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From the 1949 American Ski Annual

In 1948, Art Tokle represented the Scandanavian Ski Club of New York City, one of many ski clubs organized among ethnic communities in New York made up of immigrants from the Scandanavian countries. Notice that Art was skiing without a hat or goggles.

Here are the top finishers in each class:
Class-A
Mezzie Barber
Hans Hannes
Arthur Tokle
Jay Rand
Class-B
Ray MacIntyre
Bill Avison
Class-C (Jr.)
Jerry Law
Jack Irwin
Veterans Class
Kyrre Tokle
John Berg

Art Tokle died in 2005, and his older brother Kyrre passed away many years earlier, as did Mezzy Barber. Jay Rand, Sr., died in 1999 and the ski world lost Bill Avison in 2008 Click underlined names above to read memorials on these pages. (DCW June 2009)

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In 1948, Art Tokle represented the Scandanavian Ski Club of New York City, one of many ski clubs organized among ethnic communities in New York made up of immigrants from the Scandanavian countries. Notice that Art was skiing without a hat or goggles. Here are the top finishers in each class:
Class-A Mezzie Barber Hans Hannes Arthur Tokle Jay Rand	Class-B Ray MacIntyre Bill Avison	Class-C (Jr.) Jerry Law Jack Irwin	Veterans Class Kyrre Tokle John Berg
Art Tokle died in 2005, and his older brother Kyrre passed away many years earlier, as did Mezzy Barber. Jay Rand, Sr., died in 1999 and the ski world lost Bill Avison in 2008 Click underlined names above to read memorials on these pages. (DCW June 2009)