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LÖGBERG, FIMTUDAGINN, 14. APRIL, 1949
A News-letter In Lieu o/ a Personal Visit:
From the Icelanders in
Northern Caliíornia
WELCOME on Sunday, March 27th. We propose to reslove
ourselves into a COMMITTEE OF THE WHOLE to discuss ways
and means of our Benefit Program. A suggestion has been made
that together with a Musical Program we have a TOMBOLA. Now,
if anybody knows how to run a Tombola, please come and tell us
all about it. NORWAY HALL in Piedmont (one block off Mac-
Arthur Blvd.) has been secured for this Big Event and reserved
for Saturday evening, May 21st. Mark this date in your book.
Our April date is the 24th.
Shall we make it our own
E A S T E R SERVICE DAY?
Watch our nezt letter for the
announcement of time and
place.
Since May is the month set
for our Benefit Program, we
shall omit the Picnic and Birth-
day Party for that month. (Am
very sorry because my Birthday
comes in May!!)
♦
We have received two invita-
tions for S u m m e r Picnics
ABROAD! Mr. and Mrs. Larry
Erlandson of S.F. have invited
us all to their new home in Palo
Alto for a Picnic. We know you
all want to accept. The date,
address and route will be
announced later. Thanks. The
other invitation was received at
°ur February Party when Mr.
and Mrs. Einar W. Johnson, resi-
dents of Martinez for the past
20 years made their lst appear-
ance at a gathering of Iceland-
ers in this Area. They were so
thrilled with this experience
that they asked to be permitted
to hold one of our Picnics at
their home. We are very happy
to share these events, and shali
certainly schedule one of our
Summer Picnics with them at
Martinez. Thank you!
Sigga Benonys. We were told
that the ceremony was very im-
pressive. After the singing of
“Draumalandið” by Margrethe
Thorlaksson, Einar Kvaran who
had just come from Iceland to
continue his studies at the Uni-
versity, told us “the how and the
why” of the granting of this
Decoration. Frú Sigga respond-
ed very fittingly aftr the Consul
had officially presented the
Badge and thhe Diploma of the
Order of the Falcon of Iceland.
The Ceremony ended by all
present singing the Icelandic
and American National Anth-
ems. The occasion was further
enhanced by the presence of
Frú Sigga’s niece, Sigríður Stein-
grímsdóttir, recently arrived
from Reykjavík.
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Were you surpised when the
news flashed across that Gwen
Albert had suddenly returned
from London, England to marry
Dr. Larry H. Arnsteen? The date
was Feb. 25th. CONGRATULA-
TIONS! A formal Reception of
the Doctor’s many friends and
associates is in progress today
in S.F. at the home of Mrs. W.
A. Albert (Thora). We hope to
welcome these Newlyweds into
our Icelandic Community on the
27th. Welcome.
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The Special Feature' of our
last picnic was, of course, the
pinning of the Medal on Fru
Minnist
betcl
í erfðaskrám yðar
On March 3rd. your scribes
and Margrethe were invited to
dine with the Melsteds at Santa
Rosa. It was a Farewell Dinner
form Mr. and Mrs. Elmer Mel-
sted of Kelowna, B.C. who have
been spending part of this win-
ter in these parts. It’s a grand
experience to be thus taken into
a family group to share in their
good times. — Thus the bound-
KAUPENDUR LÖGBERGS OG
HEIMSKRINGLU Á ISLANDI
Gerið svo vel að senda mér sem fyrst greiðslu fyrir
yfirstandandi árgang, kr. 25.00 fyrir hvort blað.
Dragið ekki að greiða blöðin. Það léttir innheimtuna.
Æskilegt að gjaldið sé sent í póstávísun. Þeir sem
eiga ógreidda eldri árganga, eru vinsamlega beðnir
að snúa sér til mín.
BJÖRN GUÐM UNDSSON
Mávahlíð 37, Reykjavík.
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GRÍPIÐ TÆKIFÆRIÐ
Eins og samkepni á sviði viðskiptalífsins nú er
háttað, liggur það í augum uppi hve mikilvægt
það sé, að piltax og stúlkur fái notið hagkvæmrar
mentunar í öllu því, sem að skrifstofustörfum
lýtur; slíka mentun verður fólk að sækja á Business
College. Það verður nemendum til ómetanlegra
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hagsmuna, að leita upplýsinga á skrifstofu Lög-
bergs í sambandi við verzlunarskólanámsskeið.
Þau fást með aðgengilegum kjörum.
GRÍPIÐ TÆKIFÆRIÐ!
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BRITAIN STEPS UP HYDRO-ELECTRIC POWER
As part of British industry’s vast programme of capital
expansion’ the North of Scotland Hydro-Electricity Board
is doing everything in its power to complete the work now
in progress on 12 of the 19 projects for which authority has
been obtained. In Scotland 1,500,000,000 kw/hrs annually.
Picture shows: The growing dam of the Lock Sloy
scheme in the Mountains west of Loch Lomond.
About 200,000 cubic yards of concrete will complete the
dam, 1,200 feet long and 160 feet high, which will hold
back 1,200 million cubic feet of water to power the four
hydro-generators which will supply 130,000 kws. of electric-
ity to the grid.
aries of our Parish have grown
to include invitations from Santa
Rosa, Napa, Sacramento, all
around the Bay Area and along
the line south to Santa Cruz!
Parishioners as far south as Los
Angeles and Long Beach are
also extending invitations, but
when we will be able to take to
the road again on such long
journeys, we cannot foresee. But
here’s hoping!
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On Sunday afternoon, March
6th, Mr. and Mrs. Ted Einarsson
and your scribes surprised the
Browns (Olive and George) in
their new home at 657 Palmetto
Street, S.F. We are informed
that this address is to be more
or less permanent this time! We
were treated to a pot luck (Rib
Roast!) Dinner with trimmings,
a real housewarming dinner in-
deed. We too were warmed by
this impromptu Reception, need-
less to say. Many thanks.
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BORN TO: —
1. Mr. and Mrs. David Clark
of Castro Valley on March 5th,
a daughter, SIGRID. Mrs. Clark
is the former Stella Halldors-
dóttir of Reykjavík.
2. Mr. and Mrs. M. W. Irwin
of Blaine, Washington, on March
6th, a son, CHARLES WILL-
IAM. Mrs. Irwin and her Moth-
er, Mrs. Wells of Blaine were
guests at our May Picnic last
year.
3. Mr. and Mrs. Ingvar M.
Thordarson of Oakland on
March 17th, a daughter, ANNA
JONITA. Mrs. Thordarson is the
former Kristín Eyjólfsdóttir of
Reykjavík. — Best wishes and
CONGRATULATIONS to these
NEW parents.
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On March 12th, we were
among the Guests of Honor at a
Banqute held at the Bohemian
Club, S.F. by the Danish Club
on the occasion of the 50th Birth-
day of the Danish King. (We
were reminded of a Reception
we sponsored for the King, then
the Crown Prince, in 1930 ín
Kobe, Japan whehn our Father
and Mother were visiting with
us)-----Attending such events
is one of the pleasant duties of
the Icelandic Honorary Vice
Consulate of this area. — Next
week, on the 23rd, we are to
represent Iceland again at the
University’s CHARTER DAY
Exercises when the Governor
General of Canada is to be the
main speaker. This event is to
be followed by a Faculty Lunch-
eon to which the members of
the Consular Corps of S.F. are
invited.
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The YWCA óf San Francisco
is plannning a “World Fellow-
ship” evening at the Fairmont
Hotel on April 29th. The Con-
sular Corps of S.F. has been in-
vited to cooperate in a program
of “Fashions Around the World”.
We have asked Gwen Davis and
Margrethe Thorlaksson to be our
Committee for this occasion.
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We are in receipt of a goodly
number of letters of apprecia-
tion which really makes the
time and effort in connection
with this Newsletter worth
while. Many thanks. We have
also been thrilled by the numb-
er who have volunteered to
help us with the routine work of
mailing, etc., from time to time.
This month the envelopes were
addressed by Mrs. Barney Her-
mann (Esther) of Richmond.
Many thanks. We are still hop-
ing that somebody has an ELITE
typewriter which they will let
us have at a bargain! Mrs. Jack
MacLeod cut the stencils this
month on a borrowed typewrit-
er. Many thanks.
The Pacific Coast Scandinav-
ian, a monthly published in S.F.
has changed its name to AMER-
ICAN SCANDINAVIAN under
the Editorship of Walter Bergen,
originally from Minn. He w^nts
news about Icelanders in the
Bay Area. You may have noticed
that he carried notes from our
Christmas Letter in the January
issue. If you are interested in
a subscription write to him at
435 Duboce Avenue, S.F. and
send him some news items too.
—We are also quoted in Lögberg
and The Parish Messenger.
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For some time now we have
missed the presence of Mrs.
Lise Abraham at our monthly
Picnics. She is convalescing at
home attended by her sister,
Mrs. Katherine Mathias from
New York State, and wishes us
to convey to you all her best
regards. She has just received
the good news that her son, Rob-
ert, of Reykjavík, together with
his wife, Guðríður Magnúsdóttir,
expect to visit here in June or
July. Robert is a Musician and
Director of Musical Programs of
the National Broadcasting Sta-
tion of Iceland.
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As our next letter will not
arrive in your hands until after
Easter, we shall take this oppor-
tunity to wish you all a very
happy and meaningful EASTER.
Very sincerely,
Rev. and Mrs. S. O. Thorlaksson
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Utanferð íslenzkra íþróttamanna og
heimsóknir erlendra undirbúnar
Fimleikaflokkur KR til Danmerkur í
apríl. Ármanns á Lingiaden í ágúst.
Utanríkismál íslenzkra íþróttamanna eru nú þegar komin á
fastan grundvöll og eru Islendingar nú orðnir virkir þátttakendur
í alþjóðasamstarfi íþróttamanna. Slík samvinna er fyrst og fremst
gagnkvæmar heimsóknir og aukin kynni íþróttamanna um heim
allan. Að því er Benedikt G. Wage, forseti Í.S.Í. hefur skýrt blað-
inu frá, eru Islendingar nú meðlimir í mörgum alþjóða íþróttasam-
böndum, og áhugi er mikill meðal íþróttamanna okkar á utanförum
og heimsóknum erlendra íþrótta-
flokka hingað til lands. Gjald-
eyrismálin eru hér eðlilega
Þrándur í Götu, en íþróttamenn
hafa hug á að greiða kostnað er-
lendra flokka hér á landi og láta
þá svo greiða kostnað íslendinga
heima hjá sér, svo að lítinn gjald-
eyri þurfi til ferðanna.
Islendingar eru nú meðlimir
í knattspyrnusambandinu FIFA,
sundsambandinu FINA og frjáls
íþróttasambandinu IAF, nor-
ræna fimleikasambandinu o.fl.
Af utanförum íslenzkra íþrótta
flokka í ár eru aðeins tvær fast-
ákveðnar, að því er forseti QSI
skýrði frá, för fimleikaflokks
KR til Danmerkur í boði danska
fimleikasambandsins og í tilefni
af 50 ára afmæli þess í apríl, og
för kvennaflokks Ármanns á
sænsku íþróttahátíðina Lingiad-
en í ágúst.
Auk þess geta utanfarir vel
orðið fleiri. Er hálft í hvoru von-
azt eftir boði frá Noregi um
flokka til landskeppni í knatt-
spyrnu og sundi, en norskir
folkkar hafa þegar komið hing-
að til slíkrar keppni. Þá verður
norræna meistaramótið í frjáls
íþróttum haldið í Stokkhólmi í
sumar, og verða vonandi íslend-
ingar þar. Enn fremur munu
ensk íþróttafélög hafa í hyggju
að bjóða íslenzkum frjálsíþrótta-
mönnum til Englands. Loks má
geta þess, að Isfirðingar hafa
mikinn áhuga á að fara til Fær-
eyja og keppa við Færeyinga í
knattspyrnu og frjálsum íþrótt-
um. Um þetta segir færeyskt
íþróttablað: “Vit vilja sjálvandi
siga, at grannar okkara fyrir
vestan eru vælkomnir hingar, og
vit vilja fegnir kappast við teir.”
Um heimsóknir erlendra í-
þróttamanna hingað er enn ó-
ráðið. Bailey er þegar kominn
og skíðakennarinn Wikström.
Skíðasamband íslands mun nú
vera að undirbúa komu enskra
skíðamanna til að keppa hér, en
ekki er vitað, hverjir veljast til
þeirrar ferðar. Þá standa vonir
til, að flokkur amerískra frjáls-
íþróttamanna komi hér við og
keppi, þegar keppni Bandaríkj-
anna og Noðurlandanna lýkur.
Alþbl. 12. febr.

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