Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1931-05-07
FINLAYSON

game played. Those in attendance
were Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Hartz, Mr..
and Mrs. John Petry, Mr.. and Mrs.
F. Holstein, Mr.. and Mrs. Sylvester
Petry, Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Petry, and
Mrs. Alfred Meidlinger. High prizes
were won by Mrs. Hartz and Sylvester
Petry, while low prizes went to Mrs.
Otto Petry and John Petry. Mrs. Meid-
linger served a dainty lunch at mid
night.
Finlayson high school was repre-
sented at the track meet at Pine City
Friday afternoon by Howard Norback,
Lyle BergsetR, Ralph WalliO, Edwin
Kari, Marlyn Smith, Fred Vogt, Glen
Froreich, and Harry Greenspan. Har-
old Johnson, the athletic director, and
Fritz Holstein, who acted as manager
of the track team, accompanied them.
They made a good showing, winning
a first place and several second and
third places, scoring % points alto
gether.
Leslie Tate of Pine City, returned
home Friday evening with Lyle Berg
seth to spend the weekend. The boys
drove to Moose Lake Sunday after
noon, where Leslie played with the
Pine City baseball team against
Moose Lake. He returned home after
the game with the rest of the team.
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. De Croft of
Hutchinson, are here for the next five
or six weeks on their farm on the old
Pine lake road. They spend the win
ter months with their daughter, Mrs.
Carl Braun and family at Hutchinson,
but return here each May to spend
the summer.
Mrs. John Auto came to the DR..
Pearson home Friday to be treated
for appendicitis and was taken to St.
Marys hospital Sunday night. An
other patient at the doctors home is
Miss May Brown from Lake Eleven,
who has pneumonia. She came Sum
day.
Mrs. John Arth and her baby
daughter went home Saturday, after
having been at DR.. Pearson'S since
the birth of the baby, ten days before.
Mrs. Fletcher Seaman and her son.
all of st. Paul, arrived Monday for a
weeks visit at the Oscar Bergseth
home. Mrs. Seaman is a daughter of
Mrs. Chas. Rodgers and the sister of
Mrs. Bergseth.
Miss Margaret Mcdonald spent the
weekend at her home in Superior.
Miss Ethel Malloy accompanied Miss
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son Saturday morning, and visited a
few hours with Ethers parents, Mr..
and Mrs. j. ]. Malloy, before return
ing home in the afternoon. Both
young ladies are students of the col
lege of st. Scholastica, Duluth.
Peter Parvainen has had his shoe
shop remodeled recently, having a
new floor laid over new joists.
The steps leading to the apartment
over the Finlayson Mercantile COM
pany's store have been repaired, sew
eral new treads having been laid to
replace broken or worn ones.
Henry Froreich is drilling we'll
for Ed Buggie near his new barn.
Mrs. D. L. Samuelson went to the
cities Monday morning for few days
visit.
Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Elsola received
word Saturday of the death of John
@. Lindroth at Cloquet on Friday
night, of pneumonia, following COM
plication of kidney and bladder
trouble. Mr.. Lindroth will be we'll
remembered here as he built the store
building now owned by Mr.. Elsola,
about six years, leaving here six years
ago, when Mr.. Elsola purchased the
property. He is survived by his wi
dow and three daughters, all of Clo-
quet. The funeral was conducted
Tuesday.
A large number of the friends of
Mrs. Emil Sironen and family gave
them a housewarming at the home of
her mother, Mrs. M. K. Matson, north
of town, Sunday afternoon. Lunch
was served during the afternoon. Mrs.
Sironen moved here this spring from
Eveleth, to be with her mother, Mrs.
Matson, and the boys are working the
farm.
Mr. and Mrs. Ed Abrahamson of
Duluth, visited at the James Novek
home over the weekend. Sunday aft
ernoon they accompanied Mr.. and Mrs.
Novek to Bruno, where they called
at the Ed Wallner and Walter Ham
mer homes.
Mrs. Andrew Weber will entertain
the Catholic Gaild at her home west
of town next Thursday, May a.. Ev-
eyone is welcome
The Rev. and Mr.. A. F. Bue from
Kathryn, N. D., were entertained at
the home of Mr.. and Mrs. Erick ALL
bonn Wednesday evening.
Mrs. Herman Shafer and daughter
Miss Eleanor, were visitors at the
Herman Carlson home in Moose Lake
Friday afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. Therrien and three
sons of Pine City, were guests Sunday
of Supt. and Mrs. F. G. Brandes.
Mr.. and Mrs Ed Saarela and sons