Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-01-24
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from Mankato where he had been Wis
iting since attending the convention
of fire insurance companies in st
Paul the week before.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Miller and Mr.
and Mrs Martin Sorensen expect t.
leave today Thursday via auto fo
West Denmark, Wis, to attend thu
silver wedding anniversary celebra
tion of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Miller
DIR. and Mrs. H. E. Levin drove tt
Minneapolis Tuesday morning on
business errand. They returned home
the same evening, or rather as fal
as Sandstone, i'm a new Essex sedar
which they purchased in the city
trading in the old Essex coach on the
deal.
The American Legion post and Aux
Hilary held another one of their mem
bership card parties at the home o.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Steffensen Tuesda!
might. Four tables of cards were en-
joyed, after which lunch was served
to the guests before they departed
for their homes.
Herbert Fleissner of Superior. came
here Monday and has replaced Gilbert
Thompson at the Great Northern de-
pot. Mr.. Thompson has been trans
ferred to Cedar, at which place Le-
Roy Lindgren was working, leaving
the latter without any station. The
Great Northern has been cutting down
on the number of employees which re-
suits in several changes due to SEN
FORTY rights.
The first real snow storm of the
season swept over this territory Tues
day afternoon and night 'piling up
drifts to 4 feet deep and blocking
traffic on several stretches OF country
road. The local school was dismissed
at p. m. Tuesday to give the bus
drivers a chance to get through before
1t got too bad. Wednesday morning
however brought forth good clear
weather but rather cold. Several OF
the school BUSES did not get through
and the rural mail carriers were not
able to make their complete rounds
a. P. Jensen returned Saturday
from a weeks trip to the Twin Cities
where he attended the annual meet
ing Of the State Farm Bureau and
spent as much time as he could at
the University Farm. taking in the
farmers and homemakers' program
He reports having met people from
all over the state and quite number
from Pine county, but was surprised
not to see others from the Askov COM
munity. Mr.. Jensen also states that
he thinks this trip is worth any mans
or woman's time and therefore ad.
vises others to plan on going down
next year.
The socials given each month by
the local D. B. S. lodge have been
rather sparsely attended so far this
winter by members of the society. The
committee in charge of these parties
for 1929 is starting out with some
thing little different. They are ar
ranging to furnish a short program
after which there will be refresh.
ments and dancing. The first pro-
gram will be put on Saturday evening
Jan 26, and will start at promptly
$40. Rumors have it, that it will be
time well spent for every member tC
come in to this program, and that you
will have to put muzzle on your
face to keep from laughing. The com
mittee requests that you bring along
either cake or sandwiches.
The church ACQUISITION arrived this
week from New York city and mem
bers of the Askov Hardware Co. force
are busy installing it in the local
church this week. The acousticOr
consists of one transmitter unit anC
eight receiver units. The receivers
will be placed on pews toward the
front of the church ACQUISITIONS are
used in number of churches of the
state for the benefit of those who are
hard of hearing. They have it in the
Danish Lutheran church at Tyler anC
tion there. The outfit is here on foul
weeks approval and will be used fol
the first time next Sunday. Those
whose hearing is affected and fire.
quently stay away from services or
that account, are cordially invited tt
come Sunday and try out the instru
ments. The price of the acousticor
with eight receivers is $3.50 and il
accepted will be donated by the
Ladies' Aid of, the church.