• Sat. Feb. 20th, Happy Hour 5pm
• Dinner: 6pm Reservations required.
• Adults: $14, Kids under 13: $6.
• Placentia Roundtable Clubhouse, 901 N. Bradford AV., Placentia.
• Entertainment: Al Bergstrom at the accordion
• Bongo Following dinner raffle prizes 

SOUTHLAND PAST PRESIDENTS -  TO OFFER TOW 1/2 CAMPERSHIPS TO CAMP

NORGE IN 1999.

An application for each child must be filled, along with 1/2 of this year's fee ($160) and sent to the camp registrar.  If those same campers wish to apply for SPPC scholarship (total of $160) then they must apply separately to SPPC according to the rules that follow.  If they are successful in the drawing, their $160 fee sent to Camp Norge will be refunded. 

Each applicant must: 
• Write his/her applicant on a standard U.S. postcard,  

stating why the applicant wishes to attend Camp Norge.   
A postcard must be mailed to... (request address) 
The postcard must be postmarked latest Apr. 17, 1999.
 
• Give full name & birth date of camper and  name of the 

sponsoring parent  or grandparent, (who must be a member  
of Sons of Norway).
 
• Be of right age (8-13)
 
• Winners (2) will be determined by lottery and drawn 

on Apr. 24 at the spring SPPC meeting, (more about meeting below). 

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The Southland Past Presidents' Club will meet Apr. 24,1999, at 3pm at Peer Gynt Hall in Culver City.  This meeting will be followed by the spring meeting of the Southern Kretsstevne officers at  4pm and Peer Gynt's traditional Western Night happy Hour at 5pm.  First order of business is the  election of new officers for SPPC.  Officers to be elected include President, VP, Secretary and Treasurer.  There is only one announced candidate for reelection: Treasurer Joe  Rasmussen.  Following this business, the drawing for this year's two 1/2 scholarships to Camp Norge will be held. 

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As we did last year, we are again going to "Shakers Restaurant" in Glendale to help the SPPC raise money for Camp Norge scholarships.  The date is Mar. 16, the time from 3 too 9pm.  Address is 801 N. Central Glendale and is accessed from the  Brand/Central  off-ramp of the 210 freeway. 

Remember!  Shakers will give 30% of everything we spend back to SPPC.  This also includes their bakery goods.  Just say that you and everyone in your party are with Sons of Norway before you order. 
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EVERYONE IS WELCOME!  You do not have to be a Past President or even a Sons of Norway member to attend.  Bring your friends!  Our goal is to raise at least $3220 which will fund 2 half-scholarships for  Camp Norge. 

No meeting, just good food, good fun and a  good cause.  Last year 60 people attended.  Let's break that record this year.  (Submitted by Sherrill "Swede" Swenson, of Solbakken Lodge) 

Save Stamps for Tubfrim! 
  
Your editor has volunteered for an additional job as Tubfrim Director.  I'm hoping that everyone will clip stamps from newsletters and all your other mail and bring them to our Lodge meetings every month.  We especially need U.S. commemoratives and all foreign stamps, including those from Norway. 

Last year your editor's husband, Jim Davis, used over 2000 commemorative stamps to mail the newsletter so that members could really help the Tubfrim effort.  Jim used the kind of stamps that collectors actually buy in place off the common usage, everyday stamps you see on most mail.  Many of the stamps are from his collection and have been 20-30 and  even 50 years old. 

Let's all get behind the Tubfrim program to help handicapped children.  BRING IN  YOUR STAMPS!!! 

FASTELAVEN 

Fastelaven (Shrovetide), the 7th Sunday before Easter, signals the coming of Easter in Norway.  The word itself comes from German "Fastelabend," and stood for the evening before the fast began.  In olden days, people covered themselves with ashes and smeared it through their hair.  The ashes remained for 6 weeks until Skjærtorsdag (Maundy Thursday) which is the Thursday before Easter Sunday, when they cleaned up. 

Today Shovetide is celebrated with FASTELAVENSBOLLER, Shovetide buns, sweet buns, sometimes with raisins, divided in half and filled with sweetened whipped cream.  Another custom is the FASTELAVENSRIS - birch twigs decorated with colored feathers with which people used to playfully strike each other during Shovetide.  In Norway today, the NORSK SANITETSFORENING, the Grey  Ladies (volunteer workers of the Red Cross) keep the old customs of FASTELAVENS alive.  Thousands of bunches made with birch twigs, decorated with colorful feathers are sold.  The proceeds are used to help the sick and aged.  

 

Filled Shrovetide Buns:  (Fylte Fastelavensboller)  1 pkg. dry yeast  1 1/3 cup milk  1/4 cup sugar  1/2 tsp. salt  1 1/2 tsp. cardamom  1 egg  1/2 cup butter or marg., melted and slightly cooled  4 cups flour or enough flour to make a smooth pliant dough egg  Heat milk until lukewarm.  Pour into mixing bowl and stir in yeast,   sugar, salt, cardamom, egg and  melt butter.  Stir in a little flour at  a time, until dough is smooth and elastic.  Place in a greased bowl,   cover and set aside to rise in a warm place until double in bulk.    On well floured pastry cloth, turn dough out  and barley knead it.    Divide dough into 16-18 pieces, less if you desire large sweet buns.  Place on greased cookie sheet, cover and let rise 110-15 minutes.    Brush with beaten egg and bake at 340-350 degrees, 15 min.  Cool   on wire rack.  The sweet buns may be left plain, sprinkled with sugar  or add cream filling.  Cream Filling:  Whip one cup whipping cream, add 2 tbsp. sugar and 1/2 tsp. vanilla   sugar or pure vanilla flavoring.  Cut the cooled sweet buns in half.    Cover the bottom half with a mound of whipped cream and replace  the top half as a "lid."  Sprinkle with powder sugar and enjoy!