Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1938-03-31
PIT. A. Hears Good Talk.

There was fair attendance at the
Parent-Teachers Association meeting
in the schoolhouse Friday evening
The Misses Ruth Hansen, Ruth Soren-
sen and Ruby Petersen pleased the
audience with two vocal trios with
Mrs. Paul N. Froker at the piano.
The main event for the evening
was talk by Father Michael Hayes
of Kerrick, who in an interest
ing manner told his listeners about
Ireland's history. The speaker stated
land up to the time of st. Patrick who
came to Ireland in the fifth century
as the first Christian. There was
peace and harmony from then on up
to the 18th century when England
tried to subjugate Ireland. For 700
years there were frequent rebellions
until few years ago when England
conceded a certain amount of indie
pendence to Ireland.
Father Hayes further told of the
beautiful scenery in his native land
where it is common practice to have
fences between farms made out of
bushes and trees; he told of the cross
road platforms for country dancing
and entertainment; about the barney
stone: of the three-leafed shamrock
and its religious history; about the
Orangemen in the north; the indie
pendence of the Catholic church;
and about the starvation period in
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nize their plight and two million OF
their people died from starvation dur
ing three years. Father Hayes ter
minated his splendid talk by saying
that Ireland does not hate England,
that the Irish people do not hate the
English people, but the Irish people
do hate rule by foreign country
and hate it a 100 times more if it is
a rotten" foreign rule.
The meeting terminated with the
usual social period in the basement
where many had an opportunity to
ask Father Hayes many questions.
A boy arrived Tuesday at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Clarence Morgensen'
Miss Sigrid Disregard of Mime
apolis, visited at the Mrs. L. c. Peder-
sen home last week.
H. r. Buck was in Duluth during
the weekend to attend part of the
Farmer-Labor state convention.
Howard Kilstofte left the first Of
last week for Winona where he is
now working for his uncle, Hedge B
Kilstofte.
Relatives here have just received
the announcement that a baby girl
arrived Monday at the home OF Mr.
and Mrs. Thorvald Sorensen at Wau-
paca, Wis.
Mrs. A. A. Giroux and children
Lois, Donald and Richard, and John
Kennedy of Duluth, visited here over
the weekend with DR.. Giroux and
son, Glenn.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. w. Conway and
Miss Mavis spent the weekend in Du-
luth visiting at the George M. Christ
flaw home; the former also attended
the Farmer-Labor state convention.
Esbern Kilstofte spent the week
end at the home of his mother, Mrs
P. P. Kilstofte. Returning to his work
at Winona the first of the week he
was accompanied by Mrs. Kilstofte
who will spend some time there.
Mrs. VIM. Coombe was in st. Paul
Thursday, Friday and Saturday at
tending short course in Leadership
Training in Rural Dramatics at the
University Farm. Her trip there was
sponsored by the local Farm Bureau
unit.
In sending in his renewal subscrip-
tion to the Askov American, Ernest
Borgesen of Lucedale, Miss, states
that the four former Askov families
in that community continue to read
and enjoy the American and through
it follow events here continuously.
They get along about as usual, moth
ing to brag about but also nothing
to seriously complain about. There
is no credit there, so they at least
are not getting in debt deeper. They
send greetings to their former Askov