Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-02-02
ASKOV


lis Tuesday to consult an eye speci-
alist.
Nels Andersen was very low a few
days ago but is much improved
again.
Mrs. Rasmus Jensen returned Sat
urday from weeks visit with
friends in Duluth.
: Leroy Lindgren, chief assistant at
the depot, visited at his home in Con-
stance over Sunday.
a baby girl came to gladden. the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Jensen,
northeast of town, Friday.
Miss Edith Peterson of the local
school faculty, visited at her home
in Duluth over the week end.
F.. H. Tomlinson and r. p. Rasmus-
sen drove to Pine City Monday, where
they attended to business matters.
February is short and will slip by
quickly-just a little more than
three weeks and it will be March
first.
Miss Celia Johnson of the local
school faculty, visited with members
of the Sandstone school faculty Sat-
urday.
Mrs. H. j. Buirge and Mrs. ]. P.
Miller and daughter. Betty, of Pine
City, visited relatives and friends
here Friday and Saturday.
Hans G. Larsen came up from
Chicago Saturday for a weeks visit
at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Jens Larsen, west.
The Misses Myrtle Gammelgaard,
Valborg Justesen, and E. Eleanor
Melin of the local school faculty, Wis
tied friends and relatives in Mime
apolis over the week end.
Mrs. Anna Smith was up from
Sandstone Saturday and Sunday and
visited Mrs. H. c. Hansen who has
been ill and confined to bed the past
three weeks but is improving.
Arthur Andersen who left here a
short time ago bound for Pontiac,
Mich, writes to friends that he term
mated the long drive at haywood, Ill.,
where he has found employment.
Grant Mahaffey who has been
Sandstone for nearly four years
came to Askov Monday to help out
with the rush of work at the Amer
lean office.
Quite a number of Askovites jour-
neyed to Sandstone last Thursday to
attend the hearing before the Rail
road and Warehouse Commission rel
ative to having freight service by
bus on highway No. 1, report on
which will be found elsewhere in
this issue.
Lester d. Valley who has worked
here a couple of weeks in the cream
cry, left the first of the week for his
home in Royalton. His place is now
filled by Jorgen Andersen who came
last week from KimballtOn, Iowa. Mr..
Andersen has had several years of
creamery experience in Denmark.
Today is grounding day, and ac-
cording to tradition this worthy fell
low will come out and take a look
at the weather. If he sees his
shadow we will have six more weeks
"
his shadow chances are that we will
have six more weeks of winter
weather anyway.
Returning home from Sandstone
last Thursday afternoon DR.. H. E..
Levin and party of friends found
that his Essex coach was not able
to buck the drifting snow resulting
in that he burned out the clutch in
his, car. They were then obliged to
gear down" to two horse power and
came through nicely that way.
The farmers on the road a mile
west of town and then south toward
Sandstone, have been out frequently
snow blowing the road. Sometimes
it has filled up again the next day or
within a short time after blowing
but they are determined to have it in
such condition that they can drive
to town in cars, and keep right at it.
A dance will be held at the D.
B. S. hall Friday evening, Feb. 3, to
which everybody is invited. Ladies
are requested tc- bring sandwiches,
cake, or cream in order that the ex-
penses may be as nominal as pos
sible. The main dances on the pro-
gram will be the old fashioned quad
rifles or square dances as they are
commonly called. A number of
couples met at the town hall last
evening to rehearse and revive the
old popular dance.
The ground hog saw his shadow
this morning as the sun was out
bright and clear, but lot of others
who still cling to the earth for trans
portation also saw their shadows and
were glad to see the old sun so bright
though it might mean a little more
of winter