Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1939-05-04
Willow River
Notes on Little Theatre Meet.


The Willow River Little Theatre
had its May meeting at the high school
Monday night. In response to a sug-
gestion by R. L. Stende, the group
agreed to observe Arbor day by get
ting trees and setting them out on
the school grounds which are at pres
ent quite bare.
Members voted to have wiener
roast at Sturgeon lake as the last
meeting of the year, to take place
on an evening in the last week of
May. Mrs. H. E. Johnson and Mr.
and Mrs. Gustaf Klatt were appointed
to be in charge of lunch for the oc-
casion and E. B. Linsley and Mr..
Stende to arrange entertainment.
Following the business meeting
Mrs. Lyle Hage and Mrs. Klatt pre-
scented a program which included a
talk on stage craft by Mrs. Johnson
and songs by June Flowers and Gloria
Chaser, accompanied on the piano by
Phyllis Chaser. Lunch was served
by Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Larson and
Miss Hilda Thompson.
Professor Stende, agricultural in
structor, accompanied by the athletic
coach, Jerry Robinson, drove to
White Bear Lake Saturday with three
students to attend the stock judging
contest participated in by students
from II districts. Results of the test
are not available, but the three young
men, Carl Malise, Jos. Anderson and
Elmer Dahlstrom, were understood
to have stood high in the contest.
Ed. Goring and crew are busy re-
modelling and putting in cement
floor in the basement at the Linsley
place this week.
Jerry Robinson was a Twin City
visitor over the weekend, spending
the time with his brother, Richard,
and family. Richard is railway mail
clerk, operating out of st. Paul.
Supt. c. G.. Aakhus, while on a
trip to the northwestern part of the
state in company with Supt. Homme
of Barnum, went in the ditch on
piece of bad road Saturday night and
received some minor injuries and
bruises. Supt. Homme suffered a
broken arm. The car turned turtle
and was considerably damaged.
The ladies of the Community club
held rummage sale at Barney's place
Saturday, with fair attendance and
fair financial results.
Prof and Mrs. Stende were Moose
Lake visitors Wednesday of last week.
J. R. Stanton, who has abundant
faith in the future of Willow River
and who is CONSTANT booster for it,
started building another new resi-
dence here this week in the north
eastern portion of the village. The
house will be modern, have full base
ment, steam heat, running water and
other improvements. Joe proposes
to meet the housing problem here
if he has to build whole street of
houses.
The work of repairing and remodel
ing st. Mary's church is nearing COM
pletion and will be credit to any
village this size. FIR. Jos. Majas takes
juStifiable pride in having secured
for his large congregation such an
attractive and suitable place to wor-
ship.
The high school will give a public
band concert Friday, May IL, at the
community hall for the benefit of the
band. The band, under the direction
of Prof. Orvedahl, has made splendid
progress and the patrons of the school
will undoubtedly be greatly pleased
to note how rapidly the children have
advanced in music during the year.
The variety show staged last Thurs
day evening at the hall by the Little
Theatre, was quite up to the standard
of excellence maintained by the local