Scandinavian American. [volume], December 17, 1951, Image 1

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

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IN THIS ISSUE:
Seattle’s Centennial
——-Page 3
The Female
'Santa Claus'
—Page 7
Norse 'Trolls' at U.
—Page 6
Sweden Affects U.S. TV
—Page 6
Vol. 7, No. 24
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Happy New Year!
Not The Cold War, B.ut . . . _
Scandinavian Christmas Toy ,
Baffles Kings And Statesmen
Whit Makes the Tippe-Top Turn Turtle? ,
A toy top punles Mr. |
Churchill -— Battles an;
atomic scientist — And the g
Swedish kin? gets on the ;
floor to see t spinning. 1
A Danish engineer's simple and ;
ingenious toy for children has be-1
come a mystery for kings andI
statesmen. "What," they ask]
“makes the tippe-top turn over?"
Seafile Consul Awarded Medal
TI! Cm America- LII!"- Battle (‘hk-f, Swedllll Consul
1m Wt. (co-tor) h 00.th Wt mflvlng the
Boyll Patriotic Society’s gold mould In New York for long and
altitul service with the company. From In": Mr. and Mn. (5.
Hum Whack Jr” Consul Lundoqulut. (‘onnul Gene-n] Lennart
We: a! New York, all Mr Erik wuk. Mr. handbook
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flighllgllwrgwihe Scandinavian (‘hrlstMas party of the Scandi
navian Club It the l'nlverslty of “'ashlngton Saturday. Dec. 9. 1‘
was the appearance of the l'niwrsity Lucia Bride, Delores Dan-
i The tippe-top is a spherical top
labout the size of a small apple
‘with a strong stem. It is set spin
fining with a snap of the fingers
:and begins to rotate with the
istem pointing verically into the
lair. Then comes the mystery. The
Pacillations change so‘ that the
-atem of the top describes 'larger
| (Cont‘d on page 12)
Seattle, Washington, December 17, I95]
Lucia Opens Scandinavian Yule Festivities
A Real-Life Christmas Story
From Present-Day America
E Almost everybody in Long?
.Island‘s Garden City South knew!
I'I‘ibert v. Anderson and liked him:
‘He was 17 when he arrived in the:
US. from his native Sweden. but‘
his way of doing things seemed to
lsuit his adopted country from the
start. He worked in greenhouses tol
earn money for college. later fin
‘ished courses in a Lutheran semin-E
‘ury, and was ordained. In 1947.
'ilftt'l‘ his board sent him to stait
a new church in Garth-n City?
.South. he acted as contractor anal‘
wild a lot of the Work With nisi
‘mvn hands. Last year the red brick?
Ibuildmg of St. Andrew‘s. Evangel-j
{icnl Lutheran Church was up and;
ithe congregation well establishedzl
ioverything seemed to be going well i
Ei'ur Pastor Anderson and his Min-l
lnenola-born wife. Hazel. I
Then came catastrophe. Threw}
year-old Karen third of the Ander- ;
hons‘ four children, was taken 10'
the hospital with poho. A few!
days later, Pastor Anderson came:
down with it. Hazel Anderson's
mother died of a heart attack!
brought on by the news. Then;
Tibert Anderson himself died at.
48.
When Pulor Anderson went to
the hospital. Garden City South
mused itself in neighborliness. 'I‘he
neighbor who did most to get the
other: eluted wu Mrs. Thomas
Skelly. a Romm Catholic. She or
‘ganized a committee to canvass
the neighborhood. A "Putnr An
demon hind" wu established at
St. Andrew's West Hompateod md
lelson, eenter. shown with her attendants. From left: Adele Paaso.
1‘ (‘arolyn Deahl. Mildred Brown. Elsa, Brauns. Delores. Arlene Ben
son, Elna Person, Lorane Peterson and Mary Peterson.
(Cut courtesy of 1'. of \\'ash. Dailj
lGarden City Catholics and Jews?
‘pitched in along with Lutherans.
f (Cont‘d on page 12)
Are you sending money
’ home this holiday season?
Your rcrnittmus \\ til rtguvc
prompt .HKLRIiUi‘r by . tr tom'-
spondcnr hmks m Stinixn.1\'itr‘
“no wrll stc that nzuzuj;
[L‘thL'S your {AXHHKS Sam;
the lmhd.rys.\‘;'t rmrtc you to
use the findings of our Bullard
Branch at 203-1 \\'ut 50th
Strut or thoSc of our Main
Office Foreign Dcpartmcnt at
Second Avenue and Sprung Street.
as we“ as other branthcs
\- throughout the Start of
@ W'ashington.
5 NATIONAL [III 0' COME!“
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Let It Rain!
A Danish seaside hotel has in
troduced a form of rainy weather
insurance for its guests. The pro
prietor gives board and lodging
free 1f it rains for more than four
hours a day!
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