The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1964, Page 26

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 19Gr
Following the dinner the guests ol
honour were driven to Willow Point
where they saw the celebrated “White
Rock’’, a landmark since the original
landing October 21, 1875. Shortly
afterwards the official party left for
Winnipeg.
On Tuesday the Prime Minister’s
party visited another well-known area
of Icelandic settlement in Manitoba,
the Baldur-Glenboro district.
The major social event ol the Prime
Minister’s visit in the Winnipeg area
was the banquet held at the Interna-
tional Inn on Wednesday, August 5th.
All of the organizations prominent in
Icelandic cultural affairs in the city
were represented at the gathering, and
spokesmen on behalf of these organiz-
ations passed on their warmest greet-
ings (some in English, some in Ice-
landic) expressing their appreciation
over the fact that it had been possible
for the Prime Minister to visit Can-
ada at this time. Extending their wel-
come for these organizations were the
following: Mrs. H. F. Danielson for
The Jon Sigurdson Chapter I.O.D.E.;
Mrs. Imgibjorg Jonsson, for Logberg-
Heimskringla; Rev. V. J. Eylands, D.D.
the First Lutheran Church; Grettir Eg-
gertson, the Betel Home Foundation;
Dr. P. H. T. Thorlakson, the Canada-
Iceland Foundation; Plon. W. J Lin-
dal, The Icelandic Canadian; Prof.
Haraldur Bessason, Dept of Icelandic,
University of Manitoba; W. FI. Finn-
bogason, the Icelandic Canadian Club;