The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1974, Síða 58

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SPRING 19^4
WEDDING BELLS
The Icelandic Canadian extends
best wishes to a present member of
the editorial board, and to a former
member of the board, who were mar-
ried last summer. Kristine Jakobson
was married to William Perlmutter,
of Winnipeg, and Janis Johnson was
married to Premier Frank Moores of
Newfoundland.
★
THE RED RIVER HISTORICAL
SOCIETY SCANDINAVIAN NIGHT
The Red River Historical Society,
with membership in Minnesota, North
Dakota, and Manitoba, featured Scan-
dinavian Night at their convention at
the Fort Garry Hotel, January 11 and
12.
The dinner meeting and program
was on January 11. Dr. P. H. T. Thor-
lakson brought greetings on behalf of
the Scandinavian community in Win-
nipeg. The main speaketr was Dr.
Hiram Drache, author and professor
at Concordia College, Moorhead, Min-
nesota. Inn a sequence of colorful,
graphic biographical sketches of the
sturdy Scandinavian pioneers in the
Red River Valley south of the boun-
dary, he pictured their important con-
trubution in the building of com-
munties and institutions in that
region. Dr. W. Kristjanson thanked
the speaker.
Entertainment was provided by the
Icelandic group of the Scandinavian
pavilion of the Winnipeg Floklorama.
Their program of song, recital, and
dance received sustained applause.
Approixmately 150 persons attended
including three who flew in from Du-
luth, The chairman was Mr. Gordon
Pruden of Winnipeg, President of the
Society.
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Carl Magnus Thorsteinson, Ph. D.
Dr. Carl Magnus Thorsteinson,
B.Sc., EE/66, M.Sc., EE/68 obtained
his Ph.D. from McMaster Univer-
sity of Hamilton, Ont. in May, 1973,
and is presently working on post-
doctoral scholarship at a N.R.C. labor-
atory at Ottawa.
Dr. Thorsteinson is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Magnus Thorsteinson, of
648 Burnell Street, Winnipeg, Man.
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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
CLUB OF BRITISH COLUMBIA
The Icelandic Canadian Club of
British Columbia held its annual
Independence Day dance on June 23,
at the Peretz hall in Vancouver. The
hall was appropriately decorated in
the traditional Icelandic color scheme,
with candles and Icelandic flags on
each table. The princess of the Club,
Regina Helgason, wearing the tra-
ditional Icelandic costume, welcomed
everyone as they entered the hall.
The evening began with a social
reception. President Connie Anderson
gave a short address, briefly outlining
the history of Iceland’s struggle to be-
come an independent country.