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WINNIPEG, HÁTÍÐARBLAÐ 1981
NUMER 26
íslendingadagurinn — 1981
Fjallkonan
The Fjallkona (Maid of the Moun-
tain) for 1981 is Marjorie Arnason of
Gimli. Marjorie grew up in Riverton '
and is a descendant of settlers
Evyindur Jonasson Doll and Sesselja
Johannsdottir. She was educated in
Riverton and in Winnipeg at Success
Business College. She worked in the
Accounts office of Eaton's prior to
her marriage to Ted Arnason of
Gimli in 1948. They have three
daughters; Wendy Delbaeré and
Kathy Hurlburt of Winnipeg and
Kristine Becker of Gimli. There are
four grandchildren.

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Marjorie has been a member of
the Gimli Lutheran Ladies Aid and
the Kinette Club. She worked for
ten years in the Gimli Figure
Skating Club where her artistic
abilities were put to use when she
became chairman of the costume
design committee. The artistic abili-
ty was further deplayed through the
many beautiful wedding cakes
which she decorated for family and
friends over the years.
In 1966 Marjorie and Ted moved
to Winnipeg where she became ac-
tive in the Icelandic National
League, serving on the executive.
After their return to Gimli in 1974
Marjorie worked in organizing and
promoting exchange tours between
Iceland and Canada. In 1975 she
was co-chairman of the billeting
committee for a large delegation
from Iceland, who came to par-
ticipate in the Centennial of Icelan-
dic Settlement in Manitoba, at
Gimli. Marjorie was a founding
member of Viking Travel Ltd., and
has been an active partner of the
travel agency since 1976.
She has for many years helped to
promote cultural exchange and
goodwill between the peoplé of
Iceland and Canada. In the spirit of
true Icelandic hospitality Marjorie
along with Ted have opened their
home to many visitors. They have
welcomed cultural groups, govern-
ment officials (including in 1975 the
President of Iceland, Kristjan Eld-
jarn and Mrs. Eldjarn) as well as
many private individuals from
Iceland and around the world.
Maids of Honor: Kristine (Arnason) Becker and Karen Olson
Minni
Islands
John J. Arnason yfirverkfræðingur
hjá Rafveitu Manitóbafylkis flytur
Minni íslands á íslendingadeginum í
ár. John lauk prófi í verkfræði frá
Manitóbaháskóka 1948, og hefur
síðan starfað hjá Manitoba Hydro
þar sem hann hefur um alllangt
skeið verið "General Manager of
Corporate Operations”.
John hefur starfað í Islend-
John J. Arnason ingadagsnefnd á þriðja áratug.
*
Forseti Islendingadagsins
Maurice Eyolfson ráðuneytisstjóri
verður forsti Islendingadagsins í ár
Maurice var í mörg ár aðalsátta-
semjari í Verkalýðsmálaráðuneyti
fylkisins. Hann hefur átt sæti í ís-
lendingadagsnefnd í mörg ár.
Fjallkona — Marjorie Arnason
Minni Kanada
On the present I
issue of L.H. fjjjjt
Because of the Canandian
postal strike, one of the regular
issues of L.H. was not printed. * 111,.
As a result, the present issue has
been expanded from 16 to 20
pages. Dorothea og Helgi Bergs
Helgi Bergs bæjarstjóri á Akureyri
og kona hans Dorothea Bergs verða
gestir Islendingadagsins í ár, og
flytur bæjarstjórinn Minni Kanada á
aðalhátíðinni.
Helgi lauk, háskólaprófum í
viðskipta-og hagfræði frá Háskóla
íslands og University of London.
Hann hefur verið bæjarstjóri
Akureyrar frá árinu 1976.
Maurice Eyolfson