Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-05-10
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Mr.. and Mrs. O'Leo Nielsen OF Min
neapolis, were Sunday visitors with
relatives here.
Hjalmar Petersen and daughter,
Evelyn, visited relatives at Decorah,
Iowa, over the weekend.
Jens Thomson went to Winona the
first Of last week to do few days OF
carpenter work for H. B. Kilstofte.
Mrs. c. NJ Laursen returned home
Wednesday of last week from st.
Luke's hospital. Duluth, where she
had been a little over week.
Mrs. Peter johnson. Miss Sena and
Godfrey have recently moved here
from Minneapolis and are now To-
Gated in their home Just east OF town.
Mr.. and Mrs A. Henriksen and Mr.
and Mrs. Henrik Henriksen returned
home Wednesday of last week from
their trip through the southern states.
Miss Alfredo Christensen returned
TO Minneapolis Sunday after visiting
at the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Clemmen Christensen, for two
weeks.
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Petersen and
daughter, Louise, and friend and
Mrs. Anna Dahl were here Sunday
from Princeton for a visit at the Hol-
den Hansen home.
Hans c. Jorgensen and Elmer Lunde
were in Minneapolis Sunday and
brought Jens Andersen from the Uni
versity hospital. to which place he
had gone a few days earlier.
Local baseball fans will have a
chance Sunday, May 13, to see the
BOYS in action on their home diamond
when Sturgeon Lake comes here. The
game is scheduled for 2:30 p. m.
Claude Hayden, member of the local
state highway crew, has been trans
ferred to Virginia and left for that
point Last week. John Sorenson of
Minneapolis. has taken Mr.. Hayden's
place here and is on the job now.
Mr.. and Mrs. John H. Sorensen and
Mrs. Hans Koed took Mr.. and Mrs.
Marius Hansen to Duluth Monday aft
ernoon. From there Mr.. and Mrs.
Hansen started on their trip home to
Junction City, Ore, after having Wis
tied here several weeks.
Svend Petersen was in Cambridge
Tuesday to attend the annual con-
vention of postmasters of the fourth
district of which he is chairman. Mr..
Petersen was elected as chairman for
another year and Saltwater was Sc
hn ~ 0r
Sigvard Sorensen came home last
week from the western part of Ne
braska, where he has been doing farm
work for some time. He says that the
drouth and dust storms of Nebraska
are doing even more than the govern
ment toward crop reductions, and a
complete failure is not impossible.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eiler Fisher and Mr.
and Mrs Lawrence Lowe and two
children from Minneapolis, were here
Sunday for a visit at the Bertel Fisher
home. The special occasion being
that Mr.. and Mrs. Fisher celebrated
their birthdays that day; the exact
dates however are three days apart.
Mr.. and Mrs. Werner johnson, Mr.
and Mrs. Fred johnson, and Mrs. Fred
F. Hansen motored to Minneapolis ear.
ly Monday morning. Mrs. Hansen re-
manned in the Twin Cities for treat
ments. When the others returned
home they were accompanied by Miss
Herds johnson who will remain a,
home for an indefinite time on ac-
count of i'll health.
There was a good attendance at the
church basement Sunday evening for
the pound party and welcoming festi-
val in honor of Rev. and Mrs. H. C.
Strandskov. A song written especially
for the occasion by Rev. Frede Stot-
trup was sung as well as several other
songs. Rev. A. E. Frost gave the well
coming talk and shorter talks were
given by Fred johnson and Mrs. Frede
Stottrup. To all of which Rev
Strandskov responded with thanks
One OF the features of the festival was
that most of those who waited on the
coffee tables were some of the first
confirmants of Rev. Strandskov from
the time he served this community
some twenty years ago. Rev. Strand
skov was minister of the local con.
gregation from 1908 to 1914, and has
now returned to the community after
being away for twenty years. Among
the out of town guests were Mr.. and
Mrs. Lauritz Strandskov and son and
Mr.. and Mrs. Henrik Utoft from Luck
Wis, and Hermod Strandskov from
Minneapolis.