Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1936-02-20
WILLOW RIVER
DeclamatOry Contest.

The local declamatory contest was
held last Thursday to select contest
ants to represent this school in the
sub-district contest at Barnum on
Wednesday, Feb. 10. Mesdames AJAX
hus, Johnson and Ehmke acted as
judges.
The Oratory selections and speakers
were Puppets or Patriots" Frank
Uhlir; Painting Them Doll Faces
Stanley Zuk; Tragedy of Incomplete
Thinking" David Ekberg; The Big
Parade" Lawrence Goring; and An
International Racketeer," Arnold An
derson.
The dramatic selections and speak
ers were "Smokescreen," Grazelle Ar
RAINY; tom O. The Gleam," Esther
Naylor; Camille" Mildred Schoen;
The Toast That We Can Drink" Ha-
eel Nelson; Angels Wickedness, -
Meta Wahlstrom; "Ile." Wanda Hab-
das; and vengeance Height" Gerald
inc Lundgren.
The humorous selections and speak
ers were AT the Chautauqua," Ber-
nice Wach; and 1.-The Widows Mites"
Helen Dahlen.
The judges decisions, as well as the
opinions expressed by the audience,
declared this contest to have been a
very close one, and friends congratu-
late all who participated. In oratory,
Lawrence Goring won first place and
Stanley Zuk, second. In dramatics,
Geraldine Lundgren won first place.
Hazel Nelson, second place, and Es-
Their Naylor. third. In humorous, Ber-
nice Wach won first place.
Herbert Johnson, r. T. Arlington,
Husky" Nelson. Howdy John. and AL
bin Lundgren drove to Duluth Fri
day to attend wrestling match.
Mr.. and Mrs. Herbert johnson
moved to their beautiful new home
Thursday and Friday. The cold and
snow made moving very difficult. The
house is finished with every modern
convenience possible, including an oil
burner heating plant, which makes
it easier to withstand these cold win
tiers. The stuccoing and other unfin-
iShed work on the outside will be
finished as soon as the weather per-
mits. This will be one of the modern
homes in this section that will stand
out as model of home building. The
lot on which this beautiful home is
built will be properly Handicapped as
soon as "Old Man Winter is driven
back to his northern haunts by Miss
Spring" Matt Wach, local architect,
did the work.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eddie E. Clough and
Robert and Phebe Ann of Barnum.
visited at the home of his father here
Sunday. Eddie and his family like to
get back here occasionally to see old
friends. They lived here several
years.
Mrs. Arthur Wood made a business
trip to Sandstone Saturday.
Mrs. Milton Lehnert of Blakeley.
spent from Saturday until Tuesday
with her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. A. E..
Wood. Her little two year old sister,
Virginia, who spent five weeks with
her while Mrs. Wood cared for her
mother, Mrs. E. NJ Eaton, returned
with Mrs. Lehnert. Mrs. Eaton, who
had recently had an operation for ap-
pendicitis, is slowly regaining her for
mer health.
Mr.. and Mrs. Donald Ehmke of
Markville, drove to Willow River Mon
day evening. Mrs. Ehmke has a class
in dramatic art each Monday evening,
Owing to cold weather and car trouble
they were unable to return until
Tuesday. Donald is principal of the
Markville school.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Komieska and
liver Fjosne and daughter were bust
ness callers here Tuesday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Claire Whiting and
daughter, Lois, and son, Claire, Jr.,
spent the weekend in the Cities shop
ping and visiting friends. They were