Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-21
ASKOV

Centuria, Wis, for weekend visit
Miss Carrie Feldtmose and Sigvalt
Martinsen cnme from Minneapolis an(
spent the weekend at the home of hel
parents.
G. ]. Davis, his father-in-law, A
N. Langelier, and Floyd Smell from
the Cloverton community, were bust
ness callers in Askov yesterday
Miss Bodil Fenger who has beer
with her brother and family at Eas'
Towas, Mich, since they moved there
indefinite stay at the home of hel
mother.
Tilman Larsen, who is doing farm
work near Dover, came here Sunday
for a few days visit at the home OF
his folks, Mr.. and Mrs. A. ]. Larsen.
They are practically through seeding
there, hence the few days vacation.
H. B. Kilstofte initiated his new
tennis court Sunday with the playing
of several doubles and singles matches
by local enthusiasts. With the eX-
ception of few soft spots the court
was in excellent playing condition.
Tomorrow (Friday) evening the
Pine County Baseball league dance
will be in full swing at the D. B. S.
hall. The music for the dance is a
special attraction and the committee
in charge hopes to see a capacity
attendance.
The last Parent-Teacher associa-
tion meeting of the season will be
held in the school house Friday eve
ming, May %, (tomorrow). L. Byron
Olsen will give a talk on current
events, Supt H. A. Petersen will show
instructive slides, and there will be
election of officers for next year. La
dies please bring lunch as usual.
The Askov Motor Co. gasoline pumps
and supply tanks are being moved this
week from in front of the garage
building to a more suitable location
right in front of their new office.
When the pumps are installed in their
new location the management hopes
to be able to give their many patrons
considerably better service than has
been the case recently.
While disconnecting pipe lead
ing to the Frigidaire in the c. Erik
sen basement restaurant Tuesday, re-
pairmen for the Minnesota Power &
Light Co., misjudged their ability and
had to vacate on account of the escap-
ing gas. An expert from Cloquet,
equipped with a gas mask, was Sc
cured on short notice and he soon
had the difficulty remedied.
Activities are in full swing on the
Legion lots, in the south part of the
village, this week. VIM. Bonnin
moved in there with his portable saw
mill, and Fred Steen with his big
tractor the first of the week and the
logs are being turned into lumber
very rapidly. Many legion members
were there with teams Tuesday and
again today scraping out for the base
,ment of their log cabin home.
Fred F. Hansen and daughter, Miss
Freida, were in Minneapolis Friday
and Saturday to visit his brother, N
c. Hansen, who had suddenly become
seriously ill. Monday Mr.. Hansen re-
ceived the sad news that his brother
died early that morning. Yesterday
Mr.. and Mrs. Hansen went there tc
attend the funeral. The deceased
was about 60 years old and had beer
a resident of Minneapolis for many
years.
Miss Bernice Levins, in their Essex
car, and Emery Nedegaard, in his
Chevrolet, locked horns" on the
highway by the school yesterday noon
Miss Levins was coming from MAR
street and had just turned north ant
Emery came from the school ground:
and also turned north and they ar
rived at the same point at the same
time. Tenders, running boards, head
lights, etc., suffered all the damage
that was done.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. c. Holz have
closed their restaurant in the base
ment of the C. Eriksen building an(
have moved to Sandstone where the!
will open up a restaurant in the Fall
building, just across the street from
the village hall. All the fixtures
from here as well as their household
goods were moved during the week
end. Mr. and Mrs. HolZ came tt
Askov a little over three years age
to operate the basement restaurant
Bill Holz will continue to work fol
Mr.. Eriksen the balance of this month
and another son is working at the nur.
sery. Mr.. Eriksen plans to use the
entire basement for storage purposes
in the future. The front entrance tt
the basement will be closed up an6
remodeled into a sidewalk freight en-
trance with heavy steel doors in the
sidewalk that can be opened wheT
freight is to be taken in.
Professor Aage Brusendorff of Den
mark, who mas been visiting pro-
fessor in the Scandinavian department
of the Minnesota University during
the past year and goes to California
next year, spoke in Askov Sunday eve
ming before the Young Peoples So.
ciety. His lecture here was on the
lie ana 1vnrIc Of ho non;ch onfhor