Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-08-30
ASKOV

Centuria, Wis, Sunday.
Chris F. Sorensen left last week fol
a visit with old friends at points il
Nebraska.
Tony Bonk. north of town, left last
week to be employed in the harves
fields of North Dakota.
Miss Ards Nielsen came over here
Sunday for a few days visit at the
home of her aunt, Mrs. Jens B. Jen
sen.
Marinus Jacobsen came here Mon
day evening from Mortified for
visit with relatives and may stay anC
work awhile.
Mr.. and Mrs. S. A. Ness and two
children of Albert Lea, came here
last week and visited several days
at the Jens Arnbal home. The Ness
family and Arnbals were former
neighbors near Albert Lea. Mr.. Ness
is now a travelling salesman.
r. d. Handy of Duluth, called in
Askov and visited the American plant
Monday. Mr.. Handy is an able anC
well known cartoonist, is a heavy
stakeholder in the Duluth News Tri
bune and is conducting one of the
largest and most complete engraving
houses in the Northwest, under the
firm name of R. D. Handy, Inc.
Mesdames Roy Carlson, Ben Boo
Jens p Miller, Harold Stratte, Henry
Buirge, and A. w. Gum of Pine City
Mrs. c. c. Christensen, Beroun; ant
Mrs. F. r. Patrick and Mrs. Irving
Schaeffer of Hinckley, were AskoN
visitors last Thursday afternoon, be-
ing entertained by Mrs. Manford Mel
son, Mrs. ]. Justesen, Miss Valbors
Justesen, and Mrs. Hjalmar Petersen
at the Nelson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Arden Monroe anG
two sons, James and Ercell, former
Pine county citizens but now residing
in Duluth, called in Askov Friday or
their return from five weeks motor
trip to Portland, Oregon, and other
places on the Pacific coast where
they had visited relatives. From
here they went to Windemere town
ship to spend two or three days al
the home of Mrs. Monroe's parents
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Wernowsky, be-
fore returning to Duluth.
Chris Lund returned to his home
at Harlan, Iowa, Friday, after visit.
ing several days at the Andrew ]
Larsen home, north of town. His
mother, Mrs. Louis Lund of Jackson
vile, Iowa, and Miss Margaret Wind
who came up together with him, are
remaining for a longer visit at the
Larsen home. Mrs. Lund is a sister
of Mrs. Marie Dahm. Miss Wind has
been at Davenport, Iowa, taking uI
chiropractic study the past two years
and plans on going to California to
practice.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Withrow and
son of Bruno, were callers in Askov
Monday, the former to have dental
work done by DR.. H. G. Swennes. Mr.
Withrow has not been in good health
for some time, apparently having had
a nervous breakdown and has not
filled his position as buttermaker al
the cooperative creamery in Bruno
the past few weeks. He has been 6
faithful employee there the past
couple of years, always alert to fur.
thering the interests of the farmers
creamery and was active in organ.
izing the farmers feed business. On
account of his illness and the neeG
for complete rest he has resigned his
business connections.
The Chris. Frederiksen, Arnold
Sorensen, and Hjalmar Petersen fam.
lilies, Mrs. J. Justesen, Miss Valbors
Justesen, and Miss Alfredo Jensen
and the Jens P. Miller family Of
Pine City, motored over to Centuria
Wis, and spent Sunday with the F.
Clarey Nielsen family. Mr.. Nielsen
former school superintendent in
Askov, is doing we'll in his nipple
ment and feed business, has a good
territory to draw from, and they have
a nice home. They appear to be hap
py and contented in their new sur
roundings. Centuria is a village
about the size of AskOv. The country
there is we'll developed, having first
been settled in 1879. The writer also
took occasion to visit the James Fro.
kjer family, they being on a farm
two miles northwest of Centuria
where they have lived since leaving
Askov in the spring of 1924. Their
farm is 100 acres and is one of the
best in Polk county, large brick
house and large barns and silo. They
have a wonderful grove of native
trees in the center of the farm, COW
ering about Is acres. There are sew.
eral varieties of sturdy oaks, bass.
wood, elm and other trees. Their
son, Rudolph, who is one of the in
structors at the state university, Mad
ison, was home on a vacation. The
Centuria folks send greetings to
Askov people.