Askov American., 1942-01-08
ASKOV
VIII Aid Drive.

Will Aid Drive.
The local American Legion boys
have been making extensive improve
ments at their hall the past few
weeks, particularly in the basement
They invite the general public to
come and join with them and the
Auxiliary in party Wednesday eve
ming, January IA, at which time
there will be entertainment and
lunch. And the best part Of the
whole affair is that the entire net
proceeds will 60 to help make up
Askov's quota of $3.50 to the present
Red Cross fund drive. So plan to
come in and enjoy the evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. Edmund c. Rix and
children spent Saturday in Duluth.
Rev. and Mrs. T. H. Ova and son
Dale from Fargo, N. D., were Christ
mas visitors at the home of their
daughter, Mrs. B. M. Stardig.
During the weekend Mr.. and Mrs.
Scott Dixen and children moved to
St. Paul where Mr.. Dixen now has
steady employment.
K. J. Feldtmose has gone to Tyler
: for visit, and from there will 60
with Mrs. Paul Feldtmose and son
Roger to their home in Saint Marys,
Georgia.
Axel Andersen of Camp Douglas,
Wis, a brother of the late Thorvald
Andersen, was here Friday for a
visit with Svend Petersen, who is
administrator for the Andersen estate.
Mr.. and Mrs. Irving Ecklund and
two daughters left Tuesday for their
home in Chicago after a few days
visit at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs. I. A. Ecklund.
Mr.. and Mrs. Christian Christen-
sen of Davis, S. D., came Sunday and
will now make their home on the
Jacob Christensen farm south of
town.
The thermometer dropped below
zero Saturday and has remained there
very consistently. Tuesday seemed
to be the coldest day when there
was a stiff northwest wind together
with a temperature reading of 20 to
Is degrees below zero.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Warner were
here Saturday for short visit, hav-
ing come to get their son Eddie who
had been staying with Mr.. Warmers
folks at Sandstone. They left again
the first of the week for Manitowoc,
Wis, where he is in charge of boat
during the winter months.
Anker M. Simonsen, while on serv-
ice on the rural mail route, had the
misfortune yesterday noon to COL
lide with car driven by Harold Jen-
sen, son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jacob Jen-
sen, at the intersection one mile west
of Askov. Apparently none were
hurt although there were several
occupants in the Jensen car. Both
cars were quite badly damaged.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harold Johnson moved
the first of the month to the old Hans
Hermansen place southeast of the
village. Mrs. Johnson is the form
er Elnora Christensen. They were
married December 81 at the home of
the brides parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
Jacob Christensen, by Rev. H. +.
Owen of Sandstone. Guests from
away present at the event were the
groom's parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Cor
nelius johnson, and family of Davis,
S. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Jens c. Jensen, who
formerly lived three miles north Of
Askov, are now working at large
dairy farm six miles north of Co
lumbia Heights, and get their mail
on Route out of Anoka. They
send greetings to friends here and
say that they like it very much where
they are Mr.. Jensen and son Den
mis-, together with one more helper,
take care of large herd of cows out
of which there are at the present time
only 80 to milk. They use four
milking units. They were formerly
near Hopkins but moved to this new
location about six months ago.