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msfwictor thorsttlnn cinarisson briefs his icelanders the rognvaldson farm for a picnic sunday the troupe was ouma the icelarvoic brand of wrestling is demonstrated prior fo a competitive demonstration of glima wrestling for right from expo 67 here as two contestants head for the grass staff photo members of the torontoicelandic club which assembled at staff photo icelandic picnic demonstrate dancing glima at rognvaldson farm sunday the flag of iceland flow as spectators at sundays icelandic picnic relived some of the spirit of their ancestors with mem bers of ihe dance and acrobatic group direct from iceland staff photo brush in traditional icelandic dress these brawny younq men danced and sang one of their native airs for canadians of icelandic origin sunday staff photo twelve young men direct- from iceland demonstated icelandic dancing and glima wrestling for canadians of icelandic origin at a picnic on sunday afternoon at the farm home of mr and mrs gordon rognvaldson rr 4 acton sponsored by the icelandic government these brawny de scendants of the vikings can adas first white settlers de lighted their audience mostly members of the toronto ice landic club they were in can ada for a week to demon strate native dancing as part of scandinavian day at expo five scandinavian nations celebrated the special day last thursday june 6 and the ice landic group demonstrated practically the same program they it on at expo for the picnickers sunday included was dancing in native cos tume accompanied by their own voices and robust wrest- firjg bouts on the lawn spectators exposed to this type of entertainment for the first time marvelled at the skill and strength required the men ranged jn age from 17 to 25 and all but one were from reykjavik capital city andchtcportof iceland one falls myr was the- other was from the northern part of the island two of the group are univ ersity students one is a sailor and the rest are craftsmen competitions were held in iceland for places on the team tharstdnn einaresson dir ector of physical education at a reykjavik high school dir ected the demonstration in na tive icelandic costume while another member of the group held a large icelandic flag an unusual wrinkle for mrs gurden jons dottir pacior- ck a visitor from niagara of mr einaresson she recog nized him as her high school teacher in iceland the group marched on to the lawn in front of the rogn valdson home singing to de monstrate dancing then they changed to gymnastic costume for glima icelanders differ on the or igin of this form of wrestling in modern glima the wrest lers wear glamufot consisting of socks and a combination pants and shirt with a pro tective cover around the groin each wrestler wears three lea ther belts one around the waist and one around each thigh those around the thighs being fastened by straps to the one around the waist they shake hands and each takes hold of the waist belt of the other with his right hand the left hand grasps the belt around the right thigh of his opponent they stand erect right foot advanced they look over each others shoulder never at the feet wrestling is done by touch and feeling not by sight a signal u given and con testants seek to throw each other by causing his oppon ent to lose his balance each tries to hook a foot around a foot of the other or place it in front of his feet and trip him he may heave him into the air and by skilful use of his feet prevent him from alighting on his there are seven ways of throwing an opponent the contestant who falls to the floor loses the iceland troupe were brought to acton by members of the toronto icelandic club with whom thev also billetted the picnic favored with fine weather gave those of ice landic origin a chance to learn more about the traditions of their forefathers opp bold parade maderstat preparing for a robust bout of glima icelandic wresthnq these two modern descendents of ihe vikings demonstrated raticri skill and strength at sundays picnic staff photo 26 injured seven big fires recorded in halton n 1966 worlds first washer with zemctfotf buy frigidaire manning electric host gordon rognvaldson leads the ap plause as the icelandic dancing and acrobatic troupe march out for the first number on h s 25 highway farm south of acton staff photo robert r hamilton optometrist office hours daily georgetown only carretal bldg 116 mountainview road for appointment 773971 harley reelected to wets committee hailpn s mp dr ham har le oskville has been reelect ed as chairman of the federal goernments standing com mittee on veterans affairs dr harlev has also served as chairman of the commons special committee op drugs and headed the committee on health and welfare last vear on sunday june 11 at 11 a m no 3 district ontario provincial police held a cen tennial church parade this was an interdenominational service held at west plains i nited church burlington on under the direction of ihe rev william barne dun- bai ba bd dose to 100 o p p and aux iliary police assembled at the towers store in aldexshot at 10 a m and marched to the church accompanied b a pipe ban j after the service the of ficers paraded back to the towers store officers attending from mil ton and acton were sgt c j parkinson cpl j l kneale cpl r mason acton and prov consts c h wright t r penrice w h jordan a e jordan and g w bourne halton counts had even major fires in which 26 per sons were ntuicd during 1966 according to the past ear s fire facts contamej in the annual report of the on ario fire marsha m s hurst there were no fire fatalities in the countv in 1966 large fires reported to the o f m included four n hal ton one eah in burlington and georgetown and two in oakvillc whiii caused a to tal ot ssi s 841 estimated loss the halton county fire pre vention bureau and the m non and oakville fire departments were among ontario groups commended bv the fire mar shal for winning prizes in the annual national fire protect- ion association fire prevent ion competitions major rita in buildings are all reported by local fire bri gades to the fire marshal his annual report lists cu h mun- icipalitv in ontario the fol- otwing indicates tht number of fires in 1966 the vcirs fire loss in dollars and fin brack ets the- live vear average loss from 19i2 to i96f acton 11 fires 1 4s 7 778 burhngton 177 507 711 358- 146 georgetown 27 109059 sj9 1 28 milton h 7312 50s7 oakvrfle 141 180275 297 453 traffic surveys the ontario department of highways has been conducting origindestination surveys in halton and four neighboring counties to determine future highway needs for the district motorists have been stopped and asked thir origin destin ation and the purpose of the trip r