Lögberg-Heimskringla - 29.05.1992, Side 3

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 29. maí 1992 • 3
Lögberg'Heknskringla is one of the recipients of the American
Scandxnavian Society’s Annual Cultural Awards this year. Aíso
receiving an award is The Icelandxc FUm Festivai, which is being
York. Its members received the award on May 21st at a reception
Yacht Club, Thts award is is a great boost for the Film Festival fund
raising carhpaign (See page 7 for more information about the Film
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started him to cough, u wasn,t til much latcr-180t mY facts all
she slapped my face with her free hand straight,
and took off down the lane. by then Miss Mar8aret had gone home,
by then it was too late.
I stood there just a starin’ at the mess I’d i should have known better and thought
made again, this whole thing through,
a grown man whippin’ up on kids just as Miss Margaret with her big grey eyes
didn’t seem so right. was a Halldorsson too!
A Hundred Years Ago
Lulli
By Svanhildur Sabiston-Senger
(née Halldorson)
You may recall the time I went swimmin’
in the lake,
Arnold Halldorson stole my clothes, the
rotten little snake.
Then Leo who gave me trouble at every
turn I took,
their pay-back time was comin’, I stood
there and just shook.
I had gone with the Emilsons to a dance
in Siglunes,
I was wearing my green suit, fixed my
hair, so it wasn’t a mess.
We had justtied our horses near Larson’s
pen,
when I looked up and saw those
Halldorsson kids again.
I was standing there just thinkin’ how I’d
deal some misery,
out to those pint-size terrors who always
got the best of me.
I thought I’d bind and gag ’em, and tie
’em to a rail,
but I knew I ’d be defeated and they would
throw me into jail.
Old Gísli, he could see the wheels a
turnin’ in my head,
don’t feud with young ’uns Lulli, we are
here to dance instead.
So we walked into the hall, loud with
scrapin’ boots and chatter,
somehow, midst all the music, revenge
just did not matter.
So I danced with Björg, and Ása, and had
some punch and cake,
when in walked a girl so pretty I did a
double take.
Her dark brown hair, and big grey eyes
were perfect to be sure,
all I could do was stand there, with my
boots stuck to the floor.
I had to get in line, to take the lady’s
hand,
and walk her around the dance floor and
maybe kiss her hand.
She said her name was Margaret, she had
come home to visit kin,
I asked her to come out for air, before
they’d play again.
We stepped outside the hall, moonlight
fallin’ all around,
my heart was poundin’, loud like, feet not
walking on the ground.
We talked about the weather some and
how beautifully I could sing,
then standing close beside her, I was
hoping for a fling.
The music started up again, the cue to
amble back inside,
before I could get my courage up to ask
her to take a ride.
I took a step toward her, felt my blushin’
face go pale,
it seemed my old green suit was hooked
onto a nail!
“Those things happen”, said Miss
Margaret, to save my dignity,
when all at once, you can guess, who
stood in front of me.
Rotten little Halldorsson kids! Their
round faces grinnin’,
it was plain to me, you see the ones who
had done the sinnin’.
I went a little crazy then, my senses plumb
took off,
I grabbed one of the Halldorson kids and
dropped him in a trough.
Miss Margaret grabbed my arm, and this
Lögberg miðvikudaginn
28. mai 1892
Frjettir
Útlönd
Voðalegar kólerusögur berast frá bæ
einum merkum í Cashmere á Indlandi.
Þar deyja um 500 manns á dag. Borgar-
búar eru um 50,000, og allar horfur á að
bærinn ætli að gjöreyðast.
♦ ♦ ♦
Enn koma sögur um það, að
Þýzkalandskeisari sje með köflum
brjálaður. Tvisvar sinnum á síðasta
mánuði hefur hann, án þess að ráðfæra
sig við ráðgjafa sína, sent Rússakeisara
hraðskeyti, sem hefðu hlotið að valda
stríði tafarlaust, ef þauhefðu verið tekin
alvarlega. En Rússakeisari veit, að sögn,
hvemig ástatt er með Vilhjálm, og hefur
leitt hraðskeytin hjá sjer. En eins og
nærri má geta, er slíkt ekki hættulaust
fyrir þýska ríkið.
MESSUBOÐ
Fyrsta Lúterska
Kirkja
Pastor Ingthor I. Isfeld
1030 a.m. The Service followed by
Sunday School & CofTee hour.
First Lutheran Church
580 Victor St., Winnipeg, MB
R3G 1R2 Ph. 772-7444
Lögberg Wednesday,
May 28,1892
News
Foreign Countries
Horrible stories of cholera epidemic
are coming from a noteworthy town in
Cashmere, India. Each day bout 500
people die there. The citizens are ap-
proximately 50.000 in number and eve-
rything indicates that the town will be
completely depopulated.
♦ ♦ ♦
Stories about the German Kaiser be-
ing at times quite insane are still in
circulation. Twice last month, without
consultingwith his advisors, he sentthe
Czar in Russia express telegrams, which
most certainly would have brought about
immediate war, had they been taken
seriously. But the Czar knows, it is said,
the situation with Wilhelm, and has dis-
regarded the telegrams. But, as can be
expected, such things are not free of
danger for the German
empire.
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48th Anniversary Celebration
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Sunday June I4th, 1992
1:30 PM Annual wreath laying ceremony
Jón Sigurdsson Statue Manitoba
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2:30 PM Musical Program & Refreshments
Oxford United Church (corner of Oxford & Fleet)
Admission $5.00 Children & Youth Free
The dazzling array of musical talent will include: Jocelyn Stewart-Hay, Piano
Solo; Kerrine Wilson, organ solos; Signy & Heidi Arnason and Amber &
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Vocal soloists; Scandinavian Canadian Choir, Scandinavian Songs & produc-
tion numbers from Broadway musical shows.
Door prizes and special treats for the children!
All cordially welcome.
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