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PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME II NUMBER 49
THE PINE RIVER JOURNAL, PINE  RIVER,  CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937
SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Per Year
Pine River Wins
2nd Consecutive
Shutout Sunday
Last Sunday's game was almost an
exact duplication of the Akeley game.
When the dust blew away and the
Remer boys gathered up their bats,
the score was 12-0, making the second
consecutive shut-out for Pine River
Again the local boys were and again
they came up with sparkling plays
when defensive action was most needed. Hoff was on the mound for the
locals and went the entire trip which
was a surprise assignment wished on
him after "Thorson' 'admitted to a
sore arm. "Ole" as he is known to
players and fans, did a very creditable job on the mound and was also
perfect in his fielding ability. Gerald
Seaton was appointed to pluck Ole's
fast ones after the Remer boys had
a swing at them—and he did a good
job of it. His deadly and snappy habit of slamming the ball to bases, especially with runners on, certainly
made "pals" of the runners and bags.
Clyde Seaton "Old Sparky" well its
too long a story to tell-come out some
time and see that 'slow poke' run bases. Isensee fielded and batted very
nicely, especially did we appreciate
his coming up with credit for a dou-
bld-play in the last half. Of course
'Sparky' at first, must be given some
credit on account of being his playmate in  this particular bit of relief.
"Rifle Shot" Tuttle at short, was a
bit insulted, not once during the full
nine innings did the opposition give
him a chance, but he did plenty with
the stick and did his share in mounting the score. "Ted" Lavoie held
down the third sack which is truly a
hot corner and Ted is mighty stingy
when it comes to allowing runners
to score after reaching his post. In
right field we find "66" Rognlie—
although he muffed a high lazy fly,
and raced after another that was impossible to catch with a bicycle, he
came through with plenty of ambition.
"Ball Hawk" Rognlie in center, is really a glutton for horse-hide. Thorson, who told the manager just before the game that he would try left
field but didn't think he could make
it, made a difficult catch when a hard
hit ball which was going to his left
and far out over his head came bis
way.
Determination is a wonderful partner—without doing your best you
simply cheat yourself out of doing
what you can. Eighteen scoreless innings—what a record for any team.
Will they ever be scored upon again?
Come out to the next game, you wanted a winning ball club—now that you
have one, do your share by at least
being present. With "Sousa's" Band
playing you could eat better—and the
boys can play better with a crowd.
They deserve your patronage as much
as they 'love' to win.
Can Pine River establish a record?
Can Pine River make it 27 innings
without being scored upon? All this
will be acted out in next Sunday's
game—Be there and see just what
happens.
This week will be given to fiery defensive practice, sharpening up what
few weak spots remain—to try for
that added nine innings of shut-out
baseball. Should Pine River hold the
opposition scoreless next Sunday, you
will witness the actual devouring of
a live "Toad" right in front of the
new Grandstand. Be there for this
test of appeptite—who knows but
what a long losf'Art" of man may be
unveiled. This, we know, will be a
ticklish piece of business but the show
'must' go on.
ALL HOME GAMES START  AT
2:30 PROMPTLY. MAKE YOUR SUNDAY PLANS ACCORDINGLY.
NEXT SUNDAY
LONGVILLE VS. PINE RIVER
AT PINE RIVER
BATTING  AVERAGES
AB H PER
C.   Seaton 26 9 346
G. Seaton 24 8 333y3
Tuttle 20 S 400
Isensee 21 8 381
Hoff 21 6 280
Lavol 21 9 428
Thorson 25 9 360
A.  Rognlie 18 4 223
H. Rognlie 20 4 200
L. Carlson 6 0 000
PHILLIPS - WALTONi.
The marriage of Miss Elaine Phillips, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. JN.
Phillips of Pine River, to Harold Walton, son of Mr. and Mrs. .Lewis Walton of Pine River, was announced this
week by the bride's parents.
The vows were spoken Tuesday,
June :2, at /the Methodist parsonage
in Brainerd, with Rev. JJripps officiating. Gail Phillips, a sister of the
bride and Elmer Olson were the only
attendants.
Both young people are graduates of
the local H. S., and the groom is a
graduate of the Normal Training dept.
He teaches school in the Agate Lake
district where he will be employed
the following term.
NEWS BRIEFS OF
INTEREST FROM
'ROUND THE STATE
ENTERS   REFRIGERATOR   TO
COOL    OFF,     DOOR    CLOSES
Rochester.—While southern Minnesota people sweltered in the heat two
weeks ago, 15 year-old Foster Whelan
and 16 year-old William Kingrey
kept cool—they were locked in an ice
box. For more than an hour while
the sun glared down on the pavement arid the mercury stood at 94 degrees outside, The boys shivered In
the large refrigerator in the basement of a barbecue stand where the
temperature was as low as 38 de-
igreerj. The boys had entered the
box to cool off. Someone saw the
door ajar, slammed it shut and turned off the lights. They yelled and
screamed but nothing happened for
more than an hour, until a pal of
theirs stopped at the barbecue and
inquired for the,boys. They started-
and soon ended by finding them in
the cooler and were they cool—.
VETERAN   DYNAMITER  HURT
BY   A   SMALL   FIRECRACKER
Luverne.—"Better let Dad do it—
youn might get hurt," Frank LeMaire,
Rock county employee who has been
touching off dynamite for years without even getting a scratch, told his
children on July 4th, and now he is
carrying his arm in a sling as the result of a firecracker explosion. After delivering his touching ultimatum,
he proceeded to get himself all set
for a big afternoon while his two
children sat miserably on the steps
watching him have all the fun. Frank
was enjoying himself immensely.
Finally, however, one firecracker failed to go off. Not wanting to miss a
single bit of pleasure, Mr. LeMaire
picked up the 'dead' firecracker and—
BANG! It went off in his hand. Three
badly burned fingers on his right
hand was the result.
LIGHTS    OFF    AS    FISH
LINE    SHORTS    CURRENT
Park Rapids.—Park Rapids streets
were Ughtless one night not long past
midnight, all because of a small boy
and his fish line. When the time
came to switch on the street lights a
number of reports came in to the
power company's office -that Jlamps
had burned out, and a service crew
was sent out to make replacements.
It was then found that there was a
short on the street lighting circuit,
and the crew started patrolling the
lines to find the trouble. The cause
was located near a sub-station on a
2400-volt service line, upon which a
fish line was wound, causing a short
and burning out all of the street
lights. Evidently a youthful fisherman had swung his pole too vigorously, and the line had become entangled with the high-voltage wires. Luckily, the boy was not injured.
Don Lundrigan made a business
trip to Minneapolis Saturday, returning the same day. ^
Josephine Cromett left Friday for
Omaha, Neb., where she will spend
the summer with her grandmother,
Mrs. Dave Thomas.
HOUSE WARMING AT EMERY
HOME   THURSDAY   EVENING
About 75 friends of Grandpa and
Grandma Emery gathered at their
new home Thursday evening, for a
house-warming. Mr. and Mrs. Wiens
spoke a few appropriate words after
which the Mildred choir sang several beautiful hymns. A delicious lunch
brought by the ladies was then served. After presenting the honored
couple with a purse of silver all the
guests departed, leaving their best,
wishes with Mr. and Mrs. Emery.
LYLE DOUGHERTY
WRITES OF TRIP
THRU THE EAST
OSHAWA MAN
COMMITS SUICIDE
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Roy Peterson, age 41, Committed
suicide at his farm home near Oshawa Tuesday, by placing a shotgun in
his mouth and firing it. He was
found several hours later by his moth|
er with whom he lived. A coroner
and several witnesses were summoned
and  pronounced his death  as suicide.
4-H   CLUB   LEADERS  TO   MEET
4-H Club Adult and Junior Leaders
will have a meeting to elect officers
and a board of the 4-H Leaders' Court-
ell at the Court House on Thursday,
July 29.
Plans  for  the  county  fair will  be
the main  topic    of    discussion.    4-H
club records,  project    material,    and
pointers on fitting and showing   wilt'
be  discussed and    demonstrated    by'
County Agent Oscar Nelson and Club I
Agent, M. J. Teeter.
The meeting will start promptly at i
1 p. m., and all leaders are urged to
be present.
BORGWARDT  -   HUGHES
The following account of the wedding of Marie Borgwardt    of    Sleepy'
Eye and Dr. Hughes,    former    Pine
River veterinarian, was clipped from
the Sleepy Eye Herald:
Miss Marie Borgwardt, who for
more than tt year has been employed
as nurse at the Sleepy Eye Medical
Clinic, became the bride of Dr. E.
G. Hughes of this city, at a ceremony
performed at the First Congregational Church of Fairmont, on Sunday,
June 27. The young couple will be at
home in Sleepy Eye after August 1,
where Dr. Hughes has practiced his
profession for the past two years.
ACHIEVEMENT DAY
ATTRACTS MANY
Twenty-six girls from various parts
of the county demonstrated in 26
events at the Achievement Day exercises held at the local schoolhouse on
July 14. About 125 people were present. The winners of each division
are as follows:
Canning Team
Ruth Mason and Ruth Dorsey, first,
of the Pillager Club. They will go to
the sub-district contest at Park Rapids on August 6.
Marjorie    Bengston    and    Georgia
Norwood second, Jr. Winners.
Canning Individuals
Laura  Lesher  of Pine  River first,
and   Evelyn Lee of Pillager,  second.
They will go to the state fair.
Individual Bread
Georgia Norwood first, and Marjorie Bengston second; both of Pine
River. They will go to the state fair.
Cake
Eunice Mae Triggs of Pine River,
first, will go to the su-district contest. Cethlyn Falk of Hackensack
second and Dorothy Reidel of Pillager third. )\
Room Furnishing
Jeanette Nemes of Homebrook won
first place.
Clothing Team
Georgia Norwood and Marjorie
Bengston of Pine River, Jr. Winners
and Charlotte and Jean Anderson of
Cass Lake, who will go to the sub-
district contest.
Bread Teams
Joyce Macheel and Loi Nemes first,
who will go to the sub-district contest.
Wilma Hullett and Betty Kopischke of
Leader second.
Meal Planning
Lorroine Houggard  of  Pine River,
first.    She will receive a special prize to be given by the Pine River Drug
store.
Thrift
Grace DeVine of Pillager, first; she
will go to the sub district contest.
Zoe Mason of Pillager, second.
Thanks is extended to all the business places in Pine River who assisted in making the day a success.
Being one of 245 boys who were
guests of the St Paul Dispatch, I
boarded the Blackhawk in St Paul on
Saturday evening at 9 :45. Our berths
were made up and we went to bed
immediately. We woke up in Chicago Sunday morning and attended mass
at 7 o'clock a. m., at the St Patricks
Cathederal, the largest Church in the
city.
After Church we again boarded the
train and left for Niagara Falls. On
our way we visited the Ford Motor
Plant in Detroit, Michigan and saw a
Ford car assembled. After another
hour's ride we stopped at the Kellogg's Mfg. plant and saw the various
stages in the manufacture of breakfast cereals. At 7 p. m., we reached
Niagara Falls, where we left the train
and boarded a sight-seeing bus and
saw the Falls from both the Canadian side and the American side, under
illumination. This was a beautiful
sight. We also went through the
"Cave of Winds," after which we
again boarded the train and were on
our way to New York City.
We arrived in New York Monday
morning, where we boarded a sightseeing bus. We first visited the Empire State Building, where we were
taken to the top for a" view of the
entire city. We then saw Rockefeller's home and the Church he paid
for. We then took the Riverside Drive and visited Grant's Tomb and saw
the "Queen Marie and Normandie"
steamships which are the largest in
the world. We inspected both ships
from stem to stern. At 1 o'clock we
went to the Paramount hotel and ate
our lunch and were assigned to our
rooms. After dinner we boarded the
subway train and went to the Yankee
Stadium where we saw the St Louis
Cardinals play the New York Yanks.
We then returned to the hotel
for dinner and in the evening went to
the Paramount theatre, one of the biggest in New York and saw a. double-
feature program: "Charlie Chan at
the Circus" and "White Fang." I had
already seen both pictures at the Marlow theatre in Pine River.
The following morning which was
Tuesday, We had breakfast at 8 a. m.,
and left the hotel on elevated trains
for the Boat Docks, where boarded
a boat for a fifty-mile boat ride
On this trip we saw the statue of
Liberty and the Naval Yards. We
went to the top of the Statue of Liberty in elevators and from there to
the uppermost part of the Torch by
stair. At the Naval Yards we saw
many U. S. battle-ships and airplanes
and also submarines. We then made a
trip through China Town, after which
we returned to the hotel and lunched
at 1:30.
After lunch we left .by train for
Washington, arriving there at 8 a. m.
Wednesday morning. We stayed at
the Annapolis hotel where we had
breakfast and were assigned to our
rooms. After being refreshed we
again boarded sight-seeing busses
and saw the homes of many of our
former Presidents and also those of
Gen. Pershing and Gen. Lee. We visited the largest and most complete
Zoo in the world where we saw a specie of every living animal. We also
visited the Ford Theatre where Lincoln was shot. We then went to
Washington's Monument, Lincoln's
Memorial and Mount Vernon. After
lunch we again boarded the busses
and visited the Smithsonian Institute
where we saw hundreds of eariy inventions also the plane in which Will
Rogers and Wiley Post crashed, and
Lindberg's "Spirit of St Louts." The
first airplane built by the Wright Bros
was also on display. We then wen,,
to the National Museum where we
saw the skeletons of many ancient ani
mals including the Dinasueur. We
returned to the hotel for dinner and
then attended a show in the biggest
theatre in AVashington. We saw "My
Man Godfrey" which I had also seen
at the Marlow. We also saw Melroy,
Bill Robinson and Wm. Powell In
person and each one performed for
our group.
The next morning which was on
Thursday, we visited the Federal Bureau of Engraving and saw currency
and stamps made. We then visited
the White House and inspected it
from top to bottom. We shook hands
with President Roosevelt and left for
the Capitol and the Congressional Library, the Arlington Cemetery, where
we visited the tomb of the    unkown
200 Votes Cast
In Heated School
Election Tuesday
soldier. We also had the opportunity
to witness a Military Funeral which
was being conducted during our visit.
We then returned to our hotel, had
lunch and boarded the train for Chicago. Enroute we saw the Pittsburg
Smelting Works and crossed the Alle-
gheney Mountains. The following
morning we arrived in Chicago, where
we changed to the Burlington Zephyr
which brought us back to St Paul. We
arrived there at 4 p. m., making the
trip from Chicago to St Paul in 6
hours at the rate of 129 miles per
"hour.
Before the ending of my story I
wish to thank all those subscribers
who so kindly helped me win this
trip which I shall never forget.
Lyle Dougherty
TABERNACLE   NEWS
Work on the new Tabernacle building is progressing. Footings are all
in and the foundation will be completed this week. Any persons desiring
to assist with labor or other contributions will be welcome.
Rev. MacKinney has received a
number of pictures on "The Signs of
the Times" which he will show on
Sunday evening. If t'Jie weather is
hot—the Tabernacle will be "air conditioned'
CREAMERY MEETING
HELD HERE THURS.
A meeting of Creamery operators
was "called in Pine River last Thursday by O. C. Johnson, Dairy and Food
Inspector. Practically all the creameries doing business in Cass County
were represented.
The purpose of the meeting was
the fixing of a uniform deduction
for cream hauling, in order to avoid
prosecution under Chapter 420 of the
1937 Session Laws, known as the
"Unfair Discrimination Law. In order to avoid friction between creameries and still abide by the law, the
following creameries agreed to fix
the hauling cost at l%c per lb of
butter fat, beginning August 1.
The following creameries subscribed to the agreement:
Pine River Coop Creamery
Coop Creamery Ass'n. of Pequot
Walker Creamery
Longville Coop Creamery
Backus Creamery 1
MISSION CONFERENCE AT LUTH. CHURCH
The Norwegian Lutheran and Au-
gustana Synod Church will hold a
Home Mission Conference at the
Trinity Lutheran Church in Pine River on Tuesday, July 27.
The speakers will be as follows:
Rev. J. S. Benson Aitken
Rev. Bolstad     Brainerd
Rev. Carl G. Anderson Field Sec.
for the Augustana Mission Conference
Rev. N. L. Lingwald
Services will, be held at the following hours:
10:30 a. m., for pastors only
2:30 p. m. and 8 p. m. for everyone.
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A laugh-fest for every generation on our comic page—the Fea-
therheads, Finney of the Force
and Mescal Ike.
Irvin S. Cobb fears something
has gone out of life.no major general has talked himself into a
jam for several months.
Did court reform proposal die
with Senator Joseph T.Robinson?
E. W. Pickard analyzes the situation in his informative "Weekly
News Review."      ,
About 200 votes were cast at the
annual school election held at the
local  school house  Tuesday  evening.
The session was more or less exciting inasmuch as no candidates had
filed for office and when the time
for balloting came, nominations were
called for. The interest was running
high and everyone decided they should
have a candidate and before the
chairman could get his second breath
about lo were nominated. A motion
to close nominations was! no*, heard
and things proceeded at a lively pace
before someone decided they ought
to start all over again.
A "Sticker Ballot" was printed at
the last minute bearing the names of
five candidates but the nominations
messed things up sufficiently so that
everyone was voted for for every office on the ballot. Those on the sticker drew a good vote but because of
the division the individual vote was
not so  high.
Three of the old members were returned to office together with two
new members. G. P. Rognlie and C.
M. Swift were elected for the three
year term; Marius Houg and H. J.
Cromett for the two year term and
Glenn Gardiner for the one year term.
Following is a tabulation of the
ballots:
3 YEAR TERM
Swift 79
Rognlie  69
Stewart     55
Cromett    36
Fraser       25
Fick 15
Lundin     1
2 YEAR TERM
Houg   81
Cromett    44
Deustermann     43
Fick       38
Fraser      37
Hill   1
Day   2
Stewart   1
1  YEAR TERM
Gardiner   62
Day     36
Deustermann    3!)
Lindberg       1
Swift       1
Hill      1
Cox       2
SAMUELSON - WALTON
The wedding vows of Miss Bernice
Samuelson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Neil Samuelson of Pine River, and
Walter Walton, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Leo Walton of Jenkins, were spoken
before an improvised altar of ferns
and roses at the Walton home in Jenkins Thursday evening, at seven o'
clock, with Rev. Chas. Pearson reading the service.
The bride was attired in a floor
length white chiffon gown and wore
a garland of white roses in her hair.
She carried a bouquet of rosebuds
and baby breath. Mrs. Arthur Bangston, a sister of the bride acted as
maid of honor: She wore a gown
of peach taffeta and carried a bouquet of white water lillies. Leo Walton, a nephew of the groom acted as
best man.
Following the ceremony a reception
was held at the home of the groom's
parents with about 40 guests present.
A beautifully decorated wedding cake formed an attractive center-piece
for the table.
Both young people attended the
Pine River high school. The groom
is associated in business with his father in Jenkins, at which place the
young couple will make their future
home.
VARIETY SHOW AT
ODDFELLOWS HALL
The Sunshine Sewing Circle is sponsoring a Variety Show which will be
held at the Oddfellows Hall in Pine
River on Saturday evening, July 24,
at 8 p. m. A full evening of entertainment for young and old has been
planned. Admission 10c and 15c. The
Show Begins at 8 p. m. Be There.
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