Scandinavian American. [volume], November 19, 1951, Image 1

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mlnlster of fun In §eattle’s Swe
dish colony, writes: about Ms 60th
Birthday party, page 5.
Vol. 7, No. 22.
A Fortune In Seaweed? Swedish
Chemis; Offers Partner Big Chance
Honesi Scandinavian Besi' Be};
Producis' For Humans. Animals
There's a fortune in seaweed or ribbon kelp, one of the commonest
forms of marine vegetation on the Washington Coast. The man who
says he knows it, Olof Rappe, is one of the country's experts on kelp
and its utilization for a number of health products for humans and
animals.
Mr. Rappe. a chemist who hails!
from Torphammar. MedeipatM
Sweden. is not a wealthy man. II"
he were he wouldn’t be making[
this offer. He is willing to enter;
Into the kelp processing business};
with anyone sincerely interested‘
with a sufficient amount of (‘api-f
tal and who can be honestly trust-1
ed. And he thinks that all these?
conditions can be realized it the:
person or persons in question are?
Scandinavian. Rappe lives at Rt.‘
2, Box 103 A, Battleground, Wu.1
Kelp I'nllmltml
For small scale operations at
least a contribution of from $10.-
000 to $25,000 is necessary. he
says. As for the chances of suc
cess. his past record undoubtedly
bodes well. It is marred only bv
some grievious experiences with
dishonest or incompetent business
men, who not only exploited kelp
but Rappe as well. Financially,
that is. But they didn't rob him
of his ‘chief asset, expert knowl
edge and certain formulas that go
into the making of several pro
ducts which he apparently has
marketed with considerable suc
cess in the past. With the aid of
Scandinavian-American Gives
“Inside” View Of Nobel Fete
Colonel Blimp Models, Lovely Women On Hand
N ow that the awarding oi the Nobel Pines are forthcoming, ,numeiy
at a gala ceremony December 9 in Stockholm, readers may be in
terested in getting a look at the traditional proceedings from the
Spirited viewpoint of (‘arlton Appeio. American student of Finnish
extraction, now living in Deep River, Wash. This is strletiy the human
side 0! the world famous affair.
You may have read accounts of
the awarding of the Nobel prizes
in Stockholm. Here follows the
impressions of the eye witness to
the ceremony in December 1949.
The setting is very appropriate—'—
the lovely concert hall (konsert
hus) of Stockholm. This imposing
building is located very centrally
in half block from the main corner
of the Swedish capital cityv—Drott
ninxgatan and Kungsgatan. It is
separated from the largest store
in Scandinavia (volume-wise).
PUB, the cooperative department
store. by a large market square‘
called Hotorget. This square is‘
world famous for the renown foun
tain—~Orpheus by Milles. It also
houses one of the largest outdoor
markets in Stockholm.
The actual awarding of the Nobel
prize is a strictly formal affair.
Every man should wear a monkey
suit and the women come in for
male. That is everyone except the
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ing to the future, to continue
where he left off. He has both
equipment and materials to start
with. And a burning conviction
of great potential values of his
ideas and Kelp Unlimited.
Kelp For Fish, 00“ 5. Poultry
Rappe's most recent operation,
Northwest Kelp Co.. in Anacortes.
supplied state fish hatchex'ies as
far away as Montana with kelp
meal for fingerling trout. The
same goes for cows and poultry.
These experimental undertakings
have proven successful.
The possibilities are almost un
limited, according to Rappe, a
quiet, soft-spoken man.
“Eleven different minerals can
be extracted from dried kelp." he
says. Personally he knows how to
process kelp meal in powder form.
medicinal soap in liquid. bar or
paste form, kelp health tablets.
salt. etc. And he knows of ways
of makingr by-products in the pro
cess, such as from algin, a hydro
carbon protoplasm from kelp.
which is now a common ingredi
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By Carlton Appelo
NorWay Ce‘infér‘ HoisehBId Word In Seattle
Seattle, Washingtgn, November 19, 195]
RAPPE PROCESSING KELP
Swedish Women’s
Chorus In Debut
The Swedish Women's Chorus
of Seattle will make its first pub
lic appearance Tuesday, Nov. 27
at 8 p. m. at the meeting 0f the
Swedish Cultural Society in Cen
tral Baptist church. Films from
Sweden will be shown by Kenneth
Soderland, instructor in Swedish
at the adult education center of
the U. of Wash.
Norse Notes
The nPw Oslo {elephone book
will be ready for distribution be
fore Christmas. The 200,000 copies
will contain 1.000 pages each. or
100 pages more than in the last
one issued in 1949.
i The new Norwegian Seamen's
‘Churvh in San Francisco has been
'fnrmally opened.
MOVE'ALONG MEN, HERE
COMES A WOMAN BUILDER
That unpredictable and daring species, the weaker sex. is
still on the march and Seattle offers another proof. The
latest female triumph in the time-honored domains of
husky, cigar-chewing building contractors is as conspicuous
as the twenty-old houses built or: being built close to each.
other in Seattle‘s fashionable Magnolia district, overlooking
Puget Sound and the Olympic mountains.
‘ In the midst of this mushroom-|
ing settlement at 3lst Ave. W. is.
the headquarters of one of the‘
city’s most enterprising women,
Mrs. Sally Bostrom. Instead oh
settling down quietly In her alt-1‘
tractive, spacious two-story homeJ
like the true mother she is. erN
Bostrom is rapidly changing the;
appearance of the whole neighbor
hood, now echoing with hammer-1
beats, and the hustle and bustle of
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Svea Male chorus concert Nov. 30
Features W. Snellenberg As Soloist
‘ The Swedish Svea Male Chorus ‘
llof Seattle will present its 46th an-i
I nual fall concert at 8:15 p. m. Fri-i
1 day. November 30. in the McKinley i ‘
‘Auditorium at Seattle Pacific Cot-i
lege, located at the snuth side of!‘
the canal at 3rd Ave. West and>
W. Bertona St. ’
‘ The guest artist will be they
winger. WaJlter Snellenberg. who i
!has built up a very good reputa-i
{ tion for himself as a singer in Se-‘
:attle. He is also well known :i
through many operatic appear-l
shoes. 1
' The Chorus, directed by C. Hi
'Sutherland. will present a varied}
Iprogram. which should attract a
ENorwegian Finds Music Treasure
Among Eskimo Tribes In Alaska
i The Norwegian composer Eivind :
1Groven is presently making musi- 1
ca! notations of 200 Eskimo songs ‘
lrecorded on magnetic tape by the
noted Norwegian lawyor- sociolo
Development of Se-'
attle‘u Norway Center
was a study In coopera
tion among many peo~
ple tn many different
walks of life — their
one common tie being a
low of Norwny and
pride in their heritage.
See more pk-tures on,
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large crowd.
‘ Previous concerts have been
held at the Central Baptist Church,
but as the church is no longer
available for the chorus. this con
cert had to be moved to another
location. McKinley Auditorium,
however. is very suitable for con
certs. The acoustics are said to be
excellent and there are enough
comfortable opera seats on the
slanting floor to accommodate the
crowd expected.
The downtown bus most suit
‘ able for transportation to the aud~
itorium is No. ,1 Sunset Hill.
'which leaves Fourth Ave. and
drives right by the auditorium.
gist—explorer Helge Ingstad. during
Ehis year-long stay in Alaska‘s in
;terior. So far. Mr. Crown has
‘written down 15 of the Eskimo
imelodies. seven of which appear
Iin Helge Ingstad‘s book on his
ilife among the Nunamiute tribe,
lpubiished this {all in Oslo by
I Gyldendal.
l The composer describes the re
icordings as a sensational find for
-musicologists, since they are the
ffirst Eskimo songs ever to be re
jcorded in Alaska. He says there
can be no doubt about their value,
lartisticuly a well as scientifically.
1 The tunes. some of which are
gaccompenied by drum beat. ad
‘mittedly sound weird to Western
1ears. and yet they present evi
idence that thc Nunamiutes are
‘quite conscious of pitch and many
‘fine points of vocalization. Listen
ing to the tunes. Mr Groven has
detected definite foreign influ
ences. possibly traceable to Ameri
can Indinns or Siberian Eskimos.
{One of the Nunamiute songs obvi
ously is a variation of a theme
Ltrom Tschuikowsky's Fifth Sym
iphony. Another strongly resembles
la well‘known hymn from the .\'or
:Wegian province of Telemark.
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