The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1957, Síða 22

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1957
Vdrsity of California, I can truly say,
I have never met a finer group of men.
Never once did I hear any one make
an ungentlemanly remark.
The high esteem of my wife and me
for them was also shared by the folks
in Maine and California, who enter-
tained them socially,
Their group singing was a joy to
hear and their expressed love for their
home land I shall always remember.
If the opportunity arises, my wife
and I wish to visit Iceland. I know
that you and Mrs. Helgason contribut-
ed a great deal to the social good
times, while they were here in San
Luis Obispo.
With all good wishes, I am
Very sincerely,
Parker Talbot
The Icelandic Canadian,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
Dear Editor:
Enclosed you will find a letter from
Parker Talbot, one of our fine Edu-
cators of California, who was Technic-
al Director for the group of men from
Iceland who were studying in different
Institutions for several months and
here at California Polytechnic at San
Luis Obispo, 13 miles from Morro
Bay where we live.
We had the pleasure of entertaining
them at our home one Sunday, when
we had a Smorgasbord, and the music
we had from them sounded like a
trained Male Chorus. Mr. Helgason,
my husband, directed them, and it was
a thrill to hear them sing his father’s,
uncle’s, and his own songs sung.
We also had a fish-fry one day, when
they returned from several hours of
fishing in the ocean. After cleaning
some of the best fish they all enjoyed
the fish—fryed by the open fire—at
the foot of Morro Rock, called the
“Gibraltar of the Pacific”, with salad,
French bread with garlic, (something
unusual for Icelanders) and of course
lots of coffee. Mr. and Mrs. K. P. Ar-
mann of San Luis Obispo also helped
to entertain them. Only the best can
be said about these cultured men, who
were very well liked everywhere dur-
ing their short sojourn.
Very sincerely,
Hildur Lindgren Helgason
The Icelandic Canadian and its
readers are indebted to Helgi S. Helga-
son for supplying this instructive and
interesting material. Excerpts from his
letter follow:
“Last fall a group of Icelanders vis-
ited here and I got an opportunity to
get acquainted with them........They
are choice (urvals) men; they all are
an honour and a tribute to Iceland. . . .
“If you, my dear judge, feel that
some of what I have sent you is worthy
of publication you select what you
think is appropriate.
God bless you and all of you,
H. S. Helgason”
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A VOICE FROM ICELAND
The editors and publishers of the
dailies of Reykjavik are very kind, and,
though at much greater expense, they
exchange their papers with The Ice-
landic Canadian. (A reference to
periodicals will be made at an other
time.) “Visir” is one of these dailies.
The editor is Hersteinn Palsson, and
the right hand column of the editorial
page is captioned “Bergmal”, Echoes.
In the issue of May 8, 1957, appeared
the Echo on the following page.