The Icelandic Canadian - 01.09.1968, Side 22

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 1968
takes. A battle ensues; the weeds may
gain ground. Eventually God, the
Supreme Power and Wisdom and Law,
provides direction for the establish-
ment of unity — Peace on Earth.
One can summarize:
the Norse sense of positive fatal-
ism gave rise to a self-directive
which led to upright and honest
action, individual and collective;
a man of the cloth in Iceland ex-
horted his people to build as God
— the supreme deity — would
want them to build;
an Iceland-Canada poet appealed
to mankind to be ever mindful
that human life on this planet
will continue only if a part of
man’s service is devoted to that
upon which permanent life on
earth can ibe builded — World
Peace:
a Canadian of Icelandic blood,
himself afflicted, has in a modern
parable pointed out how world:
wide rivalries have provided the
needed adversities to enable man
to find the right of two directions,
leading to permanent peace —
unity with God.
These are guidelines which are to
be found in the Icelandic record. They
appear to be timeless and universal.
-W. J. Lindal

FRON RAISING A BUILDING FUND
The 50th anniversary of the Iceland-
ic Society Fron in Winnipeg will be
observed in 1969. It was formed May
23, 1919, but still has no permanent
home or meeting place. It is a Chapter
of the Icelandic National League.
As an anniversary project the society
in June set out to establish such a
home by 1969, and for this purpose
started a fund-raising campaign, the
objective $3,500. More than $500 was
subscribed in the first week, and more
has since been received.
Over 'the years the society has gather-
ed a library which now contains in
the neighborhood of 4,000 volumes.
This is presently housed in the head-
quarters of the Icelandic National
League in Winnipeg. A permanent
home would accommodate this grow-
ing library and provide for the
beginning of a museum and a meeting
place for the society.
The aim is to renovate and remodel
a portion of the Icelandic National
League building to provide a meet-
ing area, a library reading space and
for the beginnings of an Icelandic
museum.
The fund-raising campaign will go
into full gear this fall with the object
to have the necessary funds in hand
as soon as possible. Contributions to
the fund are being received by the
treasurer of Fron, Jochum Asgeir.sson,
126 Lodge Avenue, Winnipeg 12.