Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-12-08
ASKOV

Mr.. and Mrs j. P. Miller and two
children and Miss Myrtle Gammel-
gard of Pine City. visited friends
here Sunday and attended the church
dinner.
The annual election of officers for
the local Danish Brotherhood lodge
Saturday evening resulted in the fol-
lowing lineup for the year 1888: N.
p. Nielsen. ex-president; Peter Her
mansen, president; Lars p. Jensen.
vice president; Sophus Hermanseh
secretary; Svend Petersen, treasurer;
Clemen Christensen, chairman OF
trustees: Michael Petersen, trustee;
George Larsen, trustee; Peter Jeppe-
sen, warden; Carl Johansen, guard;
Conrad Christensen, hall manager.
The customary Christmas tree fes-
Invites will be staged in the D. B. S.
hall on Dec. 26, both afternoon and
evening, and as usual the afternoon
will be principally for the children
and their parents and the evening
for the young people. The committee
in charge this year consists of Har-
aid B. johnson. chairman, Miss Emily
Jensen, Hans Mosbak. Mrs. Enevold
Smidt, Mrs. Carl l. Jensen and Georg
Lindegaard; the first three being from
the Young Peoples Society and the
later three from the congregation.
They held their first meeting last
night at which tentative plans were
discussed. Further details will fol-
low in a later ISSUE
1t is naturally a source of interest
for every one to keep tab, so to speak.
on old acquaintance and when it is
not possible to do so, but hear later
that this or that has happened to them
or that they have made good in the
financial or achievement world, it is
a source of much surprise and pleas
ure. f. A. f. Laage of this village,
experienced the latter thrill a few
weeks ago when he came upon a name
in the DEBORAH Qowa) Poster which
after some thought sounded familiar
to him. He Immediately wrote to the
address given in the item and was
very happy to receive a letter from
the treasurer-elect of the state Of
Iowa within a few days. Leo ]. Veg
man was the mans name and Mr..
Laage had known him when he was
but a boy assisting the station agent
at Sexton, Iowa, nearly 40 years ago.
Some years later Mr.. Laage knew Mr..
Wegman in his capacity as one of the
personnel of the bank at st. Benedict.
Iowa, but since that time his life
has been as a closed book to Mr..
Laage, until reading in the Iowa
paper that he had been elected to the
high state office as mentioned before.
The chicken dinner in the church
basement Sunday under auspices OF
the Ladies Aid proved to be exceed
ingly popular and was success from
start to finish. In spite of serving
nearly hundred more than was ex-
pected the committee handled the
situation in very able manner
there was plenty to eat, it was well
prepared and delicious, and the serv-
ice was excellent considering the
large crowd and the limited accom-
modations under which everyone had
to work. There is no definite check
on the number who had dinner but
it is conseryatively set at $50. Mrs.
p. N. Fenger and Hjalmar Petersen
furnished musical numbers through
out and surely earned their dinner.
In the afternoon the church was
nearly filled to hear the Sunday
school children, by grades, and col
lectively, render several songs under
the leadership of their respective
teachers. Mrs. w.. S. Petersen ex-
pressed her thanks to the parents for
having sent their children to Sunday
school in the past, and urged con-
tinued and even greater cooperation
in the future. The Rev. A. e. Frost
gave a one hour forceful and inter
estfng lecture on the life and char
acter of Bjernstjerne Bjornson. Dur
ing this program the ladies had pre-
pared coffee and lunch which was
enjoyed in the dining room as finale
to a successful day. The financial
result of the undertaking showed re-
ceipts of SSO.65. expenditures of 500
leaving net balance of SASS, which
will be turned over to the church.
The committee wishes to thank one
and all for helping. donating and at
tending.