Scandinavian American. [volume], October 08, 1951, Image 1

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gag-51311232; Teeming With Activity 1
Norway Center, Then Norse Home, Now Swedish Building
Over $200,000 Already Raised
For Large Norse Home Project
Norse Home, the proposed model rest home pictured above,‘
is still in the planning stages, but in a short time, remark
able progress has been made toward its realization. The un
tiring efforts, the hardships and progress of this worthy
undertaking is outlined in the following statement by the
board of trustees, who are making an urgent appeal for
more donations.
We would like to emphasize
the fact that our assets have in-!
creased since November 1, 1949‘
from approximately $100,000.00 to
$213,676.49. 0! this amount, 5113.-
676.49 or over one-half of our to
tal assets have been collected dur
ing the past year and ten months.'
During this period we have more!
than doubled the total assets of}
the Home. It further means thatl
since the idea of the Norse Home
originated in one of the meetings:
of Leif Erickson Lodge in old Non.
way Hall in 1929 or twenty-two3
years ago, over hall or our present
assets have been accumulated dur- ,
ing the last two years or less than
one-tenth of the total porin! Fir.
Scandinavian Airlines 5 Years Old
Scandinavian Airlines System on'
September 17 celebrated the fifth
anniversary of its North Atlantic
service. It was on that day, in
1946. that SAS inaugurated reguim
ar air traffic across the rccan.‘
Since then. the company has madev
3.357 trips over this route. carry-f
ing 86,740 passengers. 4,114.000‘
pounds of freight. and 1.753.400I
pounds of mail. SAS routes at;
pruent link sixty-seven cities in;
thirty-seven countries. On its in-i
Kenoington Stone May Be Real; '
Norse, Swedes, In Minnesota 1362?
Rood intcnsting disclosure on Page 2.
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its incorporation. We feel, when
you consider these facts that you
will agree that an excellent job
of solicitation has been accomp
lished during the past two years.
But we wish to make it clear to
each and everyone of you that
this remarkable showing in the
amount of $113,676.49 has been ac
complished largely through the un
tiring efforts of a mere handful
of individuals.
Your Board has been most eager.
particularly during the past two
years, to put the Norse Home on
an operating basis. This. of
course. is impossible until the
Home itself has been “cured. In
ufontimu‘d on Page 2|
'tornntional flights as well as in
Europe, the Company operates
Douglas DC-Gs. Eight of the latest
type Douglas DC—eBs are SCht‘d-v
juled for delivery next year. SAS
is owned jointly by the Danish.
‘Norwegian and Swedish Airlines.
half of its combined capital stock
being prlvately held while the
other half represents government.
investments. So far as manage
ment is concerned. SAS is and al
ways ha been a private concern.‘
Seattle, Washington, October 8, 1951
‘ ‘YO UNG
Scandinavians"
In Seattle
About 20 especially invitvd
Svandimu‘ian newcomers will meet
at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jo
hann Aarthun, 1280 Knox 'le-v,
Seattle. Saturday evening. October
20, in the first get-together of
“Young Scandinavians."
The name was unanimouslyf
adopted by a group of eight
young active Scandinavians, most
if not all of whom met each otii-‘
er for the first time. at a meet-}
ing called by the Scandinavian;
American, Friday evening, Sep-l
tember 28. The purpose was to‘
sound out opinion on the forming}
of a club and how it. should be?
organized. For all practical pur-f
poses. the club was formed and
opinions voiced during a two-hour.
discussion showed hearty agree-1
ment on all major questions. 3
Scandinavian Languages Stressed
With Mrs. Aarthun acting as
recording secretary. the group
agreed that the purpose of the
club was to hold meetings tenta-‘
tively set for once a month, at
:which Scandinavian newcomers
and persons with speaking profi
‘ciency in any one of the Scandinfi
avian languages could get togeth-,
ler. Potentially. that embraces a;
Ilarge group of people in Seattle:
rParticipation in the club would,
[be by invitation for the time be-‘
!ing at least. until it is assured of
}a nudeus of sincerely interested
[and active persons who will getv
‘to know each other at the next
I' meeting. As for the nature of the
imeetings, the group felt that act
ivities would develop as the club
. (Continued on Page 8.
Oslofjord Running Mate Planned» For ’55
Y NEW YORK. Sept. ZA—(‘hrls
|llan J- Mohn. Vlro-Presldent and
[General Manger o! the Norwex‘lan
America. Line Annex. Inc" New
York. has announced the Line has
declded to bulld a running mate
to the trammkllantlc liner. the
MS. OSLOFJORD. The model is
shown above.
Bids for the constmctmn of the
new ship have been recon-ed from
several British slnpyards and are
Swedish Community Building
fflYOTSM' Discussion Meeting
Largest Scandinavian Building in Seattle
In (Im~ time 3 MW Swedish building in Si-attlv may ln- ”acted,
second in size only to the Suedish llospitul shnun abm‘v.
About 50 representatives of different Swedish societies in
Seattle met in the Swedish Club here September :26 to dis
cuss the proposed new Swedish community Imilding. esti
mated to cost from $400,000 to 3.300.000. They agreed to
meet again in about a month for further discussions.
This first discussion meeting
proved beyond doubt that all con
cerned groups are for the general
idea The most important questions
now are how the project will be‘
financed and organized. Sugges
tions were given in a memorandum
handed out to all participants at
the meeting. which also formed
the basis of discussion. “'ithout
being too specific. this proposal
advanced by an especially appoint
ed finance committee of the Swe
dish Cluh, which called the meet
ing. stated in part:
“The Building Association shnuld
be organized as a non-prnfit cur
ibaing studied by the Line's offi- E1
'cials. Announcement of the tunnel
Lot the successful bidder will be‘
Tn‘lade at the end of October. .‘
'1 Delivery of the new ship, which
!as yet is inn-named. in scheduled
Jot the autumn of 1955.
i‘ The new liner will be 17.000
‘ltons. “1th a speed of 20 knots
fluid is planned to accommodate
£100 passengers In First Clm. all
e stateroom: with prlvnte huh. and
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poration and the stock should be
offered for sale to Swedish so
cieties as well as individuals at
the rate of $1.000 per share. Each
shareholder should be allotted one
vote for each share and have the
right to represent himself or by
proxy at annual as well as extra
stockholders' meetings. He should
also be eligible as a member of
the Board »— if duly elected."
It also proposed that 10 persons
could contribute $100 each to form
a unit equalling one vote. .
“Accumulated profit can only be
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1800 passengers in Tourist Class.
‘I The Norwegian Amerim Lin 9
pnsently operates two tans-At
iiumc liners. the M. s. osm
l-‘JORD tnd the 5.8. STAVAX.
GERPJORD. serving reguinriy be
‘tween New York and Smndmavm
in addition to its fleet cargo liners
in the north-Atlantic service. and
1 in operation I) e t w 92 n European
ports-4‘?“ and East Atria. in
; eluding War.
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