The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Side 59

THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
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60th WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Johnson, of
Gimli, Manitoba, celebrated their 60th
wedding anniversary, at Gimli, May 6,
1973.
Mr. Johnson has an intersting story
to tell about the silver watch present-
ed to him by Sir Ernest Shaokleton, in
1914. When Sir Ernest was preparing
for his expedition to the South Pole
in 1914 he commissioned the Hudson’s
Bay Company to obtain the sled dogs
for his expedition. Mr. McNab, of
the Hudson’s Bay Company Winnipeg
store, proceeded to New Iceland to
carry out the commission. Four local
New Iceland men, including Mr.
Johnson, obtained one hundred sled
dogs and they accompanied the dogs
to London, England. Sir Ernest show-
ed the five Canadians genuine hospi-
tality and presented them with
watches as a memento. The five re-
turned home just before the outbreak
of war, August 4, 1914.
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DR. DAVID M. BJARNASON
JOINS A CLINIC IN U.S.A.
Dr. David M. Bjarnason has joined
the Marshfield Clinic in Wisconsin,
U.S.A. The addition of Dr. Bjarnason
brings to 117 the number of specialists
at the Marshfield Clinic, which serves
Wisconsin and Upper Michigan.
Dr. Bjarnason, who was born at
Gimli, Manitoba, in 1942, graduated
from the University of British Colum-
bia, Vancouver, B.C., in 1967. He
served his internship at Ottawa Civic
Hospital, in Ottawa, and did his resi-
dency work at the Mayo Graduate
School of Medicine in Rochester,
Minnesota. He had a two-year Rheum-
atology Fellowship at USC Medical
Compliments of
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LUNDAR, MANITOBA
Alice and Leifur Palsson
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ALL TYPES OF
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AUTDPAC
REAL ESTATE
PHONE 642-S859
GIMLI MANITOBA
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Compliments of
H. R. TERGESEN
PHARMACIST
PHONE 642-5939
Gimli -- Manitoba