The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1938-08-18

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PINE
JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER I
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, AUGUST IS, 193S
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outside
FRANK FINCH TO
OPEN NEW FOOD
STORE IN P.R. SAT.
Saturday of this week marks the
opening of a new and modern up-to
date Food Store in Pine River. The
■t owner. Prank Finch, is well known
in Fine River, having lived here for
several years. The new business enterprise will he located in the building formerly occupied by J. W. Webb.
The store has been completely redecorated and remodeled, presenting
a very pleasing appearance. New
counters, display cases, modern lighting fixtures and a new Hussman ail-
porcelain display case for dairy products are being installed. Every detail of store management has been
carefully checked by merchandising
experts with regard to making shopping as easy and convenient as possible for the customer.
1'.eliiml this new store arrangement
is also a new policy in food distribution. Sir. Finch is a stockholder ot
-Minneapolis Allied Grocers, a dealer-
owned distributing warehouse which
in turn is affiliated with over one
hundred other dealer-owned warehouses to form the "N. R. O. G."
National Retailer Owned Grocers.
This organization is made up of 21,650
individual retail grocery7 stores, owned and operated by individual food
merchants.
The NROG was founded for the
sole purpose of establishing competitive equality in food distribution by
bringing to the retail grocer all the
advantages of mass buying, mass distribution and efficient modern methods. These modern methods cut
costs all along the line from manufacturer and producer to the retailer
and result in substantial savings without sacrifice of quality to the consuming public.
NROG Grocers is the largest food
distribution group in the world, and
1 according to Mr. Finch, does more actual business in dollars and cents,
collectively, than any othei food distributor.
On another page of this issue, Mr.
Finch extends a cordial invitation tJ
I lie public to visit his new store on
Saturday. August 20, and lists a large
number of bargains that will give
you a substantial savings in food values.
The business fraternity of Pine
River welcomes Mr. Finch and wishes
him much success in his new venture.
Parisian Dancer at Fair
OPEN LETTER
MRS. ROYAL INJURED SAT. BY
FALLING TREE
^ Internationally famed for her classic and modern dancing, Alice Kavan,
Parisian ballerina, is featured in State
Fair Revue of 1938, the night grandstand show at the Minnesota State
Fair, September 3 to 10.
Dear Sir and Editor:
I believe you could, with profit to
the community, call the attention of
your readers to the following laws
which the people of the state of Min-
esota. have enacted through their
properly  chosen representatives.
Section 10214. Gambling: Gambling
with cards, dice, gambling tables or
any other device is hereby prohibited.
Every person who shall keep any
gambling device whatsoever, designed
to be used in gambling shall be punished by imprisonment or by a fine.
Section 10222: Neglect etc. to Arrest : Every officer of any fair
ground who shall knowingly suffer
to .permit any violation of any provision of this subdivision shall be'
guilty of a  misdemeanor.
Sectionl0215: Gambling Devices on
Premises: Every person who shall
suffer any table, faro bank or gambling device to be set up and used for
the purpose of gambling in any lot
or yard owned, occupied or controlled
by him, shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not
more than six months or by a fine of
not  more  than ^200,  or  both.
I watched the man on the Midway
at our splendid fair last year spin his
wheel for ii while Saturday night and
added ftp his winnings. He spun the
wheel / about 100 times an hour and
bis winnings while 1 watched, averaged about 75c a turn. That would
giye him $75.00 per hour while the
game was going strong.
'There  are some things worse than
gambling,  I   know,  but    it    certainly
dues no   one any good but the man
/that runs the wheel.    If there is any
j ,intr^on   wlio   made   substantial  '.winnings  at  that joint,  I would like  to
hear  from  him.    It seems  to me we
ought  to  have  some  more  economical  way  of finding out how foolish
we are.   And besides that, some folks
get a  passion for gambling that ru-
WLS HOME TALENT
SHOW AT ARMORY
THOR., FRI., SAT.
Plans are all completed for the big
WLS Home Talent Show, being sponsored by the IOOF Lodge of Pine
.River, to be held at the armory on
Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings of this week at 8 p. m., and according to D. L. Triggs chairman, it
promises to be one,of the best shows
of its kind ever to be held here.
The lovable old character of "Uncle Ezra" will be played by Helmer
Jones; Ethel Biever will take tho
part of Lulu Belle and John Haack
will impersonate Pat Buttram. Many
other features will be given, including a male quartet, accordian players,
yndelers, singers, dancers, harmonica
players etc. Exhibition square dancers will also perform.
The play is under the personal direction of Miss Dorothy Bradley of
the Community Service Inc. WLS Chicago. The program is an imitation
of the "National Barn Dance" given
every Saturday night, using folks
from Pine River to , take the parts.
The stage setting is quite unique,
being built up with hay to form a
"hayloft" effect.
Tickets are selling fast, and may
be secured from any of the business
places in Pine River. One feature
jof purchasing tickets in advance,
jis the fact that comfortable cnair
seats will be Secured to take care ot
you, while those waiting to buy their
tickets at the door will have to use
bench seats. Admission prices will
be 25c for adults and 15c for children
under 12. Contrary to the folders
distributed, there will be no advance
'in prices at the door.
Remember the dates—August 18-19-
20 at the Pine River armory. Plan
now to attend the show and enjoy the
local talent.
Mrs. John Royal of Pontoria, received a severe back injury on Friday of last week, when the top of •'
tree broke and knocked her to the
ground.
The accident occurred shortly a lie''
noon on Friday. Mrs. Royal was
leaving the house, when suddenly tne
tree broke and fell on her. The blow-
temporarily paralyzed her. She was
rushed immediately • to the local hospital where it was found that her
back had been injured.
It ;was decided Saturday, to move
her to the University hospital in Minneapolis. She was driven by ambulance to Minneapolis ; by J. O. Brezinsky of Pine River.
YOUTH   IS   KILLED     WHEN
HIT BY A BROKEN BELT
Pipestone.—His head battered toy
the loose end of a broken belt on a
powerful five-horse power ehgihej
Ervin Olson age 16, who lives southeast of Ruthton, Suffered fatal injuries in a farm accident recently.
The boy had been riding his bicycle
around the farm yard and had gone
to the well to get a drink. The wen
is operated by a pump jack and gas
engine. When the lad arrived he
found the belt off the machine ami
apparently had tried to put it on. it
is believed that he had the belt on
the pump pulley when it slipped ano
went between the engine and framra
The engine caught the belt, ripped it.
apart and one of the loose ends was
whipped around, striking the boy on
the right side of the head. , Thei blow
knocked him to the ground unconscious, and the belt continued to whirl
striking him on the head every time
it came around.'
REVIVAL MEETINGS
AT M. E. CHURCH
Rev. ,E. C. King of the Oxboro M.
K. Church in Minneapolis, son of .Mi-,
and Mrs. J. W. King of Pine River,
will conduct revival services at the
M. E. Church beginning Sunday August 21, thru the 28. He will be accompanied ,by Rev. Louis Skow of
Iowa, a talented singer who will conduct the music. You are invited to
come and hear the word of God as
given out thru speech and song. Come
pray and seek spiritual strength.
Don't forget i'the daljes—August 21
thru the 28. An invitation is extended to everyone to attend.
NORTH PINE R.
ins them, and it. seems as though we
should hot encourage that kind of
thing or give it public approval by allowing it to be carried on in public
at the fair, in violation of the law,
for the financial benefit of an outsider.
1 hate to be always calling attention to these things but I have six
boys and two girls who have a right
to attend public gatherings without
having things put before them that
have been prohibited by almost every
civilized nation on earth because they
do not help to develop the idea that
the most honorable and profitable
thing possible for man is to do an
honest days work and get an honest
days wages for it.
I believe the vast majority of the
people feel the same as I do about
the matter. But if there are arguments on the opposite side that will
bear the light of publicity, I hope
someone will write them out for publicity soon.
Sincerely,
Rev.  P.  J.  MacKinney
HACKENSACK BOY
DROWNS AT BIG
DEEP LAKE FRI.
Raymond 'Anialung of Hackensack,
formerly from near Pine River, was
drowned Friday, while swimming in
Big Deep Lake east of -Hackensack.
The coroner was called and althougn
swimming at the time, his'death was
attributed to a heart attack. He was
u: years ef age-at the time of his
(lealh. He very narrowly escaped the
same fate the previous Wednesday,
when he'Was rescued after going
down three times. The Anialung family Was well known in Pine River,
having made .their home near here
for smile time.
funeral services were conducted
from ihe Sr •'Paul Lutheran Church
in  Hackensack .Monday.
Wild Animal Show
Feature at Cass Fair
HATTIE
SPECIAL OFFERINGS
AT THE MARLOW
Tonight tlie Marlow brings you for
i lie last: time "The Adventures of
Ma reo Polo" witli Gary Cooper in his
greatest role—The gay swasbuckling
adventurer whose fierce fights and
ardent love affairs were spread from
Venice   to   Imperial   China.
"Call of the Yukon" from the novel
■'Swift Lightening" by James Oliver
Curwood, conies to the Marlow Friday ami Saturday. This is an outstanding  picture of adventure.
Topping tlie Ziegfeld hit parade,
comes the sweetheart of all screen
musical romances to thrill and de-
flghl you. Nelson Eddy and Eleanor
Powell are co-starred for the first
lime in the super-lavish musical "Rosalie" which comes to the Marlow
theatre Sunday for a three day engagement. The east also includes
sui-h  favorites as  Frank  Morgan, Ed-
. Ma;, i Hlver, Rfty Bolger, Billy Gilbert and Reginald Gwen. The story
concerns the love and adventures of
a West Point Cadet and a Princess
nf mythical Romanza.
cott and Rhoades homes Tuesday afternoon.;   .
Mr. ami Mrs. Vinton Reed and sons
picnicked with friends at Stony Point
on   Leech Lak»   Sunday.
Mrs. Lily Whiting spent Sunday
witli  her brother, Joe Pederson.
Mr. and Mrs. .Chester kelson and
friends of Fort Ripley, Mr. and Mrs.
Lesher ami Mrs. Picolet and sons
spent?Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. Levi
Nelson.
Our community was terribly shocked and greatly grieved to.hear of the
sudden death, of Raymond Amelung.
We wish to extend to his bereaved
family  our most heartfelt sympathy.
Mildred Olson, Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. John Blair aud son
.lack and friend of Minneapolis, spent
the past two weeks at their cottage
on Lake Hattie.
Mr. and Mrs. Olson drove to Bau-
dette Monday, where they were guests
at the Benit and Stoudt homes, returning Wednesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Olson and Mildred
called at the Ernest Siltman home on
Monday   evening.
Mr. and Mrs. Victor Geary were
dinner guests at the N. P. Sjostrom
home Sunday.
Roy Olson returned to Minneapolis
Thursday, after spending a week at
his home here.-
Mrs. Rafferty and children of Jop-
lin, Mo. arrived by car Monday, for a
visit with her parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Mark Westfall.
Mrs. Wallace Morrison of Brecken-
ridge, was a guest at the Westfall
home a  few days last week. >
Mr. and Mrs. Richardson. Mr. and
Mrs. Volski and A. J. Bronell all cf
Algona, In., spent last week at the
latter's cottage on Lake Hattie.
Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cromett were
guests at the .1. P. Smith home near
Brainerd Saturday.
Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Carpenter were
six o'clock dinner guests ef Mrs. Mable  Aunspauch  Sunday.
Rev. and Mrs. i'aul MacKinney called on their sons Mark and Paul at
the S. W. Johnson home Friday evening. Later in the evening they attended an ice cream social at the
Poplar school.
MRS. MARIUS HOUG
DIES SDDENLY IN
MPLS. TUESDAY
As we go to press, we are in receipt of the sad news of the passing
of Mrs. Marius Houg, who passed
away suddenly at the home of .Mrs.
John Wahl in Minneapolis on Wednesday morning. Mrs. Houg was a
highly esteemed resident of Pine River, and the news of her death was a
shock to  the entire community.
We have been unable to secure any
information as to funeral arrangements at this time. Complete obituary will be published next week.
Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Schuster and
Bill and Donna Mae, Miss Martha
Datzman and Mrs. Ernest Robideau
left Wednesday ,on a trip to Chicago
and Indiana. The Schusters and
Miss Datzman will attend a family
reunion in Indiana.
Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Collins and children left Saturday, for an extended
tour of the west coast. They will
visit with their parents and other
relatives while in Oregon.
Mrs.  Bert Heemstra, Cor.
Miss Vanetta Silhough of Water-
town, S. Dak. and Frank Silbough of
La Forge, Wis. are-guests at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. B. Silbough.
Fred Silbough of Park Rapids,
spent the week end with his parents
Mr. and Mrs. B. Silbough.
Mrs. C. E. .Swenson, Myrtle Olson
and Mrs Silbough and daughter Vanetta, called at the Marius Houg home
Wednesday   evening.
Elsie and Lucy Sundermeyer of
Mildred, spent Sunday with Maxine
Heemstra.
Mr. and Mrs. Merle Brown spent
Sunday evening at the Glenn Gardner
home.
Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Van Giffen of
Backus, and Mr. and Mrs. Bert Heem
stra spent Sunday with Mr and,Mrs.
John  Heemstra   of  Swanburg.
Mrs. Chas. Bates returned home : on
Friday from the University hospital,
where she has been receiving medical   treatment
Mrs. Martin Erickson and June visited with Mrs. Henninger of Pine
River  Saturday  afternoon.
Marion Velde left for Brainerd' last
week where she will be employed.
Mrs. Gerheart has been very ill the
past three weeks. We all wish her a
speedy  recovery. '
Mrs. Harold Rubenstein spent last
week at Howard Lake.
Mr. and Mrs. ;Knute Carlson of
Albert Lea, both former teachers at
the Mildred school, called at the Joe,
Pederson, L. D. Emery and Martin
Erickson homes Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Earl Kline and daugh
ter of Charles City/ Ia. called at the
L.  C. Emery, Martin Erickson, Mar-
FOUR CHALLENGERS FOR SCHRADER'S CROWN
Here are four outstanding challengers for Gus Schrader's American Dirt
Track championship auto racing crown during the four day auto race meet
scheduled for the Minnesota State Fair, September 3, 5, 7 and 10. Upper left
is Larry Beckett, Midwestern champion; upper right, Clay Corbitt of Dayton,
.0.; lower left, Shorty Burns, the St. Louis flash and lower right, Harold Shaw,
the Indianapolis speedster.
. Among the many additional features that have been added to the Cass
County Fair to be held in Pine River
on September 1J2-3, will be a complete Wild Animal Zoo • withy forty
wild animals of all descriptions to
be exhibited on the midway. Included
in the menagerie will be African Lions, Tigers, Bears and a Spider. Monkey which has been highly publicized
of late. The monkey is unable to
eat with his hands because" of underdeveloped thumbs and so performs
the feat with his tail. Students who
remember the animal show held at
the school last year will be interested
in seeing "Alice the Bear" as Mr.
Haack informs us this is the same
bear.
The "Wild Animal Zoo" is an attraction you can't afford to miss and
one that is not to be seen at many
fairs of this size. The fair management has spared nothing to make
this one of the most outstanding Cass
County has ever witnessed.
This year will bring you three full
days of entertainment. Entry day
will be held on Thursday until 4 p. m.
The evening will be devoted to a 4-H
program and Style Show in front of
the grandstand. Friday morning will
be devoted to 4-H Club exhibit review. Horse racing and feature performers in front of the grand stand
will occupy the afternoon. The big
Free Barbeque will be held Saturday
noon and grandstand performances
will completethe afternoon and evening performances. Watch your Journal next week for further particulars.
Central Walden
Lillian   Heino,   Correspondent
Mr. and Mrs. Sam Hill visited |wlth
friends  at  Gull   Lake   Sun^flV;.^
Then. Hay and I.'TTlle .Borders of
Brainerd, accompanied by Sophie Heino spent Sum'.iy at the Heino home.
Mr., and Mrs. E. Kulla and children
visited at the Chas. -and John Jokela
homes Sunday.
Norbert Filsmeyer ■ returned from
Mayville, N. ,Dak. last week, where
be has been employed.
Warren Hill '^and family of Backus,
were guests at the John Jokela home
last  Wednesday evening.
F. L. ;Shamp and family are visiting relatives in the southern part of
the state .this week.
Mr. Nikkari ;returned from Sax,
Minnesota Sunday. He was accompanied by Martha Nikkari and Ir.ja
Perantie who have been i visiting
there.
CANTATA  SUNDAY
The second part of the cantata
"The Pillar of Fire" will be given by
a large mixed chorus at the Tabernacle Sunday. The singing will be
accompanied by pictures from the Old
Testament. The public is cordially
invited.
Ladies Apx. to Celebrate 25th Anniver'y
100,000 members of the Ladies Aux.
to the VFW of the U.S.A., will/ }n-
auguarte their 25th anniversary year
on Thursday, August 25. The Auxiliary was organized in 1914 to promote the welfare of veterans wno\
fought in oversea wars. They have
made plans for a full year's observance of it's silver Jubilee Anniversary. The Ladies Auxiliary was
founded in Pittsburgh with a dozen
Veterans of Foreign Wars present.
Today its membership of 100,000 is
divided, among 2500 units located In
every state of the union. Membership
in the Auxiliary is limited to mothers
wives, sisters and daughters of Veterans. Mrs. D. L. Triggs, president
of the local post, announced today
that the organization is now conducting its part in the national membership  drive.
Silver Jubilee activities within the
the Roy Lee Aux. are being conducted
by a special committee headed by
Mrs.  Felthous.
A Silver Jubilee Memorial Book
will be published and distributed to
members of the Auxiliary.
' The Roy Lee Auxiliary to VFW
Post 2617, was organized in OctoU'sT
193C.