Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-10-19
ASKOV

Mr.. and Mrs. ManfOrd Nelson and
son, John, were Minneapolis visitors
from Friday till Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. L. Byron Olsen OF St.
Paul, and Miss Eleanor Melin of Min
neapolis, spent Saturday and Sunday
in Askov.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anton Hansen Carls-
hoj went to Minneapolis Sunday. Mrs.
Hansen expected to enter the Univer-
sity hospital again for another opera
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alfred Nielsen moved
to Sandstone last week. Miss Olga
Petersen has taken Mrs. Nielsen's
place as operator at the local tele-
phone exchange.
Axel Brus and c. d. Nielsen left
Monday with a truck load of house
hold goods for a party at Braham
which they have to take to Mississippi,
a round trip of about 5000 miles.
The long looked for rain came to
this territory Sunday and Monday and
certainly was a soaker. Some say
that three inches of rain fell during
those two days. One of the old
timers here predicts that We will now
have six weeks of reasonably nice
weather.
Mrs. Jens Christensen of Prior Lake,
Mr.. and Mrs. VIM. Jorgensen and
daughter, Dorothy, from Richfield,
came Sunday for the church conven-
tion and to visit friends. Returning
home Tuesday they were accompanied
NV Nn1San and MrS
Chris Krogh who will visit in the
Twin Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry Nielsen came
Saturday from Milwaukee and visited
with relatives here until Monday
when they returned to their home at
Milwaukee. Harry passed out bust
ness card which showed that he and
FOlmer Sorensen are partners in a
service station and Harry is the man.
ager. He states that they like their
new home fine.
About thirty lady friends, mostly
present and former fellow Sunday
school teachers, had surprise
Shower" on Miss Sigrid Petersen at
her home Tuesday evening, on which
occasion she was presented with many
beautiful and useful gifts. Miss
Petersen leaves today for Dagmar,
Mont, and just what will happen after
she gets there time will tell.
Miss Ingrid Fenger came Saturday
from Corwith, Iowa, for a few days
visit at the home of her mother, Mrs.
p. N. Fenger. The special occasion
being Mrs Fenger's birthday, Oct. 16,
on which day many friends here spent
a social afternoon and evening with
her. DR.. and Mrs. Ejvind Fenger
came Sunday from Glen Lake for the
occasion. And Miss Bodil Fenger was
also home from Willow River.
The first dividend check from the
closed First State Bank of Askov in
the amount of $50 was distributed to
depositors through the mail yesterday.
The total amount of the distribution
amounts to about $4,000 which is di-
vided among approximately 400 de-
positors. Even though it is a small
percentage it comes in handy at this
time of the year when many have to
buy coal and various winter supplies
The district church convention held
in Askov from Friday till Sunday
evening was attended by about Is
visitors from surrounding congrega-
tions in Minnesota and Wisconsin.
The schedule of arrangements as out
lined in the announcement column
last week was carried out and at
least 800 people were in the church
Friday evening when Rev. A. E. Frost
bid the audience welcome and later
the district chairman, Rev. ]. P. An
dreasen, from Luck, Wis.,, officially
bid welcome and opened the conven-
ton. Regular services were con-
Quoted that evening with Rev. Henry
Wulff officiating. The local choir
rendered two selections. The services
were followed by coffee and lunch in
the church dining room. At $3.50 a..
m. Saturday the business meeting was
conducted. Rev. Andreasen submitted
his annual report and other routine
matters were taken up. There was
some discussion about the activity in
Canada. In the election of officers
Rev. Andreasen refused reelection
and was replaced as chairman by Rev.
M. Mikkelsen of Withee, Wis, and Rev.
Henry Wulff was elected secretary,
while Hans Jensen of Hutchinson,
holds over another year as treasurer.
Rev. Andreasen has been chairman the
past five or six years. There was
excellent attendance for the church
services Sunday forenoon; and in the
afternoon, in spite of the rain, the
church was nearly filled when Rev.
J. c. Aaberg of Minneapolis was the
main speaker. In the evening Rev.
j. P. Andreasen spoke and the choir
rendered three selections. Later the
audience gathered in the dining room
where several visitors expressed their
appropriations about the meeting and
hospitality shown here. The local
committee in charge of the conven-
tion consisted of Mrs. Chr. Hansen,
Mrs. e. ]. Fogt, Mrs. Chr. Sandahl,
Hans Mikkelsen, Hans Mosb@k, and
Georg Lindegaard, and together with
two or three dozen helpers did excel
lent work.