Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-11-30
ASKOV

Clarence Mattson was business
caller in the Twin Cities Friday and
Saturday.
Henry johnson commenced as bus
driver, Monday, on the school route
formerly driven by ]. G. Thomson.
Carl Larsen drove to st. Paul Fri
day morning and underwent an opera
tion for a tumor on his back that
same forenoon. He returned home
Monday evening.
Do you realize that there are only
20 shopping days left before Christ
mas. Heed the warning given out
by the post office department.: "ShOp
early, mail early"
Mr.. and Mrs. j. A. Zavoral of
Hutchinson, were here the first part
of last week for a visit at the Man
ford Nelson home. The former went
on a hunting trip with MIR. Nelson.
Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Dietz and
two children of Minneapolis, were
here for a two days visit with rela-
tives last week. being guests at the
home of his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Anton ]. Dietz.
Word has just been received that
the Rev. Aage Miller of Dannebrog.
Nebr., will visit relatives in Askov
this week. Rev. Miller will preach
the Thanksgiving Day sermon in the
local church at 1890 a. M, and will
lecture in the evening of the same
day at the Assembly hall.
Werner johnson and Henry John
sen were in Minneapolis Friday and
Saturday and bought a used Chevro-
let truck for the Ford Motor Co.,
which they in turn sold to Henry
johnson. Returning home Werner
was accompanied by his sister, Miss
Herds, who visited at home over
Sunday.
Between Is and 20 men from Askov
drove to Pine City Monday forenoon
to join with members of the Holiday
Association in stopping a mortgage
foreclosure sale at the court house.
The party who had been foreclosed
on decided at the last moment that he
would rather have the sale go
through as scheduled, hence there
was no action by the large crowd that
had gathered there.
Interest and enthusiasm for the
Danish radio program broadcast from
station WTMJ, Milwaukee Journal,
has grown to such an extent that the
station has now decided to broadcast
a Danish program each Sunday morn
ing, commencing at $3.50 and continu-
ing until o'clock, central standard
time. The first program on this
schedule will be sent out from there
Sunday, Dec. 3. The program will
consist of specially imported records
and will be under the direction OF
Peder Back from Racine.
The aforementioned radio sta
ton of Denmark will broadcast pro-
gram to the United States, over the
Columbia network, on Sunday, Dec. 3,
from 1920 to 1850 a. m. central STAN
dard time. 1t will be introduced by
a medley of Danish songs, following
which Nine. Tenna Frederiksen Kraft,
prima donna of the Royal Opera,
Copenhagen, will sing. King Chris
tian will deliver a brief address to
his fellow countrymen in the United
States; the students singing society
will sing "Kornmodsglansen"; Poul
Reumert, leading actor of the Royal
theater, will recite the Danish ma
tional hymn which Immediately after
will be played by the radio orchestra
of Copenhagen. This will be the third
radio broadcast from Denmark to the
United States.
The local Ladies' Aid realized a
fair profit from their entertainment
and package sale at the D. B. S. hall
Friday evening A capacity audience
was on hand to enjoy a we'll presented
program Under the direction of Mrs.
A. Gravesen and Mrs. Alfred L. Mel
sen the one act Danish play, "Den
Kloge Kone," was presented by Mrs.
Chr Frederiksen. Mrs. Svend Peter
sen, Mrs. Wayne E. Jacobsen, Mrs.
Hans Nielsen and Miss Anna Thorn
sen; this was followed by vocal num-
bers by a group of girls under the
direction of Miss Regina Petersen.
Mrs. A. Henriksen's senior string or
chestra rendered several selections
before and after the above numbers.
The crowd surged over to the package
counter in bargain style and it was
but a few minutes before everything
was sold. Lunch and coffee was
served in the dining room free, which
naturally hindered the net profit fig