The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-01-16

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXII THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
DRIVER FALLS ASLEEP
AS CAR HANGS ON BRIDGE
HLINSKY . LORENZ
Austin.—When his car car
crashed into the Bridge street
bridge here, Manley Hammer decided ther were not going to be
any false rumors as to how it
happened, and he went straight
to the police station . "Smell my
breath," he asked the officers.
Hammer does not drink and he
wanted this made clear on the
police station's record. The policeman complied with his request, and on the accident chart,
which shows how automobile
mishaps occur, the officer made
the notation that it was evident
the driver didn't have a single
drop to drink. Hammer explain
ed that he had fallen asleep at
the wheel about one o'clock in
the morning while driving east
on Bridge street. The fr nt end
of the car folded up like an ac-
cordian when it struck the bridge. The radiator was pushed up
so high by the impact that it rea
ched above the windshield so as
to cut off the vision ~f the dri
ver. Hammer escaped without
injuries.
ORMAN STANLEY HOME
HAS FAMILY REUNION
The home of   Orman
was filled to the brim with rela
tives gathered there for a reuni-
ion.   Brothers of Orman, Lesi
of St   Paul;   Lee   and   Guy   of
Grand Rapids and their families
Morris Stanley, son of Earl Stan
ley of St Paul and Harlan son of
of Mr. and Mrs. Orman Stanley,
of St Paul also came   home   for
the week end to join the   group.
The many relatives came   prim
arily to- see there father A.   D.
Stanley who is i 1 and is   in   the
hospital now.
A very quiet but pretty wed-
..mg was solemnized on Monday
..i'te.noon, Dec. 30, at the parson
age of the Pequot Lutheran
church, when Miss Marie Hlins-
:y, daughter of Mrs. Anna Hlin.
j_y a; Hudson, became the bride
i V. alter Lorenz, only son of
Mr. and Mrs. Will Lorenz of Pine
River. Rev. Wm. Marth per-
-0 med the ceremony.
Attendents were Mr. and Mrs
Wm. Hasbrouck of Pepuot. The
bride was attired in a brown
silk crepe dress with accessories
to match and carried a bouquet
of yellow chrysanthemums. The
oi. wore th3 conventional
.a k blue.
Before the ceremony, Mrs
Shreader sang "True Love" with
Mrs. Marth at the piano. After
lie ceremony a reception was
held for members of the bridal
party at the home of the groom's uncle and aunt, Mr. and Mrs.
Clarence Hasbrouck. The rooms
were decorated with brown, orange and white streamers and
white bells. The table was beau
tiful with a large wedding cake
as the centerpiece and tall candles were lighted which cast   a
i   glow over the setting.
LOCAL   TOY   RECEIVES
PROMOTION   IN   NAVY
Friends of Ralph Gilbertson
vvillbe pleased to learn that he
has been promoted to a Petty
Officer in the Radio branch of
Stanley the U. S. Navy. Ralph has been
:.<nnected with the communications branch since his enlistment
in 1932. He is at present serving aboard the U. S. S. Parrott,
in Asiatic waters. During his
tcur of duty he has traveled extensively in the Orient, visiting
Japan, China and the Philippine
Archipelago. However with his
enlistment drawing to a close,he
is anxiously looking forward to
his return to the United States
and home.
SKATING RINK CO?^PLETED
The skating rink has been in
use for the past week and although weather conditions have
not been the best the youngfolks
have been enjoying the outdoor
exercise there.
If weather conditions permit
the warming house will be set up
and lights will be installed this
week.
We are in hopes that the weather man will permit fhe follow
ing plan of flooding on Mondavs
and Thursdays so that the rink
will be in shape over the week
ends.
J. E. Cadwell
Recreational Direc.
INE   RIVER   PIRATES
WIN FROM REMER BOYS
HEAVY
THIS
SNOW   FALL   IN
SECTION   SUNDAY
The heavv snow fnll thit do<*
cended in this section Sunda-
gave the young fol1rs the uro^
to play in the soft fluffy stuff
and both old and vonn°r wera
skiing, sledine- snowballing- atr1
roughing around in the snow.
Those on the skating rink were
kept busy shovelH°" the snow
from the pond. When evening-
rolled around manv of thp
skiier's were adnrttino" weari'
ness, backaches and lameness
of the whole anatomv. b'it thot
the fun was worth the pain.
The game played at the high
school gym Friday night with
the Remer Independents was
very interesting which the score
indicates. The Independents
sunk the first basket but from
then, on were trainling behind.
The game ended with a 28-19 vie
torv for the Pirates.
But where are all the fans, a
score of spectators made up the
crowd on Friday night, which
seemed too bad when the boys
really played a fast game and .
good brand of basket ball. Lets
all be there for the next game
and give the boys a big hand.
PINE RIVER HI . LITES
HAROLT)   VOT.FE   FOTTND
DEAD SUNDAY MORNING
Harold Wolfe, who has made
his home with Chas. Mit"hpll frf-
the past few weeks, was , found
dead Sundav momm? in his
bed. Heart failure was given as
the immediate cause of his dea-<
th. Mr. Wolfe was a very hi-h-
ly resnected ambitious man and
was liked bv all who knew him
he came to Swanberg four years
ago.
It's Not Too Cold in Dallas
™
It may be snowing in the East,
freezing in the Midwest and a blizzard
may be coming out of the Northwest,
but in Dallas, where the Texas Centennial Exposition will be held next
year from June to December it wasn't
too cold for Mary Ellen Logan to try
the waters of White Rock Lake. With
her is Carrolyn Durham, chief of the
Expositors Rangerettes, a corps of 50
hostesses.
Speedboat, sailboat and outdoor
motor races will be held on White
Rock, just outside of Dallas, next July
and August as part of the Exposition's
elaborate sports program.
PTA PROGRAM ENJOYED MONDAY EVE
Mrs. Cook returned from the
Twin Cities Saturdav afternoon
having gone down previously in
the week with her ^nsband, wh^
left for Florida, where he will
spend the remaining winter mon
ths. Mrs. Cook will --emain here
with her daughter, Mrs. R. F.
Dingle.
The Normal Training Department very efficiently took char
ge of the refreshment counter
for the PTA organization Monday evening. Thirty four lunch.
\s were served.
Requests have been received
for bids on the balcony WPA
Project.
"Lady Spitfire" a comedy in
three acts, will be presented by
the Junior class sometime this
month—Watch for the date.
The Board of Education is busy on a refinancing program
which after comnleted and carri
ed out, will put the district taxes within reach of the taxpayers
and- at the same time retire the
debt.
The skating rink is now completed and ready for use. It's
success however depends largly
upon the students attitude. Stu
^ents without skates on should
not be on the ice as they endanger themseves and also the skaters. It takes plenty c-f work to
keen the nond in tip tot) shape so
al1 those that use the pondshould
do their bit in helping.
On January 24, The Riverton
and Hackensack A and B teams
will play here.
A copy of the Pi-Ri Hilite is
presented to evervone attending
the PTA right hot from the
uress—please remember this
parents and attend the next mee
ting and enjoy the program and
get your copy of the school news- j
The monthly PTA program
was held Monday evening with a
somewhat smaller crowd than
usual in attendance, but never
the less very much int erested
and appreciative. Thirteen new
members were added to the roll,
now is the time for all the old
members to renew their member
ships. A short business meeting
was held announcing that Feb.
17, is 'Founders Day.' and that
all organizations are urged to
commemorate this event during
the month in some fitting man
ner. The regular meeting falls
on Feb. 10 and that is the- even
ing that has been choosen to
celebrate the birthday. Later
issues will announce the program and plans. It will be an especially attractive program so if
is hoped that evervone will plan
to attend the meeting. It might
also be well to mention here
that the auditorium is now provided with one hundred new pad
ded seats for your comfort and
that you need not st ay away be
cause of the hard b°nch»s. Fol
lowing the business meeting the
program committee presented
the evening's ent-^tamers Co?
win Jones sang two vocal solos
which were thorouerh'y appreciated. Mr. Haack tb°n gave a
short but /ery interesting talk
on taxes and leris^tion. Ollie
Dahl then gave thr°e p;anolorr
ues accompanied bv Mrs. Mario"
Sherwood and then lavpd thar"
in the isles with her take off
on "Hiffh Class Music" a^om
panied by Miss McCart. A social
hour followed the program, lunch being served bv the Normal
training department.
R. R. WILL MAKE
LOCAL PICK - UPS
M. E. LADIES AID MEETS
Effective January 20, Tick
up and delivery service' for
Minnesota and many other states will be given free by the M'&i
Railroad Company on freight of
less than carload shipments.
There will be exceptions on certain articles, a list of which may
be obtained from the local agent,
Mr. White. Any merchant or
business man who chooses to do
his own delivery and pickup
work will be allowed a discount
of five per cent on each hundred
pound weight. The T. D. Farnam Dray Line has signed a contract with the Railroad Co. and
have been authorized to do the
local draying for them. The above is an interesting piece of
news for the Pine River business
men and will no doubt be appreciated.
PIONEER      WALDON
COUPLE   CELEBRATE
GOLDEN ANNIVERSARY
A number of friends assembled at the Leander Wilson home
on the day after Christmas to
remind them a great day had
arrived. The honored couple
have been married for fifty
years. All members of the fami
lyl present with the exception of
■four children.
The afternoon was enjoyably
spent visiting and recounting
hanpenings of the past, after
which a delicious basket lunch,
brought by the guests, was er-
ved. Abraham Pajumpa, appropriately presented the aged couple with a lovely set of dinner-
ware.
FORMER   RFTCTnTCNTq   f\v
PINE RIVER VISIT   HERE
Mr. and Mrs. Clv.de Petrie.
•formerly of Pine River, now of
East Aurora, N. Y., stopped
here a few honrg RT1r| visited
with the Lon Fields family and
called on other friends here last
Wednesday, enroute to Bemidii.
where they intend to spend a
couple of weeks With Mr. Petrie's
parents. Friends of the familv
will be interested to know that
their daughter Mary, is employed at Buffalo. N. Y.. doing- office
work; While Iris is married and
lives in New York Citv. The
Many friends of the Petries will
be glad to hear of them and also
to know that they are well and
happy.
PRE . NUPTIAL SHOWER
The M. E. Country Ladies Aid
met at the home of Mrs. Harve
Cromett January 8, which was
the first annual meeting of this
organization of fifteen active
members. The annual report
showed a very good return for
the years work, besides the very
enjoyable times the members
spent together.
A complete change of officers
was made at this meeting with
the following being elected :Pres.
Mrs. Bates; vice pres., Mrs Alice
Amy; sec., Mrs. N. D. Sherwood;
and treas., Mrs. Robert Campbell. The following work committees were appointed by Mrs.
Ben Kline: Mrs. Martini, Mrs.
Burgett,and Mrs. Will Kline Sr.
They hope to make the coming
year more successful than the
one just finished.
ERADELPHIAN CLUB MEETS
The regular meeting of the
Eradelphian Club was held atthe
home of Mrs. Marion Sherwood
on Friday afternoon of last week
Roll call was responded to by
new inventions which brought
about many interestnig discus
sions. Mrs. Shaub gave a very
comprehensive story of the life
works of Thomas Edison and also brief items on other inventors. Plans were made for a
supper and theatre party to be
held in the near future when the
+-pic wi1! be "Films and Stars."
EXCITING,   EERIE   FILM
TO BE SHOWN AT MARLOW
TRY A WANT AD
.Mrs. J. Merril and Mrs. Wiens
gave a Pre nuptial shower at
the home of Mrs. Merril on Friday evening, in honor of two
prospective brides, Misses Faith
and Esther Brant, daughters of
DelbCT —Brant. The e were
many guests present and the ev
ening was spent in playing games. The group was also favored
by a vocal solo by Lucille Barn-
hart after which the male quar-
tett presented a number. After
the program a delicious lunch
was served and the guests depar
ted for their homes. The prospective brides received many
beautiful and useful gifts.
Gripping and throlling, mysterious and dramatic, is "Guard
That GIRL," the actionful Columbia picture which plays at
the Marlow Theatre Friday and
Saturday.
An important cast of notable
flayers brings to life the story
of a desperate murderer who uses big game arrows as his lethal
weapons. The audience found t
an impossible task to select the
guilty person from among such
players as Robert Allen, Arthur
Hohl, one of the best hated
screen villains; Ward Bond, Elizabeth Risdon, new to Hollywood
after Theatre Guild triumphs.
The shadow of suspicion Iso
pkays upon Florence Rice, who
disguises herself as the heiress
unknown criminals seek to kill;
upon Barbara Kent and Bert Ro
ach, who provides many of the
pictures laughs.
No matter what j our worries,
you will forget them as you find
yourself joining the three detectives who face a maze of clues
while endeavoring to find a brilliantly fiendish murderer. The
photography, the sound effects
and superb acting combine to
work a spell of eerie mvsterv.
The smoothness of the produc.
tion suggests that its a sound
plan to have an author direct
his own story. Lambert Hillver
both wrote and directed this
thriller.
Sunday and Monday brings us
he lovable screen star Dick Pow-
Qll in his usual role supported by
Pat O'Brien and Frank McHugh
in the very popular screen play
"Page Miss Glory" with Marion
Davies as the leading- lady. Also
on these same days will beshown
the latest release of the MARCH
OF TIME, a subject that is e-
leased once every month, new
and different each time. Don't
miss this release.
Patrolman George Erickson of
the Pequot Forest Tower, was in
Pine River Friday looking after
interests in his line of work.
/ARD OF THANKS
r% wish to extend our heart-
feiu thanks to our many friends
and neighbors for their assistance and sympathy during our recent bereavement in the death
of Harold Wolfe. Espec:ally do
we wish to thank Rev. Dehaan.
Chas. Mitchell, Mr. and Mrs.
Martin Peterson, Mr. and Mrs-
Angelo Volk, Mr. Johnstone and
the Swanberg Ladies Aid.
Una M. Wolfe
Mr. Wm. Wolfe
Louise Jerman
CHRISTGAU WILL
SPEAK ^WALKER
Victor Christgau, State WPA
administrator, this week expressed a willingness to speak before
a representative gathering of
Cass county business men and
WPA workers late in January or
early in February. A letter to
this effect was received by A. O.
Mohler, mayor of Walker, who
some ten days ago sent Mr.
Christgau an inquiry, asking
whether he would accept such a
formal invitation,and informally
what date would best fit into
his program. Assured of acceptance, the Walker business men
are now arranging details and
as quickly as date is decided upon, formal ann ouncement
will be made and other details
announced.
"I should be more than pleased, Mr. Christgau wrote Mr. Moh
ler, to meet with the people of
your community and to address
them. Just at this time I am
obliged to go to Washingotn
where I will be busy for a week
or ten days. For a time after 1
return, Iwill be held at the of-
ice. In these circumstances, it
is impossible for me to state
j use wnat the latter part of the
month has in store for me. Will
it be possible for you to make
tentative plans for the latter
part of the month or early in Fe
bruary and write me again ?"
Since this letter was written,
Mr. Christgau has returned
from Washington confident that
he was successful in negotiations
to change regulations so that it
will be possible for WPA in Minnesota to employ 65,000 persons,
instead of the 60,751 men and
women from the relief rolls who
are now on WPA projects in the
state. Mr. Christgau has recom
mended that the eligibility period be changed from May 1, to
Nov. 1, to Feb 1, to Nov. 1, 1935.
This will have the effect of enlarging the period during which
persons must have been on the
relief rolls in order to be eligible
for WPA employment, and will
take care of many cases now
classified as border cases.
"Of course," said Mr. Christgau, 'such a program will require more funds" and added
that any expansion of the WPA
program such as would result
from the proposed change in the
eligibility period apparently
would be a question that would
have to be settled by   congress.
Assured of Mr. Christgau's
presence, Walker business men
are at work arranging detailsfor
the meeting. It is proposed to
ask to a dinner and the speaking prorgam that is to follow.
Prominent persons including
WPA leaders from Park Rapids,
Akeley, Nevis, La Porte, Hackensack, Backus, Pine River, Pillager, Longville, Remer, Federal
Dam, Cass Lake and other near
by communities.
It is expected that A. T. Gilbertson, district director, also
will accept an invitation to attend the dinner and be one of
the speakers.
Mr. Green received the sad
news last week of the serious illness of his daughter in Brainerd
She passed away on Thursday
and buriel was held Friday at
Brainerd.
UNITED STATES ARMY TO
RESUME    RECRUITING
The United States Army has
again resumed recruiting to fill
the authorized increase in enlist,
ed personnel. For those entering the service now there will be
an excellent opportunity for advancement. The discipline, the
system, the orderliness, the punc
tuality, the self control, the habit of obedience to the leaderand
the teamwork which comes from
military training are surely attri
butes which are of great use in
business life. The spirit of cooperation given by such training
together with the health and
activity that come from Army
Service, prepare a young man to
carry through in whatever line
of work he may later undertake.
Healthy young men, single and
between the ages of 18 and 35
are eligible.
For further information write
to Sergeant Herman F. Hoffman
Army Recruiting Service, National Guard Armory, Bemidji,.
Minn.
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