Prompt #30 (Jul 23-Jul 29): "In the News" - Evert Kallman
Minnesota Boys Town* A good plan managed poorly or a scam?
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| The "Minneapolis Star" Tuesday May 19, 1959** |
Evert Kallman along with Einar Hallborne founded a home for boys near Cambridge, Minnesota. They solicited large sums of money from donors. The home was denied a license by the state welfare division for failing to show "financial and business accountability" or a "sound social plan" and were charged with operating without a license.
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| The Daily Journal Friday October 14, 1960** |
.Walter Mondale, who was then Attorney General of Minnesota, charged that no records could be found of any children ever being cared for at the camp. He said "the camp served no useful purpose, was carelessly and negligently managed while hundreds of Minnesotans have been induced to contribute to a racket." A quarter of a milllion dollars had been raised and dissipated by the organization. The two men, Mondale charged in a complaint, have "by plan, calculation and design, consistently practiced deception and fraud, particularly upon elderly people in rural areas of the state"
Wow.
Evert was a Swedish born evangelist and by all accounts of his family, a good man. Yes, I know family can be easily fooled and most always defend their own but it is noted that "Minnesota Boy's Town" went into receivership. Evert had complied with the Attorney General's demands, the property was sold to reimburse some of the contributors and he was not ultimately convicted of any crime.
From Amy Johnson Crow, a genealogist, far more experienced then I. "The data that we've accumulated in our genealogy software and in our binders and folders doesn't do a whole lot of good just sitting there. We need to do something with it." Each week she sends out a prompt to share a bit about an ancestor, collateral relative, or family friend.
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