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FREYA LODGE
SANTA ROSA, CA
CULTURAL EVENTS:
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Summer Picnic at
Freya Forum
A U G U S T
Preston Lake
Aug 20—4:30pm
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Nor Cal Kretsstevne
Camp Norge—9/3-5
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Craft Workshop
Sept 7—6:30-8:30pm
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Dessert Social
Sept 9—7pm
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Craft Workshop
Sept 21—3-5:00pm
2016 OFFICERS
President
Marne Olson
707-528-1876
VP/Membership
Anne Marie Winterhalder
707-894-1807
Secretary
Claudia Larson
[email protected]
Treasurer
Lis Barca
707-495-5808
Social Director
Karen Larson
707-996-9889
Assistant Social Director
Laurel Proaps
707-541-6575
Cultural Director
Marit Barca
707-495-0448
Co-Cultl Dir-Cultural Skills
Siri Fenson
707-303-7860
Hall Manager
Lis Barca/Marit Barca
707-495-5808/707-495-0448
[email protected]
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Ord fra presidenten
Summer greetings.
At the Sons of Norway District 6 Convention held in Loveland, Colorado in
June, Freya Lodge won Best Large Lodge for District 6 for the second time in
a row.
Congratulations to Freya Lodge's Officers, volunteers and to you, the membership, for helping to make our lodge such a success.
At the Lodge Picnic on August 20th and at the September meeting we will
have a report on the District 6 Convention and an overview of Freya Lodge
activities for this next year.
Enjoy these last few days of summer and I will see you at the
Lodge Picnic on August 20th.
Marne Olson
President
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Membership
Welcome New
Members:
Ruth Ellison
Chris Thwaites
Thanks for Renewing:
Merete Bendtsen
Else Bratlien
Bill Brox
Chris Christianson
Inger Crump
Cindy D’Angelo
Louann Ekren
Martha Garbesi
Doris Gospe
Pamela Stutrud Groth
Lorraine Larson
Darryl Laxo
Erik Oehm
Heather Oehm
Hal Roa
Linda Roa
Johanna Sandev
Gratulerer med dagen
July:
Kayla Anderson
Rebecca Thompson
Mike Fairchild
Chris Thwaites
Paloma Guzman
Anne-Marie Winterhalder
Stanley Halverson
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Donald Johnson
John Hill
August:
Sid Krogstad
Donovan Barron
Victoria Paoloni
Kathryn Norman
Gladys Boen
Laurel Proaps
Erika Perkins
Leah Carlson
Jessica Schneider
Hal Roa
Roger DeBeers
Lorenzo Shevick
Ezmia Shipley-Sanchez
Nathen Gong
Barbara Van Cleave
Erik Oehm
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Karen’s Column
Summer time, and the livin’ is easy. Yes,
they are lyrics to a song but surely typify the summer travels that my husband, Terry and I just completed. Over 12,000 miles in our electric Tesla
around the USA. Ask me about it at one of our
upcoming meetings!
Summer is starting to wind down and to
celebrate this, Anne-Marie and Richard Winterhalder have graciously invited Freya lodge members to their home again for a relaxing summer picnic. Set aside Saturday, August 20th and come and
enjoy a drive thru the vineyards on your way up to
Preston Lake in Cloverdale. Enjoy a swim in the
lake, fishing, relaxing with a glass of wine or your
favorite beverage, and good food. The main dish
will be provided and we ask that you bring sides,
and or a dessert to share. BYOB for liquid refreshments and coffee, lemonade, and water will be provided. Call Anne-Marie Winterhalder at (707-8941807) for directions if needed. Please try to carpool if you can as parking is limited. What a great
way to end a beautiful summer!
Our next event is in September. On September 9th we will have our “welcome back” gathering for our kids who attended Camp Trollfjeld at
7:00 pm in the evening. Along with our campers,
we will be welcoming Pauline Allen who will speak
on her year at Folk School in Norway. Pauline’s
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father, Tor Allen is a fairly new
member of our lodge and their
family hosted one of the Norwegian foreign exchange students that spoke at our lodge
in the spring. Come and enjoy
delicious desserts and hear
about what it is like to attend
school in Norway.
It is not too early to start thinking about
helping out this year at our VikingFest which will be
on October 8th at the Lodge. We will be having a
few workshops to make meatballs again this year.
Stay tuned for the dates and time. They will be in
your next Freya Forum in September. If you would
like to see how this big event comes together,
think about volunteering some time to work in the
kitchen, or step up before the event. Please think
about helping this year if you can. It is a fun event
but it does take many in our lodge to make it happen. Come and be part of the team!!! I will have a
sign- up sheet at the summer picnic – don’t leave
the picnic without putting your name on the volunteer list!
Looking forward to seeing everyone again at
the summer picnic. See you on August 20th!
Happy Summer,
Karen Larson
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Words from the Editor, March 1982
I’ve been a member of Freya Lodge #62 for a little more than a year and a half now. My
first association with the lodge and its members was at a Sunday pancake breakfast. As
with all of you, I have an interest in my Norwegian ancestry. By joining the Sons of Norway I felt that I could learn more about Norwegian history and culture.
Shortly after joining Freya #62 we had elections of new officers. I was going to wait until
the next year before volunteering for a lodge officer’s position. My plans flew out the window when I was nominated to become the next Freya Forum newsletter editor. I would
like to thank our late, past President, Sherman Quinlan, for nominating me, as I felt what
better way to know more about the Sons of Norway than getting involved in its activities.
Since joining the lodge I have attended multiple events, camped at Camp Norge, taken a
group of our young people for an Unge Venner weekend of skiing, signed up and participated in Norwegian classes and I am now into my second year as editor of the Freya Forum.
As a new Lodge member and officer it is hard for me to totally understand the sometimes
do-nothing attitude of Lodge members. Many of you, I know, have put in many long hours
and years of service and have been instrumental in keeping our Lodge a strong and viable
member of Sons of Norway International. You have shown the rest of the members that
our membership in Sons of Norway and association with Freya Lodge #62 is and can continue to be both memorable and enjoyable. Those of us who haven’t participated as actively in the running of our lodge activities need to step forward with our ideas, suggestions
and volunteer our services.
Fraternally, John Hill, Jr.
(Well said, John, and still current, 26 years later!
Elections are coming up in a few months
and we would love to hear from those of you interested in getting more involved in Freya
Lodge.)
SAVE THE DATE
for these great upcoming events!
Saturday, Aug. 20th – 4:30 PM - Freya Lodge Summer Picnic at Preston Lake outside
of Cloverdale. This is a potluck picnic for Freya Lodge members and their families. Opportunities for fishing, swimming, hiking and/or visiting in the shade of the oak and bay trees.
Contact Anne-Marie @ 707-894-1807
Friday, Sept. 9th – 7 PM - Fall Dessert Social – Our Unge Venner member, Pauline Allen, has just returned from spending a school year at a Folkehøyskole in Oslo. Come and
hear her tell about her exciting experiences, such as walking in a marching band in front of
the Royal Palace on Syttende Mai!
Saturday, October 8th – VIKINGFEST!!
Saturday, November 12 – Freya Lodge’s 65th Anniversary Lunch
Saturday, December 3rd - JULETREFEST
Saturday, December 10th – Holiday Arts and Crafts Fair
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Genealogy
Why can't I find my foreign born ancestors in U.S. records?
I will use the example of Norwegian immigrant, Holm Olson Studsrud, who immigrated to the U.S.
in 1883. He should be in census records from 1900-1940 (the 1890 census was almost entirely destroyed).
Though it is quite likely he is in all five of these census records, how the records were indexed is
often the hurdle keeping a researcher from locating them. Enumerating the censuses was already
like playing Post Office, the parlor game where someone whispers in your ear then you have to
pass on what you heard to the next person. By the time the message gets to the last player, it is
usually a completely different sentence! Census records were handwritten and not always by people with nice penmanship. There is an added layer of that by having people possibly unfamiliar with
Norwegian names indexing records for Ancestry.com. (There are other genealogy subscription
websites for accessing records, Ancestry.com is the example here.)
In the case of Holm Olson Studsrud, his surname was indexed as Skudsrud, Studarud, Studsrud,
Studerud, Stuterud, Studtsrude and Stutland. Those were just in census records! His marriage record was indexed correctly, but in one he was recorded as Holm Olson. Other U.S. records, such
as city directories, for Holm Olson Studsrud were typewritten and easy to read. Those can be used
in conjunction with censuses since they would have taken place in the same locality. If you found
your ancestor in Williston, North Dakota in a 1910 city directory, there is a high likelihood your
ancestor would also be there in a census.
Census records are still a valuable tool to track the locality of your ancestor, it just helps to be
aware of what is required in order to find your ancestor in those records. If you've done enough
research to know the names of his spouse and children, it is possible to search on Ancestry.com
and leaving out the surname altogether.
More often than not, your ancestor can be located in a U.S. Federal Census and possibly state censuses as well. Sometimes it just takes some creative searching for that to happen.
Submitted by Pamela Stutrud Groth
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YOU ARE INVITED
To The Freya Lodge
POTLUCK PICNIC
At Preston Lake
August 20th at 4:30 PM
Preston Lake is a small, but beautiful, spring-fed lake hidden away in the hills outside
of Cloverdale. Come for an afternoon of fishing, boating, hiking and even swimming,
if you are brave! Or just relaxing and visiting under the oak trees by the lake.
This will be a potluck picnic. The main dish will be provided, so please bring a side
dish or dessert
Water, Iced tea and lemonade will be provided, along with plates and utensils. If you
would like beer or wine, please feel free to bring your own.
No smoking on the property, please!
There will be a cap of 50 people, so RSVP’s are necessary. They should be sent to [email protected], or call 707-894-1807, giving the number of people and what kind
of food you will be bringing. Driving directions will be provided. Please car pool if at
all possible!
We look forward to seeing you at Preston Lake! Please follow the signs and park behind the carriage house.
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