Lögberg-Heimskringla - 02.06.1977, Blaðsíða 2

LÖGBERG-HEIMSKRINGLA, FIMMTUDAGINN 2. JÚNÍ 1977
From the Leif Eiriksson Ice-
CLUB ACTIVITIES landic Club, Calgary, Alta.
May 1977
A warm welcome is ex-
tended to the new executive
committee installed at the
annual general meeting on
April 17, and to all commit-
tee chairpersons who have
come forward to work for
and enjoy the club:
Pres., Ed Jonasson; vice-
pres., Geir Gunnarsson, sec.,
Lil Hiebert; treas., Bill Sig-
urdson; public relations,
Thordis Gutnick; past pres.,
Cliff Marteinson; arts and
crafts, Mary Stewart, Thora
Moir; club librarian, Eugena
Amason; Calgary Cariadian
citizenship council, Hallgri-
mur. and Gudrun Jonasson;
special foods, Inga Henrik-
son; telephoning, Andrea
Jonasson.
Please offer your assitance
to this group. The handicraft
committee in particular has
a lot of creative activity
planned for the coming year.
Thanks to Lucille Lane.
Sam Austman, Bjorgvin Sig-
urdson and Margaret Gep-
pert for their active work
on the executive and to all
those who assisted the club
in many ways during the
past year.
* * *
An Invitation from the Arts
and Crafts Committee
• to an “Open House” at
7:30 p.m., Monday, June
13, 1977, at Scandinavian
Centre (downstairs).
• This last meeting of the
season will feature a
demonstration of Salish
weaving. Our guest will
also discuss materials and
building a simple loom.
Possible future projects
for the group will be con-
sidered.
• This meeting should be of
interest to many club
members and friends and
is not restricted to women.
• Coffee and cakes will be
served.
• Materials (fabrics a n d
wool) may be picked up
for holiday “home-work”
at that tipie.
* * *
Heritage Day
Date: Monday, August 1,
1977, 2-5 p.m. Place: Prince’s
Island.
The Leif Eiriksson Club’s
Arts & Crafts committee
will provide a demonstration
öf Crafts with Icelandic wool
— and a display of their
work.
. There will also be a sale
of Icelandic foods. Pl^ase
call Mary Stewart at 289-
1410 if you can volunteer
your time and/or some
baked g o o d s (vinarterta,
kleinur, ponnukokkur, etc.).
If you are planning to be
out of town on that date,
Mary will arrange for stor-
age of food.
By a 11 accounts when
“Heritage has its Day” the
Island is a busy spot. See
you there!
* * *
Latest reports on the tour
from Iceland are that the
DR. RICHARD BECK GIVENTRIBUTE AT
SEATTLE CONVENTION
Dr. and Mrs. Richard Beck
!of Victoria, B.C., attended
the three-day annual meet-
ing of the Society for the
Advancement of Scandina-
vian Studies which was held
at the University of Wash-
ington in Seattle, Thursday,
May 5th through Saturday,
May 7th.
At the Convention Ban-
quet on Friday evening, Dr.
Beck was the recipient of a
special tribute in recognition
of his long time and im-
portant service to the So-
ciety, including several years
as its president and regular
contributor to its quarterly
Scandinavian Studies.
Dr. Beck gave two ad-
dresses at the meeting. At
a History Section he spoke
on the North Dakota Ice-
landic Settlement. nearing
the Century Mark, in which
he traced the high points in
the history, paying special _ week’s issue.
tribute to the Rev. Pall
( P a u 1 ) Thorlaksson, the
founder of the settlement
and its leader until his un-
timely death.
' I
At a literature section, Dr.
Beck summed up the discus-
sion and emphasized the im-
portant role of the Society,
saying, “we are helping, to
build a cultural edifice on
American soil.”
Both of his addresses were
enthusiastically r e c e i v e d.
Mrs. Beck was also warmly
reecived when presented to
the convention.
Dr. Beck was the only
Icelander formally partici-
pating in the program of the
convention.
Dr. Beck will be 80 years
old on June 9th, the publica-
tion date of our next paper.
You will be able to read
more about Dr. Beck in next
—Editor
group will be in Calgary on
June 19-20. A hospitality
event will be planned when
more details are available.
More about that at a later
date.
Scandinavian Smorgasbords
This y e a r t h e socials
(smorgasbord a n d dance)
will take place on Saturdays,
June 11 and 18, both at the
Danish Canadian Club, 727-
11 Avenue S.W.
Tickets are $8.50 per per-
sön and are available until
June 4th from Ed Jonasson
(271-6874) or Lil Hiebert
(242-5785).
* * *
Eugena Arnason, our rep-
resentative on the Scandina-
vian Centre Library Com-
mittee, is interested
in receiving suggestions re-
garding possible acquisitions
for the developing library at
the Centre. Books should be
in English, written by per-
sons of Icelandic descent,
or translations of current
works. If you have sugges-
tions, please call Eugena at
269-3449.
* * *
The Spring 1977 issue of
the Icelandic Canadian fea-
tures a photo of the Stephan
Stephansson Homestead on
the cover. Within, Bjorgvin
Sigurdson reports on the
Homestead Restoration Pro-
ject.
* * *
The Club’s display at the
Ethnic Arts and Crafts Ex-
hibition at the Jubilee Au-
ditorium on Sunday, April
24, featured a demonstra-
tion of carding, spinning,
weaving and knitting. Ragn-
heiður Gunnarson and Rita
Larsen represented Iceland
in the fashion show, with
commentary by Ingrid Gep-
gert. All three were splendid
innational dress. Thanks to
all who supported this event
which was sponsored by the
Calgary Canadian Citizen-
ship Council.
* * *
c ,
Please note that Lil Hie-
bert (242-5785) is our con-
tact person regarding signi-
ficant life changes among
our membership. She would
appreciate learning of birth,
death, or illness within mem-
bers’ families.
* * *
Although the First Day of
S u m m e r “Sumardagurinn
Fyrsti” is past, we wish you
all a happy summer.
Sumarkveðjur
T.G.
In short...
Icelandic Content Summary
THE FIRST GUESTS FROM ICELAND this summer
arrived in Winnipeg last Sunday evening, May 29th,
after a five hour and eighteen minute flight from
Keflavik Airport. Approximately 140 passengers were
aboard the Sunna charter which disembalked at Win-
nipeg International Airport after a short delay. The
group was met by Guðmundur Magnússon, a Sunna
representative who had arrived the previous day to
be of assistance to the travellers on arrivel. Guðmund-
ur will be acting as main co-ordinator for the group
during their stay. Also on hand to the airport were
many Icelandic-Canadians who had come to receive
friends and relatives. Among those on board was Helgi
Vigfússon, a Sunna representative who has been one
of the flight organizers He returned to Iceland with
the same DC-8 charter. Most of the group were taken
directly to Arborg, Riverton and Gimli where they
will be staying with host families. Others remained
with friends and relatives in Winnipeg while some con-
tinued on to the West Coast. There were many happy
reunions and warm greetings at the airport, with some
relatives meeting for the first time. Lögberg-Heijns-
kringla has been anzious to assist in establishing such
contacts and will continue to publish enquiries from
those trying to locate lost relatives. For further deatails
see this week’s editorial on page 4.
GRETTIR JOHANNSON ,former consul general in
Winnipeg, has presented the new Winnipeg Centennial
Library with 500 volumes from his private collection.
The books, most of which are in Icelandic or about Ice-
landic subject matter, are “to be made available for
the use of the general public for reference and land-
ing."
ICELANDIC WILDERNES TOUR GUIDE, Guðmund-
ur Jónasson, is the subject of an article in Lögberg-
Heimskringla this week. Guðmundur, now 68 years of
age, has organized and headed tours throughout Ice-
land’s vast. uninhabited interior for many years. His
t.ours include treks across the glaciers, for which he
uses a Canadian made Bombardier.
JUMBO JETS FOR ICELANDIC AIRLINES? — Re-
presentatives of Icelandic Airlines have recently been
looking into the possibilities of purchasing jumbo jets.
The tow types under consideration are the Boeing 747
and Douglas DC-10 jets. Tcelandic Airlines conduct
regular daily (sometime more frequent) fiights be-
tween New York, Keflavík and Luxemborg, as well as
flights from Chicago to Keflavík and Luxemborg four
times a week. Stop-overs in Iceland are a feature of
their flights.
HANS G. ANDERSEN, lcelandic ambassador in Wash-
ington D. C., is acting as chairman of the Icelandic
delegation presently attending the Law of the Sea
Congress in New York.
A FOOD SHORTAGE IN ICELAND was reported m
the Icelandic News section of Heimskringla’s June 2nd
issue in 1887. (Fyrir 90 árum). As a result of shortages
m Dalasýsla, ísafjarðarsýsla, Strandasýsla and certain
areas of Húnavatnssýsla and Skaftafellssýsla it was ex-
pected that emigration to North America would be
greater than usual, and would be yet greater if farmers
could sell their belongings.
4 COLDWATER SEAFOOD CORP., a division of the Ice-
4 landic Freezing Plants Marketing Board, is now the
T largest firm of its kind in the United States. — The
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