The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1961, Side 43

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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and he acquits himself very well in-
deed”
The play is about a designing woman
who has not hestitated to resort to
murder to get rid of rivals. In the ac-
companying picture she is beginning
to fear that the net is tightening
around her. Wayne, as young Ricky,
is being questioned by his father in
the play, as he seeks to protect his wick-
ed stepmother.
In appreciation of his excellent act-
ing, Peter Manning, who plays the
father, Charles Ashton, presented
Wayne with a silver trophy and his
classmates in the Clifton School pre-
sented him with a desk set.
Wayne has been asked to take a part
in the Children’s Theatre next produc-
tion ‘The Snow Queen”, to be played
during the Christmas holidays.
Wayne Arnason is in Grade 6, and
has always led his class, and, in spite
of his heavy role in the play, has kept
up his studies. He is a grandson of the
late Bergthor Emil Johnson and has in-
herited his grandfather’s flare for
poetry and appreciation of art. Else-
where in this issue a Christmas poem
by Wayne which he composed when he
was ten years old.
THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
By Wayne Bergthor Arnason
Christmas day is fast approaching,
With all it’s gay festivity.
Do we think of the Spirit of Christmas,
As it really ought to be?
In Bethlehem of Judea,
Born this most Holy Day,
In a lowly stable manger,
The little Lord Jesus lay.
And in the fields not far away,
The shepherds watched their flocks.
The Lord God Almighty saw them
there,
Among the tall grass stalks.
He sent his angel Gabriel down,
And bade him tell them thus,
“Jesus has been born in Bethlehem,
He will be Lord over all of us.”
And the shepherds (though scared
they were)
Went to Bethlehem with haste,
And they found the manger, where
Mary,
Her little baby had placed.
In the Eastern sky a star was seen,
It’s brightness none other could match.
It sailed ever westward and it’s light
came to rest,
On the stable’s roof of thatch.
There were in the East three great
Kings.
Who saw the radiant star.
They knew its meaning and took their
gift
And followed it near and far.