Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-07-11

Carl Miller and family motored t
Minneapolis yesterday for days Wis
it.
Mrs. A. G. Danielson was called t
Duluth yesterday on account of tn
illness of her grandmother.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Olsen of Min
neapolis, visited at the home of hi
folks here over the Fourth.
F. Clarey Nielsen and family O
Centuria, Wis, visited with friend:
here on the Fourth of July.
The Misses Helga and Sigrid Jen
sen motored to Cambridge Sunday fol
days visit at the Yngve home.
ThOrvald Sorensen was in Mime
apolis Monday to drive up new ForC
tudor sedan for the local dealers.
The Rev. and Mrs. Ludwig Mehr anG
child of Brayton, Iowa, came here yes.
terday for visit with old friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels Peter Nielsen
and son left Friday via motor for an
extended visit in several central states
Otto Andersen who has been visit
ing at the Justesen home left last
week for Hampton, Iowa, to seek
work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans C. Johansen and
Mrs. Lars Jensen left Friday for a
visit with old friends and relatives in
Tyler.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Nielsen and chill
dren of West Denmark, Wis, visited
Sunday and Monday at the Niels B.
Miller home.
Chris Petersen (west) and Thorvald
Sorensen were in Minneapolis yester-
day and drove up a Ford town sedan
and tudor for the local dealers.
Jens Petersen of Racine, Wis, came
here Tuesday for a visit at the Hans
Mikkelsen home. They formerly were
neighbors in the Wisconsin city.
Mr.. and Mrs. Wendell Shoberg of
Waterloo, Iowa, returned to their
home Friday after having visiting at
the Dietz homes here for several days.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. H. Simonsen and the
formers father, from Minneapolis,
came up Saturday and visited over
Sunday at the Jens Larsen home, west
of town.
Mr.. and Mrs. Martin Johnson and
grandsons, Robert and Lloyd Johnson,
and Mr. and Mrs. Louis Olsen motored
to Cambridge Sunday for days visit
with friends.
Olav Jensen and family and Mrs.
Enwright of Grand Forks, N. D., visit
ed here several days last week at the
home of Mrs. Jensen's parents, Mr..
and Mrs. N. P. Jensen.
Miss Agnete Nielsen returned to
Minneapolis the Fourth after visiting
for several days at her home here
A friend from Minneapolis came up
to take her there via motor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Sorensen and
children of Chicago, came here last
week for visit at the home of Mrs.
Sorensen's brother, Chr Sandahl. Two
of the cider BOYS will remain here for
the remainder of the summer while
the others are returning home today.
In renewing his subscription to the
American Damgaard Thygesen sends
greetings to old friends in Askov. He
writes that conditions look favorable
in their territory and that they are
very busy, but must, however, take
time to read the American and keep
posted on doings in Pine county.
Thorvald Jacobsen who has been
working in Pontiac, Mich, for several
months, came to Askov Monday for
visit at the home of his mother,
Mrs. L. P. Jacobsen. On the way home
he stopped at Chicago over the Fourth
to visit at the home of his brother,
Richard, and incidentally to see four
of the big league ball games-he was
one of the $4,000 who attended the
games there the Fourth. Also visited
with relatives in Minneapolis over
Sunday. Due to the annual change
in models of automobiles at this time
of the year many of the factories are
laying off several thousand men in
the various branches of the industry.
The regular quarterly meeting of
the local Danish Lutheran Congrega-
ton was held in the basement of the
church last night and drew a fair
sized attendance. The secretary's min
utes were approved as was also the
treasurer's report. A rising vote of
thanks was extended to Jens Nielsen
for cash contribution of something
over twelve hundred dollars. Carl
Miller, one of the delegates to the re-
cent annual church conference in Ra-
cine, Wis, gave a report of that meet
ing; number of questions relative
to same were answered by him and
the other delegate, Hans Clausen.
Relative to the matter of soliciting
additional funds here for the Grand
View College reconstruction and build
ing fund it was decided that anyone
wishing to make contributions to that
fund may do so through the Rev. o. H.
Dyreborg, who has the necessary
blanks. 1t was also reported that the
Rev. Ottar Jorgensen who recently
visited this community for the pur-
pose of soliciting funds for Grand