The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-09-03

              Attend the Cass County Fair at Pine River on September 3- 4& 5
PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 3
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $L00 Per Year
CLOTHING STORE
TO OPEN HERE
SEPTEMBER 12
French Star in Lead Role
of 1936 State Fair Revue
Another transaction brought
to a close this week, is the leasing of the Art Shill building by
Clifford Tournier, who will completely re-decorate and re-model
the first floor preparatory to
the opening of a store for Ladies and Gents Ready-To-Wear.
He plans on opening the store on
September 12.
Mr. Tournier left Saturday
for Chicago, where he will purchase the stock for the new
store. Mr. Tournier is well
known in Pine River and community and will no doubt conduct a fine business. His health is greatly improved and he
states that he is glad to be in
Pine River again.
UNORGANIZED SCHOOLS
READY TO BEGIN WORK
A report from the office of J.
W. Wicklund, County Superintendent of Schools, states that
the schools of the unorganized
District are rapidly being put
into condition for the opening
date of school next week.
Although most schools over
the state will start one week
earlier than usual this year,
road conditions, transportation
problems and varying lengths of
terms, make it necessary to vary
this proceedure in parts of the
Unorganized District.
The Board of Education for
the Unorganized Territory has
set the opening dates asfollows:
Boy River September 8th
- dera1 Dam _ September 8th
■    Longville September 8th
Backus September 14th
Hackensack     September 14th
Whipholt        September 14th
Rural Schools _September21st
The Schley and   Wolf   Lake
District children will be transported to Cass Lake, the Sjodin
District Children to Remer, and
the Sundberg children to   Pine
River, all beginning September
14th.   The Barnes School will be
closed and the pupils will be taken to the Lone School.
CARD OF THANKS
, We wish to thank our many
friend's and neighbors, and especially to those who contributed
flowers, for their sincere sympathy shown us during our recent
bereavement in the sad death of
our beloved daughter Ardeen.
Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Lieske and
family
F-L RALLY AT GARRISON^ SUNDAY
The Sixth District Farmer-
Labor Unit will hold a picnic and
rally at Garrison on Sunday,
September 6.
Free coffee will be served oh
the grounds to all those who attend.
Several prominent speakers
will be present , including Senator Benson, Governor Peterson,
and Fred C. Proehl. The latter
will speak on the money question.
There will be dancing in the
afternoon and evening, an1 Indian Pow-Wow, wrestling matches, prize contests and other
games.      s
Bring your family and friends
and have a good time.
Mr. and Mrs. Bert xCarIson
and daughter Phyllis of Minneapolis, and Mrs. Edna Kanne-
man of Medelia, arrived Tuesday for a weeks visit with her
sister, Mrs. Johnson.
Ray Swartz and Mrs. S.
Swartz returned Tuesday, frqm
Butternut, Wis., where they visited several days with Mrs.
Swartz' daughter.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Miller of
Little Falls, and Mr. and Mrs.
Fred Keilty and daughter of
Backus, attended the funeral
services for Mrs. Wm. Lauritzon
Monday.
Distinguished prima donna of the
1936U Edition of State Fair Revue,
grandstand night show at the Minnesota State Fair, September 5 to 12, is
Anita La Pierre, French chanteuse
who comes to star in the production
direct from the Folies Bergere In
Paris. A cast of 250, including the
best' talent of Broadway, Hollywood,
radio and the circus, take part in this
gala extravaganza.
HEATED ARGUMENT
TURNS TOGUN-PLAY
Walt Graves and Swan Otter-
son, who reside west of Pine River, got into a heated argument
last Friday, which resulted in
Mr. Graves shooting Otterson.
The bullet entered the right fore
arm, inflicting a painful wound.
Deputy Sheriff, Clyde Townsend
was called in for investigation..
On Monday it was reported the
two men were settling their difficulties, amicably—out of court
DON LUNDRIGAN ELECTED HEAD OF YOUNG REP.
The Cass county Young Republicans were in session last
Wednesday evening in Walker,
and elected Don Lundrigan of
Cass Lake, as permanent chairman, Beatrice Teicher of Pine
River, as permanent chairwoman and Doris Bailey of Backus,
Secretary. Selecting committeemen from each commissioner's
district, was a part of the business taken care of.
A.very interesting talk was
given by Mr. Wonderly, a leader
of the Republican League of
Hennepin county. Earl Isensee
of Minneapolis, gave a very interesting talk, after which Margaret Jones, chairwoman of the
6th district, was then presented
to the 75 young Republicans. It
is interesting: to note that the
youth of to-day is taking an active part in the affairs of the
nation and state. It is also conceded that to the extent of their
activities will be the election results.
LAST WEEK'S WINNERS
Eater's Grocery, 4.00 in trade,
F. Swift.
P. E. Lindberg, Leonard Johnson, Berry Bowl and Center Set
Hill Hardware, E. A. Fick,
Dishes.
Gamble Store, 2.00 in trade,
N. D. Sherwood.
Pine River Oil Co., 2.00 in
trade. Charley Kangas.
Field's Barber Shop, Shampoo
Henry Norman.
Downing's Barber Shop, Hair
Oil. E. A. Fick.
Bungalow Cafe, Mrs. Clayton
Lee.
Ben's Cafe. Carton Cigarettes,
Mrs. Frank Shepard.
J. F. Anderson Lbr. Co., H. A.
York,
Hourigan Drug Store, Geo.
Yancey.
Lucile's Beauty Shop, Facial,
Mrs. Ollie Dahl.
Sief ert's Market, 2.00 in trade,
Ethel Shill.
Elec. Light Co., D. L. Triggs,
Paul Bunyan Cafe, 2.00 in
trade, Fred Smith.
Lundin's Flour and Feed, 491b
sack Flour, Geo. Collins.
Tom Ethridge, A. Ruigh.
Set Dishes.
Farmers Supply, 2.00 in trade,
A. J. McAllister.
It was announced before that
this would be the last drawing,
but some of the business men
will continue the drawing one
more week.
FUNERAL SERVICES
FOR MRS GRINOLS
HELD TUESDAY
Evelyn Stevens Grinols was
born August 10, 1869, to Mr. and
Mrs. Richard Nelson Stevens ot
Cottage Grove, Minnesota. She
passed away at her home near
Pine River, August 29. Her
childhood and young womanhood
was spent at Cottage Grove,
and in 1886, with her parents,
she moved to Brookings, So. Dakota, where she was united in
marriage to W. J. Grinols in
1891.
To this union eleven children
were born, all of whom are living, together with her husband
who mourn the loss of a kind
and loving wife and mother.
The earlier years of her wedded life were spent in South Dakota. In 1917, Mr. and Mrs.
Grinols moved to Pine River,
and with the exception of a few
years have made their home in
this vicinity ever since that
time.
As a child she was nurtured in
the Christian Faith as a member of the Congregational Church. In later life, when not near
the church of her early choice,
she joined and cooperated with
other Christian Congregations
in the community where she resided. At the time of her death, she was finishing her eighth
year as president of the Swan-
berg Ladies Aid.
She is survived by her husband, W. J.. Grinols of Pine River, and eleven children, Mrs.. A.
W. Palm, Huron. So. D.; Mrs. P.
W. Danielson, Muskogee, Okla.,
Mrs. Harold Loper, Honolulu,
Hawaii; Jay Grinols, Milwaukee,
Wis.; Lance Grinols. Sauk Rapids, Minn.; Bruce Grinols, Mo-
bridge, So. Dak.; Mrs. Frank
Windorski, St Paul; Mrs. Harold
Hill, Pine River; Mrs. Dale
Brown, Andover, So. Dak.; Mrs.
Burl Brubaker, Sauk Rapids,
Minn.; and Dale Grinols of Pine
River. Also 21 grandchildren
three sisters, and four brothers.
Funeral services were held
fom the Methodist Church in
Pine River, with Rev. Deehan of
the Faith Lutheran Church of
Swanberg, officiating. Interment
was made in the Swanberg
cemetary.
Out of town relatives present
were Mr. and Mrs. Dale Brown
of Aberdeen, Mrs. E. C. Noles
of St Paul, Mr. and1 Mrs. Lance
Grinols and Mr. and Mrs. Brubaker of Sauk Rapids, Mr. and
Mrs. P. W. Danielson and daughter of Muskogee, Okla., Mr. and
Mrs. A. W. Palm of Huron, S. D.,
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Windorski
of St Paul, Art Stevens of Wa-
tertown, S. D., Mrs. 0. H. Mohn
of Andover, S. D., Myron Stevens of Brookings, S. D., and Mr
and Mrs. R. W. Carpenter of
Longville.
BACKUS WINS FROM
WALKER SUNDAY
OLSON'-GUNTER nutials
Miss Stella Olson, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. S. Olson of Mora,
Minnesota, became the bride of
Glen Gunter, son of Mr. and Mrs
J. W. Gunter of Pine River, on
Wednesday evening, at 8 p. m.,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. H.
H. Shoultz, in Minneapolis. The
ceremony was performed by
Rev. H. S. Norum of St Paul.
Mr. and Mrs. Shoultz, sister
and brother-in-law of the groom
attended the couple. The bride
was attired in a brown silk crepe
dress with accessories to match.
The bridesmaid wore a dress of
green silk jersey. After the
ceremony a two course lunch
was served to about 35 guests.
Out of town guests included
Mrs. J. W. Gunterof Pine River,
and Mrs. Lester Klimstra, mother and sister of the goom, and
Miss Jeannette Olson of Mora, a
sister of the bride.
The young couple will' make
their home in Minneapolis.
John Rohr Purchases Entire
Interest In Marlow Theatre
THE THEATRE WILL BE REMODELED,   WITH THE ADDITION OF A SLOPING FOOR AND A NEW FOYER
AND REST ROOM, TO START AT ONCE
CORRECTION
Several Twin City papers published an article with reference
to the death of little Ardine
Lieske, stating that the child upset a whole pot of coffee while
pouring it out. This was not
true and the neighbors and parents wish to have it stated in
these columns that the other
papers were in error and that
the child tipped over a cup ot
coffee and not the entire pot.
We are very glad to make this
correction, although the Journal carried a correct account of
•the accident.
A particularly interesting ball
game was played Sunday between Backus and Walker, with
Backus walking off with the honors. This puts Backus on top
with Hackensack. The two teams will play off the tie for the
county championship next Sunday at Hackensack. Sunday
game gave the fans plenty of
baseball with some nice hits and
plenty good plays.
PEAT FIRE BREAKS
OUT MONDAY EVE.
A bad fire was discovered about a half mile from the Lewis
Walton farm Monday night.
Ranger George Erickson arrived to take charge but not until
considerable work was done was
the fire brought under control.
MRS. WM. LAURITZON PASSES AWAY
MON, SERV. WED.
A message arrived Monday to
the Wm. Lauritzon children,
that their mother had passed
away that morning at the Anoka hospital. The news soon
spread over Pine River, and the
many friends of the family were
grieved to learn of the sad news,
as Mr. Lauritzon is seriously ill
at the Brainerd hospital.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday at 9 a. m., at the
Our Lady Of Lourdes Church,
with Father Crowe officiating.
Mrs. Lauritzon suffered a nervous breakdown four years
ago and has been confined to the
hospital ever since. The past
year Mrs. Lauritzon had been:
failing but at times there was
improvement and her death
came as a shock.
Mrs. Lauritzon was born on
March 3, 1878, at Oakley, Minn.,
and was 58 years old at ■ the
time of her death. She was
united in marriage to Wm. Lauritzon in 1912. To this union
five children were born. Mr.
and Mrs. Lauritzon came to Pine
River in 1913.
She leaves to mourn her untimely passing, five children,
Ruth Mary, Monica, Marcella,
Helen and Robert, her husband,
one brother, John Foley of St.
Charles, and three sisters, Mra.
Margaret Maloney of Humbolt,
S. D., Mrs. Mary McCarthy of
St Charlesi and Mrs. Agnes Maloney of So. Dak. They were
all present with the exception of
Agnes, who spent a week here
recently with the Lauritzon
family.
REPUBLICAN BOOTH at FAIR
The leades of both the Young
Republicans and the Seniors announce that there will be a Republican Booth on the_ fair
grounds, where everyone interested may come and register and
secure a button and also some
literature. There will be someone
at the booth on both Friday and
Saturday, from 10 a. m. until
closing. The booth will be well
decorated and furnished with a
rest-room. Watch for the 'Sun-
Flower' entrance.
Try A Want   Ad
CASS COUNTY FAIR
TO OPEN IN PINE
RIVER THURSDAY
Listed here are a few of the
many attraction to be featured
at the 31st annual Cass County
Fair, which opens in Pine River on Thursday (today) and continues until Saturday night.
We have just been informed
that the fair board has secured
a dancing act, put on by professional girl dancers. Anderson's
Trained Dogs will be a special
feature for the children as well
as the grown-ups. Then there's
Billy Weston, the slack rope artist. He also does a disappearing
act and performs a fire eating
stunt. Two 4H Club plays will
be given on Friday. There will
be a "Merry Go-Round" and 'Kid
dy Rides' for the children, and
a well filled midway. Ralph Gilbertson, who just recently returned from the Navy has a
wonderful collection of curi'os,
that will be on display. These
were collected in foreign countries and the orient and will be
of interest to everyone. The big
drawing will be held Saturday
night and all tickets, both entrance and grandstand, will be
good for a chance.
There will also be several good
political speakers including
Patrick J. Delaney, Democratic
candidate for U. S. Senator at
2 p. m. Friday; Saturday afternoon the Republican speakers
Martin Nelson and Theodore
Christianson will address the
audience, and in the evening,
two well known Farmer-Labor
speakers will address you, Gov.
Hjalmer Peterson and Dr. Paul
Hartig, candidate for Secretary
of State.
On Friday the American Legion Jr. Baseball Tournament
will be played.
The one act play entitled
"Jimmie" will be presented on
Saturday afternoon and evening.
It is a very interesting twenty
minute plav filled with comedy
and wit.   The cast includes:
Jimmie James Skinner
Mrs. St John Ollie Dahl
Mr. Burton Ray Swartz
Virginia Elaine Shepard
Don't miss this play, it is one
of the best one act plays written
Mrs. Elias Rovik will entertain
you with one of her usual comedy song hits. The stringed instrumental players with their
songs will appeal to the music
lovers. Little Joyce Robideau
in her specialty song and dance
act, will appeal to everyone. The
play is under the direction of
Mrs. Ollie Dahl.
Homer Fraser, who has been
a silent partner with John Rohr,
since the opening of the Marlow
Theatre, two years ago, sold out
his interest to John Rohr on Friday of last week, making Mr.
Rohr sole owner. John needs no
further introduction as he is
well known in this community,
especially for the quality pictures he has given the public in the
past.
In conjunction with the Marlow Theatre, Mr. Rohr will operate a circuit in the neighboring
towns and the firm name from
■now on will be "The Marlow Circuit." He has for some time
been completing arrangements
of installing fireproof booths etc
in five different towns, where
shows are held weekly with portable machines. The towns included in the circuit are • Longville, Hackensack, Remer, Outing CCC camp and Nimrod.
Mr. Rohr has successfully
operated the local theatre for
past two years, and his continued success is the wish of the entire community.
DAM STARTED AT
MAYO LAKE IN CASS
The construction of another
type 'C dam by a crew of WPA
workmen was started at Mayo
Lake in Cass county last week,
according to J. H. Downs, dist.
supt., in charge of construction.
In addition, the final concrete
pouring was completed at Pine
Mountain Lake, near Backus,
and Jewel Lake, near Pine River
These three dam projects are
part of the construction program
being carried on by the division
of drainage and waters, of the
conservation department, in cooperation with the WPA . Three
similar dams have already been
completed in Cass county, at
Bowen, Ada and Five Point
Lakes.
Mrs. H. J. Kaufman returned
the latter part of last week from
I a visit in the Twin Cities.
THEATRE TO BE REMODELED   IMMEDIATELY
Extensive re-modeling of the
Marlow theatre will begin at
once. Improvements will include a new slope floor, a foyer and
restroom will be added to the
present lobby and redecorating
of the main lobby. This will
make the Marlow one of the finest theatres in this territory.
The work will be under the supervision of Mr. Evans, the local contractor. The week after
the fair will be the grand opening, although the show will continue throughout the work. The
special feature for the "Grand
Opening' will be announced later.
MAJ. SKINNER LEASES MRS.
DAHL'S HOME; MRS DAHL
PLANS TO GO TO CALIF.
Another transaction among
the Pine River folks this week
when Major and Mrs. H. C. Skinner leased the home of Mrs. Ollie Dahl, effective October 1.
Mrs. Dahl states that at present
her plans are to spend the winter in California,, leaving here
the early part of November, and
(since it is a woman's priveledge
to change her mind) she may
announce later, an entirely different direction for location.
SEVERAL HOMES IMPROVED IN P. R.
Several improvements and additions are under way in Pine
River Homes.
In Old Town—Frances Jones
is having his home stuccoed and
Frank Cromett is adding a fine
addition to his residence. Henry
Fraser, son of E. A. Fraser, is
completely re-modeling and building up the old Wasson place.
Wm. Doty is constructing a
good comfortable home on his
farm west of Pine River. The
building itself is very interesting and has attracted many visitors. It is made of Pine wood
blocks, cemented together, with
a California stucco finish on the
outside. This type of construction is considered one of the
warmest and Mr. Doty expects
to face those 40 below days with
a smile. Mr. Doty's son, H. A.
Doty has been doing the cement
work, whileAxel Johnson has
charge of the carpenter work.
CARD OF   THANKS
We wish to thank all our
neighbors and friends for their
acts of kindness during the illness and death of our wife and
mother. Also all those who
gave floral offerings.
Mr. A. J. Grinols and family