The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1957, Síða 39

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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APPOINTED FISHERMEN’S
REPRESENTATIVE
Helgi K. Tomasson
Mr. Helgi K. Tomasson of Hecla Is-
land has been appointed Manitoba’s
first fishermen’s representative.
The 40-year old appointee will be
the fisheries counterpart of the prov-
incial agricultural representatives.
The appointment was announced on
May 13th., last by the Hon. F. C. Bell,
Minister of Mines and Natural
Resources.
Mr. Tomasson, son of Sigthora and
the late Kristjan Tomasson, was born
and raised on Heda Island and is a
third-generation fisherman on Lake
Winnipeg. His grandfather in 1876
was one of the first Icelandic fisher-
men to work on the lake.
He will act as a liaison officer be-
tween fishermen and the provincial
government, and represent fishermen
in negotiations with fish companies.
Ele will help to establish improved
methods of Commercial fishing, to in-
struct fishermen in the use of modern
gear and equipment, and to demon-
strate modern methods of marketing.
He will also work with the provincial
fisheries biologists and with experts
of the fisheries branch.
Mr. Tomasson married Dorothy
Clifford. They have two sons and two
daughters, 11 to 16 years of age.
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PROMINENT TELEVISION
SCRIPT WRITER
George Salverson, formerly on the
staff of radio station CKRC came back
to Winnipeg early in May for a visit
from Toronto after eight years. He has
become nationally prominent as a
television script writer.
Mr. Salverson has been a free lance
writer since he left Winnipeg. He has
been working mostly for the Canadian
Broadcasting Corporation and the Na-
tional Film Board.
He wrote the T. V. drama “The
Discoverers’’ dealing with the discovery
of Insulin by Dr. Frederick Banting
and Dr. Charles Best, for which he has
been given awards both in Canada
and the United States. Announcement
of the latter, known as the “Christoph-
er Medallion” by Kraft Theatre, was
made just recently.
Mr. Salverson also visited Van-
couver, B. C., for the purpose of get-
ing further material for the “Per-
spective” series of films for the CBC.
For literary inspiration, Mr. Salver-
son has no further to look than to
his mother, who under the name of
Laura Goodman Salverson wrote a
number of novels in the 1920s and 30s.
For these she received a number of
awards, including two from the Gov-
ernor-General and a medal from the
French Institute of Arts and Letters.
For many years Mr. and Mrs. Salver-
son Senior, lived in Winnipeg but
have now moved to Toronto.
Mr. Salverson’s wife, Sandra Scott
of TV, and radio fame accompanied
her husband.