Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1940-07-11
Willow River
Married 40 Years.

l CClIlS llClC IL Olll AAORfNhAc 800 -
ago, celebrated their 40th wedding
anniversary Sunday, July Z. They
| live 21a miles north of town on the
farm which was homesteaded, cleared,
owned and operated by the Thomas
Waletzko family half century ago.
There have been some new buildings
erected and the old ones have been
repaired and the latest improvement
is electricity, which has been added
the past year.
The children came home for this
occasion and the day was ideal. Mr..
and Mrs. Joe Kostecky and children
| from Minneapolis were there and Joe
had his motion picture machine along
and took pictures in colors which
will be very interesting. Mr.. and
Mrs. Eugene Ebert and children and
Tony and Edw. Kostecky of st. Paul,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Peter Roucoff of
Rutledge, besides neighbors and
friends, were in attendance also. The
happy couple received many useful
remembrances of the occasion.
Mrs. E. B. Linsley and Mr.. and
Mrs. Elmer Kuhn of st. Paul, rela-
tives of Mrs. Joseph Bochek, were
here over the weekend and left
Monday. They also visited Mr.. and
Mrs. Edw. Halva at First lake.
Donald Ehmke of Markville, spent
few days here recently with his
parents, DR.. and Mrs. w. c. Ehmke.
He visited the newly organized boys
camp Monday when DR.. Ehmke went
there to check on the new boys that
entered the camp that day.
Mr.. and Mrs. Julian Melberg of
Moorhead, and Mr.. and Mrs. P. L.
Melberg of Chicago, were Sunday
dinner guests at the home of Mr..
and Mrs. NJ. L. Melberg. They are
spending few weeks at their cabin
at Oak lake.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Pasek, who had
a Gamble store here the past two
years, discontinued the service last
week. He turned the remaining
stock over to Cloquet store and left
for St. Paul where he has secured
employment.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jack Wadley of Du-
luth, visited friends here Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. c.. Aakhus enter
tanned Mr.. and Mrs. Grant Thompson
and children and Mr.. and Mrs. Herb
Johnson at dinner Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Howard Stanton and
daughter, Shirley, came from Blom-
kest to spend the Fourth here with
relatives and friends and left Tues
day. Howard is the eldest son OF
j. R. Stanton and is employed by a
lumber firm at Blomkest.
Mr.. and Mrs. Oscar Larson and
Marvin and Johnnie and DR.. and Mrs
w. c. Ehmke drove to Virginia Sun
day. They left about noon and re-
turned in the evening. They visited
places enroute.
Mrs. Elmer Schrum came Sunday to
visit her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Lee
Coulter and her sister, Mrs. TED
Thompson.
Steve Music and Tofel Price spent
the weekend of July Fourth at Plat
lake near Hillman. They got nice
catch of fish and had good time.
Mr.. and Mrs. Granville Dauphene
who at one time lived in Willow Riv-
er, but now live at Grand Rapids
visited friends here for a short time
Saturday on their way home from
Cambridge. Mr.. Dauphene is en-
ployed by the Great Northern Rail-
way Company and Mrs. Dauphene
besides taking care of her family, is
employed at the city junior library
Both look fine and are doing well.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Dignan of La
Crosse, Wis, came last Thursday and
left Friday. Mrs. Lawrence McDon-
aid of Wyandotte, Mich, and Mr.. and
Mrs. Anthony Osladil of st. Paul
came to spend the weekend at the
farm home of their parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Dignan, ST., and to get
acquainted with the young son OF
Mr.. and Mrs. Thomas, Jr. They left
Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Graydon Bachmann
and three children came early last
week to spend the Fourth here with
his mother. Graydon and E. B. Lins-
ley spent most of the time fishing in
various lakes near the village.
Lillian Whelan of Superior, Mr.. and
Mrs. A. E. Howden and daughter
Marguerite, and Mrs. Ed Fairchild
and daughter, Dorothy, of Morgan
Park, Duluth, spent the Fourth OF
July at the Sexton home. After q
buffet dinner they visited the Camp
Curry sights and journeyed on to
Sturgeon lake where they all en-
joyed dip in its cooling waters.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. P. Hogan ano
Mr.. and Mrs. Ed Sexton and family
of Kerrick, were Sunday dinner
guests at the Sexton home. They also
attended the ball game at Moose Lake
between Rutledge and the Lakers.
(FrOm Another Correspondent
Mrs. A. E. Wood took her aged
mother, Mrs. Eaton, to Sandstone
Monday morning and left for st