Askov American., 1943-05-13

Friends offer sympathy to the FAM
lily of Mrs. Baptiste Will, who was
buried Monday morning after serv-
ices from st. Joseph's Catholic
church.
Miss Astrid Ahlbom sang Moth
er's day solo and Miss Anita Maupin
played piano solo at the Methodist
church service Sunday evening when
the pastor, Rev. D. j. Lathrop, ac-
cepted the gifts of the piano by DR..
and Mrs. w. T. Pearson, large oil
painting, the work of John Albion,
Christ at Hearts Door" also Head
of Christ" the gift of Mr.. and Mrs.
c. L. Smith and dedicated them to
use for the church by a dedicatory
prayer. Rev. Lathrop sang solo
Just before the sermon.
The ladies of the Methodist church
will meet Wednesday of next week
at an all-day meeting when they will
clean the church and have pot luck
dinner at noon The Friendship club
will meet there in the afternoon.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Osladil will be
hosts to the Happy Hour Neighbor-
hood club Friday evening of this
week.
There was a farewell party given
Sunday evening at the Pine River
club house in honor of Jimmie Heino,
Jimmie Ryan and Ray Auto. A
large number of friends were pres
ent and all enjoyed the evening of
visiting and dancing. Jimmie Heino
will leave Wednesday to be inducted
into the army, while the other two
boys enlisted in the army and will
report for duty later in the week.
Vernon Beck, grandson of Mrs.
Sarah Beck, who was inducted re-
Gently, has been sent to jefferson
Barracks, Mo.
MIR. and Mrs. Oscar Bergseth re-
eeived word from their son, Dale.
who is now in Africa, that he has
been advanced to the rank of SER
geant since landing there.
Henry Holl writes from Africa that
he narrowly escaped injury when an
enemy airplane dropped bomb near
where he was located.
Ernest Anderson and Gordon
Palmer, who have been in Alaska
for some time. have been moved to
the Aleutian Islands.
Mrs. Arthur Nelson came Sunday
10 visit her mother, Mrs. Nina Lock-
wood, and sister, Mrs. A. L. Faud-
skar, for two weeks before returning
70 her home in Minot, N. D.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harvey Dancer and
children of Sandstone and Mrs Min
aie Waha spent Sunday afternoon at
the home of her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. George Heino, and attended the
party given in the evening for her
brother, Jimmie Heino.
Mrs. YoSt and son and her sister,
Miss Elsie Nicholson, of Minneapolis,
and Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Hendrick-
son, Jr., were Mothers day guests
at the home of the ladies' parents,
Mr.. and Mrs John Nicholson, Sr.
Pete, Lew and Agnes DeRungs
spent Sunday at the T. c. Wolf home
in Hinckley. Gerald Wolf accompa-
MED them home and spent Sunday
night with his uncle and aunt, Mr..
and Mrs. John DeRungs, before leav-
ing for his naval base at Farragut,
Idaho
Danny and Clara Olean, who work
at New Brighton, spent Mothers day
here. They were accompanied by
Grace Ditmarson of South St. Paul
and Hilda Pudwill of Harriet, S. D.,
who spent the weekend at the Olean
home.
Pvt. Dorothy Huffman of Chicago,
Ill.,, visited her grandmother, Mrs.
Minnie Hobbs and her uncle, Frank
Hobbs, and family last Thursday
afternoon. She was dinner guest
of her cousins, Mr.. and Mrs. Charles
Smith. She will be inducted into
the women's organization of the
Marines on June l. She had been
in Superior, Wis, on business trip.
Mrs. Henry Christopherson has
noted that for several years the
wrens come back from their winter
sojourn on Mothers day and this
was true again this year, when they
were on hand early Sunday morning
beginning their task of houseclean-
ing and preparation for their sum-
mer stay.
Mr.. and Mrs. Alvin Ladd were
afternoon callers at the o. Brade-
man home on Sunday.
Mrs. Victor Johnson's sister, Mrs
Adolph Rahjanen, and Mary Ann OF
Duluth stopped Tuesday of last week
at the johnson home. Mrs. Rahjanen
went on to Minneapolis to stay until
Thursday, leaving the baby here.
Mr.. and Mrs Armas Hannu and
two children of Duluth were visitors
here with relatives Sunday. They
,ayled on his mother Mrs Hilma