The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1918-04-19
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The Wide Awake Farmers club Of
Pleasant Valley held it's regular
meeting at the home Of Mr.. and MIS-.
\ Il. w q Gardner, Wednesday, April s.
Between fifty and sixty were pres
ent. 81 After bount eous dinner,
& which was prepared along conser-
1 walton lines, was served by the host
Il ess, the business meeting was called
!. to order. Several matters Of interest
$to thu, club were discussed and set
tied. Besides the members Of the
club present, we had several visitors:
4 Mr.. Munger and Mr. Ware Of Nebish
& who came to discuss a s saw mill
proposition; Norman i Williams of
y Maple Ridge, Mr.. Wagner and John
Ryan, who live near Rice Lake: The
. next meeting Of the club will be held
with R..R Dickens the first Wednes-
day IN May.
The. Farmers club had received q
letter from the state organizer ct
the Farmers Equity associa ton, say
ing he would be with us at our April
meeting To discuss and explain the
object and adWant ages of the assoc
citation, but owing to the Red Lake
I train getting to Pupasky late he did
not get to the meeting IN time. But
on his arrival at the home of ".
Gardner Thursday Orning MT.
Gardner notified all that he could
I roach that the gent 1eman would
Speak lat his home that evening.
aTh frty-seYen responded to- the ihvi-
4 tation and listened to his talk with
1 much interest. A local was organ,
lied that evening. r. . .:sz.'' Midget :.
ss The Pleasant. Valley Farmers
club gave a. basket social and dance
fer the benefit oftthe Red Cross at
.stlle Ten Mile Lake school house Sat
surday evening April Owing TO
the snow storm, which commenced
early Saturday morning and gcontln-
ued all day, not as large g crowd z,
was present as was expected, only
forty-six Drawing the storm, butSthey
4 were certainly a patriotic crowd:
There we're twenty one baskets sold
and five lunches which were sold
after the supply of baskets ran out.
Z The proceeds from the baskets and
lunches were 5000. There was also
collection Of four dollars and forty
cents taken to buy flowers for Floyd
4 Olson, one of our soldier boys, the
. news OF whose death had just been
Neceived. The foil owing day Gust
Person, who was unable to attend the
social, sent*a donation of $5Sto add
/: to the fund which, after taking out
$3.50 for expenses left for the Red
Cross the sum Of S o q Among
those present from Nebish at the
{ dance, were Mr. and Mrs. Porter and
three osns, the two oldest Of whom
have enlisted and will leave for their
posts of duty next Thursday; Alfred
Jones, Clifford Doyle, Carl Durand
and Misses Mamie and Doris DeLong
were also there from Nebish. sis5s,
=: Miss Mildred Dickinson of :Bnena
Vista visited with. her friend, Miss
Bess Knox, over Sunday, and also at
tended the dance at the school house
sSa turday evening # I. 4 ~. ssS
Our community was shocked and
saddened By the news Of the deaths Of
and liked here in Pleasant Valley,
Thomas Spain and Floyd Olson.
Thomas had been almost a, yearly
visitor here for the last six years,
coming here on hunting and otiler
outing trips and endearing himself
to every one he met, not only by MS
real worth, but by his pleasant,
CHEEKY ways and his fun-loving dis
position. {. His mother has the synl-.
pathy Of every one; in her irrepara-
7 BILE, loss. Floyd Olson, whose par
eRfs live near here, was: counted as
Dne Of our Pleasant Valley boys as he
was known by all and attended many
of the social gatherings of our young
people He enlisted a short time ago
and the news of his sickness had
hardly, reached us when the telegram
came announcing his death. He was
the youngest son, the only one left
at home, and only nineteen years OF
age Death seems very near to all
of us these days and we can all SYM
pathize with those that have lost
their sons and feel that perhaps our
turn may come next. =. -,~.,..-...
{. The south end of Pleasant Valley
is pleased with. the road that Is be
ing built out of the old Boston Lake
spur of the Wilton logging road and
under the supervision Of :, Norman
Williams, the road overseer of Maple
Ridge township. they are also cut
ting out a short piece which will
connect it with the county road,
which is being built this year north
and south through Pleasant Valley
along the township line between
<Nebish, Alaska, Maple Ridge and
DNrand. We have waited five years
for this road, but it now begins to
seem certainty. - ~
g The three Pleasant Valley school
teachers came back from their Easter
vacation Saturday night and attend
ed the Red Cross social at the Ten
Mile Lake. school house. ii.
Emory Clark's family moved into
their new home on Boston Lake last
Wednesday They have been occu-
plying "Jack" Stephani's house
through the winter. = 4.
s.Jack" stephani, who has been at
FKelliher- working for the CroOkston