. Pleasant recollections in pen and picture of the happy hundred members of the Swedish American California Club, making up the "Lutfisk" Special, recalling friends, places and incidents during their never-to-be-forgotten trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition, June 12th to July 4th, nineteen fifteen . U) HisroR Y By N. A. Nelson. HE excursion by some Chicago people of Swedishextraction to the Panama-Pacific InternationalExposition in San Francisco, was first suggestedby Mr. Edward C. Westman, with the result thaton January 19th, 1914, a meeting was held in theChicago Athletic Club by a few par
. Pleasant recollections in pen and picture of the happy hundred members of the Swedish American California Club, making up the "Lutfisk" Special, recalling friends, places and incidents during their never-to-be-forgotten trip to the Panama Pacific Exposition, June 12th to July 4th, nineteen fifteen . U) HisroR Y By N. A. Nelson. HE excursion by some Chicago people of Swedishextraction to the Panama-Pacific InternationalExposition in San Francisco, was first suggestedby Mr. Edward C. Westman, with the result thaton January 19th, 1914, a meeting was held in theChicago Athletic Club by a few parties interested,for the purpose of discussing the advisability ofsuch a journey. At this meeting it was decided toarrange for the trip. Twenty-five persons wereenrolled as members. It was also decided that each member pay $ month toward a fund for the expense of the trip and that a maximumof expense be $ for each person. The following officers wereunanimously elected: City Engineer John Ericson President Charles S. Peterson Vice-President Nils A. Nelson Secretary Henry S. Henschen Treasurer Edward C. Westman General Manager Edwin A. Olson Counsel At the next meeting, held February 5, 1914, it was decided to namethe organization the Swedish-American California Club of Chicago. TheClub has since been incorpora
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