Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1930-10-30
ASKOV

The 1929 Chevrolet car offered for
sale by Petersen & Gravesen was sold
Monday to Jacob Christensen.
Many friends and neighbors gathered
at the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Chr
Hyldahl Saturday evening TO help the
former celebrate his birthday.
Theodore c. Jensen left last week
for Milwaukee. Wis, 10 seek employ
ment. Mrs. Jensen is remaining for
the time being with her folks, Mr..
and Mrs. Martin Sorensen.
A Mr.. Ferguson of Anoka. has
been working in Pine county the last
few days again in the interest of the
Pine County Farm Bureau. He and
A P. Jensen were out in Norman
a good list Of new members TO the
Bureau.
Peter r. Thomson came home Fri
day from Alexandria with his father
Jens Thomson. who visited with his
family over the weekend. Peter left
again Saturday together with Sigvard
Sorensen and Carl Johansen to seek
employment in the corn fields OF
Nebraska.
Svend Petersen. who was elected
delegate TO the state convention OF
the Minnesota Congress of Parents
and Teachers, could not arrange TO
go down, and in his place Miss Marie
Ries was appointed. She left this
morning for Minneapolis to attend the
remainder Of the convention.
Mr.. and Mrs. P. l. Hamlin of Pine
City, were callers in Askov Saturday.
Mr.. Hamlin is the able register OF
deeds at the court house and is a
candidate for reelection. He is very
exacting in his work, prompt and up
to-date, and has given universal salts
faction 70 those who have papers TO be
filed in his office. The bankers of the
county have been especially pleased
with the conduct of the Register of
Deeds office, they having many trans
actions at that office.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. r. Petersen returned
home from Minneapolis last Thursday
afternoon, as the goiter operation on
their daughter, Miss Olga could not
be performed the following morning
as she was not physically fit to under
go the ordeal. They went down again
Sunday and the operation was per-
formed at s o'clock Monday morning
by DR.. Thorvald Petersen at Fairview
hospital. Mr.. Petersen returned 20
Askov in the afternoon while Mrs.
Petersen is remaining for few days.
The latest reports from there state
that the patient is recovering as well
as can be expected.
In spite of other attractions and
meeting the Parent-Teachers associ-
alton meeting Friday night at the
school drew the usual good attend
ance. After two songs by the audience
the Young Peoples Society orchestra,
under the leadership of Mrs. A. Hen
riksen, played two numbers. Follow
ing this several of the first and second
grade pupils, under the leadership of
Miss Valborg Justesen, put on a if
teen minute program; and this was
followed by two more selections from
the orchestra. The chairman then
introduced the speaker of the eve
ming, Mrs. Austin Mendenhall of Du-
luth, president of the Minnesota Con-
gress Of Parents and Teachers, who
spoke interestingly and ably on mat
tiers pertaining TO that line of work
The local PIT. A. organization is now
a member of the state and national
association and as such elected Svend
Petersen to attend the annual con-
ventiOn in Minneapolis from Oct. %
TO 80, inclusive. Mrs. Mendenhall was
accompanied by her husband and an
other married couple of Duluth who
also made few remarks at the meet
ing. As usual the evening was ter
minated with coffee and lunch dur
ing which time many of the Askovites
became acquainted with the pleasant
and jolly visitors from Duluth.