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THURSDAY, MAY 13, 1943
When You And
I Were Young-er
Items taken from the Askov American
of 25 and 15 years ago.
Twenty-five Years Ago.
(May 16, 1918)
The General Power and Light
Company of Cloquet, has a crew of
12 men putting up light poles be
tween Bruno and Askov. J. H. Skel
ton is in charge of the men. As soon
as they have finished placing the
poles, strung wires and put in trans
formers Bruno will have current,
which will be in about 10 days.
Mr. and Mrs. Jens Jorgensen,
northeast of Askov, celebrated their
25th wedding anniversary Friday,
May 10. They were married in
Manistee, Mich., where Mrs. Jorgen
sen was prominent in parochial and
Sunday school work. They resided
in Ludington and Racine for several
years, coming to Askov about five
years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Jorgensen
have two children, Holger, who is at
home, and Mrs. Arthur Schultz of
St. Paul.
Twenty from Askov were in Pine
City Saturday and either declared
their intention of becoming citizens
or made applications for final papers.
Following is a list of those who were
there: A. Madsen, N. Serritslev, Niels
Olesen, Carl Eckberg, Louis Jensen,
Carl C. Nielsen, Hans Sorensen,
Theodor Jensen, Fred Christensen,
Geo. C. H. Jensen, J. P. Frederiksen,
Jens B. Jensen, N. P. Uldbjerg, J. P.
Vejs, Frandz Jensen, Walter Frokjer,
L. C. Hassenfeldt, Jens M. Dahm,
Andrew Christensen and N. P. Jen
sen.
Geo. Wagner of Duquette has
moved into his new house on his
land north of town and is now busy
clearing.
The addition on J. F. Brunner’s
house at Markville is nearing com
pletion and adds considerably to the
residence.
John Matreas, an Indian, who has
been well-known in the vicinity of
Markville for a number of years,
died at his home at the Indian village
last Thursday. For some time pre
vious to his death he was a sufferer
trom tuberculosis of the throat. In
terment was made in the Indian
cemetery near Danbury.
Mr. and Mrs. Lee Bates of Wilma
were called to Allison, lowa, Tues
day morning by the death of Mr.
Bate’s father, who has been an in
valid for the past few months.
While driving north on the state
road a few miles south of Bruno Sun
day afternoon, Ralph Pryor of Hinck
ley, lost control of his car and same
turned completely over, pinning him
beneath it. Several men arrived and
lifted the car off the young man. No
bones were broken but he was badly
bruised. Ralph Pryor is a son of
Superintendent Pryor of the Hinck
ley high school.
Fifteen Years Ago.
(May 17, 1928)
Fire, believed to have started from
an overheated brooder, destroyed a
garage and hen house on the M. A.
McGrath farm near Kerrick early
Wednesday morning. Two hundred
chicks, a brooder and incubator were
destroyed.
Definite steps for the erection of a
new creamery at Finlayson, were
taken at a meeting of farmers and
others interested, held at that place
last Thursday, when it was decided
to put up a building costing approx
imately $22,000. It is to be built
across from the Finlayson Mercantile
Company store and will face north.
Plans have been prepared and bids
are asked immediately.
Mrs. Hulda Lillian of Holyoke died
Monday at St. Mary’s hospital at
Superior after an illness of about a
month. She is survived by her hus
band, five daughters and three sons.
Funeral services were conducted
Thursday at the Athens Lutheran
church east of Isanti.
Mr. and Mrs. Jos. Komar of Den
ham are the proud parents of a girl,
Lorraine Josephine, who was born
April 29. Mr. and Mrs. H. C. Blasjo,
also of Denham, report the birth of
a son, Merle Henry, at the Moose
Lake hospital, May 11.
Word has been received recently
of the death of Mrs. Chas. Warren,
who lived in Windemere several
years. Mr. and Mrs. Warren went
to California about one and a half
years ago and Mrs. Warren’s health
had been failing for some time.
The milk route business at Askov
which has been handled the past
years by the Gregersen brothers, was
sold the first of the week to Wayne
Jacobsen who takes possession today.
Mrs. Nick Kanis, 43, passed away
at her home in Sandstone Sunday
after a lingering illness. The fun
eral services were held Tuesday aft
ernoon.
Mr. Barber, the fire warden at
Nickerson, moved his family into
the Edward Beaudry place recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Fred Reuer, who re
cently moved from Dixon, Mo., are
located in the Hintz house at Wil
low River. He is working for Nils
Nyrud at the garage.
Word was received at Cloverton
Sunday of Mr. Bentley’s death at the
Frederic hospital. He was injured
by a dynamite explosion a week ago.
Mrs. A. Gravesen of Askov left
Monday forenoon on the first lap of
her trip to Denmark. She will leave
New York harbor Saturday.
Svend Petersen of Askov bought
the corner lot across the road from
the Chris Hyldahl residence Tues
day and plans on putting up a resi
dence there this summer.
Nickerson
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Becker were
supper guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edw.
Beaudry Sunday evening.
Mr. Lumby was a caller at the Ed
Beaudry and Becker homes recently.
Mr. and Mrs. Anders Anderson
and son were callers at the Ed Beau
dry home Saturday afternoon.
Mary Maheu was a guest Satur
day afternoon of Shirley Stover.
Mr. and Mrs. W. F. Becker and
Mrs. Edw. Beaudry were business
callers in Moose Lake Tuesday.
Mrs. Champagne came home last
Thursday after a winter’s visit with
her daughter in St. Paul.
Mrs. Peter Wiggins and Lorraine
and Jean Wiggins visited Mr. and
Mrs. L. Casadont recently, and also
called at the Edw. Beaudry home.
Mrs. Edw. Beaudry helped Mrs.
Becker can meat last Thursday.
Mrs. Peter Wiggins visited Mrs.
Edw. Beaudry Tuesday afternoon.
Mrs. Casadont and Catherine were
business callers in Sandstone Tues
day.
Duquette
(From Another Correspondent)
Word has been received here of
the marriage of Sgt. D. C. Berger to
Miss Ruth By mark which took place
in a church at Hattiesburg, Miss.
Friends extend congratulations to the
newlyweds.
Mrs. Dorance Berger and Miss
Margy Nelson were week-end visitors
at the Chas. Berger home.
The Cherrio Circle will meet at
the home of Mrs. Fred Hedberg May
19, at 2 p. m. Everybody welcome.
Mr. and Mrs. Elick Torell called
on Mrs. Anna Edin and Ragnar Sun
day evening.
A stork shower was given for Mrs.
Walter Kresgoski at her home Sat
urday afternoon. She received many
nice gifts and a delicious lunch was
served.
Mrs. Chas. Berger and Fred Hed
berg called at the E. Torell home
Friday forenoon.
Oscar Nyquist came from the woods
Saturday, returning Sunday after
noon.
Saarbrucken, Heart of
Nazi’s War Industries
Saarbrucken, frequent target of
the RAF, is capital and largest city
of the Saar. But more important to
British bomber crews, it lies in
the heart of Germany’s coal and iron
region whose industries keep Ger
man tanks, guns, and bombers at the
battlefront of Europe.
Ninety per cent of the Saar’s
800,000 population is engaged in in
dustrial or commercial occupations.
More than nine billion tons of coal
lie beneath the region’s wooded hills.
Saarbrucken is a three-in-one city.
In 1909, three towns, Saarbrucken,
St. Johann, and Mystatt-Burbach
were joined together as one mu
nicipality. Old Saarbrucken now is
the modern city’s residential area.
It extends back from the Saar river
bank to picturesque wooded foot
hills beyond. St. Johann is a com
mercial and trading center. Mystatt-
Burbach, with its coal and coke
ovens, iron foundries, and steel
mills, is a German Pittsburgh, says
the National Geographic society.
Hitler’s troops are the most recent
of a long series of armies to occupy
Saarbrucken. The Romans and the
Gauls used the city as a base for
warfare against Germanic tribes.
The armies of Louis XIV and Napo
leon fought there. During the occu
pation of the Saar by the French
for 15 years after the World war, un
der the provisions of the Versailles
treaty, the capital of course was in
French possession.
Saarbrucken in Roman times was
a settlement built around a bridge
across the Saar. (Saarbrucken
means “Saar bridge’’.) The bridge
was an important link in the much
used trade route between Metz, 49
miles northeast, and Worms. Though
Saarbrucken now has several
bridges, remnants of the old struc
ture are still in the river.
U. S. Secretary of Labor
Lecturer in Sociology
Frances Perkins, the secretary of
labor in President Roosevelt’s cabi
net, was born in Boston, April 10,
1882. She graduated from Mount
Holyoke college in 1902, and then
studied economics and sociology at
the University of Pennsylvania and
at Columbia, graduating from the
latter university in 1910. She then
went abroad and attended lectures
on the same subjects in England and
on the continent. In 1907 she be
came secretary of the Consumers
league. While holding this position
she began her work for the passage
of the 54-hour law, which prohibited
the working of women more than
that many hours a week, or more
than nine hours a day. In 1911 she
lectured in sociology at Adelphia col
lege. Since her graduation from col
lege Miss Perkins’ interest has been
centered on the problems of the
wage-earner and his relation to the
welfare of society.
In private life Frances Perkins is
Mrs. Paul C. Wilson. She was mar
ried to Mr. Wilson, a New York busi
ness man, in 1913, and they have one
daughter, Susanna Winslow Perkins
Wilson. Before her appointment as
secretary of labor, Miss Perkins was
head of the New York state depart
ment of labor.
Buy War Bends Today
Oak Lake
Mrs. C. W. Lindberg and Barbara
of Duluth came last Thursday for a
visit at the C. E. Anderson home.
Clarence came here to get them
Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Anderson and
Donald called at the Alma and Carl
Anderson home Friday.
Mr. and Mrs. Ross Barnett were
Sunday evening supper guests of Mr.
and Mrs. Leonard Barnett in Moose
Lake.
Mrs. Wm. Norberg and children
called at the C. E. Anderson home
Sunday.
Kerrick
The senior class play at Bruno
Wednesday evening of last week was
well attended and the folks were very
pleased with the proceeds. The play,
“It Might Happen to You,” was a
very catchy one and those taking part
performed well. Many in the cast
were from Kerrick and points north,
among them being Dorothy Larson,
Zola Southerton, Kenneth Hadd and
Lorraine Wiggins. More than SSO
was realized from the play.
Who would drop in on Kerrick
Wednesday of last week but Art Lus
senden in person, accompanied by
Mrs. Lussenden. They have been in
Oregon for the past year where Art
was taking advantage of the higher
wages. They have not yet decided
if they will remain. At present they
are at their farm home.
Mrs. W. P. Hogan was in Duluth
two days the past week visiting and
getting her glasses adjusted.
The east end or south end or by
whatever name it might be called,
had a gathering at the Riehm home
last Thursday with the Sydows as
invited guests. A number of neces
sary articles were showered on them.
The Sydows recently lost about ev
erything they had in a fire which de
stroyed their home.
Mrs. Owen Kelly and children of
Minneapolis and Mrs. Lundberg of
Duluth are spending a week with
their parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. P.
Hogan.
Mary Ann McGrath was here from
the Cities for Mother’s day with the
folks. She returned Monday morn
ing.
Friday, May 7, was vaccination
day at the school and a lot of the
children got “shot” in the arm. This
was diphtheria vaccination. Dr. F.
D. Rogers of Bruno did the job.
The ladies of the Happy Kerrick
ite club met at the home of Mrs. R.
L. Riehm May 6. Gardening, can
ning and other things were up for
discussion. The meeting was well
attended.
Hans Christensen is making some
improvements at the home over the
cheese factory and also some work
in the outbuildings around the plant.
There is a very good increase in milk
receipts and six trucks are hauling.
Cy Halverson drove to lowa last
week on business in connection with
the sand pit. Shipments are going
well this year and prospects are for
a heavy season. Already they have
started stock-piling for the coming
winter season.
There was one disappointed boy
n town last week. It was Eugene
MEET YOUR FRIENDS
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DULUTH
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Modern
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WHEN IN ST. PAUL
STOP AT
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Rates SI.OO to $2.50
New Coffee Shop
Lunch Counter
MODERATE PRICES
The Hotel for Your Wife
Mother, Sister
Home-Like Atmosphere
Courteous Service
GARAGE, PARKING LOT
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Fifth and Cedar Streets
St. Paul Minnesota
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ASKOV AMERICAN, ASKOV, MINNESOTA
County 4-H Clubs
Members of the Sunbeam Workers
4-H Club and the local leader, Mrs.
Holger Anderson, were hosts to mem
bers of the Sturgeon Lake 4-H Club
at the Earl Keller home May 4.
Program numbers consisted of pro
ject discussions with the county club
agent, a table arrangement demon
stration and a song fest. So enjoy
able was the evening that the mem
bers of the Sturgeon Lake club with
leaders, Mrs. Hazel Gebo and Mr. and
Mrs. George Worden, are planning to
return the compliment to the Sun
beam Workers group when the latter
are to be guests at a future date.
Application has been made by the
Sunbeam Workers club for a 4-H
Charter.
The Friesland Eskimos met at the
Friesland school May 5, with an ex
cellent attendance of club members
and local leaders. Two new lead
ers, A. M. Price and Mrs. H. Haase,
were named to assist with the pro-
Schumaker who was rejected at Fort
Snelling because of a physical de
fect. He had hoped to get into serv
ice and especially the air service.
W. F. McLean, vice president of
the Minnesota National Bank at Du
luth, called in town this week mak
ing a friendly visit at the local bank.
Mrs. Irene Murphy and Mrs. Louis
Stesniak drove to Duluth Tuesday.
Mr. and Mrs. Tom Stine spent part
of Sunday with Mr. Stine’s folks at
Carlton.
The wrong information was given
last week about the meeting at the
basement of the Presbyterian church
Saturday. This was to be (and was)
a Ladies’ Aid. The information did
not have it as a “Ladies’ Aid” and
some did not know until it was over
that there were “eats” to be had.
Arvid Anderson, popular mail car
rier here, has been awarded the con
tract for carrying the mail for an
other four years. Arvid has given
very fine service and patrons along
the line are glad there will be no
change.
It is nice to look out these eve
nings and see the boys on the base
ball diamond. It recalls older days.
If some of the older fellows could
have played ball the way they tell
about it now, they would have all
been Babe Ruths and Lou Gehrigs.
Somehow they don’t remember losing
any balls in the lake or winning too
many games either—but then it’s
fun to imagine, isn’t it?
The Norris City, 111., terminal of
the “big inch” oil pipeline dispatches
an average of a 75-car train every
52 minutes.
Hamlin & Hamlin
LICENSED EMBALMERS AND
FUNERAL DIRECTORS
Furniture and Household
Furnishings.
MOOSE LAKE, MINN.
Phone No. 4t
M. BROWNSTONE, M. D.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Office hours at Askov—From 8:30 a. m.
to 11 a. m. on Monday, Wednesday
and Saturday.
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted.
Sandstone, Minnesota
DR. W. T. PEARSON
Physician and Surgeon
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted
New Semi-Rimless Glasses
Finlayson,
W. C. EHMKE
Physician and Surgeon
Eyes Tested and Glasses Fitted
Telephone Connection
Willow River,
GLENN TRUESDELL
AUCTIONEER
Licensed and Bonded for Your
Protection.
Write for free auction information.
Hinckley, Minnesota
LESLIE H. BLACKLOCK
Moose Lake,
LAMSON & REINHOLD
Hinckley,
MICHAEL B. HURLEY
LAWYER
Suite 2, Rybak Block
Pine City, Minnesota
RUSSEL L. HILLS
LICENSED EMBALMER
and
FUNERAL DIRECTOR
Hinckley and Finlayson
Phones: Hinckley 217
Finlayson 116
Minnesota
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ject work, making a total of five
adult leaders.
Garden talks were given by two
of the boys who are taking the family
garden project..
This group voted for all members
to enroll in the first aid course, and
the secretary was instructed to make
arrangements to obtain a competent
instructor for this work.
The county agent, Clyde P. Shum
way, and the county club agent, Mrs.
Florence A. Jones, discussed project
work with the members and found
that projects had been well started
at this date.
This club has a kittenball nine
ready for games with other 4-H
teams.
The Brook Park 4-H Club mel
May 7 at the Brook Park school. Mrs
Joe Pechacek was named by mem
bers for an adult leader.
This is a new club, yet members
are enrolling for many projects and
much interest is exhibited by them.
Also, considerable demonstration
work is planned in connection, for
the bread baking, care of children,
sewing, family garden, home im
provement and canning groups are
large in enrollments.
Another 4-H Club elected officers
The Oyster And The Eagle . . .
When God made the oyster, He guaranteed him absolute
economic and social security. He built the oyster a house, a
shell* to protect him from other animals and other oysters.
When hungry the oyster opens up his shell and the food
rushes in.
But when God made the eagle, what did He do? He said,
“The blue sky is the limit. Get out and build your own
house/ 9 And the eagle goes out and builds his house on the
highest mountain crag, where danger and disaster threaten
him every day. For food he flies through a thousand miles
of rain and snow and wind and mountain.
The eagle and not the oyster is the emblem of AMERICA.
—From Fritz Cross, St, Cloud.
FARMS
Forty acres one mile from Kerrick. Eighty acres, 4 miles from Bruno,
Fine house, worth $2,500; small barn. | I'- 4 miles 11 from K '", F J ir
| Bam partly wrecked (can be fixed),
Electricity. Some woven wire fence. | ' s hed used a barn Fine drilled
$1,650 —Terms on part. s well. About 30 acres open, SBOO.
The ARTHUR LUND FARM ? Terms.
The ED RUPP FARM
JAS. H. HOGAN
When we look out at BECKY’S
and see all the people, all the
cars, all the business, we won
der what we did before the
Beckstroms built.
The popular place is ... .
BECKY’S
On Highway No. 23.
Talk Over Your
Welding Problems
With Us
As the old saying goes, we can
fix anything but a broken
heart.
If you are unable to get a
new part, bring in
the broken one.
Chances are
it can be made
KERRICK
MOTOR COMPANY
L. V. SMITH
KEEP UP THE HOMES THE BOYS ARE FIGHTING FOR
You can aid the war effort by making your property last as
long as possible. If you have insulating, alterations or re
pairs that should be made, come in and discuss your plans
with us. We are ready and willing to loan money for any
worthwhile purpose.
Automobile Loans, Livestock and
Personal Loans.
and got a good start this week when
the Finlayson group met at the Fin
layson school on May 6.
The following persons were elected
to direct the activities of the club:
President, Gladys Heino; vice presi
dent, Dorothy Kanta; secretary, Betty
Tollas; reporter, Ruth Sears.
Viola Johnson, Dorothy Kanta and
Doris Karvo were named on a com
mittee to select a good name for the
club and find two adult leaders for
the group.
Here again, a large group is in
terested in bread baking, simple
foods, low-cost meals, care of chil
dren and family garden. Thirteen
are enrolled in first aid and home
nursing, and 18 girls are enrolled
in the clothing project.
This is an ambitious club and we
look for some interesting work from
this group.
May 23 is the Sunday designated
by the 4-H organization as 4-H Sun
day. Four-H Clubs are asked to
discuss plans so members can parti
cipate in church services in every
4-H community.
Suggestions have been made that
they serve as ushers at the church
services on May 23.
Perhaps members may desire to
stronger than
a new one.
KERRICK STATE
I’M NOT FOOLING!
Get your machine parts now if
you want any. You may have
plenty of difficulty later. If
you don’t want to buy from
Hogan there are two other deal
ers—one at Duquette, one at
Bruno who will charge you no
more. No matter where you
get them— Get them!
W. P. HOGAN
HAVE YOU SEEN
OUR GYPLAP
SHEATING?
FIRE PROOF, DAMP PROOF
Insulate with
Nuwood Wall Board
Remember how cold it was
last winter?
DO IT NOW
and save fuel next winter and
make your house cool and com
fortable this summer.
HALVERSON
LUMBER COMPANY
provide special floral decorations for
the church or render an appropriate
hymn number or other appropriate
music.
Maybe a special vesper service
with talks by junior 4-H leaders on
any phase of the theme selected for
the day, “Keeping Faith.”
Perhaps one member might give a
short talk on “Keeping Faith With
Oneself,” another on “Keeping Faith
With My God,” and another with
“Keeping Faith With Our Country,”
etc.
A statement taken from the speech
prepared by Joyce Lura, Clay county
contestant in the radio-speaking con
test on “What the Four Freedoms
Mean to Me,” is as follows:
“Religion is the right or duty
which we owe our Creator. Many
of our first settlers of our country
came here precisely to keep this free
dom of religion With these people
their religion came even before food.
When we think of our Sabbath and
its observance today, we see our
families going to churches of their
choice and in their own way offering
prayer, praise and thanksgiving to
the Giver. This picture of family
life indicates the high moral stand
ards which we have and enjoy.”
ROMANCE
Kerrick boy meets pretty girl,
His hair is rough and shaggy.
Says she to him, “Go get a trim,
Dietz is here, it’s Friday.”
HAROLD DIETZ,
BARBER
Every Friday in Kerrick.
WANT A NEW CAR?
We don’t know how you can
get one, but we can tell you
how to get the BEST service
from the one you have—
HAVE IT SERVICED!
We don’t mean just take it to
some place and have it mon
keyed with—we mean
GREASED SERVICED
CHECKED INSPECTED
It will go farther—last longer
—run smoother and never “talk
back to you” with rattles,
shrieks or knocks.
BRING IT TO
MILT’S
SUPER SERVICE
On Highway No. 23 at Kerrick.
BANK
Machinery
Loans,
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