Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-11-23
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church held it's regular meeting last
Thursday afternoon. Mrs. Oscar Lar
son, Mrs. H. Beccue, and Mrs. B.
Amundsen were the hostesses. There
was a fair crowd despite the bitter
cold weather. The sewing committee,
Mrs. A. E. Wood and Mrs. Andrew
Wahlstrom, had the, finished articles
on sale and were sold to those needing
such articles as pillow cases, scarfs,
holders, and aprons. At the December
meeting, Thursday afternoon, Dec. 81,
the balance of the sewing committees
articles will be finished and on sale
at that meeting. The lunch commit
tee for December will be announced
later.
Frank j. Cox is employed this week
at the Stanton Lumber Company's
store, taking invoice.
| Kermit Lundgren, substitute car
rier, is taking the mail on Route .
from Monday until Thursday, during
the absence of A. E. Anderson, regu-
lar carrier.
Dolores Belanger of Mass, Mrs. N.
p. Belanger Mrs. A. H. Peltier, and
Rose and Ruth Belanger of White Bear
Lake, visited Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. An
derson at their farm home east of
the village Tuesday of last week, re-
turning to their homes Wednesday
with the exception of Dolores and
Ruth, who remained and went with
Mr.. and Mrs. A. E. Anderson Monday
to Mass, where they will hunt deer.
They will return Thursday.
| The Lutheran Ladies' Aid served a
very nice sauerkraut dinner to the
public at Bjarne Amundsen's lunch
room Wednesday of last week. 1t was
well patronized.
Mr.. and Mrs. B. B. Prachar returned
home Sunday from st. Paul. after at
tending the wedding of their nephew,
Carl Prachar. Carl will be remem-
1bered by friends as the only son of
Frank Prachar, who at one time lived
on the farm now owned by John Bra
benec.
The Community club met last
Thursday evening at the school house,
Mrs. VIM. Ehmke presiding. There
were about 40 present. Among other
things it was decided to carry out
the Christmas program at the Deem
Der meeting, which will be Thursday,
Dec. 81. Mrs. A. E. Gustafson, pro-
gram chairman, had very fine pro-
gram. Miss Sylvia Guessing gave a
demonstration on how to teach first
grade reading. There were songs,
also readings by Mrs. H. Schutt and
Miss Lillian Olson. DR.. w. c. Ehmke
gave very interesting talk on Tule-
remia cases, those he has read about
and also those he has treated here
in his practice. This disease is con-
tracted from wild game such as rab-
bits, pheaSants, grouse, and carriers
such as woodticks, bedbugs, mice,
rats, and house cats can also bring
it into the house to the children,
stated the speaker. He also stated
that in dressing wild game a pre-
caution is to use rubber gloves, which
should be boiled after using. There
is no danger of getting this disease
from cooked meat. On the lunch com
mittee for the December meeting are
Mrs. Carl Guessing, Mrs. w. c. Ehmke.
and Miss Sylvia Guessing; program,
Mrs. Albin Lundgren, Mrs. E. B.
Linsley, and Mrs. Ellen Johnson
Mrs. F. w. Stepan left Saturday to
spend few days at her old home at
Montgomery. She will visit relatives
and friends and return Thursday.
Clifford Thompson, who has been
here with his parents the past few
years, left Sunday and took up his
former work Monday as pressman in
one of the large print shops in Min
neapolis.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Nyrud took their
son, Ivan, to- the University hospital
Wednesday of last week, all returning
in the evening. Ivan was a patient
there early in the fall and went back
to see if he needed any further med
ical attention. Mrs. Chas. Swanson
of Island Lake, took care of the home
and her aged father, E. W. Olson,
while they were away.
DR.. James Slaven of Pine City, Wis
tied the school at Denham last Thurs