The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1981, Blaðsíða 6

The Icelandic Canadian
Volume XXXIX, No. 3 Winnipeg, Canada SPRING, 1981
Editorial: Our Orphan — A Labour of Love—G. B. Arilius Isfeld.................................... 5
Arilius Isfeld — A. V............................................................................ 6
The Cover Picture................................................................................ 6
At the Editor’s Desk ............................................................................ 7
Springtime (Poem) — Fridrik Hansen .............................................................. 8
Notice to our Subscribers ....................................................................... 8
Leif Explores Vinland — Translated by Magnus Magnusson and Hermann Palsson ...................... 9
Four Famous Women of Iceland’s Saga Age — Dr. V. J. Eylands ..................................... 11
The Vinland Sagas — Gudrun Jdrundsdottir......................................................... 19
The Wilson Family — Thelma Wilson ............................................................... 24
Sixtieth Wedding Anniversary of Dr. and Mrs. Paul H. T. Thorlakson
Dr. T. Kenneth Thorlakson............................................................... 27
Sports in the Icelandic Heritage — Hal Sigurdson................................................. 29
Eden — LaDonna Breidfjord Backmeyer............................................................... 33
Halldor Bjamason Another Terry Fox — Gloria Meadows.............................................. 36
TheSusann“E” — Thordis Thompson................................................................... 37
In the News................................................................................. 39 & 43
Countryside Redevelopment is Man’s Long-time Project — Elizabeth Whitney.........................40
Halldorson: Strictly First-Class Now — Larry Tucker..............................................41
Scholarships Offered...............................................................................42
Reunion — Forty Years of Music and Memories — Kristine Perlmutter................................ 45
Point Roberts — The Unique Community ..............................................................46
Index to Advertisers ..............................................................................47
THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
A North American quarterly published in Winnipeg, Canada,
dedicated to the preservation of the Icelandic heritage.
MAGAZINE BOARD:—
Axel Vopnfjord, Editor-in-Chief and Chairman of the Board, 1 - 670 Gertrude Ave., Winnipeg
R3M 2M9 (284-3079); Arilius Isfeld, Assistant Editor, 896 Palmerston Ave., Winnipeg R3G 1J5;
Professor Haraldur Bessason, 5 Westlake Crescent, Winnipeg; Heida Jonsson, 669 Warsaw Ave.,
Winnipeg; Nelson Gerrard, Box 925, Arborg, Man. ROC 0A0; Sigrid Johnson, 330 Brock St.,
Winnipeg; Eric Jonasson, P.O. Box 205, St. James Postal Station, Winnipeg; Gustaf Kristjanson,
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Parr, 102 Queenston St., Winnipeg R3N 0W5; Paul Sigurdson, Box 185, Morden, Man.; Elva
Simundson, Box 285, Gimli, Man.; Stefan J. Stefanson, 37 Macklin, Winnipeg; Kristine Perlmutter,
212 Sherbum Street, Winnipeg; Gudrun Jorundsdottir, 11 Winslow, St. Vital.
ASSOCIATES: Bob Asgeirsson, Vancouver, B.C.; Valdimar Bjomson, Minneapolis; Thorsteinn
Gislason, Salem, N.H.; George Hanson, Chicago; Svava Simundson, Reykjavik; Bill Valgardson,
Victoria, B.C.; H. V. Vidal, Brandon, Man.
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R3J 3R4 (885-5792).
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REPRESENTATIVES IN ICELAND: Bjorn Sigurdsson, P.O. Box 122, Skolastig II, Akureyri;
Svava Simundson, Klettsvegur 18, Reykjavik, 101.
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on page 8 in this issue.
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