{"id":157,"date":"2020-12-28T08:38:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-28T14:38:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.northlat.biz\/?page_id=157"},"modified":"2021-03-13T12:26:32","modified_gmt":"2021-03-13T18:26:32","slug":"nesse-heritage-contest","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/home\/art-and-dorothy-nesse-in-memory\/art-nesses-web\/nesse-heritage-contest\/","title":{"rendered":"Nesse Heritage Contest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

NESSE HERITAGE C0MPETITION <\/u>— West Coast Nesses\u2019 vs Midwest Nesses — February 17, 2013<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Art provided this contest for a competition between the West Coast Nesses and the Midwest Nesses at his 91st birthday. The Far West Nesses outscored the Midwest Nesses, 23 to 21!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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What was Dorothy\u2019s nickname pre-St. Olaf ? \u201c IGGY \u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Danielle\u2019s last name before marriage? \u201c DANIELSON\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

College and year when Dorothy received her \u201cBA\u201d degree? \u201c 1958 \u201c St. O. 1945 Degree \u201cBachelor Music\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

College and year when Dorothy received her \u201cMSW\u201d degree? \u201c 1960 \u2013 Oakland Cty. University\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hans Nesse\u2019s age when he immigrated to the U.S. from Norway? \u201c 17\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what city did Hans get his U.S. High School diploma? \u201c Owatonna, IL \u2013 from a Lutheran prep Academy\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How are Bob Hansen (Wauwatosa, WI) and Richard Hanson (Valley City, N.D.) related to Art? \u201d \u201cBob-cousin, Dick \u00bd C\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where, when, and in what \u201ccompetition\u201d, did Art get the \u201cdent\u201d in his forehead? \u201cNo Hands \u2013 Lean forward farthest\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What charitable tax deduction facilitated Ran and Rob\u2019s college tuitions? \u201cPipe organ from Sfld. Home\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did Art answer when in Helsinki (1926) his mother asked him \u201cwhere is home, Arthur? \u201cPaa Taaget (on train)\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the name of Gerhard\u2019s \u201chealth guru\u201d of the 1930\u2019s? \u201cBernard McFadden\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the nationality of the Japanese \u201cspies\u201d in Hans\u2019 1948 Wuhan prison camp? \u201cBrit\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Russian words does Art brag about remembering from his 1926 Siberia train trip? \u201cMjaaso, Meliko, Keep ya talk\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Milk, meat, hot water<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did Ford\u2019s bid to run the Federal space program make disposal of the pipe organ urgent? \u201cArt to move South\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which city did Dorothy NOT take voice lessons when we lived in the Detroit area? Northfield, Toledo, Ann Arbor. Detroit, Evanston, Philadelphia? \u201cNorthfield\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what overseas locales did Gerhard and Henry serve military time in WW2? \u201cGerhard-Carribean, Henry \u2013China\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Art\u2019s job title when he began work for the Plaskon Div. of L.O.F. Glass in Toledo? \u201cProduction Engineer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What significant \u201cfamily event\u201d occurred 9 months after Gerhard\u2019s funeral in Ephata? \u201cTed was born\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How many programmers on Art\u2019s staff when Ford launched the first computer- based 50,000 employee payroll system? How was the $1M+ computer facility justified? \u201c3\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Dorothy\u2019s role in Grosse Point Opera Company\u2019s presentation of Cinderella? \u201cThe Prince\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What do I.O. Hanson\u2019s (Art\u2019s North Dakota uncle) initials stand for? \u201cIngebrigt Olai\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How come, after WW2, Gerhard decided to setup his surgery practice in Ephrata and not elsewhere? \u201cHenry there and Grand Coulee Dam\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where in Minn were Caroline\u2019s parents\u2019 \u201cfamily roots\u201d? \u201cScandia\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How did Dorothy \u201cgain fame\u201d performing in Elgin\u2019s H.S. presentation of \u201cYou Can\u2019t Take it With You\u201d? \u201cTook over lead<\/strong> when lead got sick\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What did Dorothy\u2019s dad call her when she worked as his dental office assistant? \u201cSkinny\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the background for Art\/Dorothy\u2019s \u201cfirst date\u201d at St. Olaf in September 1950? \u201c Duty \u2013 Brother Gordon was<\/strong> Art\u2019s Fraternity Brother\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is the name the \u201cvery difficult\u201d coloratura opera aria that Dorothy mastered and sang often? \u201cQueen of the Night<\/strong> Vengeance\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Dorothy\u2019s \u201cvoice\u201d when she sang in the St. Olaf choir? And in her senior voice recital? \u201cContralto \u2013Colotura\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the business role of the 3 principal \u201cguests of honor\u201d at Art\u2019s Ford Retirement Party? \u201cHis Ford Secretaries \u201c<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Dorothy\u2019s favorite \u201coutside\u201d sport? \u201cFishing<\/strong>\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

For \u201cMidwest Nesses\u201d \u2013 name the West Coast Gerhard\/Henry grandkids. For \u201cFar West Nesses\u201d \u2013 name the Midwest Art grandkids. (Kristine) \u2013 Danielle Joyce, Zachary Martin (Daniel) \u2013 Spencer Harms, Preston Henry<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Edward) \u2013 Katherine Louise, Hans Philip (William) \u2013 Carl Edward, Erik Daniel<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

(Rolf) \u2013 William Harold, Niels Edward, Johanna, Clara<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is Danielle\u2019s year of death and grave site and what is Hans\u2019 year of death and grave site? \u201c1932 Kikung, Henan ,<\/strong> China \u2013 1951 Bremnes, Norway\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which job did Dorothy not do when Art went to school in Mass? \u201cNursery school teacher, cocktail waitress, choir director, church soloist, door-to-door magazine sales, Harvard bookstore clerk\u201d \u201cCocktail Waitress\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Gerhard\u2019s middle name and in what circumstanced did he receive it? \u201cMartin- chose when became Citizen\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did Caroline\u2019s grandfather not attend her wedding to Gay? \u201cGerhard was Norwegian \u2013 not Swedish\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which missionary family did Gerhard and Caroline look after in Ephrata? Tvedts\u2019 they also helped G. and Caroline!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Gerhard\u2019s \u201cmorning ritual\u201d in his H.S. years at ASK? \u201cDeep breathing, nude, in front of open window\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Where did Gerhard and Caroline meet? \u201cUniv. of Minn. Lutheran Students\u2019 Assn\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Why did Gerhard and Henry have to leave A.S.K and China in 1932? \u201cTo get into U.S as minors for U.S. citizenship\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Harold\u2019s business when Caroline and he married \u2013 and established a family of 8 children? \u201cAuto Parts Dealer\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was Henry\u2019s principal military function in WW II in China? \u201cBuild Airfields for U.S, Airforce\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What were the names of Henry\u2019s business partners in the Ephrata Concreter Business? \u201cNorman Tvedt, Vin Edwins\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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NESSE HERITAGE C0MPETITION — West Coast Nesses\u2019 vs Midwest Nesses — February 17, 2013 Art provided this contest for a competition between the West Coast Nesses and the Midwest Nesses at his 91st birthday. The Far West Nesses outscored the Midwest Nesses, 23 to 21! What was Dorothy\u2019s nickname pre-St. Olaf ? \u201c IGGY \u201c… Continue reading Nesse Heritage Contest<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":155,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=157"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":158,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/157\/revisions\/158"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/155"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.nesse.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}