Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-02-18
Kerrick

Kerrick
Adrian Hogan, now of Chicago
as auditor for the Craft Cheese Co.
called on his folks last Thursday
and spent part of the following day
with them. He went from here to
Minneapolis and will work between
there and Eau Claire, Wis, and St
Cloud for the next two weeks. Mrs
Hogan accompanied him as far as
Minneapolis where she spent a few
days with her folks, returning to
Chicago Sunday.
Betty Smith received a letter from
her brother James recently. He is
now in the navy fighting the Japs
He is. engaged in submarine duty
He sent copy of citation which
his crew received for outstanding
work in the Pacific. They get credit
for sinking $1,000 tons of Jap ships
in a week and they are still going
strong.
Cards were received this week an
nouncing the arrival of James Hogan
Kelly of Minneapolis, reported as a
nine FOUNDER February 9 was the
birth date. Mother and baby are
doing fine.
Announcement came recently from
Minneapolis way, this time New
Brighton, and it was fine little
girl just under eight pounds. Betty
Ann Youngdahl" is the title she will
carry until she is about 20 and then
some fellow about two years Older
will be taking her off to the altar
Mother and baby are doing fine
Milton Elder and family motored
to Duluth Saturday afternoon. Mr.
Fider shopped the city trying to find
radio tubes so he could keep track
of how fast the Germans run. He
finally located tubes, but they are
hard to get. Almost as hard as the
Germans are to catch in Africa.
Lawrence Casadont of Nickerson,
has his crew cleaning out the woods
just north of Cy Halverson's house
He has improved the looks of things
lot.
1t was surprising but pleasant to
see Bill Peck again. He drifted in
Sunday and viii straighten up his
affairs here and then 60 back to
South Dakota where he intends to
buy a four-acre tract and settle
He has been doing carpenter work
since leaving here last summer.
The Mesdames Murphy, Sexton
Lund and J. H. Hogan drove to Sand
stone Tuesday afternoon to attend
the Red Cross meeting at that place
They will be told what must be
done in the. way of raising funds
for the Red Cross drive to take place
soon. The advance news has one
jittery, but all will have to get be-
hind it and put it over.
Mrs. Ray Hogan has been on the
''indisposed list for few days. Just
a cold, she says.
Ed Sexton refereed a game al
Willow River Tuesday afternoon
The same evening he refereed an
other at Kerrick. This latter was
between Askov and Bruno. Ed is
tops in that line as well as being
about tops in playing the game.
Paul B. Hogan came home Satur.
day night for a 15-day furlough. He
and his father drove to Duluth Mon
day and while there visited Father
Hogan. He was anxious to see FIR
Michael Hogan for various reasons
| Paul has recently been stationed
along the coast and is attached to the
Coast Guard artillery. He is now {
sergeant and just before leaving
camp he was rated a staff sergeant
A week ago Louis Stesneck of the
local cheese factory was quite badly
hurt when a cream tester exploded
The tester is operated by steam anc
| for some undetermined cause it blew
up, scattering fragments of the meta
in all directions. Mr.. Stesneck's lef
arm was broken and the bone shat
tered. Muscles were torn consid.
erably. His right arm and ches
were injured as well and severa
pieces of metal were picked out o
his flesh. At present he is getting
along fine.
| George Watson is home from
Hastings, Nebr., where he has beer
employed for the past three months
He was injured in fall and for ;
time it was thought he had frac
tured a leg but this proved an error
He thought it best to come back TO
a while at least.
AL Osterkamp has just about fin
ished his course as a welder ant
will be at work this coming week
He and Bud Peters (who is also
welder at the shipyards) were her
over the weekend.
Mrs. John KoslowSki left Satur
day for Ogden, Utah, where she ha
accepted job and will work unit
/ John is through with the arme,