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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Winter 1963
Young Paul made the journey with
him.
Born at Grand Forks, N. D. Paul
Johnson received his public and high
school education there, later at Bis-
marck, N. D., and then Champaign,
Illinois, where his mother still lives.
He subsequently attended Knox Col-
lege at Gaesburg and then the Univer-
sity of Illinois where he received his
B.A. degree in 1943 and law degree
in 1947. He is married and has two
children.
ACADEMY ELECTS TWO
WINNIPEG DOCTORS
Dr. Arnold Holm
Two Winnipeg pediatricians have
been elected affiliate fellows of the
American Academy of Pediatrics.
Dr. Arnold W. Holm, 1220 Welling-
ton Cres., and Dr. T. J. McCaughey,
70 Kingsway Ave., met the academy’s
eligibility requirements for special
training and experience, certification
by the American Board of Pediatrics,
high ethical and professional standing,
clinical experience and productivity
in pediatric activities.
Dr. Holm is the son of Mr. and Mrs.
Sigurdur and Sigridur Holm of Lun-
dar, Man.
Dr. Holm’s grandfather was Daniel
Sigurdson, pioneer in the Grunna-
vatns settlement.
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PROMINENT MINK RANCHER
Johann Sigurdson
Johann Sigurdson, prominent mink
rancher at Lundar, Manitoba, was
named chairman of the marketing
committee of the Canadian Mink
Breeders’ Association at the 11th an-
nual meeting this fall at Regina, Sask.
This is Mr. Sigurdson’s second term
on the association’s executive. The as-
sociation is made up of 1,800 mink
ranchers from coast to coast.
Mr. Sigurdson was president of the
Manitoba Fur Breeders’ Association