The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1937-07-01

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Celebrate the 4th of July Fish Fry at Pine River on Monday, July 5th
PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 40
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINK  RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY, MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 1, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
STATE AID ROAD
NO. 1, BADLY IN
NEED OF REPAIR
Prospects of a fight to tho fin'.sn
on the question of whether or not
State Aid Road No. 1 going east of
Pine River should be improved thi9
season became strong this week us
township officials, Pine River business
men, resort owners, farmers and summer residents began action to sw:ng
county officials in favor of their plan.
The road, which goes from Pine
River east to Fifty Lakes and through
heavily populated Whitefish Lake resort area, has long been reported a
sore point with residents of the Northern part of the county. At present
it is in terrible condition, being awash
in many places after each rain, and
in such stony and washboard condition at all times as to be a driving hazard.
. Prominent individuals throughout
the section contend that in its present
condition the road is (1) keeping summer residents from Pino River (2) Cur
tailing business which the village of
Pine River would ordinarily receive,
(3) causing a driving hazard and extra expense in maintenance and the
filing in of wash outs after every
rain.
Cass county has agreed to improve
the one mile of the road which is under its jurisdiction to the same extent as Crow Wing county improves
its share. So far heated arguments,
letters and delegation to both the
state highway department and county
commissioners has failed to bring the
desired results. Lack of action on
the state aid road has caused various
officials, business men and residents
of the area to voice their fear that action is being delayed through this
summer so that it will not be necessary for county or state officials to
expend funds on this road until 193S.
E. W. PARKER PASSES AWAY SUNDAY
TO CONSTRUCT NEW SCHOOL
AND SEVERAL NEW ADDITIONS
County Supt. Wicklund stopped in
at the Journal office Tuesday and in
formed us of the new construction
plans of the Unorganized School Dis
trict of Cass County. Additions will
be made at Bena, Longville and Backus and a new school will be built 'n
Federal Dam. The approximate cost
of the  program will    be    $88,000.00.
The overcrowded conditions in the
various schools is the big reason for
•the enlargement and also the fact
that at this time a sizable PWA
Grant is possible. The bonds issued
by the District to the State will be
retired over a period of years by in*
come tax monies and in this way no
further burden will be placed on the
taxpayer because of the expenditure.
VOWS TAKEN BY
TWO YOUNG COUPLE
E. W. Parker passed away at his
home in Pine River on Sunday morning, at 10 a. m., after being ill for
some time. He was 70 years of ago
at the time of his death.
Funeral services were conducted
from the Chapel of the Northland
Funeral Home on Tuesday afternoon,
with Rev. P. J. MacKinney officiating.
Interment was made in the Pine Ridge
cemetery.
Edward W. Parker was born in
Wisconsin, on July 2, 1S67 and spent
his early life in that state. He later
moved to Wyoming, Minnesota, where
he was united in marriage to Amelia
Katherine Koch. Four children came
ti bless this union: John of Brainerd
Henry of St Paul, Hazel of Pine River and Leonard, who preceded his
father in death In 1924. Besides his
three children he is survived by his
wife.
Mr. and Mrs. Parker eame to Pine
River in 1900, residing here for many
years. They later moved to Brain-
<erd, where they lived until two years
:ago when they returned to Pine River, and have resided here since.
Mr. Parker's business affairs were
■of the most exemplary character and
lie himself was one of those sovereign
American citizens who constitute the
backbone of our country.
BUTTON - MELAND
The wedding nuptials of Miss Ellen
Joan Button, daughter of Dr. and Mis
A. J. Button of Pine River, and Dr.
Alfred N. Meland, son of Mr. and Mrs.
W. B. Meland of Moorhead, were
read by Rev. Raymond Huss at the
Tiinity Lutheran Church at high noon,
on Thursday o f last week.
The Church was beautifully decorated with ferns, pine bows and flowers.
The bride wore a white mousseline
de soie dress with a finger tip veil cf
white net and carried a bouquet of
pink roses and baby breath. She wad
attended by Mrs. R. O. Hendrickson,
a sister of the groom, who acted as
matron of honor and Miss Jean Butt-
on,a sister of the bride who acted as
bridesmaid. The groom was attended
by Walter Meland, a brother, and
Donald Button, a brother of the bride.
immediately following the ceremony, a reception was held at ihe
Lake Region hotel for 40 guests. After the reception the party retired to
the home of the bride's parents, where
everyone enjoyed a piece of the wedding cake and spent a social hour.
. The young couple left for a wedding
•trip through Wisconsin, Illinois, and
Kentucky, and upon their return will
be at home to their many friends at
their cottage on Norway Lake, where
they will spend the summer months.
Both young people are well ano
favorably known in Pine River. Dr.
Meland is a graduate of IN c.rthwestera
University and has practiced dentistry in Pine River since 193». The bride is a graduate of the local high
school and also of the St Paul Schoii
of Beauty Culture.
Both young people have many friends in Pine River, who wish them
years of success and happiness.
Those present from out of town
were Mr. and Mrs. W. B. Meland,
Miss Grace Meland, Mr. and Mrs. W
O. Hendrickson, and Arthur Meland
of Moorhead; Mr. and Mrs. W. Al.
Meland of Duluth, Mr. and Mrs. Don
Button and Mrs. R. H. Heck of St
Paul and Mr. and Mrs. Ben Olin
Brainerd.
PINE RIYER VICTORIOUS OVER REMER NINE SUNDAY
4-H  ACHIEVEMENT DAY AT PINE
RIVER   SCHOOL  WED.  JULY 14
The Cass County 4-H Club Achievement contest will be held at the local
school on July 14, to select delegates
in Home Economics Projects to go to
the Sub-District contest at Park Rapids and to the State Fair.
Demonstrations will begin promptly
at 9 a. m. in the morning.
Before a howling mob of baseball
fans at the Remer ball park Sunday,
the Pine River boys nosed out tne
Remer nine, by a 7-5 score, in a game
which proved to be a thriller throughout the nine innings.
Coach Kolb, who has been handling
the entire managing job untill coafch
_. .     ._    .    . , '.      „,„_ 'Norway Lake, has just recently com-
Biever is able to take over the reins, . _, _i_j ', __t.      .        /   ..
has   been   doing   bang-up   work  w
COMPLETES    THREE     NEW
CABINS ON NORWAY LAKE
R. J. Johnson of   Waterloo,   Iowa,
who   operates  Waterloo    Resort    on
it!i' Dleted three new cabins, two of which
I have four rooms and one log cabin
the youngsters and prominent results
were displayed in Sundays game.
Tiie Remer park has a hard grass
infield which gave the boys somethia.;
extra to think about. The Reiner
line-up was re-vamped by the aid ot
three players from a neabry CCC
summercamp.
Dale Tuttle, director of athletics at
Carver, Minn., who is home for the
summer, did some timely hitting for
the local boys and did a nice job at
short which will be a helpful addition
this summer. G. Seaton, who was relieved behind the bat by Lavoie as a
result of a badly bruised hand, was
kept in the lineup, and along with two
nice hits gained a beautiful one-handed catch back of first base near the
foul line. H. Rognlie who patrol^
the center field garden, made several
veteran-like catches and without a
doubt convinced the management he
will be in that position quite reguHr.
His brother, A Rognlie did a very-
creditable job in left field. Thorsett, a
youngster with plenty of siza and considerable mound experience went the
full route and was never in any particular danger. Two other last year
players, Shorty Carlson and Glenn Ba-
of five rooms. The cabins are all
completely furnished throughout and
are all equipped with electricity.
The lumber used in the construction
was salvaged from the pavilion which
Mr. Johnson razed this spring.
NOTICE
George Briley has been appointed
Pound Master by the Barclay Town
-Loard.
Any livestock running at large will
be taken up by him and owner may
have same by paying cost of cai  .
By Order of Barclay Board
the Legislature which  provided a 11-
sore, did a good job in their respective  cense fee of $4.00 for a non-resident
ot
SJOSTROM - SHARF
FEATURES YOU WILL LIKE
The Featherheads eat an early
dinner in Osborne's comic strip.
Irvin S. Cobb says critics think
the new NRA bill will cover business like a wet blanket covers
sick pups.
Is President Roosevelt thinking
about a third term? E. W. Pickard comments on this development in his "Weekly News Review.
Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Peterson and
son Lloyd of Gully, Minn., were week-
<end guests of Mr. and Mrs. Fred
Hempstead. Miss Pauline Ackerman,
former schoolmate of Mrs. Peterson
and Mrs. Hempstead, renewed acquain
tances with them Sunday afternoon.
A pretty wedding was solemnized
at the Lutheran Parsonage in Pequot
Tuesday, when Myrtle Sjostrom daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Sjostrom of Pine
River, "became the bride of Harold
Sharf of Burlington, Wis. The service
was read by Rev. Huss.
The bride wore a white silk dress
trimmed in i-ed and carried a bouquet of white and red peonies. Attendants were Miss Mildred Olson
and  Stewart  Jennings.
The young couple left immediately
after the ceremony for Wisconsin,
where they will make their future
home.
spots.
The starting line-up was as follows:
Thorsett  Pitcher
Lavoie   Catcucr
C. Seaton   ;    1st Base
Carlson      2nd Base
Tuttle      Short Stop
Hough       3rd Base
A. Rognlie      Left Field
H. Rognlie     Center Field
G. Seaton     Right Field
Manager Biever, who has been quite
busy of late, stated that he would be
on hand for the balance of the season
Each player on the team is under
certain obligation to the management
as in accordance with the league bylaws. Contracts were signed by 'he
players and filed with the secretary
of the league.
Pine River's next game will be In
the home park with Hackensack on
Monday July 5, to replay a game
which was called in the second inning because of rain. The game will
be called promptly at 2:30.
FLASHES AND FLOPS
BILL TO REDUCE NON-
RES. FISHING PERMIT
After receiving a flood of letters
and telegrams from interested residents of Cass county, Verne Lock-
wood, representative from this county introduced an ammendment to the
fishing license law recently passed by
Preparations Completed
For Gala 4th Celebration
BRIDAL SHOWER
Miss Bernice King was honored at
a bridal shower and luncheon at Piney Ridge Resort last Friday afternoon
with the Mesdames L. W. Isensee,
T. E. Hill, F. A. Siefert, J. A. Brezinsky and C. R. Townsend acting as
hostesses. A delicious luncheon was
served at one o'clock, after which a
pleasant social hour was enjoyed. The
honored guest received many beautiful gifts in memory of the occasion.
LOCAL BOY WINS
FREE TRIP TO
WASHINGTON
' in the state of Minnesota.
The ammendment which was introduced by Mr. Lockwood would reduce
the fee from $4.00 to $3.00 and reads
as follows: Non resident fishing license $3.00, to take fish; Provided,
however, that the director of game
and fish may issue to non-residents,
short term licenses to take fish by
angling in and upon the waters of Big
Stone Lake upon the same terms and
conditions as those granted and enjoyed under and by virtue of the Laws ol
the State of South Dakota; Provided
further, that a non-resident licensee,
upon obtaining a permit, may ship
fish in an amount not to exceed 24
pounds. Such permit shall be obtainable in the same manner as a license
and shall cost $1.00. A licensee shall
be permitted to transport fish in his
own conveyance without the necessity
of obtaining a permit.
Considerable campaigning has been
carried on in this part of the state
lately by people interested in increasing the tourist trade, and it was found
that the additional charge was one
Shorty  Carlson  at  second,  stopped   °f  the main objections    by    out    of
an overthrow from Lavoie to Tuttle.   s :ate visitors
Harald Rognlie    seemed    to    grow
wings  when   necessary  to  get under
and haul down line drives in center
field.
Tuttle really sneered at the    first
hit Remer got which    shot    into    a
bounce  over  his  head  and  into  the
tall uncut grass.
Hough  is   at  home  in  any  posltl-1    Improvements recently completed iu
on on the field and Sunday at third the Marlow theatre include the instai
Lyle Dougherty, eldest son of Mr.
and Mrs. L. E. Dougherty is probably
the luckiest youth in Pine River
right now, having won a six day trip
from St Paul to Washington, and returning via New York, Niagara Fails
and Chicago, with all expenses paid.
He received the trip by virtue of increasing his sale of St Paul Dispatches by 25 subscribers in the past few
weeks.
He will leave July 11 for St Paul,
where he will board the Twin Zephyr
fof a six-day vacation of sight seeing
half way across the continent. Points
of interest will be visited at each city
enroute.
FREE FISH FRY
FOR ALL AT NOON
LAST RITES FOR
H. S. GILBERT IN
BRAIN'D TODAY
MARLOW THEATRE
INSTALLS HARD-
HEARING DEVICE
NOTICE OF ANNUAL MEETING
The Annual meeting of Independent
School District No. 19, of Cass County, will be held July 20, 1937, at 8:01)
p. m., at which time five (5)  directors will be elected as follows:
Two (2) for a three year term
Two (2) for a two year term
One (1) for a one year term
and any  other business  which    may
come up before the meeting.
G. P. Rognlie, Clerk.
Gerald Hamlin left Thursday for
Aitken, where he has employment.
Mrs. Hamlin left today to join him io
their new home.
Use A Want Ad
was no exception.
Remers first chucker Bushaw, handed round-house outs to Rognlie,
Rognlie and Carlson in a row and
they bit fast and furious—they wanted a rest on the bench.
The Remer manager thought that
he had Thorsett's game upset when
he demanded the Pine River hurler
to "either put in his shirt or take it
off." He merely took it off and proceeded, to strike the next man out.
Frank Hardy and Pete Werman
drove over to root for the team and
they did a good job of it.
Frank Rohr provided transportation with his truck.
Coach Kolb bought a round of
treats immediately after the game at
the Remer hotel.
C. Seaton on first, dropped a throw
from Thorsett in the sixth.
Basore did plenty good in his role
as umpire.
Kline and Robideau did not accompany the team.
TABERNACLE   NEWS
Next Sunday evening, Miss Mae Davies will be the speaker. David MacKinney will play  the piano and the
ilation of a hard of hearing device,
which will enable deaf people to hear
the talking and sound effects of a
picture as well as see it. A new air-
conditioning system has been installed which will keep the theatre cool
and comfortable at all times. Also a
new and spacious booth has been
built in on one side of the foyer which
will be used for the popcorn machine
making it convenient for patrons to
be served from the outside as well as
the inside of the building. The hard
of-hearing device necessitates the wiring of seats and those wishing to use
this convenience are requested to
speak to the management upon enter
ing the theatre.
These combined improvements make the Marlow one of the finest small
theatres in this section and Mr. Rohr
should be complimented in his efforts
toward giving Pine River a theatre of
this kind.
On Tuesday of this week a contract
was drawn up between the village uf
Pequot and Mr. Rohr, whereby Mr.
Rohr will operate motion pictures i"
the recently completed community
hall in Pequot. In order to do this he
found it necessary to cancel his circuit which will be done   this   wee'
H. S. Gilbert, resident of Pine River for many years, passed away at the
home of his daughter in Brainerd, on
Sunday evening, June 27, at the age
of 74 years. Mr. Gilbert had been
failing in health for some time past
and It was thought that the change
may do him some good, so he was
taken to Brainerd by ambulance only a short while ago.
Funeral services will be conducted
Thursday afternoon (today) in Brainerd. Interment was made in the
Brainerd cemetery.
Heber Seth Gilbert was born Decer-i
ber 29, 1863, in Butler County, Indiana. He was united in marriage on
October 28, 1883, to Mary H. Robinson. To this union four children were
born. Mr. and Mrs. Gilbert came to
Pine River in 1901 and have made
their home here ever since. He leaves
to mourn his death his. wife and four
children, namely j Mrs. Adam Fox of
Brainerd, Mrs.Jules Saeger of Browne
Valley, Mrs. Adam Schmidt of Oketo,
Kansas, and Wm. H. Gilbert of Wadena;  also twelve grandchildren.
Plans are fast nearing completion
for the Gigantic Free Fish Fry and
Fourth of July Celebration to be held
in Pine River on Monday, July 5th.
This will be one of the biggest days
of fun and celebration Pine River has
seen for several years.
Starting promptly at 10 o'clock in
the morning, the day will start out
with a colorful parade composed of
doll buggies, bicycles and kiddies
floats together with floats representing the various business places of
Pine River. Worthwhile prizes will
be offered as follows:
Best Float- car or truck 1st. $5.00
Second $3.00
Best Dressed Clown—1st. 1.00, 2nd 75c
Best Decorated Bicycle  LOU
Best Decorated Tricycle   LoO
Doll Buggy Parade     lst?1.00
Second, 75c
Horse and Buggy 1.50
This is your parade and your hearty cooperation is asked to insure its
success. Anything unusual wi 11 be
considered in meriting a prize. For
further information concerning floats
etc., get in touch with Mrs. Francis
Siefert, Mrs. C. R. Townsend, Mrs. L.
W. Isensee, Mrs. Ted Hill or Miss Nadine Farnam.
Immediately following the parade
there will be races, water sports, and
a real bang up Water Fight put on
by the local fire department, which
will furnish thrills and a good so.ik-
ing for everyone. A girls kittenball
game will be in session at the same
time the ,Pine River baseball ni»e
plays Hackensack at the ball park.
There will be something of interest
going on all. day. One of the main
events of the day will be held at noon
when 2000 pounds of tasty pike will
be prepared by Charlie Thorpe and
his co-workers, and served free to all
comers. Committees are prepared to
serve a crowd of 4000 people—so be
there on time and get your share.
A "Dugout" is being prepared for
the armory and every conceivable
game of chance will be there. The
dance in the armory will begin, in the
afternoon and continue through the
evening, with music furnished by the
well known "Iowa Ramblers." These
boys have played in this territory for
the past two seasons and can play the
kind of swing music that you like.
A full display of fireworks will be
touched off in the evening to bring
the gala celebration to a fitting cm-
se. Good Band Music will be ->n
hand during the day at all the various
events. This is one time you can
load up the car and and enjoy the day
without bringing your dinner along.
REMEMBER the BIG FISH FRY IS
FREE TO ALL COMERS. Bring your
own knife, fork and cup.
SWANBURG CHURCH
TO CELEBRATE 4TH
The Faith Lutheran Church of
Swanburg is completing arrangements
for a gala Fourth July celebration on
their Church grounds in Swanburg.
The celebration is under the direction
or! Rev. Dehaan, who is pastor of the
congregation.
A complete program for the ent're
day has been planned. At 10 a. m.,
Sunday school exerc.ses will be held,
after which Rev. Wetzler, pastor of
the Salem Lutheran Church in Minneapolis will give a talk. At noon a
basket picnic dinner'will be served.
Everyone is asked to bring a picnic
lunch for their family or something
to contribute toward the community
dinner. Free coffee and ice cream for
the children will be served. At 2:30
p. m., Rev. L. R. S. Ferguson, City
Clerk and former Commissioner of
Education of St Paul, a Lieutenant
Colonel in the National Guard and
Rector of the Church of the Messiah
will speak.    Everyone is cordailly ln-
DRIVE ORDERED TO  END  HITCH
HIKING   ON   STATE   HIGHWAYS
Orders to end hitch hiking on the
State Highways went out to members of the Highway Patrol this week
after reports of several accidents had
reached the Highway Department.
"Hitch hiking is a dangerous practice," said N. W. Elsberg, state highway commissioner. People soliciting
rides on the highways are endangering their lives.
The new traffic code is very plain
in its ruling against hitch hiking. It
says: No person shall stand In a
roadway for the purpose of soliciting
a ride from the driver of any vehicle.
Violators will be arrested.
Violation of this code is a misdemeanor, punishable by a fine of not
more than $100, or by imprisonment
of not more than 90 days.
The patrol has also been instructed
to give special attention to enforcement of the law on dimming headlights. Glaring headlights are causing accidents in Minnesota almost
daily, according to John P. Arnoldy,
chief of the patrol. The new traffic
code makes it a misdemeanor to fall
to dim lights, with the same penalty
as for hitch hiking.
Mr and Mrs. D. C. Nation and Mrs.
Ted Shiffer arrived Wednesday, to at-
orchestra will give several sacred se-|Mr. Rohr plans on showing two chan-   vited t0 en3oyed Sunday July Fourtft, tend the wedding of   Miss   Bernica
Jectioas. J ges weekly in Pequot jin Swanburg. ^  (_,    >,      Jiing and James Skinaer Thursday.