The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-04-29

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VOLUME II NUMBER 37
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, APRIL 29, 1937
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SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
BAD ROADS ARE
SOMETIMES GOOD PROFITS
Holdingford.—"Having received only
$25.00 for a new road right-of-way,
an Avon farmer hoped to realize
a more liberal profit when spring
road conditions made travel difficult. A motorist seeing that a new
etrip  of  road,  not yet  packed,    was
ERADELPHIAN   CLUB  MET AT
THE   LEMBKE   HOME   FRIDAV
The Eradelphian Study Club met at
the home of Mrs. John Lembke on
Friday of last week. Members responded to roll call by giving a current event. The following program
was then given:
A talk by Mrs. Lembke on "How
Minnesota Towns Derive their Name*'
A talk on "Weaving" by Mrs. Siebel
A talk on 'Hobbies that have Grown
UP" by Mrs. Walton.
Mrs. B. Schaub reported on the
"Scientific Results of the World's
Stratospheric Flight."
The next meeting will be held May
14, at the home of Mrs. H. A. York.
Mrs.  York extended an invitation to
"IMPATIENCE OF
JOB," SR. PLAY
HERE FRI. MAY 7
LOCAL GIRL INJURED IN AUTO ACCI-
1 DENT SATURDAY
especially  bad,  desided to  follow    a
narrower farm  trail.    To his amaze-! the Club t0 be her «*<*& at a one o
ment he saw that a tongue of a
sleigh stretched across the road .barring further progress^ When ne
Inquired why the vehicle was holding up traffic, the motorist wa
formed that a charge of 25 cents
was njade for all salesmen and persons from town driving through the
yard. A special price of five cents
was given to farmers.
clock luncheon which will be follow
ed by a business meeting and program. Arrangements may be made
for a special meeting to be held be-
,_. fore May 14. Watch the Journal for
announcement of the date.
DISAPPEARANCE   .OF    THEIR
CANNON    BALLS   MYSTERIOUS
Ortonville.—One   by   one    they     are
OUTSTANDING PICTURES AT MARLOW
"The Charge of the Light Brigade"
disappearing—the   cannonballs    that' production by Warner Bros, was sug-
form the pyramid behind the G. A. B   gested by the poem written by Alfred  The Play is under the    direction    of
A talented group of eleven players
chosen from  the  Senior    class    will
present a character comedy of 3 acts,
"The Impatience  of Job"  on  Friday i
evening, May 7.
The play is 'centered about an 80
^'ear-old man, Uncle Joe Benson, I
Chester Martini, who appears in the
Benson household and upsets their
quiet mode of living to a great extent. Uncle Joe clashes frequently
with Aunt Julia, Marie Knutson, but
In spite of his peppery temper, proves to be the Salvation of the family.
The love-interest of the play is supplied by the self-sacrificing older
sister, Amarilla, Mildred Wymore,
and Neil Ramsey, Kenneth Conley.
The self-centered and conceited young
er sister, Una, LaVerne Leef, makes
the lover's lives miserable and May-
belle, Bernice King, assists her in
the plot. Glen Leverington, Kenneth
King, Helen Olson and Merton Caswell all portray amusing characters.
This performance promises to b-?
of great human interest and shows
an   unusual  portrayal   of  characters
Eva Kyllingstad, popular young
Pine River girl was injured in an auto accident Saturday night, when the
car in which she was riding, skidded
into a tree near the Barrel Inn, 20
miles south of here. Miss Kyllingstad was thrown through the windshield and severely cut about the fir-
ce and head. She was immediately
rushed to the Bralnerd hospital,
where she received medical attention.
SCHOOL NOTES
memorial cannon that keeps silent Lord Tennyson. This great picture
watch over the local court house piays at theMarloW Theatre on Fri
Now there are three missing. Just <jay and Saturday of this week, star-
how the first one was removed 13 ring Erroi Flynn and Olivia DeHavi-
years ago and who tudled it off is iand. The story of the Light Brigade
still one of Big Stone county's un- makes a sensational climax in India,
solved mysteries. More recent how- where two brothers, both army offl-
ever, is the disappearance of two cers, are rivals for the hand of a
more of these missiles, one of which beautiful Scottish girl, who i* enga-
has been found at the foot of the ge(j to the eldest, but during his ab-
inain street hill. Several theories sence at the front, falls in love with
have been advanced, one being that the younger brother. She struggles
of the janitor's that some playful against this love believing she is ob-
children   rocked   the     cannon     balls Hgated to her fiancee but later finds
loose.
LIGHTED     PIPE     MAKES
TORCH     OF
that they are both ordered to the
front and she confesses her love to
the youngest. This is a historic pic-
AUTOMOBILE ture that evryone should see. Don't
forget  the nights—Fri.  and  Sat.    at
South St Paul.—Dr. J. E. Bingham  the Marlow.
has found a way to get a baked enamel finish on his car without calling
in the service s of a painter. Stopping at a filling station to orde- gas,
he walked around near the attendant
and continued to smoke his pipe vigor
"A  DAY WITH  THE  DIONNES"
From time to time, Pathe News has
given the world little screen journeys
?nto the Callander, Ont, home of the
Dionne quintuple .s, and now, as their
third   birthday   approaches,   the  pro-
Miss   Isaacson,   with   James   Skinner
as business manager.
GO TO   BACKUS
Members of the master Star and
Masonic lodges of Pine River, drov*
to Backus Thursday evening, where,
to-gether with the Backus chapters,
they pleasantly surprised Mr. Palmer,
Worthy Patron of the Eastern Stars,
at a party in his honor. The lodge.!
presented him with the Past Patron's!
Jewel. At the close of the evening,
a delicious lunch was enjoyed by all
those present.
Mr. Butler, Mrs. Austin, Miss Henderson, Supt. Haack, and Mr. Heo-
dorson attended a meeting at Staples
Saturday, of special high school departments. A group of state educational officials were present to address
the ;;roup. ,
Mr. Roberts of the State Forestry
Dept. together with Mr. Erickson of
the Dept, presented a motion picture
"From Cone to Product'" illustrating
the growth of our forests, Thursday.
A lecture on forest conservation was
also given.
On Friday the students enjoyed a
presentation of the Northwest Assemblies by the Hanscomb players,
in "His Father's Son." They were
we 11 received by a packed house.
On Thursday afternoon the River-
ton students will give an entertainment at the local school including a
one act play.
Individual diagnostic work has been
completed in. the intermediate grades
for reading.
FORTNIGHTLY CLUB ENTER-
TAINED AT SKINNER HOME
Mrs. H. C. Skinner was hostess to
the Fortnightly Club Monday evening.
Dinner was served by the hostess at
seven o'clock. The table was decorated with spring flowers, with little
open umbrellas as place cards ani
baskets of flowers as favors. Bridge
was later enjoyed by the guests with
Mrs. Hourigan winning high score.
Mrs. Lynch was the guest of honor.
BIRTHDAY CLUB AT WALKER
Members of the Birthday Club drove to Walker Friday, where they
were entertained at the home of Mrs
J. W. Wicklund. A delicious lunch-
was served by the hostess at one*
o'clock, after which the guests enjoyed a pleasant social hour. Mrs. Wicklund received many beautiful gifts as
a memory of the occasion. Those present from Pine River were Mesdames Rovik, M. Sherwood, Hempstead, E. Robideau, Ben Robideau,
Lundin, Zigmund, Downing, Schuster
and Miss Martha Datzman.
PROGRESS OF SOIL
CONSER. PROGRAM
RITES FOR MRS.
ELLIOTT TUESDAY
AFTERNOON   CLUB    ENTERTAINED  A.    DINGLE   HOME
Mrs. Elliou, aged mother of    Mrs.
Martin Melberg,  passed away at the
ously.    The  air  was  suddenly  filled  ducers of the popular newsreel give home of her d      hter gund      _„„.
With flames and the vent on the tank  the screen fans a full two-reels with .
became  a   torch,   baking  the  enamel  the remarkable youngsters,  a    short
on  the back of the ear.    The pump  subject entitled "A Day With the Di
and hose were enveloped in a sheet  onne Quintuplets."   It offers the pub-
of  flame  and  everyone  leaped  back  lie a rare opportunity to study    the
to safety.    A boy scout, passing by/distinctive personalities of the world-1 ^ ~^   "™- in™' Pine £dtf»
scooped up a handful of sand and ran famous    youngsters     and    to    hear
to the blazing tank and dribbled it In- j them talk.   At the Marlow.
to the tank through the flames.    La- "STATE   FAIR"
ter the men slipped back within fight-'    By popular demand, Will Rogers in
ing distance and threw a cloth over "State Fair" will be brought to    the
the gas tank while the radio played Marlow   Theatre   next   Sunday   Mon-
"A Hot Time in the Old Town    To-day and-Tuesday, with a special ma-
Mrs. R. F. Dingle was hostess to
the Afternoon Club at her home ou
Thursday. Several tables of contract
bridge were enjoyed by the guests,
with Mrs. Townsend winning high,
and Mrs. Skinner second. A delicious
luncheon was served at the close of
the afternoon.
HOUSEHOLD AUCTION
i ing, after a lingering illness.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Chapel of the Northland
Funeral Home Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev.    Milne    officiating.    Inter-
night
SCHOOL   TORTURE   "SEAT"
USED TO GET THROUGH TRAP
tinee Sunday afternoon at 2:30.
This picture together with the picture of the quints, Is released for the
first time in this section at the Marlow.
BOLT OF LIGHTENING IGNITES GAS
TANK AT NISSWA
During the severe  electrical storm
Winona.—The mystery of the alleged "torture seat" discovered rece ntly
at the abandoned Kosciusko school
was cleared up by Martin Przubiliski,
who said he had heard people talking about what an awful thins it was
that kids should be tied up. Indignantly denying that children were ever tied up or even forced to sit on
the seat mounted on top of a nar- Fl"iday niSht of last week' a bolt of
row platform under the roof of the lightening ignited the gas fumes
building, PrzubilskI sa<d he kn^w the about the toP of a storaSe tank at
platform seat's history "from A to Z" NIsswa' The ilames wei'e lvam^
and that It was an innocent one. The 'ately discovered and occupants above
seat on th© platform was construct- L»e «ara»e nearby were aroused b-v
ed to make it easier for the janitor neighbors. In their alarm, they jump-
to climb up onto the roof through edJrom,_ the^na™, fealing **
the trap door when it was necessar
every   day   to  take  down   the  U.   S.
flag which waved over the school.
explosion but fortunately the terrific
downpour of rain smothered the flames and no explosion occurred.
cemetery.
Rose Melvina Shepard was born on
May 12, 1851, in Denmark, New York.
She was united in marriage to John
O'Neil in 1866. Six children were born
to bless this union, two of whom survive • Mrs. Emma Rogers of Rochester, N. Y., and Frank O'Neil of Spokane, Wash. She was separated from
this union in 1885. In 1887 she was
united in marriage to Eugene Elliot.
and with him moved to Ashland, N. H.
To this union 5 children were born,
of which only one survives, Mrs. Martin Melberg of Pine River, with whom
the deceased has made her home for
the past five years. Her husband
preceded her in death in 1902.
Besides her daughter, she is survived by 14 grand children and 12
great grand-children.
Those from out of town attending
the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Russell
O'Neil and son of Hibbing, and Frank
O'Neil of Spokane, Wash.
An Auction of household goods will
be held by Mrs. Libbie Thomas at the
Zigmund residence on Saturday May
1. Auction begins at 1 p. m. A list
of the articles to be sold will be found
on another page of this issue.
Work on the 1937 Soil Conservation
Program is progressing nicely but,
according to chairman Edward J.
Dorsey, there are still a small number of farmers in each community
who have not as yet signed up. it
is hoped that they will contact their
committeemen within the next few
days as it is quite likely that May 15
will be the deadline for signing up in
the county as bases must be established for all of the farms that were
not listed last year..
It is hoped too, that these farmers
will receive notification of their bases in time to be in full compliance
with the program.
LOCAL FARMERS
ORGANIZE FIRST
BEL BLOCK IN CO
JENKINS
'AMERICANIZATION
DAY' OBSERVED IN
PINE RIVER TUES.
CARD   OF  THANKS
MOTOR   TO   CROSBY
FAMILY    CAT    MOTHERS
TINY  HAIRLESS  PUPPIES
International   Falls.—When   Peggy
two   year-old   Mexican   Hairless   dog  Ironton   Tabernacle,
could not take care of her five new  played   two   musical   selections
The local Gospel Tabernacle group
motored  to  Crosby Friday,  to    take
part  in   the services  at  the  Crosby-
The   lorchestra
and
nunnies at lunch time, Kitty, the
family cat, who also had a young
family of three, was called to "pinch
hit." This mother cat has adopted
the tiny hairless puppies and mothers
them as she does her kittens. Peggy takes care of the other three. Four
of the pups are entirely hairless except for a small patch of fur on their
heads. The fifth takes after the
"papa" a Boston Spitz. The mother
dog is owned by Adolph Jeneen, and
his brother is the owner of the cat
which keeps everything In the family
Rev. MacKinney spoke on "Palestine
and the Fulfillment of Prophecy"
CARD  OF THANKS
sincere
We wish to express our
appreciation to our mainy
who so willingly assisted us during
the recent illness and death of Mr.
Charles Person. And also for the
comforting words of Rev. M. B. Milne
and to the many friends who senr
floral offerings.
Maj. and Mrs. H. C. Skinner
.Taui.es Skinner
We wish to express our sincere
thanks to our many friends and neighbors who so kindly assisted us during the illness and death of our mother. We wish to especially thank Rev'.
Milne for his comforting words and
also the many friends that sent floral offerings.
Mr. and Mrs. Martin Melberg
Americanization Day was established on April 27, 1921, and since
that time has grown in favor as one
of the outstanding days of the V. F.
V. of the United States. It commemorates the birthday of General U. S.
Grant, who is considered one of the
greatest soldiers of all time. It is
firmly established as a V. F. W. holiday and many towns and cities have
created a holiday by proclamation on
this date,    i
The appropriate observance is not
only the duty of every Post and Auxiliary unit but of "every individual
member . Patriotic, civic, religious,
and fraternal groups in each community should be requested to participate.
Members of the local V. F. W. and
Ladies Auxiliary joined their efforts
and called upon all the business men
in Pine River and requested them
to cooperate by displaying the flag
from their places of business and also their homes on Tuesday of this
week.
Iris Engel , Correspondent
Miss Rachael Roderick spent the
week-end at her home in Brainerd.
Esther and Edna Brandes were
Brainerd shoppers  Saturday.
Edna Hedges spent tthe week-enc
at her home here.
Miriam Glowe of Brainerd, spent
the week end with her parents.
Mrs. Ann Nelson drove to Pine River Thursday.
Mrs. John Spencer called on Mrs.
N. Ritchie Friday afternoon.
Pearl Goss was a business visitor
in Jenkins Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. A. Jacobs and family
were Brainerd shoppers Friday.
Wm. Gurrln was a Pine River visitor Monday evening.
Miss Josephine King and Otto Lun-
dy of Besida, spent the week-end at
the Wm. King home.
Carole Ann anu Nancy Cline of Pequot, spent Friday with their grandmother, Mrs. J.  C. Engel.
Miss Vera Olson, who is employed
in Minneapolis, spent the past week
at her home here.
The Jenkins Union Church Christian Endeavor Convention will be hold
Saturday and Sunday May 1 and 2.
Representatives from several neighboring Christian Endeavor Societies
will also be present. On Saturday
evening, the Jenkins society will serve a dinner to all visiting members.
Everyone is invited to attend.
HONOR  ROLL
HORSE   AUCTION   FRIDAY
A Horse Auction will be conducted
at the Pine River stockyards on Friday, April 30. Auction will begin at
2 p. m. Mr. R. H. Keayes, who is
conducting the auction states that he
has a very fine string of broke work
friends horses. This is an opportunity to
purchase that horse you need at your
own price. Read the ad on another
page of this issue.
DINNER   PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. L. W. Isensee entertained a group ol friends at a dinner
i party    Wednesday    evening.    Dinner
J was served by  the hostess  at seven
] o' clock.    Those present were Major
and Mrs. H. C. Skinner, Dr. and Mrs,
; R. F. Dingle and Mr. and Mrs. Clyde
Townsend.
The following new and re-newal
subscriptions to the Journal have
been received the past week.
Look at the label on your paper,
if you are in arrears, stop in and see
us.
Martin Erickson, Pine River.
A group of farmers in this community, headed by Lawrence and Wil-
iam Wiese have organized the first
bull block to be financed by the Resettlement Administration in Cass
County. Under this plan the farmers
agree on a caretaker who makes " a
loan from the government to purchase a pure-bred ire of a breed agreed upon. They also sign up an agreement to breed a certain number of
cows to this community bull for .a
period of two years and pay $1.50 per
cow service fee. The income from
service fees is then used to retire
the loan on the bull after which the
animal becomes the property of the
caretaker, as compensation for its
feed and care. The caretaker has
the right to charge more than $1.50
to farmers wishing to have the service but who are not members of the
bull block. The bull selected for the
Wiese group, Boulder Bridge Inspector, is one of the best bred animals
ever brought into Cass county- and
should do much good in increasing
production of grade stock in the Pine
River area. He was bred at the famous Boulder Bridge Guernsey Farm
at Excelsior, and is sired by Hilltop
Fashion Butterfat, whose first twenty daughters to freshen, have made
the phenominal average of more than
550 pounds of butterfat with first
calf. The dam of the new bull produced 483 pounds of fat as a two
year old.
William F. Maekmiller, Rural Rehabilitation Supervisor for Cass Co..
reports that other bull clubs are being organized, and more high quality Guernsey and Holstein sires will
be brought into Cass county to improve the quality of the stock.
Any group of farmers who do not
have credit with which to purchase
pure bred sires and who are interested in herd development, should contact the County Rural Rehabilitation
Office in the court house at Walker.-
A second group of farmers headed by F loyd Loucks of Pillager as
caretaker, has taken advantage of a
Federal Community Service Loan.
They have purchased a pure-bred
Holstein bull, Cascomin Snowflako
Valdemar, from the State Sanitarium
at Ah-Gwah-Ching.
Cascomin Snowflake Valdemar was
sired by Cascomin Man O War Colan-
tha, whose dam produced 574 pounds
of butterfat in 365 days, at 2 years.
The dam of this bull is Segis Pauline
Buttercup, who produced 645 pounds
of butterfat in 305 days when 4 years
old.
V. F. W. TO SPONSOR
DANCE AND SOCIAL
The local V. F. W. organization is
sponsoring an Old Time Dance and
Basket Social, to be held at the armory, Saturday evening, May 8. Lively
music will be furnished by the same
group that played at the fiddler's contest.
Each lady bringing a basket will
receive free admission for herself aud
her partner. Admission for those nut
bringing baskets will be 35c per couple. An evening of good entertainment is assured you.
Miss  Evansta  spent  the  week-end
with her mother in Pillager.
V.  F. W. AND  AUX.  MEET WED.
NOTICE
The Auction of H. C. Manders  ot
j Longville,  which  was  advertised for
Saturday,  April 24, - was    postponed
, due to the heavy rains of last week.
! The Auction will be held on FRIDAV,
APRIL 30, at the H. C. Manders farm
1 mile North of Longville.   Sale starts
at 11 a. m.    Don't forget the change
of date. (adv)ltp
.Try A Want AO
The Ladies Auxiliary and the VFW,
will hold their regular meetings ou
Wednesday evening, May 5. Important business will be discussed.
Tdrs.  Joe Kogldl  of Brainefd, and
Mrs. Jack Knebel of Pequot, called on
j Mrs. Ted Farnam Tuesday af ternoon.
LOCALS
The comic opera tragedy of the
French beauty who couldn't kill herself even when she shot her pilot
lover while they flew through the
skies. A feature in the American
Weekly, the magazine distributed
with next Sunday's Chicago Herald
and Examiner. (adv)
Dorothy Cromett spent the weekend with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Morris Cromett.
Mrs. Verdun went to Red Wing on
Monday, where she visited with her
son Duane.    She returned Tuesday.
LaVerne Benson was a week-end
visitor in Grand Rapids.
Heino Mattson drove to GMlbert,
Minnesota Saturday, where he spent
the week-end with relatives.
Chas. Mattson, Education Administrator in a CCC camp at Hill City,
formerly of the local faculty, spent
the week-end with friends at the Lake
Region hotel.