Hulda Garborg Lodge members attend DON convention

RAINBOW – Several members of Hulda Garborg Lodge #49 attended the Daughters of Norway convention in Costa Mesa July 22 to 24. As the convention was hosted by Turid Jespersen Lodge #44, based in Mission Viejo, local members helped their lodge sisters with many of the preparations and activities during the three-day event.

The theme for the convention was “It’s a Small World, Preserve Our Heritage.” Twenty-five of the current 26 lodges sent delegates with the ladies from Iowa traveling the farthest. The convention is held every two years so this was the first one for most of the Hulda Garb...