The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-06-09

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV NUMBER 42
THE PINE RlVER JOURNAL, PINE RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA, FRIDAY, JUNE 9, 1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 outelde
Pine River Welcomes VFW Convention
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GRANT   BERGSTROM
BODY OF OMAHA
MAN FOUND ON
BANKS OF P. R.
VACATION    BIBLE   SCHOOL
AT   THE   METHODIST   CHURCH
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The Merry-fro-round is in town
and all the kids, not to mention several oldsters, are having the time of
their lives watching, and giving advise to the workment as they set up
the big wheels and what-nots that go
into the making of the contraption.
It is an odd fact, but circuses, accidents and airplanes always draw a
crowd and the first two are not n6w
hy  a^^neans.
S ..any  a   boy   and   girl   is  doing
their daily duties around home
these days with nary a grumble
and are even .finding (jobs that
mother never knew existed—all
because the circus is in town and
a few jnickels . come in handy
when the man that runs the merry-go-round  calls for  the fialres.
The only trouble i{s, there is
no elephant to carry watefr for to
gain a free ridie.
Pine River is getting ready for one
of the biggest events of this big little
city—the VFW Convention, and they
are   offering  you   everything   imaginable in the way of entertainment and
fun.    There will also be    plenty    of
places  to  get  a  circus  steak     (hamburger  to  you)   and   in   another  day
you will be able to smell fried onions
from one end of town to another.
Marge   Robideau,   daughter    of
Mr.   and   Mrs.   Ernest   Robideau,
i >              who   graduated   from     the    local
high  school   Friday,  should  be in
Tine  for   a   medal   of  some   kind.
Marge    has   attended   school   frir
twelve  yeaite  and  during  ail  this
time  has  never  missed  a  day of
school—thru   good   weather     and1
bad.    Which is certainly a record
of some kind.            ;
Two local ladies were discussing a
certain Pine River gentleman the other  day and  the one lady being more
or less reluctant to say anything bad
about her neighbor, was finally, after
a few good abusive sentences by her
friend, goaded into making a remark
that went something like this: "Why,
I don't like to say anything about my
neighbors,  but  as for Mr.  sometimes I think  and then again I don't
know—but   after  all,  I  rather guess
he will turn  out to be a  good deal
such sort of a man as I take hirnl to
be."    Which   is  one  way  of  talking
about someone    without    implicating
yourself in any way!
Did You   Know That )
Minnesota's  population    is     almost
equally divided between rural and urban  places.    49.1  percent  being    ur
ban  and  50.9 percent rural.
That the Cinosara Club near Gull
Lake is a club exclusively for Masons and that Cinosam is merely Masonic spelled backwards.
That there is a lad in Pine River
fourteen years old (be asked us nor
to mention his name ) that has never1
had a ride on a train.
The Orchicfs this week (with
, apologies to Winchell) go to 'the
Village: Council for their efforts
in cleaning up vth-e vacant lot £«
the cornefr across from the joank
building., We understand (that before the week is out, a fine picket
fence will also be built around
the open basement. This will
add considerably to the appearance  of  main   street
VACATfON   BIBLE   SCHOOL AT
PINE   RIVER   TABERNACLE
On Monday, June 12, at 9 a. m., the
annual summer Bible school will con-
. vene at the Tabernacle and continue
for two weeks.    Splendid new  choruses  will   be  sung  and  Bible  classes
for all ages will  be held each morning  under  the  direction  of Rev.  and
Mrs.   MacKinney,   David     MacKinney
.  .* -nd Neva  King, a graduate    of    the
'       ft   Paul   Bible   Institute.     Boys   and
gils from four years and  up -are invited.    A woman's  class will also be
a feature of the school.    People from
r       th)  entire   community  are  urged     ro
atlend,   irrespective  of   religious  connexions.
A victim of suicide, Dexter Buell
Jr., 21, of Omaha, Nebraska, was
found dead on the banks of Pine
River about six miles southeast of
Pine   River  last  Thursday   afternoon.
Missing since May 29, when he
was seen at Remer, Buell was found
dead with a .38 Colt bullet through
his head. The discovery was made
by Charles Bye and Roy Bryant of
Jenkins, who noticed the body lying
half concealed behind a rock, while
they were fishing. The gun was lying alongside the body.
County Coroner, J. A. Thabes Jr.,
of Crow Wing County, pronounced
death due to the self inflicted wound
which entered Buell's head beneath
his right e.ve. Death, was thought to
Jiave occurred several days before!
tbe body was found.
The Sheriff found Buell's car less
than 100 feet from where the body
lay, on Memorial Day and a seach
had been in progress for the owner
of the vehicle since that time.
Tbe body was shipped to Omaha
for  burial.
On Monday morning, June 12 at 9
o'clock the church doors of the Metb
odist Church will open for two weeks
of   Vacation   Bible   School.
It is important that the children
enroll on tbe first day that they ma.v
not lose out on any of the fine program which is being planned for them
Therefore make an effort to get men.
there   the  first   day.
The school will be open from 9 until  11:30 each day.
Ice Cream Social
The local choir girls will hold an
ice cream social at the Methodist Parsonage on Saturday, June 10, from
10 a. m. to 8 p. in. The proceeds of
tills will go towards purchasing a piano for the church basement. Everyone   is   welcome.
IOOF AND REBEKAH ENCAMPMENT
AT BRAINERD
VFW AND AUXILIARY
MET WEDNESDAY
June 14-15 and 16 wt-; mark the
87th annual IOOF encampment of
Minnesota. All Rebekahs who wish
to go Thursday, are asked to get in
touch with Mrs. Kolb. Thursday afternoon will be open to new members
as well as past grands. Mrs. Kolb
has been elected as a delegate and
-Airs. Townsend as an alternate from
the local lodge to the convention.
The encampment will be held at
Brainerd,   Minnesota.
Main features of  the program  are
as f ollows :
Wednesday
2 p. m., Registration • Badges
3 p.  m., Conference of Assembly Degree.
7  p. m.,  Parade ancl Conferring De-'
gree of Chivalry.
Thursday
9 a. m., Seating of Assembly Officers
9 :30, Address of Welcome
1 :30 p.  m., Introduction of all Branches.
2:15, Report of Home Board.
2:45,   Sunshine Penny Report.
3:15.  Report on  ARA
3 :30, Memorial  Service
4 p. m., Initiation.
Friday
Election of Officers.
The regular meeting of the V.F.W.
and Auxiliary was held Wednesday
evening.
Plans for the ('(invention were
completed and a V.F.W. and Auxiliary picnic will be held soon for all
War Veterans and their families.
Delegates and alternates to the Department Encampment of the Auxiliary are Josephine Wolfrank, Amelia
Triggs. Florence Sycks, Maria Upton,
Elizabeth  Knutson  and  Alice Fraser.
Mr. and Mrs. Geo. Rood of Mora
visited the meetings. Mr. and Mrs.
Rood have purchased a farm north of
Jenkins on which they will erect
buildings. Mr. Rood is a Bee-keeper.
The organizations extend to them a
fraternal  welcome. <
BEES   CAUSE    PAINFUL   ACCIDENT     TO     MAIL     CARRIER
Townsend Meeting
A Townsend meeting will ibe held
at the fair grounds Thursday evening,
June 15, at S p. m. Several prominent speakers will be present with an
interesting message. Lunch will be
served after the meeting. The public
is cordially invited to attend.
146   DRIVERS   LOSE   LICENSES;
RECORD   FOR   ALL  TIME   SET
Mrs. John Wahl returned to her
heme in Minneapolis Tuesday, after a
tvi, weeks vacation here.
In line with ceaseless efforts to
curb drunken driving on the highways, W. F. Rosenwald, Traffic Engineer, reported that during April
146 drivers licenses 'were revoked,
141 of which were for drunken driving.
In the history of the Drivers License division, there have been 5,679
revocations, and 5,481 have been for
drunken driving. The 146 revocations are the highest for a single
month since the origin of the Safety
Division and 50 more than were revoked   during   March.
Hennepin county had the largest
number of revocations with 32; Ramsey was second with 31; St Louis
third with 19 and Dakota fourth
with 6. There were fifty counties
with no revocations and 21 with only one. Drivers between the ages of
41 and 50 were the biggest offenders.
Kenyon.—While on his way IVoiu
Lake City to Kenyon, with the Star
Route mail, Carrier Rudy Frygaar
met with a most painful accident in
a most peculiar way. Two crates of
bees were loaded in the mail truck
at I ake City, bound for Mazeppa,
and when about eight miles out of
town one of the crates became broken and the bees began swarming into the cab of the truck. Mr. Fry-
gaard is not.certain just how it happened but the advent of the bees
caused him to lose control of the
truck which swerved from the highway and struck a tree with such
force that the truck was practically
demolished. Mr. Frygaar sustained
a broken collar bone and five broken ribs.
Excellent Program Planned for 6th District Meet
Sat. & Sun., June 10-11
HORSES  ON  RAMPAGE
SUBDUE  AN  AUTOMOBILE
Aitkin.—The machine age met defeat in an encounter with a team of
horses drawing a wagon, and an automobile recently. Steele Brodhead,
driving the automobile, was startleo
when he saw a runaway team bearing down on him. He got out of tue
car andi picked up a stick in the
vain hope of stopping the animals.
The team ignored the man with the
stick, however, and attacked the car
instead. They scratched the hood
ancl fenders in fine shape and forced
a wagon pole through the windshield
and roof of the car. Mr. Brodhead
is glad he did not try to defend tlie
car from  the interior.
HUGE SERPENT SEEN
IN LAKE ST. CROIX
Bayport.—A huge snake or serpent
was reported seen off the Point on
Lake St. Croix one evening recently
by Walt Ooulette. He said he had
been near the bathing beach and
thought he heard a fish jump out of
the. water. Upon looking across
ihe channel, he said he' noticed a
huge snake swimming up stream, the
head extending four or five feet out
of water, and two loops breaking water behind. He estimated the entire
length of the creature to be about 30
or 35 feet.
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SATURDAY
1:00 P.  M (. .   REGISTRATION  OF  DELEGATES
8:00  P.  M    CONVENTION   DANCE AT  ARMORY
10:00   P.   M COOTIE   TORCHLIGHT   PARADE
11:00 P. M    CROWNING   CONVENTION   QUEEN
11:30P.  M    ANNOUNCING  WORLD'S   FAIR  WINNER
CARNIVAL ALL  DURING  DAY AND   EVENING
SUNDAY
9 A. M. to 12    BUSINESS: SESSION
2  P.  M    CONVENTION  PARADE
4 P.  M    GOLD  STAR   MOTHER'S TEA
6  P. 'M      CONVENTION   BANQUET
8 P.  M    MEMORIAL  SERVICE
10 P.   M.     .•    FIREWOPKS
ALL ABOVE  EVENTS OPEN TO THE  PUBLIC
ELLEN HILES AND
- ERNEST GLOVER
SPEAK VOWS
Miss Ellen Hiles became the bride
of Ernest Glover at a six o'clock cere
mony performed by. Rev. Robert Mead
Sunday.
The scene of the nuptial service was
the C. E. Glover home.
The bride was attired in the wedding dress worn hy Mr. Glover's mother at her marriage. Pink carnations were used for the bridal bouquet.
Miss Hazel Parker ani Harland
Glover attended the couple.
Mr. and Mrs. Glover will mase
their home on the H. A. Just place
in Blind Lake. Mr. Glover will carry
mail on the Longville route after July 1.
Classmates of the bride honored
her at a pre-nuptial shower last week.
CORRUGATED   EGG   LAID
BY   FREAK   BIDDIE
Wadena.—A new wrinkle in eggshells is being shown by the lady
chickens on the H. W. Goddard farm
this spring where eggs were found
with shells in rippled layers. The departure from the usual smooth surfaces cannot be accounted for unless
the hens are copying the corrugated
effect of a new culvert recently installed under a bridge near the farm.
ERNEST   BAUGHMAN   WINS
HONORS   AT   UNIVERSITY
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According to an article in the Minneapolis Star of June 2, Ernest Baugh
man, son of Mr. and Mrs. Baughman
of Pine River, was one of 12 U. of
Minnesota students selected as "Representative Minnesotans" on the basis of scholastic standing and participation in activities and organizations. Ernest is a student of Agriculture, Forestry and Home Economics, and has led activities on the
farm campus as a member of the
students council, YMCA, Phoenix Alpha Gamma Itho, Alpha Zeta, honor
case committee and has taken part
in wrestling. Pictures of these 12
boys are featured in the "Gopher, U.
yearbook.
P. R. SELECTED NI
US. FOR TEACHER
EX. BY HAWAII
According to a radiogram received
by Supt. Haack from Honolula on
Tuesday of last week, Pine River has
been selected as one of the 25 cities
in the U. S., to which the territory
of Hawaii will send an exchange
teacher.
The Territory of Hawaii is this
year selecting 25 cities in the U. S.
with outstanding school systems and
will exchange teachers with these
to study various methods in teaching,
concerning geographical and socialogi
cal information.
Pine River is to be congratulated
in being included wit cities such as
Oakland, Cal., Kansas City, Mo., Win-
netka, 111 and other educational centers.
Miss Antoinette Henderson of the
local faculty has been selected as
the exchange teacher because of her
qualifications. She is a graduate of
the U. of Minnesota, with both a B.
A. and M. A. degree. „Miss Henderson will go to Honokaa, where she
will spend the year as an instructor
of English  and social studies.
Coming to Pine River, will be Missi
Martha Chen of Chinese extraction,
a native and citizen of Hawaii. She
is a graduate of the U. of Michigan
and also holds B. A. and M. A. degrees. She comes highly recommended and has had excellent training.
This exchange of teachers creates
no additional expense on the school
district as the techer making the trip
pays her own transportation and the
schools from which they originate
pay them the same salary they would
LOCALS
Chas. Van Dorn spent from Sunday until Tuesday at the Walter Miller home at Jenkins.
James Hourigan who is a student
at St Johns at Little Falls, returned
home for the summer Wednesday.
Mr.s. Jule Saeger and daughters
drove down from Wadena Wednesday and is visiting at the home of her
mother,  Mrs.   Mary  Gilbert.
Miss Lela Clark was,a guest of Mr.
and Mrs. Alfred Israelson at Wadena Sunday.
Weeks of preparation come to a
climax this week as the Pine River
Post of the Veterans of Foreign Wars
plays host to the Sixth District Convention of the organization. This is
the largest convention ever to be
staged in Cass County. The dates
for the big conclave are Saturday and
Sunday, June 10 and 11.
Members of the Ladies Auxiliary
are cooperating with the veterans to
make this an outstanding event ot
the year.
The village will be gaily decorated
for the oecassion by L. F. Vaughn of
Minneapolis, a professional man in
this line. He will design and prepare
the floats and decorate the main
street and business houses.
A plea Is sent °ut by the organization to all those having available
housing facilities to get in touch with
them and register the number of accomodations they have, if this has
not already been done. Those in
town should see Mrs. Oscar Kolb,
chairman of the housing committee,
and resort owners should get in touch
with either Dr. Dingle or Homer Fraser.
The Midway Shows of Minneapolis,
a carnival company, arrived Wednesday and are located on the vacant
lot next to the Oddfellows hall. They
have a complete array of rides, sideshows and stands of all kinds.
Several distinguished speakers will
be on hand. Among them will be former Senator, J. Lawrence McLeod.
who will be the principal speaker at
the big banquet to be held at the armory at six o'clock Sunday evening,
to which the public is cordially invited. Tickets for the banquet will be-
on sale at the armory.
Registrations for delegates and veterans from neighboring posts will
begin at 1 p. m., Saturday. Feature
attraction for the evening of the first
big day will be the convention dance
which will be held at the armory,
with music by a good seven-piece
band. Tickets for the dance, entitling the holder to a free trip to the
World's Fair are now on sale. Winners in the popularity contest will be
announced after the dance and the
carnival Queen will be chosen with
fitting ceremony. At 10 p. m., the
famous "Cootie Parade" will take
place, staged by members of the fun
club of the organization.
The business sessions will open at
9 a. m., Sunday. Following^the lunch
hour, the big parade, highlight of the
convention, will be held. Floats from
neighboring towns and organizations
together with bugle and drum corps
from various Posts will make it a
colorful sight. Six floats have already been registered from Brainerd and
a number from other neighboring
towns.
A Tea honoringn Gold Star Moth-
will be held immediately following
the parade, after which the convention banquet will be held in the armory. As a fitting gesture to the
serious side of the convention, the
Mora Post will conduct an impressive
Memorial service which is open to
the public. The convention will be
topped off with a huge display of
fireworks Sunday night, which will
mark the close of the meet.
CITY   DUMP   NOW
HATCHES CHICKENS
Red Wing.—We hear all sorts of
difficulties people have in hatching
chicks from eggs. But those eggs de:
posited on a dump in Red Wing managed to hatch out chicks without the
aid of hen or human, it seems. A resident reported that baby chicks were
hatching out at a dump in the 90-ab-
ove temperature provided by Mother
Nature recently. 'So Officer George
Tebbe, member of the sanitary board
of the city council, was instructed to
investigate. And the legally minded
were scanning city laws to ascertain
if there was anything in the statutes
against hatching chickens in the public.