The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1956, Qupperneq 66

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1956
On Saturday, May 12th, the Iceland-
ic community lost one of its best-loved
citizens, Dr. SigurSur Julius Johannes-
son. An article about him is being
written by Dr. S. E. Bjornson and will
appear in the Autumn issue of this
magazine.
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The publication “First Flowering”,
devoted to the writing of Canadian
students, has accepted a short story
written by Rosemary Johnson, daugh-
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Jon Johnson of
Winnipeg. Rosemary was 13 years of
age when she wrote the story, which
was submitted for publication by her
teacher at General Wolfe School.
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Dr. V. J. Eylands president of the
Icelandic Lutheran Synod of North
America and Mrs. Eylands, Rev. Philip
M. Petursson, president of the West-
ern Canada Unitarian Conference and
Mrs. Petursson received invitations
from Steingrimur Steinjrorsson, head
of the Department of Theology of Ice-
land and Dr. Asmundur GuSmunds-
son, bishop of Iceland, to attend the
nine-hundred year anniversary of the
Bishopric of Skalholt, which will be
celebrated on July 1st. this year.
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On March 25th at an evening service
held in the auditorium of the St. James
Collegiate Dr. V. J. Eylands formally
announced the organization of the St.
Stephen’s Lutheran Church, Silver
Heights, as a charter member of the
U.L.C.A., Icelandic Synod. Dr. Donald
Flouser, New York, field director of
the Board of American Missions gave
the sermon “A Church is Born”. Also
present and bringing greetings to the
new congregation were Pastor S. T.
Guttormsson, Cavalir, N. D., Pastor
B. R. FriSriksson, Gimli, Man., Pastor
6. Skulason, Mountain, North Da-
kota.
Pastor Eric H. Sigmar, the pastor of
St. Stephen’s Lutheran Church, con-
ducted tire service.
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Dr. Fridrik Kristjansson, who has
been for many years with the Depart-
ment of Agriculture, Ottawa, doing
reasearch work at the Central Experi-
mental Farm, was appointed represent-
ative of his department to attend the
International Congress of Animal
Husbandry held in Madrid, Spain, in
May, and the International Congress
of Animal Breeding held in Cam-
bridge, England in June. He is a son
of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Kristjansson of
Winnipeg.
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The well-known poet Jon Jonatans-
son attained his eightieth birthday on
June 1 this year. Born at Bae in Skaga-
fjordur he came to Canada at the turn
of the century. His poems have ap-
peared in the Icelandic weeklies.
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The twenty-fifth anniversary of the
formation of the Women’s Association
of the First Icelandic Lutheran Church
in Winnipeg was observed at a banquet
meeting in January, presided over by
the president, Mrs. Paul Sigurdson.
Mrs. G. Johannesson, principal speaker,
gave an outline of the origin and his-
tory of the association.