Scandinavian American. [volume], June 04, 1952, Image 1

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Americans To
Seek Proof Of
"Elise landing
Thirty-two members of the Mas
sachusetts Archeological Society.
working under the direction of
Mr. Benjamin L. Smith, recently
began excavations in the Follins
Pond area of Cape Cod in an ef
fort to determine whether this was
the Vinland where Leif Erikson.
nicknamed the Lucky. beached his
Viking craft when he discovered
America’500 years before Colum
bus.
The site was selected by Fred
erick J. Pohl of Brooklyn. N. Y.,
(Continued on Page 8;
Vol. 8, No. I].
Seattle Planning Centennial Tribute. To Scandinavians
Greater Seattle; Park Dept. To
Back Scandinavian Music Fest
Seattle Summer Symphony In Special ‘Concert
Date I: Set For July 27 at Volunteer Park
Seattle will pay an official tribute to its largest ‘nation
allty’ element, the Scandinavians, this summer. Plans call
for a gala outdoor Scandinavian Music Festival to be staged
at Volunteer Park. The date is tentatively set for Sunday,
July 27, at 3:30 p.m. The event will precede Seattle's Sea
fair Centennial observance.
With backing assured by the Seattle Park Department and
Greater Seattle, Inc.,_ cooperation from representatives and
groups of the Scandinavian population for one of the most
unique and gratifying events in its long Seattle history will
not be lacking.
The Seattle Summer Symphony
Orchestra. conducted by Gustave
Stern. lsjcheduled to perform the
Instrumental end of the concert.
Plum .150 call lor the participa
tion of Nordlc choruses and drill
teams In the city as well as Scul
‘dlnvhn lolkduncers und soloists,
plu- Scudlpavlu notables and
clty and state officials. Topping
of! the “fair would he a {and
“mule tor the combined choruses
Ill! orchestra.
The ambitious undertaking is
largely masterminded, as it was
conceiyed. by a non-Scandinaviln
Seattleite. Richard Trudeau, now
head of the CARE office in Se
attle. Familiar with Scandinavian
culture and traditions through a
sojourn in Denmark as American
vice-consul at Copenhagen. 'l‘ru
doau succeeded in convincing a
group of representative Scandi
navians and the city park depart—
ment and Greater Seattle. Inc., of
the fruitful possibilities of the pro
ject last week. (See more complete
story on Trudeau‘ and his project
under Scandinavian-Americana on
Page 5).
The Scandinavian committee
Trudeau called together for initial
Sons and Daughters of Norway
Have Conventions In Everett
16,000 West Coast Members to Be Repteunted
At Two Big Conclave: Slated for June ”-14
EVERETT. Wan—411w eyes of 14.000 members of 61 Pacific
Con-t lodges In District No. 2 of Sons of Norwny. and 2,000 members
of all lodges of the Daughters of Norway In thin Pacific Northwest
win he focused upon Everett. Washington. during (ha days. June llth
to the 14th lncluslvely. |\ —-—————-———-——~ ——-—
The Convention Executive Com~
mince, under the chairmanship of
Alfred Tunem. and the various
sub-committees. have worked out
plans and a program to tie in
with the agenda and with the
ontortunment {or the delegates.
members. friends. and visitors in
tttondulce.
Officers of the Suprem» Lodge
will be hate to ballast the agenda.
ln the W manner. It is hoped
tint Supreme Lodge President R.
3. make. and Secretary K. R.
Alder-on, both from. Minneapolis,
huh fittendance. The Su
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I 5“: 4 Serving the Standinavian-Americon Population of the Great Northwest
discussions includes Consul C. A.
Stung (Norway). Consul Ivar
Lundequist (Sweden). The Rev.
Kjaer (Denmark). John Sundsten
(Finland), Mrs. Jacoblna Johnson
(Iceland), and Gordon Ekvall
Tracie (Folk Dancers). The Scan
dinavian press was represented by
Thorsten Nyman.
The group. lunching at The
Town and'Country Club, met Paul
Brown. head of the Seattle Park
Department, and Conductor Gus
tave Stem, who were favorable
toward the idea. as outlined by
Trudeau. who has been making the
necessary contacts.
Members of the Scandinavian
committee will appoint a sub
committee representing the Nordic
countries to have charge of se
lecting musical numbers for the
program. This group will be head
ed by John Sundsten. who will
also play an important part in
the execution of the program.
Trudeau will be master of cere
monies at the event.
The Seattle Park Departlnent
will extend the invitation to Scan
dinavian choral groups to partici
pate in the program.
one of the General Directors of the
Supreme Lodge. of course. will be
here. It is expected that the entire
staff of the District Lodge offi
cers will also be present, under
the leadership of President Alfred
K. Oatnesa of Spokane.
Present at the Grand Lodge
Convention of the Daughters of
Norway will be the Grand Lodge
President. Esther B. Anderson.
from Oakland; Secretary. Gunvor
Bjerkeseth, from Seattle: Treas
urer. Jennie Larson. from Everett:
Vice-President. Irene Vognild.
from Silvana: Judge. Kasparia
Gorud. from Seattle; and Chap
lain. Jennie Ohlinder. from Abero
(Continued on P330 8) -
Seattle, Washingtop, June 4, I952
Swedish Mid—Summer Festival June 21—22
choruses, Dancers, Soloists In Program At Vasa Park
The Sve: Male Chorus ls pictured above with the director. C. H. Sutherland.
Swedish Women’s
Chorus Concert
Set For Iune 10
The Swedish Women's Chorus,
of Seattle. under the able direc
tion of Mr. Carl Zeed, will give
its first concert June 10th at
8 p.m. at Seattle Pacific College,
in McKinley Auditorium.
Soloist for the evening will be
the giftéd baritone. Mr. Tani
Bjomson.
The Chorus of about 40 mem
hers is comparatively new. hav
ing practiced diligently every
Tuesday evening for only a little
over one year.
Mrs. Lobberegt will be accomp
anist.
The program will be primarily
Swedish. The Chorus wiil sing one
American song, “America, the
Beautiful" in which the poetry of
Katharine Lee Bates is set to
music by Samuel A. Ward and
arranged for three-part chnrus by
(Continued on Page 8)
ESTHER B. ANDERSON
Grand Lodge mum: at the
' POW d NW”
With 16,000 persons expected to
attend. the 3lst annual Swedish
Mid-summer Festival will be held
at Vase. Park. Lake Samamish, on
June 21 and 22.
Eight Pacific Northwest Vasa
lodges will be hosts at the cele
bration. which will draw guests
from Washington, Oregon, Idaho
and Alaska.
These are Frihet, Klippan and
Vasa Hope Lodges of Seattle. Tro
fast, mere“: Liljan, Monroe; An
karet, EnumcLaw-Buckley; Emel
sior; Benton. and Skogs Blom
man. Preston.
In Seattle and King County
alone there 'are approximately 40.-
000 native and first generation
Swedish-Americans. -
K. Einar Carlson Critically
Injured In Fall l.asl Week
K. Einar Carlson, 58. publisher of The Scandinavian American and
The Swedish Post in Seattle. mm critically injured Thursday. May 29.
when he stumbled and tell over a low railing on a platfonn near an
elevated walk and dropped about 30 feet to Post Street below. He fell
from a point only a few feet away from the entrance of one of his
two printing plants. Publications Press. 90 l'nh'ersity 51.. near First
Ave. Poo! street in at the rear of the building.
Injuries determined so far in-‘ - _,_ ~ *-~
elude serious leg. arm and nose'
fractureéflas well as a head injury.
Mr. rison was immediately
rushed by ambulance to Harbor
view Hospital where he was 1(-
rayed and given emergency treat-1
ment. Later he was taken to Swe-’
dish Hospital. where he was under'
the care of Dr. Arvid Silver-berg,
and three specialists. who operat-l
ed on him Friday_ morning. At this ‘
writing Mr. Carlson had not. yet'
fully regained consciousness from]
the operation. but was showing!
signs of improvement.
Carlson was making one of his
regular bilineas calls at Publioa-i
tions Press and was awaiting the
return of some employees who
were out for lunch. when the .C
cident occurred. He was conscxous
ifor some time and was able to
tflk shout the Oneida“ prior to
the ops-tuna. no and he had
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The program scheduled for 1:30
p.m. Sunday. June 22. will begin
with a grand march of folk
dancers and others clad in folk
costumes for the ceremonious rais
ing of the May Pole. After com
munity singing of “Du gamle du
fria” there will be a word of wel
come by Alfred Hjort, Midsummer
Greetings by Consul Ivar Lundeo
qulst. singing by the Sven Male
Chorus. directed by C. H. Suther
land. Swedish Women's Chorus di
rected by Carl Zeed. and the young
soloist Karin Lundqulst. Musical
selections will be given by nccord~
ionists Greta Logan and Charles
Cannon. A featured event will be
folk dancing by Nordiska Folk
(Continued on Page SI
stumbled on the platform outside
the printing plant‘ fallen against
the ralling and over it and had
vainly sought to grasp the railing
before he toppled over.
One of the first to come- to the
scene of the accident was his
nephew. Ralph Swanson .who hnp
pened to be driving by m a car.
Judging by telephone calls to
the hmjly. the hospital and this
office the acmdent caused mud!
concem in wide circles. Mrv Carl
son. owner of Consolidated Pres.
where a number of papers are
printed. in one o! the foremost fig
ures in the Scandinavian commun
‘ity and is now president of the
Sweden House Booster Club. It
the sympathy and good wishes of
hi- friends cm effect the outcome.
Kr. Cuban will recuperate from
his eel-tom WW
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