November 23, 1971 Madison Man Finds It's Waiting When He Returned to Norway "Save My Scythe" Friend Told; He Does for 61 Years  By FRANK CUSTER (Of The Capital Times Staff)   "Take good care of this scythe. I may be back soon," John Herheim 225 Buell St. told his friend, David Sausjord, 61 years ago. The scene was on a farm near Vossestrand, Norway, in 1910 when Herheim decided to leave his home and migrate to the United States. Sausjord did exactly what Herheim requested. During the past year, John Herheim returned to Norway and revisited the scenes of his youth. He went to the Sausjord farm where his friend handed him the scythe he left behind. *    *    * The newspaper in Voss, Norway, carried a picture of Herheim holding the six-decade old scythe while his friend looks on. "When John Herheim left Vossestrand 61 years ago to settle down in the United States, he made many farewells," said the news story. "The thing John wanted to leave least of all was a good scythe he had made himself." He left it with his good friend, David Sausjord, with the words, 'take good care of this scythe, I may be back soon.' "It was, therefore, a great moment to both of them when David gave John the same scythe John had given him in 1910. It was in good condition and after some sharpening, John could again try it on the grass  around the houses  at the Sausjord farm.  Foto: Herheim Foto, Voss John Herheim, Madison, is shown above at Vossestrand, Norway, as he sharpened a scythe he made 61 years ago. The weed cutter was retained in Norway by David Sausjord, right, a friend, who remained in his native land after Herheim came to this country. *** "The chat about old times at Vossestrand and many years of life in different countries lasted very long, but was done in good old Voss dialect. If his health remains good, John will be back in a few years. There is a job here ready for him as a farm hand. Yes, friendship at its best." Herheim, who has retired as a contractor building curbs, gutters, sidewalks, and doing street work, came to Dane County after he left his home town two miles from Voss. *    *    * He explains the reason he left Norway was that he had to go in the Army and decided to leave. He was 21 years old at the time. Ironically, he joined the Army of his newly adopted homeland and served in France during World War I. *    *    * When he first came to this country, he raised tobacco on a farm for a few years near Cottage Grove. After some years, he and his brother, Ole, took a cement work job in DeForest. His brother was a partner with a man named Christianson, Herheim recalls. *    *    * In 1917, Herheim went into the contracting business for himself and carried it on for nearly 50 years. He is a member of Trinity Lutheran Church here, the Sons of Norway, and the Doric Masonic Lodge. He is married to the former Josephine Shervin. Mr. Herheim and his wife have two daughters, Mrs. Myrtle D i 1 o r e t o and Mrs. Betty Burmeister, Madison, and a son, Obert, at Hope