Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-07-29
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last 1 thursday lIOIil d lew odyS SPSHl
in Grand Rapids with Mrs. Elders
folks. They also spent little time
with relatives in Duluth.
Richard Hogan and family drove
Wednesday of last week to Deer
River where he left Mrs. Hogan and
Michael Hogan and the following
day he left by train for his station
in Pensacola. Lieutenant Louis Hogan
left Monday of this week for new
assignment on the west coast.
Mr.. and Mrs. R. E. Cross of Sank
Rapids are spending week at the
McGrath home Bob will pick few
blueberries if they are to be found,
and he usually finds them.
Ralph Wahlquist and family were
in town one evening last week. The
family spent Sunday in Duluth with
the Wahlberg family, Mr.. Wahlberg
being with the Standard Oil Co. there.
Milton Beckstrom and family were
in Duluth over Sunday, spending the
day with the Fredlund family.
Yvonne Lund has been in Mime
apolis for week, staying with her
aunt and visiting friends.
Dan Klein is now employed in the
cheese factory and is learning to
mould cheese.
Jimmie Murphy came from Askov
to spend Sunday with his mother and
sisters. He feels he is quite farm
err now He has been showing Grand
pa Jensen a few things about farm
ing that he didn't know and Incl
dentally inventing few more things
to make work lighter. Rather Sec
ond Edison friends think.
Mrs. Art Youngdahl came recently
from New Brighton with her chill
dren and is spending few days with
Linea, incidently picking a few
blueberries while here. She said
she couldn't resist the temptation to
come back for berries.
j. w. Craig & Co. have moved their
outfit in on the stretch between Hol-
yoke and Fond du Lac and are get
ting the work under way. Eldred
Parker and Virgil Matson are in the
crew.
Mr.. and Mrs. E. H. Washburn of
Superior were in town part of Sum
day visiting Viola and the family
and incidentally calling on other
folks in town.
Donovan Hogan returned to Grand
Forks Friday after spending four
days with the folks.
The scales have now been moved
and set up in the lumber yard shed
and an addition to the building is
well under way. This is to house
the coal.
Mr.. and Mrs Rude of Grand Rap
ids looked over the town Saturday.
These folks are planning on moving
here in the near future.
Sven Christensen is now located
at Kent State university in Kent,
Ohio, as an aviation student. He ex-
poets to be there about five months.
Sven has wanted to get into avia-
ton and friends are glad that he
made the grade.
Mary Ann McGrath was here from
the Twin Cities over the weekend
with the folks at home.
The Sexton family spent most of
Sunday at Sturgeon Lake, the guests
of Miss William Whalen who has
cottage there.
R. B. Anderson was here from
Rosemount for visit with the home
folks. 1t is reported that the Co
pher Ordnance plant is to be COM
pletely closed in the near future.
Nothing has been manufactured there
yet though very considerable
amount of valuable machinery has
been installed. The plant may be
used after the war in the manu-
facture of nylon.
Several cars of moulding sand were
shipped from the local pits the past
week.
Cy Halverson is spending few
days in the Twin Cities at this writ
ing.
Miss Patricia Hogan, Mrs. Ray
Hogan and Mrs. Jas. H. Hogan left
Tuesday for Minneapolis and Shak-
opee to visit friends and relatives.
MIR. and Mrs. VlCtOr johnson, VINO
have been in California the past 20
months, returned Sunday for a
months stay. They came by train
to Minneapolis and drove from there
with Mr.. and Mrs Andrew Bornhoft.
Monday they drove to Duluth to visit
Mrs. Johnson's folks. They will be
at the S. c. Johnson home during
most of their stay.
Mrs. Olive Fox left with Mr.. and
Mrs. R. E. Cross for Buchanan where
she will spend week or more with
friends.
A. F. Golden has made very fine
barn out of the building formerly a
potato warehouse. Because of its
triple wall construction, it should be