Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1934-12-27
Willow River School Notes


eight O'Clock the basketball teams and
high school faculty gave a farewell
banquet party to Mr.. and Mrs. A. E.
| GuStafson and family.
At the regular December meeting of
the board of education Supt. Gustaf-
sons resignation was accepted to take
effect Dec. 81. About twenty appli-
cations were considered and C. G.
Aakhus of Strandquist, was elected
| to fill the vacancy. Mr.. Aakhus is fully
qualified and has had over five years
of successful professional experience.
He is a graduate of Concordia College
with some additional work at North
| Dakota university.
Lead by the talented senior class,
the high school students divided their
Friday afternoon assembly program
| into two parts. The first part was
strictly Christmas program and the
second part was general fun and
farewell program for Superintendent
| GustafsOn, who is leaving soon to
take up work in another field as Pine
county superintendent of schools.
The third annual grade operettas
will be given Friday, January IS. Do
not miss this fine musical festival
This year the transportation and
road problems loom up greater than
ever. Our Willow River school de-
ponds on the entire transportation
system and the transportation system
depends on the roads. If our terri
tory was located in Carlton county
there would be no serious snow prob
| lem. We understand that some. steps
to keep roads open the year around
| This is very desirable.
Our high school girls basketball
team journeyed to the Esko's Corner,
| Thompson school near CloQuet We'd
nesday of last week and played the
best game in their three entire sea-
sons. They lead their opponents
throughout most of the game and lost
| by a very close score. Excellent
| teamwork and basketball was ex-
hibited by both teams. The Thompson
team is one of the outstanding girls
teams in northern Minnesota. In four
games this season they have lost none.
Watch them play our girls here Tues
day, Jan. 8. Our girls team con-
sists of the following: Helen and Julia
Markus, Elsie and Esther Klatt, Es-
Their and Grace Naylor, Geraldine
Lundgren, Viola Swanson, Martha
Bochek, Dorothy Novak, Esther Ste
Iris Gibson, Emily Borchardt, and e.
Him..
Friday evening our high school
boys won the Little Brown jug trophy
by defeating Finlayson % to 7. Last
week our boys won from Meadow
lands 35 to 4, SO they are doing very
we'll and deserve the support of the
community. The team this year con-
sists (mostly of sophomores) as fol-
lows: w. Popek, ]. Guessing, G. Mar
kus, o. Dolly, L. Ehmke, ]. thinner
man, L. Larson, and H. Wood.
Friday, Dec. %, is reserved for the
annual alumni games. The girls game
and Luther Knights VS.. CCC boys, at
$3.50. There will be no charges, but a
collection may be taken.
The football boys had their picture
taken some time ago and have placed
orders for same. The boys voted Po-
PEEK, M. Cunningham and Ehmke their
three most valuable players this sea-
son. Popek was elected captain for
next year. Cunningham broke his
arm rather early in the season. This
loss was very great, but the team had
a good season nevertheless. The team
this year consisted of: M. Cunning
ham, w. Popek, L. Ehmke, L. Mas
koch, ]. Guessing, ]. Zimmerman, w.
Anderson, w. Mossberg, d. Mossberg,
A. Anderson, l.. GOring, B. Young
quist, L. Hilldebrand, F. Heinz, Ed
Studnek, L. Bissonette, and e. Peter
son; substitutes, M. Coolidge, R. An
derson, J. Cunningham, R. Burns, and
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