The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-02-08
LOCAL LODGE AsEATERTAIAER
Prominent Men of the City Have Part
In Plans for Entertainment of District
Organization Of Great National Or
der Sessions at Guild Hall.

Kenosha $ first real big gathering
for the year is going to be the ninth
annual convention of the district lodge
No. s of the Vasa order of America
which is to be held In Kenosha on
March 5th and 9th. It is going to be
the largest gathering of this great
Swedish organization ever held in this
section of the country and it is ex-
peeted that considerable more than
a hundred visitors will come from nli-
nois, Indiana, Michigan and Wiscon-
sin to attend the sessions Of the con-
vention slated to be held at the Guild
hail. Many of the most prominent
Swedish Americans in the city are in
terested in the big. convention and Ke-
nosha is going to do her self proud in
the entertainment of the visitors
The Fasa Order of America is the
greatest organization among the Swe-
dish born people of this country. It
was organized at New Haven, Conn.,
In 1896 and it now numbers over fifty
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thirty-two states and four of the pro-
vinces of Canada. The eight district
known as the Illinois district, was or
ganized in 1908 with seven lodges and
tit now has forty-seven lodges with a
membership Of six thousand members.
It's proud boast is that since it was
| organized the district lodge has paid
out more than seventy thousand dol
lars in sick and funeral benefits.
This will be the first convention of
the Vasa order to be held in Kenosha.
Svea Lodge No. 30 is to be the host
for the convention. The local organi-
cation was formed way back in 1892
as Society Svea and in 1910 it became
/ a part of the national order. The
membership of the local organization
now numbers one hundred and forty
four of the leading men of Kenosha
who were natives of Sweden. Henning
Anderson is the president of Svea lodge
and he is active on the committee
which will have charge of the conven-
tion. The members Of the convention
committee include Axel Landgren,
Frank Nelson, David Nelson, A. B.
Celander, Olaf Nelson, Oscar Anderson,
John Anderson, John Hartwig, Axel
Werner, John Strom, Henning An
derson, Charles Holm, Gustave Kull-
man and John Helberg.
The convention is going to be one
of the greatest interest to the Swedish
born people Of Kenosha. The sessions
at the Guild hall will be given over
largely to the discussion of the bust
ness of the organization, but there
will be many social features arrang-
cd for the convention.
The delegates will be welcomed to
the city by Mayor Charles III. Pfennig
and the response will be given by
District Master Olaf Fl. Nystrom of
Chicago, who is to preside over the
sessions of the convention.
Featured in the convention program
is the entertainment of the delegates
at both dinner and supper at the Guild
hall and this entertainment will be in
| charge of the women of the society.
One of the big features of the con-
vention will be concert to be given
on the opening night. This concert
will offer a program with numbers
given by prominent local and visiting
Swedish musicians. The list of enter
tanners will include: the Svithoid
Singing Society of Kenesha; the Swe-
dish Male Quintette of Chicago; Miss
Florence Fredrickson, Kenosha; Gus
tave Starek and Otto Nelson of Keno
sha, and many other well known
musicians.
john B. Maloney has accepted an
invitation to make short adj
dress at the first evening meeting of
the convention.
One of the social events planned for
the convention week will be an auto
mobile trip about the city and this will
include visits to some of the big in
dnstrial plants Of the city.
Already reservations have been made
for one hundred and ten delegates and
it is expected that this number will be
increased by many visitors coming to
the convention. The district fioeers
of the Easa order are:
Distrist Master-olaf H. Nystrom
of Chicago.
District Vice Master-Bina John
son of Chicago.
District secretary-John F. Carl
son, Lemont, III.
District Treasurer - Oscar Geyer,
Chicago.
May we say that we refer with par