The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-07-12

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  V   NUMBER  40
THE PINE lUVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,  CASS   COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY, JULY 12, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 oufrside
3,000 Attend July
* Fourth Celebration
in Pine River Thurs.
Miss Betty Johnstone who has
spent the past year on the west coast
* and stayed the day at Hollywood and San Francisco^ recently joined Billy Rose' famous
aquacade troupe which is featured i i
the water carnival at tlie Golden Gate
International   Exposition.
She is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Johnstone who operate Long
Beach resort at Swanburg.
*
V
A record crowd of approximately
3000 people gathered in Pine Biver .Iu
ly Fourth to enjoy one of the finest
and most interesting celebrations ever staged here. The crowd began gathering as early as eight o'clock >n
in the
out.
L,m Fields, chairman of the celebration committees is to be compliment-d on his untiring efforts in securing entertainment and the various
features that were brought to Pine
River to make the day a success- His
sub-chairman in charge of the various
individual events did very well in
carry inn- out their part of the program
which was enjoyed by young and old
alike. The fact that John Rohr set
up his loud speaker system ancl left
it at the disposal of the various chairman, made the problem of handling
the huge audience, comparatively easy-
A day like this is only possible thru
the efforts of a live commercial club
and it is the wish of the club that all
those who benefited both financially
and otherwise from this event, take
enough interest in the organization
from now on to regularly attend the
meetings.
The parade started promptly at 10:
30 a- m., under the direction of D. L.
Triggs. This was the largest number
of floats ever to be entered in a parade :here, with a large percentage of
them built along elaborate lines. First
prize was awarded to Veterans of For
eign Wars, with its large white cross
carrying a plea for peace; 2nd prize
was awarded the Pine River Hospital
float which was novel in design in
that the float carried a large stork,
driven by the two little Adkins girls;
3rd prize went to Lon Fields who ad
a cow led by Mrs.Francis Jones in the
parade; 4th. prize was awarded Irv.
Howard's Brookside Station who float
consisted of a miniature cabin rnount-
< ed on a coaster wagon, drawn by Mr.
•"Howard's daughter, behind a tricycle.
The Coast to Coast Store received lion
orable mention. Winners in the bicycle parade, were Leola Greenwood ot
Backus, 1st., Don Master, 2nd. Judges
of the parade were Miss Doris Bailey,
Backus, Lj^ C Peterson, Walker, and
*G- E. Parsons of Pillager.
The Pequot band was present early
in the day to assist the local baud
during and after the parade. Supt.
Haack took 600 feet of moving pictures of various activities throughout
the day which will he used for advertising purposes. Earl Gerard of Mason City. Ia., announced all the events
at the water front and also assisted
in controlling the crowd during tin'
field events.
T.ie field sports were held at the
* dam under the direction of Don Lundrigan. Following is a list of the winners : Dashes, under S yrs: 1st. Harold Beggs; 2nd. Donald Fraser; 3rd.
Gerald Gearhear. Boys under 10: 1st.
Gerald Gearheart. Boys under 10: 1st
3rd- Donald Fraser. Girls under 10:
1st. Neva Young, 2nd. M. Wiens, 3rd-
Carol Beggs. Boys under 12: 1st- John
Stev, 2nd. Douglas Quick, 3rd. Floyd
Backholin. Girls under 12: 1st. Helen
Westfall. 2nd. Joan Nobel, 3rd- Myr-
* tie Burgess. Boys under 14: 1st John
Stev, 2nd. Douglas Quick, 3rd. Donald Gerard- Girls under 14: 1st. Donna Anderson, 2nd. Myrtle Burgess,
3rd. Gertrude Siltman. Boys over L4:
1st. Ralph Dougherty, 2nd- George
Backholm, 3rd. Bert Shamp. Girls over 14: 1st- Leona Beggs, 2nd. Reva
Benson, 3rd. Alta McCullough.
Three-legged races, Boys: 1st- Magnus Hanson and John Lucas, 2nd. George Backholm and Bert Shamp, 3rd.
Milton Mutch and Ted Hanson. All
Girls: 1st- Erna Albright and Lois
Beggs. 2nd. June and Alta McCullough. 3rd- Violet Shamp and Gwen
Board. Cracker-eating Boys: 1st. Har
vey McCullough, 2nd. Milton Mutch,
3rd. Magnus Hanson. Girls: 1st- Alta McCuulough, 2nd. Violet Shamp.
3rd. Jewell Ernest. Bicycle races: 1st
Leonard Hennniger, 2nd- Karl Bell.
3rd. Sonny .Tost. Boys over 12: ist.
Bob Doty, 2nd. Jim Hourigan, 3rd-
Douglas Fraukton. Girls: 1st. Violet
Shamp, 2nd. Eleanor Bloahm, 3rd.
Millicent Woodke.
Following the field sports the crow I
gathered near the river for the water
sports   under   the   direction  of  C.   V-
Gardner and Irv. Howard, who acted
,    in the absence of Dr. Dingle. Winneis
Swanburg Girl Joins
Famous Aquacade
SWANBURG
MRS.    DON    MARTIN    ENTERTAINS
IN   HONOR  OF   MISS  AVIS   RODE
Sixteen guests enjoyed a social hour
and refreshments at a party honoring
Miss Avis Rode at the Don Mart'u
home Saturday evening. Guests spent
the evening sewing quilt-blocks for
the bride-to-be, Miss Rode, who will he
married, Sunday morning, July 14, to
Hayes Johnson of Dakota. The ceremony will be held at the Martin home
with only immediate members of the
family present- The groom's father
will read the service.
TOWNSENDITES   HEAR   REPORT
FROM      NATIONAL     CONVENTiON
The Pine River Townsend Club met
in regular session Monday evening
with a large attendance. One of the
outstanding features of the program
was the report on the national convention given by G. P. Rognlie. A
more comprehensive report will he
given at the next meeting. Mr. Rognlie will also write an interesting story
of liis trip to be published in the Jour
nal in the near future. *. cordial invitation is extended to everyone to
attend the next meeting and hear this
report.
—A. M- Shill, Sec.
BIRTHDAY   CLUB   HONORS
MRS.   ELIAS   ROVIK TUESDAY
Members of the Birthday Club met
at the home of Mrs. Elias Rovik Tues
day afternoon to honor Mrs. Rovik on
her birthday. Hostesses were Mar-
that Datzman nd Mrs. Marion Sherwood. Luncheon -was served at one
o'clock followed by a social hour.
At the close of the afternoon Mrs.
Rovik was presented with a gift in
memory of the occasion.
CARD   OF   THANKS
We take this means of sincerely
acknowledging with thanks, the many
acts of kindness shown us following
the sudden death of our beloved husband and father, James Steckman. Also to all who gave their services at
the funeral and for all the beautiful
floral offerings, something to cherisn
always in our memories. W7e are
deeply grateful.
Mrs-   James   Steckman   and
children
in the swimming races: 1st- race, Leonard Henniger, 2nd. race, Eddie Gilmore of Algoona, la., 3rd. race Eddie
Gilmore. The microphone was then
turned over to Forrest Dudley who
officiated at the dog field trials and
bait casting. Eight dogs were entered :1st. Bud Jimmerson of Backus, 2nd
Gil Hokanson of Brainerd, 3rd. Art
Thompson of Pine River. Bait casting: 1st. Heinie Swartz, 2nd. Frank
Brodt, 3rd. Verne Steckman. The log
rolling exhibition was conducted by
Don  Lundrigan  and Arthur Zigmund.
The races were then held at tas
fairgrounds under the direction of L-
W. Walton. Automobile races: 1>t.
Arnold Rognlie, 2nd. Claude Bell, 3rd-
John Rolf. Horse races: 1st. Bob Bell.
2nd. Ora Hillyer, 3rd. J- W. Dennison.
Second race: 1st. Bob McAllister,
2nd. Bud Kline, 3rd. Ora Hillyer. Free
for all: 1st. Bob McAllister, 2nd. Bob
Bell, 3rd.  J- W. Dennison.
The Walker ball team carried the
honors of the day by a score of 5-1-
Archie Claussen received the dollar
hill atop the greased pole.
At 7 :30 in the evening a band concert was given in the park and another log-rolling demonstration was
witnessed. The fireworks were touched off by Arvid Lundin and Francis
Siefert giving a fine display.
Mrs.  C°cil  Anderson,  Corresponrent
Too  Late  For Last Week
Rev-   Wm.   Achterkirch  returned   to
his home last week after a long    absence-
Miss Maribelle Riley is spending a
week witli her grandmother, Mrs- De-
vers at Aitkin.
Mr. and Mrs. Glen Atwater and sons
and the former's brother of Emily,
were Swanburg visitors Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Glidden and family
of Emily called at the Cecil Anderson home Sunday.
.Mr. and Mrs- L. M. Severeid and
Mrs- D. Proffit of l'ine River, spent
Sunday  at:  the Dallas  Proffit  home.
Mr. and Mrs. Harold Moser and fam
ily and Mr. and Mrs. Alan Houston
were Sunday guests at the Kenneth
Peterson home near Crosby.
The Senior Luther League he'd
their monthly devotional meeting on
Wednesday evening at the Parish
House.
Walter Achterkirch and Kendal!
Stoutenburg left Monday for points
south in the state to do carpenter
work.
Mr. and Mrs. George Baughman and
sons left early Wednesday for Osakis,
to enjoy Independence Day with relatives-
The Mission Circle group of women
and their loyal friends met for their
July meeting at the ihome of Mrs- Cecil Anderson July 2. The August meet
ing will take place with Mrs. Jonn
Heemstra on th° 2nd-
Dr. Oliver Baltzly will be guest
speaker at the Faith Lutheran Church
Sunday morning, July 14. Having formerly made a large host of friends
here he needs no introduction and we
trust all will be present to hear his
message.
Wallace Hanson, the young son of
Mr. and Mrs. Arnold Hanson of Camp
Father Foley, received a painful injury to his arm last week, while during his mother's few minutes absence-
wanted to try ihis hand at the power
wringer. He was treated at the Pine-
River Hospital.
A large audience gathered Sunday
evening at the Community Hall to
h-ar Mr. Mears give a talk on his re
cent world travels. He also delighted
us with pictures taken in various places of great interest. But we are yet
not satisfied; we want to hear much
more from both Mr. and Mrs. Mears
if it be possible.
This Week
Houseguests last week at the Hjal-
mer Carlson home were Mr. and Mrs.
Nels Miller of Balaton.
For the greater part of the Swan-
burgites it can be said they celebrated the glorious Fourth at Pine River.
Mr. and Mrs- Kenneth Peterson and
family of Crosby spent Sunday here
picnicking with relatives-
Rev. Wm. Achterkirch was a guest
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Cecil
Anderson   Sunday  evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Ast and family
of Pine River, visited at the Jerry
Miller home the fore part of the week-
Supper guests on the Fourth at the
E. B. Marsh home were Mrs- Cecil
Anderson and Helen and Doris-
Jim Coppes returned Sunday evening to his home in Minneapolis, after
a few days spent here at his summer
cabin.
Mrs. Lillian Carpenter of Longville
accompanied by her son Howard of
International Falls, visited at the
Maude Stoutenburg home last week.
Guests at the Lutheran parsonage
the fore part of the week, were Mrs.
Masted's mother and two sisters of
St. Louis Park.
Miss Margaret Torgerson of Deerwood, was a recent guest at the Wm.
Torgerson home. The young lady is
a niece of Bill's and a senior at tne
Bemidji Teacher College.
■ Mrs- James Steckman left last week
for Blue Springs, Neb-, accompanied
by her daughter and son-in-law, Mr.
and Mrs. Baker. She will remain
there for the balance of the summer
season.
Spending the Fourth at the William
Torgerson home, were Mr. Anton Torgerson and daughter Viola, Mr. and
Mrs. Ed. Blomen and Betty of Deerwood, Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Seafield and
Marilyn of Ironton and Mrs. S. Sanael
of Minneapolis.
The bake sale held Saturday afternoon at the Lutheran Parish House
netted a sufficient increase in thr
treasury for the Faith Lutheran Aid,
to make the venture wholly worth
while- To all our friends and patrons,
thank you.
A group of young girls of the Pine
Grange and their chaperone, Mrs.
Verne Steckman, enjoyed an outing at
Whitefish  Lake  Sunday  afternoon.
The biggest entertainment and recreational program ever staged in the
Northwest is being planned for visitors who will attend the Minneapolis
Aquatennial, July 20-2S- A "Queen of the Lakes" contest in which more
than 40 beautiful Minnesota girls will compete, a big rodeo featuring Gene
Autry, famous star and motor races inwhich dozens of famous racers wil.
take part. Miss Betty McCormick ot International Falls (above) is a queen
contestant. A mammoth air show will be one of the highlights; also a stage
revue with a cast of 200 and     water show put on by more than 100 girls.
VANDALS LOOT
CEMETERY; STEAL
PLANTS FROMGRAVES
Numerous complaints have been
made of late concerning a thief ot
thieves w ho have been robbing pi. nts
from graves. They evidentally have
been making their nocturnal trivs
with that one thing in mind as gaping holes made with a spade are left
where the flowers have been removed.
Most of these plants have been
raised in^someone's home during the
winter in order that they may be S3t
out early in the spring to beautify
graves of loved ones passed ou. Others purchase plants, ancl often tim"s
at a sacrifice. For this reason it is
odd to understand why anyone can
possibly enjoy plants acquired in such
a manner from a sacred crypt., Sucn
a deed is punishable by law and if
the culprit is caught it may not go so
easy with him.
Local Items
H. C. Goodrich of Sioux Falls is
spending a few weeks with Mrs. Goou
rich and daughter Alice.
Mrs. Art Holman of Brainerd spent
the Fourth with her mother, Mrs.
Everett Evans-
Mr. and Mrs- James Gilbert of Wadena, spent Friday evening and Sunday at the Louis Farnam home.
Miss Leone Golz was a week-et.'d
guest at the Fred Hempstead home.
She returned to St. Cloud Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Sloan were
guests of Mr. and Mrs. Luke Council
at a chicken dinner Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Clifford Gardner were
guests at the L- A. Arvig home at Pequot  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs- Elmer Bark of Grand
Rapids, were Sunday guests of Mrs.
John Leef and Jenora.
Mrs. T. D. Farnam returned home
Saturday evening from Park Rapids,
where she spent last week at the
Earl LaBonte home.
Miss Lavonne Pressler returned to
Pine River Thursday from Staples,
where she spent two weeks with her
sister.
Miss Joan Wicklund returned to
Walker Sunday evening, aftering being a guest of Virginia Hourigan for
the past week.
Dale Dubbs and M. G. Erickson
visited with friends at Boy River San-
day and enjoyed some fishing at Big
Boy Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Sirons of Sn.
Ann, Illinois spent the Fourth with
Mr. and Mrs. A. S. White and Mr. and
Mrs- Ray Tabaka.
Mr. and Mrs. W. L. Brezinsky of
Minneapolis,   spent   the   week-end   at
Mrs- Rose Maloney returned home
July Fourth from a ten-day visit with
relatives and friends at Duluth and
Superior.
Mrs- Jack Dooner and Mrs. Andrew
Anderson and children left for their
homes in Minneapolis last week, after a ten-day stay at the Bell homes.
Mr- and Mrs. Richard Nybakke of
Foley, and Mrs. J. F. Boyer and daugn
ter Joan of Van Nuys, Calif., spent
Friday with Mrs. L. E. Dougherty and
family-
Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Johnson
called at the A- S. White home Sunday. They were enroute home to St.
Cloud after spending a few days at
their cabin on Whitefish Lake-
Mark, Paul, Frances, Daniel an;!
David MacKinney, Mrs. Fred Moulster, Leone Flynn and Betty Lembke
drove to Lake Geneva Sunday, where
they attended a camp meeting.
Mr- and Mrs. Rausel Miller spent
the week-end visiting at the home ef
the former's sister at Murdoch, returning to Pine River Sunday evening.
Misses Mae Erickson and Marjorie
Leben who spent the past ten days
here, accompanied them home. Miss
Evelyn Leben remained for an extended visit.
Mr. and Mrs. L. R. Farnam and
family were entertained" at Sunday
dinner at the home of Mrs- Lizxie
Horn- In the evening, they all enjoyed a fish fry at the Chas. Rounds
home.
Mrs. C. Thompson, Miss Evelyn
Thompson and Mrs- O. S. Spencer
of Park Rapids, were guests of Mrs-
Grace Boyer July Fourth- They are
mother and sisters respectively of
Mrs. Boyer.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Schmidt and
children of Pequot, spent from Thursday until Sunday at the Ted Lavoie
home. They were all guests at the
home of Mr. and Mrs- Frank Rohr at
Blind Lake July Fourth.
Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Bergstrom of
Cyrus, ancl Rowland Bergstrom of
Big Stone City, S. Dak., spent tne
week-end with Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Bergstrom. They returned to their
homes Monday.
Rev. Father R. Crowe enjoyed a
visit with . group of old friends July
lourth. Guests included Mr. and Mrs
A- T. Hennessy and Patricia, Margaret and Thomas of St. Petersburg, Fa-
Ed. Corley of Chicago, and Dr. and
Mrs. A. B. Tierney of St. Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Francis Siefert en
joyed a visit with relatives from
Wheaton, Minnesota and Wilton, N
Dak last week. Quests included Mrs-
Jennie Erickson, Mrs. Norman Erickson and Mrs- Viola Rinke and children of Wheaton, Mrs. Chas. Peterson and Miss Evelyn Leben of Wilton.
The former are mother and sisters of
Mrs-  Siefert.
the home of their son, J. O- Brezinsky
and family.
GARAGE DESTROYED
BY FIRE THURSDAY
AT HENNIGER HOME
Flames, supposedly started from a
lighted fire cracker, completely destroyed the garage at the Grover Hen-
ninger home about  ■"">  p.  in., July 4th-
Mrs. Henninger had gene to .Mildred
to visit with her sister, Mrs. Hans
Hanson and youngsters had been
shooting fire-crackers on premises-
Long, dry grass near the building
caught fire and oil in the garage as.
well as rolls of roofing, etc, made i'.e
blaze  impossible  to  combat.
The building had been used as a
storage room and contained stoves,
furniture, trailer, etc., all of which
was completely destroyed. A small
amount of insurance was carried on
the building.
DR. BALTZLY TO
SPEAK AT CHURCH
IN SWANBURG SUN.
Dr. Oliver Baltzly of Omaha, Neb.,
will be guest speaker at the Faith Lutheran Church, Swanburg, Sunday
morning. Dr. Baltzly is well known
both in Swanburg and Pine River.
He has made his home for a number
of years during the summer months
on Lake Ada and two years ago delivered the commencement address in
Pine River. Do not miss this fortunate  opportunity to hear  his  message.
Following this service, the annual
church picnic will be held on tlie
grounds of Mr. and Mrs. F. Mitchell's
summer home on Trout Lake. A spe-
citl treat provided by Mr. Mitchell,
who hails from Iowa, will be in store
for everyone. Come and see for yourself.
DISTRICT WPA OFFICE  FOR  CASS
TO   BE  LOCATED AT  BEMIDJI
Reorganization of the WPA district
and area offices was announced today by S- L. Stolte, WPA Administrator.
The purpose of the reorganization
is to maintain efficient operations despite reductions in administrative personnel made necessary by a cut in administrative funds provided under the
new relief act.
In this WPA district which has
headquarters at Detroit Lakes, the
chief change is the acquisition of
Koochiching County WPA affaire for-
ly directed by the Duluth office, according to J. B. Kovarik, district manager.
The Cass County area office will
now be in Bemidji, which 'will also
serve Clearwater, southern Beltrami,
Hubbard  and  W'adena.
SIX-LEAF  CLOVER
Farmington.—Believe it or not, a
real six-leaf clover was found by John
Curry of Eureka. John, who makes
a hobby of collecting four and five
leafers, says this is the first six-leif
clover he has ever seen- It has six
perfectly formed leaves and its original size is about an inch across-
Sell it with a Want Ad! Call 69
Doctor
Townsend
JavS   ••••••
WAR insanity
is a disease
which spreads
to the entire
population of a
nation. It is the
most dreadful
of maladies because it seems
to destroy the
cool judgment
of even the most
learned and educated. We, in America have been subjected to it, but
it seems to me that the wheels of
social progress still move here in
spite of the reoccurrent attacks of
war hysteria.
Let us remember now and during
all the trouble to come that we still
have a problem of unemployment.
Families can go hungry today, just
as they could before the conflagration in Europe broke out. Let us
remember too that we have a gigantic public debt, and rather than go
farther into the mire, we should
put our expenditures for national
defense and for relief on a ^ay-as-
you-go basis.