Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-06-01
High Schools In
Annual Closing
Roles This Week
Commencement Exercises
Will Mark End of An
other School Year.

Most schools in this section of the
state will close their books upon
another school year this week and in
many cases baccalaureate services
have been held and commencement
exercises for several schools have
been arranged for the last days of
the week.
Askov Graduates IA.
The Askov class totals IA and the
commencement program for this
group is set for tonight Thursday.
A good program has been arranged
for the event and will include various
numbers by a former Duluth SYM
phony concert artist, Valborg Finkel-
sen, now of Carlton. The violinist
comes highly recommended. The
valedictorians are Delpha Petersen
and Esther Thomson and the saluta-
torian is Alpha Henriksen.
The class roll includes V. Eugene
Buck, Anna Christensen, Mavis M.
Conway, Ellen F. Degerstrom, Emily
Feldtmose, Gunnar D. Frederiksen,
Roy G.. Hansen, Alpha Henriksen,
Lesley A. Krantz, Hertha M. Lund,
Bernyce M. Nelson, Delpha Petersen,
Josephine Petersen and Esther Thorn
SEN
II Seniors at FinlaysOn.
Seventeen will say goodbye to pub
lie school work this week at Finlay-
son. Baccalaureate services have been
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auditorium for them and commence
ment exercises were held Wednesday
evening.
Rev. Andrew Doe of Superior, Wis,
spoke the baccalaureate sermon and
Mrs. c. L. Smith played the prelude
and postlude. Marilyn Danielson
played for the hymns. Special music
was furnished by the girls sextet,
composed of Ruth Osladil, Fannie
Lindholm, Joyce Arth, Shirley Arth,
Marilyn Danielson and Marian Hannu.
An impressive graduation exercise
for the class was held with the presi-
dent of the board of education, Oscar
Bergseth, presenting the class with
diplomas. The principal speaker was
c. A. Zwiener, state adjutant of the
American Legion. Earl Esse spoke
the valedictory, Sonia Korpi, the salu-
tatory and Ruth Osladil presented the
gift to the school.
Members of the graduating class are
Sylvia Carlson, Bonnie Danielson,
Earl Esse, Otto Entner, Eleanore
Heino, Robert Heino, Mae Johnson,
Frederic Johnson, Lillian Kanta, Sonia
Korpi, Howard Kuitunen, Fannie
Lindholm, Marguerite Maupin, Ruth
Osladil, Carolyn Ryan, Lloyd Sears
and Vivian Sheehan.
SO Graduate From Willow.
The baccalaureate service for the
Willow River high school class was
held Sunday night at the Commun-
ity hall with the speaker being Rev.
Oscar L. Olson of Moose Lake. His
sermon was entitled, "At the Parting
of the Ways" There were appro-
pirate songs and other numbers on
the program.
The commencement exercises will
be held at the Community hall Fri
day night, June 2, at which DR.. H.
H. Eelkema, superintendent of the
Duluth schools, will be the principal
speaker Miss Mary behring's is vale
dictorian and Doris johnson is saluta-
torian.
The class composes the following:
Erick Albion, Lorraine Anderson,
Virginia Anderson, Leonard Barnett,
Alice Danielson, Mary behring's,
Viola Dockan, Ruth Dubie, Phyllis
Chaser, Fern Grabau, Martha Cry
bowski, Lucille Habdas, Daniel Hoff-
man, Doris Johnson, Edith Lehecka,
Dorothy Lehet, Ruby Mossberg,
Ruth Myrdahl, Kathryn Nordgren,
Mary Belle Ogilvie, Lola Olson,
Frank Popek, Orrin Schjeldahl,
Mildred Schoen, Robert Studnek,
Chester Thomas, Meta Wahlstrom,
Gertrude Willie, Beverley Wilson,
Jack Void, Joseph Worm, and Mil
dred Youngquist.