Decorah public opinion. (Decorah, Winneshiek County [Iowa]) 1895-1928, 1914-10-28
PRESS ASSOCIATION MEETS.
Large Crowd of Representative Nor.
wegian Americans Meet in
DEBORAH.

The Norwegian-Danish Press As
ISOLATION of America held it's bust
ness session at the Norske Selskab
hall Saturday morning and late in
the afternoon.
A number of the most representa-
tive members of the association were
present, from Minnesota, Wisconsin
and Iowa. The following officers
were elected: President, Mr.. Carl
Hansen, of the Minneapolis Tidende;
1st Vice President, Rev. TIL. Eggen,
editor Lutheraneren, Minneapolis;
2nd Vice President, r. B. Bergesen,
Manager Decorah-Posten: Secretary,
n. N. Ronning, Editor Ungdommens
Ven, Minneapolis; Treasurer, Mr.. A.
NJ. Sundheim, Augsburg Publishing
House, Minneapolis.
A committee to negotiate as to
business activities between the diff
lows: -Mr. John Bjorhus, Manager
Tidende, Minneapolis; r. B. Berge-
son, DEBORAH, and A. M. Sundheim,
Minneapolis.
kilograms and letters were re-
ceived from several members being
unable to be present at the meeting,
among others Peer o. Stomme, Edi-
tor of Normanden, Grand Forks,
now in Europe as war correspon-
dent of that paper, c. Rasmussen,
Publisher Ugebladet, Minneapolis,
Mimi, and Consul H. Bendeke,
Grand Forks, n. ID.
Several new members were ad-
mitted, the total membership now
being about 60.
DR.. Stabo made a warm plea for
a Norwegian-American historical
museum at the Luther College, the
association giving the idea their en-
dorsement recommending, through
it's committee of resolutions, consis-
ting of Mr.. L. S. Dale, Waldemar
Ager, Eau Claire, Wis, and N. N.
IRonning.
Editor Ager lectured on his recent
trip to Norway giving the impress
sions of the Norwegian press in that
country as compared with the Nor
,wegian-American press, and the
American press in general
Resolutions were adopted express
sing the gratitude of the assocla-
ton of the work done by Editor Wist
of DecorahaP osten, Carl Hansen, TIL.
Guldbrandsen and others for the
rwegian-American press history
recently published in Festskrift
1914 at the initiative of Mr.. Wist.
Resolutions were also adopted
thanking the Decorah-Posten and
others for the splendid way every
thing was arranged for the meeting.
| At 1880 Saturday night the mem
bers and few invited guests were
entertained by Decorah-Posten at
dinner in the Winneshiek Hotel, the
welcome address being given by Mr.
Bergeson, and Mr.. Wist acting as
toastmaster. About a dozen of the
ones present responding to toasts
among them being DR.. X. Gjerset
and Professor B. X Savre, of Lu-
ther College, Carl Hansen, T. Guild
bransen and Rev! Thomas Nilsson.
Saturday afternoon the members
of the association made a visit al, the
Koren church and parsonage on
Washington Prairie where they we're
entertained by Rev. Paul aKoren,
Mrs. V. Koren and her two daught-
ers.
Sunday afternoon the party was
entertained at the Anundsen cabin
Bjorkholt, now belonging to Mr.. F.
H. Anundsen. In the morning quite
a few went out to the Aase Haugen
! Old Peoples Home
The ladies of the party were en-
tertained by Mrs. B. Anundsen and
Mrs. F. H. Anundsen Saturday after
noon and evening. Sunday night
1.-THE entertainments were closed with
dinner at Mr.. and Mrs. Visits
home, with many speeches and good
wishes from the guests for the hos
pitality of the DEBORAH people.