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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1946
IN FULL ICELANDIC FESTIVE COSTUME
Merlene McKell (seated) and (standing, left to right)
Laurel Argyle, Norma Bearnson and Mary Jane Jarvis
greeted the visitors from Canada and many western
states at the annual Iceland Day, August 2nd, this year,
held at Arrowhead resort, near Spainish Fork, Utah.
J^ewd 3xom
Utah
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The young ladies and
the members of the en-
tertainment committee,
are all descendants of
the 16 original Icelandic
pioneers who settled in
the eastern part of Span-
ish Fork between 1855
and 1860, to found the
first Icelandic settlement
in America.
While the Icelandic set-
tlement was a distinct
group in the early days,
it has now been thor
oughly assimilated as an
integral part of the thriv-
ing town.
From the days of the
first settlement, the pio-
neers and their descend-
ants have religiously ob-
served their national
holiday by a celebration
at which all gathered and
recalled incidents of oth-
er days.
The day-long program
began with the registra-
tion of guests at 9 a.m.,
and concluded with a
dance in the evening.
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