Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-11-19
ASKOV

Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Conaway and
Mavis visited with relatives near Be-
midi over the weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. JenS Hyldahl and son
Arden, and Carl Hyldahl were visitors
in the Twin Cities Saturday and Sun
day.
Miss Eline Clausen and Helvis
Jacobsen accompanied the Rev. A. r.
Frost on his trip to Cedar Falls, Iowa
for visit with relatives there, and
returned home with him also.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Taylor and
granddaughter, Eleanor Quarnstrom
of near Ogilvie, visited at the T. w
Hansen home Tuesday and Wednes'
day.
Ben Larsen, who has recently fin
ished a BARRIERS course in the Twin
Cities, came to Askov few days age
for an indefinite visit at the home OF
his folks, Mr.. and Mrs. And. ]. Lar
sen.
The first snow flakes of the season
fell here yesterday afternoon, just
barely covering the ground. Trains
coming through here from the north
were covered with a heavy layer of
snow.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Nelson and
son, John, motored to Minneapolis
Saturday. The latter two are remain
ing for a weeks visit with relatives,
while Manford was back on the job
hare again Monday morning.
Jess Petersen who has been visit
ing for a short time at the home of
his sister, Mrs. Jorgen r. Petersen,
to visit with brother and from there
he will go back to Butte, Mont.
A contest for securing new men,
beers for the local Danish Young Peo-
pies Society between the girls and
the boys has recently been terminated
have to pay in the form of putting on
the program for the next meeting
which will be on Nov. 20, and will be
given at the d. B. S. hall. Watch for
further announcements next week.
Next Thursday, Nov. 26, is Thanks
will be closed all day, there will not
be any service on the rural mail
routes, the post office will be closed
from 1920 to IL and from to 5, mail
will be dispatched and received as on
other days, and most of the business
places in the village will be closed
all day. There will be English church
services in the forenoon at 1920.
Under auspices of the local Danish
Brotherhood lodge the well known
Danish author and lecturer Anton
Kvist of Chicago, ILL.,, will appear in
Askov on Tuesday afternoon and eve
ming, Nov. "a. Mr.. Kvist has recently
completed a lecture trip through the
eastern Danish settlements and is now
just starting on a trip through the
central states. He speaks in the Dan
ish language and shows a large num-
Der of slides gathered ON his lecture
trip through Denmark Last year. He
also shows many slides from the pio-
neer days of this country in Danish
settlements. He has also been in
of slides from there accompanied by
a lecture. See the advertisement else
where in this issue for further par
ticulars. Those in charge of arrange
ments thought it would be better to
have big attendance at a small adj
mission fee than to have high ad-
mission and only small crowd; so
it is hoped that many will take ad-
vantage of this opportunity.
The program given by the Young
Peoples Society at their regular meet
ing Sunday evening in the church
basement drew a capacity attendance
and was apparently enjoyed very
much judging from the applause Civ
en-. Mrs. l.. Byron Olsen announced
the various numbers which were as
follows: Under the direction of Miss
Alma Petersen Little Red Riding
Hood" was presented in three acts in
Danish by Esther Thomson as grand
mother; Ruth Miller, mother; Evelyn
Petersen, daughter; Gunnar Frederik-
sen, hunter; and Donald Jensen, the
wolf. In between the acts several
Danish songs were sung by the fol-
lowing first graders: Else. Miller, Ma
RE Petersen, Carol Kilstofte, Dorothy
Petersen, Howard Keller, and Dick
ey" Nedegaard. H. A. Jensen of the
local school faculty, gave three vocal
selections with Mrs. P. N. Fenger at
the. piano; and Miss Vivian MacAdams
also from the school faculty, gave
three readings, one of which was ac-
companied on the piano by Miss Verla
Hansen. Following the we'll rendered
program there was short business
session during which Hans Mosbak
gave another report about the national
society's publication, "Ungdom." Hans
gave report about "Ungdom" at the
previous meeting, but he discovered
after he got home that he had only
read one side of each page while he
had written on both sides. Last Sun