Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1929-11-14
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for visit at the homes of his sons.
Joseph Hald purchased a new Ford
truck from the local dealers yesterday.
Miss Regina lessen came here from
Minneapolis and visited at the home
of her folks over Sunday.
Chr. Sorensen, in the west part of
the village, is building an 1Sx24 it.
combination garage and pump house.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens ]. Howe came
from Minneapolis Tuesday for a visit
at the home of his sister, Mrs. L. C.
Petersen.
Anders Nielsen from Seven Persons,
Alberta, Canada, came here Friday for
a weeks visit at the Theo. and Jorgen
Jensen homes.
Carl Miller and Axel Brus have
traded cars again so that Mr.. Miller
gets back his big Willys-Knight and
Mr.. Brus gets Ford Town sedan.
Word from Perth Amboy states that
the Rev. o. H. Dyreborg and party
arrived there Wednesday of last week
and were rendered fine welcome and
reception Sunday.
Charley Laube left Monday for his
home at Morgan after visiting for a
week at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Julius Frahs. Miss Minnie Frahs ac-
companied him home for visit there.
Mr.. and Mrs. Byron Olsen were here
from Minneapolis the first of the week
for a visit at the home of his par
ents. They returned to the city Mon
day night.
Albert Simonsgaard came up from
Hampton, Iowa, last week for two
days visit at his home, after which
John Swanson lumber camp.
Miss Anna Johnson, who has been
visiting in Los Angeles this summer,
came here Friday and visited until
Sunday at the home of her sister, Mrs.
l. A. Paulsen. From here she went
to Eveleth for a visit.
Don't fail to attend the canning fac
tory meeting Monday evening, at the
d. B. S. hail.. The committee and
other enthusiasts are giving free cof-
fee and "wienerbrod," but you better
eat supper first, anyhow.
L. Mosbak is very seriously con-
sidering a trip to his native country,
Denmark, and expects to spend Christ
mas there with relatives and old
friends whom he hasn't seen since
1891. He expects to leave the latter
part of this month on the Scandinav-
ian-American Line.
Jens Hyldahl and Otto Madsen tried
their luck on another duck hunting
trip over the weekend, up at Rice
lake. Last time they were out they
got nothing at all, but this time they
at least got wet, for it rained all the
time they were there. And they also
caught white snow owl by putting
salt on its tail-Jens has it at home
as pet and gentle reminder of
the fine trip. Wonder if they are
planning on training it to catch game
for them.
The Rev. S. T. Meyer and Miss
Lena Lake of Sturgeon Lake, were
Askov callers last Thursday. The
Rev. Meyer, who has been a reader
of the American for several years,
has several times said that he wanted
to make a visit to the Askov COM
first trip he has made here. Having
seen pictures of the American build
ing he said he had no difficulty in
finding it, and also enjoyed a trip
through the plant
The D. S. S. bazaar, program and
evening drew a full house as usual.
The committee had done much work
and together with various donations
there was a large display of useful
and valuable articles offered for sale.
The evenings festivities commenced
with a program consisting of piano
solo by Miss Verla Hansen; duet by
Mr.. and Mrs. Chris Hansen; song act
by Mogens Tuxen and Mrs. Svend
Petersen; shadow pictures; vocal solo
and impersonation by Mr.. TuXen. The
sale followed the program and there
was grand rush for the fishing
pond" which department was sold out
completely in about 80 minutes. The
other articles on sale moved rather
slowly. Coffe and lunch was served
in the dining room below and fol-
lowing this was the auction which
ended the sale. The lucky persons on
the pillow, blanket and goose were
( Mrs. Louis Olsen, Mrs. Carl /. Jensen,
and Hans G. Larsen, respectively. The
evening was terminated with dancing.
The committee will submit their re-
port at the next regular meeting of
the society at which time they will
show a net profit from the affair of
approximately $115. The bulk of this
has been pledged to the hall to help
defray the expense of putting in a
cistern and otherwise fixing up the
kitchen in the d. B. S. hall, which
has all been completed. The commit
tee expresses its appreciation in a
card elsewhere in this issue.