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Evening star., 1952-05-07

MRS. LOUIS SCISCENTI,
The Former
Miss Mary Jane BOrzi.
. Miss Mary Jane Borzi and Mr.
Louis Sciscenti were married May
8. The ceremony took place
in the Shrine Of the Sacret
Heart. the Rev. Lawrence Wempl
ofnciating. The couple will live
in this city after . Bermuds
cruise, 444 ~. & ?
Evening star., 1952-05-07
IMiss AbdM Bride
|Of John .. Hunt

The marriage of Miss Mary
Jane Abdill, daughter Of Mrs
Everett w. Abdill and the late
Capt. Abdill of Falls Church, to
Mr.. John Douglass Hunt, jr., son
Of Mr.. and Mrs. Hunt of Green's
boro, N. c., and Lebanon, Tenn.
took place on April 25.
The wedding took place in The
Falls Church, the Rev. Francis
Hayes officiating.
Following the ceremony a we'd
ding supper was held at the home
of the BRIDES mother. The couple
plan to make their home in
Alexandria.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
IBeurden-NcGuire

| IBe0rden-McC5LliFe
Mr.. and Mrs. Walter Houston
Bearden Of Chevy Chase an
nounce the engagement Of their
daughter, Ethlyn Houston, to Mr..
Henry Bryan Mcclure, son OF
Mrs. David Quarter Bridges and
the late Mr.. Henry Bryan Nc
guire.
Miss Bearden attended Cath
ole University and Strayer Col
lege. She has been associated
with theatrical groups in New
York and Washington and has
been featured in motion picture
musicals. At present she Is con-
nected with the National Security
Industrial Association.
Mr.. MCGUIRE is in business
with the Aetna Life Insurance
Co. and the Aetna Casualty In
Surance Co. He Is the grandson
of the late MIR. Alfred Javan
James and Mrs. Emma Pace
James. Mr.. MCGUIRE is also a
direct descendant Of william Jen-
nings Bryan. He was stationed
in France with the 29th Division.
The wedding will take place in
the very near future.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
'Roberts-Gorner
Announcement

Announcement Is made Of the
engagement of Miss Grace Eliza
beth Roberts, daughter of Mr..
Glenn Roberts of Kansas City,
Kans., and Mr.. Joseph w. Gar
|ner of Hamptonville, N. c.
The bride-elect attended George
Washington University and the
Washington Conservatory Of Mu-
sic. At the present time she is
associated with the Civil Aero
|nautics Administration.
Mr.. Garner is a graduate OF
Guilford College and now is with
aviation medicine in the Civil
Aeronautics Administration.
The wedding will take place
June IA at the Foundry Methodist
Church.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Miss Heinstein
|EnQuqed to Wed

The engagement Of Miss Grace
Adele Heinstein is announced by
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. Harold
w. Heinstein Of Brookline, Mass.
ito Mr.. Donald p. Zangwill. He is
the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Bernard
II. Zangwil of Washington, for
merly of Pittsburgh, Pa.
The bride-elect Is a graduate
Of Boston University. College o1
Liberal Arts. Mr.. Zangwill is 9
graduate of the University oi
Pittsburgh and is now attending
Harvard Medical School.
The wedding will take place ir
December.
Evening star., 1952-05-07

Christ Church in Quincy, Mass,
was the scene April 19, Of the
marriage of Miss Doris Anne
Raunio, daughter Of Mr.. and Mrs.
Waino August Raunio of Quincy,
to Mr.. Thomas Tremlett Fell, son
|of Mrs. Edgar Tremlett Fell of
Washington, and the late Col. Fell.
The Rev. Chester A. Porteus per-
formed the ceremony after which
"a reception was held at Parish
Hall.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fell will make
their home in Baltimore.
Evening star., 1952-05-07

The marriage Of Miss Frances
Mildred DeLacy and Mr.. Joseph
Stanley Lobasack took place on
April rs at st. Thomas the Apostle
Church. The Rev. Joseph M.
Moran. assisted by Father Tracy,
officiated at the ceremony. The
place Of reception was at the home
of Mr.. and Mrs. Walter D. Muir
|phy.
The former Miss DeLacy is the
daughter Of the late Judge and
Mrs. William H. DeLacy Of Chevy
Chase. Mr.. Lobasack's parents
are Mr.. James Lobasack and the
late Mrs. Lobasack Of Philadel-
phia.
After q Florida wedding trip
the couple will be at home at the
Woodner Apartments.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
At White SuIphur

Of for a ten-day vacation Is
Mrs. Frederick Mitchell Gould.
She left today and will be staying
at the Greenbriar Hotel at White
lSulphur Springs, w. Va.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Announcement

DR.. and Mrs. Rhett Youmans
Winters announce the engage
ment Of their daughter, Dora
Sompayrac, to Mr.. John Talford
Taylor jr., son of Mr.. and Mrs
Taylor Of Raleigh, N. c.
The wedding will take place
June z in the Church of the Good
Shepherd in Raleigh.
Evening star., 1952-05-07

Miss Mary Ellen Ferguson
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John
Robert Ferguson, ST., became the
bride April 26 of Mr.. William
Nicholas VerSis. He is the son
of Mrs. Catherine Versis. The
ceremony was held at the Church
Of Our Saviour, with the Rev
Alvin Lamar Wills officiating. The
reception was held at the home
of the brides uncle and aunt,
Mr.. and Mrs. L. H. Volland.
Evening star., 1952-05-07
Photo.

The marriage Of Miss Jane
Clagett Gray to Mr.. Richard
Glenn Cummings took place May
8 at the Chevy Chase Presby-
terian Church. The Rev. Maldwyn
A. Davies performed the ceremony
after which reception was held
at the home of the brides parents.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Dent Gray.
Mr.. Cummings is the son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Glenn A. Cummings Of Uni
verSity Park.
After a wedding trip to South
Carolina the couple will reside
in Washington. a
Evening star., 1952-05-07


MRS. G. M. STEFANELLI
The former
Miss Nancy Figli0zzi.
Miss Nancy Lee FiglioZzi,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph
Figliozzi Of Washington, became
the bride April 26 Of Mr.. Guy
Michael Stefanelli. He is the son
of the late Mr.. and Mrs. Gaetano
|Stefanelli.
The ceremony took place at st.
Martins Church with the Rev.
Louis Miltenberger officiating. Fol-
lowing a reception at Stansbury
Hall, Mr.. and Mrs. Stefanelli left
on wedding trip to Miami Beach.
Fla.
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no heel, & prove it here is my
pledge $4,000 & l got 2-gether
with the ether boys & here is also
s $4,000 pledges from Doc, Rapp,
Vale. That makes $1,000. That
should hold U while"
l took my pencil & started to
dd:S4O,OOO, SS,4OO and $4,000,
that added up 2 500. 400 & we had
S116,O0OO b 4. That makes $751;
900. 1t looks like we're going 2
make it. alright. We were trying
reach the 100000 goal b 4 we
Incorporated.
Swan & Mrs. Jacobson left & l
must admit, that by now I was
getting 2 feel pretty good. Then
in comes Gus Backman. He had a
young, nice looUng girl with him.
He introduced her as Gloria Swan
son. 1t couldn't Gloria Swanson
the movie actress, she was ?
young 4 that. but she sure was a
pippin.
Il have been around calling on
all the well-2-do Swedes in town
g. I finally got some of them
signed up. Here U r. There was
$4,000 from Isacson, the same
amount from Erickson & $4,000
each from Lundequist. Nordstrom,
Nygren, Berglund. Axel Nordine,
Albert Olson, Albin Johnson &
Turnquist. $4,000 in all.
Another tning," ne continued,
Il brought U a secretary. The
finance committee has met & ap-
pointed Y treasurer 4 the building
project and as it would be much
U 2 tend 2 all this and the Club
we decided that Y should have a
secretary help u with all the
bookkeeping. The money seems
be coming in pretty fast now, &
we can go ahead with everything
at once.
Then Gloria came over & SAT
on my lap. q guess all secretaries
do that, I've been told) and said
smilingly:
when do I start. boss ?"
| heard footsteps outside tn
door, but no more pledges thL
time. It was Mrs. Skrellboom VIII
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Spotlight on
Norwegian
Americans
By A. BJERKESETH

Thursday night april ID The
cnorus Of so ladies have long ago
established their position among
us as the 'darlings of the colony.
Some Of them are young, some
CT them mothers and a few OF
them grandmothers but all of them
have one thing in common: they
love to sing, especially Norwe-
gian =. and we love to hear them.
The concert will be held at Nor
way Center, Sis in the evening.
Z
The winter-sport is singing on
It's very last verse. The skiers
are through for the season, except
for weekend journeys up in the
mountains to obtain the "paske-
hrunt" which is just as popular
among our skiers as in Norway.
Our soccer-playing Vikings are
still at it. Last Sunday they won
the annual "Five-a-side' in very
stiff competition, repeating last
years performance. Next Sunday
they play in the finals for The
Brown Cup" meeting Buchans at
White Center Sunday the 9th
Of April the Vikings are Port
land-bound, playing the Vikings"
CT that city for a cup. That will
just about wind-up the season foc
our local soccer-players.
Z
Everett will be this years con-
Vention city for the more than 90
lodges in the second district of
Sons of Norway. The convention
will not be held until mid-June,
but preparations are now in full
swing. The Daughters of Norway
on the Pacific Coast will also meet
in Everett at the same time.
Z
Spokane will be host for this
years Sangerfest.
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DANISH HEADLINES

that the Government intends to
abolish coffee and sugar rationing
as soon as practicable. However,
such a step must be seen as part
of a larger economic picture to be
considered in connection with COM
ing discussion of economic policy.
DENY TSVESTIA" ..CANARD
newspapers publish an
AP dispatch from Washington
quoting American Government Of
ficials as denying a story in the
Soviet "Isvestia" that the United
States plans to establish military
bases in Norway and possibly in
Denmark. The story is branded as
pure fantasy" adding that the
Russions have played the same
tune before.
danish PION T. Z X" AND
DANISH TIMES" COMBINE
Effective April 1. the 80 years old
Den Danske Pioneer. Danish Ian
guage newspaper in Omaha, and
81 years old Dansk Tidende OF
Chicago, have combined, and Christ
Continued in Col. 81
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10 Ills ndIlVe hTlSllnendilln, met
his old relatives and old fiddler
pals. On one occasion they play
ed all night long"
His mother, living at Lanserud,
Varmland, will be 80 in May.
Miller is adept at playing folk
tunes and knows hundreds of them
by heart He has composed quite
a few himself He has published
a book of 38 pieces, printed by
Lundquists Music Publishing Co..
which attests to his knowledge
of folk and fiddler's tunes.
We found one piece was called
Tobacco Waltz" Why? Miller
said it was played by a fiddler
to ward off the police while a
group of men Struggled tobacco
over the Norwegian boundary in
Sweden.
When playing, Miller is apt to
stamp foot and put his SOUL
into the music. Some of the pieces
are tricky and would require con-
siderable practice on the part of
professional violinists. But, still,
they wouldn't be able to capture
the special flavor, typical of old
time fiddlers like Miller.
Occasionally, he tunes the violin
differently to produce weird eff
fects, resembling those of h e
Hardanger fiddle.
Puyallup Fair Winner
Miller has about eight fiddles
at home, uses all of them. and
plays often, sometimes to the ap-
parent regret of Mrs. Miller.
Edgy tones are part of the rustic
quality of folktune fiddling which
doesn't always account for easy,
continuous listening. Miller, a re-
tired former blacksmith, machin-
list and millwright, shakes his head
and looks at his fingers: They
aren't what they used to be-"
Still, clubs and organizations in
Seattle and Tacoma keep him
busy, often feature him on their
programs. Miller is also able to
mix it up, playing Irish tunes as
he did when he captured the
championship in a fiddlers' con-
test at the Puyallup Fair some
years ago,
One of the Few Remaining
Miller is a talented and imagin.
alive musician, accomplished il
his own field of music. His love
of music and the fiddle is so great
that it's really pity he hasn't
been able to devote himself to il
more fully.
But his worth is appreciated a:
it is. And he means something t
lot of appreciative people who
will recognize in him one of the
few remaining genuine Scandinavia
an folktune fiddlers of the Pacifi,
Northwest.
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SCANDINAVIAN
AMERICANA
BY
sc A N D Y
S c A N D Y
CONTINUED from Page II

1IOlll dSc
the fairies and the "Backahasten."
People in the old country talked
Of the "Nacken" S though he
was real person, says Miller, who
halls from Sweden's beautiful
Narmland province.
Potatoes for a Fiddle
"In the old days back home
when I was a kid, hahahahehew
and Miller bursts into mischiev-
Gus laughter, his eyes sparkling
there was stream by my
fathers windmill, see, where the
women used to come to wash
clothes. right by this stream, see,
and I and another kid thought
we'd have som fun so we rugged
up dummy Nacken, tied string
to it, put it under water, and when
the womenfolk were washing and
chattering we suddenly pulled up
the Nacken = ohhohohohha!- 1T
just flew up out of the water and
they got so scared they screamed
and dropped some of their clothes
in the water and we ran away
and they came after us and they
spanked us, but oh boy, that was
fun"
Miller's father wouldn't yield to
little Adolf's burning yearning for
q fiddle. But an uncle felt sorry
for the poor kid so he sold a
barrel of his own potatoes and
bought him fiddle. Adolf was
never happier in his life.
II got to be quite a nuisance
to pappa," says Miller, his eyes
twinkling. Il used to play in his
pld windmill
"All the time"
On Concert Tours
If his parents had a hard time
keeping track of where he was,
they needn't worry where to find
him and what he was doing. The
devil had taken him." He learned
to play the hard way, by himself
At the age Of p, he had learned
to read notes.
People began talking abou,
Adolf the Fiddler. He appeared ir
spelmanstavlingar, taking frs
prizes, during the first decade Of
the century. The most memorable
prize he won at an exposition il
Arvika, Sweden, 1911. He toured
his native province as folkmusi'
interpreter, playing in churches
theaters, auditoriums. For tw
summers he appeared at Skansen
outdoor amusement park in Stock
holm.
Published Music
Now 10. Miller, (spelled Molle
In Sweden, arrived in this coun
try for the first time in 1905, wen
back to Sweden. and returned t,
the US. for good in 1918. Two AM
q half years ago he made a visi
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-04-09

KING FREDERIK'S VISIT TO
GREENLAND - is now definite
~ scheduled, with departure from
Copenhagen around July l. The
King will board the Royal yacht
"Dannebrog." Queen Ingrid will
follow on a Scandinavian Airlines
plane via Narssarssuak where a
Danish naval Cataline plane will
relay Her Majesty to Gronnedal
mar Ivigtut whence the King and
Queen will visit Greenland colon
les. The Kings trip is to last APP
proximately six weeks, that of
Queen 1ngrid three weeks.
A THREATENED LABOR CON
ELlCT APPEARS TO HAVE
BEEN AVERTED IN DENMARK
In that representatives of labor
And management last week APP
proved a compromise advanced by
mediator Erik Dreyer.
MAY LIFT COFFEE AN q
SUGAR RATIONING - In the
Danish Parliament. Minister OF
Commerce Aage Rytter revealed
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vas back and opened the door.
Imagine me with this beautiful
young girl on my lap! Very en-
harassing. Then I woke up with
Putte, the pet dog who had jump
ed up and was sitting on my lap!
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When 1t Rains
Il Pours


concentrating. l had my piece 2
write. Scandy pays me coffee &
donuts 4 each manuscript l bring
in. 1 have a wife & dog sup
port & can't afford to turn down
anything But what 2 write, that's
the question. 1 was thinking over
the new Sweden House PROPOSE
ton. l turned on the radio, lit
tie music helps, when i want 2
think. But it can also put U 2
sleep. My wife had gone down.
town, so l was all alone. Alone
with my thoughts.
A knock on the door opened.
1t was Lille Fransen, the chair
man Cor chairlady) of Klippan
Lodge of the Order of Vasa. l
wondered how she knew l was
alone.
well Skrellboom, I have a sur
Prise 4 u I called a special meet
ing with all the Officers & trus-
tees of the lodge 2 if we couldn' t
boost our pledge to the Sweden
House. We realized that we all
have 2 pitch in, if we are going 2
Rave a new building we all can
feel proud OF so we decided to
raise our pledge 2 $4,000" They
had pledged $4,000 b A.
The shock almost knocked me
out & I had TO get up & drink 2
glasses of water 2 b myself again.
Lille had 2 go, she was in a
hurry. I saw her 2 the door &
there was George Peterson. chair.
man of Frihet Lodge, of the Ord
err of Vasa
Il where Lille beat me 2 it
I thought I would get here 1st
Well, we have reconsidered oul
pledge to the Sweden House. We
Just sold our lot in Ballard 4
10000 bucks, & we decided 2 put
ralf of that money into the Swe'
den House I thought ] would lei
U know, so U can put line in tbs
paper" He also was in a hurry
& had 2 leave.
This time l had drink glass
es of cold water. The shock was
2 much & l felt dizzy. 2 Think
that we didn't get hardly any
pledges the last 2 weeks, & now
all of a sudden we had $4,000
more. (Frihet had pledged $4,000
B A.
But there were more surprise:
in store me that day. The neX'
l12 enter was Elizabeth Jacobson
She had been appointed, together
with 2 other ladies'. 2 solicit pledg
es from club members.
IT am bringing in sone pledges
so U will have something 2 put il
the paper this week. noticed. il
has been rather slack while.
l looked them over & counted
So. 400. 90. Not bad at all. I start
ed 2 be myself & get used 2 al
these pleasant surprises, & Will
was talking 2 Mrs. Jacobson 4
complimenting her her fine work
in comes Swan. He lives here a
the Swedish Club & is like a mem
Der of the family.
1--WE been thinking over wha
U said the other day & u know
. me. / can do things in big way
when I feel like doing it. I ain
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-04-09

Certain activities within our
many NorWegian-American socie-
ties are sure signs of spring and
the approach of summer.
The United 18th Of May Com
mittee have already had several
meetings to plan for the festival
to be held at the Civic Auditorium.
Last year as you'll remember the
18th of May celebration was put
en- as a "doubleheader" with the
program at Civic and the dance
in Norway Center A similar plan
for this year was voted down in
the committee by one vote. In my
humble opinion 1 felt and still feel
that Norway Center should have
teen used for at least part of the
celebration, especially this year
when the 18th falls on a Saturday
but-majority rules, even such a
very slim majority. and I'll say no
more about it.
Z
The weekend of = March 28-29,
the Nordlendinger on the Pacific
Coast held their "Stevne" in Sc
attic with a tremendous attend
ance, = close to 700 registered, and
numbering more than 1000 with
rcn-registered friends. For two
full days they met and celebrated
at Norway Center. The big pro
gram Friday night attracted about
SGC people and the banquet Satur-
day night $50. Without a ques-
ten, it was the biggest "Stevne'
CT Nordlendinger held on the Pa.
cific Coast, perhaps in the whole
country. And very successful too,
(
The Norwegian Ladies Chorus
Of Seattle under the eminent
lie sdership of Gertrude Werner
will give their Spring Concert next
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Danish Headlines
Continued from Col. u

Continued from Col. u
Tidende will become editor and
business manager of the Chicago
office. For the time being Den
Pioneer The Danish Pioneer) will
be published every two weeks but
may resume weekly publication
eventually. The address is Neble
Building. oath and Valley Street,
Omaha Z. Nebraska. and the Chi
cago Office, 1921 West North Ave,
Chicago AZ, Ill
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About l,5CO British youths are
taking advantage of the inexpens-
i've skiing holiday tours and spe-
cial skiing schools arranged at
mountain resorts along the Ber-
gen-Oslo railway this winter.
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IN THE EVENT OF ATTACK
UPON DENMARK - The Danish

UPON DENMARK - The Danish
Ministry of Defense on March 8
published new but equally drastic
directions in place of those issued
last fall In the event of attack
upon Danish territory, or Danish
military unit outside Danish terri
tory. the forces attacked are un-
hesitatingly to fight without await.
ing or seeking to ascertain =
orders, even though any declsra-
ton of war or state of war be
unknown to the respective COM
mand. Any attack upon Denmark
or its constituted authorities is to
be considered an order Of mobiliza-
ton. Home Defense forces are to
meet Immediately. Any captive
government is not to be obeyed,
and threats of reprisals are to be
disregarded.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-04-09

The Norwegian Ladies Chorus
CT Seattle under the eminent
leadership of Gertrude Werner
will give their Spring Concert next
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Now 10. Miller, (spelled Moller
In Sweden, arrived in this coun-
try for the first time in 1905. went
back to. Sweden. and returned to
the US. for good in 1918. Two and
q half years ago he made a visit
Evening star., 1952-08-20
Two Long-Stonding
Shows to Return
By Syd Kronish
BY sgd Kronish
Asseeiotsd Press Siaff Writer

NEW YORK.
Two programs that have been
tops in radio for many years are
returning to the air this fall.
"Your Hit Parade" marks it's
18th consecutive season over NBC
on Friday, August 20 at 8 pm,
and "The Shadow" celebrates its
goth anniversary over MBS, Sun
day, September IA, at pm.
Featured on "Your Hit Parade"
this season will be Guy Lombardo
and his Royal Canadians plus a
top girl vocalist known as the
"Star Of the Week." The first
warbler on the list will be Fran
Warren.
Andre Baruch will again be the
announcer for the Hit Parade
just as he was on that night of
April 20, 1885 when the program
made its debut.
1.-THE Shadow" one Of the first
of the suspense-type programs,
was first presented over MBS in
September 1882. Since that time
the famed eerie phrase, "The
shadow knows" has become a
popular term in the American
vocabulary.
Actor Bret Morrison has por-
trayed 1.-THE Shadow" since 1943
Evening star., 1952-08-20

Why. If you left this four chan
mel area for a MONTY part of the
country. you wouldn't know what
to do if the hostess suggested a
spot Of charades. You'd call for
"a glass of celery tonic and hoist
your feet on a hassock. It
wouldn't occur to you that you
could take. part.
This could be the beginning of
the end of parlor games, except on
television in the summer time.
There are those, of course, (and we
tend to side with them) whose
opinion of parlor games is such
that this possibility doesn't re-
!Semble a disaster.
The danger. however, is that
television will make spectators
only of us all in all things it
touches. We viewers will become
watchers, not doers. That could
be serious. We have 18 million
television sets now and are headed
for SO million in the not too dis
jtant future. Russia has very little
|television and nobody knows where
she is headed.
Our advice, not very well con-
sidered but sufficient to the day,
is to turn that TV set off for
awhile and play some parlor
games in your own parlor. Just
to keep in trim.