Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-08-29
GOOD EXHIBITS
ATC0UNTYFA|R
Public Wedding Proves to
be Big Grandstand
Attraction.
Larger Crowds Attend Fri
day; New Bleachers
Great Help.

The 1929 Pine County fair which
took place Friday and Saturday has
passed into pages of the history of
Pine cOunty's most prominent events
and leaves in the memories of its
citizens the symbol which denotes an
undertaking well accomplished by
those in charge For G.. G. Schmidt
as president, w. S. McEachern as sec
rotary, the board of directors. and
others who were instrumental in stag
ing this years fair, there can be
nothing but well earned praise, and
making it one of the big attractions
of the year was evident in every de-
partment.
People from all parts of the county
together with many from other places
were present to make this years fair
a success And while the largest
crowd is estimated to have passed
through the gates Friday, Saturdays
fair by no means lacked an audience.
The new bleachers erected this year
proved also to be a great boon in
helping to comfortably take care of
the people.
Public Wedding is Big Attraction.
The public wedding which united
Miss Thelma Spicer and Mr.. Everett
York of Sandstone, proved to be one
fair and took place in front of the
grandstand at 8 O'Clock Saturday
evening The bridal couple and
attendants entered the race track
in an automobile procession at the
west end of the grounds and driv-
ing down in front of the grand
stand, alighted, formed process
sion and marched to the platform
to the strains of Lohengrin's wedding
march played by Mrs. w. S. McEach-
ern, piano, Mrs. Harold Stratte, Gel
10, and Hjalmar Petersen on the VIC
lin. The couple took their places
before an arch on the platform with a
circle of relatives seated in the back
ground as witnesses. The ceremony
was performed by the Rev. Claude
Spicer of Clearwater, uncle of the
bride. Miss Faith Spicer, sister of the
bride, and Miss Gladys Thompson,
both of Minneapolis; Cecil Spicer of
Sandstone, brother of the bride; How
ard Work of Minneapolis, brother of
the groom, were the attendants. The
flower girls were Mary Boo, daughter
of Mr.. and Mrs. Ben Boo; Sally Boo,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clint Boo;
Harriet Wilcox, daughter of Mr.. and
Mrs. Dewey Wilcox; Betty Miller.
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Jens p. Mil
Ter. Miss Helen Carlson, daughter
of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Carlson, sang
and was accompanied by Mrs. Harold
Stratte on cello obligato.-
The wedding couple lead the grand
march at the big wedding dance
staged in the fair ground pavilion.
Many Wedding Presents Given.
Numerous wedding presents donated
by people from all over the county
were received by the couple among
which, the most novel one perhaps,
Harry Madison of the Madison hotel
of Sandstone and also mayor of that
village.
Pine City Wins Tug of War.
Evening up defeat they suffered
few weeks before at the hands of
their opponents, the Pine City eight
pulled the Askov tug-of-war team
across the tape for two straight de-
cisions. During the Scottish picnic
few weeks previous to the fair,
two teams representing these two
villages were pitted against each other
and at that time each man on the
Askov team outweighed his down
county opponent 1914 to 1877. pounds.
But not to be outdone, the defeated
warriors went after more heavyweights
with the result that when they weigh
ed in before the recent fray, they out
weighed the nOrtherners 1913 to 1S1
pounds A good contest was staged
however, but the superior weight Of
the winners was evident and they
pulled to victory.
Better Exhibits Than Last Year.
While exhibits of former years have
been very good, it was evident that
the quality and variety of those shown
there this year were the best
G. H. Sommer of Rush City, had an
excellent exhibit of gladiolus which
he raised. There were over one hun
dred different varieties in his dis
play with a wealth of most beauti-
full cOlorings. 1t was about five years
ago that Mr. Sommer started the ex-
tensive advertising of his bulbs, al