Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-06-07
WILLOW RIVER

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Mrs. Guy Price took her infant
daughter to the hospital at Mime
apolis Wednesday of last week. Mrs.
Marion Hyska, another daughter, who
has visited here, returned to the city
with her mother. Mrs. Price came
home Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. O. L. Cerney and two
children, James and Jean, arrived
here from Thief River Falls Sunday.
Mrs. Cerney and the children will
stay with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
N. K. Nelson for the summer.
Ed Johnson and Mr.. and Mrs. John
Cole of PeQuot, visited with the Coles
daughter, Mrs. F. M. Peters. Mr..
Johnson and Mr.. Cole returned Satur-
day, Mrs. Cole remaining for few
days.
Miss Cora Gehrke, who has worked
the past winter in St. Paul, came
home Friday evening to spend a few
days visiting the home folks and
friends at Bruno and Willow River.
She left Sunday afternoon for st. Paul
again, where she is employed.
Mr.. and Mrs. Stelberg of Duluth,
and her sister, Miss Martha Micheal-
son, who has been teaching in the
Duet district the past year, and Mr..
and Mrs. Edward Suk of Duluth, were
guests at the Golfer Hotel Sunday.
They all went to Duluth in the eve
ming. Miss Michealson will attend
summer school and return here in the
fall to teach.
VT. Pembleton of Moose Lake, was
here Monday evening calling on
friends.
Ben Novak and his chum, Mr.. Mac
who are attending Lees Barber Col
lege in Minneapolis, visited at the
Lawrence Novak home Memorial day
Carrie Gehrke Wagner and Robert
Wilmarth of Hinckley, were married
June . at the home of her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. Herman Gehrke. Mr.
and Mrs. Wilmarth will remain at the
Gehrke home for the present
School closed here Friday and the
teachers who do not live here left
the early part of the week for their
homes: Miss Sybil Pettiiohn to ST
Peter: Miss BOdil Fenger, Askov; Miss
Mabel Wenstrom, st. James; Miss
Louise Councilman, Duluth; and Miss
Ruth Anderson, Hinckley. All were
reelected, with some advance in pay
and will return when school opens il
September.
Mr.. and Mrs Bob Mealey, Usage
Iowa, and a brother, Sylvester, were
guests of their sister, Mrs. w. Z
, Pembleton, the past week. William
) Pembleton and son, Glenn, returned
for short visit with them.
) Bible schools opened in the follow
ing localities Monday morning ani
5 will continue for one week; at Stur
: geon Lake village hall, with Geral(
r Grotey and Oliver Whitson conduct
ing: they expect a class of about l.
Y children: at Windemere NJ. E. church
] Flora Canedy and Elda Golf are il
/ charge, and expect 20 or more chill
dren: at the Willow River PreSby
4 terrain church Leona Starch, Aid
= Turbak, and Eleanor Turbak are con
. Quoting the classes and the attend
: ance will be 80 or more. These youn
men and women are students of tn
!. Northwest Bible school of Minneapolis
r The daily vacation Bible school pro
gram will be held at the Presby
i terian church here at s p. m. Sunda
: evening, Rev. David harrington, con
= ductinp All are welcome
). The Memorial day program by tn
n Anderson-Miller Post 1913, taking plac
at the high school auditorium Ma
/ 80, 1884, at 900 p. m, was as follows
: Opening prayer, Rev. David Earring
a ton; quartette, selected songs, Mrs
5 CHASER, Mrs. Gustafson, Mr.. Wahl
e strom, and Rev. harrington; welcome
Z by Mayor DR.. w. c. Ehmke; sons
r Land O'Mine," group of high schoc
: girls; address, by Mr.. Empey c
{; Hinckley; Memorial day song, Rut
:; Dubie, Viola Dockan, and Phylli
: CHASER; recitation, "The Flag Goe
G By" Bonnie Larson; song, "The Sta
n Spangled Banner" audience; fla
:, waving during song) Dave Beavers
d duet, requested number) Mrs. Glase
s and Mrs. Gustafson; closing prayer
: Rev. David harrington; taps by bus
Ter, Anton Suk. After service ther
was a march to the cemetery, wit
decoration of graves, rifle salute, an
taps. Brief exercises took place g
Denham cemeteries at $3.50 a. m. an
e at Sturgeon Lake cemeteries II a. n
The commencement exercises of tn
:, Willow River high school took plac
Friday evening, June 1. The program
e was as follows: PROFESSIONAL; invOci
ton, Rev. Johanson; salutatOry, Al
: thur Borchardt; duet, Grace Hillbran
n and Hazel Nelson; address, 18th
n Crisis DR.. G. A. Lundquist, Unive
h sity of Minnesota; solo, Roy Albion
presentation of diplomas, DR.. w.
Ehmke, president of board of educi
2, tion; chorus, senior boys; valedictor
Thomas Slime; and benediction, Re
l. JOhanson.