The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-05-07

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME I NUMBER XXXVIII       . THE PINE J?_VER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA,   THURSDAY, MAY 7, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 P*r Year
VARIETY SHOW
DRAWS BIG CROWD
Exceptional talent was presen
ted at the Variety Show at the
Marlow Theatre Friday night.
And in spite of the downpour, almost a full house greeted the
players enthusiastically. As the
curtain opened on the comedy,
"Henry's Mail Order Wife" the
scene revealed and unkempt kitchen of the two bachelor ranchers, with Cyde Townsend as Abe,
vigorously washing socks and
complaining bitterly because
they shrunk. . Ben Shiffer as
Henry, was busily engaged in
sweeping and grumbling because
he was sick of. housework and
was seriously thinking of sending for a mail order wife, much
to the horror and disapproval of
Abe. The second scene opens on
Henry's wedding day with the
shack still a mess and bcth men
attempting to 'rid up a bit.' Abe
brings the house down with his
son? 'Bury Me out on the Prairie
as the song goes on, Mrs. Kater
as "Becky" the maiden lady
from across the road, rushes in.
in a most 1iet up' manner and
snaps at Abe because the ranchers remember she lives across
the way when they want the hou
se cleaned, but cant see her when
looking for a wife. A very clever and amusing proposal follows
much to the delight of the audience. Mrs. Kater played her
part with a lot of humor and bub
bled over with snappy dialogue.
And when the 'Mail Order Wife'
rushes in and oractically sweeps
Henry off his feet in an embrace
the crowd was so convulsed with
'laughter that nothing- could be
heard for a while. The lovely?
bride is none other thn Harris
Zigmund, who also plays the role
of Jim Jones, a cowouncher from
another ranch. Mr. Zigmund
played the dual role very effectively. But alas for ooor Henry,
who is harrased to dispair when
a second mail order wife appears
on the scene, a very charming
woman, played by Mrs. Arvid
Lundin. Henry loses his enthusiasm and wishes he could pass
off the first one on Abe but Abe
has already made his choice and
is satisfied, so refuses to take
over any of Henry's 'corralled
critters.' In the third scene Jim
Jones discloses the secret and
wins his bet, getting the saddle
and Henry gets the wife he
wants so everybody is happy.
The part of the solemn minister
was well played by Fred Thomas and his fitting and oroper costume added much to the part.
The second number on the program was the 'Accordian Player'
by Annabelle Schoon who entered the stage playing "When You
and11 Were Young Maggie," and
then swung into 'Home on the
Range.' Th e numbers were well
received and the audience deman
ded an encore;.
Next came the 'TappingClown'
by Isabell Bolon dressed in a gay
clown costume and facial makeup, doing some fancy and clever
tap dancing.
Little Joyce Robideau won her
audience completely with her
song specialty act. She was dres
sed in a radiantly red pajama
suit made in a military style
with a cap to match. She was
adorable in her posture and mimi
cry of 'Animal Crackers' and
then swinging into a spritely tap
dance and closing her act with a
Shirley Temple dancing stride
with song and step. Mrs. Marion Sherwood played the accompaniment.
The setting for the 'Crystal
Gazer was luxurious and mysteri
ous. Mrs. W. G. Stewart, as the
Clairvoyant very cleverly presented her powers with the crys
tal ball. Having mistaken her
customer who was seeking news
of her sweetheart for one who
had lost her dog, caused a rather amusing and pecular mixup.
Mrs. Ollie Dahl acted the role of
the girl seeking her lost lover,
played the part of the young lady in a vivacious and sparkling
manner. The sketch brough
forth gusts of laughter. Virginia Stewart played the part of the
French maid, using a French accent very cleverly.
-Harry 1'hiers was very good
with his cowboy songs and fine
accompaniment. The final act
was a glorious closing number.
Before the curtain rose an indian
drum was played, when the curtain rose an interesting indian
setting was revealed with teepee
trees, campfire and soft glowing
lights and the lovely Indian Maid
Eunice McCart who sang three
beautiful indian songs, accompanied by Mrs. F. R. Anderson;
'Pale Moon,' 'Indian Love Call'
and'Land of the Sky Blue Water'
Miss McCart added effectiveness
to the.act with gestures of feeling as she sang in her rich contralto voice. This act was very
beautiful and the crowd went
home with a feeling of perfect
satisfaction in the evenings ea_-
tertainment.
Two other numbers were: slated for this show but due to the
H and bad roads were unavoi
dably cancelled but it is hoped
that these acts may be heard on
some future program.
Miss Margaret Robideau presented the announcement cards
with a curtsy in a very nice manner.
Both the variety shows have
been huge successes and the I. 0.
O. F. Lodge wishes to take this
opportunity to extend their
thanks to Mr. Rohr for his splen
did cooperation in making these
shows possible, and to all those
who have so generously given
their time and talent for the
cause and also Mrs. Ollie Dahl
for her untiring efforts in managing and presenting the amateur
entertainers.
PTA TO SPONSOR
LOCAL HEALTH DRIVE
The local PTA unit is sponsoring a project whereby all school
children and children of preschool age may be vaccinated for
small pox and inoculated for dip-
theria.
The toxin for diptheria is furnished by the State and the state makes a charge of five cents
for the vaccine used for each
child and the PTA will furnish
the syringes and needles for the
work. Dr. Kaufman, our health
officer is will ing to do this work
for only ten cents per child.
Children will not become sick
from these inoculations and a
child becomes immune against
these diseases for life. Anyone
wishing to have this treatment
should get in touch with Supt.
Haack or Mrs. Dubbs, pres. of
the PTA as soon as possible.
All parents are urged to have
their children taken care o'fwhile
it it can be be done for such a
nominal fee. But be sure to get
in touch with one of. the above
persons as soon as possible.
FEDERATED CLUBS
MET HERE THURS.
The County Federation of Wo-
mens Clubs met at the Marlow
Theatre for its semi-annual meet
ing with members of the Eradel-
phian club of Pine River as hostess club. The federation consists
of the Northern Lights Club of
Hackensack, The Pine Mountain
Club of Backus, The Home Study Club and the Civic and Island
Clubs of Walker, The Mother's
Club of Longville, and the Era-
delphian Club of Pine River. ,1
Mrs. .R S. Hopkins, president
of the Federation, called the rriee
ting to order at eleven o'clock.
After taking care of club business she called upon the secretary of each club who gave a
report of the activities of her
group during thepast year.These
reports were both interesting
and educational. The following
officers were then elected for
the ensuing year: president, Mrs
R. S Hopkins; vice pres., Mrs. M.
Pitzin, of the Home Study Club
nf Walker: Sec. Mrs. Frank Williams of the Northern Lights
Club of Hackensack: treas.. Mrs.
J. H. Tabaka o. the MothersClub
of Longville.
At one o'clock the meeting adjourned to the Lake Region Hotel where - splendid luncheon
was served t* the ninety five
members and guests.
The afternoon session consisted of a Tvo-Tar" with a numbf*~
"ontri'h"'+°'l bv vaoh flub as follows: Address of Welcome. Mrs.
T. D Farnam, ores, of the Eradel
ohian Club: Resonse by Mrs.
Frank Williams of Hackensack.
Two fine movie films contributed
bv John Rohr, manager of the
Marlow; oiano solo. Miss lone
Ross, Walker: reading, Mrs. Clara Day, Ah Gwah Ohing; vocal
solo, Mrs. Newman, Backus;
whistling solo. Mrs. J. W. Wick-
lun, Walker; two vocal solos, Eu
nice McCart, Pine River; paper
on 'Conservation' by Mrs. C. Cor
der, Hackensak; violin specialty,
Mrs. Ray Tabaka, Longville ;Last
but not least was a splendid ad-
dres by Mrs. E. A.Lewis of Long
Prairie, president of the sixth
district Federation of Woman's
Clubs and honor guest of the day
At the close- of the meeting
Mrs. Hall of Walker, extended a
cordial invitation to all members
to attend the district convention
which will'be held in Walker the
latter part of May.x
Committees in charge of the
meeting were: program.Mrs. F.
R.Anderson and Mrs.Otto Haack
decoration, Mrs. Ollie Dahl; social, Mrs. D. L. Triggs and Mrs.
Elias Rovik.
LOCAL MAN ENDS
HIS LIFE SATURDAY
The community was both
shocked and sadened Saturday
evening when it was found that
tone of the local citizens had taken his life late that afternoon.
For the past three years Mr.
Germain has been in poor health
and '$j$ie past winter he has been
becoming more and more despon
dent but his friends never heard
him complain of his troubles and
it was a terrible shock toi his
wife and friends when his body
was found in the hay loft with a
bullet through his head. He had
been up town in the morning
and visited with his friendsalong
the way the same as usual and
seemed to be in good spirits. At
noon he ate a hearty meal and
started 'out to work about 1:30.
Mrss Germain slept a While after
the meal and about four o'clock
she got up wondering what he
was doing and went out and called but receiving no reply, decided he had gone to the woods so
she returned to the house. About
five o'clock she became uneasy
and decided to call him again, receiving no reply she thought he
may have gone up in the hay
loft for something so decided to
look there and ifound him lifeless
with the revolver by his side.The
bullet entered his right ear and
went in a downward direction.kil
ling him almost instantly.. Dr.
Johnson was called and pronounced him dead. It is thought that
Mr. Germain, suffering from ill
health and despondency, became
mentally dearranged and in that
moment planned his fate. Finding him lifeless as she did was a
great shock to Mrs. Germain.
As we go to press we are informed that there may be an investigation held as th0"" is a oossi-
bility of fowl nlay inasmuch as
no powedr marks could be found
on the head and also the course
the bullet took does not seem
natural as it traveled downward
and the gun would have to be
held quite high to do this. We
are unable to gather any further
information at this time.
'MOTHERS DAY" PROGRAM
AT M. E. CHURCH SUNDAY
At the Sunday School hour the
various classes will give a 'Mothers Day' program of music and
recitations. Mothers Day will be
observed at the morning service
also and both sermon and music
will be dedicated to this great
day, that engages the entire
Christian world the second Sunday in May. In the evening another community service will be
held. This time in honor of
PTA and the school.
BIRTHDAY CLUB
The Birthday Club Celebrated
two birthdays on Saturday after
noon at the home of Mrs. Ernest
Robideau, when Mrs. Robideau
and Mrs. Arvid Lundin were
guests of honor. The party started at one o'clock with a three
course luncheon. Gifts were pre
sented to each guest of honor
and a pleasant afternoon was
enjoyed by all.
TABERNACLE NEWS
Rev. MacKinney went to Minneapolis on a business trip Monday.
Next Sunday the morning sermon will be illustrated.
The missionary meeting last
week was unusual. The following took part in the program:
Faith Cadwell, Mrs. Cadwell, Mrs
E. Lembke, Mrs. MacKinney and
Mark.
The King's Fishers made a
good will visit to the Schaub
home this week.
ENTERTAIN    SUNDAY
NIGHT   DINNER   CLUB
The Sunday Night Dinner
Club was delgihtfully entertained at the Lake Region Hotel,with
Major and Mrs. Skinner as host
and hostess. Following the delicious three course dinner contract was played with Mr. and
Mrs. Townsend winning the prize
OBITUARY
John W. Waldrop of Boy Lake,
passed away at the local hospital on Friday of last week.
Mr. Waldiop was bom in Loui
siana in 1866 and has resided in
Cass county ;<"cr the fca?t fifty
years.
ices were conJ'ic-
pel of thj. North-
Home S itan la ,;y
May _ _r .? p. m. with R >\\ McKinney officiating. Literment
was made in the Pine River
Cemetery.
BIG FOUR DRAWS
110 MEMBERS
Funeral st. ■•'
ted in t.ie Ch:
land Funeral
-t i p. IB.
Ray Wareing and Miss Sophie
Mortenson of Minneaolis arrived
Saturday evening to spend Sunday with Mrs. Wareing and Mrs
Morrison. Mrs. Morrison accompanied Ray home and will remain in the city for a weeks visit
The annual meeting of the Big
Four was held at the localarmory
on Monday evening with the
Pine River Lodge of the I. 0. 0.
F. acting as hosts.
The four lodges participating
included Walker, Backus, Akley
and Pine River. There were! 10
members from the four lodges
present. Grand Master, E. M.
Thompson of Hewitt, and Dist.
Deputy Grand Master, Charles
Woods o'f Hackensack were also
present.
Each lodge put on one degree
with the local lodge giving the
initiatory. Eleven candidates,
five from Pine River and Six
from Walker were given the- degrees. The judges presiding
over the ritualistic work were D.
L. Triggs, Supt. Haack and A. W
Mo watt. Owen Morical judged
the secret work.
The Backus lodge won the Oak
Pedestal for the b?st work with
a mark of 97.4. The others are
as follows: Pine River, 93.7;
Akley, 94.01; Walker, 93.9
At mid-nite the locol Rebekah
logde served a very appetizing
luncheon to all those present, after which short talks were given
by Grand Master E. M.   Thomp
OBITUARY
Joseph H. Germaine was bora
on June 26. 1869, at Montreal,
Canada. He moved to the state
of New York at the age of 13,
at which place he resided untilhe
was 25 years when he moved to
Minneapolis'where he resided un
til ten years ago when the Ger-
mains moved to Pirie River. He
was united in marriage to Stella
Carlew in 1918. Mr. Germain re
turned to Minneapolis in 1926
and remained there until 1930,
when he returned to Pine River
and built the home in which they
now live.
There are no living relatives
besides his wife. Funeral services were held Wednesday at the
M. E. Church with Rev. Milne
officiating. Pallbearers included
hiss immediate friends: Marious
Houg. Lewis Walton, John Allen,
Paul Henninger. Art Whipple,
and Jack Knebel .Interment was
made in the Pine Ridge Cemetery.
H A R R IE T
Mr. and Mrs. L. Shepard were
Walker callers, on Tuesday.
Wallace Morrison called at the
Olson home Friday evening.
S. J. Reader and friends of
Minneapolis spent ath is cottage
on Lake Ada.
Miss Sjostrom took several of
her pupils to Stales Friday to attend the Field meet for rural
schools.
Visitors at the Thiers home on
Sunday were Mr. and Mrs. Axel
Norman, Helgie Norman and Mr.
and Mrs. Jack Hundley.
Mr. and Mrs. Jack Marsh,
Grandma Marsh, Harold and
Geraldine Thiers and Mr. Mc-
Gough attended the entertainment at the Blind Laks school on
Friday evening.	
of Backus.
The annual meeting of the Big
Four will be held at Backus next
LAST PTA MEETING
WILL BE HELD MON.
The last meeting for the year
of the PTA organization will be
held on Monday evening, May 11
Election of officers wili take place at this time. Other matters
of interest to the patrons of the
school will be discussed and it is
hoped that a large crowd will be
present. An attractive program
which will be longer and more
varied than any before has been
arranged. 'Pa Gets Took,' a ten
minute sketch full of mirth and
humor, played by members of
the PTA should interest everybody. The fifth grade Harmonica Band under the direction of
Miss Torske, and a mixed quartet singing southern songs and a
vocal solo by Corwin Jones are
some of the numbers in store for
you besides several several other
interesting features.
JUNIOR SENIOR BANQUET SATURDAY
year with the Backus lodge ac-
son of Hewitt and Jeff Saunders ting as hosts.
The Junior Senior banquet and
Prom which is always the big
event in the school year - promises to be a particularly intriguing affair this year. The banquet
dinner will be served at the Lake
Region Hotel at seven o'clock on
Saturday May 9. Following the
banquet the party will retire to
the school gym, where they will
be entertained on a good ship
that goes abroad. Passports are
already being made out and the
seniors are all agog with expecta
tions. An orchestra from Brainerd will furnish the music for
the Prom. Deck games, Songs
and Solo dances are being planned by the juniors under the direction of Mr. Rosen. If the
guests do not have a perfect time
'twill be their own fault as the
committee is sparing neither
time nor expense in preparation.
C. V. Gardiner was forced to
his bed a few days last week because of illnesss.
Mr. and Mrs. John Sparks
were Sunday visitors at the H. A
York home.
Dr.and Mrs. Burres and daugh
ter are spending the week at
their cottage on Lake Hattie.Dr.
Burres is Dist. Sutp. of the M. E.
Church and is located at Duluth.
NEWS BRIEFS FROM
AROUND OUR STATE
NO EXCEPTIONS IN WPA
RULE AGAINST JOBS FOR
PUBLIC OFFICE HOLDERS
District office instructions to
Robert Gustafson of Walker, called for another check of project
foremen, timekeepers and other
administrative employeestomake
suie there are no violators of the
regulation which denies WPA
work to anyone holding an elective office or who is a candidate
for such an office.
Following the recent town electfl
ons Mr. Gilbertson made a check
of town offcials, obtaining his
information from county auditors. This week he announced
that he had found six violators
of the rule an that he had immediately terminated each such em
ployee.
'A rule is a rule' said Mr. Gilbertson and there is no other
course than to see that it is obey
ed. We cannot give employment
to any one who holds a public
office or who is a candidate for
such office. This is well understood and in any such caseswhere
we find such regulation being vi
olated, we are obliged to termin
ate their services.
Mr. Gustafson was instructed
to make a re-check immediately
of the situation in Cass county,
and to report his finds at once.
LOCALS
Lee Isensee was stricken with
a stomach hemorrage late Monday evening and has been quite
ill since.
Mr. and Mrs. Thompson of
Hewitt were guests of the I. 0. O
F. and the Rebekah lodges at the
big four meeting Monday evenin.
Warren Meissner passed away
at the local hospital Sunday,May
3. Death was due to uremic poisoning. Warren Meissner is the
12 year old son of Mr. and Mrs.
Meissner of Ponto Lake. Funeral services were held on Tuesday
Miss Mathilda and Miss Martha Horback and Mr. and Mrs.
John Wahl arrived Sunday evening from Minneapolis to be with
Mrs. Germain fir several days.
Miss Matilda will remain all
summer while Mr. and Mrs.
Wahl and Miss Martha will return to the city Thursday.
The Pine River and Backus
schools are contemplating exchanging musical talent in the near
future and each school will give
a program in the bthe town.More
details will be given at a later
date. ;
Mr. and Mrs. F. R. Anderson
entertained at six o'clock dinner
Tuesday evening, guests were
Mrs. Wm. McCart of Detroit
Lakes, and Misses Eunice McCart and Evelyn Evansta.
Mrs. Frank Shepard has been
ill for several days this week.
Mrs. Herbert Kline left Tuesday morning for Robbinsdale, to
be with her daughter and family, Mr. and Mrs. John Ackerman
who are ill with the flu.
Try A Want   Ad
LONGVILLE
Mr Batterton left Thursday
for Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs. E. Umbenhour
returned to Longville last week.
Otterdahls entertained the
Carpers to dinner Sunday.
A bayb boy arrived at the Bill
Johnson home Wednesday.
Joe Berres drove to St Cloud
Sundav, and returned with Jim
Connelly.
John Chase purchased a new
Chevrolet Sedan Delivery from
the Longville Garage last week.
H. D. Martin and sister Lydia,
and Esther Soqum of Minneapolis, called at the Albert Ford
home Sunday.
Genieve Chambers left for
Minneapolis last Thursday. Mrs
King has returned to Longville
and the Chambers family have
moved to Camp Chicago.
A Want Ad To-day Will Invariably Bring Results Tomorrow.