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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Autumn 1968
LOSSES and GAINS
The Icelandic Canadian, now well
passed its quarter century mark, has
one enviable record. It has never been
even hinted to members of the Mag-
azine Board that their contribution
had been diminishing. Every resign-
ation from the Board has always been
voluntary, based entirely upon the
members own wishes. The converse is
equally true. Never, to this writer’s
best knowledge, has anyone, on being
asked to join the Board, refused, or
even reluctantly accepted. As it all is
voluntary work, this record speaks
well both for present members of the
staff and those that have served in
the past.
It is the editor-in-chief’s duty to
record two losses from the Magazine
Board, Miss Salome Halldorson and
Mr. Hjalmur F. Danielson.
Salome Halldorson joined the ed-
itorial staff in the autumn of 1959
and served until in June this year
when she made it known that on
grounds of indifferent health she felt
she could not serve any longer. Miss
Halldorson was a valuable member of
the staff. She contributed excellent
editorials and articles and in addition
volunteered to perform the somewhat
tedious but exacting job of preparing
the annual lists of Icelandic Canadian
graduates, medal and scholarship win-
ners, primarily from the University of
Manitoba but from other universities
as well. Trips had to be made to the
University and letters written to par-
ents for required information.
In the first number of the Icelandic
Canadian, which is dated October 1,
1942, Hjalmur F. Danielson is record-
ed in charge of "Circulation”, and in
the March number of 1943 he became
“Circulation Manager”, a position he
held until in the summer of 1952 when
he was appointed “Business and Cir-
culation Manager”. This position he
held until the publication of the last
number of Volume XXVI of the mag-
azine. He thus was on the staff of the
magazine for the first twenty-six years
of publication. By letter dated March
27, 1968, Hjalmur Danielson, resigned,
the resignation to takes effect at the
end of the current publication year.
Mr. Danielson was more than the
Business and Circulation Manager of
the Magazine. At meetings of the Mag-
azine Board he contributed to dis-
cussions, but his most valuable service,
outside the business management, was
in writing articles for the magazine. In
preparing for these articles he always
made extensive research which put the
stamp of authority upon -them. Space
permits mention of only two of these
articles: “Iceland’s Golden Age Liter-
ature, a Brief Summary of How it
was First Introduced to the World”
(Volume XIV, No’s -III and IV); The
Ancient Schools of Iceland”, (Volume
XXI, No. IV).
The loss of these two members of
the Board is keenly felt but, as has
happened so often before, the losses
are met by compensating gains. Three
new members have been added to the
staff and once again it can be said
that the first three spoken to gladly
accepted.
John V. Samson has been appointed
Business and Circulation Manager.
He is connected with the printing firm
of Viking Printers, at 868 Arlington St.
in Winnipeg. The firm has printed the