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Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
Swedish Track Star At j. Of Wash.
Top Contender for Olympic Honors
Deeathlon Champ in Sweden so Betters Marks

George Goran) Widenfelt,
Swedish decathlon champion and
exchange student at the University
of Washington, Is buster than ever
these days. The university's track
star is training vigorously in an
ticipation Of competing in the
1852 Olympic Games In Finland.
At the university he's rated a
good chance to win top laurels at
the Games.
II expect to go back to Sweden
this summer and try to place on
the Swedish Olympic Gam S
team" says the tall, modest ath-
Letter. Indoors I have been train
ing five days week and six days
outdoors so I am in pretty fair
condition now. hope to get third
place in the Olympic decatholn 8.
but high jump will be tougher"
He says a number of Swedish
high jumpers have been clearing
six feet six inches, his top height
in the event. Under American
rules he tied for sixth place in
high jump at the 194S Olympic
Games, when he represented Swed-
en- as very young man.
Track Coach 'Hec" Edmundson
thinks Widenfelt will have 70
change his style to western"
George is a clever boy, so he
should improve his high jumping,
too" says the experienced, ma
tionally known coach. In the high
hurdles he'll 60 under Is seconds
and next time he counts his de-
cathlon points he'll have q nice
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

In between refreshments were
served 10 the sociable, mingling
crowd that swarmed over the
length and breadth Of the banquet
hall floor.
The youthful crowd, interspers-
ed here and there my middle-aged
people and even by a few genuine.
curious old-timers, responded en-
Enthusiastically to high spots of the
program, particularly the deft hui
Continued on Page 81
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

Allan POmerOy, Scandinavian
American to the point of hav-
ing differed Norwegian organ
izatiOns in Seattle, was elected
mayor of Seattle last week, de-
feating his opponent incumbent
William Devin by more than s.
400 votes not counting absentee
ballots. A total of 155, 900 votes
were cast, the largest on record
for a municipal election in Sc
attic.
Mr.. Pomeroy won despite
some unbecOming references TO
his campaign in the Seattle
press, proving that his integ-
rity and ambitious campaign
promises were appreciated by
thinking voters.
The election result adds an
other Observation-Disclosures TO
the impressive rostrum of Scan
dams heading various Wash
ingtOn cities.
The NOrw i a n-descented
mayor has maintained active
contact with the Scandinavian
community and has served as
president of knute Rockne
lodge, Sons of Norway, and The
Norwegian Commercial Club, OF
Seattle.
Congratulations, Mr.. Pomer-
Oy.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

about them. To her it is signifi-
cant that so many scandinavian
selections are listed on Juke box
es, or that an ice cream parlor is
completely decorated in colorful
Swedish peasant style. She feels
little things like that give reveal
ing glimpses of the general pic
ture, borne out on highest COM
munity levels, too, with mayor
ships of such key cities as Seattle,
Tacoma and Olympia ard the gov
ernorship manned by men of solid
Scandinavian stock.
AS a Scandinavian American,
she takes stock of all this with
considerable pride and is just itch
ing to write at least one good story
about it all She is the former re-
write editor of American Home
Magazine, and contributor to such
papers as the New York Times and
Christian Science Monitor.
Old Country Treat
The attractive miss captured
some of the old country flavor dur
ing her recent stay in the COM
munity of Husevaag, about 100
miles north Of Bergen, where she
has so many relatives. They treat
Continued on Page s.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

Peter Olsen has been caretaker
of the Kelowna Yacht Club on
Lake Okanagan in British Column
bia for the past two ~nears, Now
he's itching to go home in a craft
he has been dreaming of for more
than 10 years.
The ocean-going barrel was built
by Mark Carlton, nnachinist, of
Windsor, Ont. Carlton originally
had planned to sail TO Britain in
his contraptiOn but he gave it to
Olsen, who was at that time a
whaler and fisherman. Olson dis
mantled the barrel and shipped it
to Sydney, n. s., where it now
lies ready for the voyage across
the Atlantic.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

The Olsen barrel. appropriately
named the Viking, is &c feet long
and 6 feet 9 inches in diameter. 1t
has a 700-pound keel and ESQ.,
pound rudder along with a stern
stabilizing scoop" It's equipped
with a 29-foot mast, a compass,
sextant, and anchor and is unsink-
able, according to the owner.
For his lonely voyage, Olsen
plans to take along some butter.
canned goods, about 80 gallons of
fresh water land a prayer for the
best He's making one concession
to another Scandinavian country.
I'll take along some Swedish
hard bread too" Olsen said.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
Good Crowd At Young Scandinavian
Program Bridges Gap In Community

To show local appreciation of the cooperation and good
will that between Nordc together
for Young Scandinavans Norway Centers banquet hail.
Sunday evening March g. proved what The Scandinavian
American sought to establish.
About 200 persons including many out-ofown visitors,
responded the appeal demonstrate Scandinavian solid
arty which characterized the affair and purpose.
The result gratifying to this paper and its efforts to
bridge but temporarily gap that has existed between
organizations of the Scandinavian CLAN split by
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
Swedish Bands
To SeuffIe

The combined bands Of tn e
Stockholm and Gothenburg Street
Car Companies plan tour of the
United States next fall. The first
concerts will be given in N e W
York. Later, visits will be made
to Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago. Sc
attic, San Francisco, Los Angeles,
Dallas, and New Orleans. The
group comprises fifty musicians.
The tour will last forty-five days.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
Norway's Star
Skater Quits

HALLS" Andersen, who won 3
Olympic gold medals for Norway
in the 1900, 5000 and 10000 me-
ter speed skating events, captured
his third world championship at
Hamar recently. He has also TAX
en- three European ana Norwegian
speed skating championships in a
row.
Now that it is all over, the Nor
wegian ace says he is through with
championship skating. Next WIN
ter "Hjallis" will be concentrating
on commercial studies and won't
have time to defend his triple
titles.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

personal record: be sure Of that.
He is our sharpest boy at the
university"
Fans will have an opportunity to
watch the track star in action
this spring. He plans to leave for
the Swedish Olympic trails i'm
mediately after the national track
Continued on Page 81
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
&c. Man To Norway In Barrel
@-Year Old Norwegian Set
For Strange Trip In June

KELOWNA Co. March 1.-the adventurous spirit Vikings
o a long
Take the of Peter Olsen He
Norway
a
back home in tenfoolong barrel And all the
from Sydney, n. S. Norway 35
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

Another Al Norwegian Air Corps
Cadets have arrived in the U.S.A.,
to receive training as jet pilots at
10 different American Air Force
bases, under the Mutual Defense
Assistance Program.
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19

Refreshed by her 1e4S-49 studies
of native folk art in Norway, Son
va is responsive to those things
that in her estimation have an
earthly Scandinavian touch in our
regions. And she wants to talk
Scandinavian American. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1945-1958, 1952-03-19
Folk Art Expert Thrilled
About W title Scandinavia"

Returning Seattle months after long absence from
Pacific w. Miss Loftness tasting its Scandinavian
the Norwegian
Washington c. travels Norway and Scandinavia
appreciation Little Scandin
Evening star., 1952-05-10

the Home" will be the topic to-
morrow morning Of a sermon by
the Rev. George E. Schnabel.
minister.
Memorial Evangelical u. B.
DR.. I. S. Ernst, pastor. will speak
tomorrow morning on Divine
Motherhood" At 7::30 p.m., Miss
Irene Anderson. a missionary to
Japan, will discuss "Japan's FI-
Itue Church"
Lutheran Place Memorial-Dr.
IL. Ralph Tabor. pastor, will speak
on 1.-THE Senior Partner" at both
9 and II am. services tomorrow.
In the evening, he will preach on
Great Chapters of the Bible"
Lutheran Church Of the Refor-
nation - The Rev. Arnald F
Keller, jr., associate pastor, will
speak on Francis of Assist: Lover
of God and Man" at the evening
service tomorrow. Mr.. Keller will
also talk at $3.50 am. At the
morning service, DR.. Oscar F
Blackwelder, pastor. will preach
st. Peters Evangelical Lutheran
The Rev. Donald F. Brake. pas
tor, will preach at 8:45 and II
am. tomorrow on "The Training
Ground.
Calvary Methodist DIR. Orri'
Evening star., 1952-05-10
Churches Conduct
Fund Campaigns
In Nearby Areas

Building fund campaigns are
now under way at three churches
In nearby Maryland and Virginia.
st. Luke Lutheran Church,
Colesville road and Highland drive,
Silver Spring, this week opened a
$20O.0 fund drive. Contributions
will 60 toward an addition to the
nave, a new church school audi
torium, and the present church in
debtedneSS.
The work will be directed by
Vernon Trainor. general chairman
of the campaign.
A goal of $4,000 has been set
by Graham Road Methodist
Church, Falls Church, for con-
struction of a church building
The congregation now holds serv-
ices at Oakridge Elementary
School, Twenty-fourth and Mash
streets, South Arlington.
Church workers who are con.
ducting the drive pledged ovel
$4,000 at a kickoff dinner hele
this week. Clarendon Methods
Church, which is sponsoring Gra'
ham Road Church, will give al
additional $4,000.
Advent Lutheran Church, Ar
lington, has organized campaign
for the purchase of a church site
The congregation also meets a
the Oakridge School. Maj. Osca
j. Sundstrom, U. S. A. F., is gen
eral chairman of the drive.
Evening star., 1952-05-10
Archdiocese Appeals
For Charity Collection

The annual Archbishop's Char
ity Appeal collection will be taken
May 18 at all masses in the arch
diocese of Washington.
A message from Archbishop
O'Boyle in connection with the
appeal will be read tomorrow in
all Catholic churches here.
Charitable agencies to be aided
by the collection are:
Catholic Charities of Washing
ton, Catholic Charities Of Prince
Georges County. st. AIMS Infant
Home. Catholic Home for Aged
Ladies, Fides House, st. Joseph's
Home and School. st. iVincent's s
Home and School. st. Vincent de
Paul Summer Camps, House OF
the Good Shepherd, Christ Child
Settlement House, Christ Child
Farm for Convalescent Children
and st. Margaret Mary House.
The Rev. Leo j. Coady, director
|of Catholic charities in the arch
diocese will head the archbishop's
charity appeal.
Evening star., 1952-05-10

IGravenor Robinson. minister, will
speak tomorrow morning. IN the
evening. the Rev. John Arson
Mote. assistant minister, will
preach
Mount Vernon Place Methodist
Robert B. Wright Of the Dis
Iplaced Persons Commission will
speak at 10 am. tomorrow before
the Forum Class.
Union Wesley A. M. Zi0n-The
Rev. William A. Stewart. pastor
will preach tomorrow morning on
Mothers Day.
River Terrace Chapel - The
Rev. Robert Melvin Charles will
speak at the morning service or
Gratitude"
Rankin Me m orial Chape
(Howard University)-Dr. Char.
lotte Hawkins Brown. president oi
Palmer Memorial Institute, Sc.
dalia, N. c., will be guest speaker
tomorrow at the morning service
At $3.50 pm, the School Of Re.
Iligion Players will give q play
lone Foot in Heaven"
Evening star., 1952-05-10

All Sunday morning services at
II o'clock and all evening services
at 8 o'clock unless otherwise
stated.
Brookland Baptist-A service Of
dedication for children will be
held tomorrow morning. The Rev.
Ward B. Hurlburt, minister, will
preach on God and Our Moth
ers." In the evening, a movie,
Torn Between These Two" will
be shown.
WestmOreland CONGREGATIONAL
"A family service will be held to-
morrow morning. The Rev. Philip
Gordon Scott, pastor, will speak.
First Congregational - House.
keeping or Housekeeping" will be
the sermon topic tomorrow morn
ing by the Rev. Carl Heath Kopf.
minister.
Cleveland Park Congregational
DIR. Alfred w. Hurst, minister.
will preach at the morning service
tomorrow on Religion in the
Home"
Lincoln Congregational - DR.
Robert w. Brooks, pastor, will
speak tomorrow morning on
Lets Strengthen What Is Left
Holy communion will be celebrat-
ed at the service.
Peoples Congregational -" "Tht
Church in Your Home" will be the
topic tomorrow morning by thu
Rev. Arthur F. Elmes, minister.
Christ Episcopal - The Rev
John r. AnschutZ, rector, viii
preach on "If We Say That We
Have No Sins" tomorrow at thu
morning service.
st. Marks Evangelical u. B.
IArlington-"The Easter People II
Evening star., 1952-05-10
City Presbytery PIons
Meeting on Tuesday

The Washington City Presby-
terry will meet at 1880 pm. Tues
day in Lewinsville' Presbyterian
Church, Mclean, Va.
The Rev. William G. Purdy,
moderator of the Baltimore Sy-
nod. will speak.
Evening star., 1952-05-10
Georoetown Church Topic

"The Bible and the Home" will
be the topic of a sermon at II am
tomorrow at Georgetown Luther
an Church, Wisconsin avenue
and Volta place NV, by the Rev
Harold E. Beatty, pastor OF the
church.
Evening star., 1952-11-16
'Corbett Visits Augusta
For Cabinet Post Talk
BY the Associated Press

NEW YORK, Nov. 15.- Repre-
sentative Robert j. Corbett,
Pennsylvania Republican men
toned as possibility for Post
master General, said today he
conferred on the subject yesterday
in Augusta, Ga. with a member
of President-elect Eisenhower
staff.
Mr.. Corbett made light of a
published report in the Baltimore
Sun that the staff member had
turned away from a visit with the
general.
That's ridiculous" Mr.. Corbett
said.
He said he and Representative
James G. Fulton. also a Penn
isylvania Republican. who accom-
panied him to Augusta, would like
to have seen Gen. Eisenhower,
but did not press for a visit after
learning he was seeing only per-
sons whom he had invited to his
vacation cottage.
1--WE had no appointment" Mr..
Corbett told an interviewer here.
1--WE had two pleasant talks with
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Tax Collector Picked
For St. Louis District
BY the Associated Press

Norman B. Eshleman will be-
come District Commissioner of
Internal Revenue. st. Louis, un-
der the Internal Revenue Bu-
reau's reorganization plan, Sec
retary of the Treasury Snyder an
nounced yesterday.
Mr.. Eshleman will supervise
Federal tax work in Missouri,
Kansas and Arkansas. comprising
the l1th field district to be estab-
liShed under the new Federal tax
setup.
-Four civil service directors of
internal revenue, who replace col
lectors in the four collection dis
tricts in the St. Louis jurisdiction
also were named. They are Gus
tave Koehler, st. Louis: Edwin c.
Bookwalter, Kansas City; Lynn R.
Brodrick. Wichita, and Olin 8.
Goodwin. Little Rock.
The new officials will be in
stalled at ceremonies in st. Louis
Tuesday.
Mr.. Eshleman, SO, a 30-year ca
reer employe of the Internal Rev
enue Bureau, is native of Green
castle, Pa. After World War
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Poultry Coop Members
Buy 100000 in Stock
Special pi.pateh 10 1hs star

BROADWAY, Va, Nov. 15.-A
100000 increase in per cent
preferred stock was sold before
today's deadline by the Rocking
ham Poultry Marketing Coop
Manager Thomas w. Heitz said
today.
Mr.. Heitz said the directors OF
this largest poultry marketing CO.
operative east of the Mississippi
decided to give its 5000 members
priority in purchasing the stock
It was offered to- them by mail
six weeks ago, with November IL
as the deadline.
by Thursday, our 5000 CO.
operative members have purchased
the entire 100000 issue. and
feel sure we could easily have
sold another 100000 WORTH" said
Mr.. Heitz.
Evening star., 1952-11-16

Gray pronounced the sentence.
Court testimony showed that
Miss Alice Ward, 20, was riding
with four other young persons on
Route 2 in Calvert County last
August Is when German, who is
colored, got out of a car blocking
the road and fired a bullet into
the car in which Miss Ward was
riding.
Miss Ward was struck over the
left eye and her sight seriously
impaired, the court was told.
Miss Ward. Pentagon typist,
lived in the 1900 block of W street
Sc.
Evening star., 1952-11-16

Army service, he was employed by
the War Department and trans
ferred to the Internal Revenue
service in 1922. He has been In
ternal Revenue agent in charge at
st. Louis since 1941.
Evening star., 1952-11-16

Tom Stephens. a member of the
generals staff, and he gave us
the information we wanted.
There is not even a phone out
to the generals cottage. After
learning the situation, it would
have been improper for us to have
tried to see him"
Evening star., 1952-11-16
Man Gets 10 Years
For Wounding Typist
BY the Associated Press

PRINCE FREDERICK, Md,
Nov. 15.-Benjamin German, %,
was sentenced yesterday to 10
years in the Maryland penitenti-
ary for assault with intent to kill
a North Beach girl.
Circuit Court Judge John B.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04
PriesI-ScienIisI Dies

PARIS - CNC) The Rev.
Emile Licent, 81, international
t. famous botanist and naturalist,
Las died here at the age of rs.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04
Maria Boscardin,
Dead 80 Years,
To Be Beatified

ROME - (NC) - June will
witness the Identification here of a
10th century Italian nun who dis
tinguished herself in the care OF
the sick and for four years car.
ried on her duties cheerfully
though she herself suffered from
a malignant tumor.
She is Sister Maria Bertilla Bos-
cardin of the Teaching Sisters of
st. Dorothy, Daughters of the Sa-
cred Heart.
The nun was born on October
6, 1883, in the town of Brendola,
Italy, in the Diocese of Vincenza.
She was the daughter of Angelo
BoScardin and Maria Teresa Be
netti Baptised Anna Francesca,
she grew up a deeply religious
child under the training of her
pious mother.
Anna Francesca made her first
Holy Communion in 1897 and re-
ceived Confirmation two years lat
er. Responding to persistent de-
sire to join the religious life, she
entered the novitiate of the Sisters
of st. Dorothy in 1905. She pro
nounced her religious vows in
1907.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04
Urges Stress
On MARRIAGE
As Vocation

The world needs to be reminded
that marriage is vocation, the
Rev. Francis w. Carney OF st.
Johns College, Cleveland, declar-
ed at the Goth annual convention
of the National Catholic Family
Life Conference, held in Columbus
last week.
I'VE commonly recognize the
dignity of the priesthood and sis
terhood as vocations that lead to
Cod" he said. LET us stress now
in our times, when the Sanctity of
the laity is so much in demand,
that marriage, too, is a vocation
in which man and a woman
through love of each other rise to
God, with their mutual efforts to
spiritually perfect each other"
Father Carney deplored the fact
that too often the idea has been
conveyed that Christian marriage
is a state of life left for those
who cannot sustain or endure the
rigorS of celibate or virginia. life. "
"ThiS is not Catholic doctrine, !"
he continued "and it serves to
diminish the luStre and dignity of
Christian marriage, which is of di-
vine origin, work of Gods love.
Marriage has an inherent goodness;
its beauty reflects the Mystical
Body of Christ; its love continues
the succession of the saints; its
social character contributes to the
development of charity among men
and nations; and its supernatural
content makes salvation possible
for vast numbers of men,"
One of the chief reasons it is
necessary to "reState in modern
terms this rich matrimonial heri-
tage," according to Father Carney
is that "the forces of SeculariSm
have so weakened the SacredneSs
of marriage in popular thought. "
Il hold it extremely important, >
he declared, because through
stress of the vocational aspect OF
marriage, we can give our people
a proper and realistic motivation
for marriage, pointing out to them
the fact that marriage was meant
to be in the plan of Divine Prov
idence a road to heaven, as the
priesthood and the siSterhood with
which they so readily associate
sanctity and salvation"
Such an emphasis, Father Car
ney said, helps us ito point to the
Importance of preparing for the
vocation of marriage, as we pre-
pare for the other vocationS
bringing to the fore the thought
that moral and spiritual values
must be sought first in ones
prospective partner"
1t also leads, he went on, to en-
couraging "our young people to
reexamine the purpose of court
ship and engagement, allowing
them to see in these periods pre-
liminary TO marriage an opportun-
ity to come closer together spirit
ually, instead of using the proximi-
ty which they afford for sensual
exploitation and spiritual ruin"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04
Modest Dress
.Driue Is aided
BY Merchants

Ten leading retail stores in
Rochester, N. Y, have promised to
stock and display formal gowns
that meet Christian standards of
modesty.
Their promise came as result
of a petition from a Catholic High
School Girls committee to provide
modest teen-age party dresses.
The girls action drew an admis-
sion from Rochester fashion mer-
chants that their showroomS EN-
phaSize strapless, backleSs gowns,
and formals with lOw-cut necklines.
According to the Rochester
Catholic Courier-Journdl, several
of the high school leaders visited
New York to discuss the problem
of modest gowns with designers
and dealers there.
MANY of them did not believe, :"
the girls reported, that high
schoolers wanted 'cover-up' fash
ions. But they admitted they could
turn out modest models in a few
weeks if there really were 1000
kids in Rochester who would wear
them"
The letter that sparked the mod
esty campaign was composed at a
meeting of class officers and So
dality representatives of Our La
dy of Mercy High School, Nazar-
eth Academy, and st. Agnes High
School.
The letter was delivered per-
sonally to merchandise managers
and buyers of women'S wear in ten
Rochester stores by delegations of
the girls.
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04
Television Flirting With Devil,
Family Life Conference Hears

The television industry els flirt.
ing with the devil,' Martin H.
Work, executive secretary of the
National Council of Catholic Men,
declared in Columbus last week.
"And if it isn't careful" he added,
"it will end up on the wrong side
of the moral tracks, and be out
lawed from the homes of America
where morality and decency are
still held in high esteem"
Mr.. Work, who has been associ-
ated with several national radio
networks, spoke on THE Family
and Television" at sectional
meeting of the goth annual con-
vention of the National Catholic
Family Life Conference.
Referring to the many studies
of the effects of television on the
personality, morals, and education
of children, he called the results
confusing and self-contradictory." !"
The Catholic times. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1951-current, 1952-04-04

ed the trend a magnificent oppor
tunity" to propagate the principles
OF Christian family life.
He suggested the possibility oil
"a whole series of programs built
around the family sacramentals,
giving the history, the meaning OF
the symbols, demonstrating the
sacramenetals with members of the
family in the cast, and stressine
the Importance of them to every
family trying to sanctify then
homes"