Lögberg - 15.04.1943, Blaðsíða 8

8
LÖGBERG, FIMTUDAGINN 15. APRJL 1943.
Úr borg og bygð
MATREIÐSLUBÓK
Kvenfélags Fyrsta lúterska
safnaðar í Winnipeg. Pantanir
sendist til: Mrs. E. W. Perry,
723 Warsaw Ave.; Mrs. E. S.
Feldsted, 525 Dominion Street.
Verð $1.00. Burðargjald 5c.
♦ -f -f
Mr. Allan *A. Béck, sonur
þeirra Johanns Th. Beck fram-
kvæmdarstjóra, og Mrs. Beck,
hlaut hæztu einkun í fiðlulbik
(Elementary Grade), í nýaf-
staðinni, árlegri hljómlistarsam-
keppni Manitobafylkis. Kennari
hans er John Waterhouse, einn
af ágætustu fiðlukennurum í
þessu landi. Allan er aðeins 10
ára að aldri, og listrænn mjög,
eins og þau Beck-systkinin öll
eru.
♦ -f -f
Mr. James H. Page, forstjóri
Canadian Fisheries Ltd., Mr.
Charles Grenberg frá Gimli, og
Mrs. S. E. Sigurðson, fóru suð-
ur í Bandaríki á sunnudaginn í
hálfs mánaðar ferðalag.
f f -f
Veitið athygli auglýsingunni
um árslokahátíð Laugardags-
skóla Þjóðræknisfélagsins, sem
haldin verður í Sambandskirkj-
.unni næsta laugardagskvöld, og
birt er á öðrum stað hér í
blaðinu; þetta er hátíð íslenzkr-
ar æsku, helguð íslenzkri tungu’
og íslenzkum menningarerfðum.
Fjölmennið. •
f f f
Nýlega lézt að Lundar, Man.,
Miss Björg Thorkelsson. er um
Jangt áraskeið hafði stundað
skólakenslu í bygðarlögunum
við Manitobavatn, hin mesta
gáfukona og vinsæl af öHum,
er til hennar þekktu. Hún var
jarðsungin að Otto, af Rev.
Oyegaard. — Mrs. Ögmundur
Bildfell hér í borg, er systir
hinnar látnu.
f f f
Mr. G. F. Jónasson, forstjóri
Keystone Fisheries Limited,
la,gði af stað í mánaðarferð
suður í Bandaríkin um miðja
fyrri viku, ásamt frú sinni.
Messuboð
Fyrsta lúterska kirkja. Winnipeg
Séra Valdimar J. Eylands,
prestur
776 Victor St.—Phone 29 017
.Guðsþjónusta á hverjum
Sunnudegi.
Á ensku kl. 11 f. h.
Á íslenzku kl. '7. e. h.
Sunnudagaskóli kl. 12:15.
Allir æfinlega velkomnir.
* * *
Lúlerska kirkjan í Selkirk:
Pólmasunnudag.
Sunnudagaskóli kl. 11 árd.
Ensk messa kl. 7. síðd.
Messað á föstijdaginn langa
kl. 3.
Allir boðnir velkomnir.
S. Ólafsson.
f f f
Áætlaðar messur
í Gimli prestakalli:
Pálmasunrtudag.
Betel kl. 9,30 árd.
Gimli kirkja,- kl. 2. síðd.
S. Ólafsson.
f f f
Páskaguðsþjónusta í Vancouver.
verður ef Guð lofar, haldin í
dönsku kirkjunni á E 19th Ave.
og Burns St., páskadaginn. Guðs
þjónustan. fer fram bæði á ís-
lenzku og ensku.
Allir boðnir velkomnir.
R. Marieinsson.
. f f f
Messa í Mikley.
18. apríl—Mikley, messa kl.
2. e. h.
B. A. Bjarnason.
f f f
Mr. Peter Anderson, korn-
kaupmaður, kom heim á mánu-
daginn, eftir tveggja mánaða
dvöl í Miami, Florida.
f f f
María Árnason, 83 ára að
aldri, lézt síðastliðinn sunnudaga
að Mrs. Perry’s Nursing Home,
Wardlaw Ave. hér í borginni;
hún var fædd á Leifsstöðum í
Svartárdal í Húnavatnssýslu.
Útförin fór fram frá Bardal á
miðvikúdaginn. Séra Valdimar
J. Eylands, jarðsöng.
MINNIST BETEL
í ERFÐASKRÁM YÐAR
Lokasamkoma
Laugard agsskólans
verður haldin í^Sambandskirkjunni á Banning St.,
Laugardaginn 1 7. Apríl, kl. 8.30 e.h.
SKEMTISKRÁ.
1. O, Canada.
2. Ávarp samkomustjóra — Séra V.J. Eylands.
3. Leikur. “Skósmiðurinn og álfarnir”. — 12 börn.
4. Framsögn. — Bergmann bræður.
5. Píano sóló. — Jeannie Masson.
6. Leikur. “Helga í öskustónni”. — 8 börn.
7. Fiðlu sóló. — Allan Beck.
8. Framsögn. — Lilja Marie Eylands.
9. Víkivakadans. — 16 börn.
10. Kórsöngvar — Gönguvísa, Litla Stína, í skóg,
Bí, bí og blaka.
11. Ávarp. — Mrs. E. P. Jónsson.
Eldgamla ísafold.
Aðgangur 25 cent. Ókeypis fyrir börn inn 14 ára aldurs.
Always ask your Grocer
for
“Butter-Nut Bread”
Rich as bulter — Sweet as a Nut
"Tha Quality goes in before the name goes on"
CANADA BREAD CO., LTD.
Frank Hannibal mgr.
Samkvæmi það, er Víking
Club efndi til hér í borg í
fyrri viku, var vel sótt. og fór
að öllu leyti hið bezta fram.
Forsæti skipaði Mr. J. T. Jónas-
son. Ræðu flutti Mr. Carl Sim-
onson, skólakennari af sænsk-
um ættum, um lýðræðisfyrir-
komulagið, og benti á eitt og
a.nnað er því væri ábótavant í
þessu landi, og ýmissar leiðir,
er hann öðrum fremur, taldi
líklegar til. umbóta; var góður
rómur gerður að máli hans.
Með söng ' og hljóðfæraslætti
skemtu þær Mrs. Lincoln John-
son og Miss Snjólaug Sigurðs-
son; fanst samkvæmisgestum
mikið til um tækni þeirra og
tóntúlkan, hvorrar um sig.
f f f
Veitið athygli auglýsipgunni í
þessu blaði, þar sem óskað er
eftir matreiðslukonu á Elliheim-
il^ð Betel á Gimli. Aðbúðin á
Betel er slík, að eigi getur aðra
betri, og mælir alt með því, að
stofnunin fái greiðlega allan
þann vinnukraft, er hún þarfn-
ast.
f f f
S. 1. laugardag, 10. þ. m. voru
Miss Helen Janet Patterson og
Elmer Lawrence Arason, bæði
frá Cypress River, Man., gefin
saman í hjónaband af séra
Philip M. Péturssyni, að heimili
hans, 640 Agnes St. Brúðurin er
af skozkum ættum en brúð-
guminn er sonur þeirra Tryggva
S. Arasonar og Olive Thordar-
son konu hans. Þau voru að-
stoðuð af Miss Isabelle Patter-
son, systur brúðarinnar og Bry-
an H. Arason, bróður brúð-
gumans, einnig bæði frá Cypress
River.
f f f
Síðastliðinn laugardag lézt í
Selkirk, frú Björg Þorsteinsson,
kona Bjarna Þorsteinssonar ljós-
myndasmiðs; hún var dóttir Jóns
Jónssonar fyrfum Alþingis-
manns frá Sleðbrjót og Guð-
rúnar konu hans. Björg var því
nær hálfsjötug, er dauða henn-
ar bar að; hún var fríðleiks-
kona hin mesta á yngri árum,
góðhjörtuð og vinföst, en naut,
sín aldrei að fullu mikinn part
æfinnar vegna þrálátrar van-
heilsu. Björg giftist eftirlifandi
manni sínum á íslandi 1898, en
til Canada fluttust þau hjónin
árið 1903.
Auk manns síns, lætur Björg
eftir sig þrjá sonu, Jón í Nar-
wood, Thorstein í New West-
minster, og J. M. Þorsteinsson
í Selkirk; einnig tvær dætur,
Mrs. G. C. Funk og Mrs. Önnu
Magnússon, báðar búsettar í
Selkirk. Þrjár systur lætur
Björg eftir sig, þær Ragnheiði
Guðmundsson í Leslie, Helgu
Arnason í Riverton og Ingi-
björgu Eggertsson að Vogar.
Tveir bræður Bjargar eru á
lífi, Páll og Jón, báðir í Vogar
pósthéraði.
Útför Bjargar fór fram í dag
frá lútersku kirkjunni í Selkirk.
Séra Sigurður Ólafsson jarð-
söng.
f f f
Samskol í úivarpssjóð Fyrslu
lúiersku kirkju.
Mrs. Pálína Thordarson, Up-
ham N.D. $0.50. Mrs. Margaret
Johnson, Upham, N.D. $0.50.
Björn Stefánsson, Hallson, N.D.
$1.10.
Kærar þakkir.
V. J. Eylands.
Steele,Briggs Seeds
• Bezt fyrir akurinn
• Bezt fyrir garðinn
ÚTSÆÐI FRÁ STRÖND
TIL STRANDAR
•
Skrifið efiir 1943 sáðlisia
•
Vér höfum GRAS og
SMÁRAFRÆ
STEELE.BRIGGS SEED Cfl.
Limited
Winnipeg — Regina
Edmonton
Þann 10. þ. m., voru gefin
saman í hjónaband í St. Ignatius
kirkjunni hér í borginni, þau
Miss Dorene Mavis Hayden, og
Pilot Officer Baldur S. Sigurd-
son, sonur Sigurbjörns Sigurðs-
sonar Assistance Director of
Game and Fisheries í Mani-
toba, og frúar hans. Heimili
ungu hjónanna verður fyrst um
sinn í Souris, Man.
f f f
Herra Ásbjörn Magnússon frá
Reykjavík, sem dvalið hefir við
fluglistarnám hér í borginn dá-
lítið á annað ár, og lýlega lauk
fullnaðarprófi, lagði af stað heim
til íslands á sunnudaginn var.
Ásbjörn er prúður maður í fram
göngu og eignaðist hér fjölda
vina, er nú árria honum góðs
brautargengis, og ánægjulegrar
heimkomu.
f f f
Dr. Richard Beck forseti Þjóð-
ræknisfélagsins, kom til borgar-
innar á föstudaginn var, og
stjórnaði fundi í framkvæmda-
nefndinni á laugardaginn; bann
hvarf heimleiðis daginn eftir.
Matreiðslukona óskast
Hæf, íslenzk matreiðslukona, sem vön er íslenzkum mat- |j
artilbúningi, og matreiðslu yfirleitt, óskast nú 'þegar á
Elliheimilið Betel á Gimli. Upplýsingar hjá forstöðukonu
stofnunarinnar, Miss Ingu Johnson, eða með því að
hringja upp 403288.
Páskavikan í Fyrstu Lútersku Kirkju
Pálmasunnudag.
Kl./ll. Guðsþjónusta á ensku með altárisgöngu
Kl/7. e. h. Guðsþjónusta á íslenzku.
Skírdagskvöld.
Kl. 8. Altarisganga á íslenzku.
Páskadaginn.
Hátíðamessur á venjulegum tíma bæði að morgni
. og kvöldi.
Aannan Páskadag.
Kl. 7,30. “The Resurrection and Ascension of our
Lord”. Hátíðar-kantata, sungin af yngri söngflokk
safnaðarins, undir stjórn Mrs. Eric Isfeld. Ein-
söngvárar: Mrs. Pearl Johnson og Kerr Wilson.
Allir æfinlega velkomnir.
C.W.A.C. Main Purpose
Release Fit Men From
of Lighter Duties
by The Editor
Many Ganadian Girls are asking
themselves “What can I do to help
win the War?” They are engaged
now on the farms,* in the stores,
in the offices and in the class-
rooms of our schools, essentiai
occupations which must be carried
on along the home front.
But the Army, too, has its home
front with thousands of fit men
engaged in sedentary and non-fight-
ing tasks. Every unit has its quota
of clerks, cooks and men carrying
out duties which are essential to
the proper co-ordination of a mili-
tary unit. Thousands of virile,
physically fit men are now engaged
in these duties and it was to release
such men from the chains of non-
active service that the Canadian
Women’s Army Corps was formed.
Women will form the futúre base
troops of the Canadian Army. With
women enlisted for these services,
the fighting strength of Canada’s
Army is automatically increased by
the numerical strength of the Can-
adian Women’s Army Corps.
The well-known Winnipeg car-
toonist, Harry Gutkin, has depicted
in striking from the purpose and
objectives of the C.W.A.C. He has
shown the active Canadian soldier
chained to tasks from which the
women of the C.W.A.C. will release
him to take his part alongside his
brothers on the field of battle. Cap-
tain Norton Anderson, Public Re-
lations Officer for M.D. 10 has stated
the position of the C.W.A.C.’s suc-
cinctly wherj he said, “We want one
thousand recruits for the C.W.A.C.
from Manitoba during the next four
weeks. These one thousand women
will release one thousand men for
the Active Service Force and wili
be as effective to us as recruiting
one thousand fit men.”
The life of a member of the C.W.
A.C. is an intereeting one and far
more shelt«red even than that of the
girl who leaves her country home to
take a position in the city. Assoc-
iated as she is with groups of fellow
members of the C.W.A.C. she has
little opportunity to make the wrong
kinds of friends. From the outset of
her enlistment she is associated on
the most intimate terms with girls
of her own kind. This association
is a wholesome one and it is not very
many days before she has .formed
friendships which will last as long
as life itself. Her day is a busy one
and when her duties are laid aside
she and her companions group to-
gether to make and take their pleas
ures in company with each other; a
companionship which is all too aften
sadly lacking for the girl who is
thrown on her own resources for
companionship after accepting a pos-
ition in 'a strange place. A girl in
the C.W.A.C. does not. face life
alone as a young woman must so
often do when taking a civilian
occupation and in this companion-
ship has been found a striking up-
líft in the moral tendencies of young
women away from home as compar-
ed with her sister cast on her own
in civilian life. This is verified in
the statistical records of M.D. 10
since the formation of the C.W.A.C.
A Visit to the C.W.A.C. Staff Office
A direct appeal to parents of
young girls and an outline of the
mafn objectives of the Canadian
Women’s Army Corps were topics
stressed by Lieut. Kathleen McCon-.
vey, Temporary Staff Officer, C.W.
A.C., M.D. 10, when interviewed in
connection with the present recruit-
ing campaign.
“If mothers and fáthers of Can-
ada’s young women would find out,
for themselves1 how the girls live
and work in the corps, one of our
main problems would be solved,”
Lieut. McConvey said. “Parents
who familiarize themselves with the
C.W.A.C., and its task soon realize
the great need that exists today for
the services of their daughters. At
the same time, they are quick to
recognize the high ideals towards
which members of the corps are
striving.” ,
Explaining that one of the obstac-
les faced in recruiting girls is the
hesitance of parents to give their ap-
proval to enlistrnent, she stated that
such an attitude was understand-
able to a degree. To assist parents
in seeing for themselves how the
girls live in Canadian Women’s
A r m y Corps Barracks, various
means have been instituted. Any
mother, said Lieut. McConvey, who
wishes to accompany her daughter
to the recruiting office and talk to
one of the officers is always wel-
corpe. Additionally, parents living
in or visiting Winnipeg may inspect
the C.W.A.C. barracks at Fort Os-
borne every Tuesday eveqing when
the building is open to the public
During this “open house” the girls
may be seen during drill
“Many parents already have taken
advantage of this invitation” she
said, “and large numbers have ex-
pressed their surprise at the clean-
liness and cheerfulness of the living
quarters and recreation-iooms.
Girls in the C.W.A.C. live under
discipline which, although not
strirígent, does keep them healthy.
They also have plenty of recreation
to fill in off-duty hours which take
the form of sports, both indoor and
outdoor; picture shows or an old
fashioned singsong.”
“This problem, which is very real,
is one for both parents and the
Canadian Women’s Army Corps. We
want to do all in our power to help
them see the facts for themselves.
With that accomplished we will have
taken a long step towards increasing
our recruiting figures,” she declared.
“At the same time, parents with a
knowledge of the corps will be sat-
isfied that their daughters are play-
ing a major role in the battle for a
free world.”
Turning to the objectives of the
C.W.A.C., Lieut. McConvey spaced
each sentence carefully to emphasize
its importance. “Our objective is
to release men for combat service,
by doing those jobs which we can
perform as well, and perhaps better
in same cases, than men,” she said.
“Men of ‘A’ and ‘B’ category have
been repláced by members of the
C.W.A.C., and thus can be used for
more active service nearer the
front.”
Girls are needed, she said, and
for every girl who enlists a place
can be found. In many instances
girls continue with work in the
0.W.A.C., which is either identical
or similar to that in which they were
employed in civilian life. “If a girí
can not be placed in the district
where she enlists there always is
room for her in another district,”
said Lieut. McConvey. “We are do-
ing our best to see that the girls are
placed where they are needed most
and where they Want to be placed—
a happy soldier is a good soldier.”
Listing same of the tasks members
of the corps were employed in,
Lieut. McConvey named canteen
helpers, cashiers, dental assistants,
telegraphists, librarians, teletyp-
ists, stenographers, drivers, filing
clerks, accountants, architects,
bookkeepers and tailoresses. These
were just a small number of jobs
that the C.W.A.C. perform, she said,
pointing out that positions are avail-
able for all recruits.
“We have an immediate need for
recruits,” said Lieut. McConvey.
“There is an opportunity for physic-
ally fit women between the ages of
18 and 45 to help ‘finish fhe job, and
finish it quickley.”