Scandinavian American. [volume], March 05, 1952, Image 1

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

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Ewald To Speak
0n Olympics At
Norway Center
Arne Ewaid, representative
of Scandinavian Airlines. Se
attle office, will give an oral
report on the Winter Olympics
with a Holmenkollen film at the
Viking Soccer Club's festival
In Norway Center next Satur
day. March 8. at 8 p.m.
....Mr. Ewald has just returned
from Oslo, where he attended
the Olympic games.
Vol. 8, No. 5.
ENorse Student Crowned Winter
EKing \At Wash. State College
by Gosta Pearson
Svein (Ted) Huse, one of Nor
way‘s student ambassadors, was
crowned Winter King February 16
at the annual Sophomore Tolo
dance held at Washington State
College to climax Winter Week.
Placing the crde on Svein's
head was Miss Allyson Cooper.
Winter Week committee chairman.
Svein’s date for the evening. Miss
Rigmor Holmusen, is pictured at
his left. Miss Holmusen is visiting
in the U. S. and is also from 0510,
Norway.
Every year on the campus of
the State College. the men's dor
mitories run candidates for winter
king, to be crowned during the an
nual Winter Week Festival.
Some seventeen other candidates
competed for the honor of being
elected as King of Winter Week.
Svein Huse, through his pleasing
personality and the efforts of his
campaign manager. Stuart Kos
nick. won the election. The way
the king is selected is by having
each girl cast one vote for the
candidate that she likes best.
Svein is 22 years old and is ma
joring in civil engineering. A mem
ber of Theta XI fraternity. his
home is at Ullevalsvegen 116. Os
lo, Norway. He came to the U. S.
in August, 1951, and we hope he
will stay With us until graduation
in 1953.
One of the top point scorers on
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Dancers, Singers, Musicians In Varied Program
A get-together ieatnrlng n pro«E
[run of varied entertainment?
with singers dancers and mu-i
Iicians, dancing and refresh;
ments is in store for Young Scan-'
din-“ans. ScandinM'iIn-Americans ;
and friends next Sunday. March 9.‘
The event is whuiuioil for 7:30‘
p. m. in Norway (‘entcrjs Banquet
Bali.
This is the outgrowth of efforts
launched by this papvr to bring
young Scandinavians together and ‘
it is hoped that as many as pos
!ibie from Seattle and the sur
rounding area will attend.
The program features singm:
by radio entertainers surh as tho
Bjerkeseth Trio and the Beauty
.shop quartet in additinn to the
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Swin House Is Crowned
King at Dance Festival
the WSC ski team. Svein has won
three jumping meets (Banff In
ternational Intercollegiate Meet,
Leavenworth Meet, and Northern
Division Collegiate Meet) so far
this season. He is also a top-hitch
cross-country skier. as well as a
downhill and slalom skier. Not on
ly does he ski. but he also skates.
and plays soccer, 3011‘. and tennis.
Along with Svein. Norway has
sent Olav Hoff, captain of the
WSC ski team. Nils Hegxold. As—
bjorn Ekeberg. and Barre Ulrich
sen. to WSC. Norway has a right
to be proud of the student ambas
sadors which they have sent us.
They are helping in their way to
bring unity and understanding in
our strained world.
lBarbershop quartet. The two?
lquartets are directed by Count
iMikael Scheremetiew. Master of‘
‘Leremonies for the evening will be‘
the young Norwegian Peter Holst“
lMusical entertainment will be pro-3
!vided by the Booster Trio. which
lspecializes in Scandinavian folk
jmusic. A highlight will be the ap
pearance of a group of American
‘folk and square dancers from the
University of Washington, headed
*by Gordon Ekvall Tracie.
In addition a Scandinavian mov
ie is scheduled for showing some.
time during the evening. Dancing
and refreshmtnts round out the
went, With admission as low as
‘one dollar.
[ Committees in charge of ar-
‘x'angemenm me headed by Doris
Jahnson and Include the folluu'mg
lpcmons: Cissi Rasmussen, Gil—111141?
Rasmussen, M. Scherrmenew. 'I‘.
Nyman. program; Oke Ockcrman.
decorations; Inga Britta Okesson
and Randi Fjermestad. refresh
;monts; Gunmu' Gardsten and Pete
Janson, tickets, and G. Traue. re
cox-dings.
All young Scendlnavian new-
Icomem from an we Nordic coun
tries and Scandinavian-Americans
land friends are cordially Invited
'10 this event.
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I Sweden\md the [mud State:
are mu the world's leading "tele
phone countries." With 1.6 xmllion
Holephones. Sweden has 23.9 per
5100 inhabitants, wmle the United
[States, with more. than 43 million
jlelephones, has 28.1 per 100 inhab
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Seattle, Washington. March 5, 1952
Church Group Votes To Expel
Pastor-He Refuses To Leave
I Officially, Pastor Earl Jensen's services as minister of‘
the Central Baptist Church at 9th and Pine, Seattle, have
“terminated” and the pulpit was declared vacant. But Pastor ‘
Jensen refuses to recognize this ruling based upon a vote1
taken among circa 240 church members at a meeting called
as a special corporate meeting of the church. In fact, Pastor
Jensen plans to remain as minister of the church.
The group opposing Pastor Jen-g
sen maintains that the ruling is‘
fully justified and made in ac-1
cordance with constitutional pro
cedure. Pastor Jensen. backed by:
a potent group in the church. de-l
nies and challenges this. It’s pas-1
sible that the whole matter Willi
be drawn into court. ‘
As far as Scandinavians are
concerned. this conflict within the?
church has been the “talk of the:
town" for some time, but with no;
official information to go by. out:
side opinion has had no opportun
ity to make a {air appraisal of
the issues. hotly debated. at least:
among large segments of the
Swedish colony. The Scandinavian
American. first to reveal the facts
publicly. wishes to clear up some
misunderstandings. it possible. in
the interest of all parties and the
public concerned uith the consent
and assistance of Pastor Jensen,
himself. and representatives of the
group opposing him.
First of all. the charges against
.‘HKA El. SCHER EM ET! F. \\'
Norway‘s, 200 Youth Hmtrls.
with a total of about 4.000 beds
had nearly 180.000 overmgm
guests during 1951.
During 1951. the ECA Sponsored
54 Norwegian technicians studyxng
agriculture. horticulture. and for
estry in the Unitedfitahs. In ad
dition. 22 young farmers and farm
Women from Norway worked as
trainees on American farms.
“The Hal-r." Rum & Augustus
Goeu‘ dramahunon of H (- n r y
James“ "\Vuhlngton Square." had
its Norweginn premiere In: Week
at the New Theatre in Oslo.
4
lPastor Jensen, as crystalized at
;the special corporate meeting oft
”he church February 11: ‘
3 THE GROUP OPPOSING .
l PASTOR JENSEN ‘
i The group opposing the pastor
{says the crisis revolves around
him and that there was no effort
ito take any issue with him in his
‘theological position.
1 Due to space limitation what
*follows is but a brief but fairly
frepresentative summary of various
accusations brought against Pas
itor Jensen.
3 “Illness was given by Pastor
Jensen as the reason for the dis
‘missal of Mrs. Martha. Swanson
ias superintendent of the junior
church. which was the first she
-knew that she was ill. This reason
was later denied by the Pastor,"
“In utter disregard of church
leaders. the choir leader and the
organist were dismissed, and with
them went the choir."
"Certain of the young peoples
efforts were not properly treated
by Pastor Jensen."
“Constituted boards and com
mittees of the Church have been
consistently by—passed and thwart
ed by the pastor."
“With its Swedish heritage the.
church has a special responsnbihty
to the Swedish community of Se—
‘attle, which has also benefitedthe
1__,.__.,s ,_,-e#-e______- _._.. e, A
Minister llas Good llse For Swedish;
Goes Lutheran Rounds At Hospitals
The Scandinavian impact on our
church“ may be diminishing just‘
as the. old immigrant culture merg
es over more with everything Am
erican. But Scandinavian mini,»
tel-s with a knack for the homo
land tongues are still in demand
and suit a purpose for ninth tho-n
it. a definite neod.
The Rev. Theodore Painter. pau
tor of the Gethsunano Lutheran
Church at Ninth and Stewart 1".
Seattle, fits the doscnptmn (gum:
weli In fact. one (1‘ the punts
that prompted your reporter to
pay him a visit the otharr day was
the good talk of 11:5 Impressve
juiotta sermon m the chunk his:
Christmas. Delivered 11. SWuLsh.
Pastor Palmer's sermon was heard
by many that came from area: far
outside Seattle, as the case may
also be With other Stanthnmta.‘
ministers on such UCJASiths it
was also tape~recnrded. affording
o lingering pleasure. '
Spain Swedish Finently
Pastor Palmer speaks Sweinh
fluently. with hardly nty ("ht wt
an American accent worth men
tioning. The sun of a SVAtHltbi‘. thr
mer and a F‘rem'h-Swui..<h l'ti‘ifmf‘
the. minister pkki'd 12;: s\"t"-;..K“ ..t
l't-me on the farm. i-‘nru-s' tithe
Minnesota. took it up at (uhgt .
sharpens-d it a; a handy toi n
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church. But at a special unan:
nounced business meeting Svea.
Male Choir was denied use of the
church for a winter concert.“
“The pastor refused to let the
board of deacons consider the
PASTOR. EARL JENSEN
SEE HIS STORY PAGE 8
matter of strained pastor-member
relationship as requested in a peti
tion signed by 110 active church
members. As a result three fami
lies and leaders transferred mem
bership to other Baptist churches.
Fifteen other members ieft the
church because of the pastor's
stubborn and arrogant spirit."
“He has sought to misapproprio
ate monies received by the Church
in trust."
“Pastor Jensen attempted to
make 202 members 'inactive.’ as
he calls it. by depriving them of
right to vote and franchise in
church. of which they still are
members. This was done at a spe.
cial unannounced meeting. giving
'the accused‘ no protection or free
dom and rights. No hearing ot
any kind was had. According to
Pastor Jensen. you are guilty un
til proven innocent. He has no
ICnntinuod on Page R»
‘his ministerial dulies and uses 1t
7now frequently.
[ Soft-spoken and persuasive in a
.quiet. modes! way. Pastor Pal
‘mer ‘m a man of consult-table m<
fluence among Seattle ministers
as well as the head of a cnngreza
mm with a oaphzml membo'rsth
of 1.327. now In the throes of ore
yatlvo ambition that should in a not.
1(70ntln'md on Page 5.
l'\"TUR THIK‘DINHHZ PALMER
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