The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-03-26

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
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VOLUME I NUMBER XXXII THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY. MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, MARCH 26,1936
REV. WEISS WRITES
FROM FAR AFRICA
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
Rev.   George   Weiss     writes
from Africa:
Dear Mother and All:
Well we are here in Africa   at
last, having arrived in Tangier,
on Monday ana'   coming   on   to
Meknes   yesterday.   I   suppose
you have aireauy received the let
ter that I mailed to you   in   Gi-
bralter.    Vve got tnere   Monday
morning about nine A. M.,   and
waited there until about one   r.
M. for a boat   to   Tangier.   We
got to Tangier about four P. M.,
and expected someone to meet us
at the dock but there was no one
there so we had quite a time in a
strange place unable   to   understand the language.   About the
first thing I found out was that
we could get a bus   for   Meknes
the next morning atseven o'clock
but that I had to go to the Spanish Consulate first to get a Span
ish Visa on my passport before
we could pass tlnough the Spanish zone.   The Consulate closed
at five o'clock ana did not   open
until nine the next day so if we
were to get that morning bus   1
knew I would have to rush right
up and tend to that.   I got a taxi
driven by an Arab and took Bern
ard with me and left Olga alone
to get through the custom house-
She got through for only 8franc^
only (56c) even though she could
not talk to the custom officersor
understand them.   They opened
two or three trunks and let the
rest go by unexamined.   By   the
time baby and I got   back   Olga
was all through at the customs.
The next thing we   did   was   to
hire some natives with donkevs
to take our baggage up   to   the
bus station. We had four trunks
and two grips, a total of six hundred pounds, and they loaded all
this on two small   donkeys   not
much bigger than a large hound.
We had an awful time   settling
with the donkey   men   because
they think Americans are   made
of gold and ask about   twice   as
much as they should.   Thev jabbered away in Arabic and Ifound
out that they wanted fiftyfrancs
about 3.50.   I gave him   thirty
francs, about   2.45.   That   mav
sound cheap to   you   and   over
there may have   cost   seven   or
eight dollars but that was   very
dear here.   They say   the   men
here work for about 15c   a   day
and live on it.   Think of raising
a family on fifteen cents a day!
The men acted as thouo-h I had
cheated them but the folks here
said they were probably   laughing- up their sleeve.
When we saw the baggage safe at the station we took a taxi
and went to a hotel that is run
by an English Mission from London. We spent the night there,
ate two meals and got a lunch
packed for the trip for $1.75.
The next morning we started for
Meknes. When we passed from
the Spanish zone into the French
zone we had to get all our trunks
and things down from the top
of the bus and open them up for
another inspection at the French
custom house. We had to hire
natives to do the work again and
the passengers   got   quite   wet
when it rained.
About fifty miles back we star
ted climbing mountains and the
scenery was wonderful. The rain
had stopped and everything was
fine. The bus went up and up
and zig-zagged in every direction
Sometimes there were U turns
and the distance between thetwo
right of ways was only a couple
of rods so the turns were quite
dangerous. In some places the-
road was only a narrow trail and
you could see the bottom on one
side and the top on the other.
There were very few road signs
and no railings but the driver
knew his stuff so everything
went fine. We arrived about 2:30
and had wired to the folks at
Tangier so they were here to
meet us.
I wish I could describe the
house we are living in but it
would take too long so will not
do it now. The baby has been
playing on the roof and in the
court between the houses mostol
the time. The house is very
high so we can see the entirecity
from the roof. Everything sure
seems funny to us but we sure
like it. I hope we can learn the
language alright it certainly
sounds hard. One of the native
christians was over to see us
last night and we liked him very
much.
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RITES HELD FOR MRS
RUSH WEDNESDAY
Funeral services were held at
2:30 p. m. Wednesday for Mrs.
John L. Rush,a resident of Brain
erd for the past 15 years, who
died early Sunday at her home,
159 Third avenue, northeast.
The rites were held from the
Zion Evangelical church inNorth
east Brainerd with Rev. W. L.
Thomas officiating. Interment
was made in the Evergreen ceme
tery. ,
Mrs. Rush was a well known
resident in this city, coming here
after several years residence in
Jenkins and Pine River. She was
sixty one years of age at the
time of her death. She had suffered for the past three years
from a stroke, from which shfe
never fully recovered.
Surviving are her husband,
two sons, Fa. A. Rush, Brainerd
and 0. A. Rush, Elportal, Calif.;
and two daughters, Mrs. Gladys
Johnson, Fergus Falls, and Mrs.
E. E. Swearingen of Brainerd.
One son, J. E. Rush, preceeded
her in death in 1931. One brother, Frank Plum, Pequot, and six
grandchildren also survive her.
—Brainerd Dispatch
THE PURPOSE OF
THE MILDRED ASS'N.
APPLICATIONS TO BE
RECE'D FOR PENSION
ERADELPHIAN CLUB MET
ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Word from the Cass County
Agency of the Old Age Assistance Act is to the effect that
the County Agency is ready to
act on applications when the Sta-
Agency finally determines just
what rules and regulations must
be followed. At the present time
the State Agency and the Federal Social Security Board have
not come to an agreement as to
the operation of the law and
therefore federal funds have not
as yet been allotted. However,
the rules and regulations state
that the application will retroact
back to the time of filing when
finally approved providing the
applicant is not receiving relief
in which case the Old Age Assistance will start when taken off
the relief rolls.
Applicants not now receiving
relief will receive assistance
from date of filing of application
if same is anproved. It is expected that a definite set-up of the
County Board can act on applications at the April meeting of the
county board. The Cass County
Agencv has been ready to act for
some time but due to the uncertainty of various rules and regulations and requirements by the
state agency as to the personnel
of the administrative force Cass
countv as well as many other
counties throughout the State
have had to mark time.
The Eradelphian Club met at
the home of Mrs. D. L. Triggs on
Saturday afternoon. A short
business meeting with discussions of plans for a county club
convention which will be held in
Pine River the latter part of April with this club as hostess club
opened the meeting. Roll ca':
was responded to with members
naming their favorite star. The
program for the afternoon was
on 'Film Production and Movies.'
The following topics were presented : Mrs. Elias Rovik gave a
short and interesting talk on
'Production of Films,' emphasising the great amount of practice
the actors must go through before a picture is ready for shooting. Mrs. Triggs followed with
_. review of the better late pictures and continued with stories
of the lives of several of the popular stars. Eunice Mae Triggs
then proceeded with the life of
Will Rogers. Joyce Robideau
then favored the ladies with two
of Shirley Temples songs and
Lois Triggs displayed a group of
pictures of Shirley Temple. John
Rohr, Manager of the local theatre was a guest speaker and told
briefly of the operation and
booking of pictures, which was
particularly interesting and instructive. The next meeting
will be held on Friday at the
home of Mrs. Lewis Walton.
FAREWELL PARTY FOR
MR. AND MRS. GEO. MOHS
Over forty neighbors and friends of Mr.   and   Mrs.   George
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Mohs and family   gathered   at
it was great to see them go up op j their home on Sunday   evening
the bus put a trunk on top   of \ for a farewell party before their
their heads and walk down the
ladder into the custom house.We
had quite a time there until I dis
covered that one of the customs
officers could talk German and
then of course we got along o.k.
He had opened two trunks, but
when he found that he could
talk to me he asked what was in
the others and when I told him
he iust nassed them through
without further inspection .Then
the Arabs out the trunks ontheir
heads and took them up on another bus, as we found that we
had to change buses and we star
ted on our journey again. The
roads were very narrow and
rough.
We nassed through some very
beautiful country and everything was so green it was gorgeous. In some places the water
was running over the road and
I wondered if we could make it.
The bus was not very tight  and
LADIES BRIDGE TOURNEY
depature to their new home
The evening was spent invisiting
and card playing. After the social hour Father Crowe presented Mr.and Mrs.Mohs with a gift
as a token of the many years of
friendship and pleasant association during their residence in
this community. A delicious
lunch was served the guests at a
late hour. Mr. and Mrs. Mohs
moved to Deer Creek, following
their sale on Tuesday. The fami
ly will be greatly missed in this
community where they have
been active in community and
church affairs for so long. Their
many Pine River friends wish
them success and happiness in
their new home.
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The second session of the ladies bridge tournament was heldon
Thursday of last week and the
third meeting on Monday of this
week. Hereafter the regularnite
will be Monday with the exception of one nite in April which
will be changed owing to a conflict with the PTA.
SCORES
Zigmund - Hempstead 4523
Kater - Isensee 5680
Robideau - Lundin 309?
Schuster - Stewart 5830
Downing - Severeid 4874
Shepard - Morrison 3745
Townsend - Siefert 7851
Evansta - McCart 4322
Thomas - Rovik 4752
Sherwood - Golz 5030
Witting - Dingle -4236
Shiffer - Kolb 5253
i Triggs - Gardner 4036
Stewart - Conzet 6407
Bergstrom - Brezinsky 3412
Dahl - Anderson 4587
Datzman - Hill 5799
Fields - Moulster  5106
Harold Isensee left Thursday
for Fargo here he is a student at
the North Dakota State College,
after spending a week with   his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Isen j ^ith her parents, Mr. and
see. VanKempen.
'The Mildred Co-operative
Poultry and Berry Association,'
What it is and what it hopes to
accomplish:
1. It is an association of farmers banded together for the*
purose of improving their financial condition.
2. It is a business corporation
incorporated under the laws of
the state, whereby the members
can buy at wholesale prices from
manufacturer or wholesaler, any
article of merchandise they may
be in need of. The primary object of the association is to change the present mode of farming
to one that will give greater returns for the amount of capital
and labor invested. The farmers
in this locality, and even farther north, are employing thesame
methods and are attempting to
raise the same kind of crops as
are raised in 111., Ia., and other
states hundreds of miles farth-
ther south, although we have
neither the seasons, climate,
rainfall or soil conditions that ex
ist in those states farther south.
Consequently the farmers here
have seldom or ever been able to
make a success of farming,many
being forced to give up and move
to other localities after loosing
everything they had. It was
with these facts in mind that
this organization was formed, to
work together co-operatively at
something that gives a promise
of success and at least same profit for the labor expended because poultry raising and berry culture has proven to be a success
in this locality.
Those two branches of farming were chosen to start with
but the association can take up
any other project that the members may decide on. The success
or failure of the undertaking depends on the number ofmembers
If enough farmers join to enable
the association to ship the poultry products in large shipments
to eastern markets and their
berries in carload lots to eastern
or southern markets then we
will succeed, otherwise not, as
we have no local market to depend on. There are only three
co-operative berry associations
in the United States outside 'of
the Mildred association and
they are all doing good work.
The last one was organized four
years ago at Duluth and now has
over 200 members. None of the
members made less than $200
per acre on their raspberries last
season. This statement was made by J. H. Hay, State Deputy
Agriculture Commissioner after
an investigation. He also stated there was no reason why the
Mildred association should not
do as well or better.
The membership fee in this
association is one dollar, with no
monthly or yearly dues. A meeting will be called in the near future for the purpose of giving
those who have not yet joined a
chance to do so and also for the
purpose of giving orders for berry plants and chicks.
The association will then put
all the individual orders for the
plants into one large order and
submit it to the different responsible nurseries thereby obtaining better prices than if individual orders were sent. The
same will be done with the chick
orders. For the best results,
one or not more than two breeds
should be decided on this will be
done at the meeting to be held
soon. It is important that all
who wish to join the association
be present at the next meeting
as planting time will soon be
here. —Thomas Pederson
LILY PONS and HENRY
FONDA IN NEW PICTURE
AT THE MARLOW SUN.
Miss Pons sings both grand
opera and popular songs and
gives a strikingly vivid characterization of a little French girl
avidly hungry for love and life.
In her portrayal, the star demon
strates exceptional talent for
whimsical, delightful human
comedy.
Henry Fonda, sensational
young actor now the talk of the
screen world because of his performances in 'The Farmer Takes a Wife' and 'Way Down
East,' plays the romantic lead
opposite Miss Pons. Osgood Per
kins, an inimatable Eric Blore
are other principals in the come-
dy-drama with music. John
Cromwell directed the Pandro S.
Berman production. Jerome
Kern and Dorothy Fields composed the new popular songs
which Miss Pons sings.
In addition to this feature the
latest release of the 'March of
Time' will also be shown at the
Marlow on Saturday and Sunday.
VARIETY SHOW FRI.
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Mrs. J. A. Brezinsky became a
member of the O. E S. at the regular meeting of the Eastern
Star on Tuesday evening. Mrs.
Brezinsky received the degree of
the order and became a member of the Clover chapter. During the social hour a delicious
lunch was served by the committee.
BRAINERD WINS REGIONAL TOURNEY
The Regional Tournament held
here Sunday was not as well attended as had been expected earing to the mildness of the day
and also the fact th at the games were played on Sunday.
The first game between Royal
ton and Hackensack was more or
less loo sely played with plenty
of basket shooting as the score
indicates. The Royalton Sports
men lopped the boys up north by
a score of 35-32
The second game between
Brainerd and Aitkin was well
played but turned out to be more
or less of a freak win as one of
the Aitkin boys tossed in the
winning basket for Brainerd
during a scuffle under the basket, Brainerd winning by a score
of 33-31.
The consolation game played
in the evening between Hackensack and Aitkin was wonbyHack
ensack 38-37
The Royalton boys entered
the finals with plenty of ambition but were smothered by Brain
erd by ascore of 32-56. The fact
that the Royalton team carried
only two reserves and theBrain-
erd boys had 11 men and were
able to have fresh men on the
floor all the time is no doubt the
cause for the large score, However the Sportsmen put up afine
battle and deserve plenty of credit for trying hard..
Owing to an error some place
we were unable to get the box
score as it was to have beensent
here so are unable to furnish a
very accurate report.
Mr. and Mrs. Nicholas Mohs
and children of Cold Springs arrived Saturday.   Mr. Mohs   re-
Mrs. B. L. Shiffer and daughter Irene spent Monday shopping in Brainerd.
Kenneth Gardiner, who has
completed his course at the Iowa
State College at Ames,   arrived
.in
turned on Monday.   Mrs. Mohs jn pjne River Thursday and wilr
if remaining to   spend   a   week ■ remain for atime at the home of
Mrs. his parents, Mr. and Mrs. C.   V/
I Gardiner.
GRADE SCHOOD NOTES
It is springtime in Hollond
March and so all the grades are
busy this month making posters
and studying the life and customs of the people in this country. The first grade room is colorful with tulips and windmills.
The second graders are studying
the building and use of dykes.
The third graders have a very
interesting sand table on which
they have built a miniature town
of Holland, the town of Volden-
dam. The sand table is covered
with    windmills    and    animals.
The fourth, fifth and sixth
graders allhave beautiful posters
made in their study of springtime
in Holland.
Ruth Horn and Vera Wright
are new pupils.
On mon day this grade discovered that they have a new bulletin board and have already made
! use of it with picture lessons.
Second Grade
The Variety Show presented
under the auspices of the Rebekah Lodge Friday evening at
the Marlow theatre was everything that it was represented to
be and no one went home disappointed.
Every act was individual. The
lovely 'Marrietta' who conducted
the announcing Ala Broadway,
was Miss Margaret Robideau.
'The Pickanniny Tappers' the
juvenile act, by Evan and Laurie
Beard opened the show with a
delightful dance in gay costume
and were heartily applauded.The
'Carolina Crooners' made a colorful and charming number. Seated around a campfire with other lights low, the company of
six compossed of Misses Dorothy and Verna Cromett, Gloria
Evans. Case Hamlin and Mr. and
Mrs. Robert Evans truly charmed their audience with their
soft and harmonious crooning.
'Little Oscar' was the comedy of
the evening. It was a scream
from beginning to end. The cast
included four members of the
Pine River faculty. Misses Evansta," Torsky, Mr. Rosen and Mr.
Jones.
'Top Hat Tim' the singing
and talking act done by Mrs.Eli-
as Rovik brought down thehouse
with her costume acting and
song. The accordian, violin and
piano act was an old time number and a winner, by Arvid Lundin, Jack Knutson andTom Riley
The glamorous La Rojita, the
Spanish dancer was Miss Virginia Stewart. This was a very
artistic number doing perfectly
the dance of Las Marianas.
■'Cloud Burst' was the tragedy
of the evening, olayed by agroup
of high school students including
Charlotte Henry, a woman who
had grown bitter from work and
worry. The most difficult part
was played bv Omar Shonkwiler
who was the invalid and his t>os-
ture and cough was so realistic
that the tragedy of the story
was felt from the first. Other
players were Lavern Leef, Gertrude Siefske. James Riley and
Winston Cadwell. There were
several dramatic instances that
were handled very well. The Play
was made more realistic by thun
der crashes and rain and storms
created backstage. The concluding number,'A Harlem Specialty,' was done in blackface by
Raymond Lindberg. Entering
the stage with a huge cigar ini
his mouth and the swagger of
a pompous colored man, Ray amused the audience with various
numbers on the drum and saxophone. Miss Eunice McCart and
Mrs. Marion Sherwood acted as
accompanists for several of the
acts.
After the show the entire
company of entertainers were in
vited to the Robideau home
where Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Robideau and Mr. and Mrs. Arvid
Lundin entertained the group at
a delicious lunch. A delightful
two hours were spent in playing
games and rehearsing the show.
This being the first vaudeville
show of the year, much is learned in the line of the public's wish
es and requests. Two more simi
lar shows will be given this
spring watch for the dates.
Mrs. Ollie Dahl deserves much
credit for promoting and and arranging the variety show as no
doubt much of its success is due
to her untiring efforts. If any
one knows cf some one that ex-
cells in some certain form of entertainment, kindly contact Mr.
Rohr or Mrs. Dahl.
The Rebekah Ladge realized a
neat sum and will have new
chairs for their lodge hall.
We gained a new pupil and
lost one this week. John Cory
is the new boy and Harold Deg-
nan left school.
The 'A' group of readers star
ted a new book this week.
Mrs. Kline was a visitor   this
week.
Third Grade
Gladys Erickson visited here
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