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14 • Lögberg-Heimskringla • April 1 2012
Lögberg-Heimskringla features this series of photographic mysteries in conjunction with the Nelson Gerrard’s “Silent Flashes” project, which explores early photography among
Icelandic immigrants and their descendants in North America.
Any successful solutions will be published.
To obtain further information on the “Silent Flashes” project
or to provide input, contact Nelson Gerrard at (204) 378-2758
or eyrarbakki@hotmail.com, or by mail at Box 925, Arborg,
Manitoba R0C 0A0.
Check out the “Silent Flashes” website and photo archive at
www.sagapublications.com.
Photo Mystery:
Do you know these people?
Obituary
FAMILY ANNOUNCEMENTSb b
“This badly water-damaged photo was found recently
in an old stove in a basement in Geysir, Manitoba. It might
have a connection with the Laxdal family and could even be
Sigríður Laxdal, who married the Winnipeg artist and house
painter Friðrik Sveinsson Swanson, with their five daughters,
one of whom married Charlie Thorson... Maybe someone can
confirm or disprove this.”
Víðimýrarkirkja séð til austurs, Skagafjörður áður Seyluhreppur /
Vidimyri –- Vidimyrarkirkja old turf church, viewing east, Skagafjordur former
Seyluhreppur
PHoto: © mAts WIBE LunD
Margaret was born in Winnipeg
on August 31, 1929. She was
predeceased by her husband, Terry,
two sisters (Pearl, Ruby), three
brothers (Tim, George, and Cliff) and
her parents (Margaret and Stony
Stone).
Margaret married Terry in 1948
and together they raised four children
in their home in Winnipeg. She
participated in all of her husband’s
endeavours, particularly in sport
aviation. As a member of John Black
Memorial United Church, she worked
on social events and fundraising
endeavours with a special group of
friends. Her interests were many:
collecting genealogical information,
refinishing furniture, writing a book
An Airplane in My Living Room and
helping catalogue archives at the
Western Canada Aviation Museum.
She obtained her Bachelor of Arts
degree from the University of
Winnipeg at the age of 75. She also
enjoyed her time at Lion’s Place in
Winnipeg and the activities there.
She moved to Calgary five years ago
and was active discovering a new
city, meeting with LEIC and making
new friends.
Margaret is survived by her
children: Jessie Algeo, Peggy (Don)
Chudzy, Chris (Cheryl) Algeo, and Bill
(Wendy Tod) Algeo. Her great joy in
life were her precious grandchildren,
Riki (Erik) Harding, Jamie Sulek,
Maggie (Ryan) Crowley, Holly
Chudzy, Tyler (Clare Donaldson)
Algeo, Carley Algeo, Patrick Algeo,
Jesse Algeo, Teagan Algeo and her
great-granddaughter Olivia Harding.
Also left to mourn her passing are
her sister Dorothy (Ron) Pound, and
many dear nephews, nieces, cousins
and friends.
A tree will be planted in Calgary
in 2012 in memory of Margaret.
A Celebration of Life was held in
Calgary on January 20 at Legacy
Estates and a service/interment was
held in Winnipeg on February 18.
Margaret (Peggy) Algeo
August 31,1929 - January 1, 2012
Florida Fritters
The Animals We Encounter
Your reporter has been telling you
about some of the exciting things that
happen on his daily walkabouts. Last
time he dealt with fellow walkers, but
now he will tell you about the animals,
other than the human ones, that he sees
off and on, both domisticated and wild.
Here is a list of some of the wild critters,
that he has encountered: Snakes, geckos,
small lizards, iguanas, rats, opossums,
squirrels, racoons, various birds in the
air, and some that are frequently on the
ground, such as Muscovy ducks and ibis
to name a few. Fortunately he has not met
any alligators on his walks, even though
that might still happen. Some years ago,
when he was driving to work early one
morning, there was a commotion on
the next street over because a nine foot
alligator had crawled out of the canal,
that runs through the delvelopment. All
these poor animals lived here for ages
before man intruded and started building
houses in their wild open spaces. But two
of the above mentioned are exceptions
because they moved here in recent
times like all the human critters. They
are the Muscovy ducks, that came from
Mexico and the iguanas that migrated
from the same area. These ducks are
not well liked and are considered a pain
in the neck. The iguanas, some two or
three feet long, have been spreading
in South Florida in the last few years,
but Mother Nature put a crimp in that
development, when she sent us three
nights of temperatures around 40 F last
year, which wiped out most of these
ugly lizards. You could see many of
them, belly up, all over the place, before
city workers collected the carcasses.
None of these wild things are bothering
the walker. The snakes, mostly garden
variety, and geckos scurry out of sight
quickly as do rats and squirrels, when
they see somebody coming. Racoons
are extremely seldom encountered and
unfortunately the nocturnal opossum is
only seen dead, having been run over
by a car in the night. So your walking
reporter is not afraid of the wild critters.
But it is the domisticated types that
worry him much more. A report on
those will come later.
Iceland Health
For many years a company called
Iceland Health has been active on
the internet selling health foods and
supplements, many said to be derived
from Icelandic fish liver oil. Several
health concious Icelanders in Florida
have called their consul to ask about
this company, wondering if it was
owned by their countrymen.One caller
was also uneasy because a supplement,
that he had bought, listed the product
made in Columbia. The consul checked
this out and the company, probably
never owned by Icelanders, had started
selling fish liver oil products in retail
but then switched over to the internet.
After awhile the operation was sold to
the company Nutrition 21 for over 10
million dollars, and now it has passed
on to Nature Products of Sunrise,
Florida for an unknown amount. So, just
continue to take your cod liver oil and
stop worrying about labels.
Fritters are deepfried delicacies or tidbits. The spelling is uncannily similar to the Icelandic word for
news, Fréttir. So what you are getting is news regarding Iceland from Florida snd some tidbits too.
Thórir S. Gröndal
Florida