Heimskringla - 11.02.1942, Page 3

WINNIPEG, 11. FEBR. 1942
HEIMSKRINGLA
3. SÍÐA
26th ANNUAL REPORT
OF THE JON SIGURDSON
CHAPTER I. O. D. E.
Madarn Regent, and members:
I hereby submit the 26th an-
nual report of the Jon Sigurd-
son Chapter for the year end-
ing Feb. lst, 1942. It is with
pardonable pride in our Chap-
ter and yet a humble thank-
fulness withal that we draw
your attention to the fact that
in every sphere of activity
members have put forth a vali-
ant effort, greater than ever
betfore.
The Province of Monitoba
oounts at present 49 I.O.D.E.
Húong-tí var vitur og góður
konungur. Hann gerðist for-
göngumaður um hljóðfæraslátt
og fagrar listir og kom skipu-
lagi á tímabilið. (Kínverjar
skifta tímanuim í “hringa” og
or hver þeirra 60 ár; hinn fyrsti
byrjar árið 2637 f. K.). Húong-
ti ákvað mál og vog og notaði
tugakerfi. Hann hafði mikinn
áihuga á verzlun og gerði þvi
vegi til samgöngubóta á landi
og lét smíða skip, er sigldu um
hin miklu fljót og höf. Til eru
sagnaritarar, sem líta svo á, að
stjórnarár 'hans hafi verið
glæsilegasta og hagstæðasta
tímabil í sögu þjóðarinnar, og
þakka ágæti hans og fyrir-
rnynd hið síðara veldi Kína.
Drotning hans hét Leitsu og er
mjög fræg; er talið, að hún
hafi fyrst allra fundið silki-
orminn og alið til nytja.
Tsha hét sonur Húong-tí, er
tök við af honum, og er hans
helzt getið vegna þess, að hann
skipaði embættismönnum í
flokka og lét þá klæðast ein-
kennisbúningi, samkvæmt
þeirri skiftingu. Við fráfall
hans varð keisari Tsúenhjó,
bróðursonur hans, og er hann
oft kallaður “endurnýjari” eða
jafnvel “upphafsmaður” stjarn-
fræðinnar”.
Keisararnir Já og Söhn, sem
hafa verið taldir heillaríkustu
stjórnendur um aldirnar, eru á
takmörkum goðsagna og
sannra frásagna. Með eftir-
manni þeirra, Jy, hinum mikla,
sem mjög var lofaður fyrir
dugnað og baráttu gegn flóð-
inu mikla, hefst hið fyrsta
sannsögulega timabil. Sía-
timabilið (2205—1766 f. Kr.).
Þetta tímabil hefir einnig verið
kallað “þriggja keisara tíma-
bilið” og gúllöld Kínverja. Jy
var vitur og lærður konungur,
og minnast Kínverjar hans á-
valt með mikilli lotningu. “Ef
begnar miínir svelta,” sagði
hann, “er það mér að kenna, og
ef þeir brjóta lögin, þá ber eg
einn ábyrgð á því.” Það er í
fnásögur fært, að um hans daga
var enginn þjófur, svo að dýr-
gripir lágu öhreyfðir á al-
niannafæri, og eigi þurfti þá
iás eða loku fyrir dyr að degi
ne nóttu. Það var því engin
fúrða, þó að þjóðin klæddist
sorgarbúningi í þrjú ár eftir
fnáfall hans, og syrgði hann
eins og börn syrgja föður og
móður. • Framh.
— Myndin af mér verður við-
bjóðslegri með degi hverjum.
Málarinn: — Já, hún er líka
bráðum fullgerð.
* • *
Sá ákærði: — Verjandi minn
er veikur. Ætli eg geti ekki
fengið vikufrest.
Hómarinn: — Þér hafið verið
staðinn að vasaþjófnaði. Hvað
haldið þér, að verjandi yðar
Seti hjálpað yður.
Sá ákærði: — Það er einmitt
bað sem mér er forvitni á að
heyra.
* • *
— Án peninga er ekkert hægt
aÖ gera.
— Jú, safna skuldum.
lesið heimskringlu—
bezta íslenzka fréttablaðið
Chapters with a m'embership
of 1350, an average of 28 mem-
bers each.
The Jon Sigurdson Ch. has a
membership of 31, and 10 life
members, 7 of these being
totally inactive because of ab-
sence or other valid reasons.
Three new members were ad-
ded this year.
Eleven meetings have been
held, and 4 executive meetings.
Average attendance 18. 27 visi-
tors have honored us with their
presence at meetings this year.
Financial Statement: Gener-
al Fund: Rec. $262.72; Disb.
$307.44; Bal. $58.67. War ser-
vices fund: $721.76. Disb. $819.-
11; Bal. $1.97. Total Rec. for
the year $984.48. Last year the
total Rec. for the Province were
$27,211.54, an average of $555.-
33 per Chapter.
$70.00 of our funds were re-
ceived from various Icelandic
Ladies’ Aids scattered through-
out Canada, in response to our
appea] published in the two
Icel. Weeklies in February. —
Other sources of revenue have
been: Annual Dance and
Bridge, Marlborough Hotel;
Annual Tea and Home Cooking
Sale, T. Eaton Assembly Hall;
Annual Birthday Celebration;
Draw of blanket donated by
Regent: Hallowe’en Dance and
Bridge; Memorial Day Service;
And donations: from Junior
Icel. League $71.00; Dr. L. A.
Sigurdsson $30.00; Good Temp-
lars $25; also donations from
individuals and Winnipeg bus-
iness firms, most notably gen-
erous has been the T. Eaton
Co., with the Hudson’s Bay a
close second. Our share of the
War Services Drive was $226.-
68.
Disbursements have been for
regular outiays suoh as: Con-
vention railway fare, delegates
fees, officers tax, endowment
fund; Coronation Musical
Scholarship, returned soldiers
oheer; work in India. In ad-
dition there has been: British
war guest fund; Jon Sig. Mus.
Scholarship; Welfare, Hospital
oheer, and an increasingly
large amount for comforts for
our fighting forces. The up-
keep of the I.O.D.E. Rooms
cost us $12. There was also a
contribution to the Salute to
Britain Program, and the Y.M.
C.A. entertainment fund.
Resume of various reports:
Educational: Secretary, Mrs.
G. A. Paulson.
A $10 Library has been sent
to the recently adopted Nord-
urstjarna school, and other lit-
erature; also a gramophone and
records. Thö library in mem-
ory of Mrs. F. J. Bergman. A
$10 library was given to tlie
Lundar school to honor the
memory of the late Mrs. W. J.
Lindal. 25 calendars bought,
13 of these given as compli-
ments of the Chapter and 12
sold to members. Nine bundlés
of magazines delivered to the
I.O.D.E. rooms and a box of
books.
The $50 Mus. Sdholarship
was won by Miss Thora As-
geirsson.
Unorganized Knitting: Conv.
Mrs. P. J. Sivertson.
Twenty-nine articles made
and delivered to rooms: 16
swieaters, 9 pair of mitts, 2
scarves, 1 girls suit (sweater
and skirt).
Empire Study: Conv. Mrs. B.
S. Benson.
As the theatre of war widens
and is brought ever closer to
our doorstep, the members na-
turally turn more seriously to
Empire Study. A sincere and
keen feeling of KINSHIP with
every member of our far flung
Empire and her Allies is be-
coming rnone deeply rooted ín
our hearts, kindling to a white
flame our WILL TO VICTORY.
The following papers have
been given at meetings:
Mrs. H. F. Daneilson: Resume
of Lecture by Mrs. F. John
Scroggie of London, in Grace
Church, on Womens’ Volun-
tary Services in England.
Mrs. H. G. Henrickson: Ex-
cerpts from the White Cliffs
(Alice Duer Millar) and
Worn Doorstep (Margaret
Sherwood).
Mrs. J. B. Skaptason: Report of
Provincial Convention.
Mrs. Durden: Monologue, ‘Mrs.
Britain’.
Mrs. E. A. Isfeld: The Develop-
ment of Music in Iceland,
and Impressions from the í
Music Teachers’ Convention.
Mrs. Hart: Report of Fall Con-
vention.
Mrs. E. P. Jonsson: read a
magazine article on Mrs.
Roosevelt.
Mrs. B. S. Benson: read an ar-
ticle ‘Elizabeth the Beloved’.
Hospital visiting: Conv. Mrs.
H. G. Nicholson.
Mrs. Nicholson has made 15
visits to the Sanatorium and
several visits to King Edward
Hosp. 25 Christmas parcels
were made up and 3 additional
parcels for Icel. girls at the
San. At Easter there is al-
ways somiething extra and
Christmas is a very special oc-
casion with Decorations and
Sarol Singers throughout the
whole Sanatorium. This makes
it very cheerful for the pat-
ients, but best of all they do
enjoy Mrs. Nicholson herself
with her unobtrusive cheerful-
ness and sympathy.
Welfare: Convener, Miss V.
Jonasson.
A total of $26.00 was voted
out of Chapter funds for wel-
fare work among ex-service
men and their families. 3 par-
cels sent out $26.00. 9 boxes
(gifts of clothing) $90.00 —j
Money donation for Christmas
cheer $12.15. A total of $128.15.
War Services: Conv. Mrs. E.
A. Isfeld.
Wool used for knitting: 234
lbs. Wool paid for 186 lbs.
$283.75. Cigarettes sent, 217
boxes $217.00.
For the Navy League $50 and
1 quilt and 1 afghan. Articles
knitted: For the Navy, 107;
for our boys, 244; total 357.
An average of 6 members spent |
10 afternoons at the Sewing
Room, 501 Power Kdg., mak-
ing 71 articles cut out, and 211
articles completed.
Echoes: Secretary, Mrs. L. A.
Sigurdsson.
Twelve subscribers are list-
ed.
Miscellaneous: In many re-
spects 1941 was a banner year
for the Jon Sigurdson chapter
with, not only all regular work
augmented, but also some ra-
ther special endeavors success-
fully carried out.
First among these was the
25th Anniversary’ Celebration
in March with an ovenflow
audience and Miss Maria Mar-
kan as guest artist. At this
concert soldiers’ mothiers or
wife’s badges were presented
to six members: Mrs. O. Steph-
ensen, Mrs. H. G. Henrickson,
Mrs. G. A. Paulson, Mrs. B. H.
Olson, Mrs. J. W. Price and
Mrs. E. Arnason. Two more
members will receive badges at
this meeting tonight: Mrs. T. E.
Thorsteinson and Mrs. K. J.
Austman.
The Anniversary uplift of
spirits culminated in the publi-
cation of a pretty pamphlet
containing the history of the
Chapter compiled in English
by Mrs. L. A. Sigurdsson and in
Icelandic by Mrs. GisJi John-
son. Pictures of the King and
Queen, of Jon Sigurdson and of
Chapter members decorate its
pages, and it received a good
sendoff with a fitting fore-
word by Mrs. B. S. Benson, who
ably c*nvened this project. The
pamphtet is being sod at 25í a
copy and is supposed to pay for
itself.
Another outgrowth of the
Chapter’s having attained to
its 25th birthday was the pre-
sentation of Honorary Mem-
bership Certificates to five
women: Miss Markan, Mrs. L.
G. Salverson, Mrs. Jacobina
Johnson, Mrs. Gudrun H. Finns-
dottir and Mrs. Finnur John-
son.
In September a ‘Ways and
Means committee’ went into
operation. Among other things,
one outstanding result of its
work, convened so unselfisihly
by Mrs. Isfeld, was the beau-
tiful and memorablle Choral
Commemoration on Nov. 11.
At the end of May 20 mem-
bers completed at the St.
John’s Ambulance a 10 weeks
course in Frist Aid and re-
ceived their certificates.
In addition to all this mem-
bers have diligently collected
stamps for Mrs. Potter; Sal-
vage; 50 pounds tinfoil; have
donated furs and clothing;
helped with the Tea for the
blind; had 2 captains and 24
girls in the field for Navy
League Tay Day June 28, which
project netted a grand total of
$6,000.00.
Members have attended two
church parades; been in charge
of the I.O.D.E. Rooms for 3
weeks; twice in charge of R.C.
N.V.R. fur sorting; manned the
C.N.R. dugout 3 days and C.P.R
1 day, and finally sent 20 com-
plete Layettes to England just
before Christmas.
The Chapter has now under-
Góðar Skyrtur
Saumaður úr bezta aðfluttu bómullarefni og svo
smekklega frá þeim gengið, að þær vekja sérstaka
eftirtekt.
í allskonar lit-
um og mismunandi
gerðum, sem gerir
úrvalið auðveldara.
Nýtízku kragar. —
Mismunandi erma-
lengd. Hálsmál 14
til 17 þumlunga.
Hver.
$3.00
—Karlmannafatadeildin, The Hargrave Shops for Men, aðalgólfi
T. EATON C9,
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taken their share of the War
Savings Stamps campaign.
One of our last year’s Cal-
endars found its way into a
school room where Mrs. Hen-
rickson’s class made it into 12
lovely framed mottos, which
sold for 15« each, and netted
the Red Cross $1.80.
In Conclusion: We feel thát
this fear’s splendid aohieve-
ment has been made possible
by the support and co-opera-
tion of the Chapter’s many
friends. To all those individu-
als and business firms wie owe
a debt of gratitude. To the
many Ladies’ Aids who sent
large donations (the ‘Solskin’
of Mozart, Sask., has just sent
$5 for the third time); to the
ladies of Husavik, for work
well done; to the Press of this
city and more especially to the
two Icelandic weeklies, for un-
failing courtesy and co-opera-
tion. To all these we say a
fervent thank you.
Holmfridur Danielson,
Secretary.
—Winnipeg, Feb. 3, 1942.
At the annual meeting of the
Jon Sigurdson Chapter, I.O.D.E.
the following officers were
elected: Hon. regent, Mrs. B. J.
Brandson; Hon. vice-regents,
Mrs. B. B. Jonsson, Mrs. R. Pet-
ursson, Mrs. V. J. Eylands, Mrs.
P. M. Petursson; regent, Mrs.
J. B. Skaptason; lst vice-reg-
ent, Mrs. G. F. Jonasson; 2nd
Vice-regent, Mrs. L. E. Sum-
mers; sec., Mrs. H. F. Daniel-
son; educational sec., Mrs. G.
A. Paulson; Echoes Sec., Mrs.
L. A. Sigurdsson; treas., Mrs.
J. S. Gillies; standard Bearer,
iMrs. E. Hanson.
FLESK
HANDA
BRETUM
VEGNA
AFGANGS
CANADISKS
HVEITIS
TIL ÞESS AÐ FULLNÆGJA FLESK-SAMNINGNUM, VERÐA MARGIR
BÆNDUR AÐ FÓÐRA SVÍN SÍN í AR A HVEITI.
VEGNA VÖNTUNAR Á GRÓFU KORNI
Hveiti skyldi ekki notað eingöngu til fóðurs, en nota má
það með góðum árangri sé réttilega að verið. Til þess
að ná æskilegum árangri í fóðrun og tryggja með þvx
góð svín til frálags, þarf hveitið að vera: Grófmalað til
þess að fyrirbyggja að það fari í klessu þegar það er
bleytt, eða því er blandað við annað korn. Fóðurbland
með hveiti í, skvldi vera þannig: næg holdgjafarefni,
málmefni og bætiefni. Minni gjöf skal viðhöfð heldur
en ef einungis væri um gróft korn að ræða, vegna þess,
að hveitið er þyngra í sér, og hefir meira fóðurgildi á
pundið. ÞAR SEM SVO STENDUR Á, AÐ NOTA VERÐI
HVEITI TIL SVÍNAFÓÐURS, ÆTTI ÞAÐ AÐ VERA
GERT NÚ ÞEGAR, MEÐAN VÖL ER VÁ GRÓFUM
KORNTEGUNDUM TIL BLÖNDUNAR. Sérstakur bækl-
ingur um notkun hveitis til skepnufóðurs, fæst með því
að skrifa:
LandbúnatSarrátSuneyti fylkis yCar, nsesta Tilraunabúi
Sambandsstjðrnar, eða Búnaðar og Griparæktardeild
LandbúnaSarráðuneytis Sambandsstjórnarinnar. GeriS
svo vel aC skrifa á ensku, og gera aðvart um það,
hvort heldur þér viljið íá bækling þenna á ensku
eða frönsku.
AGRICULTURAL SUPPLIES BOARD
Dominion Department of Agriculture, Ottawa
Honourable Janies G. Gardiner, M inister
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