Torsdagen den 18 juni, 1942 Sidan 4 THE SWEDISH PRESS THERE WILL BE A Swedish Radio Broadcast CKWX, FRIDAY, JULY 3 at 7:30, presented by THE SWEDISH PRESS in conjunction with Army Week observance, and sponsored by Dr. R. Llewellyn Douglas. Dcr/t forget to listen in! FRÄN DEN 1 JULI blir Svenska Pressens adress: 427 Hamilton Street The Scandinavian Workers’ Club Junior Folk dance team i Midsummer Greetings j to Friends and Custbmers Parks Rooms 177 WEST PENDER ST. FRED PEARSON, Proprietor Compliments from STOCKHOLM CAFE 311 MAIN STREET DANMARK Greetings to our many Scandinavian Frien d.S Mera norska och danska i svenska skolor. Föreningen Norden och Modersmålslärarnas förening i Sverige ha i samråd gjort framställningar till regeringen och skolutredningen om vidgad och bättre undervisning i danska och norska språken och litteraturen i svenska skolor. Grunden och förutsättningen för nordisk sam-'hörighet är den språkliga samhörighetens bevarande och fördjupande, heter det. Med hänsyn härtill måste klarare preciserade bestämmelser ges för skolornas undervisning i danska och norska. Sådana bestämmelser finnas för A WORD FROM OTHER REPRESENTATIVES The President On behalf of the Scandinavian Central Committee 1 would like to take this opportunity to extend greetings to all Scandinavians and their friends. 1 sincerely hope that we wil! meet again at the Annual Midsummer Festival to celebrate in our traditional way. Remember how many friends you met at last year s festival, A1‘ The Danes June 11 In the month of June, Nature in all her beauty 1942 when arrangements have now been made to welcome a larger tum- danska skolor om läsning av>OUf than ever before, so let us ag- •svenska, varför den danska ungdomens kunskaper i svenska äro betydligt större än den svenska ungdomens kunskaper i danska. makes generous promises of an-other Summers joyful outdoor life, we Danish Canadians perpet-uate the customs of our forefath-ers and join with our fellow Scandinavians in the crowning of o-ae of our beautiful daughters as Queen of this Summer festival. The Danish brotherhood ot America has elected the lovely Statsminister Thorvald SHim-ing avled den 3 maj vid 68 års ålder. Finansminister Wilhelm Buhl hade redan tidigare övertagit Staunings plikter, då denne var kritiskt sjuk. Den svenske statsministern Per Albin Hansson övervar begravningen i Köpen- ain get together for a good time. j Miss May Pedersen as candidate The Central Committee was for this honour. formed for the purpose of bring- With the arrangements in the ing about greater unity among the capable hands of the Scandinav-Scandinavian peoples and a bet- | ian Central Committee, we feel ter understanding between them certain that a trip to Seymour and other Cana,dian citizens. In Park, on Sunday, June 21st, will carrying on this work, so import be well worth while and we urge ant in these times. we are soheit- everybody to make an effort to ing your support. 1 also wish to ; attend. but rather as protection from invasion by the enemy, both of» Iceland and oi the British isles. In spite of their appreciation for this protection there is a certain amount of resentment against this occupation. The formerly peaceful countryside now cchoes with the tramp of marching feet; their little green fields are covered with army huts and equipment. The idea of war and bloody strife are foreign and extrem -'y distasteful to them. They seek not to enrich themselves by foreign conquest but cling to their rather barren island with a fierce loyalty, their innumcrable poets writing endless verse about the beauty of this stränge island of ice and fire; gla-iers and volca-noes; spoutHg geners and thund-ering waterfalls. They d-ram o( a. world in which all people of all races can dwell in neace and har- CARRALL AND POWELL STREETS Midsummer Greetings! SWANS0N’S GROCERY 233 East Hastings Street E. T. Swanson About the Festival WHERE IS IT HELD? At Seymour Park, the Swedish Community Park, on the thank you for the support you The have given in the past, especially all those who took part in the A. ' hamn samt höll tal vid Staunings i o d j ■ rx K. r. drive. Our committee was . successful in collecting over $1500 for that worthy cause. Danish Brotherhood of America per ANKER SORENSON. mony, agression North Shore, just across Second HOW TO GET THERE? Bv car across the bridge to the (by the big gas ball), where you take the Hastings East Street car Narrows Bridge. first four-way-crossing turn to the right. Or to Cassiar Street and Prodacktion av mjölk och smör under 1941 minskade med en tredjedel i jämförelse med 1939. Fläskproduktionen minskade hälften och äggproduktionen med 60 procent under det att köttproduktionen var oförändrad. Sid Seaholm Iceland Danske ministern i Washington har meddelat att kapten och besättning på det danska skolskep-pet "Danemark” erbjudit skeppet och sina tjänster till Förenta Staterna. Finländers On the twenty-first of June the Finnish colony in Vancouver will take part in the Midsummer Festival arranged by the Scandinavian Central Committee. Midsummer has been observed in Finland for many years. From far and near people have i gathered around huge bonfires to sing and dance and make merry. Only a few years ago Iceland was practically unknown to the general public, situated as it is in the north Atlantic as far north as the Arctic Circle and having an area of only about 40,000 square miles; that was to be expected. But now since the beginning of the war everyone who reads the and hate are unknown. Looking at the world conflict today with its terrible devastation and slaughter, theirs seems but an idle dream. but let us as peaceful Scandinavians still cling to that dream; try to show the rest of the nations that “ to live and let live” is the only happy wav of life. -Mav we. as we gather in Sev-mour Park on Sundav. Time 2 I st. for our Midsommer Festival, be truly thankful that the terrors o( air raids a"