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the Leaders’ Cottage. The cost of the hall was paid from the
memorial fund. One hundred and fifty chairs were donated by the
people of Selkirk. A Heintzman piano was donated by Mrs.
Thodbjorg Henrikson, an organ by the Ladies Aid at Brown, an
altar by the group of campers that were with us at the Sunday
School Mission Camp. Later a pulpit was donated in memory of
Gunnlaugur Johannsson of Winnipeg by his family. Thus the hall
was ready for use. Since then the inside finishings were completed.
The chapel was furnished with altar, altar-rail, pews and some
Biblical pictures. The library has now become the most ornate
room in the whole camp owing to the efforts of Mrs. Margaret
Scribner and her committee. Over 400 books are there.
From the year 1939 there had been a standing camp committee
in our league. In 1942, Mrs. Fjola Gray was chosen convenor of
that committee. She has been one of the leading spirits in our camp
work. During the year 1947 the executive unanimously decided to
augment the camp committee and change the name to Board of
Directors of Sunrise Lutheran Camp. At the convention in 1947
such a Board of 16 members was elected from the different parishes.
The number from each parish not to exceed four. That year ten
ladies and six men were elected. The president of the Lutheran
Women’s League also has a seat on the Board. Since then there
have been some changes, but the following members elected that
year are still serving: Mr. S. O. Bjerring, Dr. Eyolfur Johnson, Anna
Magnusson, Thodbjorg Henrickson, Gudlaug Arason. Mr. S. O.
Bjerring was elected chairman at the first Board meeting; Mrs.
Fjola Gray, secretary (who was later replaced by the present secre-
tary, Mrs. Henrickson); Mrs. Anna Magnusson was elected treas-
urer. She still holds that office.
Keeping on with the list of our buildings on the camp site. In
1951 the next building was adding a small cabin donated by a
group of women from Selkirk. Nine women from the different
organizations of the Lutheran Church formed a committee during
the war years to send parcels and letters to our boys in the services.
There were about 130 boys there from our church and we loved
this work of keeping in touch with them. When the war was over
we felt we could not disband so decided to keep on as a club and
changed our name to Sunrise Club. There were 11 of us, as many