Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1928-05-17
ASKOV

Thorvald Nielsen has been confined
to his home all week with an attack
of flu.
Dagmar Gravesen who has been
quite ill for some time, is up and
around again.
Jens Nielsen left the first of the
week for Cedar Falls, Iowa, to look
after his business interests there.
Martin Gravesen came here Tues
day from Newell, Iowa, for a visit
at the home of his brother, A. Grave
sen.
County Commissioner and Mrs. F.
w. Stepan came over from Willow
River Saturday evening and attended
the dance given by the Askov base
ball team.
The local "DanSk FolkeSamfund"
group at their monthly meeting last
Thursday evening, held at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Enevold Smidt, de-
cided to have Danish independence
day celebration this year at the local
park. The day of the Danish national
holiday is June 9Th but it will be
celebrated locally on Sunday after
noon, June Sd. Rev. o. H. Dyreborg
is to be the speaker.
Under auspices of the local Young
Peoples Society, the recent class of
confirmants were guests of honor at
a party Sunday evening in the church
basement. All in attendance were
seated at the coffee tables while the
following program was rendered:
Erode Andersen and Margaret Schroe-
der, violin and piano duet; SigvarG
Sorensen and Werner johnson, cornet
duet; Edith Gravesen, reading; Rev.
o. H. Dyreborg, talk; P. P. kilstofte,
greetings from Denmark; Bodil Fen
ger, piano. Several songs by the audi
ence were sung in between the diff
ferent numbers. The church base
ment was nicely decorated for the
occasion.
The dance Saturday evening at the
d. B. S. hall under auspices of the
Askov baseball club, was not as well
attended as had been expected. How
ever, a number of tickets had been
sold beforehand and as nearly every
thing was donated, the net gain was
quite good, there being exactly $50
to put into the treasury of the club.
The baseball boys wish to extend
thanks for the following donations:
Danish Brotherhood lodge for hall
rent, Askov Orchestra for music,
FOL
American Publishing Co. for adver-
tising and printing, c. Eriksen Co.
for ribbon, etc; and all others who
helped to make the affair a success.
Erode Andersen came down from Du-
quette and helped out the Askov Or
chestra with the music-doubling on
violin and saxaphone. 1t was a good
addition to the orchestra.
The meeting at the assembly hall
last night addressed by two instruct
ors and two students of Grand View
College, Des Moines, Iowa, was we'll
attended and it proved an interesting
and profitable evening. The instruct
ors who spoke were Peter Jorgensen
and Johannes -Knudsen, and the stu
dents, Holger Nielsen and Carl Ras-
mussen. The latter is an Askov young |
man, son of r. S. Rasmussen. They |
are conducting such meetings in var
ious Danish communities where folks !
are interested in the furtherance of |
the Danish college and seminary at |
Des Moines. They are telling of the |
work that is carried on and plans for |
the future. 1t has been difficult Of |
late years to get funds enough to |
keep up the school in its present form
and suggestions have been made for
certain branches 6f
studies but it was urged by Johannes
Knudsen that the present schedule
be not hampered with but that the
same course be pursued After the /
four college men had spoken several
in the audience took part in the dis
cussion. The young men came t.,
Askov from Withee, Wis, where they
had conducted meeting and tonight
are to speak in Minneapolis after
which they go to Tyler.