The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-08-16

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
t      VOLUME V NUMBEB
THE PINE KiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESO   TA, FRIDAY. AUGU1ST, 16, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufcside
DONKEY BALL GAME
TO BE PLAYED
TUESDAY
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The l'ine River Commercial Club
will play soft-ball against the Fine
regulars, on donkeys Tuesday evening, August 20 at S:30 p. m., at the
fairgrounds  under  floodlights.
This is something hew- All playeis
are 'mounted on donkeys affording
thrills and spills for everyone. 1000
laughs a minute.
Tlie commercial club team: Don
Lundrigan, Dr. Diugle, Ernest Robr-
deau, .!. W. Pattinson, Harris Zigmund. .1. (>. Brezinsky, Arvid Lumlin,
und Grant Bergstrom- Ball club: Don
Young. Clyde Seaton, John Riley.
.Jim Riley. Bud Kline, Bob Mast, Haloid Rognlie, Robert Haack ancl John
Haack. There will be plenty substitutes on hand for both sides also.
Come out Tuesday evening and
watch the boys fall for the ball.
MR. AND MRS. FRANK BRODT
LEAVE FOR CRANE LAKE
Mr. and ilrs- Frank Brodt who .ia\e
operated Big Trout Lake Lodge for
the past IT years, left this week for
Crane Lake, where they will vacation
for several weeks before going to
Arizona for Mr. Brodt's, health.
Mr. and Mrs. Brodt sold their resort
to Mr. and Mrs. Larry Armstrong of
St- I'aul early this Summer. Mr. Arm
strong is a well known athletic coach
and at present is a member of the 17.
of Minnesota coaching staff-
Mr. ami Mrs. Brodt came to l'ine
River in 11)21, and started building
their resort in 1923. and developed to
the stage where they are now 1) cabins
and  the main lodge.
POPULAR YOUNG
COUPLE EXCHANGE
VOWS   SATURDAY
SPORTSMEN CLUB TO
BE REORGANIZED
FRIDAY NIGHT
BUNGALOW CAFE
CHANGES HANDS
MON. OF THIS WEEK
An attempt is being made to reorganize the Sportmen's Club and «
meeting has been called for Friday
evening at 5:30 at the fairgrounds by
Lon Fields. All thos interested in
trap shooting and target practice
should be present.
BAPTISMAL SERVICES TO BE
HELD SUNDAY
The Pine River Gospel Tabernacie
will conduct baptismal services at the
Heath-Lembke beach at Whltefish
Lake Sunday afternoon at 2:30 p» m.
Everyone is welcome.
MURRAY  COUNTY  PICNIC TO     BE
HELD AT    SAM    CAMPBELL
COTTAGE SUNDAY
All settlers from Murray and adjoining counties are cordially invited
to fill their lunch baskets and join in
*the annual picnic at the Sam Camp-,
bell cottage Sunday. This is the fourth
successive year these picnics have
been held and it is a wonderful opportunity for old friends and neighbors
to get together and talk over "old
times-"
A business transaction was completed on Monday of this week, whereby
N- J. Biever of Woodstock, Minnesota,
and W. J. Biever of Pine River, became co-owners of the Bungalow Cafe,
formerly owned and operated by Mrs.
Anna Zimmerman . They purchased
the building, stock and good-will, taking possession Monday- The business
will be managed by AY. J. Biever wno
is well known in this community nd
needs no introduction.
For the past year Mr. Biever has
operated a recreation parlor in the
theatre building which he plans to
continue. This will be managed by
Garf Cahill-
Mrs- Zimmerman has not made any
definite plans as yet but expects to
leave shortly  on an extended tour.
FACTS ABOUT DON
FREEMAN, CAND.
FOR REP.
SCHOOL TO START
TUES., SEPTEMBER 3
Everything is moving at top speed
to get the school in readiness for tne
opening September 3. Floors have
been refinished. furniture has been renewed and additional room has been
created by removing a wall between
two large cloak halls adjoining the
senior assembly, which will make a
very satisfactory class room. The
normal training department will be
housed in what was formerly the music room.
A new air conditioning unit has been
installed similar to that used in tlie
Marlow theatre, which will eliminate
problems of poor ventilation and dry
air.
New bus drivers hired for the coming year, are Steve Vargo for the
Bungo to Moose Lake Township rte.,
and Albert Peterson for the Ancll
Township to Peterson Store rte.
Xew teachers include Miss Helen
Wallan of Moorhead, with a B. A. degree from Concordia college and the
Moorhead Teachers College. She will
teach mathematics and physical education, filling Miss Benson's vacancy;
and Miss Ruth Fritch of Moorhead
who has an A. B. degree from John
Fletcher College. She will teach home
economics-
Word has been received that Mrs.
Chun has boarded a liner at San Francisco and is enroute to Hawaii- She
sends greetings to all her friends in
Pine River and says that she remembers with a great deal of joy, tlie year
she spent here.
Supt. Haack announces that the
school office will be closed Saturday
Sunday and Monday of this week as
he will spend the week-end at Grygla-
On Tuesday evening, the Pine River
school board was host to board members from Fifty Lakes, Swanburg and
Ancil schools.
Starting his campaign for nomination at the September 10th Primaries,
as a candidate for Cass County Representative to the State Legislature,
Don Freeman of East Gull Lake Town
ship carries his first statement of his
platform in the advertising columns
of the Journal this week-
Mr. Freeman is 57 years of age and
his first experience in Cass county
dates back to 1898, when he workPa
with a logging crew in a drive near
Cass Lake. It was that same winter
that he assisted his father in tne
building of the "Zelah Mae" one of
the old lake steamers that was in
operation over forty years-
He conducted a business in St.
Cloud for 18 years, coming up to Cass
county for a period each summer. Several years ago he built his home in
East Gull Lake Township which has
since become his permanent residence.
Mr. Freeman, while nominally a
Republican, has always contended
that non political offices should be
absolutely non partisan and that the
candidate receiving ■ the support of
the voters should go to the legislature
unencumbered by any political strings
and just work for the good of the entire county.
Mr. Freeman advocates an increase
in the supplemental state school aid,
a more adequate old age pension, a
better state and secondary road system, and a sound conservation policy
that he deems is important to the future welfare of Cass county which is
in the heart of the lake region.
A pretty wedding Was solemnized
at Our Saviour's Lutheran Church,
Pequot Lakes, at eight-thirty o'clock
Saturday evening, when Deloris Elizabeth Satre, daughter of Mr. and Mrs-
Martin Satre of Jenkins, became the
bride of Perry Lee Richmond, Son of
Mrs. Annetta Johnson Richmond of
Pequot Lakes. The simple ring ceremony was used with Rev. Raymond
Huss reading the service, before an al
tar banked, with huge baskets of gladiolus.
The bride was attired in a white
georgette princess style gown with a
finger tip veil and carried a white Bible' from which hung streamers of
rose buds. She entered the Church to
the nuptial strains of Lohengren's
wedding march and was given in marriage by iter father. Martin Satre.
The bride was attended by Miss
Louise Sieverson, who wore a tulip
colored silk marquisette dress with
aqua colored necklace and sandals,
and carried an old fashioned nose-gay-
Miss Bakken of Pequot Lakes, rendered two beautiful and appropriate
vocal selections.
Following, the ceremony the wedding party retired to the basement of
the church where a reception was
held for a large group of guests. The
tables were beautifully decorated
with snap dragons and colorful stream
ers. A four-tier wedding cake, a present to the bride from Jarnes Pederson, graced the center-piece-
The bride is a graduate of the Pequot Lakes high school and for the
past fevv years has been employed as
cashier fat the Pawer's Store, Minneapolis. The groom is also a graduate
of the Pequot Lakes high school and
completed his course of study at the
University of Minnesota this year. He
is employed as an accountant in the
offices of the Great Northern Railway
Co., Minneapolis- The young couple
left after the ceremony on a wedding
trip and will be at home to their many
friends, after their return, in Minneapolis.
Both young people are well and favorably known in this vicinity- The
bride's parents, Mr. and Mrs- Satre
reside in Jenkins. Mr. Satre is tne
oldest employee of the M & I Railroad,
now retired. Their friends extend
congratulations and wish them many
years of wedded happiness.
35th Annual Cass County Fair
to Open Next Thursday,
August 22 in Pine River
HAM-LOAF DINNER
AT SWANBURG
TUESDAY
The Faith Lutheran Ladles Aid will
sponsor a "Ham-loaf dinner at tne
parish house on the evening of Tuesday, August 20. Serving will begin
at 5 p- in- A bazaar of wearing apparel, various garden products and
canned fruits will be featured.
Please Note: To all of our friends
who had tickets for our recent chicken dinner, and unfortunately came too
late, also asking no refund, we are
extending an invitation to our ham
dinner with the organization's compliments, i
LEEFA  ANN   LESHER GIVES PIANO
RECITAL  THURSDAY   EVENING
VFW  AND  AUXILIARY  MET ON
FRIDAY EVENING
The regular meeting of   the   VF.W
and Auxiliary was held Friday evening. The Auxiliary reported the sale
of three large flags to business men
of Pine River. Pamphlets on "Etiquette of the Stars and Stripes will
lie   presented  with  the  flags.
A life membership was purchased
in the National Orphans home at Eaton Rapids, Mich., which is only one
of the many contributions made annually by the local Post, to the cause of
disabled veterans and veteran's orphans.
"ilrs. D. L. Triggs received notification this week of her appointment
as 0th District Americanism Chairman, ilrs. Elda Hall, department historian of Pierre, S. Dak-, who is visiting her mother it Hackensack, was a
visitor. Mrs. Hall gave a very interesting talk on the work of the organization in South Dakota. #
Announcement was made of the 6th
District meeting, which will be held
at Sauk Centre August 25.
Local Items
To a group of twelve guests, friends
of Mrs- Leef and Jenora, little seven-
year old Leefa Ann Lesher, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Lesher of Mo-
bridge, S. Dak., gave a very entertaining recital at the home of her grandmother, Mrs. John Leef Thursday evening of last week- She has exceptional musical talent, memorizes her
work perfectly and readily transposes
selections into different keys which is
a remarkable achievement at her age.
She began taking piano lessons at th'
age of four.
Numbers on the program included:
Moths John Thompson
Carry Me hack to Old Virginny    by
James Blend
Puck       John  Thompson
ily Goldfish Swims in a Lily   Pool
by Irene Rodgers
Dark Eyes John Thompson
'Dance of the Marionettes   Mrs.
Crosby Adams
Campfire Ghost Stories  .. Bernard
"Wagness
Bees and Clover   Adam Goebel
Following the recital Miss Hildegarde Johnson entertained with several selections. After which refreshments were served-
Robert Kelly, niece of Mrs- Tom Riley, is spending this week at the Riley
home.
Mr. and Mrs. Erick Wickstrom of
Minneapolis, were Sunday guests of
Mr. and Mrs. A. C- Thompson-
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Benson of Mas' 'i City, la., are enjoying an extended vacation at Birchwood Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Ted Lavoie and children visited with the latter's parents,
ilr. and Mrs. Gus Schmidt at Pequot
Sunday.
Sister Philomene arrived Wednesday from Duluth, for a few days visit
at the home of her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. John O'Connor.
Mr. and Mrs. H J. Houser, Mrs.
Emil Rohl and Paul Houser of Si.
Paul, were guests of Dr. and Mrs- C.
V. Williams Sunday and Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. J. W. King and Paul
drove to Chamberlain Saturday afternoon, where they attended the funeral of . an old neighbor, Mrs. George
Cabbage.
Mr. and Mrs- Oscar Dahl and ilr.
and Mrs. Frank Hill were picnic-
guests of Mr. and Mrs- Wynn Cray
and Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Reed atthrir
cottage on Ponto lake.
Robert Lane is spending a few-
weeks in Minneapolis, where he is
taking a short course of study in connection with his work at the' CC
camps-
Mrs. Grover Henniger and son Leonard left Thursday for Fairview,
Mont., where .they will spend two
weeks with Mr. Henniger. Leonard
will enter school there this year.
Dr. C. V. Williams who did veterinary work at Bagley las week, spent
'the week-end at his home here He
left Monday for Little Fork, where he
is working this week.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert Carlson and Mrs-
Gust Cummaman returned to Minneapolis Monday, after visiting with
Mrs. Gardner-Johnson, a few days.
Mrs. Cunnamon will leave for her
home at Madelia Tuesday.
ilr. and Mrs. Harry Leander and
children and Mrs. John Hayes ana
daughter Fern, and son Wayne, called
at the J. W. King home Friday.' They
were enroute from Blackduek to their
•home at Onamia.
Frank Benson of Mason City, la.,
purchased the Emil Krueger home on
Norway Lake Wednesday. Mr. and
Mrs- Benson plan to return here in
September and spend two weeks at
their new. home.
Mr. and Mrs. D. L. Triggs and Eunice Mae and Lo's and Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Siebel attended the circus at
Bemidji Friday. They also called on
Ollie Dahl. and Esther Conzet at Itasca Park.
Mr. and Mrs. Wynn Cray and three
children of Chester, la., and Ernest
Reed of Burr Oak, la., who are vacationing at Ponto Lake, were guests of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hill Wednesday
evening. Mr. Reed is a cousin of Mrs.
HiU.
ARMY BAND TO
GIVE CONCERT
WEDNESDAY
D. L. Triggs and Lon Fields completed arrangements this week to secure a hand concert from the 185th
Field Artillery Band of Iowa, now stationed at Ft- Ripley. The concert
will be held in Pine River, Wednesday, August 21 at 8 p. m.
This band has played here annually
for a number of years and always
attracts a large crowd. Plan to hear
this outstanding band.
Starry and Bernice and Maxine Starry of Riceville, Ia.^ were guests at the
M. E. Nicholas home the fore part of
the week. Mrs- Beritz is a sister and
Mrs. Starry, mother, of Mrs. Nicholas-
Mr. and Mrs. Louis Walton enjoyed
a visit with Mr- and Mrs. Oscar Houst
man and three daughters who are vacationing at Lake Ada, Tuesday evening. They paid .them a return visit
Thursday evening at their- cabin. Tne
men are cousins.
Mrs. B. A. Silbaugh drove to Brainerd Wednesday where she met her
daughter, Vanetta, who has complet-.'d
her three-year course at the Water-
town, S. Dak. hospital. After a short
vacation she will be employed at the
St- Joseph hospital in Brainerd-
Mr. and Mrs- G. E. Doty, Mr. and
Mrs. Wm. Doty, Audrey and Bob Doty,
and Miss Beatrice Marks of Chicago,
drove to St. Cloud Sunday and visited
at the airport where the U- S. Army
air squadron is stationed, in connection with the war maneuvers at Fort
Ripley and surrounding country. Miss
Marsk left for Chicago from St- Cloud
after visiting here last week.
Mrs. Frank Kurber and daughter
Mary Louise of Delphos, Ohio, Miss
Tena Schurger and nephew, Mark
Schurger, and Sister M. Isidore of
Holy Family Orphanage, Marquette,
Mich., are visiting at the Rohr and
Hempstead homes this week. Mrs-
Kurber, Miss Schurger and Sister Isidore are sisters of ilrs. W- E. Rohr.
On Tuesday, the entire group drove
to Itasca btate Park.
Mesdames Marion Sherwood, Glenn
Houston, Ernest Robideau and Arvid
Lundin entertained at a one o'clock
luncheon ancl seven tables of bridge
Thursday afternoon of last week, at
the Sherwood cottage on Kater Island. Prizes went to Mrs. Frank
Finch for high. Mrs. Cecil Carlson,
second, Mrs. Fred Hempstead, low
and Mrs- Grant Bergstrom the traveling prize.
Edna Dunkle and Reva Paul of Chicago, spent the fore part of the week
at the Ernest Robideau home. On
Tuesday, accompanied by Mrs. Robideau and Joyce, they visited 01H3
Dahl and Esther Conzet at Itasca
Park.
Mr. and Mrs- Roy Beritz and daughter of Aurora, 111-,  and Mrs.  Sophie
The thirty-fifth annual Cass County
Fair will open Thursday, August 22.
and continue thru Saturday, August
24. Members of tlie fair board have
been doing double duty the past two
weeks, preparing buildings and the
grounds and spreading advertising
throughout tlie county and adjoining
towns-
Tlie Cass County Fair tlie past few
years has had an average daily attendance of 3000 people which is boosted
io 5000 on the "free barbecue" dpy
which will he Saturday this year. The
lair affords a splendid opportunity for
friends ancl neighbors to get to-gether
and enjoy the fine exhibits and, iuci-
dently, partake of the free barbecue,
consisting of meat, potatoes, beans,
bread, butter aud coffee—Free to everybody on Saturday. Bring your
own cup, knife fork and spoon.
Exhibits this year are expected to
surpass those for several years as an
unusual abundance of rain lias fell
all summer which has developed garden goods and field crops very rapidly. Exhibits will include livestock,
poultry, fruits, vegetables, culinary
talent and sewing ability of the lady
folk, and 4-H achievements of the
youngsters. A full program of activities has been planned for every day io
entertain both young ancl old.
Thursday, the opening day, will be
devoted to arranging exhibits ancl also to judging. No special features
will be held on the opening day. Superintendents, Mrs. W. J. Webb of t.ie
fancy-work departmnt and Mrs- Fred
Keseberg of the culinary, will have ev
erything in readiness for judging at
5 p. m. Thursday- Miss Vera B. Tice
of St. Cloud, a Home Economics expert, will be the judge of the entries-
Judging in the livestock division
will fake place Friuay morning wich
ilr. McNelly as judge. Mr. Rose will
judge the vegetables,grains ancl fruits-
These two men are from the U. Extension department. Herman Her.ht
and L. C. Emery are superintendents
of the livestock division and Clifford
Gardner of tlie grains and fruits.
H. C- Niergarten of Chaska, will
judge the poultry division of which
Bert Heemstra is superintendent-
Special features for Friday, include
the grandstand performances with an
eight girl revue and a company 'of
fourteen. Horse races, stop and go
Model "T" races and possibly a number of political speakers. Gov. Stassen, Hjalmer Peterson, candidate for
governor and George H. Lohuian, candidate for U. S- senator, are expected-
The Pine River municipal band will
furnish mus\c through the fair.
iSpecial features for Saturday includes a horse race between Bob Bell's
horse and Ora Hillyer's "Minnie Einstein, according L. W. Walton who
has charge of this feature.
The big free barbecue will be held
Saturday noon under the direction of
Homer Fraser, with Chas. Thorpe doing the barbecuing-
The 4-H Club will have a splendid
group of exhibits, under the management of Co. Agent Oscar Nelson; and
Supt. Haack .las assured the fair
board of an unusual fine school exni-
bit-
The Minneapolis Silver Dime shows
will be here with rides including a
merry-go-round, ferris wheel, terra-
plane, kiddy ride and pony rides. Four
shows will be on the midway together
witli a group of eat stands amusement
stands, etc.
A new feature this year, will be the
butter-scoring contest which creameries in Cass and adjoining territory
may enter for competition. Each
creamery must exhibit a 4-pound jar
of butter. There will be no entry fee,
but the butter will become the property of the fair board and will be sold
tbe last day. Prizes are as follows:
1st. ?-"; 2nd- $3; 3rd. $2.
G. I' Rognlie announced today that
a free drawing will lie held Saturday
evening at 9:30 p. m., as an added attraction. Prizes will be given in merchandise.
Ground superintendents for the 3
days will be G. P- Rognlie and L. W.
Walton; Marius Houg will have charge of the ticket office and Reuben Hagen will be in charge of parking.
Sell It With A Want A3
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