The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-09-09

              N^
PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME   III   NUMBER
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  THURSDAY.SEPTEMBER 9,1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 P«r Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FOOD   CONSUMED   AT  CAMP
RIPLEY,   FIGURED   OUT
• Judging from the quantities of food
consumed, soldiers in the two divisions taking part in the maneuvers
of the Fourth Army at Camp Ripley
during the past two weeks didn't
suffer for lack of enough to eat
During their two weeks' sojourn in
the camp the soldiers consumed
21,500 pounds of butter, 115,000 pints
of milk, 95,000 quarts of ice cream,
9,200 pounds of chicken, 15,500 dozen eggs, 2,S00 ' pounds of prunes,
2,800 pounds of spaghetti, 110,200
pounds of bread, 56,000 pies, 5.S00
dozen doughnuts, 2.S00 cup Cakes
and 10,000 bananas. And as though
that wern't enough, the following
food products were also in readiness:
7,500 pounds of cabbage, 50,000
pounds of onions, 52,000 bunches of
radishes, 98,S00 pounds of potatoes,
8,300 pounds of bacon, 9,500 pounds
of ham, 41,000 pounds of beef, 5,600
cans of chow mein, 5,000 pounds of
cheese and 3,500 pounds of sausage
—which   should   make   some   meal.
STOLEN AUTO RECOVERED
BEFORE THEFT IS KNOWN
• . Fosston.—usually when cars are
stolen the owners immediately notify the sheriff and make attempts to
recover the vehicles, but not so with
the men of the automobile agency.
They wait for the officials to notify
them of the stolen car. Howard
Wynae while preparing to demonstrate a car to prospective buyer,
received a long distance telephone
call from Crookston informing him
•of the theft of the car. F. H. _.o»m,
Polk county deputy sheriff, called to
tell the dealers that their stolen car
had been recovered at Niagara, N.
Dak., where it had been found abandoned oni the bank of a river. The
owners had been determined through
the state auto registration department.
Brooten, some distance from the lake, when coming to Sauk Centre,
pould hardly wait to go swimming.
,In the course of a few minutes,
frightened by his close call, his view
,point had changed entirely. The
accident occurred when strayed unexpectedly over the drop-off at the
bay at the city park, and went down.
I thought he was falling at first he ex
plained but when he saw that the
lad didn't come to the surface he
went after him and pulled ls.m out
by  the hair.
ANSON   BEALS   DIES  SUDDENLY
Anson Beals, 77 year old farmer,
of Blind Lake twp., died suddenly on
Tuesdayy evening. He was found
dead in the barn on his farm early
in the evening. His sudden death
was caused by heart failure. Further particulars are not forthcoming
at this time. Full obituary will be
published next week.
RECEPTION TO BE
HELD FOR FACULTY MONDAY EVE.
PATROL  ARRESTS 71   FOR  NOT
DIMING     AUTO      HEADLIGHTS
SEVERAL IMPROVEMENTS MADE AT
THE MARLOW
SUPER   HIGHWAY   BETWEEN
ELK  RIVER  AND ANOKA TO
OPEN   BAD   "BOTTLENECK"
i N. W. Elsberg, state highway commissioner, set September 10 as the
day for receiving bids on a new supers-highway between Elk River and
Anoka over the present route of T.
H. No. Io, which has been one of
the most congested stretches of road
in Minnesota due to its "bottleneck"
nature.
, The new highway will consist of 2
separated concrete aprons of 20 feet
each, each carrying two traffic lanes
rue way. It will more or less closely follow the present route of T. H.
No. 10, with the exception of several places where bad curves will be
eliminated. The new highway will
be made of bituminous material. Part
of the old highway will be used for
one of the two lanes aprons.
The stretch of highway to be rebuilt is'one of the most heavily traveled arteries in the state as at both
Elk River and Anoka other highways
converge into it. The , decision to
construct a four-lane highway came,
Commissioner Elsberg said, because
every possible precaution for safety
in being taken by the highway Department in its construction program.
The 11.6 mile stretch has been the
locale of a number of fatal accidents.
The specifiations do not call for
any landscaping of- the island separating the two ribbons of concrete.
However, the island which will vary
from 20 to 60 feet in width, will in
due season come under the department's roadside development program.
WILLING     HAND     SAVES
YOUTH      FROM      DROWNING
Sauk Center.—The peculiar workings of fate and the willing hand
O/f l0a fellow-swimmer who thought
.he "was fooling" pulled a lad from
/the water one afternoon, brought
(him to the surface gasping and frightened, and brought from him an ultimatum that he would never swim
jn that lake again. The lad was ten-
year old Laverne Gilbertson, his rescuer a 13 year-old boy scout, John-
py Green.    Laverne    who    lives    at
Several extensive improvements
have been made at the Marlow Theatre the past two weeks, including the
addition of two new rooms on either
side of the projection booth and a
stairway leading from the lobby to
the basement, which will be converted
into a lounge and rest rooms later
on. The work was done by Everett
Evans.
One of the two additional rooms
will be used as a private office by
John Rohr, owner of theatre and the
other as an advertising room. With
the advent of increased patronage
and because of the improvements
made the past year which took up
most of the surplace space including
the office, it was found necessary to make the additions. Mr. Rohr
should be complimented on his efforts to give the people of this territory an up-to-date theatre.
COUNTIES OPEN FOR
PHEASANT SHOOTING
"Indications point to a shortage of
pheasants in some localities," Commissioner Wenzel said. Questionaires
which were sent out, recommended
a closed season in some counties.
He also stated that an open season
on grouse had been recommended for
a few counties, but that it was considered advisable to leave ■ the season closed for another year to give
the birds a chance to recover more
fully.
Pheasants may be taken in season
in the following counties: Traverse,
Grant, Douglas, Big Stone, Slovens,
i'ope, Stearns Sherbourne, Swift.
Kandiyohi, Meeker, Wright, Hennepin
Anoka, Washington, La , Qui Parle.
Chippewa, Yellow Medicine, Renville.
McLeod, Carver Lincoln, Lyon, Redwood, Brown, Nicollet, Sibley, Le
Sueur, Scott, Rico, Dakota, Goodhue,
Wabasha, Pipestone, Murray, Cottonwood, Watonwan, Blue Earth, Waseca, Steele Dodge, Olmsted Winona
Rock, Nobles, Jackson, Martin, Faribault, Freeborn, Mower, Fillmore,
Houston.
Quail may - be taken in Wabasha,
Fillmore, and Houston counties where
a resonable supply was reported and
where the division of game and fish
has distributed artificially propagated
quail from the Carlos Avery game refuge.
Cholera epidemic adds new
horror element to battle-scarred
Shanghai' as Sino-Jap conflict
continues. Details, in E. W. Pick-
ard's   'Weekly   News   Review."
Finney of the Force gets mixed up with a magician in Ted
O'Laughlin's popular comic strip.
Follow the lovable Irish copper
in the funny page.
Irvin S. Cobb tells how one
father cured his college-bred son
of Communism.
The reception for teachers a "get
acquainted party," will be held in
the school auditorium on Monday ev
ening, September 13, in older that the
planned for the PTA may begin at
once. The new PTA officers for the
coming year are as follows: President, Mrs. Chas. Rates; Vice President, Mrs. Wolfrank; Secretary, Mrs.
Dale Dubbs and Treasurer, Mrs
Maude Martin.
The work of the PTA promises tr
be very interesting this year and thr
officers are trying very hard to maV"
it an organization the people may
well be proud of.        . ,
All outlying districts as well as local patrons are invited to each and
every meeting, and especially to the;
reception for the teachers in order
that they may become acquainted
with the instructors of the school.
After a short business meeting the
officers will be installed and a program will follow.
Reading     Mrs. Buttou
Tap Dance       Mildred WolfranH
Negro  Sketch   ..Mrs. Bates and Mrs.
Westfall
Introduction of Teachers, Mrs. Button
Address   of  Welcome   ....   Mr.   Swift
and  Mrs.  Wolfrank
Response   ....:    Supt.   Haack
Remarks     Mrs.   Bates
A free lunch and social hour will
complete the evening.
A membership drive lasting for one
month will be started .TT"*mc*<~__:w^
captains have been choosen and the
present membership divided equally.
Each n>\v member gained will auto-
matically become ,i v,v._• r Zsv I
side. The membership list will he
printed in each addition of the Journal—watch it grow. Winners will be
announced at the October meeting.
A free lunch will be served to all
those who have paid-up memberships
at the November meeting, by ttie losers. A door prize, a gift of the president of the organization, will he
given away Monday evening. Come
One! Gome All:
VFW  TO  ORGANIZE  SAFE
BIKE     RIDERS     CLUBS
ALL     OVER     THE     NATION
The Minnesota bicycle safety club
plan, originated by the state Department's Highway patrol some months
ago, was adopted by the Veterans
of Foreign Wars at their annual encampment at Buffalo, N. Y., and
will be pushed nationally by that
organization, John P. Arnoldy was
informed  this  week.
The VFW urged all its posts to
create such clubs in the interest of
safety for boys and girls who ride
"wheels" and also to teach youngsters a respect for traffic laws which
carry through to the time when they
become auto mobile drivers. The
VFW will also take steps to obrnln
city ordinances for control of bicycles. Copies of proposed ordinances
Chief Arnoldy stated, are available
at the national headquarters of the
Veterans of Foreign Wars in Washington, D. C.
The VFW set 10 commandments
for safe rides. They are: Bicycles
shall not carry more than one person,
except bicycles constructed for more.
Stop at all "Stop Signs". Ride only
on the right side of the street. Do
not, hold onto, nor hitch bicycles to
any other vehicle. Do not ride at
night without a light on the front and
a reflector or lamp on the rear. Do
not ride abreast of any other bicycle
rider. Do not ride out of alleys and
idriveways, or from behind parked
cars, without stopping and looking to
see that sidewalks or streets are
clear of traffic. Obey traffic signals
and the orders of traffic officers and
school patrols. Do not engage in
any trick riding or weave in and out
of traffic on the street or public highways. B(ecome i ftwniliar wiJhy iand
obey all traffic rules and regulations;
be watchful and alert at all times;
be safety-minded.
BIRTHDAY   PARTY
. Miss Thelma Koester celebrated
her birthday anniversary on Labor
Day. Among other guests present
was her grandmother, Mrs. John
Elam of Stewardson, 111., and Mr.
and Mrs. Glenn Gillmar and family
of Peoria, 111. The occasion was indeed a happy one as it had been several years since she had seen her
relatives*
Cracking down on the driver who
will not dim his lights, state highway
potrolmen in the past week arrested
71 drivers who continued to us'i the
high beam when signaled to lower
their   lights.
In each instance a conviction was
obtained and a penalty imposed. Motorists with two beam lights who will
not dim will be arrested, John P. Arnoldy, patrol chief, said.
At the same time, he warned drivers to use extra precaution in the
next two weeks as state fair traffic,
people leaving their lake homes, students returning to school and the like,
will load the highways in almost every section of the state.
Don Sherwood of Bemidji, spent
the week-end with his parents, Mr.
and Mrs. N. D. Sherwood.
TWO MARRIAGES
OF LOCAL INTEREST
ACKERMAN   -   BUTLER
Following is an item of local inter-
i'si. The bride is a former Pine River resident, and a graduate of the local high school.
At a 9 o'clock nuptial mass celebrated at the Church of St Helena
on Friday morning, Miss Ida B. Ack-
erman, daughter of the late Mr. and
Mis. John Ackerman of Pine River,
became the bride of Mr. Raymond
.. l'.utler, son of Mr. and Mrs. James
Butler of 3137 44th ave south. Ferns
jialuis. candelabra and bouquets of
gladioli '   asters   ornamented   the
alter.
JUiSS „«__;lin>' \< liennan who was
'hi- sister's maid of honor,
blue lace gown and carried a bou-
ot Talesman roses. The other
bridal attendants, Mrs. Lloyd Stewart, another sister of the bride, and
Miss Iona Ritchie, her niece, wore
identical gowns of pink taffeta and
carried  Premier  roses.
Mr. Edward F. Varon, a cousin of
the groom, acted as best man. Richard Butler of Staples, and George
Assid of Minneapolis, ushered. The
mother of the bridegroom wore a royal bine crepe and a shoulder bouquet of roses and pom pon asters.
Preceding the ceremony, Mrs. Mary
Sheridan, accompanied by Mrs. Frances Sharp, sang "Ave Maria" and
"O Lord I Am Not Worthy." Rossini's
wedding music was played for the
processional  and recessional.
A wedding breakfast for 40 guests
followed the ceremony in the colonial room at the Hasty Tasty cafe. A
large wedding cake and garden flowers centered the table.
. For her wedding trip to Niagara
Falls, the bride wore a gray suit
with navy blue accessories. After
September 15, the couple will be at
home at 3137 44th ave. south.
BUNES   -   OLSON
Miss Lela Olson, daughter of Mr.
'and Mrs. J. A. Olson of Pine River,
became the bride of Morris Bunes,
son of Mr. and Mrs. H. p. Brunei of
Minneapolis, at a ceremony solemnized at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church Saturday morning, with Rev.
John V. Ryan of Incarnation Parish,
Minneapolis, officiating.
' Miss Vera Olson, a sister of the
bride and Joseph Sicard of Minneapolis were the only attendants.
The bride wore a street length
dress of Guam blue, with wine accessories, while her attendant wore rust
with brown accessories and shoulder
corsages of roses.
Following the ceremony a breakfast "was served to close friends and
relatives at Red Cedar Lodge, on
AVhitefish Lake.
Out of town guests included Mr.
and Mrs. H. P. Bunes and daughter
Marie, Miss Esther Harven, Joseph
Sicard, Vera Henckes and Miss Hazel Shrieber, all of Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. Bunes left on a wedding trip to Duluth and the North
Shore, after which they will make
their home  in Minneapolis.
CARD   OF  THANKS
I wish to express my sincere thanks
to the many friends and neighbors
who so kindly assisted during the illness and death of my husband. Also to the I. O. O. F. and Rebecca
lodges of Pine River for their kind
assistance.
i Mrs. Mary E. Freeman
2500 Attend Fair
Saturday; 1500 Fed
At Free Barbecue
GRIM REAPER TAKES
HEAVY TOLL SUN.
OBITUARY
Knute Erickson of Boy River, father of Mr. Martin Erickson of near
Pine River, passed away at Boy River Sunday, at the age of 73 years.
Funeral services were held Wednesday afternoon at the Boy River Chapel.
OBITUARY
Edward Erickson of Pequot, passed
away at Park Rapids Sunday evening
at the age of 58 years. Funeral services will be held Thursday afternoon
(today) at the Loon Lake Church.
Rev. Michaelson of Brainerd will conduct the service.
FAREWELL PARTY FOR REV.
AND MRS CHAS. PEARSON
A farewell party will be held at 8
p. m. tonight (Thurs.) at the armory,
in honor of Rev. and Mrs. Chas. Pearson, who are leaving Jenkins this
week for Stuart, la., where Rev. Pearson has a pastorate.
There will be a program and refreshments  for   all.    Rev.  Wiens    of
i_r_.lL Rev. fc'allquist of Xisswa,
Rev. AcmerkirclT'nf—^^mbiirr' Rev.
Ziebarth of Emily and Rev/^Miiae,
have been invited to take part. Friends of the Pearsons are all cordially
invited to attend. A love offering
will be taken for the honored guests.
Rev. Pearson will conduct the services at the Pine River Gospel Tabernacle  Sunday  morning.
SERVICES FOR GEO.
ZUPON THURSDAY
i George Zupon of near Pine River,
passed away at the sanitorium at Ah
Gwah Ching on Monday of this week.
Funeral services will be conducted
from Our Lady of Lourdes Church in
Pine River, on Thursday (today) at
10 a. m.
George Zupon was born November
14, 1889, in Wendel, Minnesota, and
was 47 years of age at the time of
his death. Besides his wife he leaves
to mourn his untimely death eight
children all of Pine River; Walter,
Martin, Gilbert, Irene, Albert, Elnora,
Dorothy and Mary. Also two brothers
Frank of St Cloud, and Lawrence of
Pine River, and two sisters, Mrs. Pete
Kossow of Deer River, and Mrs, Robert Sand of St Cloud.
CHRISTGAU'    ACTS     TO
STOP     TERMINATIONS
ON     MINNESOTA     WPA
Effective Friday, August 27, no
WPA worker in Minnesota will be
terminated to meet quota restrictions
during the coming fall and winter,
according to Victor Christgau, state
administrator. All district directors
have b<5en advised to put this policy
l^nto effect immediately. He acted
on authority from Aubrey Williams,
deputy federal administrator. WPA
workers are to be removed only when
it is determined that they are no
longer in need, have other employment or for definite  cause.
These instructions are in line with
an earlier announcement by Harry
J{. Hc^pkins, federal administrator,
who stated that quota reductions
have been completed to such an extent that during the remainder of
this calendar year and through the
winter months it will not be necessary to remove employable persons
from WPA who do not have private
employment, unless they are removed for cause.
A very good crowd was in attendance at the 32nd. annual Cass County
Fair held in Pine River last week.
The crowd was somewhat decreased
on Frida yand Saturday evenings because of cool weather which made it
rather uncomfortable walking around
under the stars. The agricultural exhibits were bigger and better this
year than they have been for some
time past, which is undoubtedly due
to the abundance of rainfall this section enjoyed the past season. However, the livestock and poultry divisions suffered considerably because of
the heavy restriction made, due to
the prevelance of diseased flocks and
herds this year. Also, all exhibitors
were forced by law, to furnish papers
as to the fitness of their stock before they could be exhibited. In
spite of this handicap, a fair number
of exhibits were brought in.
Saturday was the big day>, when
2500 people payed admission and passed through the gates. 1500 men women and children were fed at the
free barbecue and, according to the
amount of food consumed must have
gone away with a satisfied feeling.
Those in charge of the meal used
625 lbs. of meat, 150 lbs. of beans, 8
bushels of potatoes, 125 loaves of
bread, 20 lbs. of coffee and 20 lbs.
of butter—which is a big meal in any
(nan's language.
i All the numbers during the grandstand entertainment received a big
hand and were enjoyed by young and
old alike.
Saturday afternoon Pine River won
iv played ball game
from Longville, b.V a^!SW!S^i«.
anyway Hie day was too cool to really
play ball—but the locals came thru
with flying colors and . showed the
fans a good time.
Several of the local business places
were represented in exhibition booths
including Lundin Flour and Feed,
Gamble Store, and the J. F. Anderson
Lumber Co. The Lumber Co. erected
a water supply pump for the fair patrons to inspect, while C. V. Gardiner constructed a Dooth exhibiting radios, washing machines, stove3 . etc.
The Lundin Flour and Feed Co. occupied two booths in the grandstand,
using one for flour and feed and Vega
Cream Separators and the other devoted to a fine display of Hudson
farm equipment. Mr. Leech of St
Cloud had charge of the Hudson
booth, All the merchants reported
a gpodly number of sales and were
well satisfied with their efforts.
SIXTH   DISTRICT   MEETING   OF
VFW   AND   AUX.   IN    BRAINERD
The Sixth District VFW and Ladies
Auxiliary will meet at Lum Park in
Brainerd on Sunday, September 12.
The meeting will begin promptly at
2 p. m.
Several of the Department officers
of the Sixth District will be present,
and have several important matters
that will be discussed. The Ladies
Auxiliary will elect their officers for
the ensuing year. All members of
the local post are urged to be present.
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.
Albert Alkabine, Tine River
Richard Clear, Pine River
Albert Sidenkranz, Pine River
Dave Tozier, Pine River
Myrtle Mills, Muscatine, Ia.
Dr.  Meland,  Pine  River
Mrs. W. B. Meland, Moorhead
Ted Farnam, Pine River
Ole McAllister,. Backus
George Swartz, Mildred
'   L.   T.   Pollack,  Jenkins.
Mrs. Martha Saenger, Pine River-
F. L. Beals, Pine River
Chas. Erickson, California
Mr. and Mrs. Earl    LaBonte    and
Mrs. Morris  Cromett  who  is    em- daughter Barbara Ann,  arrived from
ployed  near  Whitefish   Lake,    spent Park Rapids Saturday, for    a   short
Sunday at her home. visit at the T. D. Farnam home.