The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1959, Qupperneq 43

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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bjbrn, had owned—an act comparable
to mediaeval pilgrimages. The burial
of such a silver hoard is very pagan in
spirit and closely connected with elab-
orate pagan funerary practices. The
man who buried this silver in the years
1010—1015 must really be accounted
a pagan, although he may have nomin-
ally accepted Christianity some years
previously.
However, this can never be establish-
ed with complete certainty and does
not really matter. It may well be that
the old boy was just too mean to be
willing to contemplate his descendants
enjoying his silver. If so, he miscalcu-
lated for now the silver has been found
and given a home where lit will be well
and long enjoyed.
*
(The attention of the reader is directed to
a recent work by Kristjan Eldjarn, Kuml og
haugfe, Akureyri, (1957), in which are discussed
all heathen burial mounds known in Iceland
and numerous objects found during archaeo-
logical investigations. Discoveries of silver
coins other than the above are listed on pp.
365—368. Kuml og haugfe is a masterpiece of
its kind.)
Lieutenant Dean L. Readmond
Lieutenant Dean L. Readmond of
the U.S. Air Force is the son of Roy
and Llelga Readmond of Sioux Falls,
South Dakota. His mother’s parents
were Thorsteinn and HolmfriSur
Josephson, of Sinclair, Manitoba. He
has an aunt, Mrs. Harry Marvin, of
Churchbridge, Sask., and two uncles,
FriSibjorn and Jacob josephson, ot
Sinclair, Manitoba.
DISTINGUISHED
FLYING OFFICER
★
Dean began his Air Cadet training
at San Antonio, Texas, in 1956, after
graduating from High School at Sioux
Falls. He attended flight school at
Graham A. F. B., Florida, and at Bryan
A. F. B„ Texas, flying T-33’s. There
he received his wings and won the dis-
tinction of being one of the five dis-
tinguished graduates of his class of
June 1958.
At Williams A. F. B., Arizona, he
flew F86’s, and at present is a co-pilot
on a B47 at Whiteman A. F. B., Mis-
souri.