The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-04-16

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXXV
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 16, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
SECOND VARIETY
SHOW ON MAY 1
ERADELPHIAN CLUB MEETS
The regular meeting   of   the
Eradelphian Club was   held   at
the home of Mrs. F. R. Anderson
on Friday afternoon.   Plans for
the convention of the Federated
Bigger and Better than   ever Clubs of Cass County, which will
comes the second Variety Show j be held in Pine River on Thurs-
at the Marlow.   Plans are   well i r\ay, April 30, were    discussed.
underway for another fine vaude
ville show Which will be presented at the Marlow Theatre, May
1, under.the auspices of the I. O.
0. F. lodge.
"Henry's Mail Order Wife," a
comedy in two acts, heads the
program and if any one feels low
A business meeting will be called
at the Marlow theatre at 11 o'
clock, followed by a luncheon at
the Lake Region Hotel. _ The
afternoon session will consist of
a program contributed by all seven clubs of the county.
The  topic for discussion for
and needs cheering up and a big the day was 'Wild   Flowers   ol
laugh, keep this date open   and; Minnesota,' with Mrs. B. F.Chris
come to the Variety Show and
and you'll be smiling for a week
at the comedy in 'Henry's Mail
Order Wife.' The same play
was presented here about three
years ago and was proclaimed
one of the biggest hits that ever
played in Pine River, and been
requested to be given again sev
eral times.
"The Crystal Gazer" a short
skit by Stewart and Dahl, which
was listed for the first variety
show and cancelled because the
program was filled, will be given
at this show. Those who remember this team some years
ago as real entertainers will be
glad to see them in an act again.
A complete list of every act
will be published next week.
tian as leader. Each member
responded to roll call by naming
a favorite wild flower. Mrs.
Christian read a short sketch of
the life of Gene Stratton Porter,
who was a lover of wild life and
she also gave an interesting
book review of "The Girl of the
Limberlost.' Mrs. Allen gave a
paper on wild flowers of Minnesota, also showing illustrations.
The next meeting will be held
at the home of Mrs. H. A. York
on Arpil 24.
LONGVILLE
MR. and MRS. HARRY HILL
RETURN   FROM   CALIF.
Too Late For Last Week
Miss Helen Kline returned to
Longville from Iowa, Friday.
H. V. Mercer of Minneapolis.
was in Longville on business Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Les Carpenter
and Miss Florence Nyvall drove
to Remer Friday.
Frank Woodley underwent an
operation for appendicitis Friday.
; Clellie and Dell Ford drove to
Fargo Wednesday and returned
Saturday.
Lou Knopf visited at the Cy
Kline home recently.
The Cass Countv Conservation operators met at Johnson's ho
tel Mondav evening. The next
meeting- will be on April 27. Everyone is urged to attend.
Easter vacation this week. Mr
Koeford of the faculty is spending the week in Minneapolis. The
other teachers are at their respective homes.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Hill arrived Wednesday from Chatfield, where they visited for a
few days on their return from
Anaheim, California, where
they spent the winter. They report a very enjoyable winter
and a pleasant journey back to
Minnesota.
Public Auction Sale To Be
Held At Local Fair Grounds
Pine River will hold its first
public aution on Saturday afternoon, April 18, at the local Fair
Grounds. Bring anything that
you wish to have sold-cattle horses, machinery household goods
and in fact anything you may
have for sale. You do not need
to list your articles before the
sale. The auction will be conducted by Coffland and Seaton, two
live-wire auctioneers. Come ear
ly and stay late. Read their ad
on another page of this issue.
DEMOCRATS HOLD   CAUCUS
The local democratic unit held
a caucus at Al Downing's barber
shop Tuesday evening. Fifteen
delegates were elected to attend
the county convention to be held
in Walker on Thursday of this
week.
Mrs. Effie Wareing returnedto
Brainerd on Sunday evening, after spending Easter at her home.
The regular meeting   of   the
PTA MET MONDAY EVE
Eastern Star was held   at   the
Masonic Hall on Tuesdayevening j sponsoring recreational projects
The PTA held its regular meet
ing on Monday evening at the
schoolhouse with a very good attendance. The main topic of
discussion was the question of
inoculation for diptheria and vac
cination for small pox. This was
brought up by Mrs. Bates, who
had learned that if the PTA
would furnish needles and syringes the serum would be furnish-
at a cost of 10c per child if there
are 500 or more children not less
than six months of age to take
the treatment. Vaccination for
small pox would be a little more
expensive. Mrs. Dubbs appointed a committee to make a survey to find out how many parents would want their children to
receive this treatment. The
members of the committee are:
Mrs. Chas. Bates, Supt. Haack,
Mrs. Lewis Walton and Dr. Kauf
man.
Mr. Cadwell, recreational director for the WPA, made an
appeal to the parents to help in
NUPTIALS OF LOCAL
INTEREST ARE HELD
SHERWOOD - RUPP
Miss Ruth Sherwood of Pine
River and Edwin H. Rupp of
Portland, Oregon, Were united
in marriage at the home of the
bride's brother, Julian Sherwood, at Portland on Wednesday of last week. The attendants for the young couple were
Mr. and Mrs. Julian Sherwood.
Their son Wayne, played the wed
ding march and their daughter
Luana, sang T Love You Truly.'
After an informal    reception
Out of Town members present
were Mrs. Philip Palmer, Mrs.
Miller and daughter Audrey of
Backus and Mrs. Keith Bailey of
Pequot. A verv delicious 'lunch
was served by Mrs. F. L.Hill and
Mrs. F. R. Anderson.
Mr. and Mrs. H. A. York returned to Pine River Monday, af
ter an extended trip through the
southern and western states.
Mr. and Mrs. F. F. Doherty. sic
companied by Harold Isensee of
Fargo, spert Easter Sunday ar
the home of Mrs. Doherty's parents, Mr. i'.vid Mrs. Lee Isensr'e
and broth' i. L. W. Isensee.
'BIG FOUR"   CONTEST
The "The Big Four'- Contest
of the Oddfellows Lodge will be
held in the Pine River Armory,
on May 4, with the Pine River
Lodge as hosts. This event will
be in commemoration of the 117
anniversary of the Lodge. State Grand Master, Ed Thompson
of Hewitt, will be present besides
other important officers that are
SENIOR   CLASS   PLAY
DRAWS   LARGE   CROWD
expected. The four teams tak-
the young couple left on a tour \ng part in this contest are- Ake-
of Southern California, visiting iey, Walker, Backus   and   Pine
for boys and girls during the vacation months.
The program was opened by
two selections by the Pine River
Players. Rev: MacKinney and
two sons have joined the orchestra since their last appearance.
The play 'Pa's Day On' given
by members of the Mildred Farmers Club was greatly enjoyed.
Mrs. Lesher was exceptionally
good as Ma, while Clarence Lesher as Pa. who thought he could
manage the household with ease,
found out it was no small job.
Irene Fisher as the baby's nurse.
Joyce and Jimmy Reed, Clifford
Hutchinson and Susan Lesher
all acted their parts as modern
youngsters well.
Other entertainment consisted
of a song and tap dance by Ardyce Button, two piano solos by
Ruth Council and additional selections by the orchestra.
Numbers on the angel food
cake, donated by Ernest Robideau brought in $3.40 and the
lunch netted $6.40. The next
meeting will be held on Mav 11,
at which time election of officers
will 'be held.
The High School auditorium
was well fflledy Friday night
when the senior class presented
'Cyclone Sally,' under the direction of Mr. Jones, the class advisor. The play was filled with
sparkling dialogue and very amusing the whole way thru. The
play was well cast and every
character portrayed his or hei
part in a very creditable manner.
Barbara Kolb played the leading role and was most attractive
and snappy, putting fear into the
Englishman, Reggie- played by
Gordon Johnson, who could not
forget that this Cyclone person
handled a gun all too well. Gordon was delightful as this character and how his face registered his every thought. Paul Gardiner, the handsome and hot
tempered hero of the play, carried his part as the fuious youth
who could not endure cabbaees
in his front yard, verv well. Sidney Palmer. asWiliie Clump, was
perfect as the country lover and
bumpkin. Every word and every entrance he made brought
forth peals of lausrhter. Marcella Lauritzon, as the shy Ruth
Thatcher, was sweet and charming in her role and Carol Peterson as Effie Vardon, the ingenue,
and June Anderson the cold hear
ted haughty Vivian Vernon, both
did very well in their roles as
did Kenneth Heath and Bernice
Finsaas as the help on the Webster estate, who completed the
cast.
The audience was entertained
between acts by the school orchestra.
CEMETARY PROJECT
TO BE STARTED
The WPA in co-operation with
Dr. A. J. Button and Arvid
Lundin, mayor and clerk, respec
tively, of Pine River, will provide
the village with a burial vault to
avoid the necessity of grave dig
ging during the winter months.
After several weeks of preliminary work, which included
the preparation of plans and the
listing of needed material, it was
announced this week at theBrain
erd office of Mr. Gilbertson,
that formal approvement of the
allotment of funds has been
made by the state administrator
The projiect, as approved and
for which $1,120 in federal
funds are to be added to $239. vo
ted by the village council, as
sponsor of the proposal, includes
the construction of a fence around the cemetary and the grading
and levelling of the grounds.
The vault, which will be constructed of cement blocks, will
be 12X18 feet. The work will
be started at once.
Dr. Button held a conference
with Mr. Gilbertson, in Brainerd
last Thursday, with reference to
starting a project to repair the
roof of the local armory.
LOCAL ITEMS
Verner Gustafson and Oscar
Hanson of No. Dak., are visiting
at the Lillyquist home.
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Clark are
spending a few days in Brained.
The Mothers Club was enter- 'n*g_(j
tained by Mrs. Ralph Fuller on
Wednesday.
I. G. Scott returned to Minneapolis Sunday, after spending
several days in Longville.
Mr. and Mrs. Carper visited at
the home of their daughter, Mrs
Atwood over the week end.
Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Tabaka dro
ve to Duluth Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Mathews
are spending a few days in the
Cities. •
Messers Ray Tabaka. Orton.
and Toby Asson accompanied bv
H. Zigmund of Pine River, made
a business trip to Minneapolis
Monday.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Kinkel and
Mr. and Mrs. C. Kinkel were entertained at Sunday dinner at
the Ray Kinkel home.
the fair at San Diago, and other
points of interest along the way.
They will make their home at
Dunsmuir, Calif.
Mrs. Rupp is the youngest
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. N. D.
Sherwood of Pine River. She is
a graduate of the local school ana
the Teachers Oolletre of Moor-
She has taught at Backus
Hackensack and Boy River.
Last fall she left for the coast to
visit at her brothers home.
Her many Pine River friends
wish her success and happiness
in her new venture.
River. This event is expected to
bring over 100 people to Pine River. A class of at least nine
candidates will be initiated of
which five are from Pine River.
Members of the local Rebecca
Lodge will serve a midnight supper.
IRON POINT
Mrs. Ernest Peterson visited
with her sister, Mrs. Adry John-
srio a few days last week and
duriner her stay attended the
Nickel Club held at the home of
Mrs. H. Burke on Wednesday,
and also the Communitv Club at
the Clough Lake schoolhouse on
Friday evening.
Mrs. Tom Duke and two children of Harlan, la., has been visi
ting with her parents, Mr. and
Mrs. E. Peterson of Blind Lake,
for the past few weeks.
Mrs. Neils Anderson of Blind
PALMER - SUTTON
A marriage of interest took
place at Backus on Tuesday of
last week, when Miss Ethel Palmer became the bride of Dor-
man Sutton. The bride is the
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Palmer of Backus. She is a
graduate of the Backus high
school and the State Teachers
College of Bemidji. The past
year she has been a member of
the Walker faculty. Mr. Sutton is the son of Lottie Sutton of
Pine River and has grown to
manhood here. He is a graduate
of the local high school and teachers training dept. At present
he is employed as instructor of
the CCC camps in the Walker
vicinity.
Lake, spent Monday with
Harold Johnson.
Mrs.
OBITUARY
Mrs. Anna Lindfors, a resident of the Pine River vicinity
for the past twenty four years,
passed away at the home of her
son, Verner Lindfors, on Wednes
day of last week. She had been
in poor health for about a year
and a half.
Funeral services were conducted at the Lutheran Church on
Saturday afternoon at two o'
clock with Rev. Huss officiating.
The church choir sang several
beautiful numbers.
Mrs. Anna Lindfors was bom
in Sweden, on February 7, 1856.■
and died in Walden Township on
April 8, 1936, at the age of 80
years, two months and one day.
Her husband preceeded her in
death in 1925. She leaves to
mourn her death three daughters, Mrs. George Olson and Mrs
Elmer Olson of Pine River and
Emma of Tacoma, Wash.; also
two sons Verner and Nels of
Pine River besides several grand
children and a host of friends.
Gus Schoon of Waskish, spent
the week end at the home of his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. H. Schoon
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Burke
and son Bobby are visiting at the
home of Mr. Burke's parents at
Holloway, this week.
The Heiress Who Changed
Her Actor-Husband for a Cowboy. Society Divorce Story of
the Man Who Rebelled at Being a 'He-Cinderella.' A Feature of the American Weekly
the Magazine Distributed with
next Sunday's Chicago Herald
And Examiner.       . adv.
TWO BIG SHOWS AT
MARLOW THEATRE
NOTICE
Why pay Gross on your Electric account if paid by discount
date. The average consumer
will save from 5c-50c per month.
Why not save this amount.:
Everyone should take advantage
of discounts.
Minnesota Utilities Company
Harve Cromett, Mgr.
FAREWELL PARTY
Members of the congregation
of the Gospel Mission andfriends
gathered at the Gospel Hall on
Wednesday evening to bid Miss
Davies, their Leader and Founder, farewell. Miss Davies is
leaving shortly for Minneapolis.
Rev. Paul MacKinney, who Is
now pastor of the Mission, had
charge of the entertainment and
program, which consisted of the
following numbers: Music by the
Church orchstra, a quartet composed of Rev. MacKinney arid
his sons Mark, Paul and Samuel.
Readings by Mrs. Ollie Dahl and
talks by members, With a love
pffering showing appreciation/
for the work done by Miss Davies during the past two' and-a
half years. The ladies served a
delicious lunch after the program.
HOLD MEETING
The Mildred Poultry and Berry Ass'n. held their meeting on
Tuesday evening at the school
house with a very good attendance. Much interest was shown
by those present. 14,000 berry
plants were ordered. The next
meeting will be held April 18 at
Mildred. Orders for chickens
and other materials will be made
at this time. Everyone in the
community is urged to come and
join.
For the first time in his carreer, famous George Arliss impersonates a hobo! It occurs in
"Mister Hobo," the new GB production showing Sunday at the
Marlow theatre.
Shorn of the sartorial magnificence which has been connected with all his illustrious cinematic impersonations of the
oast, Arliss is now seen as a
Knight of the road. Instead of
the man-of-the-world garments
of the past, he dresses as any
old tramp would.
It would be hard to recognize
Arliss in 'Spike' the vagabond
with his pepper and salt hair,
walrus mustache, unshaven
chin, down at the heel shoes tied with pieces of string, a weired assortment of rags in place
of jacket and trousers, and a
handkerchief around his neck.
The story concerns two hoboes
who ply their tinker's trade
through France, find themselves unexpectedly borne to prosperity through a mistake of iden
tity, become proprietors of -a
Parisian bank, and then renounce their soendor of hobo life.
Viola Keats supplies, with Patrick Knowles, the love interest
Others in the cast of the picture
are Mignon O'Doherty, George
Hayes, Evelyn Roberts, Mary
Clare . and - Paddy Naismith.
Maude Howell was adapter and
associate director.
"DAN MATTHEWS"
'The Calling of Dan Matthews'
Columbia's picturization of the
famous .novel by Harold Bell
Wright, opens Friday at the
Marlow Theatre, with Richard
Arlen in the stellar role.
:The story is about a modern
crusader who runs into plenty
of excitement :when he attempts
to clean up vice in a small town.
Charlotte Wynters plays opposite Arlen. Douglass Dum-
brille, Donald Cook and Mary
Kormah are included in the cast.
EASTER PARTY
Mrs. Minnie Morrison and Effie Wareing were hostesses at an
Easter party at their home on
Wednesday afternoon. Bridge
was played at two tables after
which a delicious lunch was served. Miss Esther Conzet received the prize for high score.
Tom Kelly returned to his
home at Morton, after spending
the winter at the home of his
sister, Mrs. T. J. Riley.
Mr. and Mrs. Don Shonkwiler
and family returned Sunday even
ing from a weeks trip to Humboldt, Estherville and other
points.
See the Pine River Hatchery
for Custom Hatching of Hen and
Turkey Eggs, Day Old Chicks,
started Leghorns and Poults-adv
Mrs. W. J. Wicklund and children of Walker spent several
days at the home of her parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Ben Robideau,
while Mr. Wicklund was attending a Superintendents meeting
and visiting with his mother in
Minneapolis.
A. J. Linden arrived home
from Hibbing Friday, to spend
Easter here. He was accompanied by his son Robert and granddaughter, Margaret Marsh, students at the Hibbing high school,
The M. E. Ladies Aid will serve a 35c supper in the catholic
aid rooms on Saturday, April 18.
Articles of fancy work will be on
display to be sold. The committee will begin serving at5:30 and
continue until everyone has been
served. The menu will consist of
Baked Ham, Escalloped Potatoes
Vegetables, Rolls, Pickles, Jelly
Pie and Coffee. '
Mr. and Mrs. W. I. Norton of
Minneapolis and daughter, Mrs.
Bernard Lewis of Pittsburg, arrived Saturday to spend Easter
at the N. D. Sherwood home.
Mrs. Norton is a sister of Mrs.
Sherwood. Mrs. Lewis is better
known as Miss Eunice Norton,
famous pianist in Europe as well
as in this country, where she has
given concerts in most of the
larger cities. She has been visiting with her mother since her
concert in Duluth in March. On
Sunday afternoon Mr. and Mrs.
Marion Sherwood, accompanied
by their gusts, motored to Bemid
ji to visit at the home of Mrs.
Peder Ness, where they all enjoyed a grand family concert im
the evening.
NOTICE
Whoever loaned my cesspool
pump, kindly return it at once.
Reuben Spencer
Wayne Steele of Brainerd was
a guest at the C. V. Gardiner on
Sunday.
After spending a week with
her parents. Dr. and Mrs. C. E.
Johnson, Miss Hildegarde Johnson returned to Medeh"a Sunday,
to resume her duties as instructor of Mome Economics at the
school there.
Harris Zigmund left Monday
on a business trip to Minneapolis.
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