Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-03
ASKOV

Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Erickson and
children of Minneapolis, were visitors
at the Fred Olesen home during the
weekend.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Andersen and
two children and Miss Annie john
son, all of Eveleth, were weekend
visitors at the L. A. Paulsen home.
Miss johnson continued on to Mime
apolis Sunday, while the Andersens
returned to Eveleth Monday morning.
Bright and early Saturday morning
fifty boys left for camping trip at
Sturgeon lake with expectation OF a
good time shining on their faces. Re-
ports are to the effect that they were
not disappointed. The V. S. Petersen
family came from Minneapolis and
camped there also. Sunday was Wis
itors' day at the camp and many peo-
pie were in attendance. The male
chorus was also there on separate
picnic and they were invited to sing
for the gathering, rendering selections
in a pleasing manner. The boys re-
turned Tuesday. The girls, thirty
two strong, left Tuesday morning to
also camp at Sturgeon lake. They
will spend three days in ''the wide,
open spaces"
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Byron Olsen left
Sunday for st. Paul. where Byron will
be employed in the Liquidation of
Closed Banks Department, Banking
Division of State of Minnesota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry p. Nielsen and
son and daughter of Lincoln, Nebr..
came Tuesday night and are now set
Ting in the Mrs. l. P. Jacobsen resi-
dence. Mr.. Nielsen will take up his
duties as superintendent of the local
school Immediately.
Thorvald Andersen, Hans Abraham
sen, and H. c. Jorgensen were Tues
day callers in Minneapolis. While
there they visited Jens Abrahamsen
at the University hospital, whose con-
dition has shown little change. Mrs.
Hans Abrahamsen, who had gone
there Saturday, accompanied the gen.
tlemen home Tuesday night. Edwin
Sorensen had charge Of the shoe store
in Mr.. Andersen's absence.
For the past several days Rasmus
Petersen of the Red and White groc-
cry store, has been confined to his bed
with bad cold. He is now able to be
up a little while each day and his
many friends hope to soon see him
behind the counter again.
The band concert and ice cream
social held Saturday evening at the
park, was we'll attended. The band,
under the able direction of Leonard
Frahs, rendered instrumental selec-
lions in manner that pleased every
one Ice cream, coffee, cake, and
cookies were sold by the Danish Sis
terhood and the affair was a success
in every way.
Paul N. Frokjer left Monday eve
ming for Chicago, where he will spend
several days at the Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Hans Nielsen returned
Friday evening, after spending several
days at the Worlds Fair in Chicago.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred L. Nielsen took
Miss Myrtle Jensen to Cushing, Wis,
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had spent several weeks at the Mel
sen home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anders P. Jensen and
daughter, Lois, and Mr.. and Mrs. Ras-
mussen and children came from Min
neapolis Monday, to spend the day Wis
iting with friends. Mrs. Rasmussen
is a sister of Mr.. Jensen.
Returning from Minneapolis on q
business trip Saturday, Hjalmar Pc
tersen was accompanied by his niece
Irma Lou Petersen, who is visiting
her cousin, Evelyn Petersen. Irms
Lou also joined her cousin on the
camping trip to Sturgeon lake to.
gether with large group of Askoy
girls.
A newspaper from Denmark, "Aal-
borg Stiftstidende," tells of the cele.
bration by Danish-Americans at Re-
bid hills on the Fourth of July wher
the Star Spangled Banner and Dame
brog flags waved side by side. Ludwig
Mosbak from Askov, who is on tour
of Denmark, spoke in the morning al
the Danish-American Club breakfast
in Aalborg. He said he might as well
be travelling for there is no money in
working at present and related that
he visited his native country in 1929
but that it was AZ years since he left
Denmark-in 1891-to take up Amer.
lean residence. The acting mayor Of
Aalborg presented the keys of the
T. l. Al
speaker at the banquet attended by
between 20 and 80 people. The cele
bration in the afternoon was attended