The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-09-29

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
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VOLUME  V, NUMBER 6
THE PINE J.UVEE JOURNAL; PINK RIVER,   CASS  CO UNITY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,   SEPTEMBER  29,  1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
FAIR   PREMIUM   CHECKS
TO   BE   MAILED   SOON
Mr. Duck is on the Spot
Local sportsmen are taking down
the old rusty musket and oiling it up bavin
this week to be all set for the opening day next Sunday. It seems, unless our ears are betraying us, that a
few or the lead-spreaders were oiled
Up a bit early to ward off the big appetite for wild-duck meat.
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Even the great conflict across
the Atlantic has taken the back
seat when it comes to small-talk
these days—the only thing we
heard today while walking up the
street was whether or not ducks
were flying yet and where would
he the best place to go on the opening day. When something is
important enough to ' make the
boys forget about the war, it is
really important and that is just
what tlie opening of the duck season  is  doing.
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A Nice Visit
We enjoyed a nice visit with our
friend Ed Dorsey of Pillager, last
week. Ed, by the way, heads the Cass
County Farm Bureau organization
and is also at the helm of the AAA
activities in the county, besides operating a first class dairy  at his rfarin
near Pillager.
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A Pet Obsessiion
After a short visit, it was decided that a flip of coffee was in
order, but only, Ed stated, if we
could find a place where some
Jitterbug wouldn't come in and
slip a nickle in the music box. He
said there was nothing that 'rked
liim more than to wade through
his lunch listening to one of those
"Hop-skip and hurdle" pieces and
heiug forced to shout at the top of
his voice  to be heard across the
table.
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Not   So   Hot
An arm an leg show was scheduled
to be held .at the armory Sunday evening following the veterans' rally
held earlier in the day. The posters
hung about town during the week,
blazened forth the fact that the "bub-
le dancers" were from tne Chicago
\\ orld's Fair anil were plenty good.
However, the local stag element either could not convince friend wife
that they should see this great spectacle or else they were afraid of being seen there, as the time for the
opening bad brought only fifteen patrons of which fourteen held complimentary passes and one paid admission. The two-bits was returned to the
lad that dug deep, and the show closed before it opened.
A Slight Difference
We read an item the other day
stating that Christopher Columbus
who sailed the briny-blue way
hack in 1402, did the joo on $2600,
while our present adventurer, Admiral Byrd, spent over a million
on his last jaunt to the southern
extremes. We are inclined to believe that Chris did a much better
job on a lot less.
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Lots   of   Questions
While visiting with Supt. Otto
Haack the other day, he informed us
that a testing program was being carried out in the Junior high, and that
when completed, there would be well
over 76,000 questions to be corrected,
which should be sufficient to give anyone the writers cramp and maybe
more before the job was completed.
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What, NO More Fishing?
We bit on this one ourselves:
There will be no more fishing in
the United States for some time
to come, according to the latest
war-pun, as Hitler has taken all
the "Poles."
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It Must Be Contagious
We read with a chuckle the other
day, an article in the Mahnomen Pioneer, pouring out the fact that the
village should reduce their electric
rates as they were paying too-much.
The chuckle came from the fact that
this village is served by the Minnesota
ta Utilities Company and that the G.
The secretary of the local fair
hoard lias been forced to unnecessarily
hold up the premium checks due to
the fact that the state apportionment
has not been received. As soon as
this money is received the checks wilt
be mailed out by Mr. Rognlie. The
same situation exists at Pequot and
Pillager, so Pine River is no exception. Mr. Rognlie kindly asks all those
premium money coming from
the fair hoard to be patient until those
funds arrive.
RITES HELD FOR
MRS. ANGLO VOLK
JN SWANBORG"
ENTERTAIN AT BRIDGE
AND LUNCHEON THURS.
AFTERNOON! AND EVENING
BUNGO FARM BUREAU
TO HOLD MEETING
The Bungo Farm Bureau will meet
Friday evening, September 29, at S p.
in., at the Pine Forest School. This
is the first fall meeting and everyone
is urged to attend. An interesting
program lias been arranged by the coin
mittee. Bring something for lunch
and everything will be complete.
BUY A FORGET-ME
NOT SATURDAY
Eva Ruth Hunt was born aj Irving,
Kansas, Oct. 18, 1893, When a small
girl she was baptized in the Presbyterian church in the town of her birth.
In Kansas City, on August   Hi,  1911,
she was united in marriage to Mr. An-
glo   Yolk,     'fo   this   union   two   child-j
ren were horn.    Their son, Adna, was
born at Kansas City, October 10,  liH2. |
After moving to  Minnesota  in    May,)
1914,   their  daughter,     Dorothy,    was |
horn on August 2 of the same year.
Mrs. Volk lived a busy and happy
life until September IS, 1939, when
she was accidentally struck by an
automobile and was fatuity injured,
dying at the St. Joseph's hospital in
Brainerd, the evening of the same day.
She reached the age of -i."> years and
Jl months.
Surviving her untimely death is her
devoted husband, Mr. Anglo Volk and
two children, Air. Adna Volk and Mrs. j mew
Mesdames L. E. Dougherty, James
Kkii|ner, Frank Finch and H. C. Skin-
er entertained twenty guests at a
me o'clock luncheon and bridge party at the home of Mrs. H C. Skinner
Thursday afternoon. Prizes were awarded to Mrs. Chas. Seible for first,
Alis. Wm. Biever, second and the traveling  prize to  Mrs. C.  E. Henderson.
In the evening the hostesses entertained at five tables of bridge and a
seven o'c'.ock luncheon, with prizes going to Mrs. T. E. Hill for first, Mrs.
K. F. Dingle, second and the traveling
prize to Mrs. Oscar Kolb. Decorations
were carried out in a fall motif, with
flowjers and leaves making an appropriate background.
MRS. CHEN TO TALK
AT PTA MONDAY
Tin'  PTA will    hold    their    second
of the season  Monday  even-
On   Saturday,   September  30,   1939
throughout the streets of our commun-1
ity, little blue Forget-Me-Nots   will be j
sold through the auspices of th? Vet-!
erans of Foreign Wars.
The message    of    the    flowers    is]
clear.     Forget   Me   Not.     Twenty-one I
years ago this fall the final    drive of,
the World  War started, and the war
ended in November of that year. But
for  many  of these  who  participated
and for their dependents, the war will
never end.
The Forget-Me-Nots to be sold in
our town on Saturday are made by
disabled   veterans   themselves.     They
Theodore Gansky; her aged invalid
father, Mr. James Hunt; one brother,
Mr. Arthur Hunt and four grand-children, Shirley, Audrey, Joe and Constance Gansky.
Mrs. Volk was known as a devoted j
wife and mother, and for the past nine   talk on
years has had in her efficient care.
her invalid father. In community affairs she was at air times a willing
worker and proved herself a friend
to  all.
The funeral was held from the newly erected community hall at Swanburg Saturday at 2 p. ni. Interment
was made in tlie Evergreen cemetery.
Her large host of friends were manifest in the enormity of the beautiful
floral offerings and the mass of peo-
ing,. October 2, at the school auditori-
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inn.      The meeting    will    be    called
promptly at S p. m.
In addition to several musical numbers, Mrs. Chen, exchange teacher
! from Hawaii, will give a half hour
'China," which will no doubt
li" very iuteresting to everyone. Mrs.
( hi ii is a native of China -and received
Iter higher education in the United
States. She has been engaged in teach
ing in Hawaii for the past several
years.
are sold to assist the Disabled Veter-|Ple  attending.    Among  those  present
ans of the World War, a congression-
ally incorporated service organization,
in their work of assisting their disabled comrades, and the dependent
widows and orphans of those veterans
who have paid the final price of free-
doom.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary
are giving their time and energy to
promote the cause of the disabled veterans, and they ask that you co-operate by purchasing a little blue flower
when approached by a salesman on
Saturday.
This drive has been conducted thru-
out the United States annually since
the War, and is anuiilly endorsed by
the President of the United States,
the Governor of Minnesota, and by
all other service organizations who
know the great work the Disabled
American Veterans are doing toward
rehabilitating their comrades, and the
loved ones of comrades who can no
longer help  them.
Buy   a   Forget-Me-Not-Saturday.
from afar were Mrs. Arthur Hunt of
Sedro Wooley, Wash., Mrs. Alice
Woods of New Brunswick, Canada.
Mr. and Mrs. Howard Sbaeffer of
Britt, Ia.; Mr. and Mrs. Adna Volk of
White Bear and ilr. and Mrs. Theodore Gansky and children of Minneapolis.
Marlow Features
Stellar Productions
For Coming Week
M. E. LADIES CLUB TO MEET
The Ladies Social Club met at the
M. E. Church Wednesday afternoon.
Tlie program consisted of ten minutes
of singing led by Mrs. F. R. Anderson, a sqrlpture lesson by Mrs. Anderson, "Life of a Noted- Women,"
by Mrs. Alice Amy and a vocal selection by Leota Rounds which was enjoyed by all. Refreshments were
served by the hostesses, Mesdames
Heuer  and  Silbough.
their own current. This is the same
company that made the survey for
Pine River and the same power company is involved in the battle. If their
campaign for lower rates is as satisfactory as ours was they will have no
complaint. The sad part of it is, they
Improbably have no power-eompany-hat-
ing-parson to go to bat for them as
we did.
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The  Love  Bug  Bit Them  in  Sept.
A card was received by this writer
on Friday of last week from Hollo-
way, Minn., stating that six local
people were enjoying a honeymoon
in South Dakota and Iowa: Helen
McKerina and Hoy Peterson; Ruby
Dibble and ollie Sparks; Lillian
Schoon and .lake Wolford. Miss Mc-
Kenna is a Livermore, la., girl hut
has spent the summer in Pine River.
If it isn't the "love bug" it must be
the' "war fear" that did the job up.
The three couples were married on
Sunday and Monday of last week.
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SPEAKING  OF WINTER
The coming of fall brought    with it
a  fine  touch   of  winter  with  killing
Opening to-nite at the Matdow and
continuing through Saturday, "The
Frontiersman," starring William Boyd
as Hopalong Cassidy in an outdoor
action adventure picture, is brought
to the screen. "Hopalong," hindered
and helped by'"Windy" as he always
is and "Lucky," is confronted with
a dual problem. He has plenty of
trouble' in running down a band of
cattle rustlers, exposing its psendo
respectable leader. He has more
grief trying to straighten out the local
fcchool system. This matter is complicated amusingly by the antics of "Artie," and by the situations which arise
when all the ranch bands, especially
"Lucky," falls in love with the school
teacher,   "June  Lake."
Jane Withers experiences her first
love affair in "Boy Friend," a rip-roaring picture that creates? excitment
from beginning to end, makes its first
appearance Sunday nite and continues
through Tuesday. There are three
stories in the production. First, of
course, is the juvenile love match. The
second has to do with a police school.
The third, into which both blend, Is
a crime melodrama. Needless to say,
it's Jane and her boy friend, George
Ernest, who expose Douglas Fowley's
loft-robbing gang and inspire the pulse
tingling, nerve-wracking chase. As the
picture jumps its way along, audiences get a full quota of comedy in the
sequence in which Jane and Warren
Hymer, rookie officer, steal the captain's squad car. Also.ttu y will
how.police force candidates are trained; how loft-robbers go about their
trade; bow undercover operatives
work, and how a pair of kids make
monkeys of ruthless criminals.
Hokum and slapsick comedy combine to make "The Girl from Mexico"
a farce of down to earth amusement
with a couple of capable farceurs,
LupeVelez and Leon Errol. which will
appear at the Marlow next Wednesday  and  Thursday,  Cash  Club   Nites.
Duck Season Opens
Sunday Morning
SCHOOL AIDS MAY
BE CUT BY STATE
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoover of
Backus, Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heemstra
and .Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau surprised .Mrs. Dubbs at a party, on her
birthday,  Tuesday  evening.
'ihe I.O.O.F. and Rebekahs svill
hold   their   regular   meeting  Tuesday,
CARD   OF   THANKS
tu
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all
heartfelt   thanks   is   expressed
who extended  comforting sympathy and help in our recent sorrow,
the death of our beloved    wife    and
mother;   for   the   beautiful     service,
floral   offerings  and   all   other    kindnesses we are deeply grateful.
.Mr. Anglo  Volk
Mr. and Mrs. Adna Volk
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Theo.  Gansky
family-
Mr. James Hunt
Mr. Arthur Hunt
and
Supt. Haack spent the fore part of
this week in St. Paul, where, he was
checking state aids for the local districts, prior to making up the 1939-'40
sciiool budget ami levy which must
be done by October 1. The reason for
the check-up was the fact that the
Commissioner of Administration had
notified the state department to withhold 10 percent of the money which
was to be delivered to the general
fund to balance the state budget. However, Mr. Haack's investigation of the
matter revealed the fact that no fixed
state aids or state aids designated to
be paid in full could be cut as these
are set by law, but the pro-rated aids
which are now paid at 60.7 percent
tire destined to be cut to only 40 percent which would mean about $1200 to
Pine River and $8200 to the Unorganized district in Cass county.
Mr. Haack stated that he thought it
a poor policy for the state to shift tlie
burden to local municipalities who
must pay 6 percent on its money shortages whereas the state certificate of
indebtedness draws only 2 percent.
VETERANS RALLY
ATTRACTS MANY
POULTRY SHOW
TO BE HELD HERE
NEXT FRI. - SAT.
Premium lists announcing the 1939
Lake Region Poultry Show were mailed out to exhibitors this week. This
is the 17th annual show sponsored by
the local association and will be held
at the Pine River fair grounds Friday
and Saturday, October 6 and 7.
Entries for the show should be in not
later than Friday, October 6. A. P. A.
rules will govern the show.
An excellent exhibit of birds is expected from Cass and Crow Wing
Counties, according to G. P. Rognlie,
official of the association. The public
ic cordially invited to attend and inspect  the various breeds on exhibit.
SPECIAL SERVICES AT CHAPEL
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M. Orr Co., of Minneapolis, has been frosts   on   Monday   evening.    We   are
retained by  the council to conduct a speaking   of   winter.     Bill   Day   sold
survey   to   determine   how   much     it one of his snow plows to Breezy Point
would  cost  the  village    to    produce Lodge this week.
Mrs. Vane Jones entertained her
Sunday school class at a party Wednesday. The class will be promoted
next Sunday. Members include Lois
Triggs, Alice Goodrich, Elaine Shepard, Carol Philips, Lorene Rounds
and Donald Masters.
Sunday, Oct. 8, has been chosen as
the day for the annual Harvest
Thanksgiving Festival at the Mildred
Chapel. Three preaching services are
arranged for this day. In the forenoon at 11 o'clock the regular Sunday
see! morning service will be held preceed-
] ed by the Sunday school at 10 o'clock.
At 2 p. in. will be the special Thanksgiving service in view of God's many
bountiful gifts with appropriate messages, special songs and a Thanksgiving missionary offering.
The evening service at S p. m. will
be of an evangelistic nature; there
will be general and special singing,
testimonies   and   a    gospel     message.
Two ministers have been invited to
bring the messages at these services.
A community Thanksgiving dinner
will be partaken of at noon at the
Conference dining hall.
A hearty invitation is extended to
all to join in a spirit of thankfullness
in these Thanksgiving services. "It
is a good thing to give thanks unto
the Lord."
Veterans and Legionaires and their
families, as well as many other interested people from all over the county,
attended the rally at the armory Sunday.
C. A. Plainer of Hackensack, gave
a few brief remarks concerning the
work of the Cass County All Veterans'
Board the past year. Nine Veteran's
Organizations are represented on the
board with members from each function acting in the body, making a total
of twenty-seven men. Officers elected annually include a general chairman, vice chairman, judge advocate,
treasurer and contact man. During
the past year, seventy cases concerning welfare and hospitalization of
Veterans have come before this board.
These cases are discussed, recommendations made and the contact man is
instructed to carry the case on for a
speedy adjustment. Mr. Platner then
called on Otto Haack, who gave a
short talk explaining how the veterans
assisted in getting an increase in
school aid of $1,500,000 lor the next
two years at the last legislative session, wdiich increase Mr. Haack worked on for some time. He stated that
on the day of voting on the question,
thousands of telegrams from veterans
organizations throughout the state
was greatly responsible for the result.
Edward Nelson, director of tlie Division of Soldier's Welfare of St. Paul,
spoke of the benefits applicable to veterans and their dependents, emphasizing the fact that there are more than
100,000 veterans in Minnesota with an
ever increasing need of hospitalization
pensions to dependents, burial expenditures and compensation for those
with service disabilities. Mr. Nelson
stated that a decrease in the staff of
the welfare board due to inadequate
funds, made it impossible to give as
rapid service as is desired. He stated
that hundreds are kept on the waiting
list at Fort Sneiling, where only 642
beds are available and that last February when emergencies were at the
highest, 456 men were on the waiting
list. Efforts are being, made to add
S00 beds to increase the capacity. He
also gave a brief resume of consideration given widows and dependents of
disabled men, monetary benefits payable to those in need, and veterans
preference under civil service and in
promotions.
Mr. Nelson firmly admonished the
audience, stating that it will take
very little to bring the U. S. into the
present war now raging in Europe and
that it was up to the veterans to try
and prevent us from being involved.
A resolution was passed at the meeting and sent to congress, requesting
that the present neutrality art be allowed to stand.
At the close of the meeting, O. I.
Buckmaster, Vice Commander of the
American Legion at Kelliher, gave   a
St. Paul.—The longest duck hunting
season in several years—more than
six weeks—will be open for Minnesota hunters next Sunday, Oct. 1. It
closes on 4 p. m. on Tuesday, Nov. 14.
The federal regulations forbid 'shooting ducks before 7 a. m. or after 4 p.
m. on any day throughout the season.
All counties of the state are open except Ramsey. During the same period it will also he legal to shoot geese,
coot, Wilson's or Jacksnipe. The bag
limits are:
Ducks—daily shoot 10 in. the aggregate with 20 in possession of all kinds,
not more however, than three of any
one or 3 combined of canvasbaek, redhead, bufflehead or ruddy duck may
be included in the daily bag and only
6 of any one or 6 combined of the spec
ies named may be included in the possesion limit. Wood duck, swans, yell-
owlegs may not be taken at any time.
Geese—daily limit, 4 in the aggregate
of all kinds except Ross' goose. Coot,
15. Wilson's or Jacksnipe, 15. A person may not take more than 15 in the
aggregate of all kinds of these Waterfowl in any one day. The possession
limits are: Ducks 20. Geese 8, Coot
25,  Snipes 15.
The federal regulations forbid shooting ducks before 7 a. m. tiny day thru-
out the season. It will taen be legal
to shoot ducks, geese, coot, AVilson's
snipe or jacksnipe, throughout .Minnesota except in Ramsey county.
The hag limits:    Ducks—daily shoot,
10  in the aggregate of
kinds,  not
more, however, than three of any one
kind. Wood ducks may not be taken.
Geese—four in the aggregate of all
kinds, except Ross' goose. Coot—15.
Snipes—15, in aggregate. A person
may not, take more than 15 in the aggregate of all kinds of these waterfowl in anyy one day. The possession limits are: Ducks 20- geese eight:
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coot 25; snipes 15.
Dove  Shooting  Started  Sept.  16
For those hunters too impatient to
wait for the opening of the waterfowl
and upland game bird seasons—the
latter on Oct. 14—were afforded an
opportunity to do some practice shooting when the mourning uove hunting
started on Sept. 16. It will be legal
to shoot this bird until November 15,
inclusive.
All indications now are said to be
that hunting will be better in Minnesota this year than for several years.
Southern Minnesota has a bumper
crop of pheasants, more numerous
than in any season in the past 10
years, game experts declare. Ruffed
grouse will be available f> the hunters
for nine days this year, the first open
season on this bird since 1935. It opens Oct. 14 and closes Oct. 22. The
area is limited to nine counties in the
northern part of the state.
Pheasant  Seas-on
The pheasant season opens Oct. 14
and continues until Oct. 30, inclusive.
An added attraction to Minnesota
bird hunters this year will be a three-
day season on Hungarian partridge
Oct. 14 to 16, inclusive. This is the
first time in this state that it has
been legal to shoot this game bird.
The area in which it can De hunted is
limited to a few counties along the
western boundary—from Highway No.
2 on the north ; Highway No. 59 on
the east and Highway No. 12 on the
south.
Quail  will be  hunted  from  Oct. 28
to   Nov.   14,   inclusive.     The   area   Is
limited  to  tlie parts  of  Chisago  and
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AUCTION
WEDNESDAY,   OCTOBER   4
A publis auction will be held at
the L. A. Wiese farm located 14
miles southwest of Pine River on
the old Fred Graves place, Wednesday, October 4, beginning at
10:30 a. m. W. A. Seaton will
cry the sale and the Pine Rivet-
State Bank will act as clerk; 10
head of pure-bred, tested cattle,
4 head or horses, 100 sheep, 15
spring pigs, 55 turkeys, 80 leghorn
pullets and a complete line of
farm machinery and household
goods will be offered. Lunch will
be served on the grounds by the
ladies aid. with free coffee.
short talk on \ eterans' welfare
in bis territory.
work