The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1936-12-17

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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 17
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL. PINE RIVER, CASS COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, DE CEMBER 17, 1936
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
FIRE   FOUR   SHOTS;
KILLS   FOUR   BEARS
Rosseau.—with visions of   a
__. bear chasing them and thoughts
of what might happen running
through their minds, Ernest
■^ Klema and Barton Rhine had
no recollection of the fact that
the bear story involves the mama bear, the papa bear and the
baby bear, and they did not realize that the one bear which
made them so miserable was in
reality four bears which they
had killed. Coming to a plate
in the woods, north of Salol.
where many trees had fallen-
making traveling rather difficult
Ernie was surprised to see a
bear stick its head from a hole
in the windfalls. He raised his
gun and fired twice, but the
bear kept coming. He shot
again, but with no apparent luck
Only two shots left, he started
madlv through the entanglement, thinking that the on° bear
was still in pursuit. Barton
saw what happened and after
he had fired twice thev saw
four bears lying dead. The first
bear appearing from the hole
had been. foUowed by three others and the four shots had killed
them all.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM AT
M. E. CHURCH WEDNESDAY
The Methodist Sunday School
will pressnt its Christmas program Wednesday evening, December 23, at 8 p. m. A miscellaneous program of Christmas
carols, plays, an j: poetry will be
presented and tr-ats will be given to the children. A cordial invitation is extended to. the public to attend.
WOLF AT DOOR   NETS
$20.00    FOR    FARMER
Littlefork.— The story of the
"wolf coming to the door" has
materialized in a Littlefork
home, but instead of the resulting poverty with which it is ordinarily inemretad, the riches
of Stanley McGuire w>re increased by $20.00 by the wolf's coming. The wolf, who mav have
come with expectations of snatching Mr. McGuire's all. not only met with the loss of his break
fast but also with disaster. Seated at his breakfast table, the
man saw the wo'f approach the
door. He met the animal at th°
doorsteo with his old rifle, and
a bullet from it ended everything for the wolf Collection of
the bountv and sale of th* hide
amounted to $20. It is assumed
that wolves are more numerous
this year because of the scarcity
of rabbits which is their regular"
food supply.
WPA TO START NEW PROJECTS IN CASS COUNTY
Employment of ne~dy persons
ceritfied for relief will be undertaken with the start of new WP
A projects in Cass County, according to an announcement
made this week by A. T. Gilbert-
son.
Further funds, in the amount
of $26. 228. have been allocated for the maintenance and ooer-
ation of the sewing room at Cass
Lake.
Construction projects which
will furnish work for skill-d and
unskilled laborers were listed as
follows:
Countv-wide- clearing, grubbing, graveling, clav surfacing
and roadside beautification, federal funds $49 994: cutting wood
for free distribution to ne-dy
families, federal funds $16,771;
clear, grub, grade and gravel
county road No. 13 throughout
Cass county, federal funds $20,
275; all sponsored1 bv the board
of county commissioners.
Walker, construction of a fire
ha1! and council chambers, federal funds $10,258.50, sponsored
by the Wa'ke- village council.
Ah-Gwah-Ching, continue repairs for state sanitorium for
consumptives, federal fun^s $4.
377. sponsored by state Board
of Control.
Maintenance and operation of
free nursery school at Onigum
was started December 7, under
a proiect sponsored by the state
Board of Education and allocated
$3,899 in federal funds.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB
ENTERTAINS HUSBANDS
Members of the Fortnightly
club entertained their husbands
at their annual Christmas party
Sunday evening, at the Lake Region hotel. The Yule spirit was
carried out in decorations with a
beautiful Christmas tree and
gifts were exchanged. A lovely
luncheon was serv-d at 7:30, after which contract was played
with high scores going to Mrs. L
W. Isensee and Louis Walton.
REGULATIONS FOR
MAILING PACKAGES
The local Postoffice is preparing for the annual Christmas
rush. Extra help has been added, and Harold Jones is acting
as untility clerk.
Patrons are again reminded to
do their Christmas shopping and
mailing early. During the holiday season the volume of mail
increases about 200 per cent and
it is physically impossible to
handle this great mass of mail
matter efficiently and promptly
if the public waits until the last
few days to mail their parcels
and greetings.
All parcels must be securely
wrapped and well packed. Use
strong paper and heavy twine.
Address your parcel on one side
only and 'be sure and put your
return in the upper left hand cor
ner. Packages that do not bear
the return of the sender can be
refused for mailing. Valuable
domestic 3rd and 4th class matter shouldi be insured. Values
un to $5 00, 5c; not exeeding
$25.00, 10c; not exceeding $50,
15c etc.
There will be no delivery service on Christmas Day on Route
No. 1. the Longville Route or
the 50 Lakes Route. Graff Route
will deliver as usual. The postmaster will endeavor to make
arrangements with carriers on
the routes to be at hand the
week of Christmas and sort the
mail in order that rural natrons
served bv these routes may get
their mail by calling at the post-
office. Unless this arrangement
can be made with the carriers,
patrons are asked to refreain
from calling for their mail as it
will be impossible for the local
force to complete this sorting.
The sorting of route mail is not
obligatory on the part of the
postoffice force. They are always
glad to accomodate their patrons
with this convenience, however,
there are times when this sort-
ine would mean the neglect of
their own duties which is against the regulations of the Department.
Tbe windows will be open on
Christmas Day from 9 a. m. to
10 a. m. onV. Mail will be distributed and disoatched as usual up to 4 p. m. After that time
natrons are asked to mail their
letters at the various boxes in
the village.
Beginning Mondav. December
21, the money order window will
close at 5 p. m.. and no money or
ders will be issued after that
hour.
It is the desire of the postoffice force to give you the best of
service on your mail at all times,
all thev ask is that you cooperate with them.
Use The Want Ad Column
BACKUS GTRT, HAS RATUO
AUDITION    SATURDAY
Mary Kathryn Kielty of Backus, gave her first program oVer
radio station KDAL on SaKtur-
day. She formerly lived in Pine
River, and was a winner in the
Amateur Program at the Marlow last summer.
WPA TO ISSUE CHECKS BEFORE XMAS   HOLIDAYS
All WPA workers in Cass
county will get a pay check just
before, instead of just after the
holidays, as it would have happened had it not been for a temporary revision of work hours
and pay periods, authorized
this week by Mr. Christgau. Assurance that the checks would
be ready for delivery in all parts
of Cass county was received
this week by Robert Gustafson
of Walker, engineer in charge of
activities in this a^ea, throue-b
the office of A. T. Gilbertson, district director.
Checks to be deliver-d on the
23rd, will be those that would
be issued ordinarily from ib**
25th to the 31st. Weather permitting, arrangement wi1! b?.
made so that crews will nut in
the same total number of hours
as they normally would have
worked after the holiday.
Thus, the crews will earn full
pay checks by working longer
hours and on days when the projects usually are inactive. If
weather conditions do not permit such a switch in hours, short
checks will be issued.
The decision to pay the crews
before the holidays will not only
meet with the wishes of the workers, but will be helnful to te
business men generally by reason of increased buving power.
Mr. Christgau's office, it was:
stated, will make every effort to
get the checks to all workers in
the state on the 23rd. even to the
point of arranging (for carriers
should there be any delay due to
the eleventh hour rush of holiday mail.
The last three payrolls have
increased the buying power in
Cass county by $56,000 according to figures from the state office.
Santa Claus is Coming
to Pine River Saturday
HUGE COMMUNITY
HETHERINGTON- DRINKALL
JOE E. BROWN AT
MARLOW FRIDAY
Miss Mae Hetherington, daughter of Mrs. Ellen Hetherington
of Pontoria, and Hubert Drinkall
son of Mrs. H. Drinkall of Osh-
wa, were united in marriage at
the Congregational parsonage
in Backus on Saturday. They
were attended by Mr. and Mrs.
Chester Siltman of Blackberry.
After the ceremony a lovely
wedding dinner was served by
the brid-'s mother to immediate
relatives and friends. After the
dinner, the bridal Darty attended
the F-L dance in Pine River.
On Sunday evning, about 30
friends and, neighbors gathered
to charivari them at the Hetherington home, where everyone received a treat. Their many
friends wish them a long and
happy wedded life.
BRAINERD GIRL
IS POISON VICTIM
. Joe E. Brown come« to the
Marlow theatre Friday and' Saturday in 'Earthworm Tractors'
a production that is said to be
his most hilarious comedy to
date.
The picture is based on a!
series of stories written by Wm.
Hazlett Unson and which appeared in the Saturday Evening
Post. Joe brings to life on the
screen the hero of these comedies, that blundering, and in his
own egotistical estimation, natural born super-salesman, Alexander Botts, who always wins out
in the end despite his mistakes.
Joe has two leading women in
the picture, one whom he loses
to a rival when he leaves town
and the other whom he finds is
auite unwilling to play second
fiddle when he tells her he
would1 have married th°- first
girl only he discovered that she
already was a bride.
The first love is olayed bv Carol Hughes and' teh second by
June Travis.
Others in the talented cast include Guy Kibbee, Joe's father-
in-law to be: Olin Howland. father of his first love who lived
to regret he had forbi'M^n Ms
daughter's marriage; Dick For-
an, Joe's Rival; -Toseoh C~e*ian
Sara Edwards, Charles Wilson.
William Davidson. Irving Bacon,
and Stuart Holmes.
It is full of comedy and will
give you many laughs—be there
/    SCHOOL NOTES
ERADELPHTAN CLUR MET
(FRIDAY AFTERNOON
Mrs. Ernest Robideau was
hostess to the Era^elphian Club
on Friday. Mrs. Ben Christian
and Mrs. Ernest Robideau gave
talks on the Civilian Conservation Corps, and Ralph Gilbertson
gave a very unusual lecture and
exhibit on his 2 years in the orient, displaying several of the articles he had collected during his
stay.
Try A Want   Ad
Members of the local faculty
have been contributing opinions
on the educational theory at the
reauest of Yal° University.
All Wa] children will be ad^
mitted free to a movie at the
iWarlow theatre on Thursday.
Dec. 24.
On Mondav evening the Juniors ■entertain**! the Seniors at a
hi"- tim-a Christmas party.
Th<* Hackensack high school
nresentpd a urogram to the students and facuHv <r~n Friday. The
nrogram was hierhlv entertaining and well preDared. Supt.
Haack expresses his appreciation to rn_ Hackensack students
and faculty.
In suite of the fact that th^
basket-ball team lost its game
with Croshv-Tront.on Friday, Mr.
Haack an^ Mr. Mattson are well
"leased with the playing of the
bovs. Preceding the game a
member of the dramatics club
presented a skit entitled "There
was one born ^verv minute."
The escort of Hel°n C. Olson was
the lucky winner of the cash prize.
Said Mr. Haack to Bernadine
K'ine. "Here is your Country
Gentleman. Bernadine" She replied. "Nothing doing! I want a
city dude!!"
The Cantata which is to be
given bv the Senior High School
mixed chorous Saturday, is progressing nice^ under the directi
on of Corwin Jones, and promises to be a huge success. The
chorous will be accompanied bv
an orchestra, and Mr. Jones will
present a tenor solo. The ( program is free and the public is
ureed fcn attend.
Dorothv Schamu underwent
an operation at the Holman hospital Friday. We are sorry to
hear she is not doing as well as
was expected.
Mrs. George Moulster and
Frances Moulster were dinner
guests at the Tom Ethridge
home Sunday.
The frozen and poison wracked body of Rayola Black, 24-year
old Brainerd girl, was found
about 1 p. m. Tuesday, reclining
in a half-sitting posture against the wall of the warehouse that
feces Front st. An "empty bottle in her coat pocket was found
to contain phenol or carbolic
acid which had caused her death. Coroner Whitney announced
the death as suicide and the body was removed to the mortuary.
About 8:30 a. m. Monday,
the body was noticed by a train
crew but they thought that the
girl was resting. About noon
they noticed the body again and
investigated finding the girl
dead.
Friends and relatives of the
girl could give no motive for the
act, unless she had brooded over
her inability to get a job. She
had- formerly been employed at
the Woolworth store.
Preliminary investigation disclosed that she had left home at
10 p. m. the preceeding evening,
bidding her mother good-bve,
saying she was going out. She
is survived by'her mother, two
brothers, and two sisters.
CHRISTMAS PARTY
AT P. R. ARMORY
AH Children & Parents
are Cordially Invited
Everything a thing is all set
for the big Christmas celebration at the Pine River Armory on
Saturday, December 19. The
bags are all filled with candy,
nuts, and fruit and are just
waiting for everyone to come
and get them. So be there at
exactly 2 o'clock, when the big
program starts so you won't
miss a single thing. The big
day is being sponsored by the
Pine River Commercial Club and
the Veterans of Foreign Wars,
with the school presenting the
program. A large Christmas
tree will be all decorated and'
Santa Claus has promised to
stop in and sav hello to all the
kiddies. Fun for all—young and
old. One of the outstanding
features in the program will be
a Cantata bv the Senior High
School, under the direction of
Corwin Jones. The orchestra
will be present to play some rousing numbers, so everyone will
be assured of a full afternoon of
entertainment.
A free movie was also scheduled for Saturday but has been
postponed until Thursday, Dec.
24. Tickets will be distributed
to everyone in the territory.
PIRATES WIN FROM
BUNYANITES TUES.
The Pine River Pirates turned-the tables on the Russell-
Bunyanites' Tuesday nite, by defeating them 23-19, at the Wash-
I ington High school gym in Brain
' erd. Coach Dingle reports that
the boys played bang-up basketball and were well deserving of
the victory. Elmer Christenson,
Lawrence Carlson and Heino
Mattson were high-point men
for the Pirates.
OBITUARY
Charles Ball, son of Marshall
and Elizabeth Ball, was born in
Cedar County, Iowa, June 4. 18
69, and passed away at the University hospital- in Minneapolis.
at 6:30 p. m.. on Dec. 5, 1936. at
the age of 67 years, 6 months,
and one day. Death was caused
by a serious operation for cancer, from which he had suffered
for several years.
He came with his parents to
Boone county, la., at the age of
one year, where he grew to manhood.
He was united in marriage to
Spray Shacklefon. on Feb. 23,
1897, at the home of her parents. Thev m^ved to a farm
near Edgeland. N. D. To this
union six children were born,
two havinor died in infancv.
Those surviving are Mrs. Hattie
Larson of Ames. Ia.; Mrs. Mary
Steffi of Boone, Ia.; Mrs. fiprav
Conrow of Davnnort: and Robert Marshall of Chicago.
His wife passed awav in 1909.
He then returned to Iowa to make his home. On August 1. 19
17, he was. united in marriage
to Bertha Hattie Barclay in
Chicago. After a few years
they returned to Iowa, where
they resided until moving to
Pine River in March of this year.
Besides his wife and children
he leaves to mourn his death 3
brothers, William, Fred and Riley of Ia.; two sisters, Mrs. Nettie Brink of Clarence, la., and
HONOR ROLL
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have been received the past
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J. R, Conley, Mildred
Mrs. Ola Hardy, Mildred
Roy Olson, Parker Dam, Cal.
C. J. Lawrence, Pine River
Major H. C. Skinner, Pine Riv-
ver
Dr. C. E. Johnson, Pine River
Joe Newberger, Pine River
T. E. Hill, Pine River
Lon Fields, Pine River
W. F. Gregory, Backus
H. A. Zigmund, Pine River
Victor Boquist, Pine River
Mrs. Lillie Gillett of San Diego;
also five grandchildren and a
number of neices and nephews,
besides a host of friends.
Funeral services were held on
Wednesday, Dec 9, at the M. E.
Church, with Rev. Milne offic;
ting. "Home of the Soul" and
"Brighten the Corner Where
You Are," were sung by Mrs.
Frank Anderson and Mr. and
Mrs. Sherwood, with Mrs. Cromett accompanying.
Although a resident of this
community less than a year,
acquaintances of Mr. Ball found
him to be a man of sterling qualities, ever ready to help his
fellow-men, a man who respected
the truth and who expected it
of others. The passing of Mr.
Ball leaves a sad soot in the
heart of his .many friends.