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LÖGBERG FIMMTUDAGINN, 3. MAÍ, 1948
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■A News-Letter in Lieu of a Personal Visit:
Newsletter on the lcelanders
ln Northern Colifornia
Did you say RAIN? Yes, we
Sot it and plenty. So much that
they say we are now overflowing
into the Pacific Ocean! During
these rainy days and weeks your
scribes have been very forcefuily
reminded of the Rainy Season
we endured annually in Japan
where it rained so much at this
time of the year that not only the
clothes and everything eise in
tiie h o m e mildewed, but the
people also including ourselves
became mildewed i.e. short-
tempered and disagreeable. But
the sun is shining now and the
panoramics of the Bay A r e a
stand out so fresh and clear that
we can’t help but be most grate-
íul to the Almighty for all this
rain. Now we are all set for a
humper harvest.
We had no sooner run off our
March letter than we discovered
two very serious omissions.—On
March 21st., our Palm Sunday
Service and Picnic Day we had
guests from no other than
Judge Walter Lindal!—Guðmun-
dur Thorsteinsson, a very faith-
ful friend from L. A. came up to
sPend the day with us. This was
a real surprise and so unexpect-
ed that we forgot to give him
honorable mention! But knowing
s° well his generous nature, we
are sure that he is not carrying
a chip on his shoulder. Please
c°me again G. T. and come often.
On the same day Mr. and Mrs.
Henry Johnson of Tacoma, Ore-
S°n, parents of Miss Mildred
dohnson of Oakland honored us
wdh t h e i r presence. Henry is
°riginally from Pembina County
a cousin of Jake Erlendson of
Hensel who visited us last year.
^lildred is one of our “finds”.
(We are proud of her too!) She
ad been for so many years out
°f touch with Icelanders that she
13 really enjoying these new
°und associations. Her parents
Were enroute to visit with Mr.
Johnson’s sister in L.A. where
fhey are reported to be enjoying
fhe sunny south. But wait till
they come back north! On March
24th., we were honored by an
^jvitation to dine with them at
ildred’s home where Ellalee
shares the “honors” of the house-
°ld. They are a grand pair of
hostesses!
-
^odge Lindal was so impress-
ch with the possibilities in this
reu inspite of the very heavy
yains during his whole stay. He
°°ught tickets on a city house
ín S.F. He hopes to win! We’re
oping too, not that we need a
. udge in our Community, but he
íf a íolly good fellow and we’d
1 e to number him as one of us
lri Northern California!
♦
On March 24th., a farewell
arty ut the Plummers for Mr.
and Mrs. Oli Hallson. The Hall-
!°ns left for the north on Easter
^onday thrilled with their visit
^ahfornia and especiallv in
ese parts. How about coming
ut here to retire, Oli? Welcome.
On March 31st. your scribes
ere honored at an Easter Duck
. lílner with all the trimmings
n the company of Mrs. Inger
pStlund at the Phillips’ home in
ual° Alto. Sigurjon Olafsson sat
P to the table with us and en-
eyed the festivities. He always
e eomes us with a hearty smile.
On April 9th., a son, Richard
ussell born to Mr. and Mrs.
j' Watson of S.F. Congratu-
q lQns! — We wish to welcome
f tather lnto the Grand-
ers Club which now should
e aunched in our Community.
°w about it — Ellis, Henry,
Andy, Kjartan, Joe, B.B., Jack,
Fúsi and É. M.? Are there
others? Yours truly is already
a Grandfather 7 times.
■♦
On April lOth. we celebrated
our Better-Half’s Birthday. Yes,
we believe in celebrating on all
our Birthdays and yours too if
you’d only let us know. We cele-
brated by going off by ourselves
into the country for the day, a
very selfish way we will admit,
but we are human too, you
know!
-f
On April 12th. Mrs. Walter
Downie (Margret) had a Birth-
day, but no report has come in
as to doings! Congratulations!
We’ll cut a cake for you and all
the other April folks on Sunday,
April 25th., Welcome.
♦
On April 13th., Lily Benonys
added a year to her young age!
Her sister Sigga had a very de-
lightful evening Party with a
few friends at their home on
Bonita Way. Lily received many
many telegrams of congratula-
tions from friends in Iceland on
this day. ,
•t-
April 15th., our Margrethe
drove us to Santa Rosa where
we were feasted by the Meisted
Sisters. Their Mother, Johanna
expects to return shortly to Van-
couver, B.C. for the summer.
Welcome back in the fall, Mother
Melsted.
■♦
On April 18th. (Sunday even-
ing) Mr. and Mrs. Larry Erlend-
son of S.F. invited us over to a
Smorgaasbord Dinner in honor
of Mrs. E.’s father, Mr. Hagen
who had recently returned from
a flying trip to the Scandinav-
ian countries including Iceland,
of course! He had no sooner land-
ed back in America than he
broke a leg from which injury
he has about recovered. There
were 6 or 7 nationality back-
grounds represented at the table.
Needless to say, the menu was
tops and the conversations lively.
■♦
On April 19th. our son Erik
had a Birthday. They came from
Chico to spend the weekend with
us, but we missed the Twins etc!
Sure, we enjoy our grandchild-
ren even more than we do our
children, but who wouldn’t!
-♦
Imagine our surprise last Mon-
day morning when we looked
out into the garden at six A.M.
There we saw Svenni and'
J o h a n n working away! And
what a good job they are doing
you’ll be able to see when you
come to the Picnic on Sunday.
Yes, have taken over in the gar-
den too. You see, their interests
are varied and not confined to
the “Ambassadorial Limousine”.
They are also interested in the
“Consular Gardens” which serve
as the Icelandic Picnic Grounds
for this Area.
■♦
As we are going “to press” we
hear rumors that the daughter
of the Bishop of Iceland and the
sister of Séra Pétur is visiting
in the Bay Area. Wþ are hoping
she will be in these parts over
next Sunday, our Picnic Day so
we can extend to her a welcome
on behalf of the Icelanders of the
B a y A r e a . Her father’s and
brother’s visits among us are
still very fresh in our memories.
-f
It has been reported to us that
Leo Bardarson is convalescing
from a heart attack at the Kern
General Hospital in Bakersfield.
Mrs. Bardarson (Pauline) has
managed to find an apartment
Aldarminning Spiritsmans
Sálarrannsóknarfélag íslands
minntist aldarafmælis spiritism-
ans dagana 30. marz til 1. apríl
síðastl.
Að kvöldi þess 30. marz var
fjölmennt samsæti í Sjálfstæðis-
húsinu. Forseti Sálarrannsóknar
félagsins, sera Jón Auðuns, dóm-
kirkjupfestur setti samkomuna
og bauð gesti velkomna. Hann
minntist á þá atburði, er gjörðust
á heimili fátækra hjóna í Hydes-
ville í Ameríku fyrir réttum
hundrað árum síðan og urðu til
þess að hrinda af stað sálarrann
sóknunum. Einnig talaði þar frú
Soffía Haraldsdóttir og las með-
al annars stuttan en gullfagran
kafla úr fyrirlestri eftir föður
sinn, prófessor Harald Nielsson.
Einar E. Kvaran sagði frá fyrstu
félagssamtökunum hér á landi
undir forustu þeirra séra Harald
ar og Einars H. Kvaran til þess
að rannsaka hin sálrænu fyrir-
bæri og las upp afburðasnjalla
ræðu, er E. Kvaran flutti á fundi
Tilraunafélagsins á 60 ára afmæli
spiritismans eða fyrir réttum
fjörutíu árum. Þóra Borg Einars
son las smásöguna 1 jarðhúsum
er Guðmundur Kamban ritaði
ósjálfrátt, þá nýlega fermdur
unglingur. Birgir Halldórsson
söng einsöng og Karl Billich lék
einleik á slaghörpu. Sigfús Elías-
son flutti afmæliskveðju til fé-
lagsins í ljóðum. Samsæti þetta
fór hið prýðilegasta fram. — Af
hálfu gestanna talaði biskup Is-
lands og minntist einkar hlý-
lega starfsemi Sálarrannsóknar-
félagsins og brautryðjenda
þeirra málefna hér á landi,
prófessors Haraldar Nielssonar
og Einars H. Kvaran rithöfund-
ar. Meðal gestanna voru einnig
séra Árni Sigurðsson fríkirkju-
prestur og frú og séra Jón Thor-
arensen og frú hans.
near the Hospital. Their present
address is:- 1315% Flower Street,
Bakersfield, California. —How
about dropping them a card?
■f
June 17th., Iceland’s Indepen-
dence Day cömes on a Thursday
this year. There are 3 altern-
atives for a celebration. (1) A
limited affair on the evening of
the 17th. at some Hotel. (2) A
public affair on Saturday even-
ing the 19th. at a rented Hall in
San Francisco. (3) An Open
House affair on Saturday after-
noon the 20th. at the Icelandic
Consulate at 1152 Laurel Street,
Berkeley. Which shall it be?
PLEASE drop us a line at once
with your suggestions. Many
Thanks.
♦
How about some of that Hangi-
kjöt? Just call up and order from
Mr Paladini at KE 26811 or go
to his Melrose Meat Market at
5131 East 14th. Oakland.
♦
Our next picnic date is May
23rd. This is YOUR invitation.
WELCOME.
■f
As we sign off today (April
22nd.) we greet you with best
ishes for a very happy summer
as this is “Sumardaginn fyrsti.”
Very sincerely yours,
Rev. and Mrs. S. O. Thorlaksson
Kvöldið eftir gekkst Sálar-
rannsóknarfélagið fyrir kvöld-
vöku í útvarpinu. Þar töluðu,
auk forseta félagsins, séra Jakob
Jónsson og séra Kristinn Dan-
íelsson, sem er elztur þeirra nú-
lifaandi manna hér á landi er
beittu sér fyrir sálarrannsóknun
um, og hefir starfað að þeim
málum æ síðan af brennandi á-
huga og gerir enn, þótt hátt sé
kominn á níræðisaldur. — Frú
Soffía Haraldsdóttir las valda
kafla úr ritum föður síns og
Ævar Kvaran flutti kafla úr
einni af sögum Einars H. Kvar-
an. Auk þess var söngur og tón-
leikar.
Síðastliðið sunnudagskvöld
hinn 4. þ. m. mán. var almenn
samkoma í fríkirkjunni. Þar
töluðu> auk forseta Sálarrann-
sóknarfélagsins þeir Einar Lofts
son kennari og séra Jón Thor-
arensen, en kirkjukórinn söng.
Kirkjan var troðfull af fólki.
Það heíir komið skýrt í ljós í
sambandi við þessi hátíðahöld
að Spiritismanum er stöðugt að
aukast fylgi meðal þjóðarinnar
Meðlimum Sálarrannsóknarfé-
lagsins hefir verið stórum auk-
ið, ekki sízt á yfirstandandi ári.
Hefir og félagið nýlega eignast
hús fyrir starfsemi sína og er
það því ómetanlegur styrkur..
Enda þótt spiritisminn hér á
landi, eins og víða annarsstaðar
mætti í upphafi nokkurri andúð
frá hálfu kirkjunnar eða ein-
stakra manna innan hennar og
geri það raunar enn, má þó yfir-
leitt segja að íslenzka kirkjan
viðurkenni réttmæti þess að
rannsökuð séu sem gaumgæfi-
legast hin sálrænu fyrirbæri,
enda var brautryðjandi þessara
rannsókna hér á landi, prófessor
Haraldur Nielsson, einlægur
kirkjunnar maður, prófessor við
Guðfræðideild Háskólans og
jafnframt áhrifamesti og snjall-
asti prédikari landsins á sinni
tíð. Eg hygg að-segja megi, að
allur meginþorri íslenzkra presta
nú, sé hlynntur sálarrannsóskn-
unum, viðurkenni fyllilega að
þær hafi orðið fjölda manns til
hinnar mestu blessunar, vakið
menn til ýtarlegri og alvarlegri
umhugsunar um eilífðarmálin,
styrkt trú þeirra á miskunn og
kærleika Guðs og á þau grund-
vallarsannindi kristindómsins
að maðurinn lifi þótt hann deyi.
Ef sálarrannsóknunum tekst
að sanna óvefengjanlega fram-
haldslíf sálarinnar eftir líkams-
dauðann, o gspiritistar telja, að
þær sannanir séu nú þegar fyrir
hendi, þá ætti kirkja Jesú Krists
sannarlega að fagna þeim ár-
angri. Trúin og sannleikurinn
eru systkin en ekki andstæður
eða óvinir.
Sannleikurinn styrkir trúna
og trúin á að styrkja mennina til
þess að leita sannleikans í
hverju máli, virða hann og
elska. Sjálfur höfundur trúar
vorrar sagði þessi dýrlegu orð,
sem lærisveinar hans mega
aldrei gleyma en ætíð geyma í
hjarta sínu til eftirbreytni. “Til
þess er ég fæddur og til þess kom
ég í heiminn, að ég beri sann-
leikanum vitni”. S. V.
Kirkjublaðið, 5. apríl.
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