The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-04-12

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 33
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufcslde
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MEN ARRESTED
FOR DRIVING
OYER FIRE HOSE
LOCALS
Will Day, city fire chief, had warrants sworn out this week before Justice Webb, against four men. two
from Minneapolis and two from Backus. Who drove over the fire hose after they had been warned, the day of
the demonstration of the new fire engine. A warrant was also sworn out
for a local man who drove ov^r the
hose on April 8, when the department
was out on fire duty. Every effort is
being made to make our fire fighting
equipment as good as possible and if
ldrivers cannot or will not obey the
laws pertaining to the ordinance, measures will be taken to bring tUem to
'mstice.
Word has been received here of the
birth of a twelve pound son to Mr.
und Mrs. Rinzie Garmon of Morton.
D. L. Triggs spent Tuesday and
Wednesday in Minneapolis on business- Mrs. Clyde Townsend and Mrs-
Ered Heuer accompanied him.
Eleanore Kolb returned last
Thursday from Brainerd, where she
underwent ■ major operation. She is
recuperating nicely and able to be up
and about again.
Mr. and Mrs. L- W. Walton spent
Sunday and Monday at Pierz, where
they visited at the home of Mr. and
Mrs- Harold Walton. They also visited tlie school where their son teaches.
Messers Root, Caswell, Nelson and
Munn of the Mahlum-Hanson Post of
Brainerd, spent Monday in Pine River
calling on District Commander Homer Fraser, regarding WW  activities
SERVICES HELD FOR
MRS. CARLSON ON
TUESDAY P. M.
THE PINE GRANGE
WHAT   THE   GRANGE   IS
America's oldest farm organization
is the Grange, established in 1867, it
is now completing 73 years of vigorous life and continuous service. Of
its 8000 local units , nearly one-half
occupy their own (halls. It is ai permanent farm group, lit will be here
i long years to come.
America's largest farm organization
„ according to  the official    records    of
M various farm units, read at their res
pective annual meetings. The Grange
has a larger paid-up membership than
any other in America-
A community organization, with
county, state and national units. All
Grange work begins in tlie local rural
community. Our Grange is known as
"Pine Grange No. 716." All programs
„ and policies  are worked  out by the
members themselves, as a result of
regular community meetings.
The Grange is a family organization, requiring men and women and hav
ing a definite place for the young people- The entire family can participate
in the educational, social and fratern-
- al benefits of the Grange.    This    in-
W sures stability.
The Grange is a nation-wide organization, organized from Maine to California and from Minnesota to Texas.
It includes in its  menroership  every
\ type of agriculturist found in Ameri
ca- The Grange is also active in Alaska.
A selective organization.    Men, women and young people of good moral
character and  directly  interested    in
agriculture, are eligible to join.   Mem-
«. bers of the Grange pass upon the fit
ness of aid applicants, for membership
and quality always takes precedence
over quantity.
An organization that commands respect. In its efforts to improve the
conditions of rural life, the Grange
has been fair in its approach and militant in its tactics. It is absolutely
non partisan.
It is an inexpensive organization.
Intiation fees are low and membership dues are only 10 cents per month.
Yet on this low cost basis, a remarkable program of work is maintained
and maximum benefits are returned
to the members.
This article is written to acquaint
readers with the Grange.
The Pine Grange was organized
July 8, 1938, with 47 cnarter rneni-
bers,meetlng on the second and fourth
Tuesdays of each month. More news
of the Grange will be published in future articles.
, —Mrs. Peter Frimood, Lecturer
WORLD'S   ODDEST     PALSHIP?
Red Wing-—Oscar, a young mud-
turtle, and Otto, an immature bullhead still sprouting a frontal beard,
inhabit the corner Luncn aquarium.
In fact, they not only inhabit and toler
ate each other's presence in their
single-room dwelling but actually fraternize and show signs of affection
for each other. Whenever Oscar rises tfirom the floor of th* aquarium'
to the surface and sticks out his long
neck to get a breath of fresh air, Otto
will also swim upward.
MRS. L F. HOPKE
LAID TO REST
WEDNESDAY
Mrs. F. L. Hopke passed away Friday, at the age of 76 years, following
a lingering illness-
Funeral services were held from
Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church
Wednesday morning, with Rev. Father
R. Crowe officiating. Interment was
made in the Pine Ridge Cemetery.
Theresa McCrady was born September 10, 1863, at Fon du Lac, Wisconsin. In 1866, the McCrady family
moved to Steele County, Minnesota,
where she grew to womanhood. She
taught in rural schools in that vicinity until 1892, at which time she was
united in marriage to Louis Hopke.
To this union were born three children, Leo, John and Eleanor.
In 1907, the family moved to St-
Cloud, and from there to Pine River
in 1920, where she resided until the
time of her death-
During the last fifteen years of her
life, she was confined to a wheelchair
due to the effects of arthritis, an afflic
tion she bore with remarkable cheerfulness. She was preceded in death
by her parents, and one brother. She
is survived1 by her husband, Mr. Hopke and three children and five grandchildren ; also two sisters, Mrs. Helen
Hopke of St- Cloud, and Mrs- Ardelia
Farnsworth of Brainerd; one brother,
Michael of Richville, Minnesota, as
well as a number of nieces and nephews and a host of friends.
VFW and Auxilary to
Elect Officers Fri. Eve
Election of officers will be held in
the VFW and Auxiliary organiations
Friday (tonight). The VFW will make
plans for an "Old Time Fiddlers Contest" to be held soon. These contests
are an annual affair and have become
very populair in the community.
The skating rink is still going
strong, with splendid crowds in attendance. To better accomodate the public, a number of sizes of skates which
were needed, have been purchased.
The Ladies Auxiliary will install
their officers after a brief recess following election. Ladies of the Mahlum-Hanson Auxiliary will be guests
of the evening.
Church of God to
Hold Special Meetings
Do you dare keep a diary? So many
court records are featuring private
papers of divorce petitioners, that
science studies whether it is foolish
or wise to keep intimate recoids of
our lives. An eminent psychologist
and a famous attorney show- how that
little black book may backfire and become your worst enemy. An illustra
ted double page feature in the American Weekly, the magazine distributed with next Sunday's Chicago Herald
American. (adv.)
The Church of God will hold a series of speciail meetings at Jenkins, beginning April 14. The Upton sisters
will assist in the meetings as well as
arrange special music. The district
convention will be held Sunday, April
27 and continue thru the 2Sth. Special speakers from North Dakota and
Minnesota, including the Olson quartet are expected during the convention. Rev. J. Kisser, State Overseer,
will be present. Meetings will start
at 8 p- m. on week days and 7:30 p.
m. Sundays, until further notice.
—Rev.'H. L. Hess.
Mrs- Ella Carlson passed away at
the Brainerd hospital Friday, at the
age of 54 years. She had been ill for
some time. Ail her children with the
exception of Mrs. Fritz Foster, were
at her side when the end came.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Kedron Lutheran Church.
near Loon Lake. Interment was mad!
in the cemetery adjoining the churchyard- Pallbearers, included N. D.
Sherwood, Albert Bye, Frank Ball,
LeRoy Swenson, Wm. Schuster und
Henry Hanson.
Ella Carlson was born June 29. 1883
at Hyde County, South Dakota, the
daughter of John and Ellen Erickson.
As a young child, she moved with her
parents to Turner County, South Dakota, where she grew to womanhood
In 1904, she was united in Marriage
to Hans T. Carlson at CentervUle, S.
Dak. This union was blessed with
eight children: Christina (ilrs. Rudy
Danielson of Waubun), Esther (Mrs.
Fritz Foster of Yamville, Oregon)^
Delia (Mrs. Chas. DeBoer), Hilina
(Mrs. Carl Skog) and Theodore, GeJ
orge, Edith and Buddy, all of Pine
River. She is also survived by her
aged mother, Mrs. EUa Erickson and
a brother, Peter, of Jackson, Minn..
also eight grandchildren and a host
of relatives and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Carlson homesteaded
near Timber Lake, South Dakota,
where they resided for 25 years. Mr-
Carlson preceded her in death thirteen years ago-
Ma's- Carlson and her famWy moved
here in 1937, locating on the former
Mohs farm. She gained a host of friends in this community who learned
to love and respect her as a kind and
loving mother and a wonderful neighbor- She was a member of the Kedron Lutheran Ladies Aid and was active in church work.
Those from a distance attending
the funeral, included Mr. and Mrs.
Peter Erickson and Mrs. Ellen Erickson of Jackson, Mr. and Mrs. Rudy
Danielson and daughters of Waubun,
Mrs. Fritz Foster and son Lionel of
iamhill, Oregon, Mrs- Henry Meyers
and daughter phylis of Pollack, So.,
Dak-, Mrs. Jim Bailey of Park Rapids,
Mr. and Mrs. Elvin Musolf and Claiv
ence and Ingolf Erickson of Brainerd,
Adolph Erickson and family of Backus, and Mrs. Anna Erickson and Mr.
and Mrs- Chas. Skog of Pequot.
TWO THOUSAND
FARMERS TAKE
PART IN AAA
Major and Mrs. H- C- Skinner and
Mrs. James Skinner spent Monday in
Walker on business.
Arvid Lundin, J. W. Pattinson, G.
E. Hall, Marvin Lundin, Ralph Dougherty and Fergus Peters attended a
Boy Scout Rally at Staples Wednesday evening.
Tree Planting Stock
Can be Had Free
A large share of the planting stock
needed for farmstead shelterbelt or
field windbreak can usually be secured without cost, close to home, says
County Agent Oscar Nelson.
Cottonwood and willow can be
grown successfully from cuttings of
year-old wood, 10 to 15 inches Song
and not over 1-2 to 1 inch in diameter-
Sprouts from old stumps are very
good.
Cuttings shoudl be made now while
the wood is dormant, and packed in
damp sand, kept in a place where it
cannot freeze. At planting time,
when the frost has left the ground,
these cuttings will be in excellent condition.
Bulletin 196, Planting the Standard
Windbreak, gives further suggestions
on tree planting. Free copies are
available at the county agent's office.
CARD OF    THANKS
We wish to express our deepest
appreciation for the many acts and
words of kindness, during the illness
and death of our beloved husband and
father. We especially wish to thank
those that furnished the music.
Mrs. Asa D. Morrison
ilr. and  Mrs- F.  u. Beals  and
family
Mr. and Mrs. Roy Harvego ano
son
Townsend Club
Reorganized Mon. Eve.
More than 1900 farmers in Cass
county have already indicated they intend to participate in the 1940 AAA
program, according to Ed. Dorsey,
chairman of the county AAA committee. This number will be increased
somewhat by April 30, which is the
deadline for signing the "farm plan"
and indicating intentions to participate.
Under provisions of the 1940 AAA
program, complete participation will
enable a farmer to earn:
19 cents (9 cents conservation, 10
cents parity) per bushel on the normal yield of his wheat acreage allotment.
Approximately $1.00 per acre on the
acreage available for general crops.
Special payments for carrying out
approved soil-building practices.
The county chairman urged this
week that Cass county farmers wishing to participate in the 1940 AAA
program, complete and sign "farm
plans" soon, since no conservation or
parity payments will be made on any
farm for which a "Farm Plan" has
not been Signed before May 1.
Last year approximately 1800 farmers, operating 95 percent of the cropland of Cass County, participated in
the AAA program. Indications now
are that the 1940 sign-up in the county will be at least as great as last
year, according to Mr. Dorsey.
The local PTA sponsored an interesting program Monday evening. Pictures of "Scenes From India" and
"Alice in Wonderland" were shown
and greatly enjoyed by the audience.
David MacKinney entertained; with
a group of piano solos. The last
meeting of the year will be held in
May, with the election and installation of officers for next year. A farewell party for the teachers will also
be held.
To Patrons and
Friends of Creamery
I expect most of you farmers who
have signed up, are wondering when
we are going to have our annual meeting and get organized. I wish to say
that we have just completed two successful drives but are still short about
200 cows. If some of you can get
your neighbor on the dotted line, do
so and we will have a creamery here
in Cass county that we can be proud
of. It is for our best interests to do
so. It's not the work of one man that
brings us to the goal, it's the everlasting teamwork of all of us—so let's
get 200 more cows signed up andj a
first class creamery will be assured.
Blanks are available at the creamery.
—John Norman, Chairman
LOCALS
Rev. C. H- Hopper has been released of all activities in the Methodist
Church of Pine River by district superintendent, Dr. Bun-ess of Duluth-
Rev. Lee Isensee has .been appointed
as supply pastor.
Mr. and Mrs. Maurice Wareing and
Marilyn and George of Brainerd, were
supper guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Ernest Robideau Saturday evening.
A. J- Linden returned to Hibbing
Monday, after spending the week-end
at his home here. He was accompanied by Mrs. Linden who will spend a
week at the Morris Linden home at
that city.
Richard Fraser suffered a serious
foot injury last week when he acci-
dently ran into a pitchfork lying in
the alley-way of a barn, while assisting at the John Norman farm. He
was taken to the local hospital where
he is being cared for.
PIRATES WIN
FROM RED HEADS
SUNDAY EVE.
Harry and Dale Tuttle of Carver,
spent the week-end with friends in
Pine River.
METHODISTS TO
HOLD SALE SOON
A sale sponsored by the M. E. Church will be held April 27. All those interested .re asked to donate whatever
useful articles they have for the sale.
If you have anything you wish to have
auctioned off you may do so tor a
charge of five percent. If the item or
animal you bring in does not sell, it
will cost you nothing.
All interested persons should get in
touch with one of the following: Clarence Lesher, Mrs- Otto Haack, Mrs.
D. L. Triggs, Nick Phillips or Mr. or
Mrs- Wm. Ast-
SPECIAL   EVANGELISTIC   MEET
AT    MILDRED    CHAPEL
Rev. George Peterson of the Bemidji Covenant Mission Church, will con-
duet an evangelistic campaign at the
Mildred Chapel for two weeks, beginning April 16 to 28. He is an experienced evangelist, having been in the
ministry for several years. He has a
message for ail- Services will be held
every evening at 8 p- m., except Saturdays. Various speakers will bring
special messages in song as the meetings continue. Everyone is invited to
attend these services-
The Mississippi Gospel Four, a
colored men's quartet, appeared at
the Mildred school last Wednesday.
Their songs were a real inspiration
and enjoyed by all- The bad weather
undoubtedly kept many from attend
ing but nevertheless there was a turnout of over 100. Rev. W. Johnson of
Nisswa, gave the message at the meeting. The Christian Endeavor program Sunday evening, was conducted
by John Eveland- Mesdames C. M.
Swift were the speakers for the
evening, with several others also taking part-   It was a profitable meeting
NEWS BY THE GRADES
The local Townsend Club met Monday evening and is now fully organized. A large group was present and
were very optomistic as to the outcome of the movement. We have decided to have a speaker here one evening each month, commencing May 1-
Refreshments were served following
the business meeting.
—A. M- Shill, Sec.
Sell It With A Want Ad
FIRST GRADE
Glen Bump is a new pupil in our
room.
We planted some flowers this week-
Palma Johnson visited our room
last week.
SECOND    GRADE
We are studying "time" in arithmetic class.We each made a Teddy Bear
clock.
During art class Friday, we made a
group poster of a spring scene.
Dorothy Masters and Mavis Moser
brought and colored the first pussywillows in our room.
We are studying and drawing birds
during art    period.    Several    pupils
have seen robins this spring.
THIRD   GRADE
The third grade entertained the
fifth grade at a Holland assembly Friday afternoon.
We all enjoyed the movie "Alice in
Wonderland" Thursday for our assembly.
Both Janet Seaton and Nixola Rairdin have finished fourth grade spelling.
We are glad to have everyone back
in school again as we have much to
finish before the end of the year.
We have a new third grader in our
room, Doris Bump, and we are glad to
have her with us.
FOURTH GRADE
Myrna Brant and Phyllis Geary
have completed the fifth grade spelling. All but nine pupils in our room
have finished fourth grade spelling-
Edgard Wolfrank moved to Califor
nia last week. We were sorry to have
him go. Last Monday, we had a farewell party for Edgard.
Ruth Horn is back in school again.
She has been absent nearly a month.
We enjoyed the movie "Alice In
Wonderland" very much.
We are ready to begin our work in
long division. It will be the last new
work we will do in fourth grade arithmetic.
FIFTH GRADE
The "Busy Five" Club celebrated a
birthday on March 15 for several of
its members. Sandwiches, oaks and
ice cream were the refreshments served. It was Miss Henry's birthday
too, and she received many nice gifts.
• We welcome two new pupils to our
room, Betty Lou Bump and Harland
Renn.
Our kites are finished and we are
making spring posters this week. The
art project for the next two weeks
will be making laffia baskets.
During our Easter party we dyed
eggs and played games. Candy was
served for refreshments-
SIXTH     GRADE
The sixth graders experimented
with an ancient compass. All the
equipment necessary was a cork, need
le, magnet and water.
The back of the room is being redecorated.    The new scene will    be
taken from the year's reading lessons-
Harvey  Cromett  made    a    scaling
tower for history.
The Easter eggs were judged. De-
Rose Dubbs won the highest honors-
The All American Red-Heads a professional girl's basketball team, were
defeated by the Pirates Sunday evening 49-30. Cliff Sycks of Backus and
Wallace Nosek refereed the game.
It is seldom that a professional traveling team bows to defeat but the
Pirates proved too much for them
and carried off the honors for the evening.
It was a very exciting game through
out, with boys rules being followed,
which gave way for plenty of action.
LOCALS
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Wicklund, Mrs.
Elizabeth Robideau and Mrs. Mary
Jones spent Wednesday morning in
Brainerd. Mrs. Robideau who spent
the past week here, returned to Walker with them.
Among those from Pine River who
attended the show "Gone with the
Wind" at Brainerd this week, were
Major and Mrs. H. C Skinner, Mr. and
Mrs. James Skinner, Lowell Kline
Don Lundrigan, Ruth Hill and Thea
Gunderson.
Leslie and George Tozier drove to
Duluth on Tuesday of last week,
where they visited until Friday at the
home of Mr. and Mrs. Chailes Tozier,
who accompanied them to Pine River
Friday evening, visiting at the home
of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Dave
Tozier.
A group of friends held a birthday
party honoring Mrs. Delia Teicner at
her home Friday afternoon. Refreshments followed a social hour, after
which Mrs. Teicher was presented
with a gift. In the evening of the
same day, Mr. and Mrs- Erwin Bannister, Mr. and Mrs. Gerald Bannister,
Olaf Hemness, Marshall Larson and
Mrs- O'Shea gathered for another
birthday party. '1
Dr. Johnson reports the birth of a
son to Mr- and Mrs. Louis Bandimer
of Remer Tuesday. These people live
ten miles east of Longville, and country roads being in their usual spring
condition. The doctor got stuck several times and was pulled out 88
many. It was necessary to drive 55
miles in a round about way to get
home—-but it was a nice big boy!
SCHOOL   NEWS
Complimentary films sent to the
Pine River schools entitled "Fleet Ho"
were shown for noon-hour entertainment Thursday, for those who wished
to see the picture. This type of activity can be enjoyed by students
looking for a diversion from regular;
noon hour planned program activities.
The firm furnishing this picture has
agreed to supply one free film a week
for the balance of the year.
An assembly program was held
from 1 to 2 p. m., Thursday, showing
the picture "Alice in Wonderland."
At a meeting of the Board of Education Tuesday evening, it was decided to place highway signs on streets
in the school zone.
Clyde and Harlan Renn of Osakis,
are new students here-
Chinese costumes have been leased
from a firm in Minneapolis for the
play festival. The costumes are imported from China.
Mr. Nelson and Miss Rasmusson
are making designs for the Chinese
screens to be used.
Mrs. Chen will act as play advisor.
The festival will be held Friday afternoon and evening at Aitkin.
Class tournaments in basketball are
being held this week. On Wednesday,
the sophomores played the senio 'S and
the juniors played the freshmen. The
finals will be held Friday afternoon.
Mr. Mattson and his athletes will
start an intensive training period next
week, in preparation for the district
track meet at Brainerd and the Longbow7 meet at Remer. Spring football
is also in the air.
Jim Bogart and Don Young will enter the shot-put and discus events;
Jim Riley, high and broad jump • Chas
Anderson, half-mile run; Floyd Stanley, 440 yard dash; Bud Kline, Earl
Heath, Clifford Sescher and Bobby
Doty, half -mile dashes and relay races.
Paul MacKinney was elected football captain by the lettermen, for next
year, and Don Young, captain. Basketball lettermen for this year, include John Riley, Paul MacK'nney,
Don Young, Bud Kline, Floyd Stanley,
Jim Bogart, Bill Riley, Vernon Basore,
Lelan dFreeman and Marvin Zigmund.