Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-01-25
Willow River
Good English Stressed.

Good English Stressed.
The Community club met at the
schoolhouse last Thursday night and
about 40 ladies were present. Mrs.
w. w. Ogilvie, president, called the
meeting to order. Mrs. Art Under
hill, secretary, being absent, there
was no report given. Mrs. c. G.
Aakhus acted as secretary and COM
piled the minutes of the meeting.
Mrs. E. A. Goring, treasurer, being
absent, no report was given. There
will be an "Open House" tea party
on the afternoon of Wednesday, Feb.
Ia. This is to celebrate the golden
jubilee of the Federation of WOmen's
clubs. A committee was appointed
to arrange for this event.
AT a recent meeting Mrs. E. B.
Linsley suggested the idea of loan
closet to be used for the sick and
needy. At that time no action was
taken. AT this meeting the president
asked for more information. These
loan closets consist of sheets, pill
low cases, cotton blankets, o. B.
packs, baby layettes, hot water bot
ties, soap and any other articles
that may be used for the sick.
The club voted SIS for start for
the closet. These articles will be
used in homes where needed and re-
turned to the one who has charge of
the loan closet. The northwest group
of the subcommittee will meet at
the home of Mrs. Herbert johnson
Friday afternoon to make 0. B. packs
under the direction of Miss Virginia
Karlson. Any one who is interested
is invited to be there and help. The
business meeting adjourned.
Miss Jessy Taylor, instructor in
the local school here, was leader.
This was Good English Program"
Darwin Slocum, English teacher here,
was introduced and his subject was
Speech Made Beautiful" which he
handled in a very scholarly way. He
made clear that better English should
be practiced in all homes and good
books should be on every bookshelf,
handy to pick up and one should make
practice of reading daily. He urged
the club members to try and make
a practice of speaking better Eng
lish. The roll call was answered by
a resolution for 1910; also an Eng
lish quiz. Mr.. Larson showed an in
teresting health picture on the dis
covery of Louis Pasteur that certain
diseases are caused by microscopic
organisms, or germs, that these germs
can be killed by heat; and that GER
tain diseases can be prevented or
cured by the use of vaccines-the
biological method of fighting these
invisible enemies of mankind. There
was also description of the tubercle
bacillus, the germ that causes tuber-
culosis which was hunted down by
Robert Koch. The lunch committee
was composed of Mrs Otto Reuer,
Miss Margaret Anderson and Miss
Correne Olson. The next meeting
will be on February %.
A girl was born recently to Mr.
and Mrs. Lawrence Michog who live
west of Willow River on a farm.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Reuer enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Art Liljedahl OF
Rutledge, and Mr.. and Mrs. Earl
Wilson and son, Robert, at dinner
Sunday evening. The occasion was
to celebrate Otto's and Mrs. Lille
dahls birthday.
Mr.. and Mrs Ruben Stende and
children left today for Ulen to at
tend the funeral Friday of his grand
father, N. P. Jensen, who died Sun
day. They will return next Sunday
Archie Clough of Spokane, Wash.
son of Edw. Clough, visited here the
past week and left Saturday for Min
neapolis to attend railmen's con-
vention. While he was here, Mrs
Clough visited her relatives in Man.
kato.
Mr.. and Mrs. Heber Thompson
Mr.. and Mrs. Ted Thompson, Mr.. and
Mrs. c. C. Aakhus, Mr.. and Mrs. j
R. Stanton and Mr.. and Mrs. H. John
son were invited to spend the evening
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Grant
Thompson at their home in Pine City
Sunday evening. They were served
a delicious lunch and spent very
enjoyable evening.
The Ladies' Aid of the Presbyterian
church was entertained last Thurs
day afternoon by Mrs. James Flan-
nagan, Mrs. Joe Dubie and Mrs. RoyaI
Wood. They served delicious lunch
and those who were afraid of the
cold weather lost out" The business
meeting was opened by Mrs. Ida
Rachmann, president, with only sever
members present. At the conclusion
of the business meeting there wa:
some talk of getting the consent Of
the church elders to remodel the
church basement and make more
convenient and up-to-date kitchen
The meeting was adjourned with {
prayer by Mrs. Josephine Bochek.
Mrs. Lena Matti celebrated her 89tf
birthday last Thursday afternoon ir
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