Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-12-03
More Church Improvements.

expended IOT emergency TeileI mere.
More Church Improvements.
There has been considerable ac-
tivity around the church building
again the past week. Recently the
electrical entrance system was COM
pletely rewired and three-wire service
furnished from a new transformer in
stalled in the vicinity by the power
convenience of the light getting dim
when the organ motor is switched on.
A scaffold had been built to the top
of the chimney by the repair COM
mittee for the purpose of ascertain
ing the most desirable height for the
chimney. A galvanized sheet iron
tube has been inserted in the CHM
ney and can be moved up or down
until the desired height has been
found.
Sunday afternoon another crew of
willing helpers overhauled the Or
gan from top to bottom and it is quite
needless to state that it needed it
badly. And this same crew supple
mented by several more removed the
old carpet from the altar room and
installed the new one which was re-
Gently purchased by the Danish and
English Ladies Aid societies. The
new carpet was somewhat more eX-
A. Henriksen helped balance the bud
get. The building committee is fac
ing a few additional expenses in con-
nection with the chimney and the re-
wiring and wishes to state that few
contributions will be appreciated;
they may be made to Svend Petersen.
Mr. and Mrs. A. w. Conaway spent
Thursday and Friday in the Twin
Cities.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edwin Sorensen moved
into the former Carl Larsen residence
Tuesday.
Emil Christensen and family of
Hinckley, spent Thanksgiving at the
Arthur Olesen home.
Miss Idamae Danielson came from
Duluth to spend Thanksgiving and the
weekend with her parents.
Miss Ruth POechmann came from
Duluth to spend Thanksgiving with
friends, being a guest at the ]. Albert
johnson home.
John and Raymond Clegg returned
Friday from hunting trip north of
Grand Rapids. They each brought
home a nice deer.
Miss Magdaline Abrahamsen came
from Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiv-
ing at the home of her parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Hans Abrahamsen.
The Misses Elm Petersen, Erna
Miller and Mavis Conway went to
Minneapolis to spend Thanksgiving
and the weekend at the formers
home.
First class mail addressed as listed
below remains unknown and un-
claimed at the Askov post office: Mr..
Franz Hansen, Mr.. Oscar Thilquist,
Henry Johansen, Mr.. John O'Niel.
A deal was closed Saturday whereby
Lawrence Jensen purchased the res
idence he now occupies from Carl
Larsen who recently acquired title to
it from Marinus Andersen deceased.
Thorvald Jensen left Wednesday
evening for Jackson with truck load
of household goods for Carl Larsen.
He incidentally filled up the load with
potatoes which Coleman johnson in
tends to sell there.
Thomas Chicos, Hugo Giese and
Frank Mucha of New Richland, were
here last week for visit at the home
of the formers brother, l.. Chicos, and
to do some deer hunting. They re-
turned home Thursday.
Col. Albert Chirpich and son, Flor
ian, Pete Mucha and Norbert CHR
pich of Wells, returned to their homes
last Thursday after visiting at the
home of the latter's sister, Mrs. L.
Chicos, and doing some deer hunting.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. A. Chase and Ste
nor of Cloquet, Mr.. and Mrs. j. S. Pat
rick and Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Patrick
and family of Hinckley, were the out
of-town guests at the Manford Nelson
home for Thanksgiving.
Supt. Otto G. Hoiberg and family
spent Saturday and Sunday in Mime
apolis where the former lectured at
the Danish Literary Circle Saturday
evening. Going there they were &C
companied by Allan Juhl who had
been visiting at the Rev. jobs. Knud-
sen home.
DR.. Ejvind Fenger of Glen Lake, en-
tertained large audience at the AS
sembly hall Saturday evening by
showing series of moving pictures
from Denmark which he took while
visiting there last summer. Miss Bodil
Fenger came along from Minneapolis
and both, naturally, stayed over Sun