The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1940-01-05

              JOURNAL
VOLUME V NUMBER 20
THE PINE i:UVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER.   CASS   COtfNTY.  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1940
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SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outeida
ANNABELLE SCHOON
AND DONALD ZASKE
*     MARRIED SATUR.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic
Church at 0 a. in., Saturday, when
Miss Annabelle Schoon became the
bride of Donald Zaske of Longril.e.
Rev. Father R. Crowe Officiated.
Attending the young couple were
Edward Honzey and Doris Zaske, a
sister of the groom. Only member**
of tlie immediate families were present at the ceremony, a wedding
breakfast for sixteen guests was held
at the Lake Region hotel.
Mr. and Mrs. Zaske will make their
home near Backus where they will
operate a store.
Factual Report of War Activities
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PIRATES DROP ONE
TO CASS LAKERS
\
Plenty of excitement with scores
piling up neck and neck, in fact at the
end of the third quarter it was 33 3-
in favor of the Indians, making a
good basketball game for the spectators. The Cass Lakers, all big fUl-
pws, did a good job f it. The Pirates
did exceeding well for their second
game of the season, giving the Indians a run for their money. Marion
Sherwood was high-point man for the
locals. The lineup includ's Jim Riley.
Marlon Sherwood, Arnold Rognlie,
Dale Tuttle, Lawrence Carlson, Russ
Solheiin, June Kater and Don Sherwood. The final score was 50 42 in
favor of the Indians.
The Pirates have a tentative game
scheduled with Deerwood for next
week.
Methodists to Sponsor
"Old Settlers Day"
In connection with the history of
the Methodist Church, which was so
well written by Mrs. S- P. Hanson and
appeared in tne Journal last week, it
was decided to hold an "Old Settler's
Day" at the Church, to be. given at
some spring meeting, possibly in
May. The article was not printed in
its entirety because of its lenghth but
many interesting facts concerning the
early history of the Church were
brought to light, and it is Mrs. Hanson's wish, that others acquainted
with the progress of the institution
from the early days, will come to the
gathering that is planned and be prepared to relate what they know. All
events that can be recalled will be ad-
d d to the history to make it complete.
ELECT OFFICERS
The M. E. Epworth League elected
the following officers at their last
.meeting: President, Marvin Lundin;
1st. vice pres., Loretta Ast; 2nd. vice
pres., Fergus Peters j 3rd vice pres.,
*• Arlene Ast; 4th. vice pres., Nadine
Felton; secretary, Eunice Mae Triggs;
treasurer,  Maizie  Crometi.
J*
MID
By TALBOT MUNDY
• The story of a beautiful
American girl vacationing
in India, and of the two
men in love with her—
one a cool-headed British
army officer, the other an
Indian Prince.
Through the story of
their fight to win Lynn
Harding runs a thread of
intrigue that adds excitement to every chapter.
"East and West" is one
of Talbot Mundy's most
exciting, glamorous stories.
SERIALLY
IN THIS PAPER
JOSEPH W. LaBINE
THE war in Europe is the
one subject of interest to
all our readers, but the moves
on the checkerboards of the
battlefields and diplomacy are
not easily understood.
America is being flooded
from every war-torn nation
with vast quantities of propaganda for the purpose of influencing public opinion in this
country. Reports of actual
events are so severely censored, and so many false reports are issued, that it is hard
to get a fair account of actual
happenings.
Scare headlines appear in
the daily papers of the world,
only to be contradicted or forgotten in the next edition be
cause there was no actual
foundation for the statements
covered by such headings.
In the Weekly News Analysis
we are printing each week, our
readers find a concise factual
statement of events in Europe,
with such interpretation, explanation and comment as will
make the report of these actual happenings easily understood. It provides the most
valuable coverage of the war
to be found in any publication.
Weekly News Analysis is
prepared for us each week by
Mr. Joseph W. La Bine, a careful observer and talented writer, who has made a thorough
study of European history of '
modern times and of European N
armaments.
Mr. La Bine is a product of
rural America. He was born
and raised in a small town
and completed his education
at a mid-western university,
where he majored in journalism. Following his completion
of the journalism course, he
worked on a weekly newspaper, before going into the metropolitan field. He has specialized as a commentator and is
recognized as having unusual
ability in that line. His Weekly News Analysis, as it appears in our columns, presents
evidence of that ability.
Our readers can confidently
accept Mr. La Bine's statements of war happenings, and
his comments, as the basis of
their discussions of the war.
MR.  AND   MRS.  CLAUDE   BELL
FETED  ON20th.   WEDDING ANN I. ;
About   forty   friends   and     relatives
gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Euclid  Eraser   Saturday   evening,    to
Honor Mr.  anil  Mrs.  Claude Bell who
irated  their  20th   wedding   anni-
iry.    The evening was spent playing  curds  and   dancing with  refresh-
ts at midnight.    Mr. and Mrs. Bell
1   presented  with  u  set of  dishes
in memory of the occasion.
FIREMEN'S BALL
DRAWS GOOD CROWD
air Board Receives
$150 From County
Edwin Zanke made a business trip
to Minneapolis Tuesday, where lie
purchased a paper press. He plans
to begin baling and marketing old
paper, bags, e'tc, for paper-manufacturers soon. Watch for the ad in
next week's Journal. This will be a
good opportunity for children to clean
out these old paper and rags from
basements and attics, that are fire hazards in evi ry home, and earn their
spending money.
SWANBURG
The New Years Eve Ball sponsored
li.v  the local  fire department, drew a
crowd   Sunday   evening.     Altai)
■ge amount w^as not realized, all
bills (have been paid and a small balance is left.    It is planned to hold a
ir celebration  on    St.. Patricks      Little Arvid uaph is quite ill this
Day. week.
As St. Patricks Day "falls on a Sun-;     Mr_  an(J  Mr&  R   Heri(lrickson and
dayit Is planned to celebrate Satur-
Mrs.  C"cil   Anderson,  Corresponrent
(Vv, as Sunday is not a good time for
an aiTair of this kind.
ARLOW HOST TO
CHILDREN SATUR.
About five-hundred youngsters were
treated to a program of children's
pictures and candy and nuts at. the
.aarlow Theatre by John Kohr.
The pictures were run at three consecutive shows to accomodate the
crowd that assembled, and while cold
weather made it impossible for many
to be present, those that were there
spent an enjoyable afternoon.
BUNGO FARM  BUREAU TO
MEET   FRIDAY,  JANUARY  5
The Bungo Farm Bureu Unit will
hold their next regular meeting Friday evening (tonight) at the Pine
Forest school. A cordial invitation is
extended.
—Anne Bolon, Sec.
ERADELPHIAN  CLUB  TO  MEET
FRIDAY   AFTERNOON,  JAN.   12
LOCALS
Mrs. E. O. Gravdahl, and Mr. and
Mrs. Clarence Gravdahl of Pequot,
and Conrad Gravdahl of Billings,
Mont, were guests of Mr. and itr:-:
Helmer Jones Tuesday. Conrad Grav
dahl will return to Billings Saturday,
where he is employed in tlie offices of
the John Deere Co.
Mrs. Mary Gilbert Spent Saturday
in Pine Elver, calling on friends and
attending to business affairs. Sir' ia
spending the winter at the Adam Fox
home In Brainerd and is now enjoying
a visit from Mrs. Helen Schmidt, i
daughter from Kansas City. On Xmas
Day, Mr. and MrsAVBliam Gilbert and
children of Wadena and Mr. and Mrs.
Jules Saeger were dinner guests of
Mrs. Gilbert and Mrs. Fox at the latter's home. They all assembled in
Wadena for New Years Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Lester Gilbertson and
daughter of Maiden Bock, Wis., were
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. Ingraharn a few days last week.
Mrs. Gilbertson' is a daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Ingraham.
family were dinner guests at the Raymond Peterson home Sunday.
New Years Day guests at the hom-1
11 pleased with >of  ^   am]   Mrg   Clareace  Peterson,
were Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Hamlet,
and Mr. and Mrs.Marvin Peterson and
family.
Rev. Wm. Achterkirch left for Minneapolis last week to be a guest at
the home of his sons.
G. P. Rognlie, L. W. Walton, Marius
Houg and Clifford Gardner met with
the county commissioners at their annual meeting Tuesday afternoon,
on behalf of the Cass County Agricultural Association, to secure financial
i aid for the local fair. They appeared
before the board with Albert Anderson who brought a similar plea from
the Pillager fair board.
After a short discussion, tlie commissioners voted a grant of $300 to
be divided equally between the two
associations. This is the first time in
several years that either fair has received assistance from jta* county but
due to construction and depreciation
of buildings the fair board Ms been
unable to keep up with necessary expenses.
The assistance is greatlyappreciat-
ed and It Is hoped that a similar sum
may be set aside by the commissioners each year for this purpose.
itfendance and also wish to thank
• who pjrehased tickets and were
present. The fire departm al
needs the support of the entire
age if they are to maintain their
equipment and give the protection
to the people that is expected.
CLOUGH LAKE CLUB
TO GIVE DAN
Tlie .Clough Luke Club is sponsoring a dance at their club house on
Friday evening, January 5 (tonite).
Music will be furnished by Adeline's
Foot Warmers. The building has
leen completely remodeled and the
;. Laki rs extend a cardial invitation to everyone to attend.
Roller Skating Is
Proving Popular
The first Eradelphian meeting of
the new year will be held at the home
of Mrs. Oscar Dahl January 12. An
interesting program has been planned
by the committee; Mrs. Sherwood
will give a talk on "Madame Currle"
and Mrs. W. J. Biever will give a
New England Travelogue.
NORTH PINE R.
The roller skating activities being
sponsored by the Veterans of Foreign
Wars has been attracting recoru
crowds every evening the armory is
open. Due to th■- fact that there has
been a shortage of skates, an order
was telegraphed in last Wednesday
evening following a meeting. From
now ou it will not be necessary for
anyone to wait for skates. It is estimated that an average of 150 skaters
have been on the floor every skating
night.
Mrs. Rena Wachs who spent a ten-
day vacation with her husband and
children at Oshawa, re-turned to Pine
River Tuesday, to resume her work
at Kolb's Cafe. Pearl Johnson substituted  for  her during her absence.
Dale Tuttle and James Skinner
spent Wednesday in Brainerd on busl
ness.
BLIND  LAKE
Mrs. Will Shepard, Correspondent
Mrs. Howard Kline spent Wednesday with  Mrs.  Will  Shepard.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Kline spent New
Years Day at th? Howard Kline home.
The Ladies Circle will meet January 10, with Mrs. Howard Kline.
Mr. and Mrs. Olaf Hoff were dinner j
guests »t the Will Shepard home on
New Years Day.
Mrs. Will Shepard cared for tlie
Hoff children Saturday and Tuesday,
while Mrs.  Hoff was in  I'equot.
The Clough Lake Club is sponsor-!
ing a dance at the club house Janu-'
ary 5.   Music by Adeline's Foot Warm
ers.
Friends of Mrs. Howard Kline sur-|
prised her Sunday evening, New
Years Eve, the occasion being h'-'r
birthday. Bunco was played u. til
midnight, with high score going to
Saul Whitted an low to Harry Zaske
for the men, and high to Mrs. Whit
ted and low to Mrs. Dan Dauber fo:
the women.
Mrs.  Bert Heemstra, Cor.
Ella Hoover visited at the home of
Mrs. Wm. Evans several days last
week.
Mr. and Mrs. Ford Rowell of St.
Paul, called at the Leo Shafer home
Sunday afternoon.
Rose Marie Evans and Maxine
Heemstra were overnight guests of
Galilee Nelson  Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rhoades of Sebeka, spent Thursday evening with
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Nelson.
The Farmers Club will meet Friday
evening, January 12.
Henry, Elvin and Mayme Lien of
Boy River, spent Tuesday with Mr.
and Mrs. Martin Erickson and family.
Miss Doris Erickson spent last week
with relatives at Boy River. Henry
and Elvin Lien brought her home on
Sunday afternoon.
-Mr. and Mrs. Lyle Smith of Cum-
mings, la., spent last Tuesday with
Mr. and Mrs. Harvey Hoover anil
family.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Evans and family and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heemstra
and family were Sunday dinner
guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Levi Nelson.
Friends here will be glad to hear
that Mr. and Mrs. Max Astrom of
Minneapolis, were presented with a
nine pound son Christmas Day. Mrs.
Astrom is the former Myrtle Mager.
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mager.
Mr. and Mrs. Levi Nelson, Mr. and
Mrs. Lyle Smith of Cummings, la..
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Rhoades, Ella
Hoover and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heemstra met at the home of Mr. and Mrs
Wm. Evans Tuesday evening to help
Mr. Evans celebrate his birthday and
the wedding anniversary of Mr. and
Mrs. Harry Rhoades.
Albert Teagarden drove up from
Hampton, Minn., on business Thursday of last week. Mr. Teagarden is
managing a turkey ranch near that
city for Mr. Debolt who is a summer
resident here. Hn states that they
are busy now constructing new buildings and equipping them for next
years business, making arrangements
to care for 8000 birds. Mr. Teagarden
has   hasl   considerable   experience     in
Mrs. E. B. Marsh was hostess on
New Years Day to Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Anderson  and children.
New Years Eve guests at the Clarence Peterson home, were Rev. and
Mrs. Masted, Mr. and Mrs. J. Barker, and Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Torgerson.
New Years Day guests at the Oakley Ruud home included Mr. and Mrs.
G. Atwater of Crosby, Mr. and Mrs.
Alan Houston, and Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Peterson and family.
The Stitch and Chat Club will meet
at the home of Mrs. John Stevens and
family Thursday afternoon of this
week.
The Missionary Circle will meet
witli Mrs. Cecil Anderson Friday afternoon  (today).
Little Miss Shirley Ann Witt had
the misfortune New Years Day to fall
on the ice and break her arm. She
was treated by Dr. Adkins at the Pine
River hospital.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Harold Moser Friday evening, included Rev. and Mrs. Masted
and the boys.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Henry Ruud Friday evening,
were Mr. and Mrs. Marvin Peterson
and children.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Torgerson, Mrs.
Delmer Riley and children were supper guests at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Marvin Peterson Monday evening.
Miss Marioelle Riley is spending her
vacation with her grandmother, Mrs.
Win. Devers of Aitkin.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Baker • of Blue
Springs, Neb., spent the Christmas
holidays with Mrs. Baker's parents,
Mr.  and  Mrs.   Steckman.
Dinner guests at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Dallas Proffit Sunday, were
Mr. and Mrs. George Bell and son
Alan of, Brainerd.
A Christmas party followed an im-
turkev   raising,   having  superintended
a similar ranch  in California several Passive  installation  service  held by
years ago Itne plne GranSe Wednesday of . last
I week at the community han.   Present
to officiate at the installation was Mr.
Davis of Constance, prominent member of the Pomona  Grange,  assisted
Miss Annabe-lle Schoon became tho l,y his daughter Evelyn and Mr. Wm.
bride of Donald Zaske at a ceremony  1'Xvday  of  Center Grange.    The fol-
performed   Saturday    morning.    This  lowing program was given:
PONTORIA
community   wishes  them  a  long and
happy wedded life.
Supper guests at the C. W. Siltman
home New Years Eve, included Mr.
and Mrs. W. Clark and dcughter, Mr.
and Mrs. Uhlig and Elmer and Lucille
Mr. anil Mrs. V. F. Uhlig and children, Mr. and Mrs. A. W. Siltman and
Song,   "It   Came   Upon
Clear"  by  the  assembly.
a   Midnight I
LOCAL ITEMS
Dr. C. V. Williams left Tuesday for
Park Rapids, where he Is spending
tlie week on business.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Heuer were dinner guests of friends at Walker on
New Year's Day.
Helen Henry left Wednesday for
Brainerd, where she is visiting friends
and also the Brainerd grade school.
Mr. and Mrs. John Hoffman and
children of Brainerd, were guests at
the Clem Henry home Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robideau and
daughters were dinner guests at the
Arvid Lundin home New Years Day.
Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Jost and children siient the week end at the latter's
home in Little Falls.
Mr. and Mrs. Rolland Carpenter
were dinner guests of Mrs. E. R.
Starkweather at Hackensack on New
Years Day.
Mr. and Mrs. Leonard Carlson are
the parents of a 10 pound son, born
at the Brainerd hospital Friday. The
young lad received the name Leonard
Bruce.
The whist tournament which is being sponsored by the Odd Fellows
Lodge, will begin Monday evening,
January 8. The tournament will be
held at the Lodge Hall.
Mr. and Mrs. P. E. Hanson are the
parents of a son, born at the Brainerd hospital on Wednesday of last
week. The little lad receiced the
name David.
Mr. and Mrs. Allen Fields and son.
who have been visiting at St. Cloud
since Christmas, spent New Year's
Day and the fore part of the week at
the Lon Fields home. They returned
to Red Lake Thursday.
Members of the official board of tho
Methodist church were guests at the
Clarence Lesher home in Mildred on
Wednesday evening of last week.The
board met on official busluess and also
enjoyed a social hour.
George and Art Boode of Wyoming,
called on friends in Pine River Frldar
and Saturday. They are former residents here. They left for Bemidji
Saturday, where they will be employed in a lumber camp until spring.
Mrs. Alice Amy called on Mrs. J. J.
Hemness and Mrs. Fred Heuer at
their homes Thursday afternoon of
last week. On Friday evening, Mrs-
Amy and sou Clark visited with Mrs.
H. C. Goodrich and daughters.
Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Johnson and HU-
Prayer, by uhaplain Lois Steckman.
; degarde  and  Mrs.  .Tacobson,  enjoyed
Song, "America'' by Men's Choir
Address "Spreading Christmas
Master,    Ernest
Cheer"  by  retiring
isewman.
Reading, "The Sacred    Flame"    by
Russell, T..D. Clark, Mrs.'Leda Kladt | Lecturer.  Mrs.  Lillie    Frimood    a°d , guest
and  sons Enard  and  Ariie    Maloney; Candlelight   March   by   Grange   mem-
and  K. Mitchell. i uers-
Mr.   and   Mrs.   E.     Hatcher     spent'     Talk by Mr. Davis
New  Years   Eve  at.  the  Ora   Siltman
home.
Mr. and Mrs. W. Fishback and
Mary were New Years guests at the
Pondsford  home.
Charley Ralyn is staying with Harold Gooden while his parents are in
Iowa.
Mrs. Y. Tilsbnry was a guest at the
A. W. Siltman horn?  Sunday evening.
i>:
by
Essay,  "What  Christmas  Means  to
Me" by Miss Bertha Peterson
Reading,  "Christmas  (ire, tings'
Mrs. Betty Proffit
Song "Silent  Night', Holy Night
Pine Grange Youth.
At, the close of the program  a holi-
repast  was  served  to  all  buffet
style  by  the    Grange    Sisters.    The
beautiful medal and banner won   by
a get-together with Mr. and Mrs. Al
Downing at an "Ostekota" party on
Tuesday evening. Ostekata is a delectable Swedish dish. Mrs. Jacob-
son, a sister of Dr. Johnson, who Is a
prepared the
meal. .
"I Was Warden of a Soviet Murder
Camp." A first hand story of the cru
elty, suicides and torture among the
hordes of communist government pris
oners revealed by a chief jailor who.
no longer able to stand the horror of
his job, fled into Finland. An illustrated feature in the American Weekly, the magazine distributed with
next Sunday's Chicago Herald-American, (adv.)
Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Fogle and sons j the Pine Grange for having the besf.
left Thursday for Duluth. ! Booster  Night  program  in  the state
Mrs. M. Garten is rapidly improv- was on display. We owe the Pine
ing and expects to be home soon. Shej Grange a vote of Thanks for this
is a guest of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett in \ grand entertainment and wish them
Minneapolis. j a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Anderson and
.Air. and Mrs. Jim Gearey were dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Dale Tuttle and Mr. and Mrs. It. C. Spencer
Sunday evening.