Askov American., 1942-04-09
Sturgeon Farmer
Placed On Senior
Honor Roll List
Oscar W. Anderson One of
Three Granted Certifi-
Gates Thursday Evening.

Picked as an outstanding north
eastern Minnesota farmer, Oscar W..
Anderson of Sturgeon Lake township
was one of three placed on the senior
honor roll at the Northeast Expert
ment station at Duluth last Thursday
evening. The event, sponsored by
the Duluth Chamber of Commerce
in cooperation with the station, eli
NAKED the 21st annual Arrowhead
Institute.
Other farmers who were recognized
the same evening for outstanding
contributions to agriculture in this
section of Minnesota were E. j. w.
Kohlhase, Mizpah, Koochiching coun-
ty, and j. Arthur Johnson, Meadow
lands, in southern st. Louis county.
A Successful Farmer.
Mr.. Anderson, who was presented
with a certificate and a medal for
his contributions to the agricultural
welfare of this area, was especially
cited as a dairy breeder, successful
farm manager and community lead
er. He had been clerk of Sturgeon
Lake township the past 10 years, Sec
retary and treasurer of the Denham
Farmers Cooperative creamery eight
years, is at present secretary-treas-
urer of the Pine County Township
Officers Association, and was MEM
Der of the first board of directors of
the Pine County Dairy Breeders
association, organized last year.
He has herd of 35 fine Guernsey
cattle, many of which are registered.
The herd average was more than 325
pounds of butterfat per cow the past
year. Besides his farming occupa-
tions, Mr.. Anderson has also taken
part in community activities and is
keenly interested in local, county and
state government.
Others Win in Past.
Others from Pine county who, in
previous years have been elected to
the senior honor roll, include A. p.
Jensen, Carl M. Madsen, L. c. Peder-
sen and Ludwig Mosbaek of Askov;
X. P. Christensen of Sturgeon Lake;
Nels Lundbeck of Kerrick, and Mag
nus Christensen of Hinckley.
Among those from Pine county at
tending the last day of the institute
and banquet were Louis Olsen, A. P.
Jensen, Hans Mosbaek, Askov; Mr..
and Mrs. Oscar w. Anderson, Stur-
geon Lake; Magnus Christensen,
Hinckley; County Agent Max McMil-
lin, Sandstone; and Violet Price and
Donald Lyseth, All Club members
of Hinckley
The latter two were chosen to rep
resent Pine county All Club work.
ers at the leadership banquet be-
cause of their fine records. Violet
Price has had seven years of club
work and Donald Lyseth six years.
Both have had two years of junior
leadership. Both members are TAX
ing Fourth Club projects that will
help produce food for the war effort,
Violet carrying on victory garden
work and Donald specializing with
poultry as well as purebred dairy
calves and sheep. They will continue
with their junior leadership tasks
again this year.
Toastmaster at the dinner was
Judge E. ]. Kenny of Duluth. Mark
j. Thompson, superintendent of the
Northeast experiment station, intro
duced the three senior honor roll
members, with the winners of the
junior awards being introduced by
Paul E. Miller, director of agricul-
tural extension at the University of
Minnesota. The chief address of the
evening was given by Dean c. H.
Bailey, chief of University farm, st.
Paul, who spoke on "The Farmer
and the War"