Duluth's Kalevan Choir in 1954. Front: Ina Lax, Aune Hannula, Martha Stott,
Vieno Ekman, Aili Lahti, Selma Salmio, Helmi Miller, Anna Wilson, Jennie
Cooke, Martha Johnson, director. Center: Ilona Erlund, Grace Salo, Lillian
Larson, Hilda Jensen, Myrtle Junttila, Jennie Sysimäki. Back: Alex Kyyhky
nen, Hugo Hannula, Onni K. Syrjäniemi, Gust Miller, Jacob Herald, John
Suomela, Victor Sola, Onni Sysimäki, John Tuomisto.

For example, April 1917 saw pageantry in the form of a `Pohjola Wedding', with fish loaves, rice tarts and other delicacies which might have been served at a Kalevala epoch wedding, washed down with mead served in wooden goblets, and with both men and women dressed in Kalevala costumes. Several plays were produced during the 1920s and 1930s, and a great deal of effort apparent to the public came in the form of work with the Red Cross, help for victims of forest fires, aid for orphanages, and Finnish war relief work. Internally, Duluth has been the scene of several meetings of Kaleva delegates, as early as 1908, when a big delegation arrived from Hancock on board a chartered excursion steamer, arriving complete with a choral group. A local choral tradition of more recent date is the Duluth Kaleva Chorus, started in 1950, under the direction of Martha Johnson, and with Gust Miller as chairman and J. A. Tuomisto as treasurer.

Welfare Work: Among the many activities of the Finnish colony of Duluth must be mentioned those organizations whose work has not been directed toward themselves as Finnish Americans, but as relief action for those in need and often far distant.

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