The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-05-24

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 39
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS   COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, .MAY 24, 1940'
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufcside
PROPHECY OF
GRADUATES MADE
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Theday for the annual get-togetner
er of the Pine River Senior Class of
1940 bad finally arrived- Gossip flew
squirrel fast in Joe Hasser's Cafe
where this memory filled meeting was
being held.
Of course all the old gratis couldn't
be there, but those attending were
having a merry time. Amid the fragments of conversation one could hear
■laughter from tlie hilarious jokes of
Leota Rounds, comedian of stage,
screen and radio.
There too, was Pearl Maxhimer,
writer of the much-loved "Old Maid
Martin" or "Three Bachelor Boy Friends," having a great deal of fun trying to out-talk Milton Heemstra, Harry Weise, and Chesley Gregory on the
question of proper play grounds. You
see, those three own a playground on
the east side of New York for children
with busy mothers.
Leona Hopke is rapidly rising to
fame as a playwriter- She sometimes
plays leading roles in the movie adaptations of her plays.
Lillian Wold, explorer of jungles, de
sert and tundra, recently went on an
expedition to Little America.
Floyd Stanley is a movie director in
Hollywood. Lucille Gardner writes
scenarios for his most difficult scenes-
Bill Schuster is a prominent member of the New York police board. His
blushing bride is the former Henrietta
Henselin.
Ellsworth Houg is acting in Hollywood. His favorite leading lady is
Eleanor Kolb who acts part of the
time as a trapeze artist in circus
scenes.
Thus were the bits of conversation
that drifted to my ears as I sat talking to Norma Thyr and Lucille Shepard about Jeanne Stotts' daring solo
Atlantic flight. On the side, Jeanne
does stunt flying at the San Francisco airport- Norma and Lucille run a
short-order cafe in Brainerd. Their
customers are usually CCC boys on
their way home for a vacation.
Ruth Weins, star reporter on a New
York newspaper, approached me with
a "Did you know that—>"
Aileen Pederson is in Egypt   on   a
-^quest for odd facts.
Edith Gorman and Lillian Heino are
nurses in a hospital for old men with
the palsy and gout- They just love
their work.
Ruth Olson teaches school near Bemidji.    She just adores little children.
»   Francis Gildow is an opera singer in
Paris.
Jenny Velsvaag and Edith Erickson
own  a millinery on 5th    Avenue    in
. New York City-
John Riley,   rising young   botonist,
has  isolated  himself on   one   of  the
many islands  oft' the southern tip of
Florida-
Marion   Schultz  models   beach  outfits   for   the   best   dressed   at   Palm
Beach.
Betty Newman is an air hostess. Bet
» ty dotes on uniforms.
Myrle Cusey and Cora Boyer teach
Home Economics at the University
and—
Here we are interrupted by that
much-loved Gertrude Ellis, actress of
screen and radio, who still beautifully
portrays the part of an old woman.
Her latest hit picture was "Grandma
Goes Jitterbug.'' Gertrude's favorite
Hollywood hairdresser is Marie Hiles.
There also was Donald Peterson,
-♦creator of a new comic strip, who admitted that as usual he started out by
painting mustaches on billboards characters.
He told us that Bill Davidson owns
a giant orange grove near Vernon Ba-
sore's magnificent hacienda and lettuce farm in  Southern  California.
There was a letter to be read to us
from Edith Carlson, who is teaching
school in China.
Fred Silbaugh, news correspondent
i n London, talked to us a few minutes through a short wave system.
Marie O'Connor, secretary of the
Pine River High School, was beaming
with joy. Why not? She had just recently beeen given the title of "Miss
Land O'Lakes-"
* Doris Cromett confessed that she
had just copied three volumes of the
"Encyclopedia Americana" to win a
two-hundred dollar bet- Her usual
occupation, however, is that of a chorus girl in a St. Paul night club.
Arnold Mohn, owner of valuable oil
well stocks, was giving stock and bond
advice to Melvin Gilbertson, owner of
Gilbertson Railways.
If you want to learn the dope on
some inside dope,  listen    to    Verna
ENJOYABLE   CONCERT
GIVHN   BY  BAND AND  CHOIR
A splendid musical treat was offered the public free Friday, by the
municipal choir under the direction rf
Mr. Jones and the municipal band, under the direction of Mr- Behme.
Those who at ended the program
.were very much enthused over the pro
gress made by both units, tfti.e choir
having had only seven practice nights.
Members of the choir included Mr.
and Mrs- N. D. Sherwood, Jim Riley.
Tom Riley, Verena, Venetta and Ned
Backman, Bertha Peterson, Peter Nelson, Mr. and Mrs- Rolland Carpenter,
Mrs. Merle Cronk, Harriet Riley, Jerry Behme, Mark, Dave and Mrs. P-
J. MacKinney, Misses Golz, Torske,
Hill, Dorothy Nelson, Ardith Arvig,
Doon Andrus, Corella Kline, T!helma
Haugen, G. P. Rognlie, Mrs. A. C-
Thompson, Eldon and Glenn Basore,
Ruth Oleson, Velma King, Lois Neuberger, Mrs. Hamlin and Mrs- Thorpe-
Local Items
SERVICES HELD
FOR T. D. CLARK
SUN. MORNING
Funeral services were conducted on
Sunday morning from the Tabernacle
for T. D. Clark who passed away Friday- Services were conducted by Rev
Brown. Interment was made in tne
Pontoria Cemetery.
Thurston Donaldo Clark was born
at Thomasville, Franklin County, N
Y., March 9, 1865, to parents, Charles
and Celeste Clark. At the age of 15,
he moved with :his parents to Blue
Earth County, Minnesota. He was
married September 19, 18S5,' to Lottie
Mariar Marks. To this union three
children were born, Mabel, Charles
and Leda. In 1912, the family came
to Pine River, where they have resided since with the exception of seven
years spent in North Dakota- He was
preceded in death by bis wife, two
sisters and a brother. He is survived
by three children, Mrs- Mabel Siltman
and Mrs. Leda Kladt of Pine River,
and Charles Clark of Des Moines; ten
grandchildren and nine great grandchildren,     z
During the past year he underwent
a gracious change in his life and De-
fore his death he gave a clear and definite testimony of his faith in .Jesus
Christ as his personal savior. He went
to be with the Lord Friday morning.
Besides his family he is mourned by a
host  of relatives  and  acquaintances-
Baccalaureate
Services Sunday Eve.
The program for baccalaureate services to be held Sunday evening promises to be very interesting. Numbers
include "Slumber Boat" by the Junior Girls' Sextet; "Beautiful Saviour''
and "Today There Is No Ringing" by
Senior H.  S- Chorus.
Rev. Frank Court, author, lecturer
and prominent pastor, will deliver the
sermon of the evening, entitled "Ap-
poval of God."
Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Bark of Grand
Rapids, spent Sunday at the home of
Mrs- John Leef. Mrs. Bark remained
for an extended visit.
Katherine Burnett is now employed at Kolb's Cafe- She was formerly employed at the Lon Fields residence.
Clarence Siefert has accepted a position with the Stoots Candy Co., of
Brainerd, driving the candy-wagon on
the Walker-Fifty Lakes route.
Mr. and Mrs- Ted Farnam and Mr.
and Mrs. Louis Farnam were dinner
guests of Mr. and Mrs. George Snooks
at their home on Hay Lake Sunday-
Andy and Garnet Andrews of Quebec, Canada arrived Saturday, and
spent a few days at the Wm. King
and James Skinner homes.
Gaylord Doty of Chicago, spent the
week-end with his family here. On
Saturday, Mr. and Mrs- Doty drove to
Brainerd.
Mr. and Mrs- Wm. Doty and Mr.
and Mrs. Gaylord Doty were guests at
the home of Mr. and Mrs. Harold Doty Sunday.
Richard Dubbs will arrive ihome today from Minneapolis, where he has
completed his first year of study at
Dunwoody Institute.
Mr. and Mrs. J- W- Wicklund and
children of Walker, visited with Mrs.
Elizabeth Robideau Sunday. Mrs.
Robideau has been ill the past week.
A deal was completed recently
whereby the A. M. Shill building was
leased to Coast to Coast Stores, Inc.,
of Minneapolis.
Mrs. Ollie Dahl and Esther Con/et
entertained at two tables of bridge
Tuesday afternoon. Honors went to
Mrs. Wm- Schuster and low to Mrs.
H. A. York.
Mr- and Mrs. Bert Heemstra, Mr-
and Mrs- Chas. Bates and Mrs. Elizabeth Robideau drove to Ironton on
Tuesday of last week, where they attended a Rebekah Lodge meeting.
Doctor
Townsend
Says	
SCIENCE® is
on the threshold
of another great
discovery, if it
has not already
accomplished
this dream of
centuries. It is
the breaking of
the atom, the
unleashing of
^^^^^^^^^^ t power so tremendous that the discovery of gasoline, electricity and steam will fade
into significance. Tomorrow that
power will be cheap. But also millions of men will be jobless. Homes
will no longer be heated by coal.
Gone will be electric lights. Our
automobiles will no longer use gasoline* But millions of men will be
here. Will they become jobless? Or
will society adopt the Townsend
Plan in self defense against this
new and marvelous discovery? We
seem to be at the beginning of a
new and greater era.
| STAR ROUTE CARRIER TO COME
FROM SOUTH AT 2 P. M.
Due to a new running schedule,
effective Monday, May 20, the star
carrier from Little Falls to Hackensack, will arrive at the local post offi-
c 39 minutes earlier, or at 2-p. m. Patrons wishing to send mail to Mildred.
Backus, or Hackensack, are asked to
please get it posted before 2 p. m-, in
order to be delivered that afternoon.
The return trip to Little Falls remains the same as heretofore, 4 p. in.
—L. E. Dougherty, P. M.
MEMORIAL SERVICES
TO BE HELD HERE
NEXT THURSDAY
RURAL CREDIT
CHIEF ADRESSES
CLUB TUESDAY
TOWNSEND CLUB TO  MEET
MONDAY, MAY 27
On Tuesday and Wednesday of
next week, the 6th District Federated Womens Clubs will hold a convention in Brainerd. Four delegates from
Pine River have been elected to attend.
Misses Amelia Thompson and Hen-
riet Nebyr of the St- Cloud Teachers
college, were week-end guests of Miss
Ethel Biever. Mrs. Biever and Ethe!
and Eleanor Kolb drove to St. Cloud
Sunday, taking the girls back with
them.
Mrs. Kate Nelson of Brainerd, arrived Wednesday for a few days visit
with Mrs- Mary Jones. On Saturday,
they will leave for Long Prairie,
where they will attend the 6th District Encampment of VFW and Auxiliary.
Members of the M. E. Church entertained at a six o'clock dinner and social hour at the church parlors Tuesday evening, in honor of the choir, pianists and others who assist with mus
ic at the church serivces- Tables
were gaily decorated in blue and yellow with iris and buttercups and yellow tapers as centerpieces- Mrs- D.
L. Triggs welcomed the    choir    and day.
The next regular ' Townsend meeting will be held Monday evening.
May 27, at 8 p. m., at the school. All
members are requested to be there-
Matters concerning delegates to the na
tional convention in June, will be discussed.
—A. M. Shill, Sec-
Mrs.  Frank  Anderson  gave  the    response.
The Rebekah Lodge was hostess to
assembly officers Tuesday evening.
Assembly vice presiden, Eva Bacon
of St. Paul, and assembly musician,
Millicent McCauley of Ironton; dist.
president, Flora Bates, dist. secretary,
Birdie Walton and dist. vice president,
Mrs. Wattson of Crosby, were all pre
.sent There were also several otner
visitors from the Crosby and Ironton
lodges. Mesdames Elizabeth Mast,
Ethel Kolb and Lucille Bergstrom
were hostesses at a luncheon following the meeting.
Mr. and Mrs. John T. Hoblitt of Sil
verton, Oregon, Mr- and Mrs. S. E-
Ellenson and daughter, Mrs- Severre
Fredheim, Mrs. Elmina Hoblitt and
Miss Lorraine Mast, all of St Paul,
were guests at the D. M. Mast home
Sunday. Mr- Hoblitt and Mrs. Elien-
son are brother and sister of Mrs.
Mast. Her mother, Mrs- Elmina Mast,
who was 89 years old in April, made
the trip from St. Paul with as much
ease and pleasure as anyone-
HOSPITAL   NEWS
New patients admitted to the1, hospital this week, include Marvin Meis-
ner, and Mrs. George O'Leary of Back
us, Fred Mudiek and baby and Gust
School of Pine River, Baby Challick
of Boy River, Mrs. Boyington o£
Breezy Point and Mrs- Ida Halvorson
of Blind Lake.
Mrs. Henry Nelson of Pequot was
operated on for appendicitis Wednes-
Memorial Day program .... ,....  ....
Assembly   10 a. m-
"Call to the Colors  Bugler
Comrade Erv.  Lembke
Selection by P- R.    Municipal   Baud,
Jerry Behme director
"America"       by Audiencs
led by A. J- Linden, David MacKinney, pianist
Invocation    Rev. R. Brown
Solo "Holy City"  A. J. Linden
Reading of General  Order No.  1 by
Commander D- L. Triggs
Girls' Trio "Within a Dreaming Harbor"   ....   Leota   Rounds,   Francis
Gildow, Betty Lembke
Address    Hon- Judge Thwing
Solo   "Sleep,   Soldier  Boy   Sleep"   by
Leota Rounds
Selection       Municipal Band
March to Cemetery
Procession lineup will be as follows: Color Beamers, VFW; Ladies
Auxiliary, Municipal Band, Oddfellow
members, students and the public. The
procession will march east from the
school to the Water Front at Barclay
Ave., w'here the ceremony of "Casting
a Wr°ath Upon the Waters" will b::
carried out; then west on Barclay
Ave. to First St and general route to
cemetery. Exercises will be held at
the York memorial lot.
COMMENCEMENT
EXERCISES TO BE
HELD NEXT THURS.
Commencement   program        ....
Processional      H.  S Band
Invocation     Rev- Father Crowe
Selection     Junior Chorus
Salutatory       Donald  Peterson
Selection     Boys' Glee Club
Address  Dr. C- R. Sattgast
Selection      H.  S- Band
Valedictory       Leona Hopke
Presentation of Classes G. E.
Henderson and iurs. E. E- AVold
Presentation of Diplomas     C.
M- Swift, Pres- of Board of Ed.
Benediction      Rev. R. Huss
Supt. Otto Haack in charge
Twenty-eight members and five
visitors were present at the Lake lie*
gion Hotel Tuesday evening at a commercial club meeting and dinner.
Discussions of the evening concerned the road problem and a July ith
celebration. It was decided to hold a
meeting June 13, to which delegates
from towns and cities on the proposed,
route between Fargo and Duluth will
be invited.
RURAL  CREDIT CHIEF
ADDRESSES  CLUB
At a special meeting of the Pine
River commercial club held at the
Lake Region Hotel on Tuesday evening, George C. Jones, conservator oC
the Department of Rural Credit, outlined the progress to date and the future aims of the department to 40
members and guests of the club-
"There is a definite back-to-the-
farm movement in Minnesota", sard
Jones, "a movement that will have a
wholesome effect on the entire state".
Mr. Jones pointed out that the department owned 163 farms in Cass county
on Jan. 1, 1940, taking from the tax-
rolls of the county approximately
$8,000 per year. During the first four
months of the year the department
has sold 24 farms, returning to tire
tax rolls between $1200 and $1500 annually- Because of the special sales
drive recently inaugurated in Cass
county, Mr. Jones stated that he is
confident that the department will sell
at least 50 more farms in Cass county
this year.
In commenting on the condition of
mortgages and contracts owned by
the department, Mr. Jones said that
by instituting new collection methods
the department has been able to keep
contract delinquencies at a minimum.
IDnly 313 out of a total of 6209 are
now delinquent" he said-
Rep- N. W. Sawyer of Walker wrio-
commented briefly on the progress
made by the department said "I am
amazed that the department has been
able to retrieve as much of the original investment as they have. It is
an outstanding accomplishment".
Sell It With A Want A3
Wilde's radio news journal and read
Leona Fairley's Hollywood column.
Eldon Eastvold, petty officer in the
Navy, attended, according to regulations,  infulluniform-
We all knew the occupation of
James Bogart and Graydon Cadwell
who are known to the radio world as
"Mutt and Jeff." They got their start
by giving an amusing performance in
a railway station where they were
spending tlie night because of lack of
funds to  pay  their  hotel  bill.
Vera Peterson, Northwest Champion
Swimmer, stated her intentions to enter in the tryouts for the International Olympic Games.
There were telegrams of best wishes to the "old gang" from Reva Nelson in New Yory and Edith Velde of
Minneapolis. Reva rates top billing
in a current hit on broadway and
Edith is a teacher of beauty culture.
An auto horn honked anxiously at
the cafe entrance causing Mark MacKinney to jump to iris feet and exclaim at the time. He was president
of a large business firm in San Diego,
California- His chauffeur was waiting
outside to drive him to the airport so
that he could be in San Diego in time
for some very important business
transactions the next day.
We all realized it was time for us
to part and go about our individual
ways. As we said good-bye, until the
next year, our adieus and thoughts
were the same: "What wouldn't we
give to be students at Pine River
again—even just for a day."
EATHS
Holidays have become "Death Days"--l¥l ore people
kiiied or injured each succeeding holiday.
This can be changed.
If !V8o4orists mil—
start early — drive extra carefully — not mix drinking and driving — STOP where
stops should be made — keep to the outside on hills and curves,-
If Pedestrians will—.
walk facing traffic — wear something white  after   dark — not take chances in
crossing roadways;
If Resreationlsts will—
not  stand   up  in  boats — not take  unnecessary risks when  in swimming — use
utmost care with fireworks and with firearms,-
Minnesota can be the most accident-free
of ail of our United States
COMMISSIONS* OT MtAMWrATB MEUOtNT. \ MiMMCSOT* SAtTY C
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to thank all those who so
kindly assisted us during the illness
and death of our beloved father.
Thurston D. Clark. Especially do we
wish to thank Rev. Brown, those who
sang, and the community for the beautiful flowers. Your kind expressions
of sympathy are deeply appreciated-
Mr. and Mrs. Archie Siltman and
family
Mr- and Mrs. Charles Clark aud
family
Mrs. Leda Kladt and sons
ERADELPHIANS
HOLD CONVENTION
HERE FRIDAY
One hundred twenty-five guests
from ten clubs in Cass county attended the county-wide convention eld
here Friday-
Mrs. Dan DeLury was re-elected
president. A new office was created
this year, -"-hat of historian, to which
Mrs. J. J- Allen was elected-
The Pine River Eradelphian Club is
the oldest in the county, having been
organized in 1919. The Federation
was organized in 1912 and the County Federation in 1930. The M- E.
Country Ladies Aid served the dinner.
The following program was given:
Address of Welcome, Mrs. G- E- Henderson.
■Response Mrs. Morical, Walker
Guest Speaker     Mrs.  Cheu,
who spoke on "Homes    of    China"
and exhibited  Chinese costumes
Piano Solo Mrs- Anderson, Walker
Reading Mrs. Bartlett, Island
Club
Talk on China  Miss Munger.
Pine Mt. Club
Musical Reading    Mrs-Peterson,
Walker, accompanied by Mrs- Hammond
Talk on Club Work  Mrs- Roth
A Trio of Songs by Mothers Club of
Longville, Shirley Chambers, Mary
Thompson, Marie Hohanack
Talk on Flowers     Mrs. W'illiams,
Hackensack
Talk on Folklore and Art-craft by Mrs
Rock of Cass Lake
Reading    ,..   Birchwood    Circle
Club of Backus
Playette  Book *nd Thimbler
Club, Woman Lake