Askov American., 1932-12-29

ing corn in Nebraska, has recently
returned to his home here.
Miss Klara Fogt came Friday from
Chicago. to spend Christmas with her
folks. Mr.. and Mrs. E. ]. Fogt.
Mr.. and Mrs. Manford Nelson and
son were in Hinckley from Saturday
till Tuesday for visit with relatives.
) Miss Ida Madsen, Minneapolis, is
spending the holidays at the home
of her parents. Mr.. and Mrs. j. p.
Madsen.
Miss Ingeborg Kilstofte, University
student at Minneapolis, is spending
the holiday vacation at the home Of
her parents.
Miss Josephine Sorensen. Minneapo-
lis, is here for the Christmas holidays
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Carl
S. Sorensen.
Miss Elna Nielsen came last week
from Minneapolis to spend Christmas
at the home of her mother, Mrs. J..
Aug. Nielsen.
Miss Emma Frokjer. who teaches
in the school at Centuria. Wis, came
Sunday for a weeks visit with her
brother. Paul.
The F.. Clarey Nielsen family Of
Centuria, Wis, came Sunday for a
visit at the home of his sister, Mrs.
Jens B. Jensen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anthon Jacobsen Of
Minneapolis, visited from Saturday
till Monday at the home of his mother,
Mrs. l.. p. Jacobsen.
Minneapolis last week to spend the
holidays at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. H. R. Buck.
Miss Alfredo Jensen, Minneapolis,
was here over the double holiday for
visit at the home of her parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens B. Jensen.
The Misses Mildred and Gertrude
Sandager, high school students here,
left last week to spend the annual
vacation with their parents near Fari-
bault.
Miss Gudrun Kilstofte and c.
Rausch from Howard Lake. are spend
ing the holidays at the home Of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. P. p.
Kilstofte.
The local school closed last Thurs
day for the annual Christmas vaca-
|, tion with appropriate programs. The
following day several of the faculty
: departed for their respective homes.
The Misses Octavia and Sefreda
Christensen and gentleman friend
from Chicago, came last week to
spend the holidays at the home Of the
formers parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Jorgen
Christensen.
Miss Freda Hansen, who teaches
near Hinckley, and Miss Margaret
Hansen, a Normal student at Hinck-
ley, are spending the holiday vacation
at the home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Fred F. Hansen.
Miss Marie Ries, who was called to
Tyler last week on account of the
serious illness of her mother, had the
sad experience of arriving there just
two hours after her mother had passed
!. away. Miss Ries is remaining at her
home during the holiday vacation.
: The Misses Ingrid and Bodil Fenger
came Saturday evening from Corwith,
Iowa, to spend the Christmas vaca-
tion at the home of their mother, Mrs.
P. N. Fenger. On the way home they
were obliged to leave their car at
Cambridge on account of the ice COW
cred road and came in on the eve
ming train.
The annual rush in the post office
, did not materialize to any great ex-
tent this year; the outgoing mail was
quite evenly distributed over the first
four days of last week when about
25 sacks of mail were sent out each
day. The incoming mail was received
in like proportions with the eXcep-
tion of one day-Friday- over
SO sacks were received, all loaded to
capacity. The sales in stamps were
not as big as in former years, due to
the fact that the packages were small
ler and lighter.
The Christmas tree festivities this
year, Monday afternoon and evening,
!, drew a large attendance, yet not as
large as in former years; undoubtedly
on account of the prevailing FLU" In
the afternoon Mrs. A. Henriksen's or
: chestra rendered several numbers.
Mrs. Enevold Smidt told story for
the children, the audience sang
Christmas hymns, and the children
circled around the tree while they
sang, they also contributed pennies to
those in need and finally filed past the
committee members to receive their
apple and sack of nuts and candy;
while the parents went to the dining
room for coffee and lunch. In the
evening the Rev. A. E. Frost's choir
sang; Mrs. Alfred Nielsen's mems
chorus gave three numbers, one of
which featured Mrs. Svend Petersen
as soloist, and another featured the
Rev. A. e. Frost as soloist; Anders p.
Jensen rendered two vocal solos; the
Rev. A. e. Frost read a story; several
Christmas hymns were sung while
most of those attending circled around