Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-11-28
FRIENDS HONOR
THE PAULSENS
MIR. And Mrs. l.. A. PaulSen Are Mar.
ried % Years; Came to AskOv
i'm 1907.

The twenty-fifth wedding anniver-
sary of Mr.. and Mrs. Lawrence A.
PaulSen was made a memorable event
in that the Danish sisterhood had ar
ranged for a big festival in their
honor at the d. B. S. hall Sunday eve
ming.
Relatives and a few close friends
gathered at the Paulsen home south
of town, at noon for dinner and spent
the afternoon at their home. Other
friends also gathered there during the
afternoon. A happy surprise was the
homecoming of their two daughters,
Otillia and Edna, who have spent the
past year in California. They came
home on the noon train Unexpectedly
and just in time to enjoy the feast.
Their oldest daughter, Mrs. Carl l.
Jensen, who lives in this community,
together with her husband, were home
for the event.
Mr.. and Mrs. Paulsen were married
at Tyler on Nov. "a, 1904, and farmed
there 212 years when the family
moved to Askov, coming here in the
spring of 1907. They are numbered
among the very first settlers here
since this was opened up as a Danish
colony, the very first settlers coming
purchased eighty acres of wild land,
~ miles north of town, and imedi-
ately set to work and made a good
farm of it. The farm is now owned
and occupied by the Knud FeldtmOse
family. In the spring of 1918 they
made an exchange of farms and
moved onto the eighty acre place, 1 p
miles south of town, which they have
since occupied. Next spring they will
have lived in this community % years.
When the came to Askov they were
accompanied by Mr.. Paulsen's father,
Jens Paulsen, who has also resided
here since, occupying his residence
in the village. The Paulsens are all
of the pioneering type of citizens,
they have put in some hard work here
and are of the kind who help to build
any community where they reside.
Folks gathered early at the d. B. S.
hall Sunday evening and when the
Paulsen family arrived they were es-
corted to seats of honor at the front,
during which a wedding march was
played by Miss Verla Hansen, on the
piano and the audience arose in their
honor. Svend Petersen welcomed the
honored guests and in behalf of the
committee welcomed all who had come
to help make the celebration sue
cessful. He also dwelt briefly on the
friendship for the Paulsens and an
nounced the program to be carried
out.
Louis Olsen read two stories-one
on married life, the sacredness and
Importance of it, by the Rev. Roy l..
Smith; and the other story, humer-
Gus one, written by Askov's banker,
A. Gravesen, back in the days when
he did more writing. 1t provoked
great laughter Mr.. Olsen also read
a little poetry and added a few re-
marks of his own. Mr.. and Mrs.
Christian Hansen added to the eve
ning's entertainment by singing two
duets, r. S. Rasmussen told a short
story, and the gathering had the
pleasure of being entertained by
Kristen Madsen, cousin of Mrs. Carl
miller, who is on a visit in the COM
munity For the first number Mr..
Madsen whistled Home Sweet Home"
Upon request he whistled one or two
more numbers later in the evening
and also sang some very pretty mel
odies. He was, accorded spontaneous