The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1961, Blaðsíða 32

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Summer 1961
afyte Aiembexdkip 3n J.O.Jb.£.
Mrs. H. F. Danielson was presented
with a Life Membership in the Prov-
incial Chapter of the Imperial Order
Daughters of the Empire, at the an-
nual meeting held April 11th and 12th,
at the Royal Alexandra Elotel in Win-
nipeg. The Provincial President, Mrs.
J. A. Swanson said the honor was in
recognition of Mrs. Danielson’s dis-
tinguished service to the Order, as
secretary of her own chapter, Jon Sig-
urdson—for nearly twenty years and
as Educational Secretary of the Prov-
incial Chapter for five years. Mrs.
Swanson said: “During your service the
Education Department went forward
by leaps and bounds’’.
During her term of office in the
Provincial Chapter Mrs. Danielson
served on various Provincial educa-
tional councils and conferences as rep-
resentative of the I.O.D.E., such as the
Teachers’ Recruitment Committee;
The Adult Education Association, The
Library Committee; The Education
Week Committee, and others. She
travelled widely among the Provincial
Chapters giving talks on education
at their meetings at high school con-
ferences.
Mrs. Danielson has also served as a
Vice-President of the Prvincial Chap-
ter for two years.
Five years ago Mrs. Danielson was
presented with a Life Membership in
the Jon Sigurdson Chapter for her out-
standing services. In addition to being
secretary for over nineteen years, she
has been a leader in all the cultural
activities of the chapter. In 1949 when
the chapter wished to raise a $1000 to
support the fund for the Icelandic
Chair at the U. of Manitoba, Mrs.
Danielson wrote and produced an his-
torical pageant, titled “The symbol of
Mrs. H. F. Danielson
Iceland”, which was shown in Win-
nipeg and at Gimli, and realized about
$600.00 for the fund. Later, the pageant
was reproduced on colored film strips,
and the commentary and music taken
on tape, to be preserved in the archives
of the U. of M. The pageant was also
presented in the Festival of Nations
at the Playhouse Theatre, when the
Y.M.C.A. held a three-day celebration
to commemorate their 100th anniver-
sary, in 1951, and won high praise.
In 1944, while president of the Ice-
landic Canadian Club, Mrs. Danielson
organized the Icelandic Canadian Ev-
ening school, where lectures were given
on the history and literature of Ice-
land, and classes conducted for in-
struction in the Icelandic language.
She conducted this school for three
years, and it was a great success, as