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New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
Page Eleven

sane about Negro people, but that their neighbors were the most pre- judiced, Klan-like, narrow-minded and beastial individuals possible.
 A German lady on Fairfield Ave nue gasped:
 ooh dear, I know what would happen in this neighborhood. One of my neighbors is a judge and an other one is a senator. And you know, they're the very worst peo- pie: don't know what they'd do.
 A Jewish lady on Branford St. was Sincerely sorry"
 Thinks Prejudice Stupid
 "I think prejudice is the. most stupid thing" she explained. "But, my dear, they'd embarrass you ter ribly and I wouldn't want to see that happen to anyone. You sound like such a nice person"
 "I don't mind being embarrassed. madam" my friend shot back. ''Point is, would it embarrass you"
 ooh, yes," she said. ooh yes." Her voice trailed away. She for got to say goodbye. ..
 A VSSI I1dIC1OTu dUyGTClSeE shrilled: "Oh, for goodness sake"
 When she had recovered herself she proved that she was quite dem ocratic. She had 8 colored maid, she pointed out. A very fine girl. Wouldn't exchange her. Couldn't do without her.
 I though my friend was a little nasty about this one.
 "I am looking for living quart CTS, madam he sneered. "Not a domestic position. Your devotion to my race is touching, but if you don't mind, I'll hang up."
 "You see," my friend told me as we gave up the ghost. 'eYou see what happens 2"
 But he didn't sound as trium- phant as I had expected.
 He didn't look triumphant either when he left the office.
 You see, my friend really wanted 3 place to live.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
MINORITY REPORT (Continued from Page 6)

ever dreamed existed. Those high school seniors would have never voted to see their classmates hu- initiated because of color, if the parents of the majority had taught them what real democracy is.
 THIS W E FIX A MAN
 CALLED ME ABOUT SE-
 CURING SOME DOMESTIC
 HELP. He was a white man
 who could hardly speak Eng
 fish, and for some reason he
 thought I was not co1ored. He
 said he wanted a white girl to
New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
BRASS CITY (COntinued from Page 5

House. The club recently gave a card party at Neighborhood House and had a grand turnout. It was their first affair. Mrs. Viola Hatch CT is president of the group.
 The New England Harm onizers will present the Sons of Harmony, radio, concert and recording artists of Newark, N. J., Sunday, May 1 at 3 p. m. at the Pearl Street Neighborhood House.
 The Mates Club sponsored an Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April Is at the Pearl Street Neigh
New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
HARTFORDITES Continued From Page 1O)

were Alma Stenson, Mrs. Madison Bolden, Eleanor Nelson, Margaret Cohens, Barbara Mitchell, Laura Reedy, Beatrice Arms, Marian Dun can, Harold Mikell, Mrs. W. Lam bert, Airline Davis, Howard John son, Eleanor Wilson, Pauline Car ter, Ruby Marshall, Cass Jackson, and Betty Cromwell. Mrs. Cicero Lee, noted millinery designer of Hartford, was mistress of cere- monies. Dancing followed, with music supplied by Cliff Gum and his combo: .-
New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
BOSTON SPEAKS (Continued From Page 8

among these unfortunate people, someone with ability and pride enough to become a good leader here at Boston - a leader who is not for sale - who, if given a chance, could accomplish wonders.
 One thing about the Pyramid Club, it got a lot of old friends together again. Why not continue this ? Write your reporter at 25 Trotter Court, Roxbury IS, Mass.
New England bulletin., 1949-04-30
PEOPLE ... (COntinued from Page B

the phone went into raptures about it and about the fact that it was only twelve dollars a week. Then my friend asked: Are there any racial restric- tions."
 Phone Went Dead The, other end of the phone went dead with an atmosphere which al- most transmitted shock. Then the
Evening star., 1949-11-07
1850 Attend Services
AT Opening Of Church

Nearly 1900 persons attended
morning, afternoon and evening
services yesterday marking the
opening of the new $4,000 Beth
esda Methodist Church at Hunt
ington parkway and Georgetown
road. Bethesda. Md. The Rev.
Hartwell F. Chandler. pastor Of
the church. was in charge at each
meeting.
Bishop Wilbur E. Hammaker,
executive vice president in charge
of public relations. Board of Tenn
perance, Methodist Church. spoke
at the morning services.
In the afternoon. Bishop Charles
Wesley Flint Of Washington spoke.
In the evening youth service
and rally attracted more than 300
young people from Methodist
churches of Washington.
The first Of numerous activities
marking the month as one Of cele-
bration for the church opening
will be held at $50 pm. Thursday
by the Bethesda Methodist Mems
Club. DR.. Frederick Brown Harris,
Senate chaplain and pastor OF
Foundry Methodist Church. will
be the speaker.
Evening star., 1949-11-07

three years as Senate page.
He was q graduate public ac-
countant and in 1881 became a
bookbinder in the Government
Printing Office. Later he complet-
ed law school at National Univer-
sity. He practiced law in Houston
for seven years before he moved
to Amarillo.
Mr.. Ryan is survived by his
father and mLther, Mr.. and Mrs
Frank Ryan of Virginia, and two
brothers, Freeman. Houston and
Harry w. Ryan, Washington.
Funeral services will be held at
2 pm. Wednesday In Mount Jack
son. Burial will be in Mount
Jackson Cemetery.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Grover Percefu|I Services
To Be Held in Little Rock

Funeral services for Grover c.
Percefull. 81. former Mayor Of
Little Rock, Ark, and a certified
accountant with the Engineer
Board at Fort Belvoir, will be held
at 2 pm. Wednesday in Little
Rock. Burial will be in that city.
Mr.. Percefull, who died unex-
pectedly Of a heart attack Friday
at the post hospital, resided in
Grey's Hill Village, near Fort Bel
voir.
His family was among the pio-
neers of the State of Arkansas,
having settled there in 1903. Be-
sides serving as Mayor of Little
Rock, he had been active in civic
and fraternal affairs of that
State. He had been an accountant
| at Fort Belvoir for the last four
years.
Surviving are his widow, Mrs.
Annie H. Percefull, and a daugh-
ter. Mrs. D. c. j. Loetscher of
| Colorado Springs.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
]. {. Townsend, II, Dies;
Counsel for Mine Union
By the Assoeiotsd Press

CHARLESTON, w. Va, Nov
TT. C. Townsend, 72, general
counsel for the United Mine
Workers in West Virginia, died at
his home here yesterday.
Although he had been critically
i'll several months ago, he had
recovered sufficiently to return to
his law practice.
Mr.. Townsend was the Repub-
lican nominee for Governor OF
West Virginia in 1882. He was
widely known for his sponsorship
of the States tax levy limitation
amendment, which put a constitu-
tional limit on property taxes dur
ing the height Of the depression.
The amendment, which still is
effective. was adopted in the same
1882 election which brought Mr.
Townsend's defeat in the Demo
cratic landslide of that year.
He was appointed twice as West
Virginia Commissioner, serving
from 1909 to 1911, and from 1926
to 1888.
AS an attorney for the UNIV he
took an active part in the unions
defense Of contempt of court
charges which followed postwa,
strikes.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Deaths Reported

(From the District of Columbia Bureau Of
Vital Statistics)
Frances B. Dare, 81, 1873 Monroe st. NV
Charles Bowen. SO: 1130 Pa. ave. Sc.
Irwin A. johnson. IS, 139 st. Sc.
Tobie Kaiser, 75, 1865 Fla. ave: NY.
Ada L. Hutchinson, n, 1924 Chaplin st
william B. Loveaire, n. $500 14th st. NV
William g. Stuart. "A, 3446 oakwood
Lemuei Griiis. "A. 1151 N. J. ave, NV.
william E; Clifford; 73; 520S 9Th st. NV.
Herman c. Gauss, 6s, 1922 Emerson st.
Hannah E. Hager. SO. Riegelsville, Pa.
Thomas B.. Martin, SO, Roanoke, Va.
Bessie Lantz, 65, 1913 d st. Sc.
Howard F. Tenor, SO, 3506 Mimi. ave. Sc.
Katherine B. Morrison, SO. Brookville, Md
Frederick w. Brooks, 9, 2015 Rittenhouse
st. NV.
Carol a. scribner. 2. 423 Mass. ave. NV.
Jasper McElrath. 80, 334 18th st, Sc.
Annie E. johnson, rs, 615 57th st. ne.
Julia c. Brown. So. 40 R st. NV.
William W. Anderson, 40, 1909 18th
Daniel N. Cox. 40. 5000 Park pl. NV.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
mrs. John B. Schee|,
Government Editor,
Ito Be Buried Today

Funeral services for Mrs. Mabel
Chiffon Scheel, IS, wife of John
Brailly Scheel, former War Pro-
duction Board official, were to be
held this afternoon at the Hysong
funeral home, 1900 N street NV.
Burial was to be in Arlington
Cemetery.
Mrs. Scheel, technical editor
for Government intelligence
agency. died Friday at George
Washington University Hospital
of heart condition.
Born in Auburn, Ala, she was
a Phi Beta Kappa graduate in
English at the University of Ala
bama. During. World War she
came to Washington to join the
Army Ordnance as a writer of
technical manuals. Mrs. Scheel
went to New York in 1921 where
she was assistant editor of the
Journal of the American Institute
of Electrical Engineers for several
years.
Mr.. and Mrs. Scheel came here
from their home in Passaic, N. j.,
at the outbreak of World War II
when he took over the job as ex-
pert consultant in the Office of
the Undersecretary of War. He re-
signed in 1945 as chief of the
Awards Division of the War Pro-
duction Board and has been en-
gagged in industrial engineering
here since.
Mrs. Scheel was member of the
Alabama Alumni Club of WASH
ington, Phi Beta Kappa and Mary
Washington Chapter, Daughters
of the American Revolution.
In addition to her husband, she
is survived by a son, Nicholas
Tyler Scheel of the Forester
street address; a sister, Miss Cecile
Chiffon of New York, and a
brother, Thomas Hamilton Chiffon
of Wilmington, Del. Her eldest son,
Chiffon Scheel. died in 1916 while
a student at George Washington
University.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Funeral Rites Today
|For William Clifford,
|Ex-Radiafor Official

Funeral services for William
Bond Clifford, jr., 70. retired man.
ager of the Washington branch
Of the American Radiator Co. and
a member of that firm for more
than 40 years, were to be held
this afternoon In the Hines fu-
neral home, 2901 Fourteenth street
NV. Burial will be at 8 pm
tomorrow in Pine Grove Gene
terry, Lynn, Mass.
Mr.. Clifford, who lived at 5208
Fourteenth street NV. died Fri
day night at Emergency Hospital
after suffering a cerebral hem
orrhage in photographers shop
Born in Lynn, Mr.. Clifford had
been owner there since 1924 OF
the furniture firm of w. B. Gif-
ford. established by his father in
1876. He came to Washington in
1909 as representative of the
American Radiator Co. When
the company established branch
here a few years later, he became
its first manager and continued
in that capacity until his retire.
metn in 194l. The American Ra-
diator Co. has since merged with
the Standard Sanitary Corp.
Mr.. Clifford was a life member
Of Golden Fleece Masonic Lodge
and Sutton Chapter, Royal Arch
Masons in Lynn, and DeMolay
Commandery. Knights Templar
and Almas Temple Of the Shrine,
here.
His hobbies included cabinet
making. amateur photography,
stamp collecting. gardening and
fishing. -
His wife. Mrs. Cora Renton
Clifford. died in 1947.
Surviving are three sons, Will
liam Renton Clifford Of College
Park, Md; Charles Harwood Gif-
ford Of the Fourteenth street ad-
dress. and John Fergus Clifford Of
Lynn; a daughter, Mrs. Hortense
Clifford Schultz Of 1853 Jefferson
street NV; two brothers. Lloyd
Oakes Clifford and Ralph Percy
Clifford. both Of Lynn; q sister,
Mrs. Bertha Clifford Mailey of
Andover, Mass, and six grand
children.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Dratha

WINTERS. RuBY Il, On Saturday
RUBY sts n " afsfs
asafe1er %oshe1 Of Franz Erie, sh James. @ pseres
Phyllis Joan and d,,J Jean rnUt WINTERS shirls.
yiving are two sisters. Pearl Marshall and
Leayer THOMPSON; one brother; Russell
Hawkins; Hawk nye Erandehiidren; ether rela-
neral later. Arrangements by Rollins. {
November 8, 194e, SARAH HELEN WOLFE
Charles N. Wolfe and beloved mother d d
os mes sna .s M'EyIa sss Ex. 4 IN X HSGssd %cs
are to be held At H. Sander q Sons. North
ave ave: and Nd BROAD sreadwsy, Baltimore. on Wednes.
II Columbia Gardens Cemetery. Ariington
on Saturday. November 5. 1949, at hi.
REMAINS ,ss aen gl n n III. ERR,
Funeral Home. Notice Of funeral later. :
|. 1u Mrmurtant
=, Is,IS BANKS, REV; JAMES csANgIER; u In
BANKS BANKS Of Z esf4 shsridan a I'd. Hs s.e'. who
passed away one year ago today. No
yemper 70 l04o.
The stars are brishtly shining
Upon silent grave,
And in it lies a precious one
yss 4 si5s III fsss 2sD Rss 'sSs
BLAKEY. WILLIAM EDWARD. In
brother, WILLIAM EDWARD BLAKEY.
who passed on eight years ago, November
Ms shall s,s: not van, Ssnt wi while ; Jesus 81 Leads
My guide for evermore is He,
HIS bHy0TER ESn MoTHEK sIEssS ANp ! SS1THER
JR.
COLBERT, JOHN W.. In loving memory
". CoLBERT. who passed away one yeai
'sf DESoTtpnY SesE aeysqHs5 ms W1rs AND SONS
EDELIN,. THERESA. A tribute of love
and devotion to the memory Of our
dearest mother. THERESA EDELIN,, who
entered into eternal rest four years age
'''~'' ''''r THE i is6i sDsL1N FAMILY. .
EDWARDS, HUGH. In loving remem-
brance OF our dear father, HUGH ED
WARDS, who passed away nineteen years
sgo today, November 2, 1880.
Nineteen years ago you left Us
For . better place to rest.
But you are not forgotten
BY those who loved you best.
THEo AND LAURA.
HAWKINS. MARY AGNES. A token
ana sister. MARY AGNES III HAWKINS i1I 0Sss 1hs
entered into eternal life ten years age
D4ySHTES; WsHcsSSr sXsbxsA. M aSs atS5' xSb SISTER
KELLEY, LILLIAN HALL. A tribute o,
i 1 IA Hall KEIE e xS ny ss sssT m. :sn sa
teen years ago today, November z, 1888
NIECE. IoTisE D JoHNsoN aGs aoiI0isfa iBsRfaooKs.
WILLIAMS, BARBARA ANN. In low
ssH aaF Sf SSa passsd
five years ago today, November z. 1914
Loves. remembrance outlasts all;
And though the years be many or few
They are filled with remembrance, dear
!. ofHsod1 From 7 THE i'1 BRIGHT FAMILY. .
JAMES foorNE4 s1sSAhA r. sad 4fS but lo1ln9 AED
memory Of my dear granddaughter. BAR
years ago today, November !, 1s44. and
my devoted SON.. JAMES 'FOOTNEY''
WILLIAMS. who died one year ago today,
November z, 194S.
November brings sad memories
OF loved ones gone to rest;
You will never be forgotten
BY the ones who loved you best
When they phoned us that you were H.
;, We PRAYED to God to make you WELL
Your memory Is all that we have now,
Your cares are all at rest:
Happy are we who today can say
GRANDMoTHER, MOTHER AND VIOLA
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Mrs. R. f. Martin Dies;
Former Star EmpIoye

Mrs. Richard e. Martin, 26
daughter Of James H. Yeomans
Of The Stars advertising display
department, and Mrs. Yeomans
died yesterday in a hospital In
Tampa. Fla, after a brief illness
Mrs. Martin was the former
Doris Catherine Yeomans Of Be-
thesda. She was born in Wash
ington and was graduated from
Bethesda Chevy Chase High
School. She was employed in the
accounting department of The
Star before she married Mr.. Mar
tin on August IL, 1914.
She and her husband lived in
Hartford, Conn. after their mar
riage. For the last two years they
had lived in Clearwater Beach,
Fla, where Mr.. Martin is in the
insurance business.
Besides Mr.. and Mrs. Yeomans.
who live at 1926 Chestnut street,
Bethesda. and her husband, Mrs.
Martin is survived by two children,
Richard E. Martin, jr., 4, and
Beth Martin, 2 months old.
Funeral arrangements have not
been announced.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Forester Stanley Dies;
Researcher in Electricity
BY the Associofsd Press


OSKALOOSA, Iowa, Nov. T.
Funeral services will be held here
tomorrow for Forester c. STAN
ley. president of William Penn
College.
Mrs. Stanley found his body on
the davenport in their home when
she returned from the Iowa State
Education Association convention
in Des Moines Saturday. He had
been i'll for about 80 days.
Mr.. Stanley for many years was
active in research in high-fre-
quency electric sound and radio.
He lectured in many parts of the
world on electrical phenomena,
high = frequency currents and
light-sensitive cells.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Dr.. c. o. Soppington,
Hygiene Expert, Dies
BY the Asseeiatsd Press

CHICAGO, Nov. 7.-Dr. Clar-
ence Olds Sappington. so, noted
authority on industrial medicine
and hygiene, died yesterday at his
home in Chicago. He had been
suffering from a heart ailment.
He was editor Of the Industrial
Medicine and Surgery Magazine
The first American to receive q
PhD in industrial hygiene. DR.
Sappington was director of the
division of industrial health of
the National Safety Council from
1928 to 1882.
Evening star., 1949-11-07

were informed
today.
Mr.. Ryan. a
n a t iv e o +
M un t Jack
son, Shenan-
doah County,
Va, came to
Washington at
the age Of Is
to make his
home with his
aunt Mrs. Bar
bara Frommelt,
1919 Farragut
street NV. He
serve three
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Potato Council to Meet

The National Potato Council
will meet here November % and
20 to consider the 1850 program
Of the organization which repre-
sents most Of the Nations COM
mercial production of white
potatoes.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Floyd {. Ryan, Ex-Emp|oye
Al GP0, Dies in Texas

Floyd E. Ryan, 40, former en-
ploye Of the Government Printing
Office and a Texas attorney, died
in Amarillo Saturday, friends here
Evening star., 1949-11-07
UarA uf ThankH

. WoRMLEY. FLEET W. The family Of
express their sincere thanks to the neigh
bors and all friends who sent tokens of
sympathy during our recent bereavement
THE FAMILY.
Evening star., 1949-11-07
CEMETERY LOTS.

FoRT LINCOLN. 2 lots, bargain for quick
sale. II. 3-7332. Ia
Evening star., 1949-11-07

T. GLADYS i. OmcerS anc
members Of East Gate Chapter,
No. 21, o. 3. IS, are requested
to attend the services of oul
late sister, GLADYS I. LOU
DON, at the Gilbert C. Vincent
Funeral Home; 2525 Bladens-
burg I'd. ne, on Monday. No
Evening star., 1949-11-07
Draths

BAILEY. REV. JOHN THOMAS. De-
Rev. JOHN T. BAILEY of 10 Que st.
NV; He is survived by devoted wife.
Halle M. Bailey; a loving mother, Amy
ter. Lucy B. Hawkins; son, Charles
Bailey; two sisters, Sarah J. Gentry
OF Roxboro, N. c., and Estelle Court
Rev. Matthew, Walter, Michael and Theo-
dore Bailey; one aunt, Mrs. Ailsie Trower
of Brooklyn, N. Y; four grandchildren,
relatives and friends. Remains may be
viwed at his late residence after pm
Tuesday, November s, until am. Wedes-
day. November 9, body will lie in state
at the Metropolitan A. M. E. Church, 1918
N st. NV, where funeral services will be
Zion cemeters. Baltimore h'ele't Md Arranse. uSe.
ments by Fraziers' Funeral Home.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01
Danish Art Treasures
Shown In England

Danish art treasures through
the ages, the exhibition held at
the Victoria and Albert Museum
in London, filled p rooms.
Important were the Danish ar
chaelogical finds as illustrations
of the early stage in the civiliza-
ton of Western Europe. The Dan
ish stone age flint implements are
polished, precisely cut instruments
and indeed finer than those found
anywhere else. The Bronze Age
"lur" is the oldest, and as work
of art one of the finest, wind
instruments in the world and the
bronze age costumes, so well pre-
served in Danish soil, are in their
turn the oldest costumes in the
world.
The Viking age was illustrated
with beautiful ornaments and
set of highly developed armor.
Viking ornaments and symbolism
formed a strong tradition in the
art of the early Middle Ages. Only
slowly did the Christian influence
from France and England get the
upper hand.
Particularly attractive among
the treasures of the Renaissance
was the selection of beautiful tap
estries from Elsinore Castle,
"Croenburgh' in the language of
the Elizabethan ENJOYS. This Sc
ries of hangings was originally
begun with the intention of por-
traying Ill Danish kings. Stroll
ing English actors may have seen
them, and described their impress
sions to their writer friend, Will
liam Shakespeare.
In a later age, attention was
drawn to the works of Bertel
Thorvaldsen, the leading sculptor
of Europe in the first half of the
10Th century.
Other sections illustrated the
life and work of Hans Christian
Andersen and his contemporary
Soren Kierkegaard, the philoso-
pher; and the exhibition also fol-
lowed Danish painting, sculpture
and applied art right up to the
present day.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01
Labor Union Is
SIS Years0ld

If you think organized labor is
a fairly recent invention, please
be advised that you're wrong.
Some time ago the Ancient Order
of Shoemakers in the town of Had
erSlev in Denmark celebrated it's
525th anniversary and in connec-
ton with the event some rules of
the old union were told in the Dan
ish newspapers.
The Ancient Order of Shoemak-
ers, which dates back to 1924, had
as its first president a Dominican
monk, Fra Raymund who doled
out blessings to members of the
Order in good standing. 1t seems
that the members some years la
ter showed a marked willingness
to swap blessings for beer. In fact,
it got so bad that the mayor of
the town made it rule that shoe
makers could be imported from
out of town in case the local ones
devoted too much time to beer
drinking.
The rules contained a special
mention of the desirability for a
shoemaker to marry the widow of
his boss. The 525-year old rules
do, however, not mention anything
about strikes, boycotts, secondary
boycotts, arbitration and other
new tangled modes of procedure
1t is very interesting to note that
Denmark had beer drinking un-
ions even long before that man
Columbus.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01
Sa|chow
dies In Sweden

Ulrich Salchow, former world
and Olympic skating champion,
died recently in his home in Stock
holm at the age of seventy-one.
Born in 1877, he embarked upon
commercial career, but early be-
came fascinated by sports and
athletics, specializing in figure
skating.
He won the world figure skating
crown from 1901 to 1911 and cap
tured the Olympic gold medal in
London in 1908. From 1898 to
1913 he was European champion.
He was president of the Interna-
tional Skating Association from
1928 to 1887.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01

Full allotment of hot water will
be granted in Sweden to most
apartment houses and private
homes this autumn. Government
control of coal was discontinued
on May 20. Although coke is still
ra t o n d, the Fuel Commission
hopes to make it free by the first
of next year.
Foresters from all over the
world plan to visit Denmark in
the latter part of July in connec-
ton with the international forest
ry congress in Helsinki. They will
visit the Danish forests. The tour
is arranged by Nordic Forestry
Union, who is arranging similar
excursions to the forests of Swe-
den and Norway.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01

en- by Mr.. G. Hilmer Lundbeck, Jr.,
on board the "Gripsholm" recently.
The award was made by the Swe-
dish Consul General in New York,
Lennart Nylander.
Mr.. Noble is head of the broad
casting company which placed its
facilities at the disposal of the
centennial committee in New York
for the closing banquet, when
Prince Bertil spoke and Miss vi
VEGA Lindfors read the winning
essay Leather Hinges" in the his
torical prize contest, sponsored by
the Swedish American Line, on
the subject of THE Influence of
Swedish Settlers on a Community
or Region"
Mr.. Townsend served as an ad-
wiser to the committee in the plan
ming of the centennial celebration
in New York and has taken an ac-
tive part in many other events or
celebrations of the Swedish colony
in New York.
Miss Thebom gave her time and
service to the committee for the
gala event which closed the Cen
tennial observance in America at
the Waldorf Astoria last June,
when more than 1900 people as
sembled to honor the pioneers and
their descendants in one of the
most successful affairs held by
the SwedeS in New York.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1949-06-01

Edward j. Noble, chairman of
the board of the American Broad
casting Company, Reginald T.
Townsend, vice president of Len
men & Mitchell and Miss Blanche
Thebom, Metropolitan Opera star
received the gold medal awarded
by the King of Sweden in connec-
ton with the Swedish Pioneer Cen
tennial of 1948 at a luncheon Civ