Askov American., 1943-07-01
Brook Park



Two girls from Askov as guests dem
onstrated first aid. To raise money |
the club decided to collect tin cans
in the village and are to get Csc per
100 pounds collected. They ask that
cans to be collected be clean, but
need not be flattened and a collection
is to be made every other week.
A meeting was held at the j. Pech-
acek home Monday afternoon and
members cut and flattened cans col
lected thus far. The Mission Creek
All Club were guests at the Hoag-
land meeting Tuesday.
The congregation and members of
the NJ E. church held pot luck
farewell dinner party in the church
basement Sunday noon for A. F.
Nuetzman and the Boyd Fleming fam
lily who are leaving Brook Park for
new fields of work. The guests OF
honor were presented with small
tokens of remembrance, Deane Fisch-
er being POSTMASTER.
Private Donald c. Bradley of Ait
kin visited from Wednesday of last
week until Saturday evening with his
grandparents, Mr.. and Mrs. w. S.
Bradley.
Mrs. Stella RunnelS of Hinckley
spent last Thursday here with Mrs.
John Swan.
Miss Blanche Zawatsky of ST.
Cloud was Friday evening visitor
at the j. Pechacek home.
Mrs. Laura Hughes underwent an
operation at Moose Lake Friday and
Mrs. Clark Hoagland and Mrs. B.
Parsons at the Pokegama hospital
also underwent operations last week.
Friends are wishing these ladies
speedy recovery.
Elmer Chase spent from Wednes-
day until Friday of last week at
Fosston and is now driving milk
truck for the Land OLakeS cream
cry of Mora.
Mrs. E. Davis and children left for
their home in Duluth Friday after
visiting several days at the parental
Ed Shaske home.
Miss Edith Smithson and Miss
Eunice Kelsey spent Friday in Mora.
Joe Rafferty, of Michigan, whom
many will remember as a young lad
attending school here was guest of
Harold Palm from Saturday until
late Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Nels Lindstrom of
Mora called on Mrs. Arnold Davis
at the Shaske home Friday after
noon.
Miss Mildred Anderson and Mrs.
Walter Bryant of Little Falls spent
the weekend with the Melvin An
derson family who together with
their guests and the Dan Hanson
family of Henriette enjoyed a trip
through the Recreational Area east of
Hinckley Sunday.
Evaline and Mary Anne Dahlin
of Minneapolis spent from Tuesday
until Saturday of last week at the
VIM. Anderson home and also called
on the Melvin Anderson family.
The August Peterson family of st.
Paul visited friends here Sunday.
Mrs. Edna McGrath arrived here
from Minneapolis Sunday and will
be employed as housekeeper at the
Robert Gaddes home.
Bud Derry, who has enlisted in the
navy, will report for his examination
Friday.
Mrs. Albert Ziegler returned to
Minneapolis Sunday after staying
here with her mother, Mrs. Parsons,
for several days.
The 3-Week course in Catholic re-
ligious instruction with two Sisters
from Duluth as teachers, ended Sum-
day and Lawrence Beltz and Billy
Fohrman of here were among the
class at Hinckley Sunday who made
their first Holy Communion and on
Tuesday of this week Donald Ziegler
and Donald Gaddes are in the class
who will be confirmed by Rev.
Thomas A. Welch, bishop of Duluth,
at Hinckley.
Miss Anne Ziegler, who is en-
ployed as an elevator girl at Field
& Schliek at St. Paul, spent the
weekend here with her parents
Duane Glasow of Pine City spent
Sunday here with friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. c. 1. Bowers and
family enjoyed the thrill of seeing
their brother, Captain Robert Bow
ers, in the air over their home Sat-
.urday afternoon on his way to Du-
luth in fighter plane. Catching a
bus from Duluth to Hinckley Satur-
day evening, he was able to spend
Sunday here with the family before
returning to Kansas.
Geo. Fohrman came from Mime
apolis Sunday to see his nephews,
Billy Fohrman and Dickie Vettling,
make their first Holy Communion.
George was accompanied here by Mrs.
Chas. Vettling who had spent the
past week in Minneapolis.
Mr. and Mrs Anton Kluk are en-
joying visit from their son Edmond
who is with the marines in California.
Another son, Anton, left Tuesday of
lacf 1uool< after a uicit with bic nor