The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1968, Page 49

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Chairman of the Federal Civil Service
Commission at Ottawa.
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ANNOUNCEMENT
W. J. Lindal, author of The Ice-
landers in Canada, desires to make the
following announcement.
The Centennial Commission fixed a
deadline for the publication of the
“Canada Ethnica” series. Only two of
the authors were able to meet it— Mrs.
O. Woycenko and he. Both had half
the prescribed number of books print-
ed in a rush to meet the deadline as
a result of which there were some typo-
graphical and other errors. In the sec-
ond printing the errors were corrected.
If anyone who bought from the
first lot prefers a copy of the correct-
ed book he may send the book back
to the publishers and a new one will
be sent to him free of charge.
Mr. Lindal also wants to point out
that the Centennial Commission asked
The Canada Council to select the
authors and they, in turn, appointed a
special committee to make the select-
ion. The personnel of that committee
has been kept a strict secret. All he
knows is that it selected him to write
the story of the Icelanders in Canada.
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Vilborg Kjartansson was elected
president of the Icelandic Canadian
Club of Toronto, Ont. at the annual
meeting last fall, succeeding Kris
Kjartansson. Hannes Petursson was
named vice-president, Laufey Brown
recording secretary, Ruth Laban cor-
responding secretary, Don Gislason lib-
rarian and Harold Broughton auditor.
Named hostesses were Erla Macaulay
and Emily Ridding. Barbara Kristjan-
son heads the membership committee
and Begga Petursson the social.
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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN CLUB OF BRITISH
COLUMBIA SCHOLARSHIPS
Miss Leslie Magnusson
Miss Joan Doris Anderson
Winners of the Icelandic Canadian son and Miss Joan Doris Anderson,
Club Scholarships for the Academic both in attendance at the University
Session 1967-68 are Miss Leslie Magnus- of British Columbia in Vancouver.