Askov American., 1932-09-29
ASKOV

son.
Henry A. Jensen and Erling Mel
sen traded Ford cars the first of the
week.
Mrs. Alfred Larsen accompanied
Fred Steen to Lisbon, N. D., last week
for a short visit there.
Walter Wogensen from Long Lake,
was here Sunday for visit at the
home of his sister, Mrs. L. Byron Oh
sen.
Mr.. and Mrs. Andrew Jensen re-
turned home Tuesday from Racine.
Wis, where they had visited since
Friday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Sivald Martinsen
came last week from Tyler for visit
at the home of her father. Knud
Feldtmose.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Christensen of
Superior, Wis.,, were here Saturday
for a visit at the Chr. Hyldahl home
and attended the D. B. S. social.
Svend Kjar who has been with the
Ferndale Nursery for some time, left
the first of this week for Brooklyn,
N. Y, to visit relatives and seek
employment.
p. w. Swedberg of Moose Lake, visi-
ted in the community Tuesday after
noon. Mr.. Swedberg, besides being
district forest ranger is also mayor
of the village of Moose Lake.
Mrs. j. r. Petersen and v. s. Peter
sen went to Minneapolis yesterday for
a visit with ]. r. Petersen at Uni
versity hospital. Mr.. Petersen's con-
dition is still in the serious stage.
Mr.. and Mrs. Treus Stistrup, Mr..
and Mrs. Axel Paulsen, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto Jensen of Mora, were here
Saturday to visit Mr.. and Mrs. Herluf
P. Rasmussen and also attended the
d. B. S. social.
Superintendent Fred Grafelman and
Principal Vernon Anderson of the
Askov school attended the dedication
exercises of the new school in Dis
trict No. 56, Saturday night where
Mr.. Grafelman gave the dedicatory
address. A. j. Larsen is clerk of the
district.
Mr.. and Mrs. N. N. Wogensen of
Tyler, were here from Saturday till
Tuesday visiting at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. L. Byron Olsen. Re-
turning to Tyler Tuesday they were
accompanied by Lars Jensen who will
visit relatives and old friends there
for a while.
Henry Andersen had the misfor-
tune Saturday to cut his right leg
above the knee cap with an axe. The
injury was dressed by the local doc
tor and is healing nicely. The cash,
barely missing the knee cap, was a
deep one and Mr.. Andersen was very
fortunate in not being seriously
crippled.
Partridge township and that part of
Finlayson township east of Kettle
river will be served by the Askov Red
Cross flour committee. Any needy
people in this area are requested to
notify DR.. A. L. Arends and leave ap-
plications for flour with him. These
applications will be acted upon by a
committee.
George Koberstein and Herman T.
Andersen and Mrs. M. NJ. Larsen of
Kenyon. visited in the Askov and
Bruno communities last week. Mr..
Koberstein is a brother-in-law Of
Henry A. Starch of Bruno and Mrs.
Larsen was formerly an Askov resi-
dent being at present employed by
Mr.. Andersen as housekeeper.
Members of the AskOv book club
will meet at the home of Mrs. Svend
Petersen Wednesday night, Oct. 5, to
choose their books for the reading
season. All those interested in becom-
ing members of the club are invited.
A club of this kind has been enjoyed
by several here during the past few
winter seasons and has proven very
popular with those taking advantage.
Some over one hundred men and
women from Askov went to Duluth
last night to hear Norman Thomas
deliver campaign address. Mr..
Thomas is the Socialist candidate
for president of the United States
and spoke to an attentive audience of
approximately 1000 people. His sub
ject last evening was Repeal I'm
employment" in which he advocated
five work days per week and six
hours per day compulsory by law.
A local Red Cross chapter was or
ganized at the home of Mr.. and Mrs.
A. Henriksen Monday night when DR..
A. l. Arends was elected president,
Mrs. A. Henriksen, vice president,
Emily Jensen, secretary, and Sigrid
Jensen, treasurer. Three directors
were chosen as follows: Mrs. A. G..
Danielson, one year; Mrs. Svend Peter
sen, two years; and Mrs. w. E. Jacob
sen three years. Mrs. A. Henriksen.
Mrs. Svend Petersen, and Mrs. A. G..
Danielson compose the clothing COM
mittee and Mrs. j. c. Jensen, Mrs. A.
Gravesen, and Mrs. w. E. Jacobsen
make up the share-your-clothes COM
mittee These two committees will
serve on the sewing committee. Mrs.
A. w. Conaway and Mrs. Grace Flem-
ing compose a quilt committee to see
that a quilt is made ready to be CIV
en- away at some future date to raise