The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-11-17

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME  V  NUMBER   13
THE  PINE  id VER JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER,   CASS . COUNTY,   MINNESOTA,   FRIDAY,  NOVEMBER  17,   19,19
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SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
-By-
GRANT   BERGSTROM
Fair Board Will Meet
Thursday, Nov. 2",
An Evening Well Spent
It was this writer's privilege to attend the Twenty-Year Club banquet
held last week. It was an evening
well spent and one that wouldn't be
missed for anything. It is interesting
to note the good-fellowship that was
present among- the oldsters, with everyone shaking lianas and passing the
time o' day. They all gather as brothers of one big fraternity and the
welcome each receives as he enters
is something that eanno: be forgotten.
$    *    &    *
1 A Tough  Duck
We were told that Arvid Lundin,
Pat Pattinson, Ted Hill, Don Lundrigan and Lon Fields got the duck they
Due to the fact that very few members were present at the fair board
meeting last Saturday, the meeting
was postponed to Thursday evening.
November 2.'S at S p. in., at the school.
All members of the Cass County
Agricultural Association are asked to
be present as officers for the coming
year   will   be   elected.
G. P. Rognlie, S^H
Mrs Amarilla Urton
Founder of Pine
Celebrates Birthday
SCHOOL   OF   INSTRUCTION
^H birthday has  been arranged   lion
Oring Mrs. Amarilla Urton, founder ol'
Pine River,  on her eighty-firs* birth-
Bt'y to be held at her home Friday af-
  I ternoou  (today).    A group of friends;:
"How  to  Conduct    a    Meeting"    H   and   old   time   acquaintances   will   ga-'
proving  very  interesting  and    worth j ther  on  the  memorable  occasion  and
while study    for    the    Parliamentary I partake of a  turkey dinner,  which, isl
Law  class.    .Meetings  are  being  held  being  prepared  by   Mrs.   Frank   She])-'
every Thursday evening at 8 p. m., ac-ard  and   Mrs.   Kut-e  Silk.    The  group
tlie school. The meeting scheduled for, will also present her with a purse of'
November JIO, will be held  December
1,     because     of    Thanksgiving.     Mr.
Neiss is the instructor and there are
no fees.
silver in  memory of her anniversary.-
As a  fitting gesture to such  a  (lis- J
tlnguished old lady, a short history of
J\er colorful years during    the    early
Present members wish to invite oth-'flays of l'ine River are related in the
ers to attend as they realize the- bene- ■ following paragraphs.    The dales and
went   after   last   Thursday—even   tholfjt of tne stlKiv. j facts were obtained by the editor thru
  I the courtesy  of ,-i   numbo- of  her l'ri- i
iends:
ERADELPhlANS   MET   FRIDAtf^Bgi^    AmttHlla    ,-,.,,„;    „,,.s   ,,„,„
^Mm- County,  Iowa  on   November   IT,
.Mrs.   \V.  .1.   Biever was  hostes^fSK
the  EradPlphlan   Club   Friday     afternoon.    Roll  call   was  answered   with
Tlolibies."   'Mrs. A. C. Thompson rend
It took them all day to do it.
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It used to be wine, women and
song: now it's gin, Janes and
Jazz.
An Odd Case t
Thanksgiving will be observed by
the local postofflce on November 23,
and Lin Dougherty won't have a
chance to win a free turkey at the
big turkey shoot November 25—if he
wants one he will have to spend the
"spondolix."—we hear he is a goon
shot too.
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Anyway, the postoffice will be open
from 9 to 30 a. m., for window ser
vice but no money orders will be is-
vSued on the twenty-third. However,
on November 30, business will be contacted as per usual.
an interesting paper on ttie subject.
Mrs. Ben Christian gave a book-reviw,
entitled "My Son, My Son."
The next meeting will be held at
the home of Mrs. John Kater Jr. Mrs.
Severeid will talk on "The Jew and
His Problem" and Miss Isaacson will
discuss Child Welfare.
OES     ENTERTAINS
AN  EXPERIENCE OF A LIFETIME
ON  A  RECENT    HUNTING    TRIP
Willmar.—When the driver of a car
became drowsy  while enroute    to    a
,      week-end, of pheasant hunting recent?
"^ ly, two  Minneapolis  men  had  an  ex-
h      perience never to be forgotten in con-
,     nection with the 1939 hunting season.
Fred  Corrie was driving along    with
"*    Ray Dowell in the seat along side of,   TURKEY   HATCH   IN   NOVEMBER
Jkiim   and   bis   dog   in   the   back   seat, 	
when he became sleepy, dozed off and 1    Mapleton.—Add to other    phenome-
tnen   things   began   to   happen.    The   nons of nature garnered  during    the
Eastern Star members entertained
at a shower for Miss Audrey Miller
of Backus, at the IOOF hall Tuesday
evening. Miss Miller will soon become the bride of Wm. Bailey, also
of Backus. Mrs. Frank Reynolds,
Worthy Matron of the local chapter,
acted as hostess and sewed refreshments. A social hour followed the regular meeting. Miss Miller received
numerous  gifts.
car left the highway and turned end
over end a couple of times, finally
coming to-rest with the four wheels
In the air. ;rhe hunters and dog managed to crawl out of the wrecived car
and  hall  a  ride into town.    Neither
year, this climaxes them all. Burr
Matson discovered a mother turkey on
a stolen nest with ten newly hatched
babies. The tiny poults were spry and
unaware that it was November Instead of spring.    Who says that Min
185S, coming to Brainerd in 1ST",
where she was engaged as a seamstress. Here she met and married
Qeorge Barclay on July 27, 1S7N. The
young couple drove as far as Cull
by team- the first night and continued
their trip the following day by tote-
teani to the territory now known as
Pine River, where Mr. Barclay oper-
ted a trading-post on tlie river, neas
the property now used as a cemetery.
The trading-post was built by Mr.
Barclay and McNany in 1S77. The
following year, the store was moye-'i
to the site now occupiei by the U.r-
ton residence, this was really tie
first business place in the territory.
In those days it was known as the
trading-post as this was where the Indians brought their furs .ind exchanged them for supplies, this being the
only business conducted at this time
as the lumber-jacks had not yet arrived,
gr. Barclay then purchased three
40's from the federal government, the
deed of which was signed by the President, received three years later
which will give you some idea of tlie
rapidity in which land deals were
made in those days. Additional land
was purchased by Mr. Barclay in this
vicinity a short time later.
During all this time Mrs. Urton was
the only white woman in the territory.
For fourteen years the closest white
people were at Gull Lake, which was
man nor beast were injured, which is nesota isn't literally "first" in turkey
little short of miraculous. raising.
Thirty Members Present at
Twenty-Year Club Meeting
The Pine River "Twenty-Year Club
held its fifteenth annual banquet and
Social gathering in the Lounge Rooms
of the Marlow Theatre last week,
with thirty members and three guests
%    present.
The banquet, consisting of a chicken dinner and all the trimmings, was
JLservcd at seven o'clock by members
' of the Methodist Ladies Aid. The big
meal was preceded by a "Tom and
Jerry" for each of those present, as
has been the custom of the club for
th* past 15 years.
Maurice Linden and sister, Mrs.
Frank Marsh of Hibbing, son ano
daughter of A. J. Linden, prominent
Inent member of the club, enterta'n-
ed with a group of "olde tyme" selections during and after the dinner
hour, which were well received. A.
J. Linden responded very ably to a
unanimous request for a vocal selection, accompanied by his son and
daughter.
Senator Fred J. Miller of Little
Falls, was present and gave a very interesting talk on the itinerary of his
trip to the west coast, from which lie
just recently returned. He remarked
especially, about his visit to the Mormon Temple at Salt Lake City, Utah,
aad other points of Interest.   As chair
Allen, and approved. The treasurer's
report Was then read by Air. Allen
due to the absence of A. S. White,
club treasurer, who was slightly indisposed and unable to be present.
The report also contained a few comments concerning the highlights of the
club since it's organization. Members
of the club expressed their regrets in
Mr. White's inability  to attend.
The following officers were then
elected for the ensuing year: President, A. J. Linden; vice president,
George Bowman; treasurer, A. S.
White; and secretary, J. J. Allen. The
latter two held the same offices last
year.
The next two hours following the
business meeting were spent in relating some tail stories of the past,
smoking the cigars which were furnished by the club,looking over a group
of early pictures and renewing ac
qunlntances witli on another in gen
era!. The boys, some of them SO years
MRS. D. L. TRIGGS APPOINTED
DEPARTMENT    ESSAY   CHIARMAN
In an appointment received from
the department president. .Mis. D. L.
Triggs, who is also department Americanization Chairman of the Auxiliary,
■was made slate-wide Essay Chairman.
The I'i. i! River Auxiliary, in the essay contc.-t sponsored here and at
Backus last year, were honored by
having the first prize winner of Min-
-nesota, go to a  local contestant.
Another essay contest v>'iH ne sponsored this year, details of which will
be  published  In   next  week's Journal.
.Mrs. Florence Sycks of Backus and
•Mrs. Dale Dubbs will be the local
chairmen of the contest.
Il is very unusual for an organization as small as iliis io receive so
many stale-wide honors and appointments.
VFW ENTERTAINED
BY AUXILIARY ON
ARMISTICE DAY
HIGH SCHOOL LAD
SUCCUMBS SUNDAY
Mrs.   Amarilla    Urton
ous to the advent of the railroad, by
Mi*. Barclay. Mail was delivered twice
a week by stages, which r -aveled front
Brainerd to the Leech Lake Agency.
Four days were necessary to liliVRp
one  round-trip.
The first shingled building in Pin-''
River was the Barclay Hotel, operated
by Mrs. Urion and ner husband. The
hole] was located on the lot across
the street from the Farmers Supply
si ore and was destroyed by fire several years aye. Il was while engaged
In this business that Mr. Barclay was
killed while sitting in the lobby of the
hotel in 1898. This was the first
death recorded in the records of Cass
county. Mrs. Urton later married the
late George Urton.
M- -. I'rtoit";.ook an active part in
the building of the village, donating
the property nowocCupled by the railroad right-of-way, the l'ine Ridge
Cemetery, power-house site, two parks
the Lutheran and Methodist church
sites and ten lots for the first school
which was built in 1897. The first
school teacher was Mrs. Peck.
Abe White has the distinction of be
ing  the  second   station-agent   in   Pine
River,  coming here in  1900,  and  cob-:
tinning   in   that   capacity     until     two
years ago when he retired.
The Urton residence was built in
1905 by Mr.  Zigmund, father of  liar
Roy My res, 1 (5-year ol ! son of Mr.
and .Mrs. John Myrcs of Walden Town
ship, died Sunday at the Brainerd hospital. Deatli was due to an operation
Which  he  had  undergone.
Funeral services will be conducted
Wednesday afternoon at 2 o'clock in
the Loon Lake Lutheran Church, with
Huss officiating.
Roy was a senior in the Pine River
high school. He is survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Myres.
and three brothers, Gaynor of St Pair,
and.Harold and Pershing at home.
Funeral arrangements were made
by the Northland Funeral Home.
REBEKAH CARD PARTY »S
WELL ATTENDED MONDAY
The Rebekahs were well pleased
ty Monday evening. Bridge and whist
.vitli the attendance at their card par
was played, with the whist prize going
to Fred Thomas For the men and to
Mrs. Van Eyes for the ladies- Harris
Zigmund won the bridge prize for
the men and Mrs. John Kater for
the ladies. Two car-loads of people
were present from Backus.
a- considerable distance In those days	
One can well imagine the pioneering Iris and Arthur Zigmund.
courage needed by a young woman to]    All in all, this grand old lady
SPECIAL FEATURES
i AT MARLOW SUN.
has
the privilege of experiencing. She htSfl)
weli past her alloted three score   and.
ten, still has a keen mind and enjoys
Btacles. She spent many lonely years
up here in the north, planning wltn
her husband, the future of a town, never complaining and always doing her
part In the struggle.
The second white woman to make
her home here was Mrs John Leef
who arrived in 1895. Shortly after
this time several pioneering settlers
arrived and lumbering i.nd timber
work was in full swing.
The railroad came through here in
1S92, and was known as the "Bralnei-.i
Northern" running from Brainerd as
far north as Hackensack which was days In her life as her friends gather
then known as Laporte. Their main to honor her on her Slst anniversary,
source of revenue heini; III hauling bringing her the well-wishes of every-
tirnber. one, and the makings of a happy event
The  first   [KistofHce  was  built  previ-   in her already eventful  life.
Gene  Autry.  who  has  built  up    an
enviable reputation ridin' herd, round-
-ng up rustiers and singing and playing on his gee-tar, now has ridden fat-
afield to seek his cinematic fortunes
i   nthe   Far   North!     "Blue    Montana
spent HI years of her life here antl    is  "   '."'"., ' '.'! , ""     . ,,"""    -"'""■"•
..!„ri _,.,..- .,„.. ..ii„....i .i  - r.H i skies,    which opens at the Marlow to
night   ami   continues   through   Satur-
keeping  posted  on  world  affairs  and!
the progress of  Pine  River,  to  which
she gave the best years of her life.   ...
It is only fitting and proper that
the citizens of this community salute
her as the founder and pioneer of this
modern little city which has develofSj
ed far beyond her fondest dreams.
Friday, November 17, 1939, will no
doubt he one of the most memorable
VFW   AUXILIARY     MEET
The regular meeting of the VFW
and Auxiliary was held Wednesday
evening. New members initiated, included Mesdames Carl Schultz and
Severin Randabl.
The organizations wisli to warn all
people that the sale of "Keep America
out of War" buttons is not sponsored
by either organization and that persons  selling such  buttons  under    the
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ alleged auspices of the organizations,
young, exposed a few of the pranks \ are doing so for their own personal
played by one another during the early days—and a few- emburraslng moments that some of them experienced
when they were all full of vim and
vigor.
Members  departed   for  their  homes
man  of the Minnesota Tax  Coramls-; at a late-hour, all agreeing that this
slon, he gave a short discussion    on' bad been ont of the   most   enjoyable
benefit.
All monies derived from any activity sponsored by the VFW or Auxiliary
must go for the betterment of the organizations and hospitalization purposes.
TABERNACLE NEWS
Rev. Samuel Kumber, returned
missionary from Iran, Persia, spoke at
th(! Gospel Tabernacle Thursday evening. Rev. Kamber a native -of Persia, speaks and writes six languages
fluently. He has just recently returned from Iran, after serving as a
missionary to Persia for eight year).
He will speak at the school auditorium  Friday  (today)  at 0 a.  in.
METHODIST SOCIAL CLUB TO
MEET   WEDNESDAY,   NOV.
22
Unhappy   end  of    the    professor's
taxes and interstate tax problems con-j evenings they had spent together, and!searcn tor inspiration.    To write the
fronting various states. He concluded his talk by recalling severalinter-
esting experiences as a young attorney in Pine River, where he started
bis practice, leaving here 16 years
ago.
^ R. C. Spencer, President, then call-
^the business meeting to order. The
aeeretarle's report was read by J,   J.
with a unanimous wish that all would
be spared to meet again one year
hence.
The club as a body, wish to extend
their thanks to A. J. Linden for his
fine solo and to Maurice Linden and
Mrs. Frank Marsh for their fine mu-
The Methodist Social Club will bold
their next meeting at the church parlors Wednesday, November 22, at 2 p.
m. .Mesdames Morris Cromett and
Delia Teicher will be the hostesses.
The following program will be given: Roll Call, Current Event; Sing
for ten minutes; Scripture Reading,
Mrs.  Silbaugh; Reading, Mrs. Arthur
but their honeymoon in Grand Canyon
dwarfed his plans  and all that    got
written was a divorce complaint. Read
this  unusual  story  in   the American
_^^^_^^^_^^^_^^^_^^^_^_ Weekly,    the    magazine    distributed
sic.   The latter two drove all the way jWJth   next   Sunday,s  cu Herald
from Hibbing to be present.       ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
great  American   novel,   the    brilliant
English  teacher  needed an  impelling
helpmate, so he married a stage star; I Thompson;  Comet  Solo, Joyce Robi
deau; Talk, Mrs. C. E. Johnson; Prayer, Mrs. C. F. Peters.
All  ladles   are   cordially   Invited   to
attend.
day, presents Gene as a cattle man
who journeys into Canada to outwit a
gang engaged in smuggling white fox
furs.
His adventures are entertainingly
delineated on the screen, with usci-
dqs June Storey for feminine appeal
and the ubiquitous Sinhey Burnett
for  comedy  effects.
"In Name only" with Carole Lombard, Gary Grant and Kay Francis,
plays at the .Marlow Sunday. Monday
and Tuesday. This is one of the great
pictures of the year. Gary Grant Is
married to Kay Francis, a scheming
heartless woman who reverses his social position and wealth hut does not
love him. Unable to get a divorce,
Grant seeks refuge through the love
of .Miss Lombard. From here on complications begin and interest is at it's
j height.
Suave, urbane, polished Otto Ki tiger is ideally cast as the man-of-the
world theatrical producer in "Zero
Hour" coming to the Manow Wednesday and Thursday, with Frieda Ines-
cort in the leading role.
Kruger plays tlie production genius
who raises prouigy, Miss Inescort to
fame and is on the point of claiming
her as a bride when a tragic motor
accident, on the eve of their wedding,
paralyzes him for life. For nine years
she remains loyal to him with, touching devotion and repeatedly urges
him to marry her but he doesn't because he is a cripple. In the meantime she adopts Jt child and falls in
love with another man. See the show
and find out how tlie problem is work
ed out.
America*.
(adv.)
Use A Want Ad
Mr. and Mrs. Peder Ness and daughters Dianne and Marian Jo, spent
Saturday and Sunday at the N. D.
Sherwood home. On Saturday evening,
they were guests at the home of Mr.
and  Mrs.  Marian  Sherwood.
In keeping with Armistice, which
was signed 21 years ago November 11,
the local Auxiliary entertained the
VFW at a seven o'clock dinner at the
Odd Fellows hall Saturday evening.
About fifty members from both organizations were present.
Following the dinner, Mrs. Dale
Dubbs acted as master of ceremonies,
calling on those present. Charles
Hounds and Dale Dubbs won high and
consolation prizes in the balloon blowing activities and if you don't think
Charlie .enjoyed it—;ask him!
Leslie Sheparu gave thj most interesting account of his whereabouts on
Armistice night twenty-one years ago,
and while Les tells us hr> was in the
■guard house" which no one believes,
It made u grand story and won for
him the prize. It was interesting to
learn that more two-thirds of the- local boys were on the firing-line when
word  came to them of the Armistice.
Homer Fraser sang a popular
French war-time song which was well
received—someday we'll ask Mrs.
Jack Knutson, who on the Q. T., is also French, just what he was singing
about.
All in all it was a grand party with
lots of fun, and yet for a moment serious too, because on even this one Due
of fun, time was taken out for a minute of silent reverence in tribute to
America's war dead. D. L. Triggs
responded with a few solemn remarks
on "Armistice, war and Peace, in the
Eyes of World War Veterans."
VFW TO SPONSOR
TURKEY SHOOT
The annua! Turkey Shoot sponsored
by the VFW organization every fall,
is becoming more and more popular,
and already many inquiries have come
in as to the date, time and place. A
bigger and better event i-. oeing planned for this year, with a full evening
of entertainment promised.
The Ladies Auxiliary will again' b"
in charge of the refreshments. Watch
your next weeks Journa' for complete details.
ROLLER SKATING RINK
TO    BE    OPENED HERE SOON
The VFW organization of Pine River have negotiated a deal for to secure skates and will open a roller-
skating rink at the armory in the
near future. The rink will be operated two nights a week. This entertainment will be open to the public
at a very reasonable fee. Hot dogs,
pop and coffee will be served aj the
rink on skating nights.
SCHOOL    NEWS
Tuesday evening, Mrs. Chen was
guest speaker at a PTA program at
Pequot,  and    Thursday    evening    at
Monday evening, the Longbow All
Conference Football teams will hold
their annual banquet at the Pine River school auditorium. P. R's. representation on the all-conference squad,
includes Jim Bogart, Paul MacKinney,
and John Riley, Walker will «t tu's
time be presented with the championship trophy of the league. Other
schools represented are Remer, Hackensack, Backus. Pequot and Longville.
The Junior class is diligently working on a play to be given November
24. "Keep this date in mind and plan
to attend this first play of the sen-
son.
The senior class in a body, and also pupils who live on the Rovik bus
route, attended the funeral of Roy
Myres Wednesday afternoon. G. E.
Henderson represented the faculty.
Mr. Haack has written auother article in the School Executive magazine, entitled "The Supervisor Does
Some Figuring." He criticizes modern
methods of teaching long multiplication and the present process used, in
that it does not bring the various
steps before the student in an apprehensible manner. He also stresses
the fact that lower quarterlies in
each class must be taught in such n
manner that they too may be apprehensive of the various steps necessary
in long multiplication, thereby creating for these children a Letter understanding of this important prase of
mathematics.