Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Blaðsíða 2

Lögberg-Heimskringla - 11.09.1992, Blaðsíða 2
2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 4. september 1992 lcelandic Festival of Manitoba Scholarship for 1992 The Wilhelm Kristjansson Memorial Scholarship of $500 is offered by the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba to a student who has completed one or more years of post-secondary studies and who will be continuing his or her studies the following year. The selection is based on academic results, as well as on qualities of leader- ship and community service. The winner this year was Theodore Johann (T.J.) Heidrick of Sherwood Park, Alberta. The presentation was made at the Icelandic Festival in Gimli on Monday, August 3rd. T.J. completed high school in T.J. Heidrick Sherwood Park, Alberta, in two years instead of the usual three. He was the first student at this high school to accomplish such a feat. T.J. received a mark of 98% on the provincial math exam. This was a remark- able achievement considering that the failure rate was 34%. While attending high school, T.J. found time to tutor many students in physics, chemistry and math. He participated on the football team and the downhill ski racing team. In music, he studied grade eight piano with the Royal Conservatory, as well as singing, violin and music theory. T.J.’s Icelandic heritage can be traced through his mother, Sandra, who is the daughter of the late Johann and Helga Sigurdson of Lundar, Manitoba. T.J.’s great-grandparents, Sigridur and Sigurdur Holm and Ásta and Ingimundur Sigurdson came from Iceland. T.J. has completed first-year Engineering at the University of Alberta, and he has a GPA of 6.2. The GPA was considered exceptional enough to admit T.J. to be one of only 16 students to be enrolled in Computer Process Control Engineering in the Faculty of Chemical Engineering for this coming year. The members of the Icelandic Festival of Manitoba extend best wishes to T.J. for much success in his future studies. uMed Bestu Kvedjum, Love, Anna” This was Anna Peterson’s written message on her last Christmas card. She passed away July 27th, 1992. Her life spanned 93 years of the twentieth century. Bom in Iceland, just south of the Arctic Circle, she was impover- ished by the loss of her mother when she was only a toddler. Quickly she leamed the value of extended families and the comfort of friends and rela- tives. Her own family was further broken when her father, Kristjan Jonsson, and three sisters went to America when she was only thirteen, and she had to take on adult responsibilities. Seven years later, along with her sister, Kristin, Anna left the shores of Iceland to reunite with her family and to become a part of the American fab- ric. The transition was difficult for she had to leam the language bit by bit, when she became the neighbour to the German, French, Norwegian peo- ple of the Milton, N.D. community. The key word was Love, and the bridges were built on that foundation. Anna lived in the beautiful, ver- dant valley of the Tongue River in Cavalier County, which must have reminded her of her Bardardahl home beside Skjalfandifljot (Shiver- ing River) of her native land. When her sister, Kristin, passed away in 1936, she became the mother of her two children, Kristjan, now of Arleta, Califomia, and Kristine, (Mrs Joe Khoemstadt) of Maida, N.D. She later married their father, Haraldur Peterson, and two children, Einar of Glendale, Arizona, and Bernard of Devils Lake, N.D. were bom to that union. Sæl og Blessuð, Anna mín, Gudmn Hanson Walhalla, N.D. Letters to ttie Edítor Looking For Lost Ones I write you in hope of assistance. I have been trying to find relatives I have, or had, in Winnipeg, but I have had no luck so far. The information about these peo- ple are the following: In 1913, Guðrún Sigurjónsdóttir and Karl Jónasson moved from Iceland to Canada. Guðrún b. January 10, 1890, d. April 29, 1949 in Winnipeg. Karl b. July 1, 1883, d. May 4, 1949 in Winnipeg. They had one child I know of Hugrún Kristín, and she married a man with the name George Munday. I am hoping that you can find something about these people, or tell me where I can look, or whom I could write to. Sincerely, Emil Jón Sigtryggsson Austurgerdi 7 200 Kópavogur, Iceland □ □ □ I have been advised by the Consul of Canada in Iceland, Mr. Jón H. Bergs, to contact you and ask if you can help me locate two young women, Kristín and Marsa Wyvet, who should be about forty years of age, bom in Winnipeg. Kritstín’s and Marsa’s mother was or is Elsa Hjaltalin, the daughter of Gottfreð Hjaltalín; and the father’s name was or is Fred Wyvet. A relative of Kristín and Marsa Thórhildur Hjaltalín who was born December 17, 1904, and died December 17, 1990, left a little money to be divided between her relatives. If you can help me locate Kristín and Marsa, my fax number is 354- 627746. Sincerely yours, Jón Kr. Sólnes. Attomey Brekkugata 4 IS-600 Akureyri, Iceland Thanks from the Choir Thank you for publicizing the events that the University of Iceland Chamber Choir were participating in during the week July 24 to August 3rd. The singers enjoyed seeing their picture on the front page, and appre- ciated the audiences that came to hear them. They left Canada with many happy memories — realizations that the Icelandic heritage is strong and alive here, and hospitality abounding everywhere. Again, my appreciation to you. Respectfully, Helga Anderson Treasures of a thousand years Ég var nýlega á íslandi og hafði ég tækifæri til að ferðast í hringferð—og margt fallegt og stórkostlegt hafði ég séð á leiðinni. Þegar ég var kominn að Egils- stöðum tók frændi minn, Haukur Þorgilsson á móti mér og keyrði hann að minningarsteini, og þar las ég: “Frá því um 1875 á fyrstu árum þessar aldar fluttist fjöldi fólks af Fljótsdalshéraði búferlum Vestur um haf til Kanada og Bandakíkjanna. Þessir Vestur-íslendingar lögðu ætíð mikla rækt við íslenka tungu og men- ningu ættlands síns í hinum nýju heimkynnum vestan hafs. Þessa fólks og afkomanda þeirra minnumst við hér með sértækri virðingu.” Þegar ég stóð þar í blíða veðri og hreinu lofti — heima á íslandi, þá kom strax í hug að ég er einn af þeim — af íslenzkum-ættum. Sannarlega, stóð ég þar sjálfur í virðingu og þakklæti. Now I shall continue in English with a translation of the above inscrip- tion on the monument at Egilsstaðir to the “Westem Icelanders.” From about 1875 to the first years of this century a large group of people from the Fljótsdal district immigrated across the sea to Canada and the United States. These Western Icelanders always cultivated a deep love of the Icelandic language and the ancient culture of their ancestral home in the new surroundings across the sea. These people and their descen- dants remember her with thanksgiving and esteem. It is difficult to fully express the emotions I felt as I stood by this mon- ument. I can only say that I was hum- bled as I reflected upon the treasures of a thousand years which have been passed on to me. It was I who also remembered with “thanksgiving and esteem” my Icelandic heritage. And this heritage of a thousand years is so well given to us in the pages of Lögberg-Heimskringla week after week. Thank you for an out- síanding newspaper. Með þakklæti, Þinn einlægur, George Hanson Upcoming Events 5 Sat., Sept. 12 Winnipeg Thurs., Sept. 17 Winnipeg Frón’s Golf Toumament — The Viking Classic, 1:30 p.m. at Tuxedo Golf Couree - Golfere must register ($25.) - phone Hallthor 955-9806. Potluck supper at the Scandinavian Cen- tre afterwards. Eveiyone welcome. □ □ □ The Ad Hoc Committee for Icelandic in the school system will hold a General Meeting, 7:00 p.m. at the Scandinavian Centre on Erin St All are invited to attend. Sat., Sept. 19 Winnipeg Sat., Oct 24 Winnipeg V □ □ □ Annual Fall Tea — The Jón Sigurðsson Chapter IODE cordially invites you & your friends to the T. Eaton Assembly Hall, 7tii floor, from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. Home Cooking - Handicrafts - Novelties □ □ □ Magnus Eliason Award Banquet 6:30 p.m. atthe Scandinavian Cultural Centre. Tickets ($40.) must be reserved early. Phone Neil Bardal at 949-2200 or Scandinavian Centre at 774-8047. Lögberg-Heimskringla PUBLISHED EVERY FRIDAY BY LÖGBERG - HEIMSKRINGLA INCORPORATED 699 Carter Avenue, Winnipeg, Man. 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