The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1963, Page 52

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1963
IN THE NEWS
UNION REPRESENTATIVE
Ingi Swainson
Mr. Ingi Swainson, President of
Local 832, Retail Clerks International
Association of North America repre-
sented his union local as delegate of
the R.C.T.A. which was held from
June 24th to 29th, 1963, in Chicago.
The R.C.T.A. is the sixth largest
union in North America and widely
regarded as a model democratic union.
Besides participating in many im-
portant decisions of concern to his
union Mr. Swainson was privileged
to hear the convention addressed by
U.S. Vice-President Lyndon Johnson,
U.S. Senator Paul Douglas, U.S. Sen-
ator Hubert Humphrey and the late
U.S. Senator Estes Kefauver. In ad-
dition President John F. Kennedy ad-
dressed the meeting through a closed
circuit T.V. system. Futhermore greet-
ings were brought from Claude Jodoin
President of the Canadian Labour
Congress.
Mr. Swainson moved to Winnipeg
when his sons were ready for a higher
education, fourteen years ago and re-
sides at 471 Home St.
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ANDREW BJERRING WINS
ROWAN SCHOLARSHIP
Andrew Bjerring
Andrew Bjerring, son of Mr. and
Mrs. K. H. Bjerring of Calgary, has
been awarded a Rowan Scholarship of
$250.00 and is the second member of
that family who has won that scholar-
ship, the first one being the eldest son
James, who won it in 1960.
The scholarship was established in
memory of Wally Rowan and his fam-
ily who died in a plane crash in 1956.
The late Wally Rowan was a city al-
derman and a past president of the
Booster Club and the Junior Chamber
of Commerce.