The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-09-22

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME VNTJMBEBR5
THE FINK KiVER JOURNAL, PINK  RIVER,   CASS   COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  SEPTEMBER  22,  1939
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Ex-Servicemen's
Rally for Cass Co.
The V. F. W. organization is sponsoring another Cuss County Ex-Servicemen's Rally at the Armory Sunday, September 24. Legionaires, Veterans and their wives are especially
invited to attend. Do to tne fact that
so few persons interested, are fully
acquainted with the rules and regulations governing soldier welfare, the
local boys have secured Edward Nelson, Claims Supervisor of Soldier's
Welfare of Minnesota, to give in detail all the new laws as well as discussing current regulations. Mr. Nelson
will be glad to answer any question-;
asked pertaining to individual cases.
Coffee and lunch will be served by the
Ladies  Auxiliary.
METHODIST BASEMENT
TO BE ENLARGED
Work was started this week to enlarge the M. E. basement. It was
found that the present basement was
not large enough to accomodate both
the furnace and aid rooms. AVhen
completed the basement will be full
size, offering better facilities both for
heating  and  church  activities.
TO  ATTEND   BUSINESS
COLLEGE  AT  ST.  CLOUD
The Misses Eva and Paulyne Hardy
of Whitefish, graduates of the local
high school, left this week for St.
Cloud, where they will attend a business   college.
MARLOW FEATURES
MICKEY ROONEY IN
HUCKLEBERRY FINN
Warner Baxter brings back to the
screen of the Marlow Theatre to-nite
and Saturday O. Henry's lovable outlaw, whom he created in "In Old Arizona," in the 20th Century Fox production "The Return of the Cisco Kid.'
The immortal Robin Hood of the
Rio Grande inspires new action-pack-
en legends of the old Southwest in
this fast-paced, fun-filled film.
Lynn Bari has her most important
role to date as the girl for whom the
romantic bandit sighs, while a thousand senoritas sigh for him.
Production Chief, Darryl F. Zan-
uck, also cast the remaining roles
with great care and the result is a
sterling lineup, including Cesar Romero, Henry Hull, Kane Richmond, C.
Henry  Gordon and Robe-'t Barrat.
"Huckleberry Finn," a Mississippi
River adventure written by that great
novelist, Mark Twain, who is enshrined in the memory of millions of young
and old, makes its appearance at the
Marlow Sunday, continuing through
Tuesday. Starring in the leading role
of "Huck" is Mickey Rooney who creates an admirable "Huckelberry."
Rex Ingram is outstanding as "Jim"
with the comedy contributed by Walter Connolly and William Frawley, is
the kind all appreciate.
Humor and pathos are its main ingredients. Hokum comedy contrasts
with threatened tragedy. It has mom
ents of heartbreak and heartache. It
provides lots of laughs and smiles. Its
spectacle is adventurous life along the
banks of the Mississippi and the fury
of a »iob that cries for an innocent
Negro's life.
In theme character the production
follows the letter and spirit of the
Twain story faithfully. No attempt
at modernization has been made. A
truly grand picture.
A man who carved a wild slice of
life—who defied society to question
his right to live and to- love under his
own <x>de—such is the theme of Uni-
versal's "I Stole a Million," co-starring
George Raft and Claire Trevor, starting at the Marlow Theatre next Wednesday.
Henry Armetta furnishes the comedy highlights as the proprietor of the
flower shop which Raft decided to
"hold up" for pin money, not knowing
that destiny was going to change his
plans again by having him find romance there—in the form of Claire Trevor.
SPORTSMEN ENJOY
HORSE-RACE EVENT
The horse and Model-T races held
at the fair grounds Sunday drew a
good crowd and created considerable
excitement. An odd feature of the event was the fact that it was necessarj
to run three heats in each race to decide the winners. The Model-T races were quite interesting, in that
each driver had to stop at the starting
line each time around, stop his car
and get out and re-start it before he
could continue on around the track.
The race was a three-miler which was
good for six stops and starts, that
proved the most exciting part of the
race. Claude Bell got off to a good
start witli Bill McAllister a close second and Spracklin of Osliawa, third.
But at the end of the first round,
Claude overshot the starting line and
was forced to back up, stop his car
and then get out and start it; here
is where the fun began, he couldn't
get it started for a minute or two and
from then on was forced to take second position. Spracklin was minu-
a low-band in his jitney so he needed
a running start to get the thing in
high which added to the excitement.
Following the first race McAllister
and Bell made the rounds again witn-
out any stops and Bell finished first.
Ben Robideau acted as starter and
judge and John Kulla and Lewis Walton as judges.
The horse racing results were as
follows:
1st race: Himmelman, 1; Norwood,
2nd and Semmler 3rd.
2nd. race: wm. McAllister, 1st;
Kladt, 2nd. and Bormau, 3rd.
3rd. race: A. J. McAllister, 1st;
Borm-an, 2nd and Borman, 3rd,
Free for all: Kladt, 1st.; Bobby
McAllister, 2nd. and Kladt, 3rd.
"Believe It or Not" Schuyler
Colfax, Vice President of th U. S.
under President Grant, was the
founder of the Rebekahs, the ladies degree of the Odd Fellows
in 1856.
BURGLARS LOOT
BUNGALOW CAFE
M. E. LADIES SOCIAL CLUB
The Methodist Ladies Club will hold
their next meeting Wednesday afternoon, September 27, at 2 p. m., at the
Church parlors. Hostesses are Mesdames Fred Heuer and B. Silbough.
A cordial invitation is extended to
everyone.
REV. BROWN CALLED
BY TABERNACLE
On Tuesday night the members of
the Gospel Tabernacle met and called
Rev. Richard Brown of Fargo, N. Dak.
as their paster to succeed Rev. Paul
MacKinney whose resignation took effect on  September 3.
-Mr. Brown is a graduate of the central Bible Institute, Springfield, Mo.,
and comes to us from Valley City, N.
Dak., where he has been a pastor for
two years. He and his wife play several instruments which will augment
the orchestra. They will move to Pine
River next week and take over the
pastorate  October  1.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kush and their
father and mother all from Witchita,
Kans, are spending the week at York's
Resort at Shady Point
AUCTION
SALES
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 25
A public aution will be held at
the Dan Nolan farm 2 3-4 miles SW
of Pine River on the old Tom Kimball place, Monday, September 2."i.
beginning at 10:30 n. m. W. A.
Seaton is the auctioneer and the
Pine River State Bank will clerk
the sale. 11 heao horses, 1 Welch
ppony, 25 head cattle all tested
and a complete line of farm machinery will be offered. Lunch will be
served on the grounds with free
coffee.
WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 27
A community auction will be
held at the Ralph Hunt farm, 4
'miles north of Pine River on the
-old Teagarten place, Wed., Sept. 27
commencing at 10 a. m. 15 head of
ewes and a complete line of farm
machinery and household goods
will be offered. Anyone having
anything for sale should get in
touch with Mr. Hunt or Clarence
Lesher. Lunch served with free
coffee.
For the second time within the past
year, vandals broke into the Bungalow Cafe, owned and operated by
Mrs. Anna Zimmerman, stealing ap
proximately $100 worth of cigarettes,
beer etc.
Mrs. Zimmerman received word of
the death of her father, H. M. Schlos-
ser of Minneapolis, Wednesday, and
left Friday, accompanied by her son.
George, to attend the funeral. Upon
their return to Pine River Saturday
afternoon, they discovered the loss.
How entrance to the building was
gained,  is  undetermined.
MRS. ANGLO VOLK
FATALLY INJURED
IN ACCIDENT MON.
Early moping, at 7:40 a. in., Mrs.
Anglo Volk of Swanburg, met with a
serious accident which cost her, her
life. Mrs. Volk had made an urgent
call at the home of Mrs. \V. R. Hani-
let and as she was leaving, she decided to put in a telephone call at the
Clarence Peterson home, immediately
across the road. In her haste, she
failed to see an approaching car driven by Merle Marshall of Cross Lake,
who was enroute to his work on the
REA line. It was believed that the
vehicle was partly hidden by the dust
caused by a car passing a few seconds
before. Mr. Marshall stated that he
saw her but thought she was about
to enter her car which was parked at
this point. Instead of entering her
car she walked across the road and
stepped right in the path of the Marshall  vehicle.
The impact crushed the back of her
head and caused numerous other bruises although no other bones were
broken. She was picked up in an unconscious condition and taken to the
Brainerd hospital. She passed away
at 7 p. m. the same evening without
regaining consciousness. The community is greatly shocked and grieved
at her untimely passing.
The body was brought to Pine River from Brainerd by the Northland
Funeral Home. Funeral services will
be held in Swanburg Saturday afternoon at 2 p. m. Interment will be
made in the Evergreen Cemetery.
She is survived by her husband,
Anglo Volk; one son, Adna Volk, and
one daughter, Mrs. Theo. Gansky. A
complete obituary will be published
next week.
Forest Rangers
Issue Fire Warning
PERIODIC CHECK-UP
OF WPA EMPLOYEES
List of Petit Jurors
Named for Fall Term
Following is a list of Petit Jurors
that will serve, at the October term oj.
court, which opens October 4:
J. .P. Bilben, Turtle Lake Twp, Walker; Mrs. Henry Brown, May Twp.,
Pillager • Mrs. John Devlne, Pillager
Village; Mrs. Ralph Manders, Kego
Twp., Longville; Philip Palmer, Back
us Village; Ernest Lee, East Gull
Lake Twp., Brainerd.
W. E. DIebel, Shingobee Twp., Walker ; Oliver Parker, Boy River Twp.,
Boy River; Julius Lieske, Wilson
Twp., Pine River; L. P. Shoemaker,
Federal Dam Village; Adolph Staub,
Sylvan Twp., Pillager; M^s. Lon W.
Fields, Pine River Village; Peter Gev-
ing, Walker Village; Charles Anderson, Shingobee Twp., Walker; Wm.
H. Laughton, Hackensack Village;
Ralph. Kelley, Smokey Hollow, Shovel Lake; Lars Hjelstad, Pike Bay
Twp., Cass Lake; Mrs. Ernest Swift,
Sylvan  Twp.,  Pillager;
Alf.red Peterson, Cass Lake Village;
Mrs. Walter Newman, Powers Twp..
Backus; Mrs. A. J. Hicks, May Twp.,
Motley; J. J. Carter, Crooked Lake
Twp., Outing; Marvin Shoquen, Byron Twp., Leader and Edward Luiten,
Poplar Twp., Poplar.
CARD   OF  THANKS
We wish to thank our many friends
and   neighbors   for   the   clothing   and
dishes given us after our nome burned.
Mr. and Mrs. L. Knott
Writes  From Hawaii
Miss Antoinette Henderson writes
from Honakoa, that she arrived Saturday, September 2, making the trip
from Hilo to Honakoa by bus. She
states that Hawaii is a wonderfui
country, a description of which would
constitute a volume, and its history
is very unique. She lives in a cottage
and enjoys her teaching and is quitt
thrilled with the experience. She
teaches English and social studies.
The majority of teachers in Hawaii
are Japs and Hawaiians. Mrs. Hen
derson's letter was postmarked September 7, and arrived here on the
19th.
ADULT   EDUCATION     MEETING
A meeting will be held at the Pine
River school Thursday evening, Sept.
2S, at 8 p. m., for the purpose of holding a cass in adult education. A similar meeting was held Thursday evening, Sept. 21.
CORRECTION
In the article published in the Journal last week concerning electric light
rates, our attention was called to the
fact that some over 13 KW can now
be used on the minimum bill of ,$1.00,
whereas it was stated that 10KW
could be used at a cost of $1.36.
Eradelphians Hold
Mid-Summer Meet
Mrs. D. L. Triggs entertained members of the Eradelphian Club at a
mid-summer meeting last Friday. A
miscellaneous program was approved
for the coming year. The first regular meeting of the season will beheld
October 13, at the home of Mrs. C. E.
Johnson.
Periodic investigation of the rolls of
relief employees on WPA projects
will start this week, S. L. Stolte, State
WPA Administrator, announced. Each
case will be investigated at least once
every six months and persons found
not to be in actual need will be eliminated. The purpose of this review,
required by Section 16-F of the Einerg
ency Relief Appropriation Act of 1930,
is to determine the current need status of persons employed on projects
and is not to effect reductions in employment. The Act stipulates that,
effective January 1, 1940, no person
can remain on WPA employment
whose need has not been reviewed in
the preceeding six months.
This review will be conducted by
County Welfare offices and will be
supervised by the WPA. It is expected that in the majority of cases home
investigations will be made.
Missionary Society
Entertain at Tea
The Missionary Ladies Society of
the M. E. Church gave a tea and program last Thursday with a nice attendance. Mrs. Arthur Thompson
read a poem composed by her mother
and dedicated to a minister, some
years ago. Dorothy Cromett sang a
solo; Mrs. G. E. Henderson talked on
the hook "Moving Millions" and Mrs.
O. E. Johnson gave a piano solo.
BIRTHDAY   PARTY   CELEBRATED
IN   HONOR  OF TOM  SLOAN  SUN.
Celebrating his 77th birthday Sunday evening, Tom Sloan enjoyed a
party in his honor, until late in the
evening. Guests included Mr. and
.Mrs. J. R. Byrnes and Francis of
Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sloan ot
Crookston, Mr. and Mrs. Luke Council
and daughters and Mr. and Mrs. Dan
Mast. Mr. and Mrs. Jim Sloan left
for their home Monday, following a
week's visit here.
M.E. GIRLS CHOIR TO
SPONSOR PROGRAM
A very interesting program has
been arranged by the M. E. Girls'
choir, under the direction of Mrs.
Frank Anderson, which will be presented at the Methodist church Friday evening (to-night) at S p. m. Mrs.
Anderson's vocal pupils; from here
and Backus will present several numbers and the choir and other local
talent will complete the program. Admission will be 10 cents, the proceeds
to go toward paying for the piano.
Swanburg Pine Grange No. 716
—By—
CHARLOTTE   NEUMAN
STATE   AND    NATIONAL   CONVENTIONS
Iris Engei left Wednesday for Minneapolis, where she will be emloyed.
The State Convention of the Minnesota State Grange will be held this
year in the Brainerd armory, October
17, IS and 19.
Delegates from about seventy Subordinate and at least ten Pomona Granges will be in attendance as well as all
officers of the State Grange and possibly some of the National Grange and
visitors from all over Minnesota and
adjoining states.
Much work will be accomplisheu
during the three-day session. It is at
this time that representatives from all
Granges in the state meet to form
plans of legislative programs and all
other possible activities of the Grange
in .Minnesota for the ensuing year. All
day-time meetings are closed with only members admitted. The evening
meetings, however, are open to the
public and anyone interested in see-
] ing how this great organization functions is invited to attend these meetings.
Extention programs are being planned and some plans have already
reached definite form. rl he first evening Gov. Harold Stassen will speak.
The second evening will be spent in
presenting the Youth Contest in which
Pine Grange has three entries. Included in this program will be one-act
plays, several musical numbers, readings, etc., all by people in the youth
group of the Grange 14 to 30 years.
Day-time meetings will be interspersed with various types of entertainment under the direction of -Mrs. Kelley Davis, State Lecturer and Mrs.
Richard Synharst, Crow Wing County
Lecturer.
Crow Wing County hopes to prove
a genial host to the Minnesota State
Grange and all visitors at the evening meetings at which they hope to
have a large attendance from Crow
Wing and Cass Counties.
With usually dry Indian summer
days approaching, it would be well to
give a thought to forest fire prevention. The unusually heavy growth of
vegetation is rapidly drying up thru-
out the forest area and killing frost
can be expected any time from now
on, and, unless we have more than
average rainfall, the fire hazard will
increase each  day.
Within a few days the fall hunting
season will be on. and we make a
special plea to the sportsmen to be
careful with fire, while in the field.
Notices have been sent out to Township Fire Wardens that no burning
is to be done under Permit until after
4:00 P. M. each day. This gives the
Look-out towers good visibility thru-
out the most hazardous part of the
day, and they are able to spot and
get cross readings on any smoke that'
shows up. A'lso, if smoke appears before 4: P. M., he then knows that it
is not a permit fire and suppression
action is required.
May we have your co-operation and
assistance in helping to keep our
roadsides, lakeshores and forest areas
green? You can do this by observing
the following rules:
Put your camp fire out with water.
Don't throw lighted cigarettes, cigars or pipe ashes from cars, or while
in the woods. Be sure tney are out
before  throwing away.
Break your matches in two before
discarding.
MINNESOTA TO
KEEP TRADITION
Gov. Harold E. Stassen has declined
to go along with President Roosevelt
in moving Thanksgiving day a week
ahead this year, and issued a proclamation Tuesday setting November 30
as the date for Minnesota's observance. Stassen said he did not believe "commercial consideration"
should effect the traditional observance, which has been on the last
Thursday  of  November.
Governor Stassen's proclamation of
the customary day, November 30, as
Thanksgiving this year was the fourth
in the nation, the governors of Kans-.
as, Iowa and South Dakota having
previously adherred to the regular
day. No governors have as yet accepted President Roosevelt's choice
of November 23 officially, although
Governor Lehman of New York indicated he would designate the president's choice if other- states also did.
The president's designation of
Thanksgiving day is official only for
the District of Columbia and federal
territories.
The official date in each state is
set by proclamation of the governor
in that state.
Leaders' Council
Met at Mildred Wed.
Thirty adult and junior leaders attended the Leaders' Council meeting
at the Mildred schoolhouse Wednesday evening, September 13. The meeting started with singing by the group.
The discussion for the evening centered around the selection of suitable
topics to be taken up by clubs at every meeting during the year. Witli
the interesting list of topics suggested,
these leaders will go back to their ln-
divdual clubs and will plan yearly
programs using the topics best suited
to them. Problems arising in the various clubs of the county were discussed at length.
Mrs. Oscar Nelson of Walker and
Mrs. Ed. Dorsey of Pillager served
cake and coffee. The Leaders Council
will have their next meeting the first
part of November.
The program also included a piano
solo by Frances Sorg and a reading by
Zoe Mason. Oscar Nelson, County
Agent, told about Cass County activities at the State Fair and Ruth Kjome
County Club Agent, talked about the
effect*? of 4-H Club work on a community. The meeting was closed by
community singing.
Mrs. G. E. Henderson entertained
the Sewing Club at her home Wednesday. A social hour and lefreshments
were enjoyed.