New Britain herald., 1916-06-09
NEXT CONVENTION WILL BE HELD AT
 BOSTON IN 1920
American Union of Swedish Sing CTS Elects GuStaVe SundeGuS
 Of Bay State, President
FIFTY AUTOS TAKE
 LADIES TO HARTFORD

Singing Society of Worcester and
 Apollo Singing Club of Boston Into
 Its Membership-A. B. Roos of
 This City Elected First Vice Presi-
 dent of Eastern Division.
 Fifty delegates officially represent ing the various singing societies in the Eastern Division of the Amercan Union of Swedish Singers assem bled in executive session in Electric hall this noon. Routine business was transacted and an invitation to hold the next meeting and musical festival at Boston, Mass, in 1920 was &C., cepted with rising vote of thanks The following officers were then elected:
 President-Gustave sundelius, Bos- ton.
 Festival secretary-C. o. Lind strom, Boston.
 Treasurer-Gustave Smidt, Boston.
 First Vice President-A. B. Roos, director of the Eolus Singing society of New Britain.
 Second Vice President-John He'll berg, New York.
 Recording Secretary-Abel Helm strand, Philadelphia, Pa.
 Financial Secretary-Carl Englund, New York (re-elected)
 Director-in-C -Chief-Ernst Francke, Pittsburgh, Pa. (re-elected.)
 Business of the Convention
 Retiring President John Peterson of New Britain, called the meeting to order and the following credential committee was at once appointed after which the delegates were seated: Charles M. Peterson, New Britain; T. F. Nordstrom, New York, and Oscar Ekeberg, Providence R. I. Reports of the convention held at Philadelphia in 1912 and at Indian apolis in 1914 were read and accepted and the following auditing commit tee was named: K. o. Stolhammer, Bridgeport; Rudolph Sundin, Wor- cester, Mass, Rudolph Svensk, New Britain.
 Two New Societies Admitted.
 Applications for membership were received from the Thule Singing society of Worcester and the Apollo Singing club of Boston. It was
  these societies into the Eastern Division.
 Will Award Prize Tomorrow
 The prize trophy for the society having the best record of attendance at rehearsal and concerts will be awarded tomorrow morning and the judicial committee which will award the prize is composed of John He'll berg of New York, J. Pearson of Boston and Fritz F'ridel of New Haven.
 Nelson Makes Good Report
 Retiring Treasurer Hiding Nelson submitted his financial report to the convention, showing a substantial balance on hand. Other routine business connected with the activities of the union were then discussed and the convention adjourned until 1920, the members going to rehearsal in the tEeater, preparatory to this evenings concert.
 Fifty Autos For Ladies.
 Although the persistent inclemency of the weather is such as to dampen the spirits of the most ardent, never theless the visiting guests are making the best of 1t and are determined to enjoy themselves. In this they are ably assisted by the many local com mittees and this morning the ladies were given an unusually pleasant treat in the form an an automobile trip to Hartford with dinner at the Hotel Bond.
 The automobile party had all the characteristics of a monstrous auto mobile parade and at Il o'clock fifty autom obiles, each decorated with American and Swedish colors and bearing 200 ladies left Vega hall for Hartford Arriving there, private tables having been reserved, dinner was served at the hotel. Later a short automobile trip was made through some of Hartfords principal streets and the party returned to this city to prepare for tonight's concert and banquet.
 All day today the several hundred visitors, who are here in addition to the official delegates, have been royal ly entertained by the Svea social club at it's rooms on Arch street The committee in charge is Louis Kall- berg, Adolph Peterson, Adolph Carl son, John Swanson, Andrew Carlson and August Johnson.
 The official delegates have been en- tertained by the Svenska Klubben in it's rooms in the Electric building. The committee is composed of Emil Fellenius, Hiding Nelson and A. Law renson. In both places the local committee showed themselves to be lavish entertainers and the guests
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