From Sweden to a land of English From page 15 on heaving winter seas to a place where Swedish words would not likely be heard again. She arrived, Christmas Day, Dec. 25, 1927, in the port of Halifax, Canada. They were all dispatched _ through customs and sent to sleep in chilly boxcars. Church bells rang and rang. Ahead was a long train ride clear across the country to Vancouver, with a stop in Winnipeg. For their train voyage, Red Cross volunteers gave cach . immigrant family a shoe box containing: a can of pork and beans, a can opener (which she still has), a loaf of white bread, four crackers, and pot- ted meat. Strangely, there was no knife. . ~. In Winnipeg it was 50 “below and her ankles got frozen. The train continued “. westward to the town of Vancouver, a city crouched on the very edge of the new country. Swedish was still nat- ural on their tongues in this land of English. But soon they would only dream in Swedish. And soon they would remove one “s” from their name to make it simply, “Carlson.” In a few years, the dream of a new life in a new country would become reality and Sweden would become the dream. And on the continuin journey of life, years would click by until another Dec. 27, in the year 2000, when the girl born in 1900 would arrive at another landmark, a landmark not in the scenery of the new country but in time: Best wishes to you, Nana, on your 109th birthday today. _ bbusnews@vahoo.ca (please include "between the lines" in subject field) " DECEMBER 26—JANUARY 1 O/__ OFF SELECTED ITEMS . P 10 050 Yo MORE SAVINGS THROUGHOUT THE STORE : oe Magic: The Gathering ° Role-Playing Games . . @ Dungeons & Dragons » anes Workshop © In-Store ® Gaming. CHECKPOINT-CHARLI Street’! 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