Lögberg-Heimskringla - 01.08.1980, Side 1

Seðlabanki íslands Jú.'
Aðalskrifstofa,
Austurstrœti 111,
Reykjavik, Iceland
Preserves Heritoge — Ássures Future
94. AKGANGUR
WINNLPEG, HÁTlÐABBLAÐ 1980
NÚMER 27 „
Aðalbjörg SigvaJdaaoa
FJALLKONAN 1980
Adalbjorg Sigvaldason,
Bogga or Alla, as she is
often called, was born in
1910 at her parents'
homestead in the Geysir
District. Her father was
Johann Saemundsson
Jonsson from Grjot in Th-
verarhlid in Borgarfjordur,
her mother, Thora Gud-
-mundsdottir Arngrimsson
from Galtastadir in Nordur
Mulasysla.
Adalbjorg completed
elementary school at the
Island School and there also
completed a grade nine
education through
correspondence courses.
She has, in addition, done
extensive reading and
through that acquired a
very broad self-taught
education. She is a very
gifted person.
She has done a lot of work
in organizing and- teaching
the Icelandic language, both
for elementary school and
adult instruction. She has
taught an advanced
Icelandic language class in
Gimli through the spon-
sorship of the Evergreen
School Division and the
Gimli Chapter of the
Icelandic National League.
She has taught this adult
evening program for the last
three years. Her students
there have very high praise
for her knowledge of the
subject and her skills as a
teacher.
Adalbjorg and her
husband Gudni have built up
their home in the Framnes
district near Arborg and
sometimes fondly call it
“Alfheimar”. The farm has
aptly been named “A Home
of Enchantment”. One of
their favourite hobbies
during the summer is
horticulture with the results
showing throughout the
suroundings. The quality
and design of the land-
scaping and flowers show
well their artistic and in-
dustrious characteristics.
Adalbjorg likes being a
homemaker and enjoys
various handicrafts at
which she is very skilled.
Cont. on page 2
MAIDS OF
HONOUR
Leola Arnason Josefson
Mrs. Leifur Josefson
The Toast to Canada will
be given by Leola Josefson of
Hopkins, Minnesota. Mrs.
Josefson’s parents were
Margaret (Isfeld) and
Christian William Arnason.
She was born in Lincoln
county, Minnesota, at
Grund, the home of her
grandparents Adalbjorg and
Gudjon Isfeld. Leola
graduated from the high
school in Mineota, Min-
nesota and later from the
University of Minnesota,
where she studied Home
Economics Education. She
was then married to.Leifur
Josefson, with whom she
raised two children, Mark
Leifur and Mary Leola, until
his death in 1974.
The number and variety
of the activities with which
Mrs. Josefson has been
involved is indeed im-
pressive. She is president of
the Minnesota Chapter of
the American Scandinavian
Foundation as well as of the
Northwestern Lutheran
Seminary Auxiliary. She is
past president of the local
Leola Josefson
Lutheran Church Women,
Chapter AI, PEO Sisterhood
and the Downton Y’s
Menettes. She is a former
vice-president of the Church
Women United of Minnesota
and has been actively in-
volved in the PTA, in
political campaigns, girl
scouts and cub scouts.
Mrs. Josefson’s hobbies
include collecting Icelandic
books, antiques, reading
and attending concerts.
We are honoured to have
a woman of such ac-
complishment as a speaker
at the festival this year.
THE TOAST TO ICELAND
The toast to Iceland will
be given this year by Gus R.
Kristjanson B.A.
(Saskatchewan) B.Ed.
(Manitoba), M.A. (B.C.).
Mr. Kristjanson has long
been a leading w.estern
Icelander. He was born in
Wynyard, Saskatchewan
and graduated from the
Department of Education,
University of Saskatchewan
in 1940. He was deeply
involved with both music
and theatre on the campus
there. In 1941 he became
vice-principal of a school in
Harris, Saskatchewan and
in 1942 joined the Royal
Canadian Navy, eventually
attaining the rank of first
Gus Kristjanson
lieutenant. He later at-
tended the Academy of
Radio Arts at the University
of Toronto from which he
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