The Icelandic Canadian - 01.12.1963, Page 54

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1963
Andrew Bjerring attended the Hen-
ry Wise Wood School and was chosen
Citizen of the Year by the Rotary Club
in 1962. He will study engineering
physics at the University of British
Columbia.
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APPOINTED PRESIDENT OF
HOUSING ASSOCIATION
Skapti J. Borgford
Skapti J. Borgford, well known
Winnipeg construction engineer, was
named president at the annual meet-
ing this fall of the Co-Operative Hous-
ing Association of Manitoba. Son of
pioneer Winnipeg builder Thorsteinn
Borgford and Gudrun Borgford, Mr.
Borgford is active in many fields. He
is a member of the board of directors
of the Co-Operative Credit Society of
Manitoba, was chairman of this year’s
Indian-Metis conference and is em-
ployed as a consulting engineer with
the architectural firm of Green, Blank-
stein and Associates.
Mrs. Hildur Sigridur Winnemuller
Mrs. Hildur Sigridur Winnemuller
received her Diploma in Psychiatric
Nursing and Certificate of Licensed
Practical Nurse at the Graduation
Exercises of The Training School for
Nurses of the Hospital for Mental
Diseases, Selkirk, Man., on September
6th, 1963.
Hildur is the youngest daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Wilfred Finnson of
Hnausa, Manitoba. She is married to
Peter Winnemuller, son of Mr. and
Mrs. ]. N. Winnemuller of Selkirk,
Man. Peter graduated in Psychiatric
Nursing in 1961. They are both em-
ployed on the staff of the Selkirk
Mental Hospital..
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RECEIVES M.A. IN LIBRARY
SCIENCE
A master of arts degree in library
science from the University of Chicago
was presented to George Hanson of
Chicago at the university’s convocation
in August in the Rockefeller Memorial
Chapel. His thesis which earned him
the degree was “The History of the