Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1932-05-26
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senger to Duluth yesterday.
Harry Ecklund left Saturday fol-
Chicago to seek employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Skiold Kilstofte at
Roland, Iowa, mourn the loss Of a
baby boy recently born to them.
Ernest Madsen went to Hinckley the
first of the week, and is temporarily
In charge of the new Coop gas sta
tion there.
Jess Petersen left some days ago
for visit with relatives in Iowa, and
from there he planned on going to
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Hans and Jens Abrahamsen are
leaving today for a visit to their ma
tive country, Denmark, expecting to
be gone about four months.
Semer Swanson, general merchant
at Moose Lake, was a business caller
i'm Askov yesterday, making some pur-
chases at the Ferndale Nursery.
Hedge B. Kilstofte left the first Of
the week for Charles City, Iowa, to
look after the final details of the
Askov Construction company's job
there.
Mrs. Anna McMillin, her mother,
Mrs. Elstad, and Mrs. Lena ThOrne of
Sandstone, visited in Askov Wednes-
Grace Fleming.
Chris Larsen, A. GraveSen, NJ. Tux
en-, Alfred Nielsen, and Hans Clausen
are going to Cambridge today to at
tend the district meeting of Land
O'Lakes creameries.
The Misses Ingrid and Bodil Fenger
who have taught school at Corwith.
Iowa, the past term, came home Tues
day for an indefinite visit with their
mother, Mrs. P. N. Fenger.
A. Henriksen purchased a 1882
Chevrolet coupe from the Service
Garage the first of this week, trading
in his sedan on the deal. 1t is the
first 80 Chevrolet coupe in the COM
munity and sure is nifty outfit"
The Askov Motor Co. installed a
new free air pressure system during
the past week. It's of the modern
overhead type and has an air indi-
Gator which regulates automatically
the amount of air that can be put in
to a tire, thus eliminating the custo-
mary tire tester. A very convenient
improvement.
The Askov American Legion Junior
baseball team under the management
of Conrad Christensen will play the
first game of its schedule Sunday.
June 5, at which time it will go to
Hinckley to play that team. The boys
have been practicing faithfully for
the past few weeks and are primed
for the season. They are scheduled
to play the Askov town team Sunday.
Harald A. Petersen and V. S. Peter
sen and son, V. S., Jr., left yesterday
morning on a business trip to Phila-
delphia. Miss Elm also went along
but will stop off in Chicago to visit
relatives there; and Andrew Jensen,
mechanic at the Askov Motor Co., al
SO went along but only as far as
Racine, Wis, where he will visit with
his family until V. S. comes back and
picks him up again.
'Dansk Folkesamfund" has desig-
mated Sunday, June 5, as cleanup day
for its park in the village. There is
much work to be done there to get
it in good condition for the following
Sunday. special invitation has been
extended to members of the Danish
Brotherhood lodge to join in the
cleanup as they are the first ones to
use the park this year. Several loads
of gravel are needed. 1t is planned
to start work by o'clock in the
morning. For further information get
in touch with T. N. Thomson.
Members of the local church and
others who are interested in the neat
appearance of the cemetery will meet
at the cemetery all day Saturday, May
2S, to cut grass, clean the paths
trim trees, and do such other work as
lis necessary to put it in good shape
AS the years pass on more and more
take an interest in having the Gem
etery look good and be a place Of
beauty. This is gratifying to the
officers of the church and they are
anxious that another big group o.
people meet Saturday for the annua
cleanup.
The Askov All Club had their reg
uIar meeting in the eighth grade
room of the school house Tuesda!
afternoon, between 3 and 4 o'clock
Clifford Madsen who is president o
the club, presided. Myrtes johnson
is vice president; Evelyn Petersen
secretary; and Stanley Madsen, treas
urer There was a short discussion
about enjoying camping this summer
but no decision was taken. A musica
program took up the balance of thu
time, the instruments played on beins
piano, guitar, and violin. Eligible
to membership in the club are al
those from the fourth grade and vi
through the high school.
Thorvald Clausen came Wednesda,
from Seattle, Wash, for visit at tn,
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs
Hans Clausen. From here he will g
to Des Moines, Iowa, to attend the ma
tional convention of the Danish Luth
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