Budstikken Volume 48 Issue 5 Budstikken May 2013 Wergeland Lodge #5/028 P.O. Box 3591, La Crosse, WI 54602-3591 Next Meeting - Thursday, May 2 Fra Presidenten: Syttende Mai Banquet Drugan’s Supper Club God Dag Hwy 53 north of Holmen WI What a wonderful turn out we Social Hour 5:00 pm had at our April meeting and with Dinner 6:00 pm all the different foods we had the privilege to try. I hope everybody had a good time. Wergeland Celebrates 110 Years and Syttende Mai with Banquet Have you got your ticket for Drugan’s Castle Mound Country Club on Highway 53 our Syttende Mai Banquet yet? It is at Drugans on High- north of Holmen is the site of our annual banquet honoring way 53 Thursday May 2, 2013. We will be celebrating the Norwegian Constitution Day. This 110th anniversary of our 110th anniversary of our lodge. Your president looks for- lodge would be an opportunity to wear those Norwegian ward to seeing you at the banquet. sweaters or bunads. The program for May will be called "A Pictorial History May is a busy month for our lodge. We will be raising of Holmen: Establishing a Norwegian Community in La the Norwegian flag at the city hall in La Crosse on May Crosse County." It will include a PowerPoint presentation of 17 at 9:00am, we than will go to Ardie’s for breakfast, historic photographs of Holmen and discuss how many early Norwegian immigrants helped make Holmen what it is today. than unto the Campbell Cemetery to honor Martin Dock. Hannah Scholze, archivist of the Holmen Area Historical th Society has prepared the presentation. She is the daughter of On Sunday May 19 at 1:30 pm our lodge will be Ruth and Ed Scholze, granddaughter of Sherman and Nita represented in Westby’s Syttende Mai parade by our offi- Witte, and graduate of Wartburg College. cers and the Wergeland Dancers. WERGELAND KALENDER I don’t think anybody would argue with the fact that a May 2: Syttende Mai Banquet at Drugan’s - healthy lifestyle consists of a proper diet along with exer- Social hour 5 pm, Dinner 6 pm cise. I ran for forty years before I wore out my right knee. May 14: 8:30 am - Board Meeting at Perkins on I took up swimming after that. I found out a couple of Hwy 16 near the Mall months ago that our sports program started medals for May 17: Norwegian Constitution Day swimming. I have record cards that Sons of Norway sent 9:00 am - Flag Raising at City Hall me. If you would like one let me know. Consider entering May 19: Syttende Mai Parade in Westby at 1 p.m. our sports medal program, if you can, and its variety of May 20: Deadline for Budstikken Articles activities. Jean Davis is our Sports Director. May 29: Budstikken mailed to Members June 6: Concert with Pie & Ice Cream Social at North See you at our Syttende Mai Banquet at Drugans on Presbyterian Church, La Crosse May 2. Index Fraternally, Monthly Program, Kalender, President’s Letter. ............. P.1 Eugene Johnson, Looking Ahead, Birthdays, Minutes .............................. P.2 President Member News ................................................................. P.3 Library News, Looking Back, ........................................ P.4 Member News ................................................................ P.5,6 New Members, Bunads ................................................... P.7 Read more about Syttende Mai Jokes(?) Page ................................................................... P.8 on P-9 Language/Culture, Norway News. .................................. P.9 Present Officers, Norskedalen Events ............................ P.10 P-2 Budstikken May 2013 Gratulerer Wergeland Has Annual Syttende Mai Ceremony on 17th. Med President Eugene Johnson contacted newly elected La Crosse Mayor Dagen! Tim Kabat to arrange the raising of the Norwegian flag at City Hall at 9:00 am on the 17th. The short ceremony is followed by breakfast at Ardies Restaurant (Happy and then to the grave of immigrant Martin Dock in the Campbell Cemetery. Birthday) Meet in front of City Hall at 9 a.m. if you will participate. May Birthdays Long-Time Members to be Honored 1 Frances King Wergeland’s newest Golden Members and 25 Year 3 Nancy Borgen Members will be honored at our banquet. To be 7 Joseph Haugen “Golden”, members must be over the age of 65 and have been a member for 30 years. 8 Claire Everson Golden Honorees 10 Joyce Halvorson Burdonna Drugan, Kent Drugan, Ingeborg Gerber, Elnor Haugen, and Tim Ofte Elnor and Tim are credited for earlier membership in Helgedal 12 Ardelle Ender Lodge in Coon Valley. 12 Benjamin Skogen 25 Year Membership Honors Ingrid Fowler, James Halvorson, Charlene Harnish, Carol Marking, 16 Adrian Hagen Leif Marking, Sandy Mattie, Anna Morris, Tim Ofte, Vilda Olsen, Don Peterson, Vivian Sacia, Shirley Schoenfeld, and Leann Theisen 22 Trygve Mathison 23 Alex Stekel Sekretær Notater…. 25 Helen M. Nelson Abbreviated Minutes - 25 Sarah Nokken April 4, 2013 - 7:00 pm - General Meeting 26 Hazen Ames Meeting called to order by President Eugene Johnson. The Pledge of Alle- 26 James Gums giance was said and the 3 national anthems were sung. Our Charter was draped to honor: Breanna Dixit, Wesley Bangsberg, Robert 26 Rod Ofte Everson and Raymond Lokken. 26 Mary Welda Guests were introduced. Treasurer’s Report was read by Treasurer Marilyn Rudser. 27 Lindsey Piechowski New members : Mary Jane Berg, Judith A. Konop and Agnes Zwada were welcomed. 28 Brian Rainer Vice President Dave Glomstad gave a recap of the New Members Breakfast. 29 Allan Guberud Announcements were read- May Syttende Mai banquet will be on May 2, 2013 at Drugan’s Castle 30 Betty Bjorge Mound Supper Club with dinner being served at 6 p.m. 30 Erling "Pete" Sherry Youth Group showed the Norwegian Flags they made. Good of The Order statement by Leif Marking 31 Ruth Anderson Lottery drawing: $150 split between Lottery drawing winner, a Member’s Name drawing, and the Lodge. 31 Bonnie J. McCann Happy Birthday was sung to those with April Birthdays. Program by Finn Brobakken from Snertingdal, Norway told of emigration 31 Jean Vail from there to U.S. Dismissed by Doris Hagen for lunch. Can you offer a ride to an Older Person? Respectfully submitted, Christine Hansen, Secretary Many would like to continue to attend meetings but no Attendance: 116 Foundation Collection: $70 longer like to drive at night. Lunch Table: $220 P-3 Budstikken May 2013 Dis og Dat …. Don and Mary Hanson arrived back from Ari- zona on April 3. Leaving 87 degree temperatures, they think they are bringing warm air following them. Beth Rock spent three weeks in DelRay Beach FL recovering from back surgery. Jean Davis spent two weeks with her son Robert in Arizona in March. She enjoyed the sunshine, going to baseball games, and a golf tournament. Phyllis Galstad and Bev Nelson thawed out in Florida in March. “It’s a great way to break up the winter.” Arlan and Doris Henderson entertained daughter Susan and her husband Aaron, and their sons Noah and Announcing the Sami Display at Vesterheim Nathan from Indiana in early April. Fishing was poor but the boys covered most corners of the farm while Wergeland Members are “Yesterday’s the ladies enjoyed shopping. They also visited a sheep Youth” at Sugar Creek farm where the little lambs had arrived. Sugar Creek Bible Camp was the site of the Yesterday’s Youth program featuring Laurann Gilbertson from Vesterheim Charlene Harnish has vacationed in Hawaii, and vis- Museum of Decorah IA on April 8. She gave slide presentations ited at her sister in-laws in Jefferson WI. We had a fun on the “History of Norwegian Sweaters” and the ”Sami Rein- time, lots of sun and shopping. deer People of Alaska”. She explained the history of Norwegian sweater patterns and symbolism in her first talk. After the break Al and Julia Forde cele- she told of how Sami deer herders were brought from Norway to brated Al’s April 8th 80th Alaska to start the practice of reindeer farming. Attending from Wergeland were Jean Davis, Dorothy Paulikas, Dian Fossum, birthday with a dinner and Laura Gonia, Doris Hagen, Pete and Annette Sherry, Kent and dance at the Concordia on Mary Sween, Doc and Jan Brudos, and Joe and Carol Stekel. April 6th with 130 family members and friends. Laurann explains the symbolism on Wishing both of you contin- the sweater she was wearing. She said ued health and happiness! she would be available to do the talks at Vesterheim to a group. Perhaps a Wergeland group would like to go Til Minne Om ….. down for a presentation. Transporta- tion could be pooled. If you are inter- Wesley Bangsberg, age 69, Sparta, died ested in something like this, let Carol March 29, 2013. He was a member 17 years and Stekel know by phone or email (on Marshal this year. He was also a dedicated back page) and we could see if there is member of Wergeland Lodge and was helpful in sufficient interest. getting his friend, 96 y/o Julia Nordby to the meetings. Picture is from his January 2013 in- stallation as a marshall. Robert J. Everson, age 76 from Bangor, who passed away Weds. March 20th at his home. Picture is At left are from his January 2012 installation as a Sami costumes marshall. His write-up was also in the and items as a last Budstikken. part of the Sami Display Raymond Lokken, (previous member 1998-2007) died at Vesterheim March 28, 2013. He had originally transferred from a lodge in McAllen TX P-4 Budstikken May 2013 Looking Back Through the Budstikkens By Historian Karen Broadhead Fem år siden (5 years ago) -May 2008 Following the Syttende Mai banquet, the program was presented by four board members of the International Friendship Gardens.