Lögberg-Heimskringla - 02.12.1983, Síða 7

WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 2. DESEMBER 1983-7
Frón Kaffi Hús — A successful social event
Last Friday, November 18th, an in-
teresting and novel gathering took
place within the Icelandic communi-
ty here in Winnipeg. This was the
Frón Kaffi Hús. New, Frón gather-
ings are not all that uncommon, but
what made the Kaffi Hús different
was the emphasis on informality and
keeping a relaxed atmosphere. The
slogan "meet, mix, mingle'1, which
could be found on the Frón flyer
advertising the Kaffi Hús, captures
well the type of enterprise taking
place.
Apparently there was quite a
number of people interested in
"meeting, mixing and mingling", as
the turnout was very good, and must
have surpassed the highest hopes of
the organizers. Particularly enjoyable
was the large number of young peo-
ple that showed up — which certain-
ly defeats the accusation sometimes
made that Icelandic socials in Win-
nipeg are almost like a gateway to
Bethel.
Fremri röð vinstri til hægri: Sigridur Magnusson, Begga
Methusalemson, Magdaline Lechowicz og Laura Wilkinson. Aftari röð
vinstri til hægri: Helgi Johnson, Ragner Gudmundson og Halli
Bjornson. Mynd Dorothy Torfason.
Afmæli á Betel, Gimli
Einu sinni í mánuði hverjum halda
Betelbúar á Gimli upp á afmæli.
Nýlega var afmælisbörnum
nóvembermánaðar haldið hóf og var
þar eitt og annað til skemmtunar.
Skröfuðu íbúar við gesti og Óli
Narfason og Dennis Carlson
stjórnuðu fjöldasöng. Clara Stevens
bakaði myndar afmælisköku sem
viðstaddir neyttu ásamt öðru
góðgæti.
Obituary
Aleph S. Johannson
Funeral services for Aleph S
Johannsson, 101, a resident of Seat-
tle for 77 years and Democratic
precinct committeewoman in Ballard
for 27 years, were recently held in
the Calvary Lutheran Church, 7002
23rd N.W.
Mrs. Johannsson was born in
North Dakota Territory in 1882, and
came to Seattle in 1906 to marry
Bjarni O. Johannson who was
graduating from the University of
Washington School of Pharmacy that
year. Mr. Johannsson operated the
Cascade Drug Store in Ballard for
many years.
On her lOOth birthday, Mrs.
Johannsson was presented a cer-
tificate signed by Washington's top
Democrats, including the late Sen.
Henry M. Jackson and former Gov.
Albert D. Rosellini, thanking her for
her service as a precinct committee-
woman.
The president of Iceland, Vigdis
Finnbogadottir, who visited Seattle,
also met with Mrs. Johannsson and
congratulated her on her lOOth birth-
day. Mr. Johannson and her husband
were of Icelandic descent.
She was a member of the Audubon
Society, and a founder of the Calvary
Lutheran Church in Ballard.
Mrs. Johannsson is survived by a
son, Lincoln S. Johannsson of Seattle:
three daughters, Sigrid Hastings and
Wilma Vadnais both of Seattle, and
Thorun Robel of Renton; eight grand-
children and 13 great-grandchildren.
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Being a regular at Frón socials, I
saw new faces and made new acquain-
tances. Many of those were coming
to a Frón social for the first time and
seemed to thoroughly enjoy it.
The formal programme was very
good and just the right length.
Enough to get people in a celebrating
mood without overpowering the in-
formal setting. The refreshing singing
and playing of L. Brandson and J.
Magnuson was lively and entertaining
And then, later, Kristjana Gunnars,
struck a slightly more serious note
when she read some of her poetry.
Quite honestly I was a little worried
that she came on too late in the even-
ing and that people had passed the
point where they enjoy listening to
poetry. But those worries quickly
vanished as Kristjana began her live-
ly reading, and people showed their
appreciation with a complete and im-
pressive silence while she delivered
her poems, followed by a big ap-
plause once she had finished. To
complete an excellent programme
the Argyles sang in beautiful har-
monies to the delight of us listening.
Events like this one are very impor-
tant for the formation of new ties and
relations and strengthening of ex-
isting ones within the Icelandic com-
munity in Winnipeg. The Frón ex-
ecutive deserves a praise for this in-
itiative and hopefully there will be a
continuation of this that meets with
as great a success as did this Kaffi
Hús.
Birgir Guðmundsson
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