Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-08-17
ASKOV

Chr. Sandahl spent from Friday
until Wednesday at Chicago, where
he visited relatives and attended the
Worlds Fair.
Mr.. and Mrs. Karl Johansen and
children came Friday from Geneva,
Iowa, to visit at Mr.. Johansen's par
entail Hans Johansen home. They re-
turned to Geneva Monday, where, they
state, they are happily located.
Mr.. and Mrs. Louis Grafelman and
daughter, Lois, of, Oakland, Calf,
came Tuesday for visit with his
brother, Fred Grafelman, and family.
They were enroute home from the
Worlds Fair and continued on their
westward journey Wednesday.
w. j. Power, assistant general
freight agent of the Great Northern
Railway, and r. P. Gordon, general
agent of the Great Northern, were
business visitors here Tuesday. While
here they inspected the American
plant and the Ferndale nursery.
Miss Gladys Larsen of Council
Bluffs, Iowa, came Sunday to visit
at the A. ]. Larsen home. She is a
niece of Mr.. Larsen. Thursday Ito
day. the Larsens took her to Pine
River to spend the day with Judge
and Mrs. H. ]. Mantz, Miss Larsen
going on from there to her home.
Superintendent Henry P. Nielsen Of
the local school is making list Of
the community's and outlying trade
districts young men between the
ages of II and "a years who are
unemployed and who are interested
in taking some kind of educational
work This move is sponsored by
Governor Floyd B. Olson and those
interested are urged to see Mr.. Mel
sen Immediately.
The Young Peoples Society held a
pie social and dance Friday night In
the Assembly hall at which every
one had a good time, but when the
time arrived to serve the pies and
ice cream which the committee had
arranged for, it was found that three
of the young ladies' pies and the en-
tire five gallons of ice cream had
been stolen. An investigation later
revealed the guilty parties and due
punishment was melted out by Justice
of the Peace Jens c. Jensen.
Prosperity, which has been around
the corner for so long a time, seems
to be poking its head around that
corner, and here is one indication
that such seems to be the case. The
Ford garage has been selling auto
mobiles as fast as they are received.
Sunday they sold Ford 1882 VS.
coupe to VIM. A. Lipetzky of Onamia,
who traded in a 1929 Whippet coach
on the deal. Michael Petersen then
bought the Whippet trading in his
Ford Model T touring car. Georg
Lindegaard then took the Ford tour
ing. trading in his Model T pickup
Charlie Larsen bought the 1926
Chevrolet coupe which formerly be-
longed to Hans Petersen, and traded
Madsen then purchased the Chevrolet
truck, trading in his Model T truck
Sunday was delightful day in the
Askov park when the Sunday school
children together with their instruc-
tors and parents enjoyed good picnic
in the open. The brass band, under
the direction of Leonard Frahs, was
on hand to entertain, and several
songs were sung by the assemblage
Mrs. Enevold Smidt, one of the Sun.
day school teachers, told an interest.
ing story to the youngsters, and Rev
A. E. Frost expressed hope that the
children from this Sunday school and
church may absorb good things that
they will carry with them through
life and in later years be thankful
for. He told of the recent 40th ami
versary celebration of the Danish
Lutheran congregation in Withee
Wis, which he attended and where he
expressed thanks for what the Sunday
school, church, home and parish life
there had meant to him through hi!
childhood, youth and early manhood
The new superintendent of the AskoN
public school, Henry P. Nielsen, wht
recently came here from Lincoln
Nebr., also spoke briefly and made +;
good impression with the folks as {
man of the people who desires tt
serve. The teachers in the Asko1
Sunday school are Mrs. P. N. Fenger
Mrs. Arnold Sorensen, Miss Sina Sor
ensen, Miss Sigrid Petersen, Mrs
Enevold Smidt, and Mrs. Jorgen Paul
sen. The children played games Will,
the Speaking took Mace