The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1961, Page 75

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Winnipeg grocer, Gladys, wife of Syl-
van Sommerfield, an Ottawa lawyer,
and Emil, a Winnipeg teacher. There
are 11 grandchildren.
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Mr. and Mrs. Ingimundur Sigurdson
of Lundar, Man. were honored by
scores of friends, relatives and family
in July on the occasion of their golden
wedding anniversary with an open
house reception in Lundar Community
Hall. Mr. Sigurdson was born in Ice-
land in 1882 and came to Canada as
a young boy. Over the years he fished
on both Lake Winnipeg and Lake
Manitoba and farmed in the Nordur-
stjornu district east of Lundar. Mrs.
Sigurdson was born in 1879 on Hecla
Island in Lake Winnipeg. They were
married in Nordurstjornu School. Mrs.
Sigurdson is the fifth member of her
family to celebrate a golden wedding.
One of her brothers celebrated his 65th
wedding anniversary last year. Among
guests at the reception was Rev. Al-
bert E. Kristjanson of Blaine, Wash-
ington, who officiated at the wedding
50 years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Sigurdson
have two sons, Johann of Lundar and
Trausti of San Leandro, California,
and two daughters, Mrs. Ari Swainson
and Mrs. Ernest Wonko, both of Win-
nipeg. There are 10 grandchildren.
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Canada Council Fellowships will
make it possible for 51 students from
many parts of the world to attend Can-
adian universities this year. The awards
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cover university fees and living
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brought to Canada to pursue higher
subjects under such Canada Council
Fellowships
From Canadian Scene
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“STAY IN SCHOOL”
One of the greatest stumbling blocks
to advancement and even to steady
employment in this scientific age is
lack of education. For this reason the
advice to young people, which bears
repeating again and again is “Stay in
School”. Flowever, it is not always pos-
sible for young people to complete
their high school training, despite
superior intelligence and learning
ability. Many ambitious young folk as
well as adults, acquire the additional
academic training which will qualify
them for university entrance through
night courses which are made available
at low cost through provincial edu-
cation departments in many provinces.
Others, through University Extension
Departments, attend night classes and
earn credits which will qualify them
for university degrees.
from Canadian Scene
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That there are jobs which retarded
children can do has been demonstrated
by the Treasury Department of the
Saskatchewan Provincial Government,
which every month employs retarded
children in the Harrow de Groot
School in Regina to place some $500,-
000 in social assistance cheques in en-
velopes for mailing. Last spring the
same group of boys and girls placed
accident prevention messages in with
some 23,000 Regina utility bills.
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