The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-01-12

              PINE RIVE
JOURNAL
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VOLUME V NUMBER 21
THE PINE iiiVBR JOURNAL, PINE RIVER.   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  JANUARY   12,   1940
SUB. ?1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
Out of the. .
Waste Basket
—By—
GRANT   BERGSTROM
WALLACE   NOSEK   MARRIES
The "Wastebasket" has been doomed the last few weeks. What, with the
Wallace  Nosek,  Industrial  Arts  instructor in the local school, was united in marriage to Hiss Mabel Dryden
at the bride's home in Proctor Decern
ber 30.
Mr. and Mrs. Nosek enjoyed a trip
on the North Shore, visiting various
points of interest in northern Minnesota, before returning to Pine River
last week. They are making their
home in rooms at the Arthur Zigmund
holiday rush and  running hither and j residence.
yon, no time was left to dwell on a a group of Mr. No.sek's basketball
column. But nevertheless, we're back players assembled for a charivari on
for another try at it, and if Christ- Tuesday evening. The community
mas doesn't come again in the next joins in wishing the young couple a
month or two we'll probably be able   happy  sojourn  in Pine River and    a
PINE RIVER WINS
SIXTH STRAIGHT
GAME TUESDAY
Winning over Motley without tho
services of Riley and Houg, ace bas-
keteers, Pine River chalked up their
sixth straight victory by a score of
41-17. Scores were .13-2 for P. It. at
the end of the 1st. quarter; 29-'.) Cor
P. II. at the end of the 2nd.; 31-11 ar
tibe end of the 3rd., .and 41J1T when
ithe   whistle   blew.     MacKinney   was
SERVICES HELD
FOR FRANK BLOW
I    THURSDAY P.M.
WHIST   SCORES
long and happy wedded life.
to hold out.
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A Good Meal
This writer, in the company of Editor Anderson of the Pillager Herald,
enjoyed a hearty repast at the Walker CC camp No. 3709. The pleasure
was accorded us through the courtesy
of the Bacon boys of Pillager, who
negotiated their passage to the camp
"n the Anderson vehicle on Tuesday
of last week.
Outstanding entertainment and prac
We were seated in the company ofJtlcai instructive classwork will be the
.1. t>. Frank, well known local farmer passed away at his home suddenly Saturday everting, at the age ot 7o
.years.
Funeral services were held from the
tefish   Tabernacle   Tuesday   after-
with   Kev.   Ziebarth   officiating.
lie chose his text from Hebrews!) and
.ioli  14:14.    His message was one    ol'
■ ifort and admonition.    A trio com-
Fu
Whit
Gettlug a good start i" the annual
whist tournament, players showed
much enthusiasm .Monday evening. A
number of men who Intend to play
were out ot town Which will swell the
ranks nex( week. Games will he played each  Monday  evening.
Some teams played onlj one game
.Monday evening because of lack of
teams. Following are the scores for
Monday evening:
Schuster-Robideau
Siefert-Downing .
Skinner-White . . .
Lundin-Bergsl rom
21 — :!0—51
30—30—60
11—26—37
28  ;;<)-—oS
BEN C. ROBIDEAU
DIES SUDDENLY
TUESDAY EVE.
This community was greatly shocked and deeply saddened Tuesday evening, when news of the passing of Benjamin Robideau was learned. lie was
01 years of age. Ben, as his many
friends called him, was a pioneer, of
the  community    coming    here    forty
Slebel-Zigmund       30—30—60 >'e!lrs-    He had been seriously ill only
RoglhlitMitognlie        29—30—59 two ,lays when death came.
Pattinson-Westin       26—7—33'     Funeral services will be held from
FACTS, FEATJRES
AND FUN AT FARM
AND HOME WEEK
Mess Steward, Fred J. Brophy and
First Cook, Maurice Iverson, who
treated us very kindly—and believe ture
you me, it pays to eat with the co ilrs
rnd here's why: When we thought we
had had the best of everything, they
brought us a generous helping of tnr-
rule of tlie week when the University
of Minnesota  Department of Agricul-
tt   University Farm,    St.    Paul,
high  point  man  with  17 points.
In the "B" team game, the Pine Ri-1 fiistd of Miss Verena and  ^ Back-   Dubbs-Felthous     30—12—42   the  school   auditorium   Friday   after-
ver   freshmen   beat   tbe     sophomores  J^ and Bernarc] Benson, sang three   Walton-.UcAliister      30—30—60, noon (today) at -:•'!<> p. m., with Rev.
la"n- beautiful   numbers,   accompanied     by  Carlson-Kotka      21—29—6ol°-  H-  Hopper  officiating.    The  quar-
The next game will be played with   Miss Vanetta Backman.    :.  wealth of  Siefert-Kolb  29—30—59 : tet wil1 render two songs, "Beautiful
Backus at Backus Friday, tonight      'beautiful  flowers  gave    mute    testl-l van Dorn-Klatit     :!0—20—50 [ lsl(i  ot  Somewhere"  and  "No Disap-
mj>ny of the esteem  in  which  he was j Haack-Zigmund        30—«0; Pointment in Heaven."    Miss Rasmus
held. j Day-Knox    ....
Those attending the funeral from a j (Carlson-Carlson
distance,  included Mr.  and Mrs.    Ed. i 'Siefert llickt
Burgess,  Mr.  and   Mrs.  George   Blow,
The   Pine  River  band    entertained
iwith selections between quarters. An
other interesting featurt
lelectric
tame.
score  board
the new
for     the!
Fields-Thompson
80V-21-
...    1:;
30—30-
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DOC
AIDS     IN     THE
RESCUE     OF     HIS
throws open its door Monday, January
15, to usher in the    fortieth    annual
Farm and Home Week.
This is expected to be tiie big week  the rear of his  residence last week
I Mr. and .Mrs. ..eonard Williams,    Mrs.
! Sabins,   Mrs.  A.  .lones, and   Nick  and
MASTER   Jess   Burgess,   all   of   Armstrong,   la..
  ! Mr. and Mrs. D. Nerville of Waterloo,
Eveleth.—A dog, a little Manches- I&-J Mrs. P. Hotoff and Jake Blow oiler terrier, herped save the life of his Green Mountain, la., and Mis. Burns
master,  Sergeant  Anthony   Zakrajsek,, of Chicago.
who nearly succumbed to carbon mon-      .Joseph B. F. Blow was born in Mar-
oxide while working in the garage at  shall County, la., July 17, 1804, to parents, Joseph and Sarah Blow.    In in-
TRINITY LUTHERAN
CHDMB EOIDS
ANNUAL MEET
\ko> that was stored for special occa-  Qf th(? yeaf fw, more tlmn 3500 of the i A Deighhott attracted to the    garage   fanfv he was baptised into the M. E.
^
sJons. just to top things off. H( you
don't tiiink those boys eat .veil, .just
stop in for a meal sometime.
A Real Systematic Place
. .An idea of the systematic manner j
which  they    have    of    serving    the!
CCC'ers is shown in the fact that they
serve and clear the room of   200 lads]
in  no more than 20 minutes.
* * * *
A  Good Thought
Grant graciously what you cannot refuse safely, and conciliate
those  you   cannot   conquer.—Cotton
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A  Rare Article
Lon Fields has some rare manuscripts that could well grace the
Smithsonian Institute. An eastern
friend who was vacationing hero several years ago, by the name of Harry
Sickles, presented him with one of
igix original copies of 'Little Boy Blue'
and the "Golden Cricket." Also
Lincoln's "Gettysburg Address" and
several speeches written by the great
statesman of Civil War fame. The
paper is old and crinkly and the hand-
Tlie Trinity English  Lutheran Con-
one big five-day program, will be the  tlie unconscious sergeant out of    the   young man  he moved  to  Watertown, 1 g^egation   held   their   annual   meeting
state's  rural  population.    Boiled into  hy the dog's insistant  barking, pulled   Church in  his home town.    When
greatest array of classes in agrieul-i garage. Artificial respiration was S. Dak., where for a number of years
ture and homemaking, speakers of na administered, and the victim was tak in connection with many other acti-
UonaJ   reputation,   and   entertainment I en home to recover from the effects  vi ties,  he  superintended  the    Metlio-
e\er scheduled ar a Minnesota Short
Course.
For Minnesota homemakers, there
is practical, up-to-the-minute information on all phases of homemaking.
Many will find added interest in the
extensive programs offered by the nor
ticulture, poultry and other University Farm divisions.
Farm and Home Week is a double
feature for Minnesota livestock producers. In addition to the big animal
husbandry schedule of livestock type
demonstrations; judging school and
classes, livestock men will have an opportunity to attend meetings of their
individual breed associations. On Friday, the Alinnesota Livestock Breeders' association will have its annual
program and business meeting with
II. P. Rusk, dean of the Illinois College of Agriculture, us its headline
speaker.
Crop men of the state    will    turn
of his  near-fatal  accident.
LUTHER LEAGUE
IS ORGANIZED
.writing is rather hard to decipher
but with a little effort it can be done, their attention to the Crop Improve-
It is written in the old Spencerian ment Day on Thursday, the that the
style so common in those days. Minnesota   Crop  Improvement  assoei-
"Amougst   the  collection,  there  are ation holds its annual meeting, foil-
also  several  posters  announcing Lin-1 owed hy a banquet honoring the   194U
_^  coin's   campaign   stands   and   various  premier  seed     growers.    Again     this
\ speeches  he    made    throughout    the j year,  farmers   will  compete lor  ribb-
country.   It is very interesting and a 0ns and cash awards at the state seed
person  could   easily    spend    several show.
Other   special   attractions   for     all
short-course visitors will be Farm Bureau Day on    Tuesday,    the    potato
school,   school   of   agriculture   alumni
chicken, in fact if he had a flock of: dinner, the 4-H community and rural
hours studying the pages.
* * * *
Some  Chicken
Harry   Luscher   has   a   remarkable
the same kind, his feed bill would be
quite small. Harry raises a few chick-
iens and dueivs in his green-house and
about two months ago missed a 6-lb.
youth leadership conferences, old fash
ioned singing school  and    the    daily
campus tours.
Highlighting  each   noon  and   even
On Thursday evening of last week,
a group of young people met at the
Trinity Lutheran Church for the purpose of organizing a Young People's
Luther League. Rev. Huss explained
the purpose of the League and led in
an open discussion.
The League was organized witli
the following temporary officers: President, Violet Semmler; secretary-trea
surer, Marvin Rognlie. The first regular meeting of the League will be
held Thursday, January 20, at 7:39
p. m., at the Church. An interesting
program is being arranged by th;-
committee. Hostesses will be Mesdames Helmer Jones and Clayton Lea.
A hearty welcome Is extended to the
young people of the community to
join in the spiritual and social fellowship of the League.
; dist Sunday school. In 1910, he was
united in marriage to Mrs. Mary Bur-
! gess. No children were born to this
I union but at all times did he prove a
I kind and understanding father to his
; nine stepchildren born to Mrs. Blow
i by  a former marriage.
In .March 1920, they moved to Swan
I burg,  where they have    since    made
I their home.    For a period of 11 years
Mr.  Blow  served  on  the  town  board
of Timothy   twp.,  and for five years
he v'yi-s chairman of the hoard.
He was known to all as a kindly
and sympathetic man, conscientious
of his work always. He leaves a
wealth of treasures in devotion, to
those who had learned to love him
as a father aud a friend. He is survived by his devoted wife Mary Burgess Blow, nine stepchildren, three
brothers, two sisters and a host of
relatives and friends.
Masons and Stars
Install New Officers
At the regular meeting of the Masonic Lodge Thursday evening, officers for 1940 were installed, with
Frank Reynolds of Backus, as installing   officer.     Newly   installed   officers
k hen.     Thinking   that   some   dog  had jng assembly event, will be speakers' are as follows:
taken it, he forgot the incident until recognized throughout the country as   Worshipfui Master
the other day when he was working tops ln tueil.  ciass.    There  will    be Senior Warden   ..
around   his  plant   benches  and  acci- Mrs.   Charles   W.   Sewell   of  Indiana, Junior  Warden	
Jl   dently kicked over a    box    and    out  t0   represent  the   Associated  Women  Senior Deacon  	
GENE AUTRY AT
MARLOW FRI.-SAT.
Gene Autry comes to the Marlow
Theatre in a new musical western,
"Colorado Sunset" on Friday and Saturday of this week. But the title
means little. The fact that Autry
again graces the local screen usually
.means excellent screen entertainment and this picture will not disappoint.
"Colorado Sunset" brings Gene into the midst of a milk war, and   the
at the Church Saturday evening oi
last week at 7:30 p. in. The meeting
was called to order hy president. Rev.
Raymond Iltiss, followed hy tlie reading of various reports which were approved. Substantial progress was
evident in all departments of the
Church which is pleasing to note.
The  following  officers  were  elected
to serve, for the coming year:
President  ....   Rev. Raymond Huss
Vice President    Mrs.  11. A. Zigmund
Secretary    \rthur Aamot
Treaurer    G.  P. Rognlie
1 Trustee for 3 yrs Mr. I. Langle
Deaconess for ■'! yrs.   . .  .',!i'S. Helmer
Jones
■   Sunday School Supt .Miss Violet  Semmler
Organist       Mrs.  irvin Howard
Services are held at the Trinity Lutheran Church the firs* Sunday of no
month at 7:30 p. tn., the third Sunday at 2:30 p. in., and the fifth Sunday at 11 a. in. Sunday school meets
every Sunday at 10 a. m. During the
months from April 1 to October 1, ser
vices are held at 9 :30 a. m., the first,
third and fifth Sundays of tlie month.
Rev. Raymond Huss who is pastor
of the Pine River congregation, is also pastor of Our Savior's Lutheran
Church, Pequot; Maple Hill Lutheran Church, Walden Twp.; and Swan
Valley Lutheran Church near Leader.
Free Show at Marlow
Next Tuesday Eve.
Through the efforts of Supt. Haack,
a colored, talking picture of "Hawaii"
will be shown at the Marlow Tuesday
evening, January 16.No admission will
|e:
, pxcitement.thrills and musical charms  be  caarge(i,    Tne  public is  cordially
J. A. Lrezinsky   „£ a]] Autry films is present in abun-
John Norman  dance     Smiley  Burnette  lends  com-
Ells Norma.1
. Iver Nystrom
Albert   Johnson
popped the missing hen with a weak ot the American Farm Bureau; Tom Junior   Deacon
eackle and only a pound and a half Collins, radio artist, philosopher and Treasurer   Frank Reynolds
I of flesh on her bones but she's picking huul0I.ist   fronl   Kansas     City,     Mo.; Secretary       Phillip   Palmer
up every day and will soon be back George  A-   Selkei   pre.sident    of    St. O.E.S
to normal.
1 1 loud  Teachers   College;   Dr.    Asher
* * * * -
I Kobson, head of agricultural econom-
The fact that the box was only five icSj  rj.   0f  Wisconsin;  A.  J.   Glover,
inches high and the hen could neith- editor Hoard's Dairyman; i.ouis J. Ta'dal  hour  followed.    Ida  Palmer    of
er lie down nor stand up, makes the  Dro> master of the National Grange • Backus, acted as installing officer, Nel
A goodly number enjoyed the installation of the Eastern Stars Tuesday evening.   Refreshments and a so
ot-
thing seem  almost impossible.    Ima-  and  Rancher,  Charles J.  Beldon
glne going without anything to eat or, Wyoming, photographer of note.
Farm and  Home Week is an inex-
drink for two months. Anyway, Har
ry has the birr" to prov i it and will
gladly show it to you -if you stop in.
Jm IOOF and Rebekahs
* to Install Officers
Newly elected and appointed officers of the Oddfellow and Rebekah
Lodges  will  be  install, d   at  joint-in-
pensive vacation with all classes and
entertainment free.
Vice Grand .. .
Recording Sec.
Financial  Sec.
lie Foss as musician, Audrey Bailey
as marshall and Amelia Triggs as
chaplain. Following are the new officers installed:
Worthy Matron      Adah Miller
Worthy Patron       Philip  Palmer
Associate Matron   ....  Ruby Skinner
Martha Yancey: Secretary      Evelyn Webb
..   Ossie  Siebel 1 ,i,reagurer       Leafy  Gardiner
• •   Fern Lundin j Conductress       Jo Brezinsky
Treasurer       Dorothy  Dubbs! ieH„„jnfi nnniwn-p«c<       Delia Kater
Associate Conductress
All appointive offices will be filled (Chaplain
the same evening.
The Oddfellow and Rebekah installing teams from Backus    will    be   in
Marshall
Doris Nystrom
Auurey  Bailey
ical presence jis usual and pretty
June Storey again offer, feminine inspiration to dene's exploits.
The story, in brief, shows Gene and
the Texas Tro/ubadors, played by the
Texas Rangers, hillbilly singing experts, buying a cattle ranch. Smiley
commissioned to make the purchase,
buys a cow farm instead and the
boys find themselves dairymen instead of cow-punchers! To buck the
unscrupulous protective association,
the boys elect Gene' as sheriff and he
eventually brings about fair play and
just milk prices.
When you hire a jobless girl to pull
a  family   together by  pretending she
is  a   homewrecker,  things  are  bound j
to happen.    This is the unique them
invited to attend this showing free.
The ilm was received by Mr. Haack
from tlie Hawaiian Tourist Bureau,
because of Pine River's teacher exchange with file Islands. The picture is of unusual interest and lakes
you through the colorful islands. Be
sure and attend this free showing as
it will be the only time the film will
sen   will sing "Abide With  Me."
The I.OOF Lodge will be in chargp
of ceremonies at the Pine Ridge cem-
vt, ry, (he final resting place. The ser
vices will be under the direction of
D, L. Triggs, Lon Fields and J. II.
.Murray. Members of the IOOF and
Rebekah Lodges and the Ladies Auxiliary and students from the local
school will attend in a body to pay
their last respects to a beloved friend.
Pallbearers will be Oscar Kolb, W.
('. Day, Harris Zigmund, Chas. Siebel, Arvid Lundin and Dale Dubbs.
The deceased was a member of both
the IOOF and Rebekah Lodges and
would have been Vice Grand of the
Oddfellows this year had he lived. He
was also a member of the Twenty-
Year Club.
His parting is mourned by a host.
of friends both young and old. He
was an ardent sportsman and loved
to fish and hunt. He was greatly interested in children, having watched
the youth of Pine River grow up in
the local school where he was employed for the past twenty years.
Benjamin Clarence Robideau was
born December 1, 1S7S, in Redwood
County, Minnesota, near Redwood
Falls, a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau. When he was a boy his father moved from the farm to Morgan,
and then to Redwood Falls, Minn.,
where the boy Benjamin attended the
public schools.
He was a shoemaker by trade,
which he practiced for six years in
Redwood Falls. He then moved to
Pine River in 1900, where he lived
with his father and brother Ralph,
on the family homestead.
He was united in marriage to Jane
Elizabeth Jones December 10, 1902.
at Pine River. They settled near Mildred and to this union w&s born one
daughter, Eldora, now Mrs. J. W.
Wicklund of Walker. They later lived in St Paul and Madeha, where he
followed his chosen field of shoemak-
ing. After spending about a year in
Canada, they returned to Pine River
in 1913. The next two years they
made their home iu Brainerd, returning to Pine River in 1915, where he
has since made his home, with the
exceptions of brief periods when he
served with the 135th Infantry, Min
liesota National Guard, in training
camp) and fighting fires tit Atumba
and Moose Lake in 191S.
In 1919, he was appointed custodian of the Pine River school, a position which he faithfully filled up to the
very time of his death.
Benjamin Robideau was preceded
in death by both parents and three sis
ters, Mrs. George Warming of St.
Paul, Mrs. Myrtle Fleming of California and Mrs. Mabel Wiltse of Canada. He is survived by his widow,
Mrs. Elizabeth Robideau and one
daught r. Eldora. and her husband,
J.   W.  Wicklund of  Walker    and    his
be  shown    publicly.    A    number    of
"shorts" have also been added  to the | three   beloved   grandchildren,   Joanne,
program which begins at S p. 111,
Gene Paul and Elizabeth Wicklund of
Backus To Celebrate
Townsend's Birthday
1 Walker; an only brother Ralph, of
Longville, three sisters, Anna of Redwood City, Calif., and Helen and Ora
of Portland, Oregon; also numerous
counsins, nieces and nephews.
The Backus  and  Pontona   units  of
the Townsend Club will celebrate Dr.
SCHOOL   NEWS
Dozens of library books have arrived for the primary grades.    An out-
C
,    "" „ , "  1"     .:;."    Townsend's birthday at a big party at   cu  "»   l"c "'^''   »_        •      "'  —
of Ginger Rogers' newest film    I ifth   ^  ^^  iOQF  ^   ^^        I standing volume is a large edition o
Avenue  Girl"  coming  to  the  Marlow  ^        janrjary 13, Mr. Fisher, a mem-1 wor,d famous paintings, dealing witl
Sunday  and  Monday.
Walter Connolly as a neglected and
ber the Club announced.
.Mr.  Millington  of  Minneapolis,  will
Organist       Nellie Foss discouraged    millionaire,    encounters    g fl ^ ^^ eJu
... _- ! ..I.*.    ™:«i    :«    /-irt«*,...l    r>f,,.r-        s-;,w...    lite l
Adah       Maude
Anderson  tlie  Sirl  in  Central Park.     Since  his
Spallation services at  fhe  IOOF Hall   charge of the work.    All  visitors  as  Ruth        Annabelle  Thievoldt  family has forgotten about it, he per-
Tuesday evening, January 16. wen as the Oddfellows, will be guests Esther   ..     .. \melia Trig
Officers for the Oddfellows  are as  of the  Rebekahs  at a    social
cational pictures concerning the nati-
follows:
Noble Grand     W. C. Day-
Vice Grand      Lon Fields
Recording Sec Dale Dubbs
Financial Sec   Oscar Kolb
Treas'urer      Fred Carlson
Rebekah Officers-:
hour Martha      Ina  Maxson
following installation services.
NOTICE
All   local    Oddfellows    and    their
wives are invited to be guests of the
Rebekah Lodge at Installation Tues-
Noble Grand .. Elizabeth Robideau  dav evening, January 16.
I
Electra       Ida   Palme.-
Warden       Edith Reynolds
Sentinel  Uice Bailey-
Guests from Brainerd, included Mrs
Betty Peterson. Past Matron; Gertrude Crest, Ethel Opsahl, Judith i
Wicklund, Past Matron; Ann Extrahd.
and Harvey, Purenton, Past Patron.
onal  movement  and  will  also  give  a
suades her to help him celebrate his
birthday,  and  they  do  an   uproarious    *A  g „   will   be   givcn   after   the
job of it.    Ir is after that that he i""! L)r0gram which  will be followed by a
stalls her as a house guest, to the con
sternation of his family, and the vari-j '	
ous complications of the plot begin to 1
fall over themselves in hilarious fash-Jlolt   and   Kathryn   Adams,   and   the
lavish   settings   of   a     palatial     Fifth
A   sparkling   supporting   cast   witn   Avenue  home  aud  to  the    entertain-
Veree Teasdale, James  Ellison,    Tim ment qualities of the picture.
famous artists and their work.
The school board assembled Tuesday evening, but because of the passing of Ben Robideau, they adjourned
without further business. Another
meeting will be called later.
The Junior high school art and activity classes studied works and methods of art hy visual education Tuesday.
Remedial work anil diagnostic tests
began Tuesday in the Senior high Eng
lish classes. This is a method of discovering weaknesses in individual cases and remedy them.