Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1927-02-17
MINNESOTA
HISTORICAL NUMBER %.
FIRE DEPARTMENT. Af1lttdltdfNIf BOARD DEFERs
SANDSTONE BANQUETS SNOW PLOW PURCHASE
Sandstone High School Loses to
Cambridge i'm Basket Ball.
To Have Boy Scout Service
Sunday Evening at Community
Church.

Sunday Evening at Community
Church.
The fourth annual banquet of the
Sandstone fire department was held
last Thursday evening in the Masonic
Temple ball room The wives and
lady friends of the members and
members of the village council were
the invited guests, and the number
seated at the festive boards numbered
fiftyfour. Harry Madison and his
culinary staff catered a bountiful
meal, the menu including: cocktail,
roast chicken, mashed potatoes, gravy,
hot biscuits, head lettuce, salad, eel
cry, and pie la mode. The tables
were beautifully decorated in a. fit
ting manner for the occasion. Dur
ing the course of the meal Miss Nick
erson and Miss Jones rendered few
songs, and Miss Jean Robey also rem
dered several solos which were fol-
lowed by community song. After
partaking of the meal a short pro-
gram was discoursed, during which
r. w. Barstow maintained his envi-
able reputation as POSTMASTER Chief
Sam Gjertson was called on and gave
very interesting review of the de-
partment. Mayor Mulholland re-
sponded for the council, praising the
firemen for the work they have done,
and the cooperation that they have
given the members of the council.
Albert Johnson, in his talk, painted
glorious picture of the departments
future that was very interesting and
humorous. p F. Robinson was called
on to give history of the past, which
was done in a very creditable man
ner. Geo. Wolff composed and recited
piece of poetry 1.-THE Fireman and
His Wife,, after which the tables
were cleared away and the remainder
of the evening spent at dancing. Guy
Thorne and his. orchestra furnished
the music. The function was one of
| the prettiest and most successful of
its kind in the history of the organ
ization
The Masonic Temple ball room was
the scene of one of the most elaborate
ly planned valentine parties and dan
ces ever held in that, place, when a
crowd of the young people of this
community, consisting of twenty-eight
couples gathered here last Monday
evening to celebrate the occasion.
The hall was beautifully decorated
in the appropriate colors. A program
of dances was carried out until eleven
thirty, when a delectable lunch was
| had, after which a we'll arranged pro-
gram was carried out and dancing
was again resumed. All seemed to be
enjoying themselves so thoroughly
their respective homes when the
strains of the lass dance number
faded.
Floyd Richards, the agricultural
teacher, is carrying his right arm in
| sling from the result of a fall while
skiing down the bridge hill Sunday
afternoon Fortunately there were
no bones broken.
Mrs. S. G. Skaaland underwent an
operation for appendicitis last Thurs
day at the Sandstone hospital. Her
many friends will be pleased to hear
that she is canvalescing very nicely.
The high school basket ball team
met with defeat in Cambridge Friday
evening, when the high school team
of that place beat the boys by score
of 20 to 16. The two teams were
quite evenly matched, which resulted
in rough game as well as fast one.
Sandstone took the lead and held it
for the first quarter, ending to 2,
Cambridge taking the lead for the
next quarter, the half ending to 10.
Both teams seemed determined to
gain a safe lead during the third
period, only to result in a tie of Is
to Is. During the last quarter Sand
Cambridge made 5. The large num-
Der of fans that accompanied the
team reported a very interesting
game.
Tuesday evening a large crowd of
fans gathered at the opera house,
when the Willow River and Sandstone
high school teams met for their
second encounter this season. Each
team has the credit of winning one
of the games and Willow River is jus
titled in feeling little bit proud of
their team, for playing fast clean
game. Sandstone managed to keep
the lead except when the score was
draw, which happened at the ending
of the first quarter and the half, when
the score stood to z and IL to II.
During the third quarter the Sand
stone players took the lead by a gain
Of % over Is and during the last
quarter the Willow River team had
the crowd guessing as to the outcome
when they made eight points to Sand
stones two, the final score being %
to % in favor of Sandstone.
Community Church, Sandstone.