The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1959, Page 54

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1959
IN THE NEWS
SENIOR STICK AT
UNITED COLLEGE
Joseph Edward Martin
Joseph Edward Martin, grandson of
Mr. and Mrs. Johannes Einarson, (both
deceased) of Calder, Saskatchewan,
graduated from United College, Win-
nipeg, in Honors History in the spring
of 1959. He won the Regents’ Medal
for the highest standing in the Fifth
Year Honors course.
In 1958 Joseph was Senior Stick of
the College.
★
RECEIVES MOST VALUABLE
PLAYER AWARD
Hockey has long been a favorite
sport of the Halldorson clan at Lundar,
Manitoba, and now a junior member
of the family circle has carried on the
tradition with distinction at Edmon-
ton, Alberta.
Robert W. Halldorson
Last April Robert W. Halldorson
was awarded the Inglewood Juvenile
Most Valuable Player Award and the
Wyker Trophy in Edmonton’s largest
hockey loop, the Community League
setup.
Robert is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
William G. Halldorson, 13527 115th
Avenue, Edmonton Mr. Halldorson
Senior originally hails from Lundar.
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WORLD TRAVELLERS
VISIT WINNIPEG
From Sumatra to Winnipeg was the
subject of an illustrated talk given by
Fred Obermann at the October meet-
ing of the Icelandic Canadian Club in
Winnipeg. Fred and his wife Alla had
en route here visited Singapore,
Athens, Rome, Vesuvius and most of
Italy, Austria, Germany, Holland and
Iceland. From there they flew to New