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LÖGBERG, FIMTUDAGINN. 2. NÓVEMBER, 1949.
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iVORTHERiV CALIFORNIA
Newsletter
Our next picnic date is No-
vember 27th, Thanksgiving Sun-
day. Let us give thanks together
on the 27th. Welcome.
On Monday, October 31st at
8 p.m. there will be a Reforma-
tion Festival at Grace Cathedral
in San Francisco. A 300-voice
Bay Area choir will render
special music. The speaker will
be Dr. Andreas Bard of Kansas
City, Mo. You are cordially in-
vited to attend.
☆
WEDDING BELLS — Johann
K. Eyfells and Kristin Halldors-
dottir were united in marriage in
an all-Icelandic ceremony at our
last Garden Party on September
25th. It was a grand surprise for
all who attended as no notices
had been sent out. A beautiful
wedding cake on a table in the
center of the garden gave the
secret away as people began to
foregather for the picnic. Kristin
(Lilla) had flown all the way
from Iceland for the occasion!
Johann is a student at the Uni-
versity of California at Berkeley,
graduating next year in architec-
ture. We wish them the best of
everything. Over 30 telegrams
arrived on the day, all in Ice-
landic from Iceland!
On September 3rd, Edward
Bushnell and Delight Plummer
were married. Congratulations
and all best wishes. Edward is
a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ray Bush-
nell of San Francisco.
☆
BIRTHS — On September 4th,
a daughter, Jerry Ann, to Mr.
and Mrs. Donald Stoneson. Con-
gratulations! Ort October 18th, a
son, Gregory Allen, to Mr. and
Mrs. Norman Keller. Although
the arrival was two months pre,
Eileen is expected home by this
Sunday. But little G.A. will have
to grow a little more before
coming home to take over! Con-
gratulations! We are all “pull-
ing” for the little man.
☆
BAPTISMS—Niels Erik Thir-
laksson Jr., son of Mr. and Mrs.
N. E. Thorlaksson of Rio Linda,
Cal., was baptized on September
25th, at the home oí.the grand-
parents in Berkeley in the
presence of a congregation of
Icelanders and friends. This is
the grandson mentioned in our
last letter.
☆
LEIF ERIKSON programs on
both sides of the Bay were out-
standing this year. In the East
Bay this celebration was recog-
nized as never before by mayors,
school superintendents and
newspapers. Dr. Selmer Berg,
until recently Supt. of Schools
in St. Paul, Minn., but now of
Oakland, was our speaker. Leona
Oddstad was our soloist, and
Gudlaug Sigurgeirsdottir was
Miss Iceland. In San Francisco
the largest ever recorded gather-
ing of Scandinavians assembled
in the Sigmund Stern Grove to
hear Kirsten Flagstad, and to do
honor to Leif Erikson as the
first discoverer of America. ,
☆
VISITORS—A Convention of
Dentists from all over America
has been raging in this area
during the past week. Dr. Alton
Moore of Seattle was in attend-
ance, also Dr. W. E. Fisher of
Los Angeles, and a college class-
mate of mine, Dr. Carl Cassel of
St. Paul. Carl and I haven’t had
a get-together since 1913!
Mr. and Mrs. John Christoper-
son of Vancouver, B.C., are in
the Area visiting at the home of
their son Alvin in S.F. John is
a brother of our Kjarton Chris-
topherson.
Our surprise visitor of the
month was Mrs. Svava Thor-
steinson (nee Fredrickson) from
Winnipeg. Her son Norman is a
resident of Sacramento where he
works with the Prudential Life.
We welcome Mr. and Mrs. N.
Thorsteinson into our Northern
Calif. Family, and hope it will
not be long until they get the
habit to frequent our picnics.
Mr. and Mrs. Edward Byron
Tait of Miami, Florida, have
been visiting with Mr. and Mrs.
Chas. W. Corbitt in Berkeley,
also with a younger daughter,
Verna May, who has recently
returned from a year’s govern-
ment service in Japan. Mrs. Tait
(Kristin) is a sister of Mrs. Arni
Eggertson (Maya) of Winnipeg.
They headed for home last week
via L.A.
Mrs. Melsted, mother of the
Melsted sisters at Santa Rosa
has arrived from Vancouver,
B.C., to visit with her daughters
for the winter months. Welcome
to California!
Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hermann
of Mountain, N.D., are visiting
here with the Coyles until Vinc
and Runa move on to Oregon.
Pete is reported to be warming
up to Calif. and will have a good
reason to stay on in this Area
since their sons, Barney and
William are located here. Mrs. B.
M. Hermann (Esther) has just
returned from Gardar, N.D.
☆
TRAVELLERS — Did you
know that Kris Gudnason and
his son Harold hopped off to
Iceland this summer? It was a
very short visit but long enough,
we understand, to distribute
thousands of copies of the Gospel
of St. John which they had had
printed in parallel columns of
English and Icelandic. If any of
you would like a copy, just drop
me a card and we shall mail it
to you at once.
Bertha (Mrs. John MacLeod)
decided on a jaunt to L.A. last
week. It was just a holiday trip,
of course, but she was no sooner
back than she was called on to
speak on the radio. We under-
stand that she availed herself of
the opportunity to put in a plug
for their Pet Market on College
even tho Jack had left her
stranded at the wrong depot the
week before!
On September 18th, Dr. and
Mrs. B. R. Reinertsen ran away
to celebrate their 25th wedding
anniversary. C o n g r atulations
and best wishes! (The Doctor has
Navy duties to perform on 2nd
and 4th Sundays of each month
which is the only reason they
have not been able to attend our
Picnics for a long time.)
Some time this summer Alma
Oddstad and Mildred Stoneson
(cousins) travelled across the
Continent of America, and have
decided to spend the next year
at Geo. Washington University,
Washington, D.C. But don’t for-
get to come back to California,
Girls!
☆
On October 3rd, it was our
pleasure to hear a sermon in
Danish by Bishop Fuglesang-
Damgaard of Copenhagen at the
Danish Lutheran Church in S.F.
After the service we were in-
vited to visit with the Bishop
and his wife in the parsonage.
The local Danish Pastor and
yours truly were classmates at
the Chicago Seminary in 1916.
☆
On October 7th, we had to
rush our Margrethe to St. Fran-
cis Hospital, S.F., for blood
poisoning in her right arm. That
week-end was very critical as
she was running a temperature
of 105. Not until the following
week-end did Dr. Ben declare
her out of danger and let her
come home again. So, we have
much for which to be thankful.
☆
On October 8th, Sigurjon Olaf-
sson of Palo Alto fell out of bed
and broke his paralyzed leg.
After a week at the hospital he
is now back home with a cast
feeling as chipper as can be ex-
pected. When you call on him
start off one one of the good old
Icelandic melodies and he’ll sur-
prise you by chipping in on the
words and singing the whole
verse or two thru with you,
maybe ahead of you!
☆
As was announced at the last
Picnic, Mrs. Chris Finnson is
heading a committee to gather
and to get off spme “Christmas
Goodies” for the old folks at
Stafholt, Blaine. Those of you
on the S.F. side who wish to send
something, please call Mrs. Wal-
ter Downie, OV 1-2490, and those
in the East Bay call Mrs. Thor-
laksson, AS 3-0150.
☆
Have you noticed our new en-
velopes? There is a new line
under the return address, “Re-
turn Postage Guaranteed” which
means just what is says, and
you’d be surprised how many
have come back. This is the only
way in which we can keep our
lists up to date. No, not “up to
date”, because it means that
folks have moved without leav-
ing a forwarding address. As we
are loath to drop any of you
from our mailing list, won’t you
please inform us of any change
of address? PLEASE. Also, call
or write in any item of news
about yourself or family. Thanks
for this co-operation.
☆
We are most grateful for vari-
ous tokens received in apprecia-
tion of this monthly Newsletter.
Such expressions sure help to
keep the ball rolling. Many
thanks.
☆
On October 23rd, the Old
People’s Home at Mountain,
N.D., was opened and dedicated.
Watch the Icelandic papers for
reports of “the doings”. Don’t
forget that we have a committee
for this project also which will
come into action in 1950.
☆
The above lines were written
before our Picnic on the 23rd,
read un-edited and uncensored
to those present. Many of you
had probably forgotten the date
as noted in our September letter.
But for future reference, let us
remember that our “Picnic” or
Open House Day is the 4th Sun-
day of each month unless you
are previously notified of a
change. Please remember that
you are always welcome any day
of the week or month at 1152
Laurel St., Berkeley. Our next
date is—November 27th, Thanks-
giving Sunday.
Very sincerely,
Rev. and Mrs. S. O. Thorlaksson.
25 ára starfsafmœli
Félag Vestur-Islendinga átti
25 ára starfsafmæli í fyrra, 1948.
Félagstala nú er á annað hundr-
að og hafa þeir allir verið bú-
settir í Ameríku lengri eða
skemmri tíma.
Aðaltilgangur félagsins er:
að auka og efla kynni þeirra Is-
lendinga er dvalið hafa vestan
hafs og vinna jafnframt að aukn
um og gagnkvæmum skilningi
og samúð íslendinga austan hafs
og vestan.
I stjórn félagsins eru: Hálfdán
Eiríksson, formaður; Þór. Gr.
Víkingur, ritari; Guðni Sigurðs-
son, gjaldkeri.
Bréf til kjósenda í
Mið-Wpg. kjördæmi
I fylkiskosningunum, sem
framundan eru, sækja þrír full-
trúar CCF flokksins í mið-
Winnipeg kjördæminu. Meðal
þeirra er eini kvenmaðurinn sem
sækir um kosningu í öllu Mani-
toba fylki, Mrs. Ina Thompson.
Hinir sem sækja í mið-Winnipeg
kjördæmi eru Donovan Swailes,
þingmaður á síðasta þingi, og
Gordon Fines, sem hefur sótt
nokkrum sinnum í bæjarráð og
skólaráð Winnipegborgar.
Mr. Fines ólst upp í Argyle
bygðinni. Hann kendi skóla um
átta ára skeið í Manitoba og
SaskatChewan, en er nú í þjón-
ustu C.P.R. Félagsins. Hann er
formaður „Lodge 49, Brother-
hood of Railroad and Steamship
Clerks“ og er fulltrúi á Winni-
peg and District Trades and
Labor Council. Hann er bróðir
Clarence Fines sem er Fjármála-
ráðherra í Saskatchewan stjórn-
inni. Hann hefur fylgt CCF
flokknum að málum síðan 1933
og hefur lengi verið í CCF Pro-
vincal Council. Hann er hægur
og gætinn og hefur ágæta þekk-
ingu á stjórnmálum og málum
alþýðunnar.
Mr. Swailes hefur verið þing-
maður í Manitoba síðan 1945.
Hann er í stjórnarnefnd og laga-
nefnd Trades and Labor Council.
Hann er einnig í stjórnarnefnd
Musician’s Union og hefur sæti
þar að auki í Prairie and Region-
al Advisory Board Unemploy-
ment Commission. Á síðasta
þingi bar Mr. Swailes fram
fleiri tillögur í sambandi við vel-
ferð verkamanna, gamalmenna,
ekkna og lítilmagna en nokkur
annar þingmaður. Hann er ötull
og framsækinn og verðskuldar
stuðning og atkvæði allra manna.
Mrs. Ina Thompson, eini kven-
maðurinn í öllu fylkinu sem
sækir, var fædd við Makaroff í
Manitoba, þar sem faðir hennar
stundar búskap. Hún ólst þar
upp og gekk á skóla. Hún giftist
Rev. Leslie Thompson árið 1941.
Hann er nú kennari við Mani-
toba Háskóla í ensku bókmenta-
deildinni. Þau eiga einn son. Á
stríðsárunum var Mr. Thompson
í flughernum. Mrs. Thompson er
ritari . Winnipeg Council of
Women, og hefur lengi verið
bókavörður CCF í Manitoba.
Hún verðskuldar atkvæði allra
sem vilja sjá kvenmann á þing-
inu þar sem mikil þörf er á að
fulltrúi verði, sem getur talað
fyrir hönd kvenna.
Vér undirritaðir mælumst sterk
lega til að allir, sem velferð al-
múgans hafa fyrir brjósti og vilja
að 'hann hafi góða og hagsýna
málsvara á þinginu, greiði at-
kvæði með þessum umsækjend-
um, og merkið seðlana með
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