Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-11-14
ASKOV
Will Present Two Plays.

The Askov PIT. A. will present
two one-act plays in the school audi
torium Friday evening, November 20.
A twenty-piece set of Caliente dinner
ware will be given away as door
prize. This set is now on display at
the Askov bakery.
Keep the date in mind, state the
sponsors, and watch for further notice
of admission fee and other details.
Mrs. Martin Andersen, who has
been a patient at st. Luke's hospital
in Duluth, returned to her home here
Friday evening.
Mrs. Else K. Nielsen, who has been
visiting at the j. Albert johnson
home in Austin the past two weeks,
returned to Askov Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nick Gustafson and
son of Spooner, Wis, visited at the
Andrew Christensen home over the
weekend as her mother, Mrs. Chris
Jensen, is i'll.
Miss Anna Elkjer, who is teaching
near Braham, was home this week.
end after attending the teachers in
stitute in Sandstone last Thursday
and Friday.
Miss Vivian Sheehan, who is en-
ployed in Minneapolis, came to spend
the weekend at her home and Incl
dentally enjoyed longer visit here
on account of the storm.
Word has been received here of the
birth of son to Mr.. and Mrs. l..
Byron Olsen of st. Paul. This is their
second child, the other also being a
boy.
Svend Petersen left for Omaha,
Nebr., Monday evening to attend a
meeting of the finance committee of
the supreme board of the Danish
Brotherhood in America.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Juhl and chill
dren of St. Paul, visited Mrs. Chris
Krogh Monday afternoon on their
way home from trip to Two Har-
bors. They continued on to st. Paul
that afternoon.
The local school was closed Mon
day in commemoration of Armistice
day. The pupils and teachers were
given two additional days of 'snow"
vacation Tuesday and Wednesday, due
to the first blizzard of the season.
Mr.. and Mrs. Axel Ekholm and
daughter of Duluth, came Sunday to
visit at the parental Andrew Chris
Jensen home here. Mr.. Ekholm re-
turned Tuesday while Mrs. Ekholm
and daughter remained to care for
Mrs. Christensen.
Rev. M. Mikkelsen left on the Tues
day evening flyer for Des Moines, Ia,
to attend a meeting of the District
presidents of the Danish Lutheran
Church in America and also a meeting
of the synodical board Wednesday
and Thursday.
Mrs. Otto Christensen and two
daughters, Eva and Helga, of Brush,
Colo, visited their son and brother,
Erling Christensen, and family from
Friday until Monday. While here
Eva purchased new Chevrolet from
the Morgensen Chevrolet Company to
drive home.
The joint committee in charge of
the Danish and English Ladies' Aid
sale and program which will be held
Friday, December 6, announces that
plans for same are progressing nicely.
The committee members ask that all
reserve the date, Friday December 6,
and be sure to come.
Cards from the Pine county selec-
tive draft board containing the official
draft numbers are being received by
the local registrants this week. The
cards are being mailed out from the
county seat as rapidly as they are
being completed so if anyone does not
have his card yet it should reach him
within a few days.
The Security State bank which was
closed Monday for Armistice day was
forced to take an extra day of vacation
Tuesday due to the storm when both
Frank Hurley, cashier, and Robert
Good, assistant cashier, were ma
rooned at their homes, neither being
able to return to their duties at Askov
because of the drifted roads.
Mr.. and Mrs. Thorvald Hansen and
children, Beverly and Leland, of
Ormsby, came Sunday to visit Mr.. and
Mrs. Otto G. Hoiberg, starting for
their home again Monday. They did
not get further than Minneapolis that
day, it being necessary for them to
remain in the Cities because of the
storm. Mrs. Hansen and Mrs. Hoi-
berg are sisters.
Werner johnson, Lawrence Jensen
and Harry Mortensen left Monday
for McGrath via Finlayson. Mon
day night they were forced to stay
over night at farmhouse west of
Finlayson after their truck stalled in
the snow. They completed the trip
to McGrath Tuesday via the Mora
route and were back in Askov Tues
day evening.
The Misses Edith West, Marian
Ogle and Elsa Anderson and Robert
Olson of the local faculty left Friday
evening for Minneapolis, Miss Ogle
l.