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May Birthdays 02 Carl R. Hansen Dominic Turchi 03 Nels R. Nelson 07 Karin Wulf-Jaeger 10 Fritjof Elverum Carol L. Ostgaard Luella J. Trinrud Jane Von Kirchbach 11 Torbjorg Andersen Torbjorg Ronnegren Janice G. Swanson 12 Jorunn M. Fleck 16 Merlyn Ullenbrauck 17 Charles W. Larsen 18 Esther P. Scherich 19 Lewis Bowles Anthony L. Gudvangen 21 Catherine Karabas 23 Elizabeth A. Ahlgren Rose Haakonsen
24 Barbara J. Klosowski Christian Von Kirchbach 25 Andreas Andersen 26 Marilyn L. Halvorsen 27 Lillian L. Sarley Norma Schaad 29 Eugene H. Baker Donna Jean Scheldrup 30 Fred O. Gilbertsen 31 Charles A. Nelson
June Birthdays 01 Steven E. Johnson 02 Harold R. Ericksen 05 Alice M. Beyer Karen Egenes 06 Ronald E. Bentsen 08 Matthew J. Spies 13 Lillian A. Berge Viola I. Eik Ingrid A. Mauro 15 Raymond E. Haakonsen June Waters 16 John K. Ideboen 18 Anne E. Shabez 20 June Steine 21 Betty J. Peterman 25 Doris Lodin 26 Darlene S. Wenz 27 Don Lien 29 Carl R. Eglund 30 Karen A. Aukland
We meet the 4th Friday of each month (usually starts at 7:30 PM) ………………………………….
St. Mark Lutheran Church
205 S. Wille Street
Mt. Prospect, Illinois.
(NOTE: We now meet in the
church not the church center)
Viking Magazine can help with your genealogy searches Tracing your Ancestors How the Viking Magazine Can Help As a member of Sons of Norway, you receive many benefits. One benefit is being able to place an entry in the "Lost Branch" page of Viking magazine. Lost Branch is where members doing family research can submit a description of an ancestor on whom they cannot otherwise find information. This will then be printed in Viking to be read by some 60,000 Scandinavian-Americans. Check out the April 2005 issue of Viking for more details.
To post to Lost Branch, submit as much as possible of the following about the relative you are trying to research: Name of your relation Names of their parents, children, spouses, etc. Date of birth Date of emigration Last known address Date of death Also provide Viking with your name and return contact information. Send your submissions to: Lost Branch c/o Sons of Norway 1455 W. Lake St. Minneapolis, MN 55408-2666
ADOPT-A-SCHOOL: Carol Ann Carlsen is now our ADOPT-A-SCHOOL coordinator. All contacts regarding this important Sons of Norway program should be directed to Carol. If you are volunteering at a school or planning to do so please contact Carol.
VOLUNTEER SERVICE SHEET
Enclosed is the 2005 "volunteer service sheet" where you can record your volunteer activity. Everything you do on behalf of the lodge counts towards these hours. We are sending the form early this year so you can record what you have done as the year progresses. The hours its members donate, helps Sons of Norway support its claim that the Sons of Norway qualifies as a fraternal/benefit organization. The sheets are due to Anne Shabez by January 1, 2006.
CULTURAL CORNER
The first offical Syttende Mai Children's Parade was announced in Christiania on May 16, 1870. The man behind the idea was Bjornstjerne Bjornson, a controversial patriot, author, political agitator and inspirational speaker. He wrote a poem called "Ja, vi elsker dette landet." "Yes, we love this country." This became the national anthem of Norway. The music was written by his cousin, Richard Nordraak.
