The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Blaðsíða 68

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SUMMER 1973
STAFHOLT NEWS
The Stafholt news of April 11, 1973,
reflects a variety of “doings” and in-
terests at the Stafholt Home, in Blaine,
Washington.
Stafholt is a home for elderly people
and yet the first item in the paper is
about “All those pretty hairdo’s after
Eleanor Blakely’s visits”. Why
shouldn’t pretty hairdo’s be high on
the list of interests? There are refer-
ences to walking, card-playing and
frequenting the library.
Gifts are acknowledged: food, cakes,
candies, and other goodies; clothing
and flowers. There are donations to
the Home from over 65 persons
(couples counted as one) and organiz-
ations to the extent of $425.87, “and
to the little robin who sits in the tree
in the front every morning and gives
a free concert of song.”
April birthdays number seven, at
at least two of these being the birth-
days of former Manitobans: Rev. A.
E. Kristjansson (he is 96 and very
alert) and Benny Brynjolfson. Benny
used to operate a service station at
Sargent Avenue and Maryland Street,
in Winnipeg.
“Do you know how we figure what
day is Sumardagurinn fyrsti? Well, we
just look at the date of Runa Johnson
and Benny Brynjolfson’s birthdays and
work from there, because they were
both born on the “First Day of Sum-
mer.”
“Birthday Sunday will be on April
8 and the cake will be decorated by a
newcomer to our cake decorating vol-
unteers.”
Several visitors are mentioned, in-
cluding visitors from Seattle, Victoria,
British Columbia, Bellingham, Cali-
fornia, and Gardar, North Dakota.
“Our activity director, we beg to
remind you, has not gone mad—she is
merely trying to locate good places for
our planned Easter egg hunt at
Easter time”
“Notice those little girls in green
(Girl Scouts) bringing in sprigs of
spring forsythia blossoms for their ad-
opted grandmothers and grandfathers.
Wasn’t that sweet of them?”
Church services for the month of
April are conducted by two Baptist
ministers, a Methodist minister, and
a Lutheran pastor (one to be an-
nounced later).
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