Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-06-25
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from the Service Garage, Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A F.. Miller and son,
Harald, of Tyler, came here Tuesday
for a few days visit with Mr.. and Mrs.
l. A. Paulsen.
Miss Bertha Chase of Henriette,
came here the first of the week and
will spend most of the summer at the
Manford Nelson home.
Mr.. and Mrs. n. P. Fogt and family
and Chris Fogt came here Friday
from Aurora, Nebr., for two weeks
visit at the E. ]. Fogt home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Niels p Nielsen and
daughter, Miss Elvira, of jacksonville,
Iowa. came here Monday via auto for
a few days visit at the And. j. Larsen
home.
A. Gade has disposed of his personal
property here and left Tuesday for
some point in Iowa. Anker NJ. Simon
sen has rented his farm northeast of
town.
Miss Ingeborg Kilstofte is meeting
with success in her playground super
vision work at the school. Many chill
dren are attending and all seem to be
having a splendid time.
H. SimonSen who has been staying
at the old peoples home, "Danebo," in
Minneapolis, came here Monday for
an indefinite stay at the home of his
son, Anker NJ. Simonsen.
Abigail Benora Johnson, Olga Ma
rem Miller, and Valborg Marie Miller
were confirmed by the Rev. A. E.
Frost in the local Danish Lutheran
church Sunday morning.
Mr.. and Mrs. Valdemar Sorensen,
Mrs. Chr. Madsen, Hartvig Paulsen,
and Mr.. Foss, all of st. Paul, visited
Saturday and Sunday at the Jens Hyl-
dahl and John Bell homes.
Jacob Hansen of the Askov Motor
Co. has been busy lately installing
9 40-gallon hot water tanks in the
school house, which will be heated
by a coil in one of the furnaces.
Mr.. and Mrs. Owe Fischer and Mr..
and Mrs. Henry Lund and daughter
of Racine, Wis, came here Saturday
and visited until today at the Hans
Mikkelsen home. The two former,
however, are remaining for a longer
visit.
Word has just been received that
Peter Linn was seriously injured a
few days ago while working for the
Askov Construction Co. at Ellsworth,
Wis. AS far as can be learned some
2x4s fell from the floor above him
and struck on top of his head.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Mogensen' and
Gaughter-in-law, Mrs. Guy Mogensen
from Kenosha, Wis, came here in
auto Saturday for few days visit at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Paul
sen. Mr.. Mogensen is a rural mail
carrier and is enjoying his vacation
He carried mail to the Paulsens when
they resided near Kenosha.
l. B. Ritter of the state forestry
department, has been here several
days establishing white Pine SAM
tation Zone" With several local men
helping him he has eradicated plants
and bushes which are injurious to the
White Pine trees. 1t also gives the
Ferndale Nursery the credentials that
their trees come from a sanitation
Zone"
A Mr.. johnson from Minneapolis,
and the we'll known Mr.. Johnson,
plasterer at Sandstone, have been here
the past week putting on the last coat
of stucco on; the Harold Dietz resi-
dence and the Standard Oil station.
which has improved the appearance
of those buildings wonderfully. 1t is
green background with a smooth
white splash.
Fred Grafelman, superintendent of
schools at Remer, and r. M. Hicks.
timber and lumber dealer there, were
in Askov last Thursday. Mr.. Grafel-
man placed his application with the
local school board for the position of
superintendent for the coming year.
He has since been elected to the posi-
ton. While here the gentlemen were
shown around the community by Louis
Olsen.
A few stockholders of the Askov-
Barr Corporation met in the village
hall in Askov Tuesday afternoon and
<1lIlouSu "SlS llOl SllOuSH pISS-
ent to legally conduct meeting the
sentiment of the meeting was to adj
vertise for a canning man to construct
plant in Askov where the machinery
belonging to the corporation would
be available for his use. 1t is real
lied that such a plant would be an
asset to the community and with this
In mind the directors will probably at
tempt to get such connection.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. C.. Sorensen of
Charles City, Iowa, attended the we'd
ding of Miss Marie Buck and Mr.. AL
vim Jensen Sunday. Early Monday
i, morning they left in company with
Mrs. Sorensen's mother, Mrs. L. Mos
back, and brother, Hans, on a two-day
fishing trip in the northern part of
the state to Lake Kabetogoman. Hans
reports a good catch but intimated
the wall-eyed pike in that lake to be
trained in view of the fact that they
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