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VOLUME 72 PARK RIVER, WALSH COUNTY, N. D. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1955 NUMBER 30
Hires Engineer to Draw Plans
g, Grading, Blacktop Project
Park River city council voted Wadge---was done a couple of years
to hire Lloyd Richmond,
Forks engineer, to draw
specifications for grading,
and blacktopping • three
west of Briggs avenue.
the plans are completed
be approved by the court-
it can call for bids and
contracts. However, no de-
been worked out as to
the street project would be
It may be one year,
or more away. The coun-
concern is to get
md specifications so the city
the preliminary work out
Way.
• ago.
[ In other business an application
by Jake Luithle for a building per-
mit for a garage was approved.
] Police Magistrate Gust Walstad
i disposed of eight court cases during
the past month. Thomas Cavanaugh
of Devils Lake, was fined $5 and
$2.50 costs on a drunken driving
charge. Kenneth McBain. Park Riv-
er, was fined $10 and $4.50 costs on
a speeding charge. Donald Morris,
Hoople, forfeited $5 and $2.50 on a
charge of speeding and going
through a stop sign. John Kelly, of
Park River, paid $7.50 fine and costs
on a charge of speeding around a
and field work on the corner• The other cases involved
Streets--Code, Harris and drunkenness.
LOCAL BUSINESS PLACES
ENTERED THURSDAY
Break-ins early Thursday'at the
Farmers Union Oil company at
Minto, and at the Great Northern
railway depot and the Farmers
Elevator office in Park River are
being investigated by the sheriff's
office at Grafton.
While the prowlers scattered con-
tents of the three offices, apparent-
ly searching for cash, they obtained
little loot, as nearly as could be
determined after a n investigation
by Sheriff Frank Duray. At Park
River, authorities were assisted in
their investigations by Sander Kit-
telson, police chief and a special
agent of the Great Northern.
The thieves got about three dol-
lars in pennies at the Park River
depot, the sheriff said. Taken at
the elevator was a small radio.
Missing at Minto is a tire, two tubes
and a dozen gloves of the Farmers
Union brand.
ocrat-NPL Picnic to be Held at PR Sept. 18
and Non- partisan sented at the planning meeting. Geelan, Enderlin. former member
m eastern North Dakota
;together at a picnic in Park
18 to talk politics.
has been received by
that Coya Knutson,
Minn.. Congresswoman
e 9th district in Minne-
has consented to come to
for the picnic on the
of Edmore, N. D.. MrL
is known to several peo-
areL
for the picnic were outlined
in Park River Tuesday
Schumacher, Drayton,
N'me counties were repre-
- Espe
Held
the rn£rriage
daughter, Marcelline, t o
Espe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Seattle, Wash. The wed-
Place Sept. 6 1955, at the
church at James-
the couple were Jean
Park River, the bride's
William Owens.
wore a peach color
with brown and tan
Her flowers were a
gold and wine color dais-
'attendant wore a tan suit
accessories and had a
roses.
the bridegroom's me-
grey with red acces-
bride's mother had a
With white accessories.
had corsages of car-
the ceremony which
They were Grand Forks, Pembina,
Cavalier, Ramsey, Rolette, Towner,
Nelson, Traill and Walsh.
Billed as speaxers for the Sept.
18 get-together are: George Schoen-
berger, Casselton; Quinten Burdick,
Fargo; Wallace Warner. Wahpeton
attorney and 1954 NPL candidate
for governor: Dr. S. B. Hocking
Devils Lake, 1954 Democrate candi-
date for lieutenant governor; Agnes
;of the state senate.
I Handbills announcing the picnic
advertise it as "an open discussion
on political alignments and issues
fin the 1956 election.'
The picnic program will be held
in River park, at 2 p.m. If weather
is unfavorable, the meeting will be
in the _Legion Coliseum, the park
i pavilion. Free coffee will be served.
Over 1,600 Attend Race Track Opening
Approxicately 1, 6 0 0 persons (Sept. 11) starting at 2 p.m.
crammed the bleachers and lined
the hag-mile clay track Monday for
the Labor Day opening of the new
Park River Speedway.
Grand Forks drivers dominated
The main event of the afternoon,
with all the cars on the track, was
w on by Harold Coreoran, Grand
Forks. Others who placed were Lea
Strata, second, and Ray Johnson,
the winners circle in the 20-car third, both Grand Forks, Duane
field which provided more than a Manning, Thief River Falls, fourth;
half-dozen spills and crackups. Emmett Batten, Grand Forks, fifth.
Allen end Gilman. Eide, owners l Winners of the first heat of the
and operators of the speedway an- preliminaries were Strata, first;
nounced that stock car races will be
,held at the track again Sunday
Tournament Set
At Gardar Sunday
Batten, second; Johnson, Grand
Forks, third. Three Park River
drivers took the honors in the sec-
ond heat of eight laps. They were
Jerome Lund, first; Morris Dahl,
second, and Woody Moffett, third.
In the consolation event which in-
cluded all cars that had not yet
Drawings for the Rinky Dink
placed in the money, the winners
baseball tournament at Gardar on were Harold Corcoran, first, and
Sunday, Sept. 11, have been an-
nounced. R. Corcoran, second, brothers} and
Park River and Nash meet in the Dick Croker, Grafton.
tournament opener at 1 o'clock.' H. Corcoran, Batten and Strata
finished
The second game will be between in that order in the fast
Gardar and Fordville at 2:30. The t car race (featuring winners of the
championship game is slated for 4 previous races}.
).m. The two games will be five-
inning affairs, and the game for the
chamlionship will be a seven-in-
ning tilt.
On the basis of season records
Fordville is the tournament favor-
ite, but all four teams have ira-
In the time trails Ray Corcoran,
Grand Forks. paced the field with
a time of 32 seconds for once
around the track. Next were Harold
Corcoran, 33.20, and Howard Ahl-
gren, 34, Thief River Falls.
Nurses Graduate
Price Supports
Broadened
On Rye, Barley
Price supports for the 1955 crops
of rye and barley have been broad-
ened to include No. 4 rye based on
test weight only and No. 5 barley
and No. 5 garlicky barley.
The changes are made. Chairman
Palmer Levin of the State Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation
Committee explains because this
season's weather in some of the
major producing states has resulted
in a larger than usual proportion of
lower grade rye and barley.
Support for No. 4 rye will be dis-
counted at the rate of four cents
per bushel for each pound by which
the test weight falls below the test
weight for No. 3 rye.
Support for No. 5 barley will be
discounted 15 cents per bushel in
addition to other {applicable dis-
counts, in determining the loan rate
for specific lots.
Chairman Levin points out that
ordinarily the percentage of the rye
and barley crops falling in the low-
er grades is relatively small. This
rear, because of weather conditions,
an unusually large part of the bar-
ley and rye crops will fall in the
lower grades. The change in price-
support eligibility will make it pos-
sible for farmers to put a larger
part of their rye and barley crops
under loans or purchase agree-
mextts.
Mrs. Lawson Rites
Set for Friday
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Federated church for Mrs.
James Lawson, 64, who died Sept.
6, 1955, at St. Ansgars hospital in
this city. She had been ill the past
nine. weeks. Rev. W. Ray llLiff
Will officiate at the rites and burial
will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Peder J. Peder-
son, Gaylord Ratliff, James Veral-
rud, Robert Flaten, Quinten Daley
and Clayton Walstad.
The Overbye Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements and the
body will lie in state at the church
one hour before the funeral
Born at Park River June 28, 1891,
Mrs. Lawson was the former Etta
May Coulter. and lived in this com-
munity all her life. She married
James Lawson March 27, 1912, at
Grafton.
Survivors include the husband
and six children: Ralph Lawson. of
Agate, N. D., David Lawson, Park
River, Melvi Lawson, Alberta,
Minn., Mrs. Joe Borkowski (Ethel)
of St. Joseph, Me., Mrs. Francis
Daley (Annie) of Nash: Mrs May-
nard Veum (Gene) of Cando. There
are also two sisters and a brother
City School Registration
Over 300 as Term Begins
More than 300 youngsters regist-
ered Tuesday morning for the open-
ing o'f the Park River Elementary
School, the name by which the loc-
al grade school will be known from
now on, according to Owen McGow-
an, principal. This is an increase of
24 over the first day's enrollment
last year.
To handle the increasing enroll-
ment at the school, the government
offices housed there for 17 years, in
the basement and the top floor have
moved out and every room is now
utilized for school purposes. The
only exception is the County Ex-
tension office which is still located
on the third floor, and will be until
completion of the new addition of
the Walsh County School.
The large assembly room on the
third floor, which has a seating
capacity of about 250, has been fit-
ted up with a stage and will be
used for programs and movies, now
a permanent part of the visual edu-
cation program Classrooms on the
third floor accommodate 120 pupils.
Heading the faculty of 14, again
Local Woman's
Father Dies at 87
Joseph Helt, 87, of Lankin, fath-
er of Mrs. Oscar A. Bygland of this
city, died Aug. 31, 955, at a Graf-
ton hospital. He was a former Park
River resident.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday morning at St. Joseph's
Catholic church at Lankin, with
burial in the church cemetery. The
Matejeek Funeral Home of Lankin
was in charge of arrangements.
Born at SpillviUe, Ia., March 19,
1868, Mr. Helt :ama to North Da-
kota in 1883, settling in Cleveland
township. He married Anna Swartz
in Grafton June 27, 1891. The
couple observed their 64th wedding
anniversary this year. Before mov-
ing to Lankin, Mr. and Mrs. Helt
lived in Cleveland and Norton
townships and in Park River. Since
retiring from farming they have
lived in Lankin for the past 35
years.
Survivors besides Mrs. Helt and
Mrs. Bygland are four other daugh-
ters and three sons. These include
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas of Oak
Park, Ill., Minnie Helt of Milwau-
kee, Wis., Mrs. Gerald Rudolph and
Mrs. Clarence Wittmer, of St. Paul:
Frank Helt, Mandan. William Hell,
Buffalo. N. D., and Charley Helt, Of
Grandy Centre, Ia.
Those who came for the funeral
were Mr. nd Mrs. Rudolph, Mr.
and Mrs. Wittmer. the Frank and
William Helts and Charley Helt and
this year is McGowan, who is teach-
er of the seventh grade, in addition
to his work as principal, His wife,
Mrs. Grayce MeGowan, is also on
the staff She is teaching only
speech correction this year and is
planning concentrated help to two
first .graders, one with cerebral
palsy and one with a cleft palate,
Total enrollment in her class is 47
pupils. The McGowans spent most
of the summer in Park River and
Mrs. McGowan had special classes
here in individual therapy and
speech correction. They are living
in the Bennington apartments this
year.
Leo Englerth, 8th grade teacher,
underwent surgery at a Grafton
hospital the opening day of school
and Mrs. Bert Hardy will substitute
for him until he is able to take up
his work.
Three new teachers are on the
faculty this year. They include Mrs.
Earl Montague of Park River, sixth
grade, and Miss Darlyne Langlie of
Mayville and Miss Elaine Eichhorst,
Climax, Minn., both first grade
teachers. Mrs. Montague is an ex-
perienced teacher, who received
her training at Mayville State
Teachers College. During the sum-
mer she attended three workshops.
These included one on Conserva-
tion of Natural Resources at Valley
City, another on health at the Uni-
versity of North Dakota. Grand
Forks, and a third on reading at
the Bemidji, Minn., State Teachers
College. Among her pupils is her
daughter, Linda.
The Misses Langlie and Eichhorst
are farm girls who are teaching
their first terms. Both received
their education at the Mayville
State Teachers College. They have
two first grade classes of 20 pupils
each. In Park River they are mak-
ing their home. with the Bert
I-Lardys.
Mrs. Elsie Martin, of Grafton, is
beginning her fourth year on the
local faculty. She spent the summer
at her home and commutes from
there daily to school.
After teaching the sixth grade
here for the past five years, Mrs.
Mary Garster of Grafton, has
switched to the fourth grade this
year. She spent the summer in Min-
neapolis with relatives.
Another change in jobs was made
when Mrs. Clarence Lien, Park
River gave up music and is now
teaching one section of the third
grade with 24 pupils. This will be
her fourth year on the staff. The
other third grade room. with 25
pupils, is taught by Mrs. Earl John-
son, of Park River. who is begin-
ning her eighth year here. The two
women spent the summer at home.
Mrs. Selina Bjorneby and Mrs.
at 4 o'clock, a reception
at the home of Mr. and
Wiederrich.
of the Walsh County
and of Jamestown Col-
Espe s employed as a
Mr. Espe is a
of Rolette high school and
War veteran. He is now
Jamestown college a n d
Will reside in that city.
BAND RAISES
GRAVEL PROJECT
-Gardar Commun-
netted $125 on the gravel
and donated by
according to the
Lee.
the band is having a
The group has
to take part in the
of North Dakota home-
in Grand Forks Oct.
or not they will accept
later, Mr. Lee said,
DOING
Gun Club
club meets 8:30
Robert Barks home.
Episcopal guild will
home of Mrs. Fred
:30
Guild 8 p. m.
Thiele home.
and lon-
picnic. 2 p.m.,
Park River.
County Wildlife
gun club.
proved toward the end of the sea-
son and observers say the game
should be close. Fordvill has a 5-1
record of wins and losses. Nash
follows with a record of four wins.
three losses and one tie. Park River
has won only two games while los-
ing five and tieing three.
Probable pitchers for the tourna-
ment will be: Park River. L. Eng-
lerth; Nash, W. Hove: Fordville,
Gillespie: Gardar. D. Flanagan.
Tournament mangaer Barney And-
erson, Gardar, says admission will
be 50c for adults and 25c for chil-
dren.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES
DOUBLE DUTY MONDAY
The Park River fire department
put out two fires Monday-,cone
when it answered an alarm and
the other when the fire truck hap-
pened along just as a grass fire
threatened a wooded area west of
town.
The truck was called Monday
morning when an out-door privy
north of Highway 17 near Jerry's
Ace Service caught fire. In the
afternoon one truck was at the
speedway west of town during the
stock car races and when it was
returning to the city, firemen stop-
ped to put out a grass fire. Fire
Chief Harold Schlen said both
fires are believed to have been
started by discarded cigarette butts.
The North Dakota Potato Devel-
opment Commision will conduct a
hearing at Grafton Sept. 16 for the
purpose of considering a proposed
Study club Ilorder of the commission that will
Thiele's. apply to the Red River Valley area.
I
Mrs. Garfield J. Mauritson, Park i son, James. Helen Kruse of Edinburg, are the
Colleen PatrIcia Brandvold and River, Miss Ada Coulter and Gee. I -- third grade teachers and have 19
Julie Ann Englerth will graduate Coulter of Fargo. Fhere are 16 and 21 pupils respectively. They
Friday, Sept. 9. from the Deaconess randchildre n I BAND PRACTICE CALLED have both been on the faculty be-
Hospital School of Nursing in Mrs. Lawson was a member of lFOR TONIGHT (THURS.) fore and commute from their homes
Grand Forks. where they have cam- the Federated church, of the mis- to school daily. Highlight of their
pleted 3 years of training. Gradu- The Walsh County Agricultural summer was attending a workshop
tion exercises will be held in the sionary society, the ladies aid, Riv- School band will meet for a pre- on natural resources conservation
Presbyterian church, erside Rebekah lodge and the Am- game rehearsal tonight (Thursday} held at Camp Ritchie near Valley
Colleen is the daughter of Mr. i erican Legion Auxiliary. in the WCAS band room in pre-I City. '
and Mrs. Orday Brandvold and f paration for the Aggie-Langdon i" Heading the music department is
Julie Ann. the daughter of Mr. and i The American Legion Auxiliary football game Friday night. Mrs. Albert Lewis of Park River.
Mrs. Leo Englerth of Park River. i will hold the first meeting of the All regular band members and She Ls no newcomer to the school,
Both ar 1952 graduates of Edinbury fall season Monday, Sept. 12, at 8 alumni are urged to attend, accord- having taught here before her mar-
High School. p. m. Girl State reports to be given, ing to Director Harlan Andrews. riage and on a part time basis off
and on for several years since. Last
year she taught the fifth grade. Be-
FROM I()WA sides her work, in which she has
.... '°' contact with every pupil in the
school, she teaches grammar, spel-
Farmer Who Toured Russia to Talk at Fair
A member of the American dele-
gation of farmers who toured Rus-
sia recently will be one of the
speakers at the North Dakota State
Potato Show and Walsh County
Fair next month at Park River.
Charles J. Hearst, Cedar Falls, Ia.,
farmer, will talk and show film
slides on the Russian tour at the
men's educational program Tues-
day, Oct. 25, according to fair Sec-
retary Robert Amstrup. The potato
show and fair will run Oct. 24-27.
A panel on pelleted feeds also
will be a part of the men's educa-
tional program. Members of the
panel will include Kenneth Ford of
the North Dakota State Mill and
Elevator, Grand Forks. representing
feed processors: Dr. W. E. Dinnuson,
Fargo, associate professor of animal
husbandry at North Dakota Agri-
cultural College; Oscar Seilstad,
Conway, representing beef feeders;
Myron Hylden, Park River, repre-
senting hog feeders.
A tractor safety demonstration
following the men's program Oct.
25 will be given by Seb Vogel, Far-
go, assistant extension agrieultffral
engineer at NDAC. Using ropes to
control the demonstration Vogel
tips tractors and in other ways]
shows what happens when a tractor I
I
driver
goes around corners too fast, ]
climbs a steep incline or in some l
1
other way ignores, safety measures. I
Cutting horse demonstrations will
add a touch of the cow country to
the Fair again this year. The famed
]quarter-horse trained in the job of
cutting cattle from a herd, will be
I put through its paces at both per-
formances of the Little lnternation-
'al Livestock Show.
I
Master of ceremonies at the Little
International this year will be Carl
Amstrup, Minneapolis. Amstrup,
who is with F. H. Peavey Co,'s agri-
cultural youth department, is a for-
mer vocational agricultural instruc-
tor at the Waish County Agricul-
tural School in Park River. He and
Waish County Extension Agent Ro-
bert Amstrup are brothers.
Fair officials also issued a re-
minder that entries in the North
Dakota State Potato Queen contest
should be in by Sept. 15. The candi-
date must be a North Dakota resi-
dent and may be married or single,
ae 16 or over. The girl must be
sponsored by a North Dakota Po-
tato grower or shipper. A $10 en-
try fee must accompany each ap-
plication which should be mailed
to Mrs. Win. Hall, Edinburg, N. D.,
before Sept. 15.
grade. Among her plans for the
year is an all-school spring festival
in which every pupil will have a
part.
A new feature of the curriculum
this year is the Opportunity room
for pupils from the 5th to the 8th
grade, who have difficulty with
various subjects. The teacher is
Mrs. James Heggen, who moved
here this year from Lankin with
her family.
Plans are under way to have
the hot lunch program start as soon
as possible, Mr. McGowan said. He
also mentioned that this year each
teacher will be expected to surer-
vise her own pupils on the play-
ground during recess time.
pThe school has been redecorated
throughout during the summer,
under the supervision of Fritz Jur-
gens, custodian, New equipment
added includes 50 folding chairs.
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000 Whole FamllySgO,O00 Against Fire, Wind Damage
Cost $8.00 Dial 3652,t00 Insure Nowl
WALSH COU00NTY PRESS
VOLUME 72 PARK RIVER, WALSH COUNTY, N. D. THURSDAY, SEPT. 8, 1955 NUMBER 30
Hires Engineer to Draw Plans
g, Grading, Blacktop Project
Park River city council voted Wadge---was done a couple of years
to hire Lloyd Richmond,
Forks engineer, to draw
specifications for grading,
and blacktopping • three
west of Briggs avenue.
the plans are completed
be approved by the court-
it can call for bids and
contracts. However, no de-
been worked out as to
the street project would be
It may be one year,
or more away. The coun-
concern is to get
md specifications so the city
the preliminary work out
Way.
• ago.
[ In other business an application
by Jake Luithle for a building per-
mit for a garage was approved.
] Police Magistrate Gust Walstad
i disposed of eight court cases during
the past month. Thomas Cavanaugh
of Devils Lake, was fined $5 and
$2.50 costs on a drunken driving
charge. Kenneth McBain. Park Riv-
er, was fined $10 and $4.50 costs on
a speeding charge. Donald Morris,
Hoople, forfeited $5 and $2.50 on a
charge of speeding and going
through a stop sign. John Kelly, of
Park River, paid $7.50 fine and costs
on a charge of speeding around a
and field work on the corner• The other cases involved
Streets--Code, Harris and drunkenness.
LOCAL BUSINESS PLACES
ENTERED THURSDAY
Break-ins early Thursday'at the
Farmers Union Oil company at
Minto, and at the Great Northern
railway depot and the Farmers
Elevator office in Park River are
being investigated by the sheriff's
office at Grafton.
While the prowlers scattered con-
tents of the three offices, apparent-
ly searching for cash, they obtained
little loot, as nearly as could be
determined after a n investigation
by Sheriff Frank Duray. At Park
River, authorities were assisted in
their investigations by Sander Kit-
telson, police chief and a special
agent of the Great Northern.
The thieves got about three dol-
lars in pennies at the Park River
depot, the sheriff said. Taken at
the elevator was a small radio.
Missing at Minto is a tire, two tubes
and a dozen gloves of the Farmers
Union brand.
ocrat-NPL Picnic to be Held at PR Sept. 18
and Non- partisan sented at the planning meeting. Geelan, Enderlin. former member
m eastern North Dakota
;together at a picnic in Park
18 to talk politics.
has been received by
that Coya Knutson,
Minn.. Congresswoman
e 9th district in Minne-
has consented to come to
for the picnic on the
of Edmore, N. D.. MrL
is known to several peo-
areL
for the picnic were outlined
in Park River Tuesday
Schumacher, Drayton,
N'me counties were repre-
- Espe
Held
the rn£rriage
daughter, Marcelline, t o
Espe, son of Mr. and Mrs.
Seattle, Wash. The wed-
Place Sept. 6 1955, at the
church at James-
the couple were Jean
Park River, the bride's
William Owens.
wore a peach color
with brown and tan
Her flowers were a
gold and wine color dais-
'attendant wore a tan suit
accessories and had a
roses.
the bridegroom's me-
grey with red acces-
bride's mother had a
With white accessories.
had corsages of car-
the ceremony which
They were Grand Forks, Pembina,
Cavalier, Ramsey, Rolette, Towner,
Nelson, Traill and Walsh.
Billed as speaxers for the Sept.
18 get-together are: George Schoen-
berger, Casselton; Quinten Burdick,
Fargo; Wallace Warner. Wahpeton
attorney and 1954 NPL candidate
for governor: Dr. S. B. Hocking
Devils Lake, 1954 Democrate candi-
date for lieutenant governor; Agnes
;of the state senate.
I Handbills announcing the picnic
advertise it as "an open discussion
on political alignments and issues
fin the 1956 election.'
The picnic program will be held
in River park, at 2 p.m. If weather
is unfavorable, the meeting will be
in the _Legion Coliseum, the park
i pavilion. Free coffee will be served.
Over 1,600 Attend Race Track Opening
Approxicately 1, 6 0 0 persons (Sept. 11) starting at 2 p.m.
crammed the bleachers and lined
the hag-mile clay track Monday for
the Labor Day opening of the new
Park River Speedway.
Grand Forks drivers dominated
The main event of the afternoon,
with all the cars on the track, was
w on by Harold Coreoran, Grand
Forks. Others who placed were Lea
Strata, second, and Ray Johnson,
the winners circle in the 20-car third, both Grand Forks, Duane
field which provided more than a Manning, Thief River Falls, fourth;
half-dozen spills and crackups. Emmett Batten, Grand Forks, fifth.
Allen end Gilman. Eide, owners l Winners of the first heat of the
and operators of the speedway an- preliminaries were Strata, first;
nounced that stock car races will be
,held at the track again Sunday
Tournament Set
At Gardar Sunday
Batten, second; Johnson, Grand
Forks, third. Three Park River
drivers took the honors in the sec-
ond heat of eight laps. They were
Jerome Lund, first; Morris Dahl,
second, and Woody Moffett, third.
In the consolation event which in-
cluded all cars that had not yet
Drawings for the Rinky Dink
placed in the money, the winners
baseball tournament at Gardar on were Harold Corcoran, first, and
Sunday, Sept. 11, have been an-
nounced. R. Corcoran, second, brothers} and
Park River and Nash meet in the Dick Croker, Grafton.
tournament opener at 1 o'clock.' H. Corcoran, Batten and Strata
finished
The second game will be between in that order in the fast
Gardar and Fordville at 2:30. The t car race (featuring winners of the
championship game is slated for 4 previous races}.
).m. The two games will be five-
inning affairs, and the game for the
chamlionship will be a seven-in-
ning tilt.
On the basis of season records
Fordville is the tournament favor-
ite, but all four teams have ira-
In the time trails Ray Corcoran,
Grand Forks. paced the field with
a time of 32 seconds for once
around the track. Next were Harold
Corcoran, 33.20, and Howard Ahl-
gren, 34, Thief River Falls.
Nurses Graduate
Price Supports
Broadened
On Rye, Barley
Price supports for the 1955 crops
of rye and barley have been broad-
ened to include No. 4 rye based on
test weight only and No. 5 barley
and No. 5 garlicky barley.
The changes are made. Chairman
Palmer Levin of the State Agricul-
tural Stabilization and Conservation
Committee explains because this
season's weather in some of the
major producing states has resulted
in a larger than usual proportion of
lower grade rye and barley.
Support for No. 4 rye will be dis-
counted at the rate of four cents
per bushel for each pound by which
the test weight falls below the test
weight for No. 3 rye.
Support for No. 5 barley will be
discounted 15 cents per bushel in
addition to other {applicable dis-
counts, in determining the loan rate
for specific lots.
Chairman Levin points out that
ordinarily the percentage of the rye
and barley crops falling in the low-
er grades is relatively small. This
rear, because of weather conditions,
an unusually large part of the bar-
ley and rye crops will fall in the
lower grades. The change in price-
support eligibility will make it pos-
sible for farmers to put a larger
part of their rye and barley crops
under loans or purchase agree-
mextts.
Mrs. Lawson Rites
Set for Friday
Funeral services will be held on
Friday afternoon at 2 o'clock at
the Federated church for Mrs.
James Lawson, 64, who died Sept.
6, 1955, at St. Ansgars hospital in
this city. She had been ill the past
nine. weeks. Rev. W. Ray llLiff
Will officiate at the rites and burial
will be in Memorial Park cemetery.
Pallbearers will be Peder J. Peder-
son, Gaylord Ratliff, James Veral-
rud, Robert Flaten, Quinten Daley
and Clayton Walstad.
The Overbye Funeral Home is in
charge of arrangements and the
body will lie in state at the church
one hour before the funeral
Born at Park River June 28, 1891,
Mrs. Lawson was the former Etta
May Coulter. and lived in this com-
munity all her life. She married
James Lawson March 27, 1912, at
Grafton.
Survivors include the husband
and six children: Ralph Lawson. of
Agate, N. D., David Lawson, Park
River, Melvi Lawson, Alberta,
Minn., Mrs. Joe Borkowski (Ethel)
of St. Joseph, Me., Mrs. Francis
Daley (Annie) of Nash: Mrs May-
nard Veum (Gene) of Cando. There
are also two sisters and a brother
City School Registration
Over 300 as Term Begins
More than 300 youngsters regist-
ered Tuesday morning for the open-
ing o'f the Park River Elementary
School, the name by which the loc-
al grade school will be known from
now on, according to Owen McGow-
an, principal. This is an increase of
24 over the first day's enrollment
last year.
To handle the increasing enroll-
ment at the school, the government
offices housed there for 17 years, in
the basement and the top floor have
moved out and every room is now
utilized for school purposes. The
only exception is the County Ex-
tension office which is still located
on the third floor, and will be until
completion of the new addition of
the Walsh County School.
The large assembly room on the
third floor, which has a seating
capacity of about 250, has been fit-
ted up with a stage and will be
used for programs and movies, now
a permanent part of the visual edu-
cation program Classrooms on the
third floor accommodate 120 pupils.
Heading the faculty of 14, again
Local Woman's
Father Dies at 87
Joseph Helt, 87, of Lankin, fath-
er of Mrs. Oscar A. Bygland of this
city, died Aug. 31, 955, at a Graf-
ton hospital. He was a former Park
River resident.
Funeral services were held Sat-
urday morning at St. Joseph's
Catholic church at Lankin, with
burial in the church cemetery. The
Matejeek Funeral Home of Lankin
was in charge of arrangements.
Born at SpillviUe, Ia., March 19,
1868, Mr. Helt :ama to North Da-
kota in 1883, settling in Cleveland
township. He married Anna Swartz
in Grafton June 27, 1891. The
couple observed their 64th wedding
anniversary this year. Before mov-
ing to Lankin, Mr. and Mrs. Helt
lived in Cleveland and Norton
townships and in Park River. Since
retiring from farming they have
lived in Lankin for the past 35
years.
Survivors besides Mrs. Helt and
Mrs. Bygland are four other daugh-
ters and three sons. These include
Mrs. Elizabeth Thomas of Oak
Park, Ill., Minnie Helt of Milwau-
kee, Wis., Mrs. Gerald Rudolph and
Mrs. Clarence Wittmer, of St. Paul:
Frank Helt, Mandan. William Hell,
Buffalo. N. D., and Charley Helt, Of
Grandy Centre, Ia.
Those who came for the funeral
were Mr. nd Mrs. Rudolph, Mr.
and Mrs. Wittmer. the Frank and
William Helts and Charley Helt and
this year is McGowan, who is teach-
er of the seventh grade, in addition
to his work as principal, His wife,
Mrs. Grayce MeGowan, is also on
the staff She is teaching only
speech correction this year and is
planning concentrated help to two
first .graders, one with cerebral
palsy and one with a cleft palate,
Total enrollment in her class is 47
pupils. The McGowans spent most
of the summer in Park River and
Mrs. McGowan had special classes
here in individual therapy and
speech correction. They are living
in the Bennington apartments this
year.
Leo Englerth, 8th grade teacher,
underwent surgery at a Grafton
hospital the opening day of school
and Mrs. Bert Hardy will substitute
for him until he is able to take up
his work.
Three new teachers are on the
faculty this year. They include Mrs.
Earl Montague of Park River, sixth
grade, and Miss Darlyne Langlie of
Mayville and Miss Elaine Eichhorst,
Climax, Minn., both first grade
teachers. Mrs. Montague is an ex-
perienced teacher, who received
her training at Mayville State
Teachers College. During the sum-
mer she attended three workshops.
These included one on Conserva-
tion of Natural Resources at Valley
City, another on health at the Uni-
versity of North Dakota. Grand
Forks, and a third on reading at
the Bemidji, Minn., State Teachers
College. Among her pupils is her
daughter, Linda.
The Misses Langlie and Eichhorst
are farm girls who are teaching
their first terms. Both received
their education at the Mayville
State Teachers College. They have
two first grade classes of 20 pupils
each. In Park River they are mak-
ing their home. with the Bert
I-Lardys.
Mrs. Elsie Martin, of Grafton, is
beginning her fourth year on the
local faculty. She spent the summer
at her home and commutes from
there daily to school.
After teaching the sixth grade
here for the past five years, Mrs.
Mary Garster of Grafton, has
switched to the fourth grade this
year. She spent the summer in Min-
neapolis with relatives.
Another change in jobs was made
when Mrs. Clarence Lien, Park
River gave up music and is now
teaching one section of the third
grade with 24 pupils. This will be
her fourth year on the staff. The
other third grade room. with 25
pupils, is taught by Mrs. Earl John-
son, of Park River. who is begin-
ning her eighth year here. The two
women spent the summer at home.
Mrs. Selina Bjorneby and Mrs.
at 4 o'clock, a reception
at the home of Mr. and
Wiederrich.
of the Walsh County
and of Jamestown Col-
Espe s employed as a
Mr. Espe is a
of Rolette high school and
War veteran. He is now
Jamestown college a n d
Will reside in that city.
BAND RAISES
GRAVEL PROJECT
-Gardar Commun-
netted $125 on the gravel
and donated by
according to the
Lee.
the band is having a
The group has
to take part in the
of North Dakota home-
in Grand Forks Oct.
or not they will accept
later, Mr. Lee said,
DOING
Gun Club
club meets 8:30
Robert Barks home.
Episcopal guild will
home of Mrs. Fred
:30
Guild 8 p. m.
Thiele home.
and lon-
picnic. 2 p.m.,
Park River.
County Wildlife
gun club.
proved toward the end of the sea-
son and observers say the game
should be close. Fordvill has a 5-1
record of wins and losses. Nash
follows with a record of four wins.
three losses and one tie. Park River
has won only two games while los-
ing five and tieing three.
Probable pitchers for the tourna-
ment will be: Park River. L. Eng-
lerth; Nash, W. Hove: Fordville,
Gillespie: Gardar. D. Flanagan.
Tournament mangaer Barney And-
erson, Gardar, says admission will
be 50c for adults and 25c for chil-
dren.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES
DOUBLE DUTY MONDAY
The Park River fire department
put out two fires Monday-,cone
when it answered an alarm and
the other when the fire truck hap-
pened along just as a grass fire
threatened a wooded area west of
town.
The truck was called Monday
morning when an out-door privy
north of Highway 17 near Jerry's
Ace Service caught fire. In the
afternoon one truck was at the
speedway west of town during the
stock car races and when it was
returning to the city, firemen stop-
ped to put out a grass fire. Fire
Chief Harold Schlen said both
fires are believed to have been
started by discarded cigarette butts.
The North Dakota Potato Devel-
opment Commision will conduct a
hearing at Grafton Sept. 16 for the
purpose of considering a proposed
Study club Ilorder of the commission that will
Thiele's. apply to the Red River Valley area.
I
Mrs. Garfield J. Mauritson, Park i son, James. Helen Kruse of Edinburg, are the
Colleen PatrIcia Brandvold and River, Miss Ada Coulter and Gee. I -- third grade teachers and have 19
Julie Ann Englerth will graduate Coulter of Fargo. Fhere are 16 and 21 pupils respectively. They
Friday, Sept. 9. from the Deaconess randchildre n I BAND PRACTICE CALLED have both been on the faculty be-
Hospital School of Nursing in Mrs. Lawson was a member of lFOR TONIGHT (THURS.) fore and commute from their homes
Grand Forks. where they have cam- the Federated church, of the mis- to school daily. Highlight of their
pleted 3 years of training. Gradu- The Walsh County Agricultural summer was attending a workshop
tion exercises will be held in the sionary society, the ladies aid, Riv- School band will meet for a pre- on natural resources conservation
Presbyterian church, erside Rebekah lodge and the Am- game rehearsal tonight (Thursday} held at Camp Ritchie near Valley
Colleen is the daughter of Mr. i erican Legion Auxiliary. in the WCAS band room in pre-I City. '
and Mrs. Orday Brandvold and f paration for the Aggie-Langdon i" Heading the music department is
Julie Ann. the daughter of Mr. and i The American Legion Auxiliary football game Friday night. Mrs. Albert Lewis of Park River.
Mrs. Leo Englerth of Park River. i will hold the first meeting of the All regular band members and She Ls no newcomer to the school,
Both ar 1952 graduates of Edinbury fall season Monday, Sept. 12, at 8 alumni are urged to attend, accord- having taught here before her mar-
High School. p. m. Girl State reports to be given, ing to Director Harlan Andrews. riage and on a part time basis off
and on for several years since. Last
year she taught the fifth grade. Be-
FROM I()WA sides her work, in which she has
.... '°' contact with every pupil in the
school, she teaches grammar, spel-
Farmer Who Toured Russia to Talk at Fair
A member of the American dele-
gation of farmers who toured Rus-
sia recently will be one of the
speakers at the North Dakota State
Potato Show and Walsh County
Fair next month at Park River.
Charles J. Hearst, Cedar Falls, Ia.,
farmer, will talk and show film
slides on the Russian tour at the
men's educational program Tues-
day, Oct. 25, according to fair Sec-
retary Robert Amstrup. The potato
show and fair will run Oct. 24-27.
A panel on pelleted feeds also
will be a part of the men's educa-
tional program. Members of the
panel will include Kenneth Ford of
the North Dakota State Mill and
Elevator, Grand Forks. representing
feed processors: Dr. W. E. Dinnuson,
Fargo, associate professor of animal
husbandry at North Dakota Agri-
cultural College; Oscar Seilstad,
Conway, representing beef feeders;
Myron Hylden, Park River, repre-
senting hog feeders.
A tractor safety demonstration
following the men's program Oct.
25 will be given by Seb Vogel, Far-
go, assistant extension agrieultffral
engineer at NDAC. Using ropes to
control the demonstration Vogel
tips tractors and in other ways]
shows what happens when a tractor I
I
driver
goes around corners too fast, ]
climbs a steep incline or in some l
1
other way ignores, safety measures. I
Cutting horse demonstrations will
add a touch of the cow country to
the Fair again this year. The famed
]quarter-horse trained in the job of
cutting cattle from a herd, will be
I put through its paces at both per-
formances of the Little lnternation-
'al Livestock Show.
I
Master of ceremonies at the Little
International this year will be Carl
Amstrup, Minneapolis. Amstrup,
who is with F. H. Peavey Co,'s agri-
cultural youth department, is a for-
mer vocational agricultural instruc-
tor at the Waish County Agricul-
tural School in Park River. He and
Waish County Extension Agent Ro-
bert Amstrup are brothers.
Fair officials also issued a re-
minder that entries in the North
Dakota State Potato Queen contest
should be in by Sept. 15. The candi-
date must be a North Dakota resi-
dent and may be married or single,
ae 16 or over. The girl must be
sponsored by a North Dakota Po-
tato grower or shipper. A $10 en-
try fee must accompany each ap-
plication which should be mailed
to Mrs. Win. Hall, Edinburg, N. D.,
before Sept. 15.
grade. Among her plans for the
year is an all-school spring festival
in which every pupil will have a
part.
A new feature of the curriculum
this year is the Opportunity room
for pupils from the 5th to the 8th
grade, who have difficulty with
various subjects. The teacher is
Mrs. James Heggen, who moved
here this year from Lankin with
her family.
Plans are under way to have
the hot lunch program start as soon
as possible, Mr. McGowan said. He
also mentioned that this year each
teacher will be expected to surer-
vise her own pupils on the play-
ground during recess time.
pThe school has been redecorated
throughout during the summer,
under the supervision of Fritz Jur-
gens, custodian, New equipment
added includes 50 folding chairs.
