The Icelandic Canadian - 01.03.1968, Blaðsíða 23

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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The Spirit of ’70 campaign is a
program in which we can all promote
our province. Nineteen-seventy is
Manitoba’s own Centennial Year, and
the target of the program is economic
growth for our 100th birthday. You can
help to spread the Spirit of ’70.
Economic growth affects every one
of us—and every one of us affects
economic growth. The “Spirit of ’70”
items that you will see and use in the
months to come are a means of spread-
ing the word that Manitobans are
aware and interested in working to-
gether-helping our province achieve
the things we want.
I feel that there is a job for all of us
as Manitobans. We are almost 100
years old. We have done a remarkable
job in this huge province of ours. We
are going to do even more if we work
together in this spirit. The future of
our province, and the lives of each and
every one of us—will be bountiful and
richer beyond anything we have seen.
Norman S. Bergman of Brandon,
president of the Manitoba Chamber of
Commerce, is one of 15 members who
will make up the full scale industrial
commission to report on Targets For
Economic Development (TED) for the
province of Manitoba.
The commission is to enquire into
and report on the present position
and future prospects of industrial,
commercial and related sectors of the
province’s economy for the Manitoba
department of industry and commerce.
Mr. Bergman served as vice-pres-
ident and general manager of Mac-
Arthur and Sons Limited and associ-
ated companies from 1952 to 1958 when
he was appoined industrial commis-
sioner for the city of Brandon and
manager of the Brandon Chamber of
Commerce. In 1962 he was named gen-
eral manager of Public Cold Storage
Brandon Limited and treasurer of
Brandon Poultry Products Limited.
Mr. Bergman has served as a mem-
ber of the Committee on Manitoba’s
Economic Future and is a member of
the executive committee of the Mani-
toba Transportation Commission and
of the Wood’s labor legislation review
committee.
He has served several terms as a di-
rector of the Canadian Chamber of
Commerce and in 1965 was elected
Manitoba vice-president. He is pres-
ident of the Manitoba Chambers of
Commerce for 1967-68 and earlier this
year was appointed regional director
of University Scholarships of Canada.