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2-WINNIPEG, FÖSTUDAGUR 12. NÓVEMBER 1982
Barney Josephson
receives Merit Award
Barney Josephson
Among the eight men chosen to be
honored with a Co-operative Cer-
tificate of Merit award this year is
Bjorn (Barney) Josephson of
Wynyard.
In 1980, Saskatchewan's jubilee
year, the Co-operative Merit Award
program was inaugurated. Recipients
of the Awards are individuals who
have made oustanding and con-
tinuous contributions to co-operation
and co-operative development in
Saskatchewan.
The Order of Mer'it is presented to
those selected by the Council for con-
tributions of a provincial nature.
The Certificate of Merit is award-
ed to those who have made outstand-
ing • contributions to their
communities.
Barney Josephson, active co-
operative and credit union organizer
and member, was born on the fami-
ly farm near Wynyard on June 25,
1909.
He attended a country school, then
received his high school education
in the town of Wynyard.
In 1929 Barney married Laura
Wilcox, from Wynyard.
Barney farmed in partnership with
his brothers in the Wynyard and
Mozart area from 1930 to 1942. He
was a member of the Wynyard and
Mozart Credit Union, and the Saskat-
chewan Wheat Pool.
He became the Colonsay agent for
the SWP in 1943. Soon after his ar-
rival in Colonsay, Barney became a
member of the local co-op board, and
acted as secretary to the board and
to the Regional Fuel Co-operative. He
also became secretary-manager for
the newly-organized credit uniorcand
carried out his duties from the
elevator office.
In 1948, Barney left the SWP to
become manager of the local co-op
store. He held that position until he
moved to Beatty to rejoin the Pool.
When Barney moved to Beatty, he
joined the closest co-operative
organizations: Melfort Co-op and
Credit Union. He moved to Foam
Lake in 1952 to become the local
SWP agent, and immediately became
involved in community co-opera-
tives. He served on the boards of the
local co-operative and credit union,
and served as secretary-manager of
the credit union.
Barney moved to Wynyard in
1959. He became secretary-manager
of the Dafoe-Kandahar Credit Union
(operating from the elevator office),
and was instrumental in the
amalgamation of the Dafoe-Kandahar
and Wynyard Credit Unions. He
then served of the newly-organized
board and was a member of the
building committee when they er-*
rected their first facilities. He was
elected to the local co-op board and
served as president for a number of
years.
He was also involved in the
organization of the Wynyard Ar-
tificial Breeding Co-operative and
served as secretary-treasurer. Barney
served as a delegate, director and
secretary-manager of the Leslie
Beach Co-operative, and was
secreatry-caretaker of the Wynyard
Senior Citizens organization which
he later helped incorporate under the
Co-operative Association's Act.
He has been involved with
numerous community activities
throughout his active life.
The Icelandic Association
of Washington, D.C.
Annual Meeting
Around 50 of our members at-
tended the annual meeting on
October 8th. Outgoing President,
Mrs. Harriet Allee, summed up the
year's activities: It was a very
eventful year, the highlights being
the showing of the Icelandic film,
Land og Synir (Land and Sons)
with the director's comments and,
most importantly, the visit of the
Icelandic President, Vigdís Finn-
bogadóttir, for whom the
Association gave a lovely reception
at Meridian House in Washington,
D.C. Special thanks go to Björg
Pétursson, Laufey Downey, and
Stefanía Nielsen who helped
coordinate the event, and indeed to
many other members, too numerous
to mention.
The slate of proposed officers for
the 1982-3 was unanimously
elected, and ingoing President,
Selma Ruga, expressed thanks,
certainly shared by all of us, to out-
going President, Harriet Allee, and
her fellow officers, for a superb job
in the past year.
Following Richie Williams' most
interesting lecture with slides on the
volcanoes and glaciers of Iceland,
the gathering enjoyed delectable
refreshments contributed by all.
Christmas Bazaar
Our next big event is the annual
bazaar on Saturday, November 13,
which, as usual, will be held at St.
Paul's Episcopal Church, Duke and
So. Pitt, Alexandria. Many of our
members are already hard at work
preparing items for sale to benefit
our Association, but more is needed.
Items for sale and nonperishable
baking goóds will be accepted at the
Church on Friday, Nov. 12, from 12
a.m. to 5 p.m. This includes ''White
Elephants," old books, and
whatever else you can contribute.
But most of all we will need baked
goods, especially pönnukökur and
cookies. If you would like to bake ,
something, please call either Gerður
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Mystery Match
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master. Last year, Ólafóson went to
considerable lengths to help the ex-
patriot win exit visas for his wife
and son from the USSR.
While many details of Ólafsson's
role in that affair remain myster-
ious, he stresses that his motivation
was in part humanitarian, but cal-
culated more for reducing tension
that threatened the World Chess
Federation. The FIDE president said
recently, ''That issue was settled in
the way I expected, but the view
taken of this matter is positive in
some quarters but negative in
others.''
In conversations with Reykjavík
reporters, Spassky said he enter-
tained scant hope of regaining the
world chess title. He expressed a
high regard for American Bobby
Fischer, who defeated him here in
1972, only to lose the title by
default. "I am glad that Korchnoi's
family was allowed to emigrate
from the Soviet Union," said
Spassky. "But all his duels have in-
volved a scandal of one kind or
another.”
Courtesy, News from Iceland.
Andvöokur VI
by S. G. Stephansson
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