Norwegian Convention honoring Director from Norway, Stavanger Lag (Lodge), Marie Sola, Secretary. 400 former residents of Stavanger, Norway, and their families gathered at the Messiah Lutheran Church for their annual Stavanger Lag over August 14th and 15th, 1948. All officers of the organization were re-elected: L-R, Gunnar Hogstat, traveling correspondent for Visergutten, a Norwegian newspaper published in Fargo, North Dakota; Peter M. Omdal, president, Bow; Rev. Jonas Helland, vice president, Everett, Marie Sola, secretary, Everett; Oselus Egersten, historian, East Stanwood and N.N. Hageness, treasurer, Tacoma. (TNT, 8/16/1948, p.2)
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