The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-10-14

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME III  NUMBER 30
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THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY,  OCTOBER 14, 1037
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NOTICE
Everyone that attended school
in the OLD school house in Pin&
River, Is requested to be present,
at the old building on Friday afternoon at 2 p. m. to have pic->
tures taken.
FISHERMEN'S     AUTO     IS
TRAILED     BY     FIRE-TRUCK
Sleepy Eye.—A blazing trailer was
a new high menace of which four
Morgan fishermen became aware of
when they were pursued by the Little Palls Fire Department which extinguished the fire in the motorist's
. trailer after a filling station • attendant had turned in the alarm. Frank
Schluck, Emil Netzke, W. J. Bande-
mer and Felix Fromm, all of Morgan,
were enroute to Stewart Lake on a
fishing trip when the fire started. A
service station attendant spotted the
fire and tried to hail the fishermen.
Failing, he telephoned the Little Falls
fire department, members of which
set out. in pursuit. The fishermen
were unaware of the fire. A sma;i
row boat, bedding, clothing, camping
equipment and several containers of
gasoline were stored on the trailer.
Mr. Bandemer suffered minor burns
When he tried to unhitch the trailer
from the car. A wheel was charred
and one side of the boat was burned,
ns were a quilt and a blanket. Resuming the journey, the men discovered that the canvas cover was on
fire a second time, but after putting
out the blaze they were able to continue on their trip. They were unable to account for the origin of the
fire.
ERADELPHIAN  STUDY CLUB
MET   FRIDAY   AFTERNOON
PTA MEMBERSHIP
DRIVE ADDS MANY
NEW MEMBERS
The Eradelphian Study Club met
on Friday afternoon at the home oi
Mrs. John Allen. Three interesting
papers were read: Wonders of the
Ant World by Mrs. Triggs; Life
History of Bees by Mrs. Germain;
and the life of Grasshoppers and locusts by Mrs. Allen. The next meeting will be held at the home of Mrs.
Fred Heuer.
MARLOW OFFERS
VARIED PROGRAM
FOR THIS WEEK
PICKLE     LODGES     IN     LUNG
OF    LITTLE    GIRL 4 YRS. OLD
Fergus Falls.—A four-year old girl
at Dent, the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Relnhold Harthun, swallowed a
pickle last week while coughing and
the pickle lodged in her lung. Within a short time she began to wheeze
as though she had asthma and she
was taken to a physician at Perham.
An examination revealed the pickle
in the child's lung. It was necessary to take the girl to city hospital
to have it removed.
SITTING    ON    WASP    NEST
"NO     FUN,"     BOY     LEARNS
Blue Earth.'—It's no fun to sit on a
Wasp's nest, at least four Blue Earth
youngsters learned by painful experience when from one of the boy's
body and scalp more than 75 wasp
stings were pulled. While at play
one day last week Caroline, Janda,
and Rosalie Basset and Charlotte
and Buddy Chilson happened to play
around an old tree stump, but failed
to notice that it was inhabited by
wasps. The wasps didn't like the
disturbance and proceeded to defend
themselves. All of the children were
stung, but little Buddy got the worst
of the affair. His scalp and body
were so full of stingers that a physician pulled out 75 in addition in
those pulled out by the boy's mother.
HONOR   ROLL
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to 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.
Irv Howard, Pine River
1   Loris  Lowe,  Dalton,  Minn.
• Spencer Evans, Pine River
'   Benj.  Schoon,  1 ine  River
Mrs.   Maude  Martin,  Pine River
• W.   G.   Stewart,  Pine  River
'   Mary Holman,  Chicago
O. R. Brant, Pine River
Al  Downing,  Pine  River
Rev. H.  E. Peterson, Pine River
Abe  Pajumpa,  Bine River
H. M. Oberbillig, -   ne Biver
Ben   Mayer,   Pine   River
A. A. Uhlig, Pine River
A. C. Wickham, I'ine River
Ben  Schoon, Pine River
Ray Windorski, Pine River
H. B. Stotts, Pine River
M. R. Upton, Pine River
Geo. Wiese, Pine River
Chas. Hardy, Pine River
J. A.  Eibes, Pine River
Julius Erickson.  Pine River
Saul Whitted, Pine River    *
Carl D. Schultz, Pine River
Roy Hardy, Pine River
Mrs. Gust Wolfrank, Pine River
M. H. Himmelman, Pine River
Fred McKebe, Pine River
Robert Campbell, Pine River
Use A Want Ad
• With three of the strongest personalities of the screen—Bette Davis, Edward G. Robinson and Humphrey Bogart, heading the cast, "Kid
Galahad," drama of the fight ring,
will open at the Marlow theatre Sunday and continue through Tuesday.
Made from a best-selling novel by
Frances Wallace, which ran in serial form in a national magazine, "Kid
Galahad" has a very potent story,
woven into a background of the sporting world. Robinson plays the part
of a fight promoter who has one contender for the championship "Fluff,"
his girl friend, played by the very
capable Miss Davis. Bogart is a rival promoter and a killer.
The title role is filled by Wayne
Morris, a promising young man who
packs a terrific wallop in his fight
scenes as well as his love scenes
with Jane Bryan, another screen newcomer who seems to be going places
fast.
The story of the two rival fight
promoters and their attempts to
double cross each other is swift moving and full of action. This is a picture  you won't want to miss.
On Friday and Saturday of this
week, the Marlow presents Joe E.
Brown in "Riding on Air." The cast
includes Guy Kibbee, Florence Rice
and Vinton Haworth. This is a rip
roaring comedy portraying the character of Elmer Lane, country newspaper correspondent and fabulously
lucky fellow, whom millions have become familiar with through following
his experiences in Richard Maeaul-
ay's   Saturday  Evening  Post  stories.
Elmer's winning $5000 in a radio
contest brings on a series of complications.    Be there and see them.
Another double feature is in store
for you on Wednesday and Thursday—Fred Stone in "Hideaway,"
and Harold Bell Wright's story "It
Happened  Out  West."
A. S. WHITE RETIRED
AS LOCAL AGENT SAT
Abe White, pioneer resident of
Pine River, retired from active duty
as local depot agent Saturday night.
Mr. White is 65, years of age and has
been in the employ of the M&I in
I'ine River for 37 years. He expects
^o devote his time to his farm interests. His many friends here extend
^congratulations   upon  his   retirement.
N. J. Larson of Milnor, N. D., is
^employed at present at the depot,
but no definite appointment has been
made as yet.
ODDFELLOWS ENTERTAIN
REBEKAHS MONDAY EVE.
Members of the local Oddfellow
lodge entertained the Rebekahs to an
oyster supper in the lodge rooms on
Monday evening. This was in the
way of a farewell gesture to the hall
that has served as a meeting place
for both lodges for a number of years
but  is  being  tore  down  now.
The delicious supper was prepared
under the able management of Bill
Cromett, Ernest Robideau and Albert Teagarden.
BID  OR   BYE  CLUB   MEETS
The Bid or Bye Club met at the
home of Mrs. Frank Anderson Monday  evening.    Contract  was    played
Following is a complete list of paid
up members of the local PTA organization . The last ten members on the
list were signed up after the membership drive was over but nevertheless a welcome addition to the roster.
Mrs. Triggs and Mr. Lane wish to
thank all those who so kindly cooperated in the drive and invite everyone to attend the meetings.
Captain  Triggs
Helen Henry, Louella Torske, Antoinette Henderson, Lenora Isaacson,-
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ast, Mrs. Maude
Martin, Thelma Erickson, Mr. and
Mrs. Jack Knutson, Thea Gunderson;
Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Dougherty, Mrs.
Austin, Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Swift, Mr.
and Mrs. Dale Dubbs, Mr. and Mrs.
Irwin Butler, Mrs. Gust Wolfrank,
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heemstra, Major
and Mrs. H. C. Skinner, Mr. and Mrs.
Ben Robideau, Mrs. Ted Hill, Mrs.
Alice Amy, Mr.and Mrs.Clifford Gardner, Alma Cromett, Mrs. Silbough, Mrs
E. E. Felton, Mrs. R. N. Hunt, Mrs.
Mary Jones, Mrs. Germain, Mrs. J. P.
Leef, Jenora Leef, Bernadine Kline,
Mr. and Mrs. Lon Fields, Mr. and
Mrs. D. L. Triggs, Mrs. Wm. Biever,
Mrs. C. V. Gardiner, Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. York, B. J. Hourigan, Mr. and
Mrs. John Kater, Mrs. Chester O'Keefe, Oscar Kolb, Mr. and Mrs.
Grant Bergstrom, Mrs. Ernest Robideau, Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Brezinsky,
Mrs. Cadwell, Mrs. Button, Mr. and
Mrs. Chas. Bates, Mr. and Mrs. Houg-
garde, Mrs; R. L. Lewis, Mrs. Geo.
Henderson, Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Walton, Mrs. Arthur Erdahl, Virginia
Witting, Mr. and Mrs. Arvid Lundin,
Mr. and Mrs. T. D. Farnam, Mrs. Everett Evans, Herb Kline, Mrs. H. M.
Leef, G. P. Rognlie, Mrs. Holmes,
Chester Amy, Mr. and Mrs. Clarence
Lesher, Beatrice Teicher, Dr. and Mrs.
O. E. Johnson, F. L. Hill, Mrs. Teicher, Mrs. Geo. Henderson, Ernest
Robideau, Mrs. Winnifred Cromett,
L. M. Severied, Mr. and Mrs. Arthur
Aamot, Mrs. Oliver Olson, Mr. and
Mrs. Fred Wefelmeyer, Mr. and Mrs.
Erv Lembke and Mrs. L. Jost.
Captain   Lane
Miss Hill, Corwin Jones, Miss Wicklund, Rev. and Mrs. MacKinney, Mr.
Matson, Miss Sorum, Mrs. Otto Haack,
Mrs. Fred Moulster, John Rohr, Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Fraser, Mr. and Mrs.
Euclid Fraser, C. R. Townsend, John
Norman, Mrs. John Norman, Mr. and
Mrs. N. J. Olson, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Riley, Dorothy Cromett, Mr. and
Mrs. Geo. Yancey, Mrs. Ben Shiffer,
and Leone Golz.
Those who have joined later
Mrs.  Herb  Kline,    Mr.    and    Mrs.
Claude Gardner.Mrs. Mrel Cronk, Mrs.
Wayne Board, Mrs. Kay Stevens, Mr.
Helmer  Jones,   Clark  Amy
and Arnold Rognlie.
Arthur D. Reynolds
ARTHUR   D.   REYNOLDS     IS
APPOINTED   COLLECTOR
OF   INTERNAL   REVENUE
Arthur D. Reynolds of Minneapolis
has been appointed Collector of Internal Revenue for the State of Minnesota by President Franklin D. Roosevelt, succeeding J. R. Landy of
Olivia.
Mr. Reynolds is well known thru-
out the state of Minnesota, through
business connections in northern and
southern Minnesota, and was the Democratic candidate for Lieutenant
Governor in 1934. He is a graduate
of the Minneapolis Central high
school and the Minnesota College of
Law and was admitted to the bar in
Minnesota in 1917.
Mr. Reynolds made a statement following his appointment: T am very
grateful to the President and to the
Administration for the confidence re-
posed/ in me, in my selection as Collector of Internal Revenue. It will
be my sincere effort in the administration of the office to justify this
confidence."
AUCTION SALE
Don't forget the big AUCTION
at the A. C. Hickle farm today,
Thursday afternoon, Oct. 14.
A large list of farm machinery
and Stock will bd sold. Also some
Household goods.
BIRTHDAY CLUB MEETS
Mrs. Marion Sherwood was a guest
of the Birthday Club at her home Fri-
ilya evening. She was' presented with
a gift in honor of the occasion, after
which a delicious seven o'clock supper was served.
REV. H. E. PETERSON ACCEPTS IE.
CHURCH PASTORATE
MRS.     JONES     ENTERTAINS
LADIES    AUXILIARY    WED.
About twenty five members of the
Ladies Auxiliary were entertained at
a dinner, by Mrs. Mary Jones at her
home on Wednesday, Mrs. Jones who
is 70 years of age and a Gold Star
Mother, proved to be a most delightful hostess. An undertaking of this
kind is without a doubt, an unusual
feat for a woman of her age.
Guests were seated at two large
tables at one o'clock and enjoyed the
delicious dinner after which a series
of contests were held which created
much amusement and hilarity. The
prize for the greatest score in accuracy and talent was awarded Mrs. T.
C. Gardner of Backus.
Only those who come in daily contact with Mrs. Jones can realize the
zeal and ferver she lends the Auxiliary, never tiring, always a faithful
worker, bringing humor that adds to
the dullest moments in any organization. She has done a great deal
in honor of the son that gave his
life in the World War. She quietly
and conscientiously fulfills the part
of a loyal worker for the cause of
the organization. She recently donated $5.00 toward the Veteran's Memorial Plot in the Brainerd cemetery,
which, at the cost of several hundred
dollars, will be used for the interment of veterans of Cass and Crow
Wing counties.
—Contributed
with first prize going to Mrs. Ernest
Robideau -and low to Mrs. D. L.
Triggs. A delicious luncheon was
served by the hostess.
VFW AND AUXILIARY ELECT OFFICERS WED. EVE.
The regular meetings of the VFW
and the Ladies Auxiliary were held
on Wednesday evening of last week,
with election of officers being the important event of the evening in both
organizations.
The Auxiliary elected and appointed the following new officers:
President      Amelia Triggs
Sr. Vice Pres. .. Elizebeth Robideau
Jr. Vice Pres Jean Felthouse
Treasurer       Martha Yancey
Chaplain   Maria Upton
Conductress       Vera  Rounds
Guard       Elizebeth   Knutson
Trustees .. Lucy Gardner and Bessie  Hopke
Historian Dorothy Dubbs
Secretary  Alice Fraser
Patriotic Instructor, Josephine Wolfrank
Color Bearers .. Stella Haack, Sadie Robideau, Emma Leseman and
Florence  Sycks.
The newly elected VFW officers
are as follows:
Commander       Dale Dubbs
Sr. Vice Com Fred Heuer
Jr. Vice Com Herman Clausen
Adjutant     Arthur Aamot
Quartermaster      Erv. Lembke
In keeping with the Gold Star Mothers Day, President Dubbs presented the Gold Star. Mothers with a remembrance   of  the  occasion.
Joint Installation will be held in
November, with District Commander,
Fleisher, and the Post and Auxiliary
•from Brainerd as guests, acting as
installing officers.
John V. Kane Commander, and Ann
Jackson, Auxiliary President of Sauk
Centre, sent a .cordial invitation to
the Pine River units to attend their
joint installation at the Community
Club House in Sauk Centre, on Tuesday evening, November 9, at 8 p. m.
PINE  RIVER  LADIES ATTEND
COUNTY   CONVENTION   SAT,
The County Federation of Women's Clubs held their convention at
Hackensack Saturday. Those .from
Pine River in attendance included
Mesdames Hill, Underleak, Dahl, An-
[derson, Heuer, Severied, Walton.
Triggs and Miss Isaacson. Miss Isaacson represented the local club by giving a reading on "A Trip to Europe."
' An appointment was made at the
last moment last week, to fill the
[vacancy in the Methodist Church,
'created by the resignation of Rev.
'Milne. Rev. H. E. Peterson of Two
Harbors, was present to take over
the pastorate and was greeted by a
'good assembly. Rev. Peterson is a
graduate of Hamline University, the
Garrett Biblical Institute and Northwestern University. He is 26 years
'of age and single—which should help
keep the pews full. Rev. Peterson is
a young man with a very pleasing
personality and with the cooperation
of the congregation, hrs success in
this  pastorate  is  assured.
The following items' were written
by Rev. Peterson to substitute fort the
•■weekly "Bulletin" which will be resumed at a later date:
Mrs. Julia Stratton will be leaving
'tis soon. We hope she will not take
leave of us permanently. The same
'should be said for Mrs. Anderson. I
am sure all of us miss her fine playing  altogether  too   much.
Last week John Haack suffered the
misfortune of having his forehead
gashed to the extend -that made it
Inecessary for him to have five stitches taken. While practicing on the
'gridiron, John ran afoul a chinning
!bar,. Accidents simply will happen.
; Everything seems to point to ihe
fact that the Rally Day program of
•the Church school last Sunday was
a grand success. . But let us not forget what took place behind the scenes
in order to make this program what
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SCHOOL RADIO
BROADCASTS TO
BEGIN NEXT WED.
The first fall radio broadcast over
WCCO sponsored by the Minnesota
Education Association, will be conducted on Wednesday afternoon, October 20 at, 4:30 p. m.
These programs are of an educational nature and have to deal with
problems of Minnesota schools. The
Script for the programs are written
by various prominent educational instructors throughout the state. Supt.
Haack of the local school is a member of the radio committee and has
charge of the northern division in the
state. Mr. Haack has, from time to
time composed the script for some of
the programs and problems. of vital
interest to all schools are read and
answered.
Those taking part in the program
listed above are Mrs. H. K. Painter,
Pres. of the Minneapolis Council of
PTA- Mrs. N. W. Knoblauch, Past
Pres.' State Congress of PTA.: Supt.
C. W. Crors of Faribault, Myrtle N.
Dahl, Pres. of State Ass'n.; Mrs.
Marion B. Faegre of the Institute of
iChild Welfare U. of M., and N. Robert Ringdahl, Chairman of Radio
pommittee. These broadcasts will
.continue every Wednesday at 4:30 p.
m. Tune and hear the problems of
your school discussed.
M.E.A. CONVENTION
MINN. FINANCES
IMPROVE, HAL-
VORSON STATES
Minnesota's finances, declared State Treasurer C. A. Halvorson, who
■addressed the Farmer-Labor Club
at Winona Friday night at the German Society hall at a meeting attended by about 200, show a decided improvement over a year ago.
Outstanding examples of this im-
inovement, he stated, are the state's
'cash balance and the general revenue  fund.
• On September 2S, he said, the cash
balance was $28,851,584, compared
(with $18,125,994 a year ago, or an increase of $10,725,590; and on the
same date the revenue fund showed a
balance of $5,412,584; whereas on the
Isame date last year this fund was
'overdrawn $2,065,584.
He claimed no personal credit for
'the improvement he said, and none
for the administration, holding that
'it resulted from the fact that residents of the state in the past eight
(or ten months have been better able
(to pay taxes than in the previous 8
'Or 10 years.
"I do claim, however," declared the
istate treasurer, fjrst F-L party mem-
iber in the history of Minnesota to
ihold this office, "that the iinprove-
!is an answer to the Wolf cries of
[politicians in the last election campaign when I defeated Julius Schmahl
'that "if we don't get the F-L Administration out of power in Minnesota
•it will bankrupt the state."
TELLS OF FINANCES
A rough picture of the state's finances, he said, was that last year
[the state paid out 143 millions in
•warrants and took in 144 millions,
land within the last year, for the
(first time since 1930, the revenue
'fund shows a balance. Since July 1,
'he stated, the revenue fund has nev-
■er been in the red.
! Better financial condition of farmers and farm communities has been,
■partly responsible, Mr. Halverson stated, but added: "I am not going to
•say the farmers are rolling in weal'
th, because I know better. I have
•been in the western part of the state
for 3 or 4 years prior to this fall and
wondered if Minnesota was becoming a desert state, and anyone knows
that farmers are not rolling in prosperity after several years of crop
failures.
Twenty years ago, he declared, Minnesota had practically no outstanding
■debt, and has a bonded debt now of
approximately 134 million dollars.
' "But should we call that condition
a result of extravagance? That is
what is done in the same sort of propaganda which expresses a fear^lPtrit
■the F-L party is reaching out to get
its hands on the permanent trust
funds of the state to dissipate these
funds, which are guarded by all the
Jaws which can be put around them
Jand on the whole have been wisely
administered during every administration. These funds amount to approximately $90,000,000 and during
the past year have been increased
,$3,000,000.
IN   MEMORIAM
In memory of our dear son, Shirley
M. York, who passed away three sad
years ago today.
There is a sad but sweet remembrance
There 's a memory fond and true,
There is a token of affection,
And  a  heartache  Shirley,  still for
you.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. York
THREE  GET  STATE  PATROL
JOBS;    ROSTER    NOW    FILLED
Appointed to the highway patrol
of the Minnesota highway department his week, were Morris Holty
of Bagley, Ulrich Eichten of Wanda,
and Horace Henry of Wheaton, outstanding rookies in the last class of
aspirants to the traffic patrol.
These appointments completely fill
the roster of the patrol, according to
John P. Arnoldy, patrol chief, and no
more vacancies  now exist.
The northern division M. E. A.
Teacher's Convention will be held in
Bemidji this year, on October 21 and
22, at during which time the schools
close. It is expected that all the local instructors will be in attendance.
Supt. Haack has been requested to
deliver the response to the Mayor of
Bemidji,  at the convention assembly.
OBITUARY
Leonard Rentsch of near Jenkins,
passed away Sunday evening, at the
age of 31 years. He had been ill for
some time.
Funeral services were held on We*
^iesday afternoon, at 2 p. m., at the
German Lutheran Church in Pequot,
•with Rev. Klath officiating.