Lögberg-Heimskringla - 09.11.1984, Blaðsíða 8

8-WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 9. NÓVEMBER 1984
Icelandic Canadian Icelandic Content
Club of Toronto News
The first meeting of our
Icelandic-Canadian club 1984-85
season, was held on Tuesday, Oc-
tober 16th last.
Whereas we have used the North
York Community Hall for several
years, this meeting was held at the
Scandinavian Centre at 91 Starmount
St. in the Lawrence Ave.-Bathurst St.
area. The November 20 meeting is to
be held in this location as well.
Don Gislason, one of our
long-standing members was the guest
speaker and told us about all the dif-
ficult conditions that prevailed in
Iceland prior to the emigration of a
substantial portion of the population
during the latter part of the 19th cen-
tury. His presentation was laced with
the most erudite documentation from
sources such as government records,
steamship manifest lists and other
equally valid founts of information.
We were caught up in mixed emo-
tions when we learned that our
splendid young president, Brian
Lögberg-
Heimskringla
meeting in
Wynyard, Sask.
The president of Lögberg-
Heimskringla Inc. and its directors
have accepted an invitation to attend
a meeting in Wynyard, Saskatche-
wan, November 24. Directors and
friends of Lögberg-Heimskringla in
Manitoba planning to attend are en-
couraged to contact the office of the
paper as soon as possible. Further
details will appear in next week's
issue.
Petursson was resigning his position
due to his being transferred to Win-
nipeg. However we all rejoiced with
him in his promotion.
As usual, we were regaled with re-
freshments after the formal portion
of the meeting and now we look for-
ward to hearing Stephanie Paulson
speak to us at the November 20th
meeting on "How Fashion affects our
Lifestyle."
At the subsequent October meeting
of the Executive we were pleased
that Eric Hagan, a staunch supporter
of our Club, accepted the Presiden-
cy for the balance of the season.
Þinn einl.
Magnus
Editorial
The assassination of Indira Gandhi
and similar attempts on leaders are
commented on in this week's issue.
It has not been the policy of Lögberg-
Heimskringla in recent years to
discuss politics. The reason for that
is the fact that L.H. is a newspaper
concentrating on Icelandic affairs on
this Continent and in Iceland.
However, no newspaper can ig-
nore politics completely and when
something takes place, for example
the murder mentioned above, which
shocks the whole world, a rule has
to be broken.
It appears that no leader, be it the
Pope, President or Prime Minister of
powerful nations, is safe from attacks
of this nature. The world, in spite of
tremendous discoveries in tech-
nology, medicine and what not, is a
Icelandair changes to
Single 800 Number
NEW YORK — Now you have on-
ly one Icelandair toll-free telephone
number to remember from anýwhere
in the continental USA outside the
metropolitan New York City area.
The transatlantic low cost pioneer
has changed to (800) 223-5500 as its
sole toll-free number from the 48
contiguous states. Formerly the car-
rier had different 800 numbers for
each region of the country, and in
some instances several numbers
within a given region.
New York City and surrounding
area residents may continue to call
(212) 757-8585.
Consumers and travel agents may
call the new toll-free number to make
reservations, get fare information or
book tours, and elicit details of
stopover tours in Iceland or Luxem-
bourg, free buses for passengers ar-
riving in Luxembourg, and the full
range of other Icelandair services.
European passengers returning
home will find the switch to one
number especially helpful for re-
confirming their return flights and in
gaining other travel information, no
matter what section of the USA they
may be in.
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constant battlefield. The attack on In-
dira Gandhi is another reminder of
that.
Directors of
Lögberg-
Heimskringla
The following are the newly
elected directors of Lögberg-
Heimskringla Inc.
President: Mr. Einar Arnason; Past
President: Mr. Aðalsteinn Krist-
jansson; Mr. Neil Bardal; Mr. Neil
Johannsson; Mr. Fred Isfjord; Mr.
Leigh Syms; Mr. Johann Sigurdson,
President of the Icelandic National
League; Professor Haraldur
Bessason; Miss Diane Kristjansson;
Mrs. Linda Collette; Mrs. Sigurlin
Roed; Mr. Haraldur Godmannson.
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