Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-05-16
Little Tots Offer MaypOle and
Folk Dances to Terminate
Picnic Dag.
BY Osborne
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Competition was keen in the many
track and field events at the school
grounds Monday of this week, when
the first annual Play day was staged
successfully, after having been post
poned because of rain the Friday be-
FORE A good deal of ability was ap-
parent in the various events and those
who won them will represent the
Askov school at the annual county
Play Day to be held at Hinckley on
Saturday of this week
The ball game between the local
high school team and Hinckley turned
out disastrously when the visitors
walked away witha clean 20 to vic
tory.
The winners in the track and field
events were as follows:
Grade girls broad jump-Edna
Fisher, Sth grade, first; Edith Hansen,
7th grade, second; Christine JOrgen-
sen, Sth grade, third Phyllis Peter
sen, 18th grade, fourth. Distance, 13
feet 31a inches.
Grade boys broad jump-Louis Uld-
bjerg, Sth grade, first; Hans Olaf Jes-
sen, Sth grade, second; Harold Mel
sen, 7th grade, third; Melvin Lund-
gren, 9Th grade, fourth. Distance IA
feet, inches.
High school girls Is yard dash
Elsie Kilstofte, first; Esther Linde-
gard, second; Emmy Petersen, third
Grade girls SO yard dash-Alice
lessen, Sth grade, first; Agnes John
son, Sth grade, second; Phyllis Peter
sen, 7th grade, third.
Grade boys so yard dash-Hans
Olaf lessen and Harold Nielsen tied
for first; Louis Uldbjerg, third; Erwin
Eriksen, fourth.
High school girls broad jump-Anna
Thomson, first; Dagmar Gravesen,
second. Distance 10 feet.
Grade girls IS yard dash-Helen
Nielsen, first; Edna Fisher second;
Edith Hansen, third; Ruth Nielsen
and Florence Clausen tied for fourth.
Grade boys Is yard dash Esbern
KilstOfte, first; Viggo Lunde, second;
Melvin Lundgren, third Clarence
Hansen, fourth.
Grade potato race-Helen Christen-
sen, first; Alma Olsen, second; Irene
Nedegaard, third
Grade boys three-legged race-Ro-
land Keller and Herman Christensen,
first; Russell Jensen, John Outzen,
second; Harry Sorensen and Harry
Jensen, third; Christian Keller and
Victor Christensen, fourth.
High school girls high jump-Dag-
mar Gravesen, first; Anna Thomson,
second; Emmy Petersen, third; Mar
garet Hansen, fourth,
Grade girls relay-Sth grade, first;
7th grade, second; 9Th grade, third;
9Th grade, fourth.
Grade boys relay-Sth grade, first;
7th grade, second; 5th grade, third;
9Th grade, fourth.
High school girls relay-Freshmen
beat the sophomores.
Grade girls high jump-Ellen Smidt
and Edith Hansen tied for first; Edna
Fisher, third; Ruth Nielsen, fourth.
Grade boys high jump-Frands Jen-
sen and Esbern Kilstofte tied for first;
Erling Stottrup, third; Harry Jensen,
fourth.
The events in which contestants
tied, will be gone over again this week
to decide who shall represent the
school at Hinckley. In most of the
events, the record made here was
equal to the record set at the county
play day last year, and they should
make a good showing there Saturday
After the track events, the first and
second grades entertained the visitors
with couple of folk dances and the
third and fourth grades danced a
Maypole dance. After that, the visit
ing parents were served coffee and
cake, and the children ice cream by
the Parent-Teachers' association.