Swedish-American Society  Newsletter, October1999 Edition President: Leland Peterson 489-7061 Web master: Larry Leonardson 721-6827

CHILDREN’S CORNER The children will be making ceramic jack-o- lantern bags and hopefully starting on Christmas ornaments. We are still in need of oyster shells for this project. Last month the kids made beautiful glass Halloween ornaments.   CALLING COMMITTEE Please do your calling as soon as you receive the newsletter.  Betty will call you on Friday the 17th for the count.  Many thanks for your cooperation. I know that at one time there was a list compiled of members birthdays and anniversaries. I would like to include these in our newsletter but do not have that list. If someone has it, please let me know. Otherwise we will have a list available at this meeting so you can provide me with the information.   MEMBER NEWS Congratulate Lelia Milner, who celebrated her third birthday on October 14th. If you ask her how old she is, she will show you the correct number of fingers.  Members who will be on the road for our October meeting include Hans and Margit Thunander [Florence, Italy],  Herb and Marilyn Melendy [Lindsborg, Kansas] and Don and Joann Lundquist [Michigan}.  Save them some barbecue!

WHEN LAST WE MET Our last monthly meeting was held on  Sunday, Sept. 19th.  We began with a social hour at 4:00 p.m. At 5:00, we gathered at the tables and sang our opening club songs and our Table Grace.  As usual, the meal was very tasty with Lamb Stew, Swedish Sausage, many kings of delicious breads (all homemade by one of our members) and the usual side dishes of a great variety of fruits and vegetables, followed by a choice of desserts . Club President Leland Peterson began our meeting by introducing our guest, Kaureen Langley, who accompanied Ted Johnson. Don Lundquist gave the Treasurer’s report.  Publisher’s Note: I do not include the figures as our newsletter goes on the internet and it is my personal opinion that we should not post that information.  Don announced that dues of $15.00 per member are now due.  Ted Johnson gave a report on the badges.  They will cost $5.00 a piece.  We discussed the report on the Travel Award presented by the committee, headed by our Vice-President, Alise Dilworth.  Some had reservations concerning reasons for going, where they would stay when they arrived in Sweden, concern that our sponsorship could have some litigiously unacceptable consequences, and other concerns.   After much discussion, it was decided that we could table it for now and give it some more thought.  No time limit was given as to when we would again act on this suggestion. Other business discussed was the suggestion that perhaps we could buy our own video tape recorder to tape about 15 minutes of each program presentation.  Marget Thunander suggested that we play Swedish music during the Happy Hour.  The next order of business was the election of officers.  Leland said he would be willing to stay as President for another year but would want to maintain the same slate of officers.  There were 35 adults present and 9 children present.  Nellie led the children’s workshop in making lovely Halloween ornaments.  After the business meeting Ted Johnson led us in singing some Swedish songs.  Andy Anderson contributed greatly in this endeavor.  Following the sing-a-long, Andy led the raffle.  The meeting ended at 6:45 p.m. and everyone pitched in to make the clean-up both quick and painless.