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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
II GRADUATE
AT FINLAYSON
Martin w. Odland, Executive Secre.
tary to Gov. Floyd B. Olson Speaks
at Commencement.

The largest class in the history of
the Finlayson consolidated school was
graduated Wednesday evening of last
week when twelve seniors took their
places on the stage of the community
auditorium and the fourteenth annual
commencement exercises were pre-
sented as follows: Professional, Mrs.
Lynn Smith; invocation, the Rev. A.
G. Parks; Excelsior" salutatory, Lu-
cile Martin; Follow the Gleam,"
Girls Glee Club; "Law of Compensa-
tion," valedictory, Ralph Wallio;
Steal Away" spiritual, Glee Club;
address, who are the Truly Great
Hon. Martin w. Odland; presentation
of Gift of Class, Gladys Faudskar;
tenor solo, from "Mignon," Roy D.
Jones; presentation of class, Supt.
Frederic G. Brandes; presentation Of
diplomas; c. L. Smith, president board
of education; "GraduatiOn song," girls
quartet; benediction.
Mr.. Odland Talks.
Mr.. Odland began by outlining Ma
thaniel Hawthorne's famous story
"The Great Stone Face" This story
is a beautiful allegory. The Great
Stone Face was a formation of rocks
on the side of a beautiful valley some
where in the New England states.
When seen from a certain angle, it
bore striking resemblance to a hui
man countenance, noble, majestic,
kindly and benignant. From the ear
Continued on Page 1Ol
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
PICNIC PROVED AN
ENJOYABLE EVENT

The Cloverdale Farmers Co-opera-
tive Creamery held its picnic at Clo-
verdale Saturday. A baseball game
was played at 1920 a. m. between the
married and the single men and the
benedicts proved too much for the lat
ter and carried away the large end
OF the score. Dinner was enjoyed at
noon after which County Attorney
Michael B. Hurley gave an address.
The balance of the program was rem
dered by home talent and a dance in
the Charles G. Peterson barn in the
evening filled out the day.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
ASKOV H. S. GRADS
HEAR OF SUCCESS
Theological Student Gives FOrceful
Address at ASkOv Commencement
Exercises Friday Night.

A packed house of about 400 people
attended the commencement exercises
of the 1892 class of the Askov high
school held Friday night in the D.
B. S. hall. The stage was banked
with flowers overhung with the class
motto, Sunrise, Not Sunset On the
stage were seated the 10 graduates,
Theodor LeVander, speaker of the
evening; Supt. Fred Grafelman, Yer
non E. Anderson, principal of the
high school, and Anton Gravesen,
chairman of the school board.
Ruth Hansen played march at the
opening of the exercises to which
the graduates and speakers marched
to their places on the stage. A song,
"Out of the East She Came" was
sung by the Askov High School Glee
club. after which came the salutatory
address by Margaret Hansen. H. A.
Jensen, instructor in the high school,
rendered a pleasing vocal solo, "Goin'
Home The speaker, Theodor Lee
Wander, of Augustana Theological
Seminary at Rock Island, ILL.,, came
next on the program with the address
to the graduates and the audience,
Life and the Modern Spectator. "
Other numbers followed to complete
the program and included a selection
by the Glee club, Bells of St. Mary's;"
valedictory, Verna Ecklund; present
alton of class by Supt Fred Grafel-
man; presentation of diplomas by An
ton Gravesen, and presentation of let
tiers to high school pupils by Prin.
V. E. Anderson.
Beginning of Life.
In telling the graduates they were
at the threshold of life, the speaker
gave them an inspiring address which
must have instilled in their hearts
the desire to succeed at whatever the
cost might be.
The days of youth are numbered. 1t
is a short span from the time they
Continued on Page 10Y
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
PICNIC AT FISH LAKE
ON SUNDAY, JUNE II

A big Farmer-Labor picnic will be
held at Fish lake, near Mora, on
Sunday, June II, for the counties of
Kanabec, Pine, Mile Laos, and Isanti.
Folks are asked to bring their picnic
dinner and enjoy it on the shores of
the beautiful lake. Speakers of the
day will include former Senator Mag
nus Johnson, Editor Henry G. Teigan
and Ernest Lundeen, candidates for
cOngressmen-at-larg Everybody is
invited to come and enjoy the day and
hear the national issues of the cam
paign discussed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09

There can be no doubt that the
people of the agricultural districts
see the need for federal legislation
something on the order of the Frazier
bill which will provide for farm loans
at 112% interest and payments of
1b% annually on the amortization
plan. Not only do the people see the
need for such legislation but they
also feel it very keenly.
Last week the Askov American
commenced the publication of sigma
lures to petition to Congress for the
enactment of the Frazier bill There
were 152 names published last week
and since then $50 names have been
added to the list, making total of
S32 signers to date.
The spontaneous response to this
petition and the earnestness of the
appeal shows conclusively that folks
desire and need some legislation that
will relieve the economic pinch. The
American has received many letters
expressing the hope that the petition
might be effective and that some good
may result from the effort put forth.
Wants to Impress Congress.
The most active man in getting
friends and neighbors to sign the petit
tion was Benjamin E. Vodrazka of
Brook Park. He secured total of
145 signers in his neighborhood by
going from house to house, thus dem
onstrating the earnestness with which
he is imbued in this cause.
Chas. ]. Brandt, another man who
voluntarily circulated the petition in
his neighborhood, around Sturgeon
Lake, writes that my neighbor farm
ers all believe with me that if this
bill passes it would give the farmers
more buying power and get business
started up again. Wish you success
in your endeavor of helping the farm
ers to get some real values"
Gustaf F. Johnson, also from the
Sturgeon Lake neighborhood, wrote:
81 am sending in a few names on the
petition for the Frazier bill in which
l am very much interested, and also
will say that l believe your paper is
doing good work wherever it goes in
different communities.
Inasmuch as Congress will likely
soon adjourn it is best that the petit
tions all be in the hands of the
American by next Tuesday or We'd
nesday so that the publishing of the
names can be terminated in the next
issue.
Following are the names of petit
TONERS mailed to the American the
past week and which will be brought
to the attention of Congress-:
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
SANDSTONE GIRL is
AMONG u GRADUATES

Miss Madaline Bulls, daughter Of
Mr.. and Mrs. M. Bulls of Sandstone,
was one of the 1900 graduates of the
University of Minnesota at commence
ment exercises held Monday night.
Miss Bulls graduated with high hon.
ors with a class of about 800 from the
College of Science. She received a
bachelor of science degree and will
possibly teach in one of the Minneapo-
lis schools next winter. Mr.. Bulls and
Mrs. A. E. Forstrom, sister of Miss
Bulls attended the exercises.
Miss Bulls accompanied by three
other young ladies will leave next
week for the British Isles where they
will spend their summer vacation.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
AN AGED BRUNO
WOMAN PASSES
Mrs. William Weber is Laid 10
Rest at Nearly 80, After
Useful Life.

Mrs. William Weber of Bruno,
passed away at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. E. W. Adams, on
Thursday, June 2. Had she lived
until Aug. 10, she would have cele-
brated her ninetieth birthday and also
her 72nd wedding anniversary.
Funeral services were held at the
Lutheran church of Bruno, conducted
by the Rev. Chas. S. Rydell of that
church, assisted by the Rev. David
Harrington of the Presbyterian church.
After the services the body was taken
by hearse to the Folsom Funeral
Parlors of Hinckley, where it was
shipped to Rockton, ILL.,, for burial
beside that of her husband who died
five years ago.
Ancestry Was Hardy.
Longevity was the rule of the an
cestry of Mrs. Weber whose maiden
name was Mary Elizabeth Smith. Her
mother, Margaret Smith, at tanned the
age of so years; her grandmother
Smith died at the age of 105 years,
having been born in the seventeenth,
lived through the eighteenth and died
in the nineteenth century.
In 1860 she married VIM Weber
of Rockton, ILL.,, and to this union
five children were born, all of whom
are living and are w. r. Weber and
Mrs. K. P. Avery of Rockton, Ill;
Harry of Watertown, S. D.; George
of Alberta, Canada, and Mrs. E. w.
Adams of Bruno. She is also survived
by fifteen grandchildren and five
great-grandchildre
In 1891 she with her family moved
from Illinois to washington Spring:
S. D., and resided there for 26 years.
Wishing to be near their daughter
and family they moved to Bruno in
1917 and have since resided at that
place.
Mr.. Weber at his death was in his
93rd year and until that time they
kept house, doing their own work,
although they had lived together
nearly 81 years.
Until badly injured last October in
an auto accident Mrs. Weber was
very active for her age and her mind
was unimpaired to the end. She had
been a consistent worker in the
church for many years and was al
ways friend and helper to those
who were in need. Not only did she
raise her own family, but she moth
cred and educated three nieces VINO
had been bereaved of their parents.
Very few women have made as good
use of their time during their later
years as has Mrs. Weber.
Was Handy at Quilt Making.
One of her successful hobbies was
quilt making, and she has wrought
some wonderful designs into these
most useful articles. All of her chill
dren, grandchildren, and most of her
great-grandchildren have received
these articles of her handiwork, be-
sides full set for herself. Blocks
of different designs and cut and fash
Toned to an accuracy of a skilled
mechanic form the fabric where fine
needle work is brought almost to a
point OF perfection, all work being
done by hand.
Mrs. Webber's life was dedicated to
perseverance and honesty and this
wonderful trait is an inspiration for
all who knew her.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
Standings of the Teams.

One of the leading teams of the
Pine County Baseball League toppled
from the top Sunday when Sturgeon
Lake met the nemesis of all champ
ionship aspirants- Park, who
won the game to 3. Willow River
and Markville remain at the top of
the heap with no defeats. The latter,
while entering the league at late
date, has won two games in as many
starts rather impressively to make the
other teams sit up and take notice of
potential strength in the eastern ag-
gregation. Willow shows a string of
four victories against no defeats in its
seasons efforts to date and seems to
be headed toward high place in the
final percentage of the teams unless
it cracks under the strain of tight
competition remaining.
Sandstone came out of the cellar
Sunday with jump when it took its
revenge on Moose Lake, another Gel
larite, to the tune of II to 5. In the
Willow River-Finlayson game the for
mer won to 3.
No box score is available for the
Markville-Pine City game but the
eastern boys made IA hits and err
rors while winning from the county
seat team. Pine City made 10 hits
and errors. The game was played
at Pine City.
Following are the box scores of the
other games played.
Willow River z; FinlaysOn 3.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09

the New York market and 10 cents
on the San Francisco market. In
Berlin, butter of the same quality
was selling for Pap cents per pound
In comparing these figures with
those of year ago it is found that
in New York and San Francisco but
ter was selling for "a and % cents a
pound respectively.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
COMMISSIONERS TO
MEET ON JUNE IA

The board of county commissioners
will meet at the court house in Pine
City on Tuesday, June IA, at 10 o'clock
a. m. Regular items of business will
be transacted at this time together
with any other business that may be
brought to attention.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
B u 7 T Err PRICES ARE
LOWER THAN YEAR AGO

Interesting figures given out by the
Minnesota Department of Agriculture
show that butter, with a score of go
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09

Summary-Three base hits, Il. Lar
son. Billings. Plaggerman; sacrifice hits.
r. Anderson; struck out, by Goodell z,
by Peterson 2. by Sommers 1. by A.
Peterson 2; hit by pitched ball. by SOM
Continued on Page 50
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
832 Sign Petition
For Frazier Bill

Petition to Congress Published in Last Weeks Askov
American Was Signed by Many Individuals and
Some Folks Voluntarily Went Out Amongst Their
Friends and Neighbors and Secured Signers.-Pub-
LEGATION of List Will be Terminated Next Week.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
WILLOW RIVER

Price sub. for Markus in 5th.
J. DaneIski sub. for Cofer in 9Th.
Score by Innings r H E
Willow River ------O0O O30 22-7 2
FinlaySon ---01O 01O O1-3
Summary-Two base hits, p. Kiar;
umpire. Barquist; scorer. Brisbln; time.
1:45.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
STURGEON LAKE.
SLIPS IN RACE.
Brook Park Makes Team
Lose First Game Sun
Jay S to 8.
cWilloNRiXer and Markvi1le
Higl1 Sand stone Nears
Division.

-, fle Sunday. June IL.
MoasANf at Brook Park.
NPiHsfy at Finlayson.
WiH6w River at Markville.
Sandstone at Sturgeon Lake.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-06-09
Sandstone IL; Moose Lake 5.
SANDSTONE
MOOSE LAKE

Plaggerman sub. for Palmer.
Peterson sub. for Goodell.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
They Want Bill

Billy Kenney, the Capitol min
strel, has sent me his salary
check received for working in the
Old Timers Idea at the Fox to
be forwarded to the Percy Will
liams Actors Home. He has been
offered a regular job with the
Fanchon and Marco unit, and if
he can get the desired furlough
from his Capitol post. will join
the revue in June. 1t is AmeS
Kendrick who opines that Upton
Sinclair who wrote The Wet Pa
rade," is in line for the next
Nobel prize in literature. Sin
clair is a brilliant novelist, and
only his persecution complex"
which leads him to froth at news
papers has prevented his world
wide recogniation. Lilyan TaSh-
mans best laugh came from a
telegram George P. Marshall sent
from New York. Lilyan was ad-
vised to take a walk around the
corner and look at good laun-
dry. Or wait until Wednesday
and he would serve her person
ally. They're old friends. Miss
TaShman was ingenue in Get
ting Gertie's Garter" in the Mar
shall stock days.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
When The Feature Is
Shown On The Screen

RIALTO-Charles Bickford in
scandal For Sale" At 11:51
a. M, 2::3O, 4:39. 6:01, 8:06 and
1O:11 p. m. Lilyan Tashman in
person at 1:O4, 1888, TIA and
e:20 p. m.
R-K-O-KEITH'S-Bill Boyd in
"Carnival Boat" At 1925 a. M,
1859, 4:43, 1877 and 1921 p. m.
Stage shows at 1886, 3:20, 6:14
and 8:58 p. m.
COLUMBIA-Walter Hust o n
and Lewis Stone in THE Wet
Parade" At 1920, 1890, 2:45,
s, tbs and $50 p. m.
FOX-Warner Baxter in ANA
teur Daddy" At 1888, 1:49, 4:28,
1907 and 9:46. Stage shows at
1:16, 1855, 6::34 and 9:13.
METROPOLITAN - Dorothy
Mackaill in Love Affair" At
11:18 a. M, 1903, 2:39, 4:34, 6:19,
8:O4 and 9:51 p. m.
EARLE-Barbara StanWyck in
"ShopWorn. At 11:40 a. M, 2,
4:4O, 7:2O and $50 p. m. Stage
shows at ITO, $50, 6:35 and
8 p. m.
PALACE-Fraderick March and
Kay Francis in Strangers in
Love" At 11:30 a. M, 2, 4:35,
7:05, and $40 p. m. Stage shows
at 1:20. 3:35, $50 and 9:O5 p. m.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Textile Strike Is
Embodied In
This Play

Mill Shadows" a stage drama
tization of the Marion IN. c.
textile workers strike, will be pre-
sented here at the Jewish Com
munity Center, at Sixteenth and
@ Streets, on the evening of Mon
day, April 18. Written by Tom
Tippett, the play is produced by
the Brookwood Players under the
auspices of the BrookWood Labor
College at Katonah, N. Y.
Characterized by critics as "ear-
nest and moderate" the drama
portrays the life of the Southern
textile workers and especially the
events leading up to and cul-
minating in the shooting of six
of the striking workers on the
picket line in October, 1929. Mr..
Tippett, who was active in the
Marion strike, has conveyed with
restraint and integrity the tragedy
in the lives of these people. The
grinding poverty, the long hours,
and low wages, mothers burdened
with both household cares and
mill work, the dormant rebellious-
ness and instructive solidarity of
the mountain mill workers all are
interviewer with folk lore and
Southern history, mountain bal
lads, and strike songs. There is
humor as we'll as tragedy.
The fundamental emphasis
rests upon the industrial life of
the workers and its significance
in America today. 1t is, accord
ing to the critics, probably the
most authentic American labor
play"
Sponsors for the Washington
production are Senator and Mrs.
Edward P. Costigan, Miss Doro-
thy Deter, DR.. John H. Gray, the
Rev. Francis H. Haas, DR.. and
Mrs. Richard Hogue, Mr.. and
Mrs. Gardner Jackson, DR.. and
Mrs. Louis L. LorWin, DR.. and
Mrs. Isador Lubin, Benjamin C.
Marsh, DR.. Frank Tannenbaum,
Mr.. and Mrs. Laurence Todd,
Mrs. Laura Williams, Senator and
Mrs. Burton K, Wheeler.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
"Rebecca" Lead Picked
Here's Gossip

Miriam Hopkins has obtained
a two months leave from Para
mount and has departed for the
East. She'll stop off in Chicago
and then go on to New York. The
actress has just completed a role
opposite George Bancroft in THE
World and the Flesh" and was
supposed to appear in Ernst
LubitschS next picture. Friends
say she will buy a farm in Con-
necticut and will spend her vaca-
ton there and with her mother,
who lives just out of New York
the Maude Adams opening
brought out a number of film
stars. Saw Fredric March and
Florence Eldridge. She is much
thinner. Mildred and Harold
Lloyd were there. Mildred tells
me she is taking tap-dancing for
the exercise. .Adela Rogers and
Dick Hyland were there. Adela
is a Shakespeare fan. William
Boyd told several of us he was in
the original production of Peter
Pan" in London. Eddie Peabody
sends me some oranges from his
grove near Riverside. He's back
resting after WoWing Europe. ..
two old favorites planning come
backs are Harriet Hammond
and Mary MacLaren. Mary has
been acting with the Santa
Barbara Players. Colleen Moore
is motoring down from San
Francisco. plans several stop offs
-. several scenes for the new
Marie Dressler picture, Pros
perity," were taken at an old
fashioned house near here. TIE
studio liked the house so we'll,
they bought the interior, dis
mantled it and set the rooms up
on a stage. since that debate
with Aimee Semple Mcpherson,
Walter Huston has been deluged
with requests to make speeches.
They're coming in from all over
the country. you can see Hedda
Hopper taking a long walk every
m ornin g. and, regardless of
weather, Edna May Oliver always
goes into the ocean between 7
and a. M. .Adrianne Ames has
a wooden wrist watch. I hear
they're a new rage.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
'Neill Wins Again

In spite of the fact that Alex
ander Woollcott and Haywood
Broun didn't like Eugene
O'NeilPs Mourning Becomes
Electra" it appears that the
moody playwright has the Pulit-
ger prize sewed up again. Col
leen Moore, whose last salary
checks in the movies were for
$4,000 a week, is available for
work as stock leading woman.
She wants footlight experience
and is now acting Church
Mouse" for Terry Duffy on the
coast. Miss Moore has oodles
of cash and so has her new hus-
band, but she Graves stage ex-
perience. Grand Hotel" the
all-Star picture, will not be
shown here until late in July.
They expect it to run in New
York at $3.50 for at least four
months. Garbo's LAS You Desire
Me- will be shown here before
Grand Hotel" .Loew's and Fox
have agreed on the former TAX
ing over the F Street cathedral.
Holding up an official announce
ment is a legal confab to make
sure the new management would
be protected under the terms of
the ironclad lease. Getting
around this lease may halt the
deal indefinitely.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Fannie Hurst S
Tale Is Film
Special

Fannie Hurst's Symphony Of
Six Million" coming to RKO
Keith's the week of April %, is
to be simultaneously shown in
two Broadway Theaters, the
Gaiety and Criteron at 81. But
one other picture has been &C.
corded such ShoWingS and Man.
ager Hardie Meakin of the local
RKO Theater is waxing enthus.
iastic over the fact that the pic.
ture is of such calibre as to rate
such "road-showing" in Manhat-
ton.
. All advance reports have the
picture as the outstanding dra-
matte success of the past 10 years
exceeding the effectiveness Of the
preceding Fanny Hurst story,
"HumoreSque."
Ricardo Cortez, who has been
rapidly climbing the ladder to
stardom in the films, protrays
the lead in the Symphony fea-
ture and advance reviews accord
him unstinted praise for his work
in the picture.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

me that Ray Henderson sends
word that 27 managers turned
down "Barretts" before Katha-
rine Cornell accepted it. She
will make close to $500,000 on
the play, the seasons outstand-
ing success. Bill Ewing by air
mail opines that fashion shows
may come and go, but Maxine
Doyle with 200 frocks is in her
seventy-third week and evidences
not the slightest sign of waning
popularity. ELISA Landi, who
comes to the Fox screen Friday in
Devils Lottery" is represented
on the April bookstands by
House For Sale" a tome that
threatens to become a best seller
The Washington times., 1932-04-12
Two HeadIiners on
Keith Bill, April Is

R-K-O Keith's will have two
headliners for the week of April
16. Gloria Foy, musical comedy
star, and her company and the
colored dancing youngster, Sun
shine Sammy, are the features
of the bill. Others include Sid
ney Page and Company, Crowell
and Allen, and the clever
comedian, Joe Jackson.
The screen attraction will be
"Hells House." the first story of
a boys reformatory to reach the
takers. Junior Durkin, who
gained stardom in TON Sawyer" "
Pat O'Brien, Bette Davis and
Junior Coghlan, are the featured
players.
The Washington times., 1932-04-12

by Frank Borzage and his direc-
ton is said to be a masterpiece.
The Trial of Vivienne Ware" "
one of the most widely read mys-
terry stories is another coming
soon" attraction. The cast Of
this picture includes Joan Ben
nett, Donald Cook, "Skeets" Gal
lagher, Zasu Pitts, Lillian Bond
and others. Woman In Room
49," another thriller with ELISA
Landi in the title row is another.
Warner Baxter will play the
lead in Man About Town." a
picture dealing with political, So
cial and diplomatic life in Wash
ington. A few other attractions
include Society Girl" with
James Dunn and "Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm" with Marian
Nixon.