The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1963, Blaðsíða 55

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Bachelor of Science in Nursing
Sandra G. Halldorson. Parents: Mr.
and Mrs. Burke Halldorson, Grand
Forks, North Dakota.
Bachelor of Laws
Romaine Doyle Thorfinnson, Parents:
Mr. and Mrs. H. B. Thorfinnson,
Wahpeton, North Dakota.
The above list of graduates was sent
to Logberg-Heimskringla by Dr. Beck,
who adds that if any names have been
inadvertently omitted, corrections sent
in will be welcomed.
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GRADUATES IN NURSING
Miss Lillian Margaret Thorvaldson,
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Thor-
valdson, 5 Mayfair Place, Winnipeg,
graduated this spring from the Win-
nipeg Grace General Hospital School
of Nursing. Miss Thorvaldson plans
to enter the University of Manitoba
next fall, specializing in Public Health
Nursing.
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WINS $2,400 GRANT
In the spring of 1961 Oscar Thor
Sigvaldason was awarded an Athlone
Fellowship for a two-year advanced
study in civil engineering at Imperial
College in London, England. Last
spring the National Research Council
of Canada awarded him a $2,400 grant
with which to pursue research for a
year in concrete technology, also at
Imperial College. He is the son of Mr.
and Mrs. Gudni Sigvaldason of the
Framnes district near Arborg, Man.
IN THE NEWS
GOLDEN WEDDING
Mr. and Mrs. Gudmundur J. Jonas-
son of the Eyford district in North
Dakota were honored by the commun-
ity and family on Sunday April 7, in
the community hall on the occasion of
their golden wedding anniversary.
Featured was a varied program of
music and among artists were a num-
ber of their grandchildren. Dr. Richard
Beck, head of the department of
Scandinavian studies at the University
of North Dakota, was first speaker
and in the name of the Icelandic Na-
tional League and the president of Ice-
land thanked them for their interest in
and labors for things Icelandic, and
noted Mr. Jonasson is current and
former president of the Icelandic soci-
ety Barun in North Dakota. Dr. Beck
presented them with a gift.
Miss Lauga Geir on behalf of the
community paid tribute to Mr. and
Mrs. Jonasson and presented them