantzz spent his remaining years, i
Later Mrs. Lantz, together with her
children, moved to Altoona, Pa., here
the children were educated, after
which they moved to Arcanum, Ohio,
where her marriage to James Lyons
took place.
Together with her husband, she
leaves to mourn her untimely death,
four children, three grand children,
four sisters and many relatives.
The deceased is a sister of Mrs.
Swen Hanson and Mrs. Felton of
this village.
WOMEN'S F-L CONVENTION AT DULUTH NEXT WK.
iSergeant finds the robbers and brings
them to justice.
On Sunday and Monday William
Powell and Myrna Loy are co-starred
ir "Double Wedding" with Florence
(Rice and John Beal. Double Wedding
is all you'd want It to be and on top
of that, it's one of the funniest, most
nonsensical and refreshing farces that
lias came along for some time. Miss
Loy is cast as a woman who likes to
guide the destinies of people. Powell
plays a parked-trailer-residing Bohemian without a care or worry. It
is packed with laughter and romance.
Don't miss it.
On Wednesday and Thursday of
next week the Marlow will show
"Stella Dallas" with Barbara Stanwyck. A show you can't afford to miss
BIRTHDAY  PARTY
The ninth biennial Convention of
the Farmer-Labor Women's Federation of Minnesota, will be held in Duluth, at the Spalding hotel, on Thursday, March 24, at 10 a. m.
Resolutions  intended  to    influence -pat O'Shea.and Mrs. Maloney.
Eugene Henry, father of Clem Henry', was honored on his 02nd. birthday Tuesday afternoon when a large
number of friends gathered at the
Clem Henry home. He received many
gifts in memory of the occasion. A
six o'clock luncheon was served at
the close of the afternoon.
Those present included Mr. and Mrs
Al Downing, Mrs. Eva Besch, Mrs.
Wm. Rohr, Rev. Father Crowe, Mrs.
the party platform, plans for organization looking toward a national Farmer-Labor party, speeches by Farmer Labor women officials and pioneer
leaders, election of officers and a
banquet in honor of the early pioneers, will make a full program for
the convention.
Mrs. Susie W. Stageberg of Red
Wing, pioneer builder of the Farmer-
Labor party, and chairman of the
Committee on Resolutions, is in receipt  of  resolutions  passed  by  Indl-
Mr. Henry Is one of the original
settlers in this territory and has watched the growth of Pine River from
the beginnin.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. McLean and Bi1
lie, accompanied by Mrs. J. B. M<
Lean, who has spent the past sever
al months visiting here, drove to
Kimball Sunday, where the latter wl'l
;remaln.
The Home Economics  class, under
the supervision  of Miss  Sorum,   ft'ill
vidual clubs, county organizations and' act as  waitresses  at  the  VFW   ban-
district conventions dealing with
world peace, health, education, advancement of women in political positions, juvenile delinquency in crime,
economic planning, temperance, laws
governing women, youth problems and
Farmer-Labor policies. Other organizations are requested to forward copies 0. .""."-iutions before March 20.
Local talent in Duluth will furnish
music and Wilfred Stageberg of Red
Wing will "The Big Parade" the price
peace reading, which won state honors in the high school contest in 1930.
The gala occasion will be the state
banquet at Hotel Duluth on Friday
evening, March 25, where the pioneers in the movement will be honored.
quet to be held at the armory Saturday evening.
Auction
A public Auction Sale will be
held at the Elias Carey Farm,
1 1-2 miles South and 1 1-2 miles
West of Pine River, on Thurs-
March   24,   beginning   at   1   p.   m.
The sale includes 4 Head of
Good Work Horses, some cattle,
and a complete line of farm machinery. W. A. Seaton of Pine
River will cry the auction. Look
over the ad on another page of
this issue. (
James Skinner of Pine River has
an Interesting hobby—that of collecting pipes. To date he has over 0i>
odd shaped and rare smokers from
Holland, France, Algeria, Turkey,
Germany and England. Among the
collection is a Turkish 'Hookah pipo
in which the smoke is drawn through
water to give a cool mild effect. He
also has a porcelain hand-painted
pipe from germany over 50 years
eld, and an English Church Warden
model which measures 11 1-2 inches
from stem to stern. A clay-bowl pipe
imported from Holland, was perfectly white when received but after being smoked for some time is turning
color and forming the picture of a
sailing vessel on the ocean. The
longer it is smoked the clearer the
pictures gets, Anyway Jimmy should
be well supplied with smoking paraphernalia for some time to come.
Fiddlers Contest At
Pine River Armory
Sat Eve. Mar. 19
Carnegie Coming
To The Northwest
JR. CLASS TO GIVE
PLAY NEXT FRI.
The Junior class of the Pine River
high school will present a three act
mystery comedy "The Yellow Shadow" at the school auditorium on
Friday evening, March 25, at 8 p. m.
Admission will be 15c and 25c.
The play concerns a deep mystery
about the disappearance of a newspaper man, supposed to have been
killed by a chinaman, who is the Yellow Shadow. A detective enters the
scene and pretends to be a little
teehed In the head in order to collect
clues and solve the crime. There is
plenty of comedy throughout and
enough mystery to keep you guessing.
The play is under the able direction
of Corwin .tones.
Following is a list of characters:
Mildred Marvin  ....Gwendolyn Engel
Gilbert Wright  (..  Oscar Fisher
Herbert Marvin Bill Cromett
Jed Travis     Orlo Trude
Alice Perkins   ;.. Rose Evans
•Hazel Wayne    Edna Sniffer
Sheriff Macklln    Floyd Stanley
Jennie Steele Margaret Robideau
'Nel Travis    /....  Joyce Reed
Wong Song   Fred Silbough
LOCALS
Mrs. Oscar Robideau and son, are
spending several weeks with relatives
and friends in and around Pine River.
Miss Evelyn Evansta and Mrs. L.
IV. Isensee spent Saturday afternoon
in Brainerd.
Mr. and Mrs. Nels Olson of Laporte
were guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Otto Haack Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carlson were
guests at the home of the former's
parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Carlson
Sunday.
A. J. Linden drove to Minneapolis
o.q Thursday of last week, where b»
attended the funeral of a friend. He
returned  the same evening.
Mrs. Hattie Day, who spent the
past several months visiting relatives
in Minneapolis, returned to Pine River on Wednesday of last week.
Mr. and Mrs. Elias Rovik, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Siebel, Ole Rovik and
Erv. Lembke were among the Brainerd visitors Thursday.
Don't forget the "Old Time Fiddlers Contest" and FREE DANCE at
the Pine River armory Saturday nite
sponsored by the local post of the
VFW.
Mrs. L. M. Severeid entertained .
few ladies at a sewing circle Tuesday afternoon. Luncheon was served by, the hostess at the close of the
afternoon.
Mr. .and Mrs. Clyde Townsend wer»
host and hostess to a group of friends
at a seven o'clock bridge luncheon
Sunday evening. Prizes went to Dr.
R. F. Dingle and Mrs. Frances Siefert.
The Eradelphian Study Club p1"'
Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs
C E. Johnson. A book-review "I Saw
Them Die" was given by Mrs. Butler.
Mrs. Johnson played several piano
solos and Mrs. Elias Rovik gave an
interesting talk on Grand Coulee
Dam.
David Dougherty entertained eleven of his friend at a birthday party
Saturday afternoon. The boys enjoyed various games after which lan-
cheon was served by Mrs. Dougherty.
David received several gifts in memory of the occasion.
Dale Carnegie, author of the
book "How to Win Friends and Influence People" will speak in the
Minneapolis Armory at 8:15 P. M.,
Thursday, April '28. Carnegie,
whose book has passed two million
sales and who is the highest priced
orator in America, will be brought
to the state by the State Pharmaceutical Association. Keith K. Keller, 1522 East Lake Street, Minneapolis, is chairman of arrangements.
KINDERGARDEN   CLASSES
OPEN  ON   MONDAY  MORNING
The Kindergarden class opened or
Monday at the local school with ar.
icnrollment of 39. Children from
Pine River receive instruction in th'-
forenoon only, while those brought
in by the bus remain all clay. Mothers
are extended an invitation to visl'
the classes at any time.
Miss Virginia Witting drove to Minneapolis Thursday, where she met
Mrs. B. J. Hourigan who spent' the
past month in California. They attended the Ice Follies Friday evening
before returning home.
BENEFIT CHECKS
TO BE SPEEDED UP
St. Paul, March 16—Two important
steps which will result In prompt
payments of benefits to unemployed
workers were taken this week by the
Minnesota Unemployment Compensation Division.
, One will make possible the clearance of accumulated check orders
for thousands of claimants through
lump-sum  payment  of benefits.
The other will make it possible to
pay' benefits on the basis of tentative determinations in the cases of
claimants whose previous employers
have failed to completely furnish
earnings  records.
The improvements in procedure
will be in effect by March 21.
Both steps were sought as shortcuts by the Minnesota Industrial Commission, administrators of the division
at a conference in Washington. Approval of the procedures, which was
necessary from the Social Security
Board, has just been announced,
Frank T. Starkey, commissione r in
charge of the" division, said.
Operations of the division will be
speeded up greatly under the lumpsum payment plan, which will make
It possible to issue one check to a
claimant for two or more weeks of
laccumulated compensation. UudLer
the present procedure only one check
for one week of unemployment can
be written at one time, regardless of
the number of accumulated weeks of
benefits.
By writing a single check for all
accumulated weeks it will require
hut one operation to bring an account
up-to-date.
The impression that there is a short
age from which to pay benefits is
groundless, Mr. Starkey said, pointing out that, despite anticipated payment of approximately 56,000,000 in
benefits this year, the state will have
a balance of more than §20,000,000
at the end of the year.
The local post of the VFW Is sponsoring a an Old Time Fiddlers Contest and FREE DANCE on Saturday
evening, March 19. At 6:30 p. in.,
they will hold a past commanders
banquet at the armory, for members
in this district.
A total of $30.00 will be awarded the winning contestants, with a
door prize for the holder of the lucky
number. Winners of the contest will
play for the dance after the. program.
A full evening's entertainment is
assured everyone who attends. The
big Free Dance will begin immediately after the contest.
Lunch will be served by the Ladies
Auxiliary  during intermission.
All the old time musicians are expected to be at the armory Saturday
evening. Bring your fiddle and win
a prize.
This year accordian players are also eligible for entry. Those in charge decided that there wasn't sufficient response from harmonica players and so have changed this feature
of the contest.
The committees In charge are spare-
ing nothing to make this one of the
best contests ever held in Pine River.
A full evening of fun and enjoyment
for only 15c and 35c.
HARRIET
Mrs.  Shepard,  Correspondent
Don't forget the Norway Lake Farmers Club meeting Friday evening.
Marion Shepard spent Sunday with
Floyd Smith.
Mr. and Mrs. Cliff Kruckowt are the
parents of a son, born Saturday.
Geraldine Thiers spent Friday with
her sister, Mrs. Jack Hundley.
Thiers spent Wednesday evening
of last week at the Charles Hardy
home.
Everett Hall has been assisting
with the work at the Jack Marsh
farm.
Ernie Siltman and children called
at the Shepard home Tuesday afternoon.
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Shepard, and
Mrs. Rafferty and daughter, called at
the Quinnett home Wednesday afternoon.
Mr. Henselin and two daughters
drove to Grand Rapids Saturday, for
a visit with his parents. They returned Sunday afternoon.
Mystery of the Famous Symphonys
"Fatal Music!" Director Refuses to
Play Tschaikowsky's Sixth Symphony
on the ground That It Always Kills
Someone. Read about It In the American Weekly, the Magazine distributed with Next Sunday's Chicago
Herald and Examiner. (adv.
WHIST SCORES
To hasten the playing of the tourney, the whist sharps will play on
Thursday night this week also. Competition is better than ever in the
lower brackets as several of the top
notchers have dropped behind a pace
or two. Rovik and Seaton remain
on top with a 297 out of a possible
300. Following are the total scores
to date:
C.  Carlson—Meland  ....]    140
Lundin—Hill      173
Robideau—Rounds  .28-
Downing—Siefert       274
.'hiffer—Robideau    219
Thompson—Fields       263
Yancey—Kolb      274
S.icrwood—Kater       242
Zigmund Siebel  270
Oftedahl—Lien   ,. •   289
,'M.uster—Ritchie       283
l,. Carlson—C. Siefert   207
V. Carlson—Kotka  203
V.   Rovik—Seaton      297
Butler—H.  Kline       216
F.ovik—Triggs       258
McAllister—Bremkin    225
Dingle—Biever  .263
Lundrigan—Klein   237
Luscher—Way       187
Heemstra—Dubbs      235
Hickel—B. Kline   164
Haack—Fraser  ....  250
Button—Hanson 244