The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Side 39

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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Manitoba Indoor and Outdooor Meets
and the Manitoba International com-
petition, attended by many United
States skaters. In Minneapolis she
gained two silver awards, and at the
500 metre handicap in Winnipeg won
a pair of Viking Skates.
On May 15th at the annual Awards
ceremony sponsored by The River
Heights Club, Gillian was presented
with the Maureen Johnstone Mem-
orial Trophy, given to the Club skater
accumulating the greatest number of
points in meets held during the skat-
ing season. She also received the Man-
itoba Outdoor Bantam trophy and the
City of Winnipeg pin, presented by
Uni-city councillor William Norrie.
During the 1972-73 skating year
Gillian established 16 new records in
her age class: 6 Canadian records; 6
Manitoba records and 4 Manitoba-
Interntional records.
Gillian has also been active in Inter-
mediate swimming, piano, and hobby-
art.
Gillian is the daughter of Dr. and
Mrs. George Johnson, of Winnipeg.
ICELANDIC FESTIVAL DF MANITOBA ESSAY CONTEST
The Icelandic Festival of Manitoba
is sponsoring an essay contest, open
to contestants 18 years or under, on
the subject:
MY FAMILY
“My Family” may be interpreted to
include not only the immediate family
but also grandparents and great- grand-
parents.
The essays are not to exceed 2000
words.
Two thousand words do not leave
much room for development, but an
account of family background, includ-
ing country of origin—Iceland—is sug-
gested. The approach may be limited
to such topics as “interesting events”
or to the more general “way of life”.
The following sub-topics are mention-
ed to trigger the imagination: employ-
ment and income, buildings, food,
clothes, cultural interest, education,
church, and involvement in commun-
ity life.
The following rules apply:
• Entries not to have been published
previously.
• Manuscripts must be typed or legib-
ly written, and on one side of the
paper only.
® The writer’s pen-name only to ap-
pear on the manuscript; the writer’s
name and address to be given in
a sealed envelope accompanying
the essay, and on the outside the
pen name and the name of the
article to be shown.
© The essays not to exceed 2000
words.
There will be three prizes, unless
in the opinion of the judges there are
not three essays of sufficient merit to
qualify - $100.00; $75.00, and $50.00.
Closing date for submission of essays
is October 1, 1973.
Entries are to be mailed to:
Miss Mattie Halldorson,
Executive Secretary,
748 Ingersoll Street,
Winnipeg, Manitoba
R3G 2J6