The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-06-28

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME V  NUMBER 44
THE PINE jXiVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 28, 1940
SUB. $1.00 In County, 51.50 outeide
SERVICES HELD
ON MONDAY FOR
MRS. MAUDE MARTIN
NEW  PASTOR TO  HOLD   FIRST
SERVICE AT M. E-    CHURCH     SUN
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Mrs- Maude Martin passed away at
her home here Friday morning of last
week at the age of 62 years. She had
been ill for the past year.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Methodist Church Monday
afternoon at 2 p. m., with Rev. Lee
Isensee officiating, assisted by Rev.
Groves. Interment was made in tne
Pine Ridge cemetery. Pallbearers included Ben Christian. Bert Wideman,
D. L. Triggs, Frank Hill, John Allen
and Frank Anderson.
Maude Minnich Martin was born in
Dedham, Iowa, September 14, 1877.
She was united in marriage to Elmer
Ellsworth Martin July 17, 1906, at her
home in Dedham. Two children w°re
born to this union, Richard Ellsworth
and Donald Wayne. They later moved
to Ortonville, where Mr. Martin was
superintendent of schools for a number of years. They came to Pine River in 1912, where they have since
made their home with the exception of
three years spent at Sandstone, Minn.
She was preceded in death by her
son Richard Ellsworth 'in 1920, and by
her husband in 1926.
Mrs- Martin was a public school
teacher at Paulina, la-, Ortonville,
Mina and Pine River for many years
and was beloved by students and teachers alike. i
She is survived by one son, Donald,
of Mentor.
Rev. Everett Groves, former pastor
at Annandale, has accepted a call to
the M- E. Church in Pine Siver and
will conduct his first service Sunday,
relieving Mr. Lee Isensee who hus
been supply pastor for the past sevet-
al weeks. Rev. Groves will make his
home at the hotel. The community
welcomes the new pastor and offers a
hearty thank-you to Mr. Isensee for
his splendid support the past we-les.
"POT OF GOLD" WINNER   DIES
OF THE  SHOCK
Clarkfield. —D. F. Chandler of Montevideo, who not long ago won the
widely advertised "Pot of Gold," passed away one morning recently at ;tis
home, a heart attack being the cause
of death. It is believed that the
shock attendant upon unexpectedly receiving $1,900 was too much for him,
being an elderly man.
AMERICANISM  ACTIVITIES  OF
ROY LEE AUX. THE    PAST    YEAR
Presented a large silk flag to Backus school; presented desk flag to Normal Training Department, Pine River;
sponsored two Americanization Day
programs, one at Backus and one £.»r
Normal Training Department; pres-nt
ed copy of fEtiquette of Stars and
Stripes" to each normal training student and instructor in Pine River;.
presented essay medal to Mary Se-
verns, first prize winner from Backus ;
sponsored Armistice Day Dinner and
program to all veterans and tlrjir
families; sponsored Memorial Day
program in Pine Biver; marched with
three parades with colors on Decoration Day; donated 55. to junior parade
for July 4th celebration; sold 300 silk
desk flags.
Townsend Dinner Sun.
'Draws Large Crowd
Members of the Townsend Club aro
well pleased with the response th iy
received to their dinner Sunday. 140
tickets were sold and the kitchen was
empty long before the crowd stopped
coming- Following the dinner, Mr.
I. J- Courtright of Staples addressed
the audience, explaining the functions
of the movement in a very interesting
manner.
The club held their regular meeting
Monday evening, at which time Mr-
Cadwell gave a report on the 6th district convention hela at Brainerd Sunday. He stated the Minnesota is ranked in eighth place in the U. S. as far
as club memberships are concerned-
The next meeting will be held Monday,
July 8..
G-  P.  Rognlie left Friday   (today)
for St. Louis, where he   will   atteid
the national Townsend convention as
a delegate from the local club.
—A. M. Shill, Secretary
THOMAS RILEY
FORMER RESIDENT
DIES IN MINNEAPOLIS
Thomas W. Riley, former resident
of Pine River, passed away at the St-
Barnabas hospital, Minneapolis, Monday, June 17, at the age of 82 years-
Funeral services were conducted from
the.Inga Funeral Chapel, Minneapolis,
Wednesday of last week . Interment
was made in the Hillside Cemetery.
Thomas W. Riley was born 'February 15, 1858 at Sheffield, 111. In 1881,
he moved to Green' County, Iowa,
where he made his home until 1902,
when he moved to Beaver Falls, Minnesota, where he remained until 1920.
at which time he moved to Pine Rivr,
where he made, his home until four
years ago, when, because of ill health,
he went to Minneapolis to make his
home with his eldest daughter-
He leaves to mourn his passing,
two sons, Thomas Jr., and Clarence
both of Pine River; three daughters,
Mrs. Hettie Morse and Mrs. Verona
Comeau of Minneapolis, and Mrs- Esther Jarges of Franklin; also seventeen grandchildren and fourteen great
grandchildren, three brothers and one
sister.Harold and Lawrence Laughrey.
Delinee Riley, Harvey Johnson, Lloyd
Riley and Peter Daun, grandchildren
of Mr. Riley acted as pallbearers.
Mr. Riley will be remembered as being a good neighbor ever ready'to help
anyone in need- The abundance of
floral offerings bore mute testimony
of the high esteem in which he was
held.
MR- AND  MRS. LEVERINGTON
HONORED    30th,.    ANNIVERSARY
A large group of friends and neighbors gathered at the Rosen Hall at
Leader Friday evening, to honor Mr-
and Mrs. Les Leverington on their
thirtieth wedding anniversary. A
short program was given after which
dancing and refreshments were enjoyed- The honored couple was presented with a huge basket of flowers,
a purse of silver and numerous other
gifts.
Mr- and Mrs. G- P. RognSie and Mr.
and Mrs. Adolph Leseman were am-mg
those from Pine Rievr who attended-
N- T. MEARS
N- T. Mears of St. Paul, who is well
known in Pine Rtver, having spent
the summers here with his family for
a number of years will give a talk at
the Swanburg Community Hall Sunday evening at 7:30- His talk will
cover the itinerary of a 26,000 mile
trip he made through 26 foreign countries recently and will deal with the
different people,  tffoeir religions    etc.
The fact that this will be the 347th
talk Mr. Mears has made on the trip,
testifies to the popularity of the subject. He will also have a number of
slides with 'him and if time permits
will show them.
an to Celebrate the Fourth in Pine
River; Something Doing Every
NOTICE OF OFFICE HOURS
Dr. Adkins wishes to announce that
during the summer months his office
will not be open during Saturday af-
ternions except for emergencies.
HOSTESSES   ENTERTAIN   AT
TWO   BRIDGE     PARTIES     FRIDAY
Mesdames D. L- Triggs, Oscar Kolb,
and Chas- Siebel entertained at two
bridge parties at the Triggs home on
Friday afternoon and evening. A one-
th'irty luncheon was served in the afternoon with bridge at five tables. Pri
zes went to Mrs. Mae Stewart for
first, Mrs. Marion Sherwood, second,
and Mrs- W. J- Biever third.
In the everting, a seven o'clock dinner was served with bridge at five tables- Prizes went to Martha Datzman,
Mrs. Wm. Schuster and Mrs. C- V.
Gardiner.
EDWIN ZANKE
DIES SUDDENLY AT
U. HOSPITAL WED.
LAWN MOWER SCORES K. O.
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WALDON
Mrs. Murel Cronk is assisting at the
Zimmerman Cafe in Pine River.
Murel Cronk called at the Amon
Cronk home Tuesday evening.
Carl (Sevesind was a Sunday guest
of Leonard Board.
Mrs. James Trude is enjoying a visit with her mother from Welcome,
Minn.
The ABC Club held at the Ralph
Board home Sunday was well attended.
Several from this vicinity attended
the Townsend Club dinner at Pine River Sunday.
Billy Board spent last week with
his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs- Richard Board.
Mrs. Howard Robideau spent Sunday evening at the Ralph Board home
helping Mrs- Board celebrate her birth
day.
The Allen and Sevesind families
spent Tuesday evening at the Ast
home, where they listened to the Louis Godoy fight.
Bellingham.—If you want proof, ask
Alfred Okeson who will tell you that
the village lawn mower is a dangerous
weapon. With the mower going full
blast, it suddenly picked up a stone
and hurled it in Okeson's direction,
catching Wim squarely in the middle.
Without a wrord, he quietly collapsed.
He recovered however in short order
and is none the worse for the bombardment.
CAMPAIGN   STARTED  ON   DRIVE
AGAINST  RATS     IN     ORTONVILLE
Ortonville.—A campalign to exterminate rats, particularly in the business places, was announced recently
upon the receipt of several pounds of
rat poison which was ordered by the
dity council. Owners of pets are asked to take reasonable precaution for a
couple of days after the poison is set
out and proper care will be exercised
in putting out the poison tin order thai
danger to pets will be minimized-
The community was shocked Wednesday evening, when news of the
death of Edward Zanke, 24, was learned. He passed away early Wednesday evening at the U. hospital where
he had been a patient since last Fr-
day when he was taken to Minneapolis by. Homer Fraser. Funeral arrangements had not been made as we
go to press. The body was returned
to Pine River for burial by the Northland Funeral Home-
Edward was the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Wm. Zanke of Cross Lake and has
made his home in Pine River for the
past four years, being employed by
Homer Fraser.
He was a quiet unasuming lad,
well known and liked by everyone. Although he had been ill for the past
three months his condition was not
considered serious.
RITES HELD FOR
JAMES STECKMAN
IN SWANBURG THURS.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday afternoon at 2 p. m., from
the Swanburg Community Hall for
James Steckman who passed away
suddenly Sunday afternoon at the age
of 62 years. Rev. Frei of Brainerd officiated-
Pallbearers included C. ~V- Gardiner,
Fred Kemper, C. E. Schneider, John
Heemstra, Wm. Grinols, George Hardy. Interment was made in the Swanburg Cemetery.
James Albert Steckman was born
May, 15, 1878, at Nebraska City, Neb.,
the son of George and Mary Steckman.
He was united in marriage to Selan
D. Essex December 25, 1900- They
resided on a farm near Beatrice, Neb.,
for the next 22 years, later locating
near Blue Springs, Neb., where tne
family remained for twelve years,
moving to Pine River In 1937 where
thi'y  have since made their home.
In early manhood he was united
with the Christian Church later being
affiliated with the Methodist Church-
He leaves to mourn his untimely
passing his wife and three George B..
Verne and Selah Wauneta Baker of
Blue Springs, Neb-; five grandchildren
and six sisters, Mrs. Fanny Short >'-f
Phillipsburg, Kansas, Mrs. Lizzie
Wright of Palacios, Texas, Mrs- Nannie Sandusky of Eram, Okla., Mrs.
Edith Foster of Redondo Beach, Cab,
Mrs. Pearl Ashford of Briston, Okla-,
and Mrs. Lowella Robinson of Carmen, Okla-, together with a host of
friends and other relatives.
He was preceded in death by his father, mother, and three brothers.
MOOSE LAKE
Mr- and ilrs. Dwight Francis arrived Friday for a visit at the Giardner-
Johnson home. Mr. Francis returned
home Sunday while Mrs- Francis will
remain for a longer visit-
Mrs. P. A. Nelson, Correspondent
Mr- and Mrs. Ed. Coughlin enjoyed
visitors from Minneapolis over the
week-end.
Robert Fairley retured from Remer
recently and is> now staying at his
home here.
Mr- and Mrs. Verne Chumley and
family of Pine Riyer, spent Sunday at
the Morris Skow home.
A number of families from this com
munity attended the thirtieth wedding
anniversary dance near Leader Friday
evening, honoring Mr. and Mrs- Les Le
verlngton.
The annual school meeting of District No. 2 was held Tuesday evening
at the Grant school. It was voted to
close the Grant school and transport
the students to the Maple Grove
school with Mrs- E. Coughlin as teacher.
Mr. and Mrs. Henry Fox and family
of Brainerd, were Sunday dinn-r
guests at the home of Mr- and Mrs. P.
A. Nelson. Mr. and Mrs. S. J- Salfisberg and family and Mrs E. Hochschildt spent Sunday afternoon at the
Nelson home.
BAND   CONCERT   FRIDAY
EVENING, JUNE 28
Jerry Behme and his Municipal band
\ytill entertlain the public at an outdoor concert Friday evening (tonight)
at 8 p- m., across the street from the
Community Oil Co- The out-door concerts given last summer drew exceptionally fine crowds and the band has
made such, rapid progress )!n the past
year that the community cannot afford to miss this treat. The band now
numbers thirty members with each sec
tion well balanced. Don't miss the
concert- It's free!
SEVENTY CONFIRMED AT CATHOLIC CHURCH SUNDAY
With the church beautifully decorated with cut flowers, four little flower girls, Patsy Jost, Maxine, Council,
Donna Schuster and Betty Lou Evans
led a procession of seventy con!ir-
piants at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic Church Sunday morning, with sixteen of the class receiving their first
communion. Mr. and Mrs-Al Downing
were sponsors for the class.
Special music was furnished by Sister Edwina and the children. Bishop
Welsh of Duluth was in charge of the
confirmation services and was attended by Reverends M- Hayes, H. iSpain,
J- Hogan, Wm. Zoriehak and T. Scott.
This service terminated two weeks
of catechism school which was held
for the children at the church, under
the direction of Sisters Edwina, Tech-
la and Estella, Benedictine Sisters of
Duluth.
ANNUAL CREAMERY
MEETING TO BE
HELD SOON
Sell it with a Want Ad! CaU 69
RUTH WICKLUND
RALPH GILBERTSON
SPEAK VOWS SATUR.
Miss Ruth Wicklund and Ralph Gilbertson, formerly of Piine River, spoke
their wedding vows at the Ebenezer
Lutheran Church, Minneapolis, June
22, A reception for the bridal party
was 'hield in the church parlors immediately following the ceremony.
The bride was attired in a white
satin gown with a finger-tip velil and
carried a bouquet of calla lillies. She
was attended by her sister Dorothy
as maid o fhonor, and her niieoe, Joan
Wicklund as junior bridesmaid- The
bride's attendants were dressed in
blue figured taffeta and carried bouquets of pink roses and bachelor buttons.        1
The groom was attended by his two
brothers, Einar and Melvin. The
groom wore a dark business suit.
Both young people are well known
here, the bride having completed Ler
elementary and high school education
in Pine River, and the groom 'his <eariy
elementary and later high school education.
The bride is a daughter of Mrs. Anna Wicklund now of Minneapolis. She
is a graduate of the U. of Minnesota
and taught in the local high school for
three and a half years. For the past
year and a half she has been a member of the Elk River faculty.
The groom is a son of Mr. and Mrs.
H. A. Gilbertson of Pine River. Follow
ing his graduation from high school,
he entered the U. IS- Navy where he
served as radioman with the Asiatic
Fleet in the Orient. He is a graduate
accountant of the Minnesota School of
business.
The Pine River Creamery Association will hold its annual meeting July
13, at 2 p. m., at the armory- Election
of officers for the association will be
held and other business of importance
will be discussed.
A final attempt will be made at this
time to complete the cooperative organization. Mr- Norman stated this
week that unless reorganization plans
for the cooperative creamery are completed at this meeting, efforts in this
direction will be dropped and farmers
in this community will not derive the
benefits an organizaton of this kind
affords- It s very important that all
farmers In the territory attend this
meeting.
Mr. and Mrs- Gilbertson left immediately after the reception on a trip
that will take them through the Lake
Superior region. They will be at home
to their many friends, upon completion of thefir new residence in Minneapolis.
Doctor
Townsend
Says	
NATIONAL
defense is the
issue of the hour
in America —
the spontaneous
reaction to the
war which
has engulfed
Europe. Generally speaking,
defense means
[arge - scale
manufacture of weapons, and the
conscription, to a greater or less
degree, of men and wealth. It means
a hunt for "Fifth Columnists,"
traitors to America who would take
advantage of the "ill-clothed, ill-
housed, ill-fed" third of America to
spread their propaganda.
But there is a saner, more lasting
way to defend America. A prosperous nation will not listen to "Fifth
Columnists." We can best defend
America by raising the purchasing
power of the millions of submerged
people.
Come One! Come All! This is the
big day planned by the Pine River
Commercial Club for your special enjoyment. Whatever your favorite
sport ,may be you'll find it here—
trap-shooting for those who like to
try their skill at clay pigeons, beginning early in the morning and lasting
all day long. Races, water sports, baseball- dog retrieving, log-rolling/ etc-
The big parade under the direction
of the Roy Lee Post 2617, will form
at 10:30 a. m-, led by Mr. Gorell, mar-
shall of the day. Those -who have already signified their intentions of entering the parade are Pine River Band
Howard's Cabins, Creamery, Community Oil Co-, Paul Bunyan Cafe, John
Rohr, Kater's Grocery, Hill Hardware,
Fields Barber Shop, Phillips 66, Andor
son Lumber Co., W. C Day., Red Owl
Store, International Harvester Co-,
Pine River Journal, Pine River Hospital, Pine River Fire Dept., Pequot
Lakes Businessmen, Robideau B'i-
kery, Minnesota Utilities, Pine River
Mfg. Co., Kolb's Cafe, Pine River Electric Co-, Coast to Coast Store, Gamble
Store, Pine River State Bank, Pine
Motor Co., Allis Chalmers, Lake Region Hotel, Lundin Flour and Feed
Store, Wefelmeyer Pickle Co-, Zig-
mund's Store. Still others are expe*;*:-
ed to enter. Prizes, donated by the
VFW are as follows: 1st. $7.50 2nd.
$5'if,. 3rd. ^.50.
Prizes for the Junior Parade have
been donated by the Auxiliary. This
parade is open to anyone 16 years of
age or under.. The following divisions are listed in the Junior Parade:
Bicycle, 1st. $1-00; 2nd- 50c
Miscellaneous, 1st. $1-00; 2nd. 50e
Doll Buggy, 1st. $1-00; 2nd. 50c
Most Comical, 1st. $1-00
Anyone other division wishing to*
enter the Junior Parade are asked to
get in touch with either Mrs- Koib,
Mrs. E. Robideau, Mrs- Seibel or Mrs.
Triggs. The Roy Lee Post and Auxiliary will march in the parade wearing caps and uniforms-
At 11:45 a. m-, the field sports will
take place. Cracker-eating, sack and
foot races and pie eating contpst will
be held for all boys and girls- They
are invited to join in the competition.
Water sports will begin at 12:45,
with fancy diving exhibitions, diving
contests, log rolling, swimming, bait
casting and others- A special retrieving contest for dogs will be held with
all dogs that are not professional eligible to take part. Two silver cups
will be given for this event, one for
the best male dog retriever and the
other for the best pup retriver.
A baseball game between Walker
and Pine River will be called at 2:45
at the fair grounds. This will be
followed by the horse races and model
"T" races- Roller skating will be open
at the armory from 4:30 to 6 and from
7:30 until midnight-
The huge fireworks display will be
touched off at the dam in the evening.
Lon Fields has set up a greased-pole
back of the barber shop and will have
a nice new crisp currency note tacked
on top for some boy or girl to shinny
up after on the Fourth.
Several inquiries have been receive
ed from carnival companies and concession stand owners but to date none
have signed up for the day. Anyone
wishing to operate a stand should get
in touch with some memebr of the
Commercial Club.
A register booth is expected to be
installed for out-of-state visitors- Here,
they can register and receive a badge
bearing the name of the state from
which they came.
Band music will be furnished thru-
out th? day by the Municipal Band. It
will be a great day folks so don't miss
it.
MOTOR   JUMPS  OFF   BOAT
Rushmore.—Were is a story that
sounds rather far-fetched but It is really true. Cecil Fritz was trying out
a powerful boat motor on West Graham Lakes, on a new boat which he
•had just completed- The motor however, proved too strong for its moorings and took off, settling in the proverbial "Davy Jones Locker." Search
failed to produce the missing motor*