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Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Ciese Woman Is
Buried Tuesday

Mrs. Alexander Stockmann of near
Giese, in Aitkin county, passed away
Wednesday, February IL, following
long illness. The immediate cause
of death was pneumonia.
She was born in Poland on Febru-
airy II, 1860, and was married there
to Alexander Stockmann on Novem-
Der q, 1887. They came to America
in 1913 and made Duluth their home
for some time. In 1921 they moved
to near Giese and had resided there
since
Together with the husband five
children survive. They are Andrew,
blacksmith in the village of Finlay-
son; Mrs. William Lentz, Pine City;
Mrs. VIM. Schoenrock, residing west
of Pine Lake; Alexander, Jr., Waupe-
ton, N. D.; and Mrs. S. johnson.
There are also 20 grandchildren and
two great-grandchildren.
The funeral was held Tuesday of
this week with Rev. H. Sporleder
of Finlayson, officiating from the
Emanuel Lutheran church at Giese
and interment was made in the ceme-
terry there. The pallbearers were
Gust, Fred and Herman Weiss, r.
Fenske, VIM. Stolp and Carl Krebs.
Friends of the family join in ex-
tending sympathy in the loss of their
wife and mother.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Squirning

In hot water up to his ears in edu-
cational matters, Governor Stassen
now proposes, as he has done before,
that help be given him from educa-
tional circles in appointments to the
State Board of Education.
The request was made by the
Governor at the recent, annual din
ner of the Minnesota School Board
Association in st. Paul The Gov
ernor said: 81 will ask leaders of
the School Board Association, as well
as of all educational groups serving
the state, to form statewide adj
visory committee to furnish me with
three names of persons outstandingly
qualified to serve on school boards,
when there is vacancy"
A similar statement was made by
Mr.. Stassen in his campaign of 1888.
The question might be asked: What
educational circles recommended the
appointment of Anne Smith of Du-
luth, on the Board of Education?
The proposal by the Governor is
lust another of his suave ways of
trying to smooth over and get out
from under embarrassing situations.
Eugene Carstater was director of vo-
cational training under the State
Board of Education and was sus-
pended by the Education Board, but
was upheld by the Civil Service
Board and when the controversy was
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
A Friend Departs

The crowd of hundreds of friends
and acquaintance of the late VIM. H.
Barnick who gathered in Sandstone
Saturday afternoon to pay their last
respects was a grand and fitting
tribute to a fine man. Farmer and
merchant, official and laborer, we'll
to-do and poor, from all walks of
life and from all over the county,
they came to bid farewell to their
departed friend.
Bill was friendly man. He had
no worries about how to make friends
d. he was one. He was never too
engrossed with the cares of the world
or too busy to stop moment for a
handshake or the exchange of a
friendly smile. If a man was bur-
dened with troubles Bill could cheer
him up. If he needed aid and Bill
could help, he would not be turned
down. Bill never became rich and
had he lived to be thousand years
old he would not have been any
richer except for a wealth of friends
and fellowship.
Once in a while during his busy
life Bill must have become discour-
aged but few ever knew it and the
last one to admit it would have been
Bill himself. If ever man looked
for the silver lining in darker mo-
ments it was he and he invariably
found it. He could take misfortunes
and hard knocks in stride and come
up smiling; he might have been bat
tered but was never defeated.
Bills familiar figure and friendly
greeting will be sorely missed about
the county among the scenes he loved
and knew so well. His friendliness
and optimism should be challenge
and an inspiration to all. To the
world of today the lessons he taught
and the examples he set could be
guiding lights to a better day. His
ideals and his philosophy, spread
throughout the war-torn countries,
could eliminate hate and avarice,
sorrow and strife, and the firm clasp
of friendly hand would replace the
clutching fingers of greed.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Guernsey Breeders
To Meet At Barnum

A meeting of special interest to
Guernsey breeders of northeastern
Minnesota will be held at the Legion
hail. in Barnum, at II a. m. Thurs
day, February q.
c. B. Finley, field representative
for the American Guernsey Cattle
club, will speak and show colored
movies of last years Parish Guern-
sey shows. The dairy situation and
All calf club work will be discussed
by E. A. Hanson, Extension Dairy
man, University Farm, st. Paul.
At this meeting district or parish
organization will be organized with
officers and directors. A Guernsey
breed development program and plans
for one-day Guernsey shows will be
presented.
Every Guernsey breeder in the dis
trict is especially urged by district
officers and James E. Kelly, presi-
dent of the Minnesota Guernsey Cat
tie club, to attend this meeting.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
ROAD IMPROVEMENTS
ditor Askov American:

Editor ASkOV American:
Reading Senator Johnson's Road
report in your last weeks issue has
given me an idea of how little there
is spent of the state license and
gasoline taxes for improvement of
township roads.
If it happens that the car owner
lives on a poor road regardless Of
the kind of car he uses, the expense
of driving it is double and the COM
fort SO per cent less than driving
on good roads.
In spite of this disadvantage the
owner of the car pays the same liz
cense fee for a l2-month permit and
receives a nine-month chance of us
ing his vehicle.
In other words he pays more per
mile in taxes and receives less than
people who own cars and live on
better roads.
Most of the money received from
these resources is spent on the bet
ter roads. It often happens that
county and state highway snowplows
are standing idle, while mail carriers
are compelled to use snowmobiles
and fail to deliver mail on township
roads.
I cannot see why gasoline taxes
should be increased under such de-
plorable conditions, and make the
burden still heavier for people living
on poor roads.
JOHN NIEBOER.
Sandstone, MINI.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Don't Shun But Improve 1t

Now and then we hear the state
ment that, at should be kept free
of politics" What is politics, if in
the final analysis it is not govern
ment itself?
If politics are unwholesome and
unsavory, it is up to those who are
in politics and all citizens to make
it otherwise. Appointments to public
office that are not elective, have to
be made by some one or more public
officials that are elective; therefore,
appointments to public office cannot
be kept out of politics.
A person who holds an office from
which many appointments are to be
made, must take the responsibility
of his actions. He may ask this,
that, or the other board or organiza-
ton to suggest several names from
which to select, and that may appear
democratic. However, if the poll
tician who is to make the appoint
ment still wants to select his own
kind and make it appear that others
helped him do the selecting, he can
arrange to put it over. The appoint
ing officer can connive to get one
or more names on that suggested list,
and thus appoint the one he wants
and camouflage to make it appear
that he is accepting the advice of
others.
Of course, the appointing officer
needs advice and good advice, and
he can have that without heralding
it to the world.
Yes, politics is what we make it
and political appointments should be
such that the appointing officer does
not have to apologize for the ap-
pOintments.
Let us not shun politics. Let us
improve politics, take it out in the
open where all can see it, take part
in it, as ought to be the case, and
improve it.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20

appealed to the District Court, Mr..
Carstater was again upheld and re-
inStated.
OF the five members on the State
Board of Education, four have been
appointed by the present Governor,
and that Board proceeded, also few
months ago, to suspend DR.. John D.
Rockwell as Commissioner of Edu-
cation. Secret meetings were held
by four members of the Board, leav-
ing out the one not appointed by the
present Governor. Hearings were
started on the Rockwell custer that
turned out to be regular farce.
Although the Governor had said
repeatedly that there was to be no
politics in education, he ordered the
Board of Education. to come to his
office on the second day of the hear
ing, with the result that public hear
ings were postponed for sever
weeks. Members of the Board stayed
at home and from then on the hear
ings have been conducted by an at
CSCiiIAAS tiAC oOdk0 oAASA
another attorney acting as referee.
What in the name of common sense
is the use of having State Board
of Education, if it is not so consti-
tuted as to be able to formulate poll
cies and appoint and dismiss from
service with justice and fairness and
do it on their own?
The Governors recent request for
aid in appointing members to
the State Board of Education, when
vacancies occur, was also made in
1888 and was published in the M. E.
A. Journal in October of that year.
1t would seem that Board of five,
supposedly able-bodied m m n d
women, should be able to conduct the
affairs of the Board of Education
without folding up and calling in a
couple of attorneys to do the bust
ness for them. If they cannot fill
the bill and politics are creeping in,
they should be big enough to resign
Either do the job or get out.
Repeating the proposal to have
men and women in educational circles
suggest members to be appointed to
the Board of Education looks like
a case of locking the barn door after
the horse is stolen.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20

Miss Maxi had a valentine party
for the children at the school Fri
day afternoon.
Miss MAXI and Margie Semerau
went to Duluth and Two Harbors
over the weekend.
Miss Ada Miller of Bruno, spent
the weekend at the Ben North home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ellsworth North and
Mr.. and Mrs. Paul Zinter spent Fri
day evening visiting at the North
home.
The PIT. A. held its February
meeting at the school Friday night.
All but one member were present.
The members held a valentine party
after the meeting.
A sleigh ride was enjoyed by a
group of the young folks in honor
of Dawn Meyers Sunday evening.
1t was his birthday. Lunch was
served to % at the Sorenson home.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
New Testing Plan
fContinued from Page IL

Continued from Page IL
ing program Denmark increased its
average production in less than so
years from 90 pounds of fat per COW
to 285 pounds of fat per cow. In
the United States the change in the
same period Of time has been from
100 pounds of fat per cow to 1877
pounds. In the year 1884 in Den
mark approximately 40 per cent of
the cows were on test.
Used in Washington.
"a plan of testing has been in use
in the state of Washington for some
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Rev. John J.Parish
Continued from Page -

CONTINUED from Page II
sion. Rev. Sam Parish is now pastor
emeritus of Central Methodist in Wi
mona; John is pastor at Clinton and
Ortonville; George is district superin-
tendent of the Southern North Da-
kota district, with his home at Bis
mark; Herbert is executive secretary
of the Minnesota Temperance Move
ment; Earnest is pastor of the Park
Avenue Methodist church in st. Paul.
Minnie, one of the daughters, mar
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
South Holyoke

, Mr.. and Mrs. Kenny DeBeir and
Richard and Clifford Person went to
Superior one day last week.
Ned Ashmore and Jim Pickett
went to Carlton recently.
Mr.. and Mrs. Albert Switzer went
to Duluth Saturday.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
Opinions OF Others

(Short timely letters on topics of
public interest are welcome whether
or not the writer's opinions con-
form with those of the American.
All letters must be signed with the
writer's name for our information.
Signed articles always are more eff
fective, but II the writer does not
wish to have his name used. it will
be withheld).
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20

Editorial Comment From Other News
papers Which May or May Not
Conform With the Opinions of the
Askov American.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
THE JOHNSON APPOINTMENT
(Fairmont Sentine.

Frank Yetka, Minnesota's insurance
commissioner for the past six years,
gets the ak. His offense is that he
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20
CrindstOne Lake
Twin Daughter Dies.

Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Colsrud have
the sympathy of friends in the loss
of their youngest twin daughter who
passed away Wednesday, February
IL. The little girl was Is months old.
She leaves to mourn her passing her
parents, four sisters and two BROTH
ers. One brother was her twin. The
funeral was held Thursday at the
home and burial made in Dell Grove
cemetery.
Mrs. Lief Larson and daughter of
Minneapolis, who had spent the past
week in Duluth visiting her sister,
Mrs. Gunnard Erickson, and family,
spent the weekend at the Tucker
home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Haugen and
friends brought Carl Myrvold home
from Minneapolis where Carl had
the misfortune to break a bone in
his foot Carl will be laid up for
some time.
Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1941-02-20

A fellow who knew the late F.
Scott Fitzgerald in Hollywood recalls
a chat with him. 81 have no talent"
confessed the novelist, sit took me
ten years to discover that / didn't
have any,"
"Well," said the man, "why didn't
you quit writing them"
81 couldn't" Scott said, II was
too famous by that time"
The Dies Committees first step
after the expected renewal by Con-
gress will be to compare the Bund
and Communist lists against the
alien registration and CONSUMPTION
lists Ask some of the broad
casting company biggies-they'll tell
you that they know of German
''Stukas" and Nazi pilots actually in
Mexico! That was some scene
in the cloakroom of the House Of
Rep, when Davis of Memphis threat
ened to ''knock the out of
Cong. Geyer of Los Angeles. Geyer
wants to abolish the poll tax.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04
QaizlesAd~a9 Neu4--Soc6al 3ze~sd

torium, Takoma Park, following a
tonsillectomy.
The Homemakers Club will meet
at the home of the president, Mrs.
w. d. Robertson, on Wednesday,
September 10 at II a. m. Miss
Edythe M. Turner will be the guest
speaker; her topic being "The Buy
ing of Electrical Equipment"
Mrs. Sprigg Ward is hostess to
the local w. S. C. S. at her home
this afternoon.
Miss Dorothy Plummer and Jane
Marshall spent the weekend IN
New York.
Recent guests at the home of MIR.
and Mrs. George Harding included
Mrs. Harding's uncle, ]. Frank
Wynkoop and Mr.. and Mrs. Henry
Lickey, all of Loudoun county, Va.
Mrs. Harding attended the annual
Shade Tree conference in Wash
ington last week and acted as host
ess to the visitors from other
points in conducting them to many
places of interest in the Capital
city.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04
OLNEY

Miss Margaret Watson of
Washington, D. c., was the guest
of her aunt, Mrs. Wallace Cash
ell for several days this week, and
is now visiting with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Alderton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Willard Harvey
and Virginia Mae are in Atlantic
City, where Mr.. Harvey is attend
ing the convention of the Farm
Bureau Insurance Company.
Mr.. and Mrs. Cromwell of Bal
timore were guests on Sunday of
Mrs. j. ]. Hutton, Sr.
Mrs. H. W. Harvey is visiting
her son, Clyde, in Towson, Md.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jasper Brown
and family of Philadelphia, Pa,
spent the weekend with Mr.. and
Mrs. Percy Soper.
Mrs. Annie M. Brown of
Tampa, Fla, is the guest Of her
sisters, Mrs. Betty Brown and
Mrs. Robert Soper.
Mrs. j. o. Harvey entertained
few friends at luncheon, on
Tuesday Of last week.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. M. Beane Of
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04
PACE FIVE

Olney Manor had as their din
ner guests Mr.. and Mrs. Albert
Stabler of Sandy Spring on Mon
day, August 25.
Miss Dorothy Soper spent the
week with her cousin, Miss Dor
othy Cecil in Washington,
Brookeville Methodist Church
was host to the First Quarterly
Conference on Tuesday, Septem-
Der End, Of the Howard Mont
gomery charge. Several former
pastors and their wives were
present. DR.. j. r. Edwards, Dis
trict Superintendent presided and
preached following a basket lunch
served by the ladies of the church.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04

THOMAS M. ANDERSON, Attoyneu.
Rockville, Maryland.
Notice To Creditors
NOTICE Is HEREBY GIVEN.
that the Subscriber Of Montgom-
cry County, has obtained from
the Orphans Court of Montgom-
cry County, in Maryland, Letters
Testamentary on the Personal
Estate of
LOUISE B. WARD,
late of Montgomery County, de-
ceased. All persons having
Claims against the deceased, are
hereby warned to exhibit the
same, with vouchers thereof, leg
ally authenticated to the sub
scriber on or before the Bird day
of March, next, they may other
wise by law be excluded from all
benefit Of said Estate. All per-
sons indebted to said Estate are
requested to make immediate
payment.
Given under my hand this 4th
day of September, in the year of
our Lord. one thousand nine hun
bred and forty-one.
LEWIS B. WARD,
TOT Maple Avenue,
A Rockville, Maryland.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04

Miss Mabel Metz returned on
Sunday from Stockton, on the East
ern Shore, where she went for her
vacation.
Guests at "Old Sharon" for
Labor Day were DR.. and Mrs. Will
liam H. Breeder, Hubert B. Robi-
son of New York City and Miss
Frances Witherspoon of Washing
ton.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard White
Janney are receiving congratula-
tons upon the birth of son, Noel
Taber, on August &c.
Mrs. Mahlon Kirk, w., had the
following to lunch and bridge on
Friday: Miss Estelle T. Moore,
Mrs. M. o. Stabler, Mrs. Louis
Bussler, Mrs. Francis Miller, Mrs.
Addison G. Foster, Mrs. P. G. Lii
gon and Mrs. VIM. John Thomas.
During the past week Mrs. G.
Rust Candy entertained at two
dessert bridge parties at her home,
"Feildhead," in honor of her house
guests, Misses Helen and Rosilee
Gassaway of Baltimore. Mrs. Can
by had seven tables at each party,
one Wednesday and the other on
Friday.
Miss Sylvia Such, who stayed
for several weeks with Mrs. Fran
els M. Hallowell at "West CedarsA
has gone to her home in New York
City. A. Thomas Hallowell from
Wilmington, Del, spent the holi-
day with his mother, Mrs. Halo
we'll.
Mr.. and Mrs. F. L. Thomas went
to Buck Hill Falls to spend Labor
Day. Their daughter, Miss Corne-
Liza H. Thomas, joined them there.
Miss Jean H. Thomas is in New
port, R. l., visiting Miss Sally
Drury for fortnight.
Guests at "Glen Mary" are Mr..
and Mrs. Cyril M. Urbas of Wis
consin.
DR.. and Mrs. Charles G. Grey Of
Lincoln, Neb., and their three chill
dren came this week by motor to
visit Mrs. Grey's family at "The
Briers." They will remain in the
East. for the month of September.
DR.. Stephen o. Beebe is in Chi
cago, taking an intensive course at
North Western University. Miss
Patricia Beebe accompanied her
she will visit for a week. Miss
Shaffer spent the summer here
with her uncle and aunt, DR.. and
Mrs. Beebe.
A dinner party, given at edge
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04

Friends of Mrs. Margaret Goch-
enour, rs, a resident of the Meth
odist Home for the past two years,
will regret to learn of her death on
Saturday in the Rockingham Coun-
ty Hospital, Harrisonburg, Va, as
the result of injuries sustained
when struck by an automobile near
Rileyville. She was former resi-
dent of Luray, Va, and was visit
ing relatives there when the acct
dent occurred.
The Rev. and Mrs. William j.
Elliott and family have returned
to the parsonage on Walker ave-
nue., following months vacation
spent at Setvensville, Md, on the
Chesapeake Bay. The Rev. Elliott
is pastor of Grace Methodist
Church and his sermon on Sunday
emphasized the fact that God Gre
ated each individual for a certain
task in life, which, if negrected
would never be accomplished.
Mr.. and Mrs. Benjamin Franklin
Reed are receiving congratulations
upon the arrival of a young son at
the Frederick City Hospital on
August &c. Mr.. Reed is the son
of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed and
has been travelling for firm in
Texas. His next territory will be
in Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Earl Williams and family
are visiting relatives in Ohio.
Messrs. Ira Darby and Walter
Reinhart left on Saturday by motor
for New York and Stanford, Conn.,,
returning to their respective homes
here after Labor Day.
Mrs. Laura Walker was taken
suddenly ill on Sunday evening
and is under the care of her physi-
clan. Miss Mary Lee Cashell also
is reported i'll; likewise her aunt,
Miss Rhetta Cashell. Mrs. Albert
Clagett, Sr., who has been confined
to her home for several weeks is
improving.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. Forest Walker
have had as guests the past week
Mr.. and Mrs. Harry McCabe and
daughter of New York. 59l54
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Reed, in
company with Mr.. and Mrs. Gin
ton Downs of Washington, D. c.,
enjoyed a recent trip by motor to
Niagara Falls, Cleveland, Ohio, and
points in Pennsylvania.
In honor of her 18th birthday,
Miss Betty Lee Watkins entertain
ed "a of her friends at the home of
her uncle and aunt, Mr.. and Mrs.
Ernest .Beall, Frederick avenue,
with "scavehger hunt, followed
by a wiener roast on Saturday eve
ming.
Master Bernard Kinsey has re-
turned from the Washington SAM
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04

wood" on Saturday evening, cele-
brated Albert Stabler's 18th birth
day. Besides the family Mrs. j.
Elliott Gilpin and Mrs. Harry
Lane of Baltimore were present,
the latter being weekend guests
cousin, Miss Elinor Rae Shaffer, to
her home in Pittsburgh, Pa, where
of the Misses Stabler.
Miss Geneviev Barstow of FIR
ban Va, and Miss Barbara Philips,
of Virginia Beach stayed for sew
eral days with Miss Helen Gray
Miller, who accompanied Miss
Philips to her home for a visit.
Mr.. and Mrs. Richard M. Boecx-
Ell, Jr., went to Southern Maryland
to spend the holidays with Mr..
Boeckel's parents, who are sum-
mering there.
Of interest to Sandy Spring is
the purchase of "Crestleigh" by A.
R. Clas "a prominent architect. For
several years this home has been
owned and occupied by Everett
Sanders.
Mrs. Robert Wetherald and her
youngest daughter, Ann, of Mar
berth, Pa, are staying for two
weeks with Mrs. Samuel B. Weth-
erald.
Mrs. Agnes Love of Waterford,
Va, spent the holidays with her
brother-in-law and sister, Mr.. and
Mrs. R. B. Thomas, Jr.
Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1941-09-04
FARMER VS.. LABoRER

Edward A. O'Neal, president of
the American Farm Bureau Fed
Grafton, urges that individual in
come tax exemptions, and allow
ances for dependents be cut at
least in half. The position of the
farm leader is Numerically OPP
posed to that of the C. I. o.,
which opposes the lowering of
personal income tax exemptions.