Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1933-11-16
ASKOV

Relatives here have just received
word from Mr.. and Mrs. S. j. Simon
sen at Chitina, Alaska, that a boy
was born to them Nov 3.
A card from Meta L. Lillienskiold,
Minneapolis, states that the old peo-
pies home, "Danebo," will hold its
annual meeting Monday evening, Nov.
20, to which everyone is invited. The
meeting is scheduled for 1880 in the
evening at the home.
Do you realize that there are just
"a more shopping days before Christ
mas. This year Christmas Day falls
on Monday which means that you
must do your Christmas mailing earl
Ter than usual in order to insure safe
delivery by Dec. %.
Frank Miller of st. Paul, came
Friday to officiate as assistant to
Arthur Rueber at the First State
Bank at Askov. Mr.. Rueber will
spend much of his time at Denham
and calling on the various people
who are obligated to the bank. Mr..
Miller is temporarily staying with
Mr.. Rueber at the ]. P. Sorensen
home.
S. H. Holstad executive secretary
of the Lutheran welfare Society,
Minneapolis, writes to extend graft
tude and appreciation for the liberal
donations of food stuff and cash re-
ceived from Askov last week. In
cidentally he comments in part as
follows: 1.-The outlook for the COM
ing winter, to say the least, is not
very bright, -
Mr.. and Mrs. Marius Petersen came
Thursday evening from Chicago for a
visit at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Simonsgaard. Their
arrival was a complete surprise and
came as a fitting climax to a social
evening in the Simonsgaard home
where large number of friends were
gathered to help Mr.. and Mrs.
Simonsgaard celebrate their 30th
wedding anniversary.
The state crew of engineers and
surveyors, who will be in charge of
the road construction project west Of
Askov, came here Tuesday and have
established headquarters in the bank
building. The crew consists of A. A.
Latvala, Claude Hayden. w. l..
Frederick, George Haviland and John
Balich, who work under the direction
of George Nj. Christilaw. Mr.. and
Mrs. Latvala and daughter, Nancy,
came two weeks ago and are located
at the Georg Lindegaard home, Mr..
and Mrs. Frederick have rented a
furnished apartment over the Red &
White store, Mr.. Hayden rooms at
the j. c. Jensen home, Mr.. Haviland
at the Holger Kilstofte home, Mr..
Balich at the c. Eriksen home, and
Mr.. Christilaw at the Mrs. L. c. Ped
ersen home. In addition to them
there will also be a time-keeper who
has not yet arrived.
Under auspices of the local Amer
lean Legion post and its Auxiliary
an appropriate Armistice Day pro-
gram was presented before a capa-
city audience at the Legion hall Sat
urday evening. On behalf of the
committee in charge Svend Petersen
bid the audience welcome and intro
duced the following numbers: two
songs by the audience; two selections
by the male chorus under the leader
ship of Mrs. Alfred L. Nielsen; two
ukelele and vocal numbers by Emily
Feldtmose and Mavis Conway; adj
dress by Supt. H. P. Nielsen; two
vocal and instrumental selections by
Ellen Miller and Ruth Hansen; ac-
cordian selections by Svend Christen-
sen; and last but not least a novelty
song by Ida Mae Danielson, Ruth
Hansen, Margaret Frederiksen, Ellen
Miller, Elsie Thomson, Mildred San
dagger and Dorothy Grafelman. The
audience showed appreciation by
hearty applause after each presenta-
ton. 1t was difficult matter to
get around to the coffee counter but
considering the big crowd it certainly
went fast That was followed by the
drawing of numbers and in this
division L. P. Steffensen won the pill
low top and Arden Hyldahl the quilt
The evening was terminated with
dancing to which Peter Miltersen fur
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