The Pine River Journal (Pine River, Minnesota), 1939-05-19

              PINE RIVER JOURNAL
VOLUME IV, NUMBER 39
THE PINE iti VER JOURNAL, PINK RIVER,   CASS  COUNTY,  MINNESOTA,  FRIDAY,  MAY  19/1939
SUB. $1.00 In County, $1.50 ouSslde
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ERADELPHIAN CLUB
HOSTESS TO SIXTH
DISTRICT CLUBS
The local Eradelphian Study Clur>,
with a membership of thirty, will be
hostess to the 6th District Women's
Clubs, consisting of forty clubs with a
total memlbership of 800 club women.
This is the first time in the history
of Pine River, that a 0th District
Club meeting lias been held here, and
members of the Eradelphian Club are
busy with plans to make the convention a success.
It is expected that T50 or more club,
women will be in attendance for the
business sessions ancl social functions
of the convention. About fifty or
sixty delegates from surrounding
clubs are expected. They will be
furnished with room ancl breakfast by
members of tlie local club.
All meetings are open to anyone in
terested. A special invitation is extended to the public for the Tuesday
evening meeting, May 23, which will
be held in the school auditorium,
when J. L. Brooks of the Northern
Pacific Railroad will show colored
movies of the World's Fair and National Parks. This is one of the
highlights of the convention and of
interest to everyone. I
Mrs. Einar Gulbrandson of Albert
Lea, State President of Women's Federated Clubs of Minnesota, will address the assembly on Tuesday, at
1 :<>0 p. m., at the Marlow Theatre, j
This will be one of the outstanding
addresses of the convention ancl well
worth hearing.
Mrs. ,T. Sokolowski of Minneapolis,
who was an exchange student to Po-,
land, will lecture on "Poland's Place
in the Sun" Wednesday, at 1:30 p.
m. 'She has first hand information
and is well qualified to give an iuter-
teresting talk on the subject.
Mrs. Fred Schilplln of St Cloud,
First Vice Pres. of the Federation,
will also be present. Mrs. J. L. Roth
of St Cloud, who is 6th District President, will have charge of the con
vention.
There will also be an exhibit of
fancy worn and other unusual things
of interest shown in the Study Room
of the M. E. Church. Anyone having
anything Interesting or unusual to
exhibit, should get in touch with one
of the following committee members:
Mesdames Ernest Robideau, D. L.
Triggs on or before Monday, May 22.
The Eradelphian Club Is proud to
have as one of its members, Mrs. Anna Underleak, who has become known
as the "Button Lady." She will' exhibit her collection of buttons and
other things of interest.
Business men are cooperating, by
placing attractive window displays
and placards, extending a welcome t?
the delegates and guests of the 6th
District  Convention.
The convention will open May 23,
at 10:30 a. m. with registration at
the M. E. Church. The opening session will he held at 1:30 p. m., at
the Marlow Theatre with a complete
program for the afternoon. Mrs. Einar Gulbrandson will deliver the ad-
dess, choosing for her topic "The
Tomorrow." At 6 p. m., the banquet i
will be held at the armory, with an
appropriate musical program. The j
evening meeting will he held at 8 p.
m., at the school auditorium, when
colored movies of the World's Fair
will be shown and the H. S. band
will play.
The convention will continue Wednesday morning, May 24, at 9 a. m.,
with a program at the il. E. Church
and reports of the various club activities- The afternoon session will
begin at 1:30 p. in., at the Marlow
Theatre. The highlight of the afternoon will be a talk by Mrs. John Sokolowski of Minneapolis, on "Poland's
Place in the Sun."
(CONVENTION (CHAIRMEN
Gen. Arrangements Mrs. Otto -Haack
Program     Mrs. F. R. Anderson!
Hospitality    Mrs. L. W. Walton
Registration  and    Credentials,.   Mrs.
H. H.  Hill !
Exhibits   Mrs. Anna Underleak
Banquet  and   Luncheon,   Mrs.   H.   C.
Skinner
Decorations       Mrs.  J.  J.  Allen
Publicity     Mrs. D. L. Triggs
Pianist   Mrs. F. R. Anderson
Pages,   Mesdames  A.   C.    Thompson,
John Kater, L. M. Severeid. |
Transportation Mrs. Marlon Sherwood
Courtesy      Mrs. W. J. Biever
Music, Mrs. A. E. Hirt, St Cloud        !
Time Keeper, Mrs. Arnold Toussalnt,
Brainerd.
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Feature Entertainment for Cass Fair
[State Fair To Run Iff 1   _Oi 1
Ten Days This year I JrlOUg   aild   VjarQIier
.Minnesota's first 10-day State Fair
August 26 to September 4, will sponsor a state-wide band tournament, according to Raymond a. Lee, secretary
of tlie fair.
Approved by the hoard of managers, the announcement of the fifth
annual contest is the first step in the
planning of the 80th exposition. The
band tournament will be j-he feature
of tlie afternoon program on the se-
end Sunday, .September 3, ancl the
grandstand will he free to the public
that   afternoon.
Bands from throughout the state
will play before the grandstand in
competition for prizes of ,$300, $250,
■SIli") and $75. Each participating
band is assured of at least $50 in
arize  money.
Judging will be 40 percent for musicianship, and 30 percent each, for
marching and uniforms. Champion iu
1938,was the St Cloud Technical High
school. Band leaders throughout the
state are urged to keep their organizations intact during the coming
months in preparation for the nig
event.
Win Out In School
Election Tuesday
CREAMERY COMMITTEEMEN TO
MEET SATURDAY
During the past week, progress towards the reorganization of the Pine
River Creamery has gone forward.
Letters have been sent out to approximately forty committeemen in several townships, inviting them to attend
a meeting at the local armory Saturday, May 20, at 2 p. m. This week,
members of the Board of Directors
will contact as many of these committeemen as possible in order to formally ask their cooperation. Several
of the men who have been asked to
cooperate in this movement have already stated their willingness to do
whatever possible. It is planned that
several community meetings will be
held in the-near future, in order that
the farmers in that particular locality-might get together and discuss the
merits of the reorganization. A speaker will be present at each meeting
who is well qualified to explain the
topic.
It is definitely known that Pine
River must either go through with
this plan for establishing a cooperative creamery on a sound financial
basis, or in the future, there will be
a private creamery in this locality.
To the patrons of a cooperative
creamery, it is not hard1 to sell the
advantages of this type of organization because it is known that the net
proceeds will go towards paying for
the plant and returning the balance
of the money in the form of dividends. Only producers have shares
of stock that bring these dividends,
an after the expense of running the
business is taken out, all money remaining is returned to them in some-
form.
The minimum need, in the matter
of reorganization, is 200 shares of
stock at $25 per share, involving at
least 2000 cows. Each stockholder
signs a marketing agreement which
assures the sale of his butterfat to
the local creamery for at least five
years. No . additional assessments
can be made on the shares. Business
men of Pine River are cooperating in
the purchase of non-voting preferred
stock. This will mean that althougli
they invest money in your local cream
ery, they do not ask the right to vote,
but leave that entirely up to the pro
ducers that  have  shares.
Financing of these loans for stock
will be taken care of either through
COUNTY AWARDED
SHARE OF STATE
AID FOR RELIEF
Cass county's allocation of state
funds for direct relief aic| for the second year of the oiennium is $79,078-
.23, of which amount $U, 600.70 is
from the deficiency appropriation pas
sed hy the recent session of the le
gislature, according to an announcement made by Alfred Luecke, state
relief administrator.
The allocation was made hy the
State Executive Council, composed ot
Gov; Stassen, Secretary of State Mike
Holm, State Auditor King, State Trea
surer Schmahl and Att. Gen. Burn-
quist, after the legislature had passed the deficiency relief appropriation.
The allocation was recommended
by ill'. Luecke to the Council, after
he had mad., a detailed study of the
financial structure of all counties in
the state.
Notice
All owneiys of lots in the village
cemetery, are asked to make arrange
ments to level off their graves, so as
to enable workmen to clean and mow
the cemetery before Memorial Day.
—ARVID   LUNDIN,   CLERK
|CARD   OF   THANKS
We wish to thank each and every
one for their kindness, help and sympathy during the illness and passing
of our loved one. we also wish to
thank the donors of the beautiful
flowers.
Mrs. Rena Patton
Earl J. Patton and family
Gail A. Patton ancl Son
outright purchase, borrowing from local banks, or through the Farm Security Administration, in cases where
no commercial credit is available.
In reorganizing this creamery, there
are two facts that already give! it a
favorable outlook. First, it is actually operating at the present time.
Second, it has a substantial volume,
with 200 patfofls and only forty active stockholders. The amount of
butterfat made in 1938 totaled 27200'J
pounds.
Needless to say, the policy of this
creamery will he to obtain a 92 or 93
score butter.
SWAN VALLEY
LUTH. CHURCH
TO BE DEDICAT'D
On Sunday morning, May 21, at
10:30 a. m. ,Dr. I. T. Aastatl, President of the Northern District of tha
Norwegian Lutheran Church, will dedicate the Swan Valley Lutheran
Church. The dedicatory service will
he held in conjunction with the Milacs
Circuit convention of the same Synod
which meets at the Church Sunday
and Monday.
The Swan Valley Lutheran Congregation was organized in 1904. meeting
first in the Ellis school house and .later in the Ellis school house which
the congregation purchased in 1908.
In 1927, the hall was dismantled to
make room for the present Church
building. However, the interior of the
church was left unfinished at that
time, but this spring, through the
untiring efforts of the Ladies' Aid,
the interior has now been completed,
together with many other improvements.
The convention will open Sunday-
morning, with the Rt. Rev. I. T. Aastatl preaching the dedicatory sermon.
The Rev. Raymond P. Huss of Pequot,
pastor of the cliurcn, will conduct the
liturgy. At tlie 2 :30 meeting in the
afternoon, the convention theme:
"Salt and Light," taken from Matt:
5:13-16, will he introduced by Rev. A.
B. Bergh of Staples. The discussion
will he continued by Rev. O. O. Rem
of Redtop and Rev. O. L. Bolistad of
Brainerd. Dr. Aastad will preach
again at 7:30 in the evening. Our
Savior's Lutheran Choir of Pequot,
will sing in the morning and the mixed and male quartets of Maple Hill
Lutheran Church will sing in the afternoon and evening. A chicken dinner and supper will be served by the
Swan Valley Ladies Aid.
The sessions will be continued Monday, with pastors Krogh of Little
Falls, Shafland of St Cloud, Hansen
of Milaca, Rohne of Big Lake, and
Palm of Brookpark speaking.
The Swan ..Valley Lutheran Church
is located in Byroiii Twp., Cass County, off highway 04, one ancl one-half
mile south and one ancl one-half miles
west of Leader.
Because of these services, no service
will be conducted in Fine River this
Sunday.
COOPERATION IS
ASKED BY VFW
FOR CONVENTION
Plans are rapidly going forward for
the big VFW convention to be held
in Pine River, Jiine 10 and 11.
The finance committee will call on
local business men the first of next
week to solicit funds to finance arrangements for the two big days.
Business men are asked to cooperate
in every way possible to help make
this the biggest and best celebration
l'ine River has ever witnessed.
All business places cooperating in
the drive for funds, will be specially
decorated by a professional man in
thi sline from Minneapolis, who will
also decorate the town for the occasion.
More girls are also wanted to register in the popularity contest. This
is a good opportunity to make some
extra money ancl also a chance to be
crowned "Queen of the Carnival.''
All those interested should get in
touch with Dr. Dingle as soon as
possible.
WPA TO MIX GRASSHOPPER BAIT HERE
A WPA project has been set up to
mix grasshopper bait for Cass County
farmers. Tlie work of mixing tlie
bait will be done at the Pine River
fair grounds. It is hoped that sufficient bait will be mixed by the lime
the hoppers make their first appearance to combat them early, as that is
the most successful, according to Co.
Agent, Oscar Nelson.
Farmers can obtain the bait at Pine
River at any time. It is hoped that
It can be hauled to the various communities by highway trucks, when a
sufficient supply is mixed.
Use A  Want Ad
The annual election of school board
officers was held Tuesday evening.
A record number of voters turned
out for this election, casting 249 ballots. This was partly due to the
fact that there was some agitation
to replace some members, two candidates   running on  a sticker.
Marlous Houg, incumbent, was reelected by a ' comfortable majority,
receiving 146 votes, Glen Gardner, a
former member of the board, will
replace Chas. Siebel who served for
the past year.
The official count  was as  follows:
Marius  Houg ~    140
Glen Gardner       143
Chas.  Seible       103
Wm. Schuster-   100
The latter two were sticker candidates.
Tlie matter of substituting an annual election for the annual meeting,
was carried.
Unfair Trade Practice Act Explained
TABERNACLE   NEWS
Sunday will be an unusual day at
the Tabernacle. Fresh and authentic
news from China will be given by
Rev. W. H. Nowack of the Ebenezer
Mission, Miyangm Honan, China. Rev.
Mowack has spnet over twenty-five
years, living in intimate touch with
the common people of China, and has
three daughters laboring in that war-
cursed country now. He will .speak at
both Sunday services.
A picture will be taken Sunday
morning, following the service, of ail
the men who helped build the taberna
cle, standing in front of it. This is
in preparation of an article that will
be run in a Twin City daily shortly.
The Sunday school has reached an
all time high in attendance, with seventy-one scholars present last Sunday. Without robbing any other Sunday school, we want to raise It to one
hundred, for the Summer Bible school
which will be held from June 12 to
23. A corps of teachers who wil] e a
delight to the children, is being secured ancl special arrangements are
being made to accomodate the rural
children.
Following is a resume of the Unfair Trade Practice Act which was
passed at the last session pertaining
to grocery stores:
'Any sale made by the retail vendor at less than 10 percent above the
manufacturer's published list price,
less his published discounts, where
the manufacturer publishes a list
price, or in the absence of vsuch a list
price, at less than 10 percent above
the actual current delivered invoice
or replacement cost, for the purpose
or with the effect of injuring competitors) or destroying competition,
shall be prima facie evidence of the
violation of this act."
"X" Marks The Spot
Signs Placed Here
"X" Marks the Spot warning signals, d e no t i n g death by auto accident, were placed this week by.
L. M. Severeid, local representative
of the State Automobile Insurance
Association of Des Moines, at locations where deaths have occurred on
highways  near  Pine  River.
Readers will recall these accidents
at the bridge near the old cheese factory and on the highway north ot
Pine Riv.er where several people
were killed.
The "X" Marks the Spot signs of
this insurance company have become
so prevelant on the highways of Minnesota and other middle western
states that all motorists are becoming familiar with the diamond shaped wdiite ancl black signs with the
large "X" in red. Each sign signifies death by auto accident, over
5000 of them now marking danger
and death spots, and warning car
drivers to go carefully and think as
they drive.
Mr. Severeid will erect "X" Marks
the Spot signs wherever lives are
lost through automobile accidents in
the Pine River vicinity in the future.
Each time a passing motorist sees
one, it should be a definite, compelling warning that there recently lay
a crushed ancl mangled body and that
only careful, thinking car operation
stands between that driver and -i
similar fate.
CLASS OFFICERS FOR CLASS OF '39
DON KLEEN
ROSE EVANS
GWEN ENGEL
BILL CROMETT