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Oak River Hall marks hundredth anniversary celebration
The Oak River Memorial Hall marked its one hundredth anniversary on November 11. Norm Smith retires as Boissevain fire chief after 20 years, while Lionel Shust steps down as deputy fire chief after 32 years and his wife Alice is honored for manning the fire phone since the unit began. N Barry Williams buys the Sperling Hotel. The Hamiota Lions erect welcome signs dubbing Baseball Capital of Manitoba. Mrs Catherine Headland and Mrs Clara Degen celebrate 100th and 98th birthdays respectively. Mr and Mrs Russell Graham celebrate their 60th wedding anniversary. Marcel Vandenberghe reports a deer shot with one horn, a doe, near the bucks only highway side. The piece notes a suggestion that the head should win a non typical competition.
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Oak River Memorial Hall
Norm Smith
Boissevain
Lionel Shust
Shoal Lake
Alice
N. Barry Williams
Glenboro
Sperling
Highway No. 3
Carman
Steinbach Carillon
Manitoba
Hamiota Lions Club
Hamiota
Geo
Catherine Ann Headland
Prairie View Lodge
Pilot Mound
Clara Degen
Oakview Place
Winnipeg
Manitou
Russell Graham
Hartney
Marcel Vandenberghe
Killarney