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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
Spring 1968
CENTENNIAL MEDAL FDR WELL KNOWN RESIDENT
G. J. Markusson
The name of another Parkland area
resident has been added to the long
list of Canadians who have received
Centennial medals.
Gisli J. Markusson, Pennock area
farmer and active community worker,
received the medal recently.
Mr. Markusson was born in Win-
nipeg in 1899, and came to the Pen-
nock district in 1906. He attended the
public school there, and farmed in the
district until 1966.
Throughout his lifetime Mr. Mark-
usson has taken an active and absorb-
ing interest in community affairs.
For 31 consecutive years he was a
member of the local school hoard, serv-
ing as secretary-treasurer and chairman
during various periods.
In 1934 he was elected to the council
of the Rural Municipality of Church-
bridge No. 211 for nine consecutive
years and as reeve for five years, retir-
ing from office in 1949.
During his term of office he advo-
cated and worked for the formation of
a Union Hospital District in the area.
This became a reality, leading to the
construction of a 32-ibed hospital in
the town of Langenburg.
From its inception, Mr. Markusson
served as vice-chairman and later as
chairman of the Langenburg Union
Hospital Board.
He was a member of and vice-chair-
man of the original Yorkton School
Unit Board No. 36, representing sub-
unit No. 6. He is past president of
Concordia Lutheran Church (Iceland-
ic) and a charter member of the Con-
cordia Lutheran Church in Church-
bridge.
For many years he was secretary-
treasurer of the Bredenbury Northern
Rural Telephone Co., and also served
as president of the Bredenbury Tele-
phone Service Board.
Mr. Markusson took an active part
in the Pennock and the Bredenbury
wheat pool committee. He was a mem-
ber of the Bredenbury United Grain
Growers’ Bredenbury local committee
for .several years.
Since retiring from farming Mr.
Markusson and his wife, the former
Elin Hinrikson of Churchbridge, now
reside in Saltcoats. They have one son
Joe, who operates the original farm,
and two daughters, Mrs. Margaret
Maclver of Yorkton and Mrs. Kristin
Sauser of Churchbridge. They also
have six grandchildren.
From Yorkton Enterprise