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LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, FIMMTUDAGINN 12. SEPTEMBER 1963
Úr borg og byggð
Icelandic Service in the
Unitarian Church on Banning
St. on Sunday the 15th of
Sept. at 7:00 p.m. Mrs. Elma
Gislason, soloist, Gunnar Er-
lendsson, organist, and Rev. P.
M. Petursson, minister. Morn-
ing service as usual at 11 a.m.
☆
The Good Neighbours Club
of Winnipeg is sponsoring a
gala variety concert and fash-
ion show at the Playhouse
Theatre Oct. 9th and lOth at
8.30 p.m.
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Our linotype operalor, who
sets Lögberg - Heimskringla
will return from Iceland on
September 26th. In the megn-
time we ask our subscribers
to bear with us, if the paper is
not altogether to their liking.
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DR. AND MRS. RICHARD
BECK returned to their home
in Grand Forks last weekend
from their vacation in Victor-
ia, B.C. On their way home
they flew to Los Angeles,
Calif., to visit their son-in-Iaw
and daughter, Mr. and Mrs.
Paul Hvidston and their fam-
ily in La Habra and from
there to Denver, Colorado to
visit Richord Beck, Jr., and
his family.
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AWARD WINNERS
The list of winners in handi-
craft classes at the 1963 Can-
adian National Exhibition in
Toronto includes categories
for work of the blind, and
those in hospitals and other
institutions.
In the former class, Gert-
rude Wood of the Lions Re-
sidence, Canadian National In-
stitute for the Blind, won
first prize for knitting, Mrs.
L. Mileham, F1 o r a Place,
won two firsts, for knitting
and sundry handicrafts; Dora
Thorsteinson, Langside Street,
came first and third with
knitting.
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THE VIKING CLUB will
hold the annual Smorgasbord
on Saturday, Sept. 14, 6.30
p.m. in Vasalund. Tickets
$3.00.
☆
THE JON SIGURDSON
CHAPTER. I.O.D.E. will hold
its annual fall tea in the T.
Eaton Assembly Hall (7th
floor), Saturday , September
14, from 2.30 to 4.30 p.m. There
will be a sale of home cooking,
handicrafts and novelities.
Receiving with the regent,
Mrs. H. F. Danielson, will be
Mrs. C. D. Ciley, Municipal
regent, and Mrs. T. E. Beight-
on, Provincial President.
General conveners are Mrs.
Paul Goodman and Mrs. A. F.
Wilson. Others in charge of
v a r i o u s departments are:
home cooking: Mrs. Ben Heid-
man and Mrs. S. Gillis; handi-
crafts: Mrs. Ena Anderson
and Mrs. Gestur Kristjansson;
Novelties, Mrs. Mrs. H. Thork-
elson; tea tables, Mrs. Gus
Gottfred, Mrs. Anna Skapta-
son and Mrs. Dallas Medd;
publicity, Mrs. E. W. Perry.
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THE LADIES AID, FIRST
LUTHERAN CHURCH will
make their annual visit to
Betel, Thursday, Sept. 19th.
The bus will be at the church
at 12 o’clock noon. Retum
fare $1.25. Non-members wel-
come so long as room permits.
For further information phone
Mrs. Perry, GL 3-6874 or Mrs.
Gillis, GL 2-6203.
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RIVERTON LUTHERAN
LADIES AID ORGAN FUND
Guttormur J. Guttorm-
son -----------------$5.00
In Memory of Joseph Mc-
Lennan:
Mr. and Mrs. Ebbi Palson,
Mr .and Mrs. Oli Anderson,
Oli and Albert Palson__ 8.00
Icelandic church service 10.00
In memory of Runa Sigurd-
son:
Kristrun and Siggi Sigurdson,
Sylvia and Stefan Sigurdson,
Helga and Bud Bjornson,
Val and Bill Atkinson,
Judy and Victor Sigurdson,
Gladys and Vern Peterson,
Lois and Irvin Olafson,
Alta and Gordon Sigurd-
son ______________.'...120.00
In memory of Arnheidur
Eyjolfson:
Mrs. Sigurlin Bergen .. 5.00
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CORRECTION
Donation to Höfn given by
Mr. Sigurbjorn Sigurdson
should have read $25.00 in-
stead of $10.00.
Emily Thorson, Treas.
University Evening
Institute Offers
Twenty-seven Courses
The 29th year of courses for
the adult public is offered by
The University of Manitoba,
through its Evening Institute.
The programme i n c 1 u d e s
many new courses as well as
the perennially popular ones.
Among the offerings this
year are: writing for maga-
zines, as well as short story
and play writing, literature
and poetry, French conversa-
tion, church music, interna-
tional affairs, history, geogra-
phy, law, psychology, genetics,
archaeology, mathematics, as-
tronomy, religion, geology,
community development, in-
terior decoration and invest-
ments.
The only requirement for
enrolling is your interest in
the subject. There are no ex-
aminations, and no previous
experience or academic re-
cord is required. Beginning
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta lúlerska kirkja
Sr. V. J. Eylands, Dr. Theol.
Heimili 686 Banning Street.
Sími SUnset 3-0744.
Guðsþjónustur á hverjum
sunnudegi:
A ensku: kl. 9.45 f. h
11.00 f. h.
Á íslenzku kl. 7 e. h.
Sunnudagaskóli kl. 9.45 f. h.
dates for classes are mid-
September to early November.
Classes are held weekly on the
Fort Garry campus.
For further information and
a brochure describing all of
the courses, write to The
Evening Institute, Depart-
ment of University Extension
and Adult Education, The
University of Manitoba, Win-
nipeg, or tlephone GR 4-9476.
Residenls of Vancouver and
Vicinity
Rognvaldur Sigurjonsson’s
Recital will be held in the
newest and best concert hall
in Vancouver, the Queen Eli-
zabeth Playhouse on Monday,
Sept. 23rd, 1963. Tickets $2.50
—on sale now — Vancouver
Ticket Centre, in Q.E. Theatre
and Eaton’s Ticket Centres,
Phone 683-3255. Do not miss
this outstanding m u s i c a 1
event!
Civil Defence says: —
A shelter area in your báse-
ment prepared NOW and
stocked with blankets, food
and water could save your
lives in an emergency. Is
yours prepared?
Metro Civil Defence,
1767 Portage Avenue,
Winnipeg 12 — TUrner 8-2351
Mc Aber gamli Aberdeen er
orðinn svo nízkur, að hann
hlær aldrei nema á kostnað
annara.
Jón nýliði kom tíu mínút-
um of seint á heræfinguna.
Liðþjálfinn leit á hann með
nístandi augnaráði: „Það var
gott þú komst, Jón, við vorum
farnir að halda að þú hefðir
samið sérfrið.“
Löngum hlær lítið vit.
Maður nokkur kom til
læknis með fjórar djúpar
stungur í handlegg. Hvernig
vildi þetta til, spurði læknir-
inn. „Ég lenti í orðasennu við
konuna mína við miðdags-
Neue Tageszeitung, Vienna
March 18, 1955: “From Iceland
came the pianist Rögnvaldur
Sigurjónsson with his virile
elastic touch . . . his technical
knowledge . . . The Nordic
music was represented by a
sonata by the Danish Niels
Viggo Bentzon, played with
feeling and virtuosity ...”
Vaart Land, Osla, March 24,
1956: “Not often does one hear
a piano virtuoso as we did last
night in the University Hall.
Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson must
know everything about piano
technique. There seem to be
no obstacles for him, the music
streams from his lively hands
. . . he reached the great musi-
cal heights in the finale of
Liszt’s B minor sonata.”
Politiken, Copenhagen, Oct.
11, 1956: “The Icelandic pian-
ist Rögnvaldur Sigurjónsson
has in a rich measure the
technique which all pianists
dream about . . . yet he has
the sense of tonal poetry and
a musical charm, as obvious in
Schumann’s “Kleinkunst” - . ”
Sch. P.
Berlingske Tidende, Copen-
hagen, Oct. 11, 1956: “ . . Bent-
borðið og hún stakk mig með
gafflinum.“ „Þér skuluð hér
eftir gæta þess að rífast ekki
við hana nema þegar þið
borðið súpuna.
zon’s work (Sonata III, op. 44)
was presented with clarity,
nobility and sonorous strength
.... ” K.F.
Kubushew, U. S. S. R., Dec.
13th, 1958: “At the piano is
the prominent Icelandic pian-
ist, Mr. Rögnvaldur Sigurjón-
sson. He commences the re-
cital w i t h the Chromatic
Phantasy and Fugue by J. S.
Bach, and one senses at once
that this is a pianist who has
eomplete control over the in-
strument. Genuine feeling and
tonal accuracy were in perfect
balance with the style of the
composition. Then we hear the
beginning of Liszt’s Sonata in
b-minor, and we witness a
dramatic narrative of complex
human feelings. This sonata
has not without reason been
considered to be one of the
most difficult works in the en-
tire world of piano music
literature, and precisely in
this work this unique and in-
teresting pianist shows his in-
terpreting power. He primar-
ily thinks of giving the broad
lines of the composition and
does not dwell on details.”
A. Trifonof.
Presenfed by The lcelandic Nationol League
In Association with Celebrity Concerts
ROGNVALDUR
SIGU RJONSSON
ICELAND'S FOREMOST PIANIST
"Not often does one Hear a piono virtuoso as we did last night . . .
Rognvaldur Sigurjonsson must know everything about piono technique
. . . he reached the greot musical heights." VAART LAND, Oslo.
PLAYHOUSE THEATRE, WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 18
8:30 P.M.
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RÖGNVALDUR SIGURJÓNSSON'S
CONCERTS
PROGRAMME
Wanderer Fantasy, Op. 15 .....................Franz Schubert
I. Allegro, sempre fluente ed espressivo
II. Adagio
III. Presto
IV. Allegro
Sonata No. 3, Op. 44 ................Niels Viggo Bentzon
(Danish Composer born 1919)
I. Allegr o,sempre fluente ed espressivo
II. Presto
III. Intermezzo: Largo
IV. Allegro ma non troppo
Sonata (World premiere) Leifur Thorarinsson
(Icelandic composer bom 1934)
I. Allegro molto
II. Adagio
III. Allegro moderato
IV. Vivace
Nocturne, Op. 72, in E Minor
Ballade, Op. 23, in G Minor
Etude, Op. 21, No. 1 .....
Etude, Op. 10, No. 4
Mephisto Waltz .........,.
Excerpts From Newspoper Reports
| Frederic Chopin
......Franz Liszt