Askov American. [volume] (Askov, Pine County, Minn.) 1914-current, 1943-04-15
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Warning Signal Changed.

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Warning Signal Changed.
At meeting Monday evening of
the air raid wardens it was decided
to adopt the following warning signal
to conform with army regulations:
A continuous two minutes blast of
the siren means that everything must
be blacked out and all traffic must
cease. The all-clear signal will be
given by turning on the street lights.
A series of blasts by the siren in
dicates fire. One short blast will be
given at 6 o'clock as usual. There
is to be a practice black-out in the
early part of May.
Peter Serritslev and family came
from Minneapolis for visit over
Sunday with relatives and friends.
Mrs. Dagmar Hede and daughters,
Helen and Lenora, were Minneapolis
visitors Monday.
Helvig Serritslev was business
caller in Minneapolis Monday and
Tuesday.
Otto A. Jensen spent Wednesday
and Thursday of last week in Min
neapolis attending milking ma
chine school at the Midland Coop.
Harold Stottrup went to Mime
apolis Saturday for weekend visit
with Mrs. Stottrup who recently I'M
derwent an appendicitis operation.
Supt. and Mrs. Kenneth E. Ander-
son and children visited at the home
of his folks in Minneapolis over the
weekend.
MIR. and Mrs. Edwin M. Sorensen
were in Des Moines, Iowa, from Fri
day until Monday attending the an
nual student festival at Grand View
college, both being former students
there.
Commencing Monday, May 8, the
Security State Bank will close at 3
o'clock in the afternoon, but will not
be closed during the noon hour.
Thus there will be continuous serv-
ice from a. m. to 3 p. m.
MIR. and Mrs. Henry Larsen of Min
neapolis, were here Sunday for a
visit at the home of his parents, Mr..
and Mrs Christ Larsen. He expects
to enter the armed forces in the near
future.
Chief Petty Officer B. F. Brady
and First Class Petty Officer j. T.
Robb from the navy recruiting office,
Duluth, were in Askov Wednesday
in the interest of obtaining recruits
for the navy and for the WAVES.
E. L. Hugelen, cashier of the Secur-
ity State Bank, has been appointed
chief registrar here for registering
those who reach their 18th birth
day. All males must register for
selective service Immediately after
reaching their 18th birthday
Carl Eriksen came home last night
from Des Moines, Iowa, for brief
visit. He has decided to accept the
janitor job at Grand View college
and he and Mrs. Eriksen will move
there as soon as arrangements car
be made for a residence.
Mr.. and Mrs. Soren Jensen and
Mr.. and Mrs. Carl Thinesen received
their U. S. citizenship papers at Pine
City yesterday. Anker M. Simon
sen and Conrad Christensen appeared
as witnesses for the former and Mr.
and Mrs. Werner Clausen were wit
nesses for the latter.
The bond drive in Askov is pro-
crossing favorably to date. The COM
bined sales at the bank and post
office since April IL (three days.
have exceeded the $4,000 mark, but
there is still long way up to S14, ZOO
which is Askov's quota. So far, very
few partly filled stamp books have
been turned in.
Sgt. and Mrs. Russell Jensen left
Monday for Fort Leonard Wood, Mo-,
where they were to resume their
duties. They visited at the home OF
his parents, MIR. and Mrs. Lawrence
Jensen and also with her parents
Mr.. and Mrs. John Sandberg, at
Nashwauk. Mr.. and Mrs. Sandberg
and daughters, Virginia and Lillian
were guests at the Lawrence Jensen
home Saturday and Sunday.
At the Commercial club meeting
Monday evening it was decided to
have a cleanup day (or hour) on
Friday (tomorrow). The main OBJ
jective is the strip of land across
the tracks from the depot where the
scrap iron pile once had its home
Every one is invited. Bring rake
if you have one. The job will not
take very long if good sized crew
turns out. The time is 3 o'clock.