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See You At CiVic Auditorium IN THIS ISSUE: Seattle Students Scrutinize Sweden —Page 5 Special Norwegian And Swedish News ~Pnges 3 and 4 Student Makes A Study Of Ballard —Page 2 Five Entertaining Feature Stories —Pages 6 and 7 Vol. 5, No. 14. Scandinavians Predominafe In Northwest Fishing The Lucia. Bride contest in Seattle has come to an end. but the Lucia festivities will not begin until Friday night in the‘ Civic Auditorium. Seattle, when Miss Lorraine Olson. will be: crowned the Pacific Northwest Lucia of 1949. ; Miss Olson (No. 6 in the contest), chosen through an election sponsored by the Se— attle Post Intelligencer. re ceived 6,641 votes. Miss Pearl Lis Svenson (11) was runner up with 5,193 and third and fourth places respectively were captured by Carmella Solomon (10). 4.356 and Nor— ma Lenz (3). 3.268. Loraine. (unghun- ot Mr. snd Mrs. Henry Olson o! Choi-.lb, lo of Norwegian descent. ond wu the mu contestant to enter the Lu ch Bride contest. It wu her first popnhrlty contest of say kind. She is a bookkeeper nt the Uni versity brunch of the National Dunk of Commerce. She utended the University of Wulunxton lut Our New lucia Bride LORRAINE OLSON Brown-Eyed Beauty Becomes Seattle‘s Lucia Bride of 1949 ——-(l‘osI-lntrll|m~nrrr Photo by (”lurer."- Rute.) year and hopes to return there next year to major in clothing design. She Is Hu- feet. flu- Invhes tall. weighs 118 pounds. han dark brown lulr und brown eyes; A total of 33,560 votes were submitted in the contest and vir— tually flooded the offices of the Ballard Scandinavian Festivnl Committee. Much of the voting appeared to be organized. .. Big Coronation Festival The ten other contestants in the contest will compose the court of the Lucia Bride at the coronation ceremonies in the Civic Auditori— um Friday. The public is invited to attend the event. Those par ticipating in the program will in clude drill teams representing venous Scandinavian lodges in Se attle. the Svea Male Choir. The Nor—rom Male Choir. The Rune L.‘ sec. 34.66 P.L.&R. V U. 5. POSTAGE " 1 fl P unfit??? 4'13 . (' - . D NO" "' ' ' Sende. Wash. . UN .. :. — ' v s“°‘~“%“f‘.°“0 —<» 5:33“ M"; "303909 a'; . l ”i?— ,(i Q ”" ” - . ' N '" Serving the Scandinavian-American Populotion of the Great Northwest M Seattle. Washington, November 15, 1949 berg Mixed Choir and & choir composed of students from Bal- lard High School. Opens Christmas Festival After two weeks of public ap- (Continued on Page 12) Thanksgiving Co-Ops Reveal Scandinavian Trait Scandinavians Om; Most Of Seattle’s Fishing Beata By Roy Nelson Consider the fact that the majority of our fishermen in the Northwest are Scandina vians. Consider. too. that. perhaps, in no other field of activity in the Northwest are the virtues of self-help and mutual assistance so widely perpetuated as among these fishermen. W'ell, it‘s no coincidence. You see. in their own way they're proving that wherever a consid erable number of Scandinavians work and live side by side. they FERVOR AND FRIENDSHIP: Feelings Stirred When Famous Poet Of Swedish Descent Visited Everett Evne" had probably never be ton— experienrad anything like it. The bookstore- clerks were sinn ne-d. Practically all available books on or by (‘arl Sandburg Were amid out in a big hurry. “by z' Carl Sandburg hunself. had come to town. Apparently everyone knew about it. but didn't see him around mush The Everett Daily Herald found that out. The paper tried to get an interview with the distinguished poet. Lincoln biographer and novelist of Swedish descent. He politely refused. and saw no one in particular except Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Dodson. who “housed" hlm at their residence for several days. Sandburg. who has been men— tioned as a possible candidate for the Nobel prize in literature in recent years. also spent some time in Longview, Vmcouver and Pull- man. having lectured at colleges 1 in those eines. But his vlsxt to ] Everett was highly personal. He came here to Visit a inc-ml ho had , never seen before. '. betw- from n [lan Soldier” The friend. Kenneth bod-on. enn : be proud md grr-term tor hul1 friend-hip. which wu “ruck up lOc a Copy 14 are apt to be true to the old Scandinavianjxaditton of banding together for the common good. one of the earmarks of modern Scandinavia with its large and efficient co-operatives. . One of the most fascinating and interesting features about the fishing industry in Seattle is the flourishing existence of large and efficient co-operatives. Let‘s take & look at them. (”o-øp With 600 Members Fishermen's Co-op in Ballard has a membership of 600. Most of the members are owners of large drag boats. President is Sverre Johansen and the man ager is Henry Rostad. both Nor (Continued on Page 12» ('.XRI. S.!NIDIEI'RG during the war without his know ledge. Dodson. a former sea cap tain. wrote a series of letters to his wife during the war. when he was feeling and seeing the effects of action in the Pacific theater. The letters. it appears. contained dramatic observations about what was going on about him and in side him at the time. His wife liked them. She made copies ot them. sent the former to some relatives in Los Angeles. The relatives liked them. too. Eventually one of them showed a copy to a visitor. The visitor he came so impressed that he lent off a letter to the sensitive youn. man challenging (ate on no man‘s Jesters. “in. by the medium of (Continued on Page 12)