The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-09-01

              PINE
JOURNAL
VOLUME V, NUMBER 2
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  SEPTEMBER 1, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
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SCHOOLS WILL OPEN
IN UNORGANIZED
DIST. TUESDAY
During ihe school term beginning
Sept.-ml)!' 5th, lii::!), there will be 2.5
schools operating in the Unorganized
School District of '.'ass County, which
includes four high schools, two
room schools, one 2-room school and
lit 1-i'ooin schools, according to J. W.
Wicklund,   County   Superintendent.
School,: closed in 1939-40 winch operated last year are Hoc. Herder,
Kladt, Minnie, North and South Deer-
field, Gibson, Silver Lake, Tobiqin.
Vermillion and White Clover. Many
of the schools closed were small, witn
only 8 to 10 pupils and located near
the larger high schools in the district
where transportation is provided.
The Kindt-Minnie area will be served by a school at the Maple Hill Church corner. The Minnie School has
already been moved to the central
location and a W. P. A. crew will remodel the huiding. The children wil1
be transported to the Kladt building
while   this   work  is  being   completed.
ongville will open with a complete
six-year high school program made
possible by the new building addition.
Three small schools near Longville
were closed, being Boe, Silver Lake
and Tobique, and bus routes lengthened and boarding arrangements for
isolated high school students mad.
there. Senior high school students
from Boy River high school will complete their work at Longville. A large
increase, is expected.
The Backus school will have an increased enrollment and is expected to
open with an estimated enrollment el
about :!70 pupils. The Herder, South
Deerfield and White Clover schooiS
near Backus will not reopen their
doors  this September.
Hackensack school will have an increased enrollment largely because
of the addition of the North Deerfield
territory.
Several modern buses will be added to the Unorganized District schools
at Backus, Boy River, Hackensack
and   Longville.
School Bells Will Ring Again Tuesday
INTENTIONS
CARD   OF   THANKS
The Cass County Fair Association
of Pine River, wishes to thank the
people of the community for their cooperation in making the fair a success. They especially wish to thank
the Pine River Band and the business
men who sold dance tickets; also for
the closing of business places Friday
afternoon.
Cass County Fair Association
Lewis   Walton,   President
New and Old Speed Kings
in State Fair Auto Races
«->»:•,
Emory Collins (top) and Gus Schra-
der are the new and old r.utomobile
dirt track racing champions. Collins
won the honors from Schrader in 1938
by 75 points on the season's I. M. C. A.
competition. Both will compete in the
official championship races at the Minnesota State Fair on August 28 and 30
and September 2 and 4.
Marriage licenses issued in Walker
this week included: Lillian Schoon
to Jacob Wolford, Leona Dahl to
Franklin Kline, Lela Clark to James
Coble and Alice Shepard to Harold
Englehart.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to express our sincere
thank and appreciation to our many
friends for theift. kind . sympathy and
the many beautiful floral offerings, in
oil]- recent bereavement. We wish es-
speclally to thank Major and Mrs. H.
('. Skinner for their tkind assistance,
and Mr. and Mrs. Sherwood and Mrs.
Morris Cromett.
Mrs. John Parker
ilrs. F. W. Parker
iliss Hazel  Parker
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Parker
COMMERCIAL CLUB
AND CREAMERY
COMMITTEE MEET
A meeting of the Commercial Club
and a creamery committee was held
at the armory Tuesday evening, to
discuss the re-organization program
of the  local  creamery.
Mr. S. Allen Aldrich of Grand Rapids, Erland Johnson of Walker and
John Norman and Joe Neuherger ot
Pine River, represented the creamery.
The discussion was opened by -Mr.
Aldrich, who explained the procedure
used in selling the stock to the farmers and also the benefits derived
from its purchase. He went on to explain the vaule of a cooperative creamery to the farmers in this vicinity,
citing the fact that co-op. creameries
paid an average of from 1 to 2V2 cents
more per pound for butterfat than
was possible by the local creamery,
because of their large volume of business which materially reduced operating costs.
The method used in increasing the
volume, involves a ".Marketing Agreement" which garantees the sale of
the shareholder's cream to the local
creamery for a period of five years.
Sufficient shareholders must be signed up to make an aggregate of 2000
cows which will insure an adequate
increase in volume to warrant an increase in the price paid for butterfat.
Thus if a farmer having a herd of ten
cows, purchases a share, he will in the
course of a year, receive sufficient
additional income, to practically pay
for his investment and he will have
established a permanent good market
place  for  bis   dairy  products.
It is very possible that when their
quota of 2000 cows is reached, sufficient money will not have been raised
to guarantee efficient operation of
the institution, so for this reason the
business men have been asked to subscribe to from S1500 to $2000 worth
of preferred non-voting stock, in order that the creamery may start out
in first class financial condition. Although the representation from the
Commercial Club was rather small,
those present indicated their willingness to co-operate with the plan inasmuch as the creamery is a great asset to the community, in that it attracts a large number of farmers to
the town and is a business builder.
A meeting of the board of directors has been called by John Norman,
President, for Saturday evening, September 9, at which time    they    will
FIVE NEW MEMBERS
ARE ADDED TO FACULTY THIS YEAR
A larger enrollment than ever he-
gins this term of work at the Pin"
Rivers  Schools Tuesday.
Superintendent Haack and the
school board are working at top
speed to have everything in reailines:
to begin the new year.
The faculty lineup for the year includes: Theo Gunder.-on of Thijr
River, grade 1; Ruth Olson of Pequot,
grade2 • Thelma Erickson of Mildred,
grade 3; Leone Golz of Pine River,
grade 4; Helen Henry of Pine ltiver,
grade 5; Luella Torske of Ada. grade
6; Maude Martin of Pine River, English ; G. E. Henderson, Pine River, Sri
High Principal; Lenore Isaacson of
Middle River, Jr. High Principal and
mathematics; Eva Wold of Vesta, normal training department instructor;
Martha Cheu, Honaka, Hawaii, English and social science; Lavern Benson, Blackduck, mathematics and
physical education; Mildred Rasmus-
sen, East Grand Forks, science; Florence Armstrong, social studies and
science • Heino Mattson, Gilbert, social studies and physical education .
Ruth Hill, Ashland, Wis., English ana
library; Huldah Film, St. James, com
mercial; Peter Nelson, Darlington,
Wis., science and band; Wallace No-
sek, Proctor, industrial arts • and
coach; Marjori Sorum, East Grand
Fork, home economics; Otto Haack,
Pine   River,   Superintendent.
Miss Olson comes to us with  a B.
A. degree in elemmentary education,
is a graduate of St. Cloud Teachers
College and has had four years of
specifically elementary school training.
Peder Nelson is a graduate of the
University of Wisconsin, has a B. A.
degree and is working on a M. A. He
has been a band leader for some wars
and is a soloist.
Eva Wold is a former Minnesota
county superintendent; has tauglit in
teachers training departments of Minnesota and the Normal college ot'
Idaho; she has a B. A. and il. A. degree from the University of Minnesota.'
Wallace Nosek is a graduate of Ihe
Duluth Teachers College. Ho is a
speciaist in industrial arts training
and has conducted classes in industrial arts in Proctor and West Duluth.
He holds the state championship "n
tennis and was an all-star football
player.
Martha Cheu is a graduate of the
University  of Michigan,  holding both
B. A. and M. A. degrees. She has
been instructor for a number of years
in the Honaka Sr. High School at
Hawaii. She comes to us as an exchange teacher and Pine River is very
grateful to the officials of Hawaii for
Instruction For Band
Beginners In Pine River
Mr. Roese, W. P. A. recreational
director from Bemidji, called in Pine
River on business Wednesday. Mr.
Roese complimented Jerry Behme on
the band concert held in Pine River
on  Saturday evenings.
Plans are under way for a full time
recreational program here soon. The
beginners band is receiving instruction every week. Anyone having a
youngster who would like to enter
Band work, should get in touch with
Mr. Behme.
N. T. Mears to Speak
at Whitefish Sunday
Mr. N. T. Mears of St. Paul, has
just recently returned from a 26,000
mile tour of the old world, visiting
missions in every country. Mr. Mears
has   prepared   an   interesting   talk   on
ernacle, to which everyone is invited.
He is quite well known in the White-
fish vicinity having spent several sum
mers there.
3000 Attend Cass
County Fair and
Free Barbcue Sat.
Bridal Shower Given
For Leona Dahl Mon.
iliss (ileneitta Henselln was hostess at a kitchen shower, honoring
iliss Leona Dahl at the hitter's home
Monday evening. .Refreshments were
served and a social evening in keeping with the event was enjoyed. Miss
Dahl received many beautiful and
useful gifts.
Cass 4-H Club Booth
Set Up at State Fair
A Cass County 4-H Club booth was
set up at the state fair in the new 4-H
club building. The booth was centered around the theme, "A successful
4-H Shepard." A model farm showing pastures and crop system was used in connection with charts to illustrate the points to be emphasized.
ALL-VETERANS
RALLY TO BE
HELD IN SEPT.
Plans are being made by the locii
V. F. W. for another Cass County All-
Veterans' Rally to be held here in
September. Edward Nelson of the
Division of Soldiers Welfare of St.
Paul, will be in charge of the meeting
his   travels   for   ihe   Sunday     evening
service liftbe  Whilelisi,  Gospel  TaiT^""^11   talk   on   Veterans'   Wefara
meet with a committee from the commercial club to discuss further plans
for  re-organization.
The big reason for this drive to organize a co-operative creamery, is
to prevent the creamery from being
operated privately and to place it ia
the hands of the farmers themselves
This creamery has, for the past seven
years, operated under the management of the Land t(Lakes Corporation, and they have now served notice
to the effect thai this arrangement
must be terminated. Thus, if the cooperative movement is not successful, it will be taken over by private
Individuals.
L. KNOTT HOME IS
DESTROYED BY FIRE
disability compensation etc. A similar meeting was held here last year
and was well received.
Homer  Fraser,   Chairman    of    the
Cass County Welfare Board, has giv-
Clark  Amy  drove  to  Brainerd    on   en  much   time  and   effort  in    aiding
business  Thursday. Veterans to receive benefits due them.
Keith Thompson of Longville, is Other members on the board from
confined to the hospital with a broken Pine River are Otto Haack and Rob-
collar bone, suffered in an auto oc- ert Lane
cident Friday.
Katherine Canfield of Boone, Iowa,
is confined to the local hospital this
week.
selecting Pine River as one of the ex
change schools in the United States
Mrs. Cheu comes very highly recommended.
The Normal Training Department
will be housed in the Fraser building
with the largest enrollment ever, is
expected this year.
Harriet Riley will begin work as
secretary to Supt. Haack at the office
on .Monday.
Leslie Shepard will drive the new
Horseshoe   Lake-Harriet  bus  route.
Children on all routes are requested
to be at their respective bus stops on
schedule time Tuesday morning to
avoid any delay.
There  is  a  shortage of rooms    lor
the   teachers   and   students;   anyone
having   rooms   to   let   should   get    in,
touch with Supt. Haack.
Starting from an unknown origin,
the home of Llewellyn Knott, 10 miles
west of Pine River, was completely
destroyed by fire on  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Knott had taken two
of their children and gone berry picking, leaving the other four at home.
Just how the fire started is undetermined. It was impossible to save anything, however,  no  one was  injured.
The loss to the family is unfortunate, there having been no insurance.
Mr. Knott had jusj received his WPA
check and had spent it lor groceries
and other necessities for the family
the day before the fire, all of which
burned, that makes the ioss aL the
more   tragic.
MR. FARMER:
HEME'S WHAT MINNESOTA'S
ANNUAL $100,000,000.00 TOURIST
TRADE MEANS TO YOU »i
$20,000,000 of tourist money
is spent exclusively for the
food yon supply . . . milk,
butter, vegetables, beef, pork,
eggs, fowl and fruit!
That's quite a neat-egg!
. . . and think of it, all this
Is   outside   money,   spent   in
Minnesota each year by people from  other  States   .
$20,000,000   that   wouldn't
mmriESQTR
nnnon •
UR[QTI0n5
yours at ail were it not for
Minnesota's tourist industry!
Yes, yon hare a big stake
in  Minnesota's  third  largest
oufaTRT! ... and yonr Minnesota    Tourist    Bureau    is
working   constantly  to   heto
you make it BIGGER!
.        Next  time  a tourist asks
* ^JCZ,aa^ailce- ^member,
el your biggest customers: ... treat him kindly'
Show Urn what Minnesota
hospitality means! Make him
want to return to Minnesota
agata   and   a^fa.    ten  pay
~M
i   3
he's
One of the most successful fairs in
the history of the association, closed
Saturday, when 3000 paid admissions,
plus passes and children under twelve
attended the exposition.
About l;"i00 people were fed at the
big free beef barbecue Saturday, taking about two and one-half hours for
the throng to puss the table, which
was no small affair.
Exhibits in the various departments
were numerous and of good quality.
Display room was filled to capacity
with products arranged in an attractive manner.
The Farm Bureau, under the direction of Andrew Ruigh and County
Agent, Oscar Nelson, displayed an
attractive miniature 160 acre farm,
showing methods of crop rotation and
soil  conservation.
Grandstand entertainment, which
was furnished by the Jay Gould
troupe, furnished the high-lights of
each afternoon and evening, playing
to packed grandstands. The horse
races and Model "T" races held Friday afternoon, drew considerable applause and furnished a lot of excitement.
The attendance was somewhat
larger than last year and was more
evenly divided, with a large crowd
each day, while at previous fairs, the
last day has attracted the bulk of the
people.
Members of the fair board and superintendents of the various departments are to be complimented on every feature of the fair, which was
without a doubt, one of the best ever
held in Pine River.
4-HH   Club   Winners
Following are the 1st, 2nd, 3rd etc.
prize winners in the 4-H clubs, the
•names'given in order of rating, at the
Cass County Fair:
CLOTHING I-^Aileen Pederson,
Mildred Club; Carol Kyllingstad, Pine
River Club; Beverly Shafner, Mildred Club.
CLOTHING II — Leola Eastvolrt,
Mildred Club; Nadine Felton, Pine
River Club and Elsie Melton, Leader
Club.
CDOTHiUNG HI—Dorothy Hanson,
Leader Club and Lydia Benson, Home-
brook Club.
CLOTHING IV—Rena Lou Benson,
Homebrook  Club.
CLOTHING V—Marjorie Bengston,
Jr. Winners Club.
THRIFT II—Ruth Bendson, Leader
Club.
HANDICRAFT — Robert Kearns,
Happy Hollow Club andAileen Pederson, Mildred Club.
ilEAL PLANNING!—Georgia Norwood, disqualified.
CAKE, Elementary—Wilma Zaffke,
Happy Hollow Club; Irene Buscli-
mann, Moose Lake Club and Georgia
Byersdorfer, Turtle Lake Club.
CAKE, Advanced—Lois Triggs, Mildred Club; Mardell Skaar, Beaver
Brook Club and Elsie Melton, Leader
Club.
BREAD I—Audrey Hanson, Leader
Club; Helen Astrum, Turtle Lake
Club and Dorothy Hanson, Leader
Club.
BREAD II—Katherine Witt, Pine
River Club; and Carol Hanson, Leader Club.
BREAD III—Wilma Hulett, Leader
Club.
ROOM FURNISHINGS — Georgia
Norwood, Jr. Winners Club.
CANNING, Fruits—Jean Lee, PIl-
Lake Club and Helen Felton, Blind
Lake Club and Helen Feton, Blind
Lake Club.
CANNING, Vegetables—Ruth Mason, Pillager Club.
POULTRY, Market Class—Henry
Bakker, Jr., Turtle Lake Club; Bryin
L. Head, Leader Club; Lloyd McAn-
inch, Jr. Winners Club and Laurel
Aultman, Longviile Cub.
DUCKS—Jacob Metzer, Lonville
Club.
TURKEYS, Breeding—Donald Hal-
berg, Leader Club and Monica Norwood, Jr. Winners Club.
TURKEYS, Market—Jeanette Goss,
Steamboat Club.
GEESE—Henry  P.  Dittner,  Leader
Club and Betty Loftis, Leader Club.
P.  B.  Shropshire  Ewe Lamb—Billy
Bengtson,   Junior   Winners.
(Continued on page 4.)