May 17, 1916 ~ SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

May 17, 1916
SCANDINAVIAN CLUB FORMED.

Organization Outgrowth of Recent Bethany College Campaign.

Fifty residents of Kansas City of Scandinavian origin have organized the Scandinavian Business Men's Club. The organization is the outgrowth of the recent campaign for endowment funds for Bethany college. The promoters hope soon to have a membership of several hundred. The purposes are to promote the social and business interests of Scandinavian people in Kansas City, of whom it is estimated there are 8,000 to 10,000.

The officers are: President, Godfrey Swanson; vice president, Ernest O. Brostrum; secretary, N. A. Johnson; treasurer, Olaf Mattson.