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

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III NUMBER 47
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 7, 1938
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outs.
£
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FORTY-FIVE     POUNDS     OF
DIMES USED TO BUY NEW CAR
Howard Lake.—Although Paul Rot-
solk last week bought a car with
dimes, it was not one secured at a
dime store. On the contrary, the car
was a very swank sedan, requiring
8,350 of the small pieces of silver,
enough to weigh forty five pounds to
make the deal. Paul haa been saving
every dime that came his way for a
long time and when he got ready to
buy a new car he was all set. The
dimes were piled loosely into a> paper
carton and weighed about 45 pounds.
Claude Moorhead, from whom the
car was purchased, turned the job
of counting the money over to A.
G. annd H. Reiter, who shared the
work of counting dimes and wrapping
them in $5.00 packages. Working in
relays, the job lasted several hours,
pictures taker of the silver pieces
piled on a desk impressed persons
who saw them as a lot of "chicken-
feed."
was found to be pulling the washing
machine around the basement of hia
home, breaking crockery and fruit
jars which stood in his way. Donald, the son of Mr. and Mrs. A. H.
Nazarenus, sustained a painful injury to his left hand when it was
drawn into the wringer. No bones
were broken, but the flesh was torn.
Attracted by his screams, Donald's
mother turned off the switch at the
top of the basement stairway, then
helped the lad out of his predicament.
According to hir, clad, "he did more
damage to the property than to him-(
self" in his attempt to free himself
by pulling the washer around the
basement.
V.F.W. MEMBERS
LEAVE FOR STATE
CONVENTION WED.
HOMING   PIGEONS   FLY   ABOUT
55   MILES   PER   HOUR   IN  TEST
Perham.—Homing pigeons released
last week by M. R. Price, local railroad agent, made the trip to Joliet,
N ,D. at the rate of 55 miles per
hour. The birds were released at
5 a. m., the first two arriving at the
cote in Joliet at 8:58 and the remaining 16 were there at 9 o'clock.
Joliet is 220 miles from Perham and
the four hour flight for the leading
birds averaged just 55 miles per
hour. A letter received by Mr. Price
gave the time of their arrival. The
birds will be given a longer test
flight some time in the near future.
A     RADIO     EQUIPPED     BIKE
FOR   A   NEWSPAPER   CARRIER
New Ulm.—Perhaps one of the
few newsboys in the United States
who rides his paper route on a bicycle to the radio music of Benny
Goodman or to the crack of Ted William's bat as he clouts out a homer
is Burton Parmeter, New Ulm Journal carrier. Burton has a radio on
the front of his bicycle, and take it
from his gang "It's just about tops."
"I've always been interested in„ radio says Burton, and maybe because
I envied automobilists driving around
with radios blaring, decided to build
myself a set. It didn't cost much
because X used old parts I found lying around the house. The whole
thing was finished in a couple of
days." The four tube boxed receiver stands on the handlebars and the
battery rests on the carrier behind
the seat, with the antenna built over
the receiver. When asked if he had
listened-to theSchmeling-Louis fight
over the radio, Burton replied "sure,
the whole gang of us drove arounjl
listening to the fight but it didn't
last long. I use the radio every day
when I deliver my papers." He also
stated that he had good reception.
The farthest station he had been able
to tune in was Salt Lake City, Utah.
WPA  News
Plans have been completed and authorization received to start construe
tion of a new sewage disposal plant
at the Ah Gwah Ching sanitarium
for tubercular patients near Walker.
Operation of the project has been ap
proved by R. C. .Tacobson, acting
state administrator. 20 WPA workers will be assigned to the job.
The serious need of a disposal
plant at this institution has been
noted for several years in reports
of the state department of health.
At present the sewage passes thru a
settling and on into Leech Lake
which is very inadequate.
A total of approximately $1000.
has been made available for the project, with the State Board of Control, as sponsor, contributing about
40 per cent of the amount for materials and other than labor items.
BOY   IS  CAiy.HT   IN   ELECTRIC
WASHING    MACH.   WRINQER
Sleepy Eye.—Trying to free himself when caught in an electric
clothes   wringer,  Donald    Nazarenus
E.E.FELT0N ROBBED
ON LONGVILLE HI-
WAY MONDAY
Everett Felton experienced a rather exciting hour when on his paper
route to Longvnle about 9:30 Monday evening, He was about two and
one half on this side of Longville,
on his return, when two cars blocked the road and three men relieved
him of $45. He was unable to get a
good description of the men as they
held a flashlight on him and he was
blinded. The three men were all
middle aged and of average height.
It is thought that he may have been
mistaken for someone expected along
the same   -oute with a larger sum.
NOTICE   OF   ANNUAL   MEETING
The annual meeting of Independent School District No. 19, will be
held at the school house on Tuesday
evening, July 19 at 8 p. m., for the
purpose of electing two (2) directors
for a three (3) year term, and one
(1 director for a one (1) year term.
And to transact any other business
that may be brought before the meeting.
G. P. Rognlie, Clerk
NOTICE
A Townsend meeting and election
of officers will be held at the IOOF
Hall Wednesday evening, July 13. A
basket sale will be held. Everyone
is invited.
Dave  Tozier
NOTICE
1
The Pine River F-L club will hold
their regular meeting on Monday evening at 8 p. m. Lunch will be served. All members are urged to be
present.
M. L. Kinneberg Sec.
Leaving Wednesday for Mankato,
where they will attend the State Encampment of the VFW and Ladies
Auxiliary, were Mr. and Mrs. Homer
Fraser, Mrs. Jack Knutson, Mrs. D.
L. Triggs, Robert Lane, Mrs. Maria
Upton, Mrs. Mary Jones, Henry Fraser and George Martin of Pine Rive:-.
and   Mrs.   Kate   Nelson   of  Brainerd.
At the Auxiliary meeting held last
week, a beautiful gift, donated by
Mrs. Gus Wolfrank, was presented
to Mrs. George Sycks as a reward
for having sold the largest number of
poppies.
Mrs. H. A. York, Pine River's Gold
Star Mother, will have her name enrolled on the Silver Jubilee membership scroll which will be sent to the
national convention. The Ladies Auxiliary has ordered a history of the
.past 25 years work of their organization.
1 (Last week the organization presented pamphlets on "Etiquette of
the Stars and Stripes" to*all business
men of .Pine River ami Backus.
SOLEMN   REQUIEM   MASS   HELD
A Solemn Requiem Mass was offered in Our Lady of Lourdes Church
Tuesday morning, July 5, for Father
R. Crowe's mother who passed awav
■recently. Those taking part, were
Reverend Father R. Crowe • Deacon,
Rev. P. J. Maloney of Crosby; Sub-
Deacon, Rev. J. Ryan of Hinckley
and Master of Ceremonies, Rev. Michael Hayes of Kerriek. Those in
the choir included Reverends James
Hogan of Brainerd, Thomas Henne-
bry of Grand Rapids, Thomas Sco.t
of Hill City, R. Corbett of Deer River, E. Mockler of Walker, R. Ryan
of Cass. Lake, Andrew Crawford ot
Hibbing, M. Bradley of Buhl, , R.
Carroll of Brainerd, and P. Hogan of
Iowa.
Several Local People
In July 4th. Accide'ts
SPECIAL FEATURES
AT THE MARLOW
IOWA CAR STOLEN
IN FRONT OF BANK
BLDG. WEDNESDAY
Use A Want Ad
Tonight (Thursday), Cash Club
Nite, is the last showing of "To the
Victor" featuring. Will Fyffe and
John Loder.
Jane Withers is at her uproarious
best in the proudest racing silks
on the' track in "Checkers" her latest
picture. Even when lady luck forgets
to act like a lady, Jane is a thorough
bred in this new screen play coniin.:
to the Marlow Friday and Saturday.
This is a picture that makes it easy
to laugh a lot—and hard not to cry
a little. It is thrilling with the beat
of galloping hoofs and gallant hearts.
Via the genius of David Selznik
and the magic of technicolor, Mark
Twain's famous characters will step
from the pages of his immortal story
and onto the screen of the Marlow
Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, when
"The Adventures of Tom Sawyer"
will have its first showing.
Tom Sawyer, Huckleberry Finn,
Joe Harper, Becky Thatcher, Aunt
Polly, Injun Joe, Muff Potter and all
the rest come to vivid life again in
the little Missouri town along the
Mississippi, where Tom and all his
friends achieved immortality, when
this great picture comes to the Marlow. ' Dor't miss this vivid characterization.
An excited tourist from Cedar
Falls, la., Frank Hammer, rushed to
Deputy Sheriff Townsend about 11:30
Wednesday morning to report the
theft of his car, which he had parked In front of the Pine1 River State
Bank. Mir. Hammer had removed
the ignition and had them safely in
his pocket so it was concluded that
the thieves were old hands at the
game. Authorities were notified im-
aediately and before long a cruising
patrol car was speeding up the highway in hot pursuit. The fact that
the car, a 1936 Chevrolet sedan, had
been stolen in broad daylight and
with some improvised ignition
tern, led authorities to believe
the vandals were experts.
sys-
that
FLASH!
LOCAL MAN RECOVERS STOLEN
CAR WED. AFTERNOON
Through the sleuthing efforts and
eagle eyes of Vane Jones of Pine Riv
er, the stolen car was recovered
only a few hours after it disappeared
and the owner is again happy. The
car was found parked in front of
the lumber yard, and this is how it
happened—On his way to the lumber
yard for some material, Vane Jones
stopped to pass the time of day with
Clyde Townsend and during the conversation was informed of the theft
and also the license number of the
stolen vehicle. In a short time he
resumed his errand and upon approaching the lumber yard noticed
a car bearing an Iowa license. He
blinked Ms feagle eyes again and
■saw that it was the same make and
model Mr. Hammer had reported stolen—and to add to his perplexity,
■the license nuruDer appeared to be
the same. A quick trip back to Mr.
Townsend confirmed his find and before long the gentleman from Iowa
walked over to the lumber yard
where he had parked his car—but
evidentally forgotten—inserted the
keys he was still carrying and was
merrily on his way.
TABERNACLE  NEWS
Miss Bertha, Peterson of (White-
fish is assisting at the summer Bible school at the Gospel Tabernacle.
David, the oldest son of Rev. MacKinney, who has been doing evangelistic work in Madison, Wisconsin is
expected this week and will take
part in the work as will Miss Davies
who is expected home from Sauk
Centre soon.
Norman Mears, a christian business man from St Paul, spoke at the
Tabernacle  Sunday  evening.
Friends of the Tabernacle group
held a picnic dinner on the parsonage lawn Sunday, which was greatly
enjoyed by  all.
HONOR ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal hava
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are In arrears, stop In and see
us.
Vernon Hilger, Pine River
R. C. Spencer, Pine River
NOTICE
The Minnesota Workers Alliance
will hold their meeting July 7, at
8 p. m. at the club rooms at the armory.
M.  L.  Kinneberg   Pres.
A Close Race
By Albert f. keid
A-TafA.tU,
LAST RITES HELD
FOR C. J. LAWRENCE ON WED.
C. J_. Lawrence, well known fanu-
erin Moose Lake Township, passed
away early Sunday morning at Fair-
view hospital in Minneapolis. He
was 61 years of age at the time of
his death.
Funeral services were conducted
Wednesday afternoon from the Lutheran Church at Pequot, with. Rev.
Huss officiating. Interment was made
in the Moose Lake cemetery. Northland Funeral Home of Pi/ne River
was   in  charge  of  all  arrangements.
Christopher Lawrence was born on
March 9, 1877 in Redwood County,
Minnesota. His patents, Jacob and
Lesa Lawrence, who came from Norway were among the pioneers who
took homesteads and built their ,sod
houses in that territory. His youth
was spent at that place with the exception of two years at South Shore,
S. Dak. He was a very active man
in community and Church work. In
1906, he was united in marriage to
Anna Skow to which union five children were born, two dying in infancy.
In 1918, he moved with his family
to Moose Lake twp. where they have
since resided. Their home, which is
a product of his craftsmanship, was
built of stone picked from the land.
Skilled in several crafts, he gave
his best thought and effort to everything he did. He appreciated quality
in all things and his building stands
as tangible evidence of his artistic
nature. An enviable but equally endurable memorial, is the memory enshrined in the hearts of all the mem
ory of him as a christian, one who
loved his Savior and neighbor as
himself.
Besides a host of friends which
were drawn to him by his kind nature and christian conduct, he is
mourned by his wife Anna, two
daughters, Helen and Eleanor, one
son Alfred and his sisters and brothers, Louis Lawrence and Rebecca
Skow of Springfield, Jacob Lawrence
of Hayter, Canada, and J!_|sephine
Skow of Cocolalla.
■ Pine Riverites figured in a number of lutomobile accidents over the
week end and in each instance occupants miraculously escaped serious
■injury.
Early Saturday morning, Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Triggs, accompanied by
Mrs. John Ackerman and jchildren
left for Minneapolis. As they approached the intersection near Brainerd where 371 connects with 210,
Mr. Triggs stopped as is necessary.
Because of a dense fog vision was
bad. A car entering 371 from 210
approached at a high rate of speed
and was unable to negotiate the corner without swinging across the road
and smashed head-on into the Triggs
car, demolishing both automobiles.
Occupants of the other car were Melvin Anderson of Rochester, C. S.
Judd of Winona and Miss Lorena
Rodemacher of St Paul. All three
were taken to the hospital. Mrs.
Triggs was the only one injured in
the other car, receiving a gash on
her forehead and minor bruises. At
a hearing held later, Mr. Judd pleaded guilty to reckless driving and was
ordered to pay a fine.
On Sunday, while enroute to Baudette, Marion Sherwood's car was
damaged in a sideswipe. The accident occurred while he was driving
along the highway near Blackduck.
The other driver had evidentally intended to stop when approaching the
hi-way but was engrossed in a sign
across the road and failed to do so
until he had reached the middle of
the road and Mr. Sherwood could
not avoid hitting him. No one was
injured.
Late Monday afternoon, L. W.
Walton's car was dented in at both
ends in a freak accident near Backus. They were accompanied by Mr.
•and-Mrs. Ernest Robideau and were
in the tail end of a line of cars trying to cross the hi-way out pf Backus.
Apparently someone in a great hurry jammed into the Walton car from
the rear and in so doing, pushed
him into a trailer in front. All three
cars were damaged but no one was
hurt.
Albin Lusenberg of Horseshoe
Lodge was injured Monday, when
his car left the hi-way near the Lawrence Miller home. Ben Robideau,
who was returning from Walker,
found the unconscious man and brot
him to the local hospital where he
is being cared for. The car was
completely  demolished.
State Fair News
Sell It With A Want Aa
Three outstanding improvements
are being rushed to completion for
the opening of the Minnesota State
Fair September 3 to 10. They are
a new Arcade building 360 feet long
facing the approach to the grandstand ; a new Commissary building
north of the new poultry building;
and the widening of Commonwealth
avenue from the Woman's building
to the grandstand into a two way
thoroughfare with a landscaped boule
vard in the center. Excavation has
also started on the 4-H building
which will be ready next year.
Six outstanding bands sent in their
entries for the state wide tournament to feature the Sunday afternoon progoram September 4. Competition .will be limited to two organizations from each congressional
district. The entries are: New
Ulm Greenhouse and Le Center Municipal bands; Stillwater Municipal
and Chisago Lake bands • and the
Hibbing school and Thomson Rural
High School bands, representing the
second, third and eighth districts
respectively. Prize money totaling
$2000 is being offered by the management. The St Cloud Technical High
School band won the championship
in 1937.
Saturday, September 3, has been
designated Key Day. Thrift tickets
will be sold at the gates in advance
for fifty cents. This bargain coupon
will provide admission to the grounds
admit an automobile, or admission to
the Hop! Indian Village, admission
to the grandstand for the afternoon
auto races, and good for two rides
on the midway.
The  board  of   managers  have  approved   the  following  closing    ent-y
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