Scandinavian American. [volume], August 23, 1950, Image 1

About Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958

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EVasa District Convention In Ké’l’é’d
INSIDE:
Helsinki, Finland
Prepared For Olympics
—l'age 7
Leading Danish, Norse
Swedish Personalities
—Page 4
The Flight df A
Newcomer In Seattle
—Page 5
Report On Swedish
Dinner, 6:30 - IZ p.m.
———Page 2
Vol. 6, No. 16.
New Mode of Travel In Scandinavia
Tnvellng In Sandlnnvh by nu
tomoblle In one o! the most enjoy; l
nble means of transportation will
the best way to really see the
country and the people. according!
to returning Swedish American!
Line passengers. .
Unboxed automobiles may bel
taken abroad as excess baggage
when accompanied by the owner!
sailing on the same ship. There;
are no export restrictions . l
Full details about the rates for:
carrying the car across and thei
Swedes Are Producing Rabbits Twice
Size of Parents -- Human Beings-Next?
Experiments that may lead to
a race of human giants twice the
size of present man were dis
closed recently by three Swedish
C(‘lflllflfltq
After three years of tests. the
scientists have produced rabbits
twice the size of their parents. The
scientists now are experimenting
on pigs.
The three scientists told a press
conference that they had succeed
ed in increasing the number of
chromosomes in mammals for the
first time. opening the way for
Swedish Tenor To Make Seattle Debut
Erik Sahlslrom. well known ten
or of radlo and concert fame In
Sweden. will be featured soloist
along wllh Gene Sundslen. talent
ed Same soprano. u a concert It
8:15 p. m. Frlday. August 25. ln
the (‘entrul Baptist Chm-vb. 91h
Ind Plat. Seattle.
John Sundslcn will be the ac
companist.
The Sven Male Chorus. condu 1-
ed by C. H‘ Sutherland. will .150
Appear. Professor Otto Andaman
o! the Swedluh Unlveraily at Aboe.
Finland, will glve a short talk. All
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Seatt|e, Washington, August 23, 1950
procedure for obtaining the docu
ments in the Scandinavian coun
tries are detailed below.
1. lnternatlonal (histoms Pass
-—Tourists or temporary visitors
are advised to procure through
the American Automobile Associa
tion (AAA) or an affiliated Au
tomobile Club. either a Triptyque
or Carnet. with which a car may
be entered into Sweden or other
European countries for one year
without payment or deposit of
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fantastic possibilities in animall
breeding and possibly in human
evolution.
The scientists are Goesta Haeg
ggqvist. professor of hi'a‘uiiug)’ at
Sto:kholm Medical School; Allan
. Bane. veterinary surgeon at Stock<
iholm Veterinary College. and
iYngve Melandvr. master of science
{of Lund University.
Haeggqvist said human beings
might someday be bred in giant
form. but he added that it would
be "a long time" before scientists
lcould even begin to consider the
Hdea.
Scandinavians are urged to at
itend. There will be no admission
lcharge.
thlstrom. who is on a short
ivisit in Seattle with his wife. is
muting a tour of the United
States. Mrs. Sahlatmm. an «-
mble person. is a talented violin
ist. who conducts an ensemble
composed entirely of men in Swe
don!
The concert. featuring mnlnly
Scandmavlan music. is sponsored
by the Swedish Cultural Society
Ind tho Swedish Society of the
Centre! Boptm Church.
Vasa Conclave
Is Scheduled
For Sept. 2-4
The Northwest District of the
Order of Vasa will meet at Kelso.
Wash. September 2. 3 and 4..
Headquarters will be in the Mon
ticello Hotel.
District Master Oscar Frisk will
open the meeting at 9 pm. Sat
urday in Vasa Hall. 7th and Grant
St.. the some of Kelso's Svea
lodge. Ivar Erickson. program
chairman. will introduce the may
ors of Kelso and Longview. A
meeting and entertainment is
scheduled for the evening.
Congressman Henry Jackson will
be main speaker and Libby Ald
rich. Miss Washington of 1949.
will appear at the banquet, slated
for 7 pm. Sunday in the Monti
uno- Hotel. '
Third of Seatair’s
Queen Contestants
Were Scandinavian
The main Smdinavian organi
zations failed to come along on
Greater Seattle’s Seafair bandwa
gon this year. but a number of
Scandinavian American girls were
chosen as queen contestants by va
rious organizations. :
Berit Holmboe topped the list
as the entry of the Norwegian
Commercial Club. Other charm
ing girls were Barbara Erickson.
Seattle Summer Opera Company:
Doris Ashervik. American Legion:
Barbara Curtis, Post No. 1. Amer
ican Legion; Ruth Andersen. Rai
nicr District Business Men‘s Club:
Carol Wollesen. National Secreta
ries Association; Carmella Salu—
mon. Ballard Business. and. Profes
sinnal Women's Club. and Betty
Lou Lenz. Pacific NortliWest Arts
and Artists Center.
In fact. over one-third of the
contestants (7 out of 18) were of
Scandinavian origin. This could
be taken to mean that either the
Scandinavian girls stand out as
particularly pretty and deserving,
or else that the Scandinavian pop
ulation is so large in general that
the ratio of Scandinavian Ameri
can entrants as compared to oth
ers in the contest was Virtually m
evitable.
Swedish Donafion
To Norse Church
The Brostxfim concern and Erika
berg shipyard in Gothenburg have
jointly donated Kr. 100.000 «:20.-
000» to the fund collected for the
projected Norwegian Seamen‘s
Church in that port. saw-lung this
fund to Kr. 500.000. The cxty nf
Gothenburg has provided a sunt
able site for the edifice. Architec
tural calm and estimate: .19
expected to be may any nummn.
Norse Museum Curator On Visit
Seattte could add another In
teresting person to its long list
at distinguished guests during the
Seafair celebration with the arr-Iv
al of Mrs. Tora Sandal Bohn
(right) curator of the Museum of
Applied Art in Trondheim.
She is shown above examining
a green jade shrine together with
Mrs. A. M. Young. educational di
rector of Seattle Art Museum.
Mrs. Bohn is in Seattle to ex
amme photography anti correctly
Pioneer Character On Bainbridge
Island 15 Staunch Indiridualist
Homespun Philosopher
The other day (‘arl Fritz Benson
“on! about his (-hores ~0mq~whoro
along the- “ato-rfroni on Bainbrldgr
Island. Al the same time friends
and residents on tin- island \u-ro- ‘
"stoning to a radio program about
him hroadvast (rum Bremorton.
Benson was amply prawn-d as‘
one of tho mutt interesting pm
lncvr figures on the island, Hi
doesn't give a dam what pvoplv
CARL BENSON
wfiiuiv 14
-‘catalogue any available. authentic
;|Norwegian art of handcraft arti
kicles that are 100 years old or old<
_ier. Folk art brought to America
’by Norwegian emigrants partic
liularly interests Mrs. Bohn. She
lihas taken hundreds of pictures
land collected many prints which
'ishe will compile for the Norwe
lyg'ian museums.
f She urges Seattleites who have
‘old Norwegian art. silver. tvxtiles
:or furniture to get in touvh with
'Iher at 726 Harvard Ave. N.
With Sply Little Ego
think about him so he didn't car.
to listen.
In a way that's characteristic
of an 63-year-old swedv. once
described in Swedish as "en kmt
gubbe med oforbrinnehg over
skottsenergi och tusm Jaklar l
6gonvrfln." He has sought seclu
sion with hxs books, ms garden.
painting and his spry little ego m
A rather quiet part of the island.
near Port Madxson. He is one of
the few survivors of that rugged
era of staunch individualism. Yet,
at henn. he‘s also a smunch so-
Cialist.
[Ionic-spun Phllowphor
Benson. 3 ba< nolor, s p e n d s a
large part of ms Ume philoso
phizmg. rez‘utmg statcmvnts. hy
pothesxseso pamtmg ms dreams.
making furmturo. boats. doing odd
jobs. and gust living in general on
13 "do-as-you-dam-please" b8518-
LSometinws; he thinks about wrxt
‘ing a book. Hcv‘s humonstnc about.
it, too.
i "A11 1 need is a typewriter, and
‘thon I must learn to ‘ype. but
'01:“ won't take long."
* Snmctmws he moditates aboufi
,(‘Eeanmg up *5 halo two-room
Vhouse, Wk“ h 1: rather messy look
mg.
‘ "I thrik I L] sweep the floor next
33'0u.‘ says he. ' ‘
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