Lögberg-Heimskringla - 26.01.1996, Blaðsíða 2

2 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 26. janúar 1996
Notes from our readers:
vv je always love to hear from our
I Al readers. Your views are impor-
V r tant to the community and to
this newspaper. Here are a few of the
comments we have received recently:
Mrs. C.V. Laban of Toronto,
ON, wrote us to say: I enjoy
the articles sent in from the
clubs across Canada and the U.S.A. My
mother was an original subscriber and
was on the front page of an issue in
1972. My sister, Alene Moris, is a noted
speaker on career planning. She was
born and raised in Regina and now
lives in the Seattle area. She was
Fjallkona for the Seattle area about 5
years ago. She was the instigator of the
Women’s Conference held in Seattle,
Feb. 95. There were speakers from
around the world and they had a very
large attendance. From this conference
came the formation of a Women’s
Institute of which Alene is the founder.
She is in touch with women’s groups in
Iceland.
Our mother was Iona Jonasson
Halvorson, bom in Hallson, N.D. who
emigrated to Selkirk and lived in

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Regina. Her sister was Halldora
Bjarnadóttir of Akureyri, Iceland, a
noted woman, author, editor, crafts-
person who lived to be 108 years old..
(Ed. note: We’d love to hear more
about Alene’s Women’s Institute.)
★ ★ ★
Prof. R.A. Johnson of Winnipeg,
MB, wrote to say: “I think that
the paper is already measurably
better. So keep it up. Personally I
would like to see more of the early his-
tory of the settlements and families. I
know that there is a great deal of that
in the Icelandic collection but it tends
to be too folksy and each entry is given
in isolation of its context and relations
to others and other events. But enough!
It’s a good newspaper.
★ ★ ★
Emil Gillies of Winnipeg, MB,
wrote to say: “I enjoy the articles
about our early settlers in North
America and about Iceland, land of our
ancestors. I would like you to drop
terms such as “Westem-Icelanders” in
reference to Canadians of Icelandic
extraction. We chose to become
Canadians more than a century ago.
Surely it is time to get off the boat. I
would also like to see considerably
more Canadian content.

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tf.au
Greetings from Washington
by Eric H. and Svava Sigmar
Auburn, Washington
May I commend you, for the
improvement in L-H this last
year or so. It is good to see so
many articles or news items from the
various areas of both Canada and the
USA where people of Icelandic descent
live. Obviously there will be more news
about Manitoba personalities and
events since so many people of
Icelandic descent live there, and it is
there that the paper is published. But it
is important that there be news items
from the many communities where the
rest of us of Icelandic heritage “live and
move and have our being.” So thanks
for making the concerted effort to
encourage and then print items from
beyond your immediate locale.
Yesterday I conducted an Icelandic
Christmas service at Calvary Lutheran
Church in Seattle, a congregation origi-
nally of the former and now defunct
Icelandic Lutheran Synod. A majority of
its members are still of Icelandic
descent, many with backgrounds from
North Dakota and Manitoba. It remind-
ed me of my first parish experience of
over 45 years ago in Argyle Lutheran
Parish, Glenboro, Manitoba. They still
desired occasional Icelandic services at
that time, and in preparation for the ser-
mons I often secured the help of the late
G.J. Oleson, in helping me translate my
English rendition into proper Icelandic!
He was a neighbor and good friend of
Eric H. Sigmar, taking time out to read
Lögberg-Heimskriniga at a Pioneer
Monument in the rural village of Gundagai,
Australia, a small town between the cities
of Canberra and Melbourne. This was taken
on Nov. 2, 1995 on a tour of Australia and
New Zealand hosted by Svava and me.
There were twenty-seven of us on the tour.
(A year before, Sept. of 1994, we hosted a
Nordic Tour which included three wonderfui
days in lceland. There were 34 on that tour
and only one other person besides Svava
and myself had ever been to lceland. They
were fascinated with the lceland visit.)
mine, and I have warm memories of my
associations with him and his family.
Best wishes in your continued efforts
to make L-H a publication for all per-
sons of Icelandic descent scattered
throughout the United States and
Canada.
hursdays
Wínnípeg
Sat., Feb. 3
Florída
Thurs., Feb. 15
Vancouver

Icelandic Classes - at Nordíc House, 764 Erin Street
Come & join in — it’s not too late!
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Þorrablót ín Florída - at Langford Hotel in Winter Park
Entertainment, rafíle with lots of good prizes and great food.
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Sólskin Valentíne Party - 2 p.m. at Icelandic Care Home Höfn
Entertainment, refreshments.
Sat., Feb. 17
Minneapolis
Sun., Feb. 18
Winnipeg
Fri., Feb. 23
Wínnipeg
Sat., Feb. 24
Vancouver
Sun., Feb. 25
Toronto
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Þorrablót - Icelandic-American Assoc. of Minnesota at the Swedish Institute
Call Steingrimur Steinolfson for tickets — (612)881-3326
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Nordíc Heritage Celebration - 3 p.m. at Nordic House, 764 Erin Street
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ICF Þorrablót - 6 p.m. at Nordíc House, 764 Erin Street
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ICCBC Þorrablót- at Bumaby Lake Pavilíon. Icelandic foods featured. Call
OIi for reservations at (604) 937-0945
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ICCT Meeting - A Vísit to Iceland via the Internet - 2:30-4:30 p.m. An
intro. to the Intemet, World Wide Web and our new Home Page on the Web.
We will also visit interesting sites in Iceland and “talk” to a contact there.
Unitarian Hall, 175 St. Clair Ave. W. (near Avenue Rd.) Phone Irene Gibson
on 293-2324 to book your space.
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