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REV. T. S. JOHNSTON, A.B., B.D.
REV. F. O. KLING
Was born in Flintstone, Md.
Moved from there to Portland,
Conn., and together with his
parents made a somewhat prolonged
visit to Sweden. On the way to
Sweden he traveled through parts
of France and Germany, and
returning from Sweden he came by the
way of England. While in Sweden
he had the privilege of attending a
public school and high school. He
came back to this country and took
up his residence in Paw Paw, West
Va., where he and his folks were the
only Swedes. From there he moved
to Penfield, Pa., after a short stay
at Du Bois, Pa. In 1891 he moved,
together with his folks, to Titusville,
Pa.f where he remained until the
Fall of 1894, when he took up his
studies at Augastana College and
Theological Seminary at Rock
Island, Ills., and there completed the
college course and received the
degree of A. B. in 1900. In the Fall
of the same year he entered the
Theological Department at the same
place and finished this course in
1903, receiving the B. D. degree,
and was ordained as a minister of
the Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Augastana Synod at its annual
meeting held at Paxton, Ills., whereupon
he assumed the duties as a pastor of
the Ebenezer Evangelical Lutheran
Church, Chicago, Ills. A year
previous to his ordination he had been in
charge of this little Mission in
Chicago, and continued as a pastor of
this church until September 1, 1915,
when he came to Los Angeles, and
here assumed charge of the
Angelica Swedish Evangelical Lutheran
Church. During his pastorite in
Chicago he served on various Boards
and Committees, and at the time of
his removal from there he was a
membei of the Headquarters
Committee of the Anti-Saloon League of
the State of Illinois. He was
married in 1905 to Victoria Johnson, a
graduate from the Valparaiso
University, Valparaiso, Ind., and they
are the parents of two children, a
boy, Theodore, and a girl, Helen.
Was born in Vester Norrlands
Lan, Jamtland, where he finished
the public schools and afterwards
finished his High School work in a
private school. He emigrated to the
United States in 1893, locating in
North Michigan, where he was
employed for a while as lumber
inspector at one of the large saw mills.
During this time he took up his
studies through a correspondence
school and in the fall of 1898 he
became a student of the
Theological Seminary of North Park
College, Chicago. He graduated in
1902 from this college and was
ordained in 1903 in Minneapolis. Since
his ordination he has served the
following congregations: Norway,
Mich; Wyonett, Minn.; Duluth,
Minn., and the Salems Church of
Minneapolis.
He came to Los Angeles in
October, 191 1, as pastor of the
Tabernacle Church. He married Miss Ida
M. Nelson, March, 1907, having four
children—three boys and one girl.
Rev. Kling is considered one of
the best Swedish speakers on the
Pacific Coast, and during his
residence in Los Angeles has made a
great many friends not only within
his own church, but elsewhere.
CHAS. A. KUNOU
Born in Stockholm in 1865.
Received his education in Sweden.
Came to the United States in 1 888,
and located in Boston, Mass., where
he became an assistant teacher in
Sloyd, and in 1 889 he was
superintendent of the Department of Sloyd
in New Britian and Willimantic,
Conn., for five years. Came to Los
Angeles in 1894, where he has been
employed as Superintendent of
Manual Training in the City
Grammar Schools. Mr. Kunou has done
much during his service in the school
departments of this city to promote
and introduce the Swedish system
of manual training. He was the
President of the Swedish-American
National League during 1915. He
is a very effective speaker in the
Swedish language.
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