The Icelandic Canadian - 01.06.1973, Side 64

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THE ICELANDIC CANADIAN
SUMMER 1973
CELEBRATED SIXTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY
Mr. and Mrs. G. V. Arnason, of
Gimli, celebrated their 60th wedding
anniversary at Gimli, January 14,
1973.
Mr. and Mrs. Arnason have lived
all their lives in the Gimli area. They
have ten children, 45 grandchildren,
and ten great grandchildren.
Gudjon Valdimar Arnason was
born at Espiholi, near Gimli, in 1891.
Espiholl was the farmstead which his
father, a pioneer of 1883, had acquired
in 1886. In earlier years Mr. Arnason
engaged in fishing and the transpor-
tation of fish, as well as farming; in
later years he devoted himself to the
farm.