Lögberg-Heimskringla - 30.10.1992, Blaðsíða 7

Lögberg-Heimskringta • Föstudagur 30. október 1992 • 7
Gimli stríves to preserve herítage
By Maijorle Arnason,
Presldent Glmll Chapter
Another year has come and gone
and our chapter as all others, are
doing our best, in our own way, to
help preserve our heritage and culture.
We hold seven regular meetings
and four executive meetings a year,
with our annual meeting and election
of officers in May.
We have an excellent attendance at
our meetings and members are all
eager to help and support our func-
tions.
To r Join the Gimli k^nÍAr nf INII
V- ntipiLr ui i i^il Call or write to:
Box 1 uma iNanason 643, 91-3rd Ave„ Gimli, MB
R0( Z 1B0 (204) 642-5812
or Connie Magnusson
Box 1073, Gimli, MB R0C1B0 (204) 642-5963
Our annual B.B.Q was again held
at Willow Point with approximately 50
in attendance, and we were honoured
with a visit from the I.N.L president
Evelyn Thorvaldson.
Oli Narfason once again, with his
able committee, conducted the pro-
gram for the residents at Betel at our
January party, and had them singing
there favourites songs. I am sorry to
report that our Icelandic classes were
not held this past year.
Donations are given to various
organizations and events which con-
tribute to the Icelandic culture and
heritage. Our main source of income,
other than our membership fees, is our
annual raffle. This year we were fortu-
nate to have the sale of the very popu-
lar and successful Heritage Calendars.
Monies from our raffles go to support
Lögberg Heimskringla.
The Gimli Chapter members, Olla
and Stefan Stefanson, and myself were
in attendance at the Washington con-
ference last October 9/91. There we
welcomed the historical re-enactment
of the Vikings arriving in America,
and were very pleased to have had the
opportunity once again to say hello to
the ever charming President of
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Iceland, Vigdís Finnbogadóttir.
Jón Ásgeirsson, of the Icelandic
Society of Reykjavík, Iceland, should
be commended for his effort and hard
work in arranging this first joint con-
ference, and I am sure, should another
such conference be held that there will
be more participation from all
Chapters and Icelandic Societies in
North America, this gives us all an
opportunity to discuss our common
goals, that is to keep our ties with
Iceland and our culture and heritage
strong.
In October we had the pleasure of
having Dr. Finnbogi Guðmundsson
address our membership, after which a
social hour was held.
Our membership chairman Elert
Einarson has been very active and
generous. He has donated $50.00 as a
prize to be drawn among the new
members, and has done this for sever-
al years. I wish to take this opportuni-
ty on behalf of our chapter to thank
him.
Seattle Club Report
By Eric H. Slgmar
It was a busy and banner year for our
Club! Busy, as we sponsored more special
activities than usual in a year’s time - three
events wherein we hosted visiting groups,
or individuals, from Iceland; as well as pre-
senting our usual annual events —
Þorrablót, Icelandic Independence Day
celebration, the Icelandic Picnic, the
Jólabal (Icelandic Christmas Party), and
the Jóla messa (Christmas Service). Besides
that we co-operated with the Ladies Aid
"Eining” in the “Sumardagurinn fyrsti”
event, with the Nordic Heritage Museum
in the “Tivoli” event, and our Iceland
Room Committee was busily involved with
the tasks of enhancing displays etc., in our
special room in the Museum.
It was a banner year because of the
good response to many of the above
events, especially the large attendances at
the Icelandic Independence Day celebra-
tion, and the Deccmber “Jólabal”.
Many of the other events were well
attended and appreciated, with comparable
attendance at the Þorrablót and Picnic as
in previous recent years.
To Join the lcelandic Association of Seattle
Call or write to:
EricH.Sigmar I0627SE 293rd„ Soattle, WA 98002 (206) 833-4245
or
Sophie Wailace 10113-6535 SeaviewNW, Scattle,WA 98117 (206) 789-6279
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