Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-30
Weinberger, Former WILLOW Rive'
Superintendent, and Others
See Points of Interest.

Mr.. and Mrs. Maurice ]. Weinber.
ger returned to Pine county Satur-
day after a most delightful two weeks
automobile trip through the East
where they visited many points oil
historical interest and beauty. Mr.
Weinberger was formerly superintend.
ent of the high school at Willow River
and Mrs. Weinberger is a daughter oil
County Treasurer and Mrs. Frank
Poferl Of Pine City, where they are
visiting until after the Fourth of July
when they will return to Gibbor
where Mr.. Weinberger is now super.
intendent of the high school. They
were accompanied on the trip by Miss
Louise Jarchow of Saltwater. who
taught in the Willow River schools
for three years; Miss Isabel Grieve
Buffalo, N. D.; and Miss Lorraine
Poferl Of Pine City, sister of Mrs
Weinberger. Miss Jarchow and Miss
Grieve taught at Hutchinson last
year and both will return there fol
the next school year.
Being an instructor in history and
deeply interested in the subject Mr.
Weinberger said the trip was very
educational and delightful to him as
we'll as the other members of the
party.
Met Man Born In Willow River.
They spent some time in Washing
ton D. C. where they saw the Senate
and House in session. The bonus bill
was being debated when they were
in the Senate. Returning to their
auto on the street young man had
parked himself on the fender of their
car and was awaiting their arrival
He was one of the $4,000 ex-service
men in Washington at the time and
said this was the first car with a Min
nesOta license plate that he had seen
for some time, was lonesome and
wanted to talk with some one from
his home state. His namefw was Nc
Cornell, his home is in Minneapolis,
but after little conversation strange
ly enough it was found that he was
born in Willow River. the very place
where Mr.. Weinberger had been SUI
perintendent of schools. He moved
with his parents from Willow River at
the age of II, likely more than 20
years ago. Mr.. Weinberger said that
the ex-service men were a very Or
derby crowd, though many of them
looked like they were in need, the
sanitary conditions were not so good,
and disease was commencing to
creep in.
The Weinberger party saw the
Washington monument and went up to
the top of it in the elevator, dis
lance of $50 feet. The Arlington ma
tional cemetery, the Congressional Ii
brary. and the Smithsonian institute
were other points of interest in the
national capital city. The institute
was wonderful place to visit and
the party said they could have spent
several months in that one place and
gotten much educational value out
of it. Their time being limited they
could not remain long. The party
enjoyed delightful boat trip on the
Potomac river and saw Mount Vernon
the Washington estate. They saw
where Washington crossed the Della
ware river in the Revolutionary war
and another point of historical inter-
est they visited was at Baltimore.
This was Fort Henry where Francis
Scott Key was inspired to write the
Star Spangled Banner while a pris-
oner of war.
Highest Building in World.
Skyscrapers in New York City were
also visited, amongst them the EN-
pire State building which is 1850 feet
high, 200 feet higher than any other
building in the world. The Statue
of Liberty in the New York harbor
and given to America by France, is
another point of interest that is not
forgotten, once visited, say members
OF the Weinberger party. The statue
is no baby" either for her arms are
AZ feet long, one arm being the size
of about three ordinary rooms in a
dwelling. Her index finger is eight
feet long.
The tourists enjoyed their trip to
the Blue Ridge mountains of Vir-
ginia and the Catskill mountains OF
New York and they had the pleasure
of seeing the Lindbergh estate near
Hopewell, N. j., and saw the world
reknown flyer himself. The thunder
Gus Niagara Falls were seen and
heard by the party and the tour also
included little jaunt up to Toronto
Canada. Other cities and places OF
interest were visited both going and
returning.
The party left Pine City on June
18th and returned June 25th, covering
distance of 5000 miles without even
as much car trouble as a flat tire
The trip was thoroughly enjoyed and
had much educational value especially
to school instructors.
children Mr. and Mrs TTh1 and chill