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Smyrna times., 1943-12-09
DEATH RECORD OF WEEK
Mrs. William K. Matthews, Sr.
Wife of Rev. Matthews

Mrs. William E. Matthews, Sr.,
wife of Rev. Matthews, a retired
minister of the Peninsula Method
ist Conference, passed away at her
home on West Commerce Street
yesterday "wednesday morning
after an illness of about 3 years,
becoming acute about one week
ago. She was the daughter of the
late Rev. and Mrs. Joseph Arters,
well known minister of the Will
mington Methodist Conference.
Last June Rev. and Mrs. Matthews
celebrated their 61st wedding ami
versary, being one of the few
couples in this town to have such
a long life together. After Rev.
Matthews retirement from active
ministry they came to Smyrna to
live. Funeral services will be held
Saturday afternoon at the home at
2 o'clock with Rev. Robert E.
Green, pastor of Asbury Methodist
Church, in charge, assisted by Rev.
James Colona, Rev. Essel P. Thorn
as and Rev. John j. Bunting, all of
Wilmington. Surviving are the
following two daughters, Mrs.
George N. Short near Smyrna, Miss
Bessie Matthews, living at home,
and William E. Matthews, Jr., of
Smyrna; two grandsons, one grand
daughter and one great grandson.
Askov American., 1943-12-23

ting timber just north of the Pine
Carlton county line, in section "a.
He expects to load out several cars
from Kerrick.
Charles Hanson and Albert New
man loaded out car of spruce this
week.
j. A. and Mrs. Streiber, now of
Duluth, spent a day in town recent
ly. They stayed at the Hans Chris
tensen home. Albert is working at
the steel plant running a locomotive
engine
Two "near casualties" struck close
to home recently and friends are
glad to learn they can be called
"near casualties. One was Eugene
Seversen of Bruno who was wound
ed in the leg; the other, Estay
Southerton, who got it in the arm.
There are no details. In Eugene's
case, he evidently got into the battle
in good earnest and sends word back
that 81 got Jap for each of you"
and that's good hunting. Estay didn't
reach land; he was hit while in the
water blowing for the shore. He lost
his pack and evidently was ordered
back by his commander. That was
good fortune for the Japs as Estay
is no small guy and is pretty good
shot. At any rate friends are very
glad these two boys are o. K. They
are marines in the western Pacific.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
Oak Lake

Albert Anderson called at the Ross
Barnett home Saturday evening.
Willard Fjosne visited Bud New
bloom Sunday.
AL Lundgren of Marine on the St
Croix spent Sunday afternoon at the
M. F. Brink home.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Johnson and
granddaughter and Mrs. Madelyn
Bixler of Minneapolis spent Wednes-
day night and Thursday of last
week at the NJ F. Brink home. Bub-
sy Bixler returned with his mother
to spend the holidays.
Clarence johnson drove to Mime
apolis to visit at the Andrew Born
hoft home. Inez accompanied them
home. She recently returned from
California.
Alvin Fiske and Dennis Anderson
are home from Farrugut, Idaho, on
a 15-day leave.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
Kerrick
Many Here Ill.

There has been such a lot of sick
ness lately that your reporter is un-
able to keep track of it all. This may
be only a partial list Mrs. A., F.
Golden has been rather ill for 10
days; she is somewhat improved
now. Dee Ann Sexton has been sick
for more than three weeks; she i'm
proved and then became worse three
or four times. c. L. johnson had a
few days in bed. Mrs. Louis Stes-
MAX has been up and down for three
weeks and mostly down; at present
she is better. Mrs. McGrath has had
three weeks of it and now Matt is
down. Edith, Darlene and Miles
Beckstrom spent few days in the
hospital at Moose Lake. Milton had
his siege at home. Philip Berset had
it too. Hans Christensen took only
one day out to "flu" around. Ronald
Andersons had their spell and are
now about over it. Ruth Klein had it
light and smiled through it. Phyllis
used several boxes of Kleenex but
Sldyeu Oll IlSl lCSt. dtilSi Sdi lOli
had his spell and there you have the
list as known here with the exception
of Mrs. Adolf Larson who was very
ill and still in the Moose Lake hos
pital. Her case has developed into
pluracy. There are no recent re-
ports on her progress.
Becky's will be closed Christmas
day. They have decided to take one
day off for the year. o. K. folks,
you have it coming.
Miss Shirley Erickson is spending
this week with her sister Phyllis.
They will go home for Christmas.
They say she is pretty good cook,
but your reporter can't prove it.
Brent o. Halverson and family
shipped in their car from South Da-
kota and are settling in the Hans
Hamre place which they purchased
some time ago. Local folks are glad
to see those folks come to the COM
Mr. Halverson is a brother
of Cy.
Askov American., 1943-12-23

c. L. Johnson left Wednesday for
Grand Forks, N. D., where he will
spend Christmas with Mrs. Johnson
and her folks.
Mrs. D. j. Curry spent Monday
in town with friends. She is in Su-
perior for a while with her sister.
After a rest she will return to work
at Minneapolis.
Father Michael Hogan and John
Vicinovich of Duluth were in town
Wednesday of last week. Mr.. Vicino-
vich is coach at the Cathedral high
in Duluth.
w. P. and Mrs. Hogan drove to
Foley Wednesday morning to attend
the funeral of Mrs. Sarah Lloyd of
that place. Mrs. Lloyd died Sunday
at st. Cloud.
To add to that sick list just above
is the name of ALI Lund, who be-
came very suddenly ill at his place
of business Tuesday and had to be
taken home. A doctor was called. No
further report on this case but the
general report is that Duquette has
had full allotment of sickness dur
ing this period just as other places
around.
Kenneth Ketchum and Clayton Ho-
gan have been doing the chores at
the McGrath farm while Uncle Matt
is down. The doctor said he had bet
ter mind instructions so the boys
will be getting their degree in agri-
culture soon.
Jos. Di Santo was in town Satur-
day looking after his plant and busi-
ness.
Hans Christensen and family were
Duluth passengers Monday.
A card comes from Reider Edison
who is in Oregon. He is working
hard and doing well.
The school program went off in
nice shape last Thursday. It was a
credit to the teachers and children.
Several of the children had been out
with the flu and lost some practice
but they did a good job.
E. Newell was taken to the Moose
Lake hospital this week. He has been
suffering for two months.
Joe Okronglis has a few men cut
Askov American., 1943-12-23
When You And
l Were Younger
Twenty-Five Years Ago.
Items taken from the AslSov American
of 25 and Is years ago.

December 26, 1879
Among the Askov soldiers who are
home on furlough these days are
Valdemar Brus, Harry Mortensen
and Martin Andersen.
A party of young folks, chap
eroned by Miss Adelaid Watt, came
to Rutledge from Finlayson for a
sleigh ride Friday night and stopped
at the Watt home for lunch and spent
several hours where they made the
air ring with music. There were
about 25 in the party.
Mrs. Underhill returned to Rut-
ledge Saturday evening and was
taken i'll Sunday night with tonsil-
tits; being under doctors care at this
writing.
Otto Oltmann of Holyoke, recent
ly returned to his home, being given
his discharge from the army.
Mrs. John Melancon of Duquette
went to Rochester Wednesday to un-
dergo an operation. Her daughter
Agnes is staying with her, and Eliz-
abeth came home to stay with the
family.
DR.. Boiling, who is in the medical
service of the government over in
France, is expected home in the
near future. The doctor will again
take up his practice in Sandstone.
j. B. Howe and family of Arco,
and Mr.. and Mrs. Jens Howe of Alden
came to Askov Tuesday to spend
Christmas at the gentlemen's par
ents, Mr.. and Mrs. ]. ]. Howe, and
at the L. c. Pedersen home.
Mrs. Ousley of Bruno received
word recently that her daughter,
Mrs. Ila Buswell, had died in hos
pital in Bismarck from flu followed
by pneumonia. Mrs. Ousley left Fri
day for North Dakota to attend the
funeral
At the four-minute speech con-
test on the Red Cross, which was a
feature of the Christmas program
at Duquette, Viola Stevenson took
first place, Curt Carlson second, and
Clifton Erickson third prize.
Wiano Hill of Nickerson, who has
been employed for some time at one
of the Jean Duluth farms, returned
to his home in Wisconsin to spend
his Christmas vacation. Wiano sus-
tanned slight injury to his hand
which resulted in his laying up for
few days.
Mr.. and Mrs. Moses Walsh of
Markville, have received from their
son Joe, a souvenir in the shape of
an Austrian trench helmet. 1t is Gre
ating considerable interest.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
On Lake and Sea

La Goulette, Tunisia, also has the
advantage of being both on the lake
and on the sea, which has made her
the port for sizable fishing fleet
that can fish either in lake or sea-,
as the weather and run of fish may
dictate. The fishermen are mostly
Maltese and Sicilian. The smaller
port also profits in peacetime from
being seaside resort with a beach
superior to that of the many resorts
along the shore. It is the resort
most accessible to the residents of
Tunis, who have an unusual ap-
proach to La Goulette. They take a
seven-mile ride over the lake in
street cars. The trestled line par
allels the canal.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
Duquette

Cpl. Clifton Erickson of Camp
Mccain, Miss, arrived home Mon
day to spend his Christmas furlough
with his parents.
Mrs. Orion Mcdonald has been as
sisting in the store few days.
Mrs. Soens and daughters of
Hinckley drove here Friday even
ing for the Christmas program. Betty
returned home with them for the
holidays.
Eyelene Ellefson of Askov is
spending her Christmas vacation
with her parents.
The Lutheran Christmas entertain
ment will be given at the Oak Lake
church Sunday evening, December
26.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
All, Life!

Life in the Tunis, Djanet, oasis is
simple. The thousand or so ma
tives till their small plots, harvest
dates in season, roam the surround
ing country. Each individual plot
has its own well or water pit. Grass,
palm tree bark, dried date stones
ground into sort of flour, and oc-
casionally some corn are the chief
food items. Famine is regular ex-
pectation, but food is not put by for
lean times. Food for the garrison
is brought from Ourgla, more than
500 miles to the north.
Askov American., 1943-12-23

Mrs. Oliver Sorensen went to Duluth
Sunday night.
Vandel Anderson and son Don of Du-
luth spent the weekend in Holyoke with
the other members of the family
Mrs. Wally Pearson and children
called on Mrs. Pearsons folks one day
last week.
Mrs. Ben North and daughter Dawn
went to Duluth Wednesday.
Mrs. Eliza Benton helped Mrs. Erick
Zack at the tavern Tuesday.
George Sorensen went to Bruno be-
tween trains Saturday.
Several of the boys in Holyoke helped
at the Paul Zenter place Sunday to make
a skating rink, using the new electric
pump and well that was just finished at
the Zenter farm.
Askov American., 1943-12-23

At meeting of the literary Soc
iety married couple took opposite
sides in the Shakespeare-Bacon con-
troversy as to who actually wrote the
famous plays. 'When get to heaven" I"
said the wife, ''I am going to ask
Shakespeare whether he really wrote
the plays" "But suppose he is not
in heaven?" said her husband. ''Then
you ask him." she replied.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
Fifteen Years Ago.
December 81, 1929


Mr. and Mrs. Robert Grieg of
Pine City passed their sixtieth year
of married life Sunday, December
%, with proper observance of the
day. The aged county pioneers were
married at Oxford, Michigan, after
which they came to Minnesota, set
ting on a farm near Pine City in
1895.
Mrs. Lou Wallace, 68 years of age,
who made her home in Sandstone
at the Hotel Madison, passed away
Christmas eve. Death was caused by
heart trouble and high blood pres
sure. She is survived by two sisters
and brother.
Funeral services for Marvin Ny
strom, four-year old son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Leonard Nystrom of Minneap-
oils, were held on Christmas day at
the Sandstone Undertaking parlors.
The Nystroms are former Sandstone
residents.
A large number of friends and
relatives were present Friday night
at the Masonic Temple in Sandstone
to help Mr.. and Mrs Albert J. Eitens
celebrate their fortieth wedding an
niversary. Mr.. and Mrs. Eitens have
five daughters and three sons.
Francis Stepan, 81 year old son
OF County Commissioner and Mrs.
Frank Stepan of Willow River, died
early Sunday morning at st. Mary's
hospital in Duluth, from pneumonia.
Mrs. Karen Aim, formerly of
Sandstone, but of late with the Ebe-
nezer home in Minneapolis, passed
away at the latter place Sunday aft
ernoon.
Jacob Hansen of the Askov Hard
ware store force, completed the in
stallation of DeLaval milking ma
chine for Jacob Christensen yester-
day.
Mrs. Emil Christensen of Askov,
who became suddenly ill, was taken
to the hospital at Sandstone the first
of the week. She is recovering slow
ly.
Helvig Serritslev met with rather
a painful accident Sunday while out
hunting with % rifle. While walk
ing, he stumbled and the gun acci-
dentally discharged so that the bull
let entered in the center of his right
hand and came out above the wrist
No serious effects have resulted from
the wound and it is healing nicely
A daughter, Wanatoh Rose Marie
was born to Mr. and Mrs. John Wag-
ner of Willow River Monday, De-
cember "a.
Mr.. and Mrs. Ray Thomson are
the proud parents of daughter
born December % at the Sandstone
hospital.
Fritz Holstein of Finlayson reports
business as being pretty good, hav-
ing recently sold Durant six sedar
10 Otto Behrman and Aug. Vogt.
Ella Upgren was operated on fol
appendicitis at Duluth hospital las
week. She was taken to her home
in Sturgeon Lake Tuesday and is wei
on the way to recovery.
Mr. and Mrs. F. Blank of Brool
Park are the proud parents of {
daughter born one day last week.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
GREETINGS

We wish to extend the seasons
greetings to all of our friends N
Kerrick and surrounding communi-
ties.
Mr.. and Mrs. Eldred Parker
and Lurene.
Artesia, New Mexico.
Askov American., 1943-12-23
HOlyOke
(Too Late for Last Week,

(Too Late for Last Week)
The Ladies' Aid meeting at the Mrs.
Harvey Sorensen home Tuesday after
noon was well attended considering the
cold spell. A delicious lunch was served
and the members exchanged gifts.
Miss Dawn Meyers has been home a
few days from Nopeming where she is
employed
Mr.. and Mrs. Les McElhose went to
the Twin Ports Monday. e..
Evening star., 1943-09-12

JUG dui hdVn6 eAAy
There's something here that smells
bad" He takes step forward. The
man raises his gun. Yvonne gives
a scream. l grab the hand that's got
the gun, and the battle is on.
It's good. I've got myself q hand
full, and what I mean this teller
knows all the tricks that amt Mar
ouis of Queensberry. Meanwhile the
big guy comes downstairs on the ny,
and he's got a gun. too. He fires
twice. Then see Joe make flying
tackle, and him and the other guy
are wrassling around.
Yvonne looks the situation over.
She sees it amt healthy. Joe has
been hit and she doesn't know
whether it's serious. All she sees IS
some blood. She gets out OF that
front door and starts down the
street, and me and Joe are strictly
on our own.
1t amt any picnic. The guy I'm
tangling with is wearing me down.
He kicks and butts, and hits with
his elbows. I'm dishing it out. too,
but the betting is even that won't
last more than ten minutes.
Two other things start happening
which just get in glimpses. One is
that M. Vernet has come to, and
amt happy about the situation. He
gets up and grabs himself a bronze
vase from somewhere. And our
British friend moves in.
He has come downstairs and
stands watching the scrap. Me and
Joe are in. uniform - the kind of
uniform he knows. There's some
thing behind those British eyes
which must be stronger than any
head wound. Training, l guess: or
instinct. Whatever it is, he takes
hand, and he does it neat. That lad
musta been commando-trained.
liz LAYS Vernet like rug, and
moves in where he's needed most,
which is in Joe's sector. He hauls
the big guy off Joe, and they 60 to
it. Joe is weak, but can still help,
and between them they fatten this
lad. They do it quick - but not too
quick, because my man plants
blow that hurts, and then jumps
toward the others.
He slugs Joe, and that is curtains
for MIR. Blake. Then he picks up
the bronze vase off the floor and
closes in on the Major.
The Major hangs beauty on his
jaw and staggers him. But the
bronze vase catches the Britisher on
the side of his head, and that leaves
me against the tough, stocky guy.
I'm too busy to be as scared as
should be. All l know is that l wish
l was somewheres else.
And then :. zowie! It's Yvonne,
and she's brought reinforcements.
Two hours before you could tell me
I'd be glad to see M.P.'s and I'd
have called you a liar. But circum-
stances change. One MP. advances
on the bronze vase from the flank.
The other one says, what gives,
buddy?"
look at him kind of silly. start
reeling, and the MP. that amt busy
catches me. He holds me tight, and
the last thing l know is that I'm
saying, "Oh, sweetheart are you
Evening star., 1943-09-12

i being mightier than the sword was
never truer than it is today.
The swords of modern war are tanks
and planes and ships and bombs. These
things cost money =. huge sums of
money and that makes money the
first requirement in fighting war.
Every time an American opens UP a
fountain pen and writes check to pay
taxes, or to buy War Bond, or to sign
pledge to put at least 1919 of his pay into
War Bonds, that pen is helping to make
possible the swords of modern warfare.
Your Government not only can't fight
war without money, but Victory will
require all the money you can spare! And
your Government needs that money
right no,o!
Buy all the War Bonds you possibly
can. Buy them regularly by making
Evening star., 1943-09-12
"BEaurIruL SPY" STUFF
Csatls.sA frsn page eight

. page eight
the citizens good" I'm putting my
thoughts into words. $50 we slug
cabaret owner, bust into his house,
battle with his servants, get picked
up by the M.P.'s and = Joe, we're
in one hell of mess"
''Uh-huh." He shakes his head.
''But we amt dead"
Before we're through, we'll wish
we were"
A little while later three guys
come in. One is the provost marshal.
One is G-2 captain and the other
first lieutenant. Everything"
explain to Joe, except the firing
squad"
MnITARY Intelligence starts asking
us a lot of embarrassing questions.
l look at Joe and he shrugs. which
means we're in for it, and better play
it straight across the board. After a
lot of questions the captain gives
with, when did you first suspect
that M. Vernet was in the employ
of the Gestapo?"
Joe says, II didn't like the way
he was acting. And then the girl ="
''Yvonne?"
yeah. She didn't like it either,
l hope. So we decided to find out"
"What did you find out?"
Captain, Joe says, begging your
pardon, sir, I'm damned if know"
The captain grins. well, l
know" he tells us. land if you've
got any personal reasons for keeping
some of it to yourself, that's okay
with me. What has happened is that
you've furnished us with evidence
which will justify us in turning over
this Vernet to the French authori-
ties for the sort of action they take
against traitors. Yvonne is waiting
outside. She has been of great help
to us, and she seems most inter-
ested in your condition"
That British major? Joe asks.
You'll be hearing from him,
Blake. 1t seems he was wounded in
the action around the Mareth
line Head wound. A friend of
Vernet's found him wandering
around the countryside. Vernet was
holding him prisoner, the idea prob
ably being that the man might give
him some valuable military infor-
nation without realizing what he
was doing"
'tGee," l said, "the poor guy.
Captain, you ought to see how he
pitched in when things started get
ting real unhealthy"
'And very fortunate for him,
too" This was the provost marshal
speaking. "He got slugged in the
head, and that cleared away what
ever it was that had him foggy.
He's right as rain now. Of course he
doesn't remember what happened,
but we've told him, and he's waiting
to thank you"
JOE and I look at each other, and
he mods for me to ask the question
that's worrying both of us. Cap
tain," l say, Il gotta find out. Do
we spend the rest of Our furloughs
Evening star., 1943-09-12

JOE and look at each other, and
he mods for me to ask the question
that's worrying both of us. Cap
tain," l say, 81 gotta find out. Do
we spend the rest of our furloughs
in the guardhouse?"
The three officers start laughing.
You'll have reports to make out,
and you'll both be commended -
but aside from that, you can do what
you want"
Joe grins: eff Yvonne is willing.
know what l want to do. How
about you, Eddie?"
l touch two or three of the tender
spots on my anatomy. "Me I'm
rejoining my outfit. want to get
back to the front where at least
understand what's happening
The End
TW-s-l2-43
Smyrna times., 1943-06-17

Repeating a similar accident
which occurred near here two years
ago, car crashed into house Sat
urday night in a freak accident,
causing considerable damage. Frank
johnson, negro, of Kenton, owner
and driver of the car, was speeding
along north Main Street, toward
Duck Creek, when he lost control
of the automobile. The car climbed
the sidewalk, struck concrete
wall, and was swung around so
that it crashed head-on through a
screened in porch and was stopped
by the wall of the house owned and
occupied by Leslie Hill, negro. Two
heavy columns supporting the
porch roof were knocked down, and
most of the porch furniture was
Isplintered. Less than five minutes
before the accident, which happen
ed at IL 80, Mrs. Hill had been sit
ting on the porch in one of the
chairs that was demolished, and in
the spot where the car crashed into
the house. Both Hill and his wife,
Smyrna times., 1943-06-17
FORMER SMYRNA BOY WEDS
G. Willis Donovan Married to Miss
Eleanor Joyce of Dover

Miss Eleanor Cecilia Joyce and
Gilbert Wilds Donovan, both of Do
yer, were married by the Rev. An
dew S. Tosick in Holy Cross r. C..
Church at o'clock Saturday af-
ternoon. Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Bacon of Wilmington, friends of
the couple, were the attendants.
Miss Joyce is the daughter of the
late Mr.. and Mrs. James A. Joyce.
Mr.. Donovan is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. e. H. Donovan, Dover, for
merly of Smyrna. The bride
is am employe of the State High
way Department Dover. Mr.. DON
ovan is associated with George and
Lynch at the firms Wilmington Of
fees. Following the wedding, re-
ception was held at Pleasant Inn.
The couple will Live in Dover. Miss
Joyce has been entertained by Miss
Margaret Donovan and Miss Lydia
DiSantis, who now is in training at
Hunter College in the women's re-
serve corps of the U. S. Marines;
Miss Alice Quill and Miss Betty
Conway, Wilmington, and employ
es of the highway department.
Smyrna times., 1943-06-17
CAR CRASHES INTO HOUSE IN
SECOND FREAK ACCIDENT HERE

however, were in the kitchen when
the accident occurred. The front
wall of the house was cracked and
caved in, the windows broken, and
a table and lamp in the living room
damaged. Shrubbery and wire
fence in front of the house were
crushed.
Driver Fined
Johnson, driver of the car, was
arrested on charges of reckless
driving, and was fined $40 and costs
by Magistrate Edgar Frazier. Rid
ing with Johnson were his wife and
father. Johnson carried no insur-
ance on the car. Damage is esti-
mated at $3.50 or more. Hill has
been employed at the State We'll
fare Home since it was first estab-
lished here. Damage costs, Mag
istrate Frazier said, are being set
tied out of court. A similar acci-
dent occurred two years ago, when
a truck crashed into the Edward
Sammons home at Jimtown Cross
ing on the Kenton road.