Lögberg-Heimskringla - 22.04.1988, Síða 1

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Heii LÖGBERG Stofr HEIMSKRINGLA L nskrim iað 14. janúar 1888 Stofnað 9. september 1886 gla
100. ÁRGANGUR
LÖGBERG CENTENNIAL YEAR, FÖSTUDAGUR 22. APRÍL 1988 NÚMER 15
Scholarship winners for 1987-1988
Emilia Palmason Student Aid
Award:
Four scholarships were given for
this year only:
Brent Budvarson, of Markerville,
Alberta, is enrolled at Red Deer Col-
lege and is working towards a degree
in Commerce.
Halldor Bjarnason, of 862 Spruce
St., Winnipeg, is attending Law
School at Queen's University, King-
ston, Ontario.
Paul Einarson, of Oakville, Manito-
ba, attending University of Manito-
ba, with a view to becoming a char-
tered accountant.
Jamie-Lynn Magnusson, of Winni-
peg, Manitoba, is a graduate student_
in the Department of Psychology,
University of Manitoba.
Canada Iceland Foundation
Scholarship
Kathryn Michie, enrolled at the
University of Windsor, her objective
is to become a high school music
teacher.
Thorvaldson Scholarship
Linda Fridriksson, enrolled at the
British Columbia Institute of Tech-
nology, her objective is to become a
Certified Chartered Accountant.
Halldor Bjornason, Paul Einarson, Brent Budvarson, Linda Fridriksson, Heather Benedictson, Kathryn
Michie, Sandra Elizabeth McKay.
Einar Pall and Ingibjorg Jonsson
Memorial Scholarship
Sandra McKay, of Selkirk, Manito-
ba, is enrolled at the University of
Winnipeg. She hopes to become a
Doctor of Veterinary Medicine.
Gunnar Simundson Memorial
Scholarship
Heather Benedictson, of 1111 Fleet
Ave, Winnipeg, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Donald Benedictson, is enrolled
in the Occupational Therapy Pro-
gram at the School of Medical Re-
habilitation, University of Manitoba.
Heidmar Bjornson Scholarship in
Icelandic
Lawrence Gillespie was the first
recipient of this award. Lögberg-
Heimskringla recently carried an ar-
ticle about Lawrence and his
achievements.
Submitted by Borga Jakobson
Margaret B. Mack Student Award
Canada Iceland Foundation is
proud to announce a new scholarship
for 1988-89. The Scholarship will be
given to a needy student of good
scholastic ability who is entering the
University of Manitoba in the
Bachelor of Science Nursing Degree
Program. The scholarship will be
known as the Margaret Breckman
Mack Student Award and it will be
given from a fund established by
Margaret Mack of Victoria, B.C. The
fund will be administered by the
Canada Iceland Foundation.
Margaret Mack was born at Lun-
dar, Manitoba, the daughter of Jako-
bina and Gudmundur Breckman.
Margaret has herself had a wealth
of experience in the field of nursing.
She took Grade XII at Jon Bjarnason
Academy and Nurses, training at
Misericordia Hospital in Winnipeg.
Following that she worked at New
Rochelle Hospital, New York, for
Margaret Mack
three years. She was then accepted
into the American Army Nurse
Corps. After her discharge in 1945
she took further training at the
University of Manitoba and she ob-
tained her Diploma in Public Health.
She worked at the Manitoba Chil-
dren's Aid Society for three years un-
til she moved to Edmonton, Alberta
where she worked as a school nurse.
In Edmonton she was married to
Douglas Mack who was a Social Wor-
ker by profession. Later Margaret
worked as a Public Health nurse in
Abbotsford, Prince George, and Vic-
toria, B.C. She retired in 1978 and
presently lives in Victoria where she
enjoys visits from family and friends.
Members of the Board of Canada
Iceland Foundation are most grateful
to Margaret Mack for her generous
donation. We know that we will have
many worthy candidates for this
scholarship in the coming years. In
her own words, Margaret says, "I
would hope that this award will in a
small way help promising young
adults to as full and rewarding a life
as I have enjoyed.''
Submitted for Canada Iceland
Foundation
By Borga Jakobson
Abandoned
graveyards
by Stefania Morris
How do we honor our grandpar-
ents, the pioneers who braved the
unknown and ventured into a new
and barren land to make a better fu-
ture for their children and their chil-
dren? Do we proudly show our fami-
ly tree and tell the stories of their
courage ad they endured the hard-
ships far from their relatives and
friends and all the things they loved
in their native Iceland?
Those people, our own forefathers,
lived out their lives in the little
Icelandic communities and they were
put to rest in a graveyard that was
started on the farmers land when
death first occured in the communi-
ty. Our proud pioneers who stood for
family, community spirit and even
the love and honor of their new land,
now lie in unmarked graves, forgot-
ten, unrevered and unsung heroes
who paved the way for the great life
we hve today. Have we no feeling for
the memory of these people or do we
want to fix up these pioneer grave-
yards or at least put up markers with
their names? Should these people of
our past be forgotten?