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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SPRING 1974
The Centenaries Celebration
Committee, Winnipeg
(1970-1980)
An open meeting of the Centenaries
Celebration Committee was held at
8 p.m. on Tuesday, November 13,
1973, in the Parish Hall of the First
Lutheran Church, Victor Street, Win-
nipeg. Some 48 persons were in at-
tendance.
The Chairman, Dr. Paul H. T.
Thorlakson, opened the meeting and
reviewed briefly the objectives of the
Committee to unite and co-ordinate
celebrations and activities in this
decade to celebrate the 1,100th year
of settlements in Iceland and the 100th
year of Icelandic settlements in Can-
ada and the United States of America.
The Chairman also remarked on the
great upsurge of interest in Icelandic
studies and culture that is evident
recently.
Mrs. Ingibjorg Goodridge, the Com-
mittee’s Project Secretary, read the list
of projects, some of which have been
completed, while others are being de-
veloped and some are still under con-
sideration. The following is a list of
all these projects:
1. Charter flight from Winnipeg to
Iceland, July 3, 1974. Reported on
by Mr. Stefan Stefanson.
2. Charter flight from Vancouver to
Iceland in July, 1974. Reported
on by Dr. Thorlakson.
3. A research project to secure and
verify the names of the Icelandic
settlers who arrived at Willow
Point, near Gimli, in October of
1875. Reported on by Professor
Haraldur Bessason who is in
charge of the project. About 180
names have been verified.
4. The preparation of a bronze
plaque to be presented to the Ice-
landic Cultural Corporation of
Gimli in 1975. The plaque or
monument is being designed by
professor Gissur Eliasson and will
contain the names of the early set-
tlers who came to Willow Point.
Reported on by Dr. Thorlakson
with a sketch. This project is pres-
ently under study.
5. A suitable musical composition to
commemorate the 100th anniver-
sary. Reported by Dr. Thorlakson.
6. An anthology — an English lan-
guage translation of prose and
poetry by selected Canadian auth-
ors of Icelandic descent. Report-
ed on by Dr. W. Kristjanson.
7. An anthology comprising English