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Oakburn F armsR.C. 'Church mi nIn 1898 Father Adalbert ^Kulaway was the first Polish priest to visit the first settlers e and celebrate the first Mass at the home of Prokip Hrycak, gft * * •who was a Greek Catholic. In1901 Rev. Delaere replacedRev. Kulaway and began to a build a church. pThe first marriage was Anna cYaskiw to Micheal Hrycak. cTheodore Maksymchuk’s baby was baptized January 1, 1901 while Anna Hachkowski was baptized on September 29,1901 and Rev. Basil Charney *on April 13, 1903. The first }funeral took place in 1902 when jKindrat Chwaluk, father of M.J. Chwaluk, was buried in jthe Church Yard. Jan Zim- lt;merman was buried in 1908. ^There are quite a few graves with no identification. If they could be identified monuments * could be put up. ^ *. v, , __ 1As I was told by my father IMartin Hachkowski, Rev. Delaere was relieved by Rev. iRech Margos so that Rev. ]Delaere could go back toEurope to become a Ukrainian ( Priest. When he came back he built Seech Church and went west building churches in places such as Yorkton.More donations have been received: Mr. and Mrs. Mike Lepischuk $50.00, Mr. MikePszyszlak $20.00, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Drozda $50.00, Mr. and Mrs. James Howitz $25.00, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Kotyk $50.00, Mr. and Mrs.Waiter Korol $50.00.More information on the homecoming may be obtained from Frank Sitko in Oakburn or Walter Hachkowski in Shoal Lake. Donations will be acknowledged and official receipts for income tax purposes will be mailed.
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Shoal Lake Star
Shoal Lake, Manitoba, CA
Thu, Jul 12, 1979
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