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LÖGBERG, FIMTUDAGINN, 29. SEPTEMBER, 1949
IVORTHERiV CALIFORMA
Mewsletter
1152 Laurel Street, Berkley 8, California—JULY 1949—OUR BIG
BENEFIT went off with a BANG. And the Old Folks Home at
Blaine is $7500 to the good! Thanks to you all. Honorable mention
for this phenomenal financial success belongs to so many that we
cannot begin to enumerate you all. Of course, the Stoneson-
Thorinson combination wielded a powerful influence! But a special
word of commendation is due George Detweiler who did most of
the leg-work for the Committee without which we could not have
put on the Show. George is an Icelander by marriage, Mrs.
Detweiler being Louise Ellisdottir Stoneson! This reminds us that
our Community is fortunate in
the quality of these “in-laws”
who come in and pitch with us,
which further reminds us that
a goodly number of this kind of
“better-halves” were among the
real pitchers of the evening! It
would require at least the rest of
this page to give honorablé
mention to all in person who
made up our team of Ball-
players that night. Outstanding*
among the out-of-town guests
were, of course, Mr. and Mrs.
Einar Simonarson of Blaine,
Washington and Mr. and Mrs.
Sumi Swanson of Long Beach,
California. Mr. Simonarson,
President of the Board of Trust-
ees of the Home asked us to ex-
tend to each one of you his per-
sonal gratitude as well as that
of the Board for the wonderful
way in which this Community
has contributed to the founda-
tion and upkeep of this Home.
★
AUGUST—SEPTEMBER 1949
The following letter to you all
was received in August from the
Old Folks Home at Blaine,
Washington.—“To the Icelandic
People of the San Francisco Bay
Area, California, c—o The
Benefit Committee, — Gentle-
men: It is with a great deal of
pride and satisfaction I write
this letter to you all, in apprecia-
tion of the great successs attain-
ed in your project in favor of
the Icelandic Old Folks Home
Inc., at Blainé, Washington, and
brought to a climax on June 18,
1949 with the result that we re-
ceived a cheque in the amount of
$7,500.00 which, for the tima
being at least, put the Home on
an even keel financially. — This
accomplishment is not to be for-
gotten, and will go down in the
records of this Institution as a
noble act well done. — Our
thanks and appreciation is here-
by extended to the Committee in
charge, collectively and individ-
ually, and to all the many friends
who supported the cause. —
A g a i n all our heartfelt
THANKS. “Man passes away;
deeds live forever.” (Signed)
Andrew Danieslon, Secretary of
the board. — We certainly ap-
preciate this letter and know
that Andrew has much more up
his sleeve that he would like to
say to you. Here’s hoping he and
Mrs. D. will visit us.
★
We are happy to announce
that Mr. and Mrs. B. B. Hall-
dorson who were confined at the
St. Francis Hospital for some
time this summer are now re-
cuperating at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. Baldwinson. Mrs.
Goodridge (Magnea) of Glen-
dale, California, their daughter,
and her son Leslie, have been
visiting in these parts. Sorry we
missed you!
★
The outstanding event in our
family history since our last
writing is that on July 11,
NIELS ERIK jr„ son of Mr.
and Mrs. N. E. Thorlaksson of
Rio Linda arrived safely. The
son has now taken over the
management of the Ranch, and
the Grandparents . . . well, the
less said the better! Modesty
forbids the usual additions of
Congratulations in connection
with reports of this nature!
However, on Sunday, September
25th, little Niels Erik will be
Mrs. Rannveig Schmidt roaming
around in these parts since leav-
ing Iceland some time ago. If
any of you can locate her, please
bring her to the Picnic on the
25th. Thanks.
-f
Did you know that John and
Ruth Slater travelled to Southj
Bend, Indiana, and are safely
home again with a new Stude-
baker? They too were “glad to
feel the cooling breezes of the
Pacific as we approached the
Coast line”. There’s no place like
home!
★
BAPTISM—On July 16th, at
Bethany Lutheran Church, Ber-
keley, SIGRID, Daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. David E. Clark of
Castro Valley was baptized.
That week-end Mother (Stella)
and child en-planed for Iceland
where they are spending the
summer.
★
BAPTISM—On August 24th,
at the home of Mr. and Mrs.
Ingvar M. Thordarson, Oakland,
their daughter, ANNA JONITA
PATRICIA was baptized. The
Service was followed by a most
delicious Chicken Dinner a la
ISLAND! Ingi is sure a lucky
guy!
★
WEDDING BELLS—ON the
28th of August they rang at
Santa Paula, California, for Dr.
Jon Love Karlsson and Laura
Lee Lincicum. Best of Wishes.
We are hoping that you will be
back here by the 25th, for the
Picnic. WELCOME.
★
SILVER WEDDINGS — Yes
two of them in July! We receiv-
ed two of the cutest invitations
in the same mail back there, —
one for the 16th. to honor the
Macleods at the George Brown
home; the other for the 17th,
to honor the Phillips at Palo
Alto. Both couples have asked
us to extend to each one of you
their appreciation of your par-
ticipation in these events. We all
certainly wish them many more
happy years together.
★
Among the arrivals from
Reykjavik are: Gudlaug Sigur-
geirsdottir, Olafia Sigurdar-
dottir and Steingrimur Baldurs-
son. They are students residing
at the International House,
Berkeley. (Gudlaug is the
daughter of the Bishop of Ice-
land.) We also know of two, if
not three, couples who have
come over to settle down in our
Community. WELCOME.
★
The Johnson boys, Valdimar
K. and Robert B. have both en-
roleld at Pacific Lutheran Coll-
ege at Parkland (near Tacoma
Washington). This will be Bob’s
first year, but Valdimar’s sec-
ond, who won a scholarship for
high standing in his first year.
By the way their uncle, Walter
Thorlaksson, has received a pro-
motion of some kind in the ranks
of the S.P. so we are hoping he
will be able to take off a Sunday
now and then to attend some of
our Picnics.
★
The Gudmunds boys, John
and Nikki went out deep-sea
fishing with Alfred Stefanson
of Blaine who arrived in port
one day with his Alaska Schoon-
er. They are reported safely back
with 5 Tons of Tuna! Mr. Stef-
anson is a brother of Mrs. Welty
(Louise).
★
Our Scotch-Icelander, John
Macleod, is always pulling a new
one! He is now in business BY
himself FOR all PET Lovers.
Call him at TH 3-8320 or visit
him at the Elmwood Pet Market,
2991 College Avenue, Berkeley.
Best of luck to you, Jack!
★
Pauline and Leo Bardarson
are back in our midst. They are
living at 83 Monte Cresta Blvd.,
We have heard rumors aboutOakland, and we want to wel-
baptized at our Garden Party,
which is another reason why we
shall welcome you on that date.
★
On Sunday August 28th, Mrs.
Inger Ostlund flew eastward to
be visiting for 3 months, taking
in the Weddings of two grand-
chíldren as well as a number of
Birthday celebrations. Her
birthday was August lOth. Wel-
come back to us, Besta!
★
Again this year we are flood-
ed with rumors as to who of you
have gone where, so we are
really looking forward to your
coming on the 25th to tell us
where you have been and what
you have been doing this summ-
er. We have been called on for
a lot of extra preaching. Some
Preachers get a vacation too,
you know!
★ •
Thanks to the Melsted Sisters
at Santa Rosa, your scribes were
privileged to have a week’s holi-
day in their Cozy Log Cabin
among the Sentinels of the Red-
woods. THANKS.
★
Do you know that one fine
summer’s day your Doctor to-
gether with Mr. and Mrs.
Downie took to the open road,
and are still sightseeing all over
California?
*• ★
Nor have we heard about all
the visitors from far and near
who have invaded our Commun-
ity this summer and still are!
Just to mention a few: Mr. and
Mrs. Ingi Brynjolfson, and Mr.
and Mrs. Wilfred Brynjolfson of
Chicago. Of course, you know
that Ingi is Fusi’s brother, but
how many of you know that Mrs.
Ingi is Kjartan Christopherson’s
sister? This reminds me, Kjart-
and Runa, together with their
Dorothy and Billy spent a good
part of the summer in northern
regions returning with another
sister, Mrs. Tom Dawe (Veiga)
of Vancouver. — Mr. and Mrs.
Bert Ruccius have also been
vacationing here from Vancouv-
er. Mrs. Ruccius (Ebbie) is a
sister of Alvin Christopherson.
. . . Have a feeling that there is
much more to report about do-
ings in the Christopherson tribe,
but we have run out of reliable
details!
★
A very interesting and out-
standing visitor from Iceland in
August was Robert Abraham..
he is a naturalized citizen of Ice-
land and is happiest when speak-
ing the Icelandic language which
is only one of man^ that he uses
interchangeably. Next time he
comes (next year, we hope!) he
has promised to bring his Ice-
landic wife along! WELCOME.
This short visit was precipitat-
ed in orderlthat he might be with
his Mother, Mrs. Lise Abraham
of our Community, who has been
convalescing for some time. She
is looking forward to coming to
our next Picnic on the 25th.
★
Sigga Benonys has had a sum-
mer visitor in the person of
Bjarni Steingrimsson of
Reykjavik, her cousin and
brother of the other Sigga. He
is a student at the University of
Michigan.
come them officially on the 25th.
This reminds me, Paulin’s sist-
er’s (Laufey’s) Husband, Oliver
Fosterer, has had a boost!
★
In July Mrs. Stefan Halldor-
son lost her father, Mr. Miller
at Portland, Oregon. And in
August, Mrs. Dori Halldorson
lost her mother, Mrs. Hogan at
Yreka, Califomia. We pray that
our Father in Heaven will be
the Comfort and Portion of.the
sorrowing ones in their bereave-
ment.
ic
Those of you who were at the
Picnics last year when she sang
for us, will remember Mrs.
Sharp (FiolaMarine). She has
had to undergo a very serious
operation, and is convalescing at
the San Francisco City and
County Hospital. She is on the
5th floor in Ward 3, and is bear-
ing up quite bravely, having
treated her fellow Patients to a
few of her vocal selections the
evening before her operation. A
card or a visit would be very
welcome.
★
LEIF ERIKSSON CELEBRA-
TIONS—October 8th at 8 p.m.
Ebell Hall, 1440 Harrison St„
Oakland. Main Speaker: Dr.
Selmer H. Berg, the new Super-
intendent of the Oakland
Schools. We trust that goodly
number of you will be there to
support the President of the
East Bay Committee who happ-
ens to be again this year yours
truly. THANKS.
October 9th, at 1:30 p.m„ Sig-
mund Stem Grove, cor. Sloat
Blvd. and 19th, Avenue, S.F.
This is going to be something
very special, and certainly a
MUST for all Icelandic San
Franciscans.. Don..t forget, —
LEIF ERIKSSON was born in
ICELAND.
★
Our OCTOBER PICNIC date
the 23rd at 1152 Laurel Street,
Berkeley.
Kindest greetings and best
wishes to you all.
Very Sincerely,
Rev. and Mr. S. O. Thorlaksson
Geislavirkt atom-
efni flutt hingað
Samkvæmt opinberri tilkynn-
ingu í Washington hefir verið
sent svonefnt Istope efni til 21
lands, þar á meðal íslands, en
efni þetta er unnið við kjarnorku
framleiðslu, og er m. a. notað í
lækningafræði, iðnaði og land-
búnaði.
Að því, er segir í hinni opin-
beru tilkynningu, hafa fram til
3. ágúst verið sendar frá Banda-
ríkjunum samtals 7613 vörusend-
ingar af hinu geislavirka isotope-
efni, er hafa verið framleiddar í
kjarnorkuvinnslustöðinni í Oak
Ridge í Tennessee. Sendingar
þessar fara fram til rannsóknar-
stöðva.
Þessi lönd, auk Islands hafa
fengið slíkar sendingar: Argen-
tína, Ástralía, Belgía, Brasilía,
Kanada, Colombia, Danmörk,
Finnland, Frakkland, ítalía, Hol-
land, Nýja-Sjáland, Noregur,
Perú, Spánn, Svíþjóð Sviss,
Tyrkland, Suður-Afríka og Bret-
land.
Að því er Gísli Petersen, lækn-
ir, tjáði Vísi í morgun hefir „Iso-
tope“-efnið verið notað hér við
einn sjúkling. Það væri helzt
notað við ýmsar tegundir blóð-
sjúkdóma og krabbameins, en
annars væri lítil reynsla fengin
fyrir þessu lyfi, þar sem það er
tiltölulega nýtt og læknar eru
yfirleitt að prófa sig áfram með
það. VlSIR
HAGBORG FUU/^I
PHOME 21531 J -
Barrtré af norskum stofni eiga
að geta dafnað vel hér
Vafalausl flutt hingað mikið af norður-
norskum plöntum og fræi framvegis
Viðtal við SIGURÐ JÓNASSON skógarvörð
Barrtré frá Noxður-Noregi eiga að geta dafnað hér á landi og náð
góðum þroska, a.m.k. er stundir líða fram.
1 vetur sem leið fóru tveir íslenzkir skóggræðslumenn á vegum
Skógræktar ríkisins til Tromsfylkis í Norður-Noregi til að kynna
sér skógrækt. Menn þessir voru Daniel Kristjánsson frá Hreðavatni
í Borgarfirði og Sigurður Jónasson fá Varmahlíð í Skagafirði. Eru
þeir skógarverði, hvor í sínu umdæmi, Daníel á Vesturland og
Sigurður á Norðurlandi.
Vísir hefir átt tal við Sigurð
Jónasson, en hann er fyrir nokk-
uru kominn heim. Sigurður sagði
að Tromsfylki lægi nokkur
hundruð kílómetrum norðar en
ísland, en þó væri þar allt skógi-
vaxið. Úti við ströndina og í eyj-
unum vex aðallega birki, en þó
hefir furu, greni og birki verið
plantað þar síðasta mannsaldur-
inn og dafnar víðast hvar ágæt-
lega. Skilyrði eru þarna, hvað
veðráttu snertir, mjög áþekk og
á Islandi, en jarðvegur er þar yf-
irleitt bæði grynnri og grýttari
en hér.
—1 hverju voru störf okkar
aðallega fólgin?
—Yfirleitt flestu því, er að
skóggræðslu laust. Við unnum
fyrst við fræsöfnun á furufræi,
grisjun á skógi, þreskingu á fræi
í þreskistofu, og síðar, er vora
tók, unnum við aðallega við
plöntuskólann og uppeldisstöð-
ina í Andselv. Nokkura daga
unnum við líka við plöntuskóla í
Harstad, sem liggur allmiklu
sunnar en Andselv.
—Eru líkur til að trjáplöntur
af þessum slóðum geti dafnað
hér?
—Eg tel það ekkert efamál að
fura, greni og birki, ættað þama
úr Norður-Noregi eigi að geta
náð góðum þroska á Islandi. Að
vísu er það ekki fyllilega öruggt
með fyrstu kynslóðina, einkum
vegna skjólleysis, en eftir að
komið hefir verið upp skjólbelt-
um, er engum vafa undirorpið,
að trén dafni hér, og þeim mun
fremur, sem jarðvegurinn okkur
er betri og frjórri. Framvegis
verður tvímælalaust mikið flutt
af fræi og plöntum frá Troms til
Islands.
—Hvemig líkaði ykkur félög-
um við Norðmennina?
—Með hreinustu ágætum.
Gestrisnin er framúrskarandi,
jafnvel enn meiri en 'hjá okkur,
og er þá langt til jafnað. Velvild-
ar í garð okkar íslendinga var
hvarvetna að mæta og við vomm
í stöðugum heimboðum.
—Og hvemig er efnahag
þeirra háttað núna eftir styrjöld-
ina?
—Af styrjaldarástæðum er
fólkið yfirleitt fátækt. Það hefir
að vísu nægjanlegt að borða og
getur klætt sig, en það skortir
ýmis lífsþægindi, sem við íslend-
ingar höfum tileinkað okkur og
teljum okkur ekki geta án verið.
Norðmennirnir búa í mörgu við
erfið lífskjör, þurfa að leggja
mikið að sér, en eru hinsvegar
nægjusamari og sparsamari en
við og gera minni kröfur til lífs-
þæginda.
—'Þeim svipar í ýmsu til okk-
ar?
—I mörgu eru þeir svo áþekk-
ir okkur, að maður gerir sér
þess naumast grein að vera með-
al framandi þjóðar. En í einu
skilja þeir sig þó greinilega frá
okkur og það er í hreinlæti og
snyrtimennsku. Á því sviði get-
um við margt af þeim lært.
VISIR
Nauðungarvinna í
U.S.S.R. meiri nú en
á keisaratímanum
Nauðungarvinna í Sovétríkj-
unum er nú miklu meiri en
nokkru sinni á stjórnarárum
keisaranna, að því er Bretar hafa
skýrt frá í umræðunum um
þrælavinnu í félagsmálaráði SÞ
í Sviss.
Bretar telja, að nú séu um
10,000,000 manns, eða 10% allra
vinnandi manna í Sovétríkjun-
um í fangabúðum. Hins vegar
voru í fangabúðum keisaranna
innan við 10,000 manns 1900—
1908, eftir það nokkru meira eða
32,000 árið 1910 og á stríðsárun-
um komst talan upp í 50,000. Jafn
vel það er stórum minna en nú.
WHEN YOU HftVE SEVERAl
F0R FASTER
L0NG DISTANCE
SERVICE
Long Distanca calling U
especially heavy just now.
For best service . . .
Call Between These Hours
6:00 p.m. and 4:30 a.m.
AND ALL DAY SUNDAY
II you must make a series of
calls, space them so that
others on your line may also
have a chance to use the
telephone.
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