The Escanaba Daily Press from Escanaba, Michigan • Page 9

PAGE ETGHT THE ESCANABA DAILY PRESS SUNDAY, FEB. 24, 1929. PRESS PAGE OF NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS RAPID RIVER of Glad- mother at St. Ev. tAWhemn Sunday Srhool 9: SO.

(ierman services 10.30. English scrvlres Thursday 7 30.) Hi'v. Theophll Hoffman, Ilf'fldenre, fJiadMone I f'athollr rtinrrh: Low Maps 00. every morning during Kev. Guertin.

pastor. (ongrffiiiinml Cliiirch: Sunday School 11:00. L. E. Scott.

Supt. Ilethany Ev. Lutheran Chuirli: Thursday the Aid will meet at the lARerquist home at 2:00 p. m. with Mrs.

Eva gren, hostess. A welcome is extended to all. The Kapid Hirer P. T. A.

met at the gym Wednesday evening with Supt. L. C. Wolf, presiding. After community Ringing led by Prin.

W. J. Milier. the following program was Recitation, The Boy Washington. by Ijoti Hamilton.

Recitation, l's Be Like Him. Betty Piano Solo. Junior Ixmgfellow Poem: Edna Wickstrom, Mai com Peterson, Roger Oberg. Charles Wolf. High School Chorus.

Little Kinky Headed Boy. Talk. George Washington, by J. Miller. Vocal Solo.

Miss Minnie Peterson. accompanied by Miss Odah Obesha. After the program. President C. Wolf gave a report on the noon-hour hot lunches and after weeks it has proven a decided success.

Several mothers helped by sending in a hot dish prepared at home. For Instance, Mrs. C. Hamilton baked beans and Mrs. W.

J. Miller sent a kettle of pea soup steaming hot. No better way to win the hearts of those vounKsters. Any one who wishes to send in a hot dish will be welcome to do so and It will also be a favor to those who are serving. Kindly call Supt.

L. C. Wolf before 11:00 a. m. the program and reports, camos were played until lunch was served.

The last home basket ball game will be played Friday night with the undefeated Rock Giants. A membership attendance contest is on in the Lady Maccabee Hive. So try to be winners Mr. and Mrs. Louis Thibault motored to Gladstone to meet their daughter.

Violet, who has been at Elgin in training Mrs. W. J. Miller entertained at bridge Saturday eveninn at her home in honor of tier sister, Miss Lulu Hruska Two tables were played. Mrs.

Kenneth Scott won iiigh honor and Mrs. Ed. Lind consolation. Outside guest was Mrs. Arthur Williamson of St.

Paul. The hostess served delirious at the close of the evening. Mrs. George Shorey of Gladstone. spent Friday and Saturday in Rapid River visiting friends.

Miles Oleary of Baldwin township. was a business visitor in town Friday. Mrs. Sheeden Goodman of Whltefish, was taken suddenly ill Saturday and has since been confined to her bed. Her left side is partially paralyied.

Harold Nelson, who has been a medical patient in a Minneapolis hospital, returned home with bis mother Sunday morning Harold is somewhat Improved in health and with time expects to fully recover. Frank Wolf took over the contract to repair the B. Buchman home which was greatly damaged by fire several weeks ago. Allen Young is helping him. Olen Cole of was business caller in his old home town Friday.

Chas Young of Baldwin Township. transacted business here Friday. George Levegne purchased a horse from the Barboo sales stable Friday. Mrs. August Olson has been very ill this week with the flu.

Emil NelKon of Gladstone, who was a resident of Rapid River vears ago, called on friends here Monday. Mr. Nelson at the time of his residence here, was a pho tographer and lived on the Frank Ackley estate. Ane hasn't erased his smile and cheerful countenance. Harvey Peters, who is jobbing for Sam at McFarland, St.

Francis hospital for treat men s. Christaiu stone, visited wit! W'hlteflsh Friday. Bernle Mirks of Kipling, was visitor here Thursday. Joe of Ensign, was I a business caller here Thursday. Miss Ora Jaick of Omro, arrived Monday afternoon and visited several davs af Ihe Frank Wolf nml Miller I homes.

Miss Jaick taught school In Rapid River a number of years ago and finds great pleasure in coming here to visit friends she formed at that time. Miss Jaick left Thursday for Felch. Mr. Heslup of Gladstone, delivered coal here Thursday. Wm.

Rice of Perkins, delivered stove wood in town Thursday. Joe Shrader of Maplewood, transacted business in town Wednesday. Todd Ewald motored to Gladstone Thursday. August Froberg and son Alpha of Enslcn. were business callers here Thursday.

August Froberg of Gladstone, called here Thursday. George Thompson drove in Monday evening with a team from Nelson's and Monk's camp at Carlshend and stopped over night at Rapid River enroute to Bark River. He reported roads in good condition. Charles Gustavson. who has been working all winter at the Buckeye Pole Creek camp, came Stories of Big Storms And Banana Belt Give Cooks Folks Big Kick Cooks.

Feb. 23 little village and the surrounding territory has come In for very much prominence during the present winter. Some of tho are quietly laughing; others consider that it is Just newspaper talk anyway and give tho gentle hint that papers are alike; while some are actually annoyed. A large number of photographs have been taken of local scenes, and photographers who have been successful in getting good pictures have reported a heavy demand for these which, we feel safe In saying. have been circulated through this and other etates.

They have gi vcn a fairly clear Idea of conditions prevailing here Banana Belt Stories. Simultaneous with our snow storms and severe weather, we Bark Rivcr-Harris to Rapid River for a week's rest. will Louie Milks, who Is a medical Chu patient at the St. Francis hospital is getting along George Levegne of Perkins, was a business caller in town Friday. Miss Lulu Hruska, R.

returned to Pittsburgh, Monday evening. Mrs. Curtis Christainson and little daughter, of Gladstone, visited at the Manfred llergquist and Harry homes Thursday and Friday. The Nelson family of Mason vtlle, have the sympathy of the community in the death of Mr. Nelson.

ROCK Kino Salmi. Martin Kaminen and George Ruusi attended the Ski tournament held in Ishpeming Friday. Miss Virginia Snyder of Gladstone spent a few days here with her grandparents thin week. Matt. Viltola Jr.

transacted business in Kscanaba Friday. Miss Lillian Luopa was a Gladstone business caller Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Archie Bazinet motored Monday.

Abram OJala of Lansing transacted business here Thursday. Mrs. Irene Peterson left Friday for Escanaba to spend the weekend. Mr. and Mrs.

Dan Suomi and son Arnold were Escanaba visitors Friday. Taito Kaminen and Alleen Turunen motored to Escanaba Sunday. Dr Wm. Ftrkua of Escanaba was a local visitor Friday. Esther Peterson.

Albert Benard, Julia and Herman Nye Jr. of Escanaba who attended the Ski tournament in Ishpemiug Friday Thursday evening. Saletnn Sunday morning. March 3d, at the usual hour, English services be held at Salem Lutheran rch. Rev.

Fred F. Olson, pastor. The Salem Lutheran Ladies' Aid will meet at the home of Mrs. A. E.

Johnson Saturday afternoon, March 2nd. A cordial invitation is extended to all. Saturday evening at 8 the Luther League will hold their regular meettng at the A. E. Johnson home.

The program committee has arranged a program of Interest and extend an Invitation to all members and friends to attend. Mrs. Catherine Kasbohn was guest of honor last Wednesday afternoon upon the occasion of her birthday annlveraary. Ppon arriving at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Carl Anderson, Mrs.

Kasbohn found thirty friends had gathered there to extend their best wishes and help her celebrate the occasion. Cards and Bunco were enjoyed with prizes awarded to the following ladies: Cards, Mrs. R. J. Viau, 1st: Mrs.

Peter Blake. 2nd; Mrs. Carl Sandell, low. Bunco: Mrs. Ben Poug- 1st; Mrs.

Catherine Kasbohn, 2nd; Mrs. E. Zastrow, low. A delicious birthday luncheon was served by Mrs. Anderson.

The guests were seuted at a large table arranged in form. A color scheme of pink and white was used in the dainty room and table decorations. The table center piece was a huge birthday cake adorned with the customary candles. Mrs. Kasbohin was presented with many pretty and useful gifts.

Other News Items. Thomas McLaughlin of Marquette, was a visitor at the Emery E. Jacques home Sunday. Mrs. A.

E. Anderson and son Kenneth. visited relatives at Ralph this week. H. Boyle, delegate to the Republican convention held at Lansing Feb.

20th, returned spent Sunday with Ins family at Masonville. August Pineau of Maplewood, was a business caller in town 1 Monday. Joseph Nedeau, of Stonington. purchased a work horse from the Barboo sales stable Monday. Miss Evelyn Carlson was pleasantly surprised at her home Sun-! day on her 14th birthday by a party of frlendB.

Parlor names were the chief diversion of the afternoon, after which a delicious birthday lunch was served. Miss Irene Doetch. Miss Swenson and Mr Nelson were fi o'clock dinner guests at the Curl O. Tarlson home Monday. II Wilford hauled two truck loads of gym seats from Gladstone to the gym Monday.

Masonville township school board had storm windows put on the high school this week. Edd came home from McMillan Tuesday to attend the Nelson funeral Victor Goodman of Gladstone, visited his mother Thursday at WMtefish. Mrs. Goodman is slightly improved in health. Mrs.

Phillis Villet visited rela tlves in Escanaba Tuesday Mrs. White went to E.s canaba Thursday to consult a doctor. She will remain at the stopped off here for a brief visit. Miss Naomi Nye. teacher in the public schools hero accompanied them to her home in Escanaba to spend the week-end.

Mr. and Mrs. Ed Johnson and children visited relatives In Rapid River Sunday. Blanche Bengtson. Esther Evestone, Anna Nygaard.

Gilbert Larson and Peter Roukola were Escanaba business callers Wednesday. Frank Trombly. Mrs Cardelia Lusardl and son Leo were Osier Wednesday. Mrs. Norman Neveu of Latlirop was a local visitor Thursday.

Mr. and Mrs. Otto Kolar left Thursday for Chicago after spending a few days here with the parents, Mr, and Mrs. Fred Nygaard. Mrs.

Archie Murchie left Tuesday for her home in Rapid River after spending several weeks here with relatives. Classes were suspended in all the schools throughout Maple Ridge Twp. at noon Friday in observance of Washington's birthday. Several places of business were also closed during the afternoon. Wm.

Davis of Marquette was a Rock business caller Tuesday. Mr and Mrs. August Larson. Mr. and Mrs Otto Kolar and Mrs.

Fred Nygaard spent Thursday in Osier. Members of the Maple Leaf Camp. R. N. A lar meeting at the Lusardi Thursday afternoon.

Following the business session a social hour was enjoyed and refreshments were served by the hostess John Maki and Charles Harju motored to Escanaba tin business Thursday. Misses Virginia. June and Ruth Snyder are spending the weekend with their parents in Lathrop. Miss Blanche Bengtson Is spending the week-end with friends in Escanaba. Misses Genevieve Kenny, Eleanor Carlson, Virginia Bundy and Naomi Nye guests of Mr.

and Mrs. (Jeorjie Sharkey at Lathrop Thursday. Mr. and Mrs. Otto Larson transacted business in Gladstone Frl- I day.

A Snyder is confined to his home by illness Miss Virginia Bundy was an Mrs. Ethel Rams peek of Milwaukee and son George, of Escanaba, visited relatives at Bark River last week. Rev. T. A.

Dregnacz of Perron- vllle, conducted Lenten services at St. George's church. The local pastor has arranged these special Sunday evening services for the Polish members of the parish. The names of Mrs. Harold Bergman, Mrs.

Carl Sandell and Mrs. Ben Douglas. through an error in copying, were omitted in an item la.st week concerning a party at the home of Mrs. John Rheaume. B.

D. Kuhn, farm crops specialist of Michigan State college. Lansing, uddressed a good sized gathering of local farmers at Bark River Thursday afternoon. The annual spring primary election will be held In Harris township Monday. March 4th, at the regular polling places.

W. A. Good and son have completed the hauling and loading of their products at the Bark River landing. M. H.

Harris of Escanaba. was a Bark River caller Thursday. Romeo Lacosae was an Escanaba caller Thursday. W. Good has accepted a position with the Cloverland Implement Co.

at Escanaba. The John Deere Implements will be sold and serviced through this Escanaba concern of which Mr. Good will be a member. Mrs. Adam Krutch and daugh- ld their Misses Beatrice and home of Mildred and Helen Flynn were Escanaba visitors Sunday afternoon.

Mrs. William Fahey of Escanaba. visited at the Lawrence Belanger home thiF week. Mrs. John Gasman.

Mrs. Andrew Swanstrom, Mr. and Mrs. Ludinu Anderson of Escanaba, were Bark River callers Friday. Dr.

J. J. Walch of Escanaba, was called to the home of John Frlckson Thursday. Mr. Erickson suffered a heart attack.

Mrs. J. B. Frechette, visited relatives at Escanaba this week. Mrs.

Fred Derocher and daughter, returned from St. Francis hospital Wednesday. William Kell of Wilson, was a Bark River caller Thursday. have been regaled with "banana belt" stories from various districts not so far from our own. We have heard of the dear little robins, those messengers of spring, of the setting hen.

the snakes, the returlning geese and a lot of other facts which have been accepted generally as signs and portents that Cooks Is not so bad a place after all and that even In mid winter, spring is not so far away. We rejoice In this, and are proud of our home community. We would like to see more of the and the other welcome messengers. Truly, "pride goeth before a and the fall hath come! Somebody. Intentionally or otherwise, has told the world a different story and now, practically everybody outside of Cloverland, and many of our nearer neighbors, put us down as dwellers In the frigid zone, fit companions of the maux, shut off from everybody.

The attention has been called to a reproduction of one of the aforementioned pictures, which was faithfully produced in a large city dally. Accompanying was the following very eluclatlng deecrlp. tlon, "Digging Out in Upper Michigan." The snowplow is at work between Cooks and Manlstique. It opened the road after these citieB had been Isolated from each other and the outside world for almost a month. Fayette Snowbound.

Other largo papore told of Fayette. Without mail for ten days. Snowdrifts over twelve feet. Several pusher plows breok down opening road. Farmers battling until 3 in the mornin, etc.

We would have had no quarrel with the Cooks description had it stated "nearly half a day Instead of a month. It is an actual fact that the road was never closed for more than this length of time. During the worst period of the winter the longest time at which the road was closed, cars went through from Cooks to Manlstique in the middle of the afternon. For about eight hours, or thereabouts. It was impossible to get through.

The plow came through around midnight. A number of business men who had been etranded at the Cooks hotel would not venture to go right out when the plow arrived in the village but preferred to wait until the plow returned in the morning. We hope that the was Just a So far as the Fayette district Is concerned, the mall carrier from Garden to that point missed only four tconsecutive days Instead of ten. We have failed to find any of the twelve foot snow banks. It Is possible that they have disappeared in tlile balmy weather he have enjoyed of late.

County road ployes are authority for the statement that no pusher plows were broken down. In fact no such plows were used on the trip. The rotary plow made that epoch making trip, so much talked about and they did not break down. They did not have any serious difficulty until they had passed the site of the old post office. It took four hours to go the next mile but they made it without any breakdown and went right on to Fairport, the tip of the peninsula.

We have failed to find the brave farmers who battled with the elements until 3 in the morning. The writer has received a number of letters of eympathy from outside friends who have wondered how we survive one of these winters in the land of the Indians and grizzly bears. One or two of our readers have received news paper clippings telling of conditions here and local people have found It so strange that they have queried We have made this article somewhat lengthy for several reasons We believe that newspaper read ere have the right to demand the truth, in place of sensationalism We feel that we owe this statement to the road department, to the mail carrier and especially to the weather bureau. COOKS LOGGER HXSBIG JOB Herbert Popour Cutting Timber on Thunder Lake Road Cooks, Feb. 23 of the largest lumbering activities to be carried on within recfent years is that being operated by Herbert Popour, near the Thunder Ijake road, about ten miles north of the village of Cooks.

Mr. Popour has purchased the stumpage on about sixty forties of land from various owners, and from he is cutting spruce for pulp wood, balsam for pulp; Jack pine. Norway pine and hemlock for box wood; cedar, hemlock and white pin for ties; and also cedar for posts. He has contracted with four Jobbers to do the cutting, Edward Smith, Del Smith, Dominic Popour and Ernest Popour. Each of the these have employed a number of men so that in all there are about thirty cutters in the woods at this time.

In addition to these, there are four men and the same number of teams employed skidding the stuff to the landing. The scene of operations is some distance from US-2 and of course is not opened up for auto travel so that nont of the stuff can be economically moved away until the roads are opened up in the spring. At that time, It will be trucked down to the local depot for shipment by rail, in all possibility to Manistique. It is possible that a part of it will be trucked direct to Manistique. A rough estimate is that about one hundred carloada will comprise Mr.

cut for this winter. It is believed that the men will actually quit cutting early in March. There will still be much standing timber which will be left over for the next winter. Most of the workers live right In the woods. Mr.

Popour's broth er, Nais, and his wife operate one camp, taking care of about fifteen men. Mr. and Mrs. Del Smith operate the other, taking care of eight or nine men. A few of the men live nearby so that they are able to return to their own homes each night.

No machinery is used on this job, hut simply man power with It Is believed that this is more economical than machinery. liast year wan the first time that Mr. Popour undertook a Job of this kind. He Is quite familitr with the woods as a hunter and had been employed in the woods at various times previously. He expects to take on quite a few more similar Jobs before he his fortieth birthday.

Activities In this represent a large income for the various parties concerned and, Incidentally, the day Is being hastened when the whole of this district will be cleared up for intensive farming for which it is admirably adapted. Herbert Gray reports the loss of a valuable Guernsey milk cow, representing a I om to him of $300. The animal wan purchased several months ago when other Schoolcraft county farmers increased their herds with similar cattle. Mr. cow appeared to be in the best of health at the time she gave birth to the calf which did not live more than fifteen minutes.

It was several days before milk fever developed and though the owner secured the of a veterinarian as as he noticed symptoms, the case developed so rapidly that her life could not be saved. The row freshened just about the the time that the weather was so very cold and stormy but she had comfortable quarters and It Is scarcely thought that the weather was a potent factor In the caae. Practically all local woodsmen are complaining that there are uo good roads in the woods this winter. They state that the snow is so dry that it will not pack to make good sleighing possible. GARDEN NEWS FOSTER CITY ITEMS Mr.

and Mrs. A. N. Halderson entertained the club members of the Longfellow school last night at their home. About twenty members were present.

Oames were played In the early part of the evening and at ten a delicious lunch was served. Mrs. Halderson Is the Instructor for the sewing club and Mr. W. H.

Dawe for manual training. The Foster City Grade basketball team met their second defeat Wednesday evening, before a large crowd, to Vulcan 8 to 4, The game was hard fought and the local boys were a little lost on the large Vulcan floor. Mrs. Harry Hennessey and Wesley Horning of the Hennessey Transfer company left Garden Tuesday noon on a business trip to Manistique. The weather here was not very bad at the time but became worse as they neared the city.

After completing their business, they started for home, about 3 p. m. They came to the big hill outside Cooks and found tjiat the drifts were so bad that they could not get through. They went into a cabin by the road and waited until the plow came through from Manlstique. About 9 p.

m. they followed the plow up the big hill and the latter got stuck. The school bus, horse drawn, which had been conveying the children from school, was stuck in the road ahead. By this time there was a string of six or seven cars behind, all waiting for the plow to clear the road. When the bus was haul- Ad out of the way, the procession started up again with the plow taking the lead.

The party arrived Cooks about midnight Here the Garden party sat around in the cabin of their truck, until about 1:30 a. m. when the Cooks postmaster took them into his home and made them as comfortable as possible. The first part of the road from Cooks to Garden was not nearly so bad as that over they had Just passed, but they decided not to leave until after dinner because they were doubtful if the road into Garden, which is operated by the Delta county commission, was open. They arrived at corners, four mUes north of Garden, about 2:30 and here again encountered huge drifts blocking the road.

Four hours later the plow came through. By this time there was a illt seven or eight cars waiting to through. This procession arrived In Osrden about 7 Both Mrs. Hennessey and Mr. Horning stated that It was the worst storm and the worst experience through which they passed.

Fortunately. Mrs. Hennessey was able to remain in the comfortable cab of their new Ford truck but her companion was wet and cold with doing so much shoveling. William Folio of Fayette was a business caller in town Tuesday. Mr.

and Mrs. Jack of South River were callers in town Monday. Mrs. Joseph Boyer, who has been very sick during the greater part of the winter, is sufficiently recovered to be able to get out a llttlo when the weather permits. Myron Devet of Fairport and Don Farley of Garden motored to lstique Wednesday and returned here the following morning.

They I stated that the storm was so had 1 at Manistique that it was sible to drive with any degree of safety and so they decided to wait until morning. Leslie ac companled them home. He stated that his wife was progressing as well as could be expected. John Eldred, aged Garden resident, was very sick during a part of the past week. An attack of pneumonia was feared and a physician was called.

He Is now much improved. Mr. Eldred Is making his home with his daughter, Mrs. Joseph Hynes. Special Lenten are being conducted In St.

John the Baptist church by Rev. Fr. V. C. Bava- geau.

Friday nights during the period of Considering the condition of the weather, there have been good attendances. Rev. Savageau conducts similar In the Nahma church every Wednesday night. The Shawl Fishing company of Fairport have finished their ice harvest- In addition to the old house, which contains six layers with slxty-flve rakes to the layer, they have recently built a new house with a capacity for seven layers, with one hundred and forty cakes to the layer. Pupils in the local grade schools enjoyed a pleasant hour Friday afternoon when special day exercises were held.

The old cherry tree was again cut atid prizes were awarded to Farley. Ralph Deloria and Marcella Winter. The Garden State Savings bank was closed Friday in honor Wash ngton birthday. James Tatrow. superintendent r.tj the Oarden Peninsula Box factory, met with a painful accident Thursday afternoon while following his employment at the mill.

A board which he was sawing kicked back and struck him. For a while he was rendered unconscious. It Is not yet definitely learned the extent of his injuries but it was deemed wise to remove him to a Manistique hospital Saturday morning. A Nahma doctor had been attending him and it was found that he Is suffering Internal injuries. Many men In Austria are re turning to work after a long idle ness.

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