The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1957, Page 41

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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news item based upon information
received by a relative of William
Johnson. It is with pride that the
magazine is able to report on the in-
formation of Mrs. Wellington, that at
Regina in 1955 The Rt. Hon. Vincent
Massey, Governor-General of Canada
presented her brother Armand Gud-
jonson and another Wynyard boy,
Norman Johnson with the Queen’s
Scout Badge, acknowledged to be the
peak Scouting achievement.
Norman is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Marvin Johnson of Wynyard, Sask.,
and Armand is the son of Pearl (nee
Bardal) and the late Alfred GuSjdns-
son of Wynyard.
If there are others the magazine
would like to get their names and ad-
dresses and if possible, parents names.
★
WINS AWARD FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICE
Mrs. William Cook
Mrs. William Cook was recently
presented with a Distinguished Citizen-
ship Award by the St. James Chamber
of Commerce.
This honour was in recognition of
her outstanding leadership and
conscientious work an all Welfare
organizations of her community.
Mrs. Cook (Fanney) is the daughter
of the late Reverend Magnus and Val-
gerSur Skaptason — a Unitarian
pastor during the early pioneer days.
★
WOMEN’S PRESS CLUB
PRESIDENT
Miss Caroline Gunnarson
Miss Caroline Gunnarson was elect-
ed president of the Winnipeg Branch
Canadian Women’s Press Club at the
annual meeting in May last.
Daughter of the late Groa and
Gunnar Gunnarson of Churchbridge,
Saskatchewan, Caroline has become
well known as a writer. Her stories
and poems have appeared in various
publications including this magazine.
As a member of the CWAC in Ot-
tawa during the last three years of
World War II, Miss Gunnarson was
the editor of The Canadian Women