The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Page 60

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SUMMER 1973
Centre, Los Angeles, California. His
specialty is Internal Medicine and his
subspecialty Rheumatology.
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KAREN OLSON GOES TO
TUNISIA
Miss Karen Olson, of Gimli, is pres-
ently in Tunisia, North Africa, where
she is working with a youth group,
under a plan called Canada World
Youth. The purpose of this plan is to
help people in the developing coun-
tries and it is financed half by the
Canadian government and half by the
government of the country to which
the young volunteer goes. This year
240 young people from Canada, in-
cluding twelve from Manitoba, were
scheduled to go to various countries.
Their age bracket is sixteen to twenty
years.
The young people receive their
board and room and a small allowance
for other expenses. (Information
Canada gives the address of the organ-
ization promoting this plan as being
Box 1798, Edmonton Alberta).
Karen is the daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Paul Olson, Jr. of Gimli.
The Icelandic Canadian Club of
British Columbia observed Thorra-
blot, on February 16, with a dinner
and dance in the spacious Legion Hall
on Main Street, Vancouver. The pro-
gram included beautiful “gymnastic”
dancing by a group of young girls (of
Icelandic descent) and songs by the
musical Eyford family from Vancou-
ver Island. About 300 attended, in-
cluding a large number of former
Winnipeg people.
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Gary David Thorarinsson
Eighteen-year old Gary Divid Thor-
arinsson, of Regina, Saskatchewan,
won the Gold Medal in wrestling at
an All-Canadian meet at Thunder
Bay, Ontario, last March. Gary David
will be the Canadian representative
t an International wrestling meet at
Miami, Florida, this summer.
Gary David’s parents are Kristman
and Lillian Thorarinsson, of Regina.
Mrs. Thorarinssn is the former Lillian
Jonasson, of Riverton, Manitoba.
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Mr. Rodney Isfeld, of Gimli, Man-
itoba, is the Manager of Duha Plastics
of Gimli. The plant, which employs
12 to 14 people, manufactures a variety
of products but its main product is
dielectric heat-sealed plastic items,
such as binders and coasters. Another
important function of Duha Plastics
is the prduction of 90 per cent of the
paint sales aids for large Canadian
paint companies.
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