Scandinavian American. [volume], January 07, 1952, Image 1

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

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To Captain Carlson
In your darkest. finest hour
You lured man's shipwrecked
heart
To Death’s eternal power
That all but toro lt apart.
As of yore, you barn tho story
0! “kings—bravo and tron;
The power that was “Mr glory,
The heart that conquered the sea
(See Story on Page 5)
Vol. 8, No. l.
Where To Go? W hy, Scandinavia,
This Is the new and enlarged-home of Whorv-To—Go Travel Servlce
at 1684 4th Ava, Seattle.
Eskimos Had First Original Life
Ins. Policy: Wife-Trading
Norse Eskimo Export Returns From Northland
Arthur Elde. Norwegian-American author and lecturer on Alaska}
and Euklmo lite. In once again bark In Seattle. perhaps [or keeps. alter}
spending 35 adventurous perhaps in Alaska. He has come a long way‘
slnee he left his nath'e Tromso, Norway, in 1903.
After travels throughout Europe
and Russia. he came around the
Born to San Francisco in 1910 and
studied theology; he married an
Eskimo. hopped to Alaska. Siberia.
lived among primitive Eskimo
tribes, worked as teacher, mission-
Iry. real estate man, lecturer,
movie-maker, etc. He fought for!
the first hospital to be located at
Point Barrow and induatrialI
schools in Alaska with ensuing leg
islative action to back him up.
Next. spring a new book by him,
his third. on the history and af
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ABTHI'R EIDE
Scandinavian Airlines’ N ew Fares,
Tours Slated for Average American
New reduced tourist fares for
Scandinavian Airlines' North Ab!
luntic route: to Scandinavia and
Germany will go into effect May:
1. 1952. according- to Tore H. Ni-‘
Ian. president of Scandinavian“
Airlines System. Inc. The round1
trip hon-New York to Stockholm]
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$90,000 Pledged
To Sweden House
{By Seattle Groups
Incorporation ls Next
Big Step
A total of $89,000 has bee’n pledg
ed to the proposed “Sweden House"
of Seattle by various Swedish or
ganizations with the latest offer of
$1,000 coming from Alfreda lodge
of the Independent Order of Vik
ings. Having no large treasury,
this lodge made a very substantial
contribution Before Christmas the
Seattle.0rder of Runeberg lodge
also pledged $1,000.
Considering the fact that the
Sweden House project is not yet
formally organized the pledge total
so far is an enmurag'tng trend.
Only one other organization, The
St‘andinavian Fraternity. has yet
to report, but is expected to con
sider the matter of pledging a sum
of money at its next meeting this
month.
Incorporation of the proposed
Sweden House organization is ex
pected in the near future. In the
meantime a special committee.
headed by Gus Backman. has be
gun lending cut pledge Certificates
individually to members of the
Swedish Club.
lwm colt $535.90; to Helsinki
I$590.50. and to Copenhagen. 0310
land Hunpurg. Germnny, “93.00.
Mr. Niiert aid that SAS wu
‘ready to inaugurate the new ser-
Evice over the North Atlnntic route
in! identical tire] and frequency
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SeattELWashington, January 7, I952
Of Course!
Old Seattle Firm
Has A New Office
‘ To start off a new promising
travel year, “'heure-To-Go Travel
!Service of Seattle recently opened
Hip new and enlarged quarters on
lFourth Ave. opposite the Bon
Mart-he. A reception attended by
Scandinavian travel rcpn-senta
jtives of Seattle, was sparked by
'thc knowledge that travel to Scan
‘dinavia is expected ’to break new
irecords this year with Olympic
Hiamen attractions in Norway and
iFiniand.
i The new modern office of the
Seattle office. staffed by ten per
[sons. features a modern tic R et
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iFlagstad Gets
alorse Acclaim
Norway‘s Kirsten l-‘lngstad, the
world‘s greatest VVagnt-rian so
prano, got the thrill of her life re
cently at the combined concert and
national reception at Oslo's Na
tional Theatre on the occasiun )t‘
her return to the homeland. There
wasn't a cubic foot of standing
room left, and the crowd extend
ed its salutations in waves of smat
tering applause as she sang Wag
nerian songs that are synonymous
with her world-wide reputation.
As for the latter a speaker that
night ranked her With Henrik lb
.»en and Edward Grieg as furo
most exponents of Nora-w culture
to the World. Fluttermi. Miss Flap.-
stnd gladly nfforvd hvr share of
l-i-nccvds to the nrvhostm‘s pon
siun fund.
Seattle’s Scandian
Dancing Set-llp
' With attendances of 1.000 and
500 persfins i‘cspwtiwiy Norway
Center and Swedish Club of Seat
lle ushered in the new year to the
limit of capacity and the brim of
the cup last New Year's eve.
| Norway (‘enter has found it ne
cessary to discontinue Sunday eve
ning dances. but the Swedish Club
in continuing theirs. It seems it
works this way: Norway Center
drawn a bigger crowd on Satur
day. Swedish Club more people on
;Sunday night while Saturday night
[affairs are not so well attended.
|Bert Lindzren'a‘ hall on the Both
lell Highway still continue: to draw
most of the youth interested in
lScandinavian dancing in the Seat
tle area. Saturdays. that la.
[Scandihavian - Amerii'aAh‘Tfid BE
gSoIoist With Fiedler, Symphony
Old Man Fate Gave Him The Nod Twice
Musiv is an art \\'ht'rt‘ worth iu‘avo off. my.» Randolph Hokzmwn.
distinguished young pianist from the l'uiy'I-rsity of Winnington. H--'ll
hun- anotin-r opportunity to prnw‘ it in Sa-utth-K (-ivir- auditorium Jun
nnry M. Then lu-‘il play 'l‘c-halkowskyx piuno ("Hum-r10 No. I in lH‘Int
minor uith Arthur (Boston Pops) Fin-(llw comma-ting tlu- M-attlo
Symphony. Only last summrr lu- pluyi-d tho ~:mu- vom-urto uith l'iod
lor and tho San Francisco Symphony.
The day we visited this young
concert artist ()f Swedish doscvnt
in the home of his parents. Mr.
and Mrs. Eric annnsmi, 2521
11th \\'., Seattlv. hv was limimr
ing up with scales. With the man—
ners of a gentleman and a. semi
tively keyed expression on his
face. Hokanson cordially opened
up a glimpse into his wnrld of mu-
SIC.
('oncort Carver In ngh Svhool
Perhaps we should rm-ull him
:w a nine-5 oar old in Bellinghum.
where he was born, taking Ins
sons for the first time wnh Un
help of his sister. nmv Mrs. Hildur
Hector of Seattle. At twelve,
when the family moved to Seattle.
No Snow AI Site
Of Oslo Winter
Olympic Games
' The Norwegian hosts are won:
daring if the snows will come in
time for the winter Olympic Gamvs
events in February.
So far. the outlook is dark. The
games are Srhedulod for the hills
and mountains surrounding Gala
and a Checkup failed in reveal
any of the white stuff at the Olym
pic site.
At this Univ of year Norwe
gians usually are skiing and skat
ing to their hearts contnnt. This
year Nurway's Olympic skiing cun
-d;‘dates are hurrying to Austria
and Switzorland 10 get some pro-
Olympic training.
Lucky Lucia Laurcllcd
WWII“ 38.!70 at ”2.810 \‘otm can! {or lo «undkhtm m a nu
uonu Swodhh rump-«Mun. Ml» Mnrglt Sjodln bar-mo Sunder!
lawh Bride 0! 1051 last Mr.
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he would i'nthvr play \)’ith the pi
ano than with a football And
while still in high schimi he began
his cmu-vrt (-urveri '
Then something wandvrfui hap~
pcned. He was 19. A brave new
world lay ahoad of him. and in
wardly he was flowing over with
music. There was a strong fresh
urge to do snmeth‘mg with it But
how? And where?
Old Man Fate (‘hm‘klmi
Old Man Fate. sensmg thxs boy's
talent. nndded his ‘nrad. set the
maze for the advent of his lucky
star The setting: in the home \t‘
:1 Victoria. B. C. music patron. an
ardent folluwer of the hay she
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