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LÚUtímG. FIMTLJDAGINN 20. FEBEÚAR 1941
Úr borg og bygð
MA TREIÐSLUBÓK
Kvenfélaga Fyrsta lúterska safn-
aðar í Winnipeg. Pantanir
sendist til: Mrs. E. W. Perry, 723
Warsaw Ave.; Mrs. E. S. Feld-
sled, 525 Dominion St. Verð:
$1.00. Burðargjald 5c.
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Ársfundur Árdalssafnaðar
verður haldinn í kirkju safnað-
arins i Árborg, Man. á sunnu-
daginn 2. marz 1941, klukkan 2
eftir hádegi.
B. M. Paulson, skrifari.
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The annual plav-downs for the
Icelandic Milennial Trophy will
be held at Selkirk next Friday,
Feb. 21st. There will be four
teains competing:
Arborg
Selkirk
Pirates
F.L.F.
Ga'tnes commencing at 4.30
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Stórmerkilega samkomu eru
Templarar að undirbúa i efri
G.T. salnum, sem haldin verður
þann 27. febrúar. ' Aðdáanlegar
mvndir verða sýndar af Mr.
Davis, ásamt söng og músík.
Allir velkomnir sér að kostnað-
arlausu.
Minniát BETEL
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1
erfðaskrám yðar
Afmælissamkoma elliheimilis-
ins Betel, sem Kvenfélag Fyrsta
lúterska safnaðar árlega beitir
sér fyrir, verður haldin í kirkj-
unni þann 3. marz næstkomandi;
vandað hefir verið mjög til und-
irbúnings, og verður skemtiskrá
auglýst í næsta blaði.
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Á föstudaginn kemur, 21.
febrúar, hefir kvenfélag Sam-
bandssafnaðar sölu á heimatil-
búnum inat i fundarsal kirkj-
unnar á horni Banning og Sar-
gent. Slátur, kæfa, rúllupylsa,
kaffibrauð og annað góðgæti
verður á boðstólum. Er þetta
tækifæri fyrir fólk að fá sér
byrgðir af góðum, íslenkum mat
til að hafa við hendina um þjóð-
ræknisþingið, þegar mikið verð-
ur af gestum. Salan byrjar kl.
2 eftir hádegið og heldur áfram
fram eftir kvöldinu.
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Þeir, sem sækja þjóðræknis-
þingið ættu að nota ferðiná sér
í hag á alla vegu. Athugið leg-
steinaverzlun A. S. Bardals.
Hann er sá eini íslendingur, sem
hefir auglýst þá vöru í þessu
blaði um 40 ár. Það borgar sig
að hafa tal af honum, áður en
fest eru kaup annarsstaðar.
Hann hefir margar tegundir á
öllum prísum og ábyrgist gott
verk. Engin gröf ætti að vera
ómerkt. A. S. B.
M essuboð
FYRSTA LÚTERSKA KIRKJA
Sérct Valdimar J. Eylands
Heimili: 776 Victor Street.
Sími 29 017.
Sunnudaginn 23: faberúar:
Ensk messa að morgninum
kl. 11; sunnudagsskóli kl. 12.15
e. h.; íslenzk messa að kvöldinu
kl. 7. + + *
Sunnudaginn 23. febrúar verð-
ur íslenzk guðsþjónusta í Garð-
ar kl. 2.30. Spurningar í kirkj-
unni þar kl. 1.30. AUir vel-
komnir.—II. Siymar.
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LÚTERSKA PRESTAKALLIfí
íVATNABYGÐUM
Séra Carl J. Olson, B.A., B.fí.
prestur.
Guðsþjónustur 23. febr. 1941:
Leslie (S.skóli) kl. 2 e. h.
(M.S.T.)
Foam Lake kl. 3 e.h. (C.S.T.).
Tuttugasta og Annað Ársþing
Þjóðrœknisfélagsins
verður haldið í .
GOODTEMPLABAHÚ'S 1N U
við Sargent Ave., Winnipeg
24., 25., og 26. febrúar 1941
Samkvæmt 21. grein félagslaganna er deildum ]>ess
heimilt að senda einn fulltrúa til þings fyrir hverja
tuttugu eða færri gilda félaga deildarinnar, gefi þær
fulltrúum skriflegt umboð til þess að fara með at-
kvæði sín á þinginu og sé þau staðfest af forseta og
ritara deildarinnar.
A œ t l n Ö V a g s k r á:
1. Þingsetning. S. útbreiðslumál.
2. Ávarp forseta. 9. Fjármál.
3. Kosning kjörb.nefndar. 10. Fræðslumál.
4. Kosning dagsk.nefndar. 11. Samvinnumál.
5. Skýrslur embættism. 12. Útgáfumál.
6. Skýrslur deilda. 13. Bókasafnið.
7. Skýrslur milliþingan. 14. Kosning embættism.
(Saga íslendinga í Vest- 15. Ný mál.
urheimi o. fl.). 16. ólokin störf og þingslit.
Þing verður sett kl. 9:30 á mánudagsmorguninn,
24. febrúar, og verður fundur til kvölds. Að kvöld-
inu hafa “The Young Icelanders” skemtisamkomu í
efri sal hússins.
Þriðjudag allan verða þingfundir. Að kvöldi
þess dags hefir deildin “Frón” sitt árlega íslend-
ingamót. Á miðvikudaginn verða þingfundir, og'
fara þá fram kosningar embættismanna. Að kvöld-
inu kl. 8 verður skemtisamkoma. Við það tækifæri
flytur Dr. Ólason, læknir sem nýkominn er frá ís-
landi og starfar nú við Almenna spítalann í Winni-
peg, ræðu.
Winnipeg, 10. febrúar 1941.
1 umboði stjórnarnefndar Þjóðræknisfélagsins,
RICHARD BECK V. J. EYLANDS
(forseti) (ritari)
BÆNDUB. KAUPMENN
FLUTNINGSBILASTJÓRAR
Yerð hráskinna og annara tegunda.
sem við verzlum með, hafa allmjög
hækkað í verði; yður mun undra
hve hátt vér greiðum. Sendið oss
hráskinn í dag. Nákvæm vigt, og
peningaávísun send um hæl.
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eftir ökumanni vorum
í einkennisbúningri.
Pertte
Cleancrs - Dyers - Launderem
25th Annual Report
of the Jon Sigurdson
Chapter, I.O.D.E.
Madame Regent,
Members of the Jon Sigurdson
Chapter, I.O.D.E., Daughters
of the Empire:
I have the honor to present to
you the 25th annual report of
the Jón Sigurdson Ghapter for
the year ending Febrúary Ist,
1941. The Chapter has held
eleven meetings and one ex-
ecutive meeting. The member-
ship stands at 28, with 10 life
members. The average attend-
ance has been 15 members.
Eight new members ánd a
member of some years back have
been welcomed to the Chapter.
Eteven visitors have been present
at our meetings.
Receipts for the year in the
war service fund have amounted
to $700.82; paid out $601.50, leav-
ing a balance of $99.32. Receipts
for the year in the general fund
are $543.55; disbursements
$464.00; balance on hand $79.55.
This inoney has been raised in
various ways such as: Dance and
Bridge in the Marlborough Hotel;
recital given by Mrs. R. C.
Vernon; draw of cloth donated
by Mrs. F. Johnson; donations
from the Icelandic celebration
committee, the Junior Icelandic
League, the Goodtemplars, and
from several individuals; $200.00
was raised for the Bomber Fund
bý public contribution; Tea at
the home of Mrs. B. B. Jónsson
Where Mrs. Johanna Benson
gave a demonstration of spinning
Angora wool; Sale of memorial
books; proceeds of supper given
by Mrs. Linikar of Grand Marias,
Man.; Annual tea and home
cooking held at the T. Eaton
assembly hall; Brluge at the
home of Mrs. Salverson; Concert
jn the First Lutheran Cburch
with Mr. Francis Stevens as
guest speaker; Draw of wool
blanket donated by Mrs. Johanna
Benson of New Westminster,
B.C.; and rug donated by Mrs.
Johanna Sveinson, proceeds of
this draw to estahlish a fund for
returned ex-service men.
TheT. Eaton Co. and the Hud-
son’s Bay Co. donated the prizes
for our bridge.
Money has been paid out to
the following: To an-ex-service
man; towards buying wool
blankets for London Hostel; con-
vention expenses; delegate fee;
pooled railway fare; endowment
fund; coronation musical shco-
larship returned soldier' Christ-
mas cheer; work in India; of-
ficers tax; Lord Mayor of Lon-
don fund; British war guest
fund; to the Fresh Air Camp in
honor of two members who have
passed away; to the K.N.
Memorial; Jon Sigurdson musi-
cal scholarship; to the Bomber
Fund; hospital cheer and for
buying wool; cigarettes and com-
forts for our soldier boys.
This has been a busy year and
we could not have accomplished
as much as we have were it not
for the generous support we
have had from friends of the
Chapter, organizations, from the
Icelandic and English papers.
,We are indeed very grateful.
EDUCA TIONAL
Secretary—Mrs. G. F. Jonasson.
The Jon Sigurdson musical
scholarship was continued this
year through the generosity of
the Junior Icelandic League and
was won by Miss Haldora Siig-
urdson for the second time. A
Memorial book was presented to
Mrs. Laura Goodman Salverson,
to Mrs. A. N. Sommerville, to
Mrs. S. Jakobson, and to Mr. Th.
Th. Thorsteinson. A large
quantity of old paper was sent
to the Veterans Salvage Co.; 20
story books and 8 bundles of
magazines Were taken to the
I.O.D.E. rooms to he distributed,
12 calendars have been given to
different organizations and 13
sold to members. A member
worked an afternoon at the Doll
display.
WELFARE CONVENER
Miss V. Jonasson.
Welfare work has been carried
on in the same efficient way.
Clothing collected from mem-
bers and friends has been
cleaned and mended. Twelve
parcels to the vaiue of $121.64
have been sent to country points.
$12.06 was spent for Christmas
cheer and $17.00 for welfare
work.
EMPIRE STUfíY CONVENER
Mrs. B. S. Benson.
The following splendid papers
have l>een given at our meetings:
Mrs. B. S. Benson spoke on the
life of Lord Tweesmuir in Can-
ada; Mrs. A. G. Dean gave an
ínformal report on Empire study
work of the Chapters; Mrs. O.
Stephensen read an article on
Iceland; Mrs. L. A. Sigurdson
read a paper on Aldershot writ-
ten by Mrs. Farhall; Mrs. A.
Wathne read Nazi plans for Ice-
land taken from the Toronto
Star.
IIOSPITA L VISITING
CONVENER
Mrs. H. G. Nicholson.
Hospital visiting has been
faithl'ully carried on, each month
treats of some kind are taken to
the patients. $2.00 a month is
alloted for this. $5.00 was given
from our Chapter towards re-
turned soldiers Christmas cheer;
baskets of fruit taken to two
soldiers who were ill; a pair of
pyjamas were given to a returned
soldier. Special cheer at Easter-
time is provided.
UNORGA NlZEfí KNITTING
CONVENER
Mrs. P. J. Sivertson.
Eight sweaters and 10 pairs
of mitts have been knit by mem-
bers and taken to I.O.D.E. rooms
by the convener.
MISCELLANEOUS
Members helped with Tea
for the blind. A Tea was
held at the home of Mrs. B. J.
Brandson by the chapter in
honor of the executives of the
Municipal and Provincial Chap-
ters. Regent assisted in getting
people to help with the registra-
tion. Members donated towards
and assisted at the Bomber tea.
A Tea was held in honor of Mrs.
Johaijna Sveinson on her 90th
birthday. Mrs. Sveinson had
done a great deal of knitting for
the chpater. Tickets were sold
by members for the municipal
draw. Members took charge of
the I.O.D.E. rooms for two weeks
during the "year.
WAR WORK
Convcner, Mrs. E. A. Isfeld
Co-conveners, Mrs. F. Wriglit.
Mrs. .1. B. Skaptason and
Mrs. J. S. Gillies.
War work conveners’ report
showed that 140 pairs of socks,
37 swealers, 45 scarfs, 10 pairs
of mitts, 6 pairs of wristlets have
been given to soldiers. 10 fitted
Ditty. bags, 3 seamen’s sweaters,
2 quilts, 10 scarfs, 4 caps, 1 pair
mitts, 20 pairs of socks have
been given to the Navy league.
3 scarfs, 8 pairs of mitts, 12
pairs of socks were given to the
Finnish relief. 90 lots of ciga-
rettes have been sent to soldiers.
$200.00 to Bomber fund. $5.00
to Lord Mayors fund; $2.00 to
British war guest fund. $3.00 to
Blanket fund for English Hostel.
20 wool blankets donated by
members and friends to the Red
Cross. Members worked at Power
Bldg., doing I.O.D.E. sewing 12
days approximately 240 hours,
average attendance 5 members.
$10.00 given to the Chapter by
the Federated Ladies Aid for
Navy league.
CONCLUSION
In conclusion I would like to
ttQoodAnyttm*
thank the members for their co-
operation. In the coming year
we will all have to work to the
best of our ability, these are
streniuous times, our thought are
towards one goal, victory.
Respectfully submitted,
Lily Summers,
Secretary.
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Officers of the Jon Sigurdson
Chapter, I.O.D.E. for 1941-42
ilon. Regent
Mrs. B. J. Brandson,
214 Waverley St.,—403 288
lst Vice-Hon. Regent
Mrs. B. B. Jonsson,
774 Victor St.—86 236.
2nd Vice-Hon. Regent
Mrs. R. Petursson,
45 Home St.—73 173 ^
Regent
Mrs. J. B. Skaptason,
378 Maryland St.—73 298
lst Vice-Regent
Mrs. G. F. Jonasson,
195 Ash St.—401 722
2nd Vice-Regent
Mrs. P. J. Sivertson,
497 Telfer St,—33 400
Secretary
Mrs. H. F. Danielson,
947 Garfield St.—88 803
Treasurer
Mrs. .1. S. Gillies,
680 Banning St.-—38 078
Educational Secretary
Mrs. G. A. Paulson
451 Home St,—39 284
Echoes Secretarv
Mrs. L. A. Siigurdson,
104 Home St,—72 409
Standard Bearer
Mrs. E. Hanson,
772 Ingersoll St,—73 450
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SARGENT and AGNES
Junior Icelandic League Concert
PROGRAMME:
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Chairman’s Address '
War Savings Committee Speaker
Mrs. L. Simmons ............... Vocal Solo
Thora Asgeirson .............. Piano Solo
John Alexander ............... Vocal Solo
Rev. G. Arnason ....................Speecli
Mrs. L. Simmons ................Vcoal Solo
God Save the King
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4. Ræða....................Þórhallur Ásgeirsson
5. ísl. söngvar ..............Barnasöngflokkur
6. Kvæði .....................Einar P. Jónsson
7. Kórsöngvar..........Karlakór Isl. í Winnipeg
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