Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-04-20


The buses will leave here at noon
thus affording those making the triI
a few hours to visit in the city; anc
they will return home shortly after
the program is terminated. Those
who wish to make the bus trip should
sign on the list in the Askov Variety
Store today or tomorrow.
The Niels Hede family has recently
moved into the Mrs. Jorgen Paulser
residence.
Miss Margaret Moriarity visited
with her folks in Superior, Wis, Sat-
urday and Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Henriksen and Mr.
and Mrs. Wayne E. Jacobsen were
visitors in Faribault Friday.
Paul N. Froker, j. Albert Johnson
Wayne E. Jacobsen and A. Gravesen
were in Duluth Tuesday evening to
attend the annual Duluth day BAN
quet at the Hotel Duluth.
Thorvald Andersen returned home
Sunday from the hospital in Duluth.
He is improving nicely at the Mrs.
A. Madsen home, and may be able
to be at the store again the latter
part of this week.
There was large array of con-
tractors and taxpayers present at the
school board meeting last Thursday
evening when bids on the proposed
new addition to the schoolhouse were
opened. On account of the bids being
higher than the original estimate and
beyond the funds available it was
decided to lay them on the table.
Niels Hede and son, Arnold, came
home over the weekend from Iowa
City, Iowa, where they are trying to
finish a plastering job in a new
building. On account of labor trou-
BILE at the job, there has been no
work done the last three weeks which
is rather unfortunate as Mr.. Hede
needed only few more days to finish
his part of the job.
The annual school music program
is scheduled for Sunday evening in
the church. There will be selections
by the senior high pupils, by the jun
ior high pupils and also mixed
chorus. Everyone is urged to come
and enjoy this event. There is no
admission charged and no collection
will be taken, thus it is hoped that
the church will be filled to capacity
Remember the date-Sunday evening
April %, at 8 o'clock.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ole Nielsen came
from Chicago the first of the week
to locate in their new home which
has been built in the north part OF
the village during the past year
Newspapers in Chicago have lately
reported a number of festivities given
in honor of Mr.. and Mrs. Nielsen in
recognition of their many years OF
faithful service there. Mr.. Nielsen
has for the past quarter of century
been the director of high class musical
organizations in the big city and as
such has of course performed at
hundreds of festivities, both Danish
and otherwise.
1t will be remembered that the
Great Northern railway sent a switch
engine from Sandstone to Askov last
winter to help the local fire depart
ment extinguiSh fire in the Louis
Olsen warehouse. Saturday afternoon
the Askov boys had an opportunity
to at least partially repay the Great
Northern for that fine act. Fire was
discovered in the roof of the depot
and before it could gain any head
way an alarm was turned in and
the volunteers were right on the job
The whole excitement was over in
less than 10 minutes and damage to
the roof is likely less than $40.
During the past IA years John
Christensen of Albert Lea, has spent
practically all of his time in build
ing one of the most elaborate and
beautiful rock gardens in the coun-
try. A garden that has been en-
joyed by thousands of visitors from
far and near each year, and few. OF
them ever recognized Mr. Christen-
sen as he was generally clad in over
alls and puttered around as an ordi-
nary workman in the garden. The
last two years he has built minia-
ture rock garden in the basement
of his new home which is right next
to the big rock garden just outside
of Albert Lea. Visitors will likely
continue to come and marvel at this
beauty spot but they will not FIND
Mr.. Christensen there. This spring
he contracted pneumonia and passed
away on the 9th of April at the age