The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1955, Page 47

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Mrs. H. F. Danielson of Winnipeg-
appeared in the television program,
“Dances Of The Nations”, which was
shown on the CBC-TV network Oc
tober 24. An Icelandic boy, Tom John-
son, also took part.
★
Mayor Steve Oliver of Selkirk, Man
was returned to office by acclamation
and Mr. W. Indridason re-elected
councillor in centre ward, also by ac-
clamation, when nominations were
closed Oct. 11 last.
★
An Icelandic Lutheran Church is
being erected in Vancouver, B. C.
Expectations are that it will be com-
pleted in time for opening about
Christmas. The church will seat ap-
proximately 200 people, and the base-
ment meeting hall will have about
the same capacity.
★
“First White Child Born In Am-
erica”, a sixty-page book just off the
press, is a story of the birth and christ-
ening of Snorri Thorfinnsson who was
born in Cape Cod area of Massachu-
setts in the fall of 1010, and of the
second and third expeditions to Vin-
land the Good. Written by a member
of the American Historical Association,
it contains footnotes and a genealogy
prepared by Dr. Jon Johannesson, Uni-
versity of Iceland.
The writer, Solveig Sveinsson of
Vancouver whose pseudonym is Ronda
Rivers, was in Winnipeg in November
visiting her brother and sister-in-law,
Mr. and Mrs. Kelly Sveinson. Her
novel, We Loved Them Once was
published by the Vantage Press, New
York, in 1954.
★
In the civic elections held in Win-
nipeg October 26, both Alderman Paul
W. Goodman and Paul Thorkelsson,
School Board Trustee, were re-elected.
★
Mr. Ed Vopni was re-elected chair-
man of the executive of the Manitoba
branch of the Air Cadet League of
Canada at its annual meeting in Oct-
ober.
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