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Mizpah Lodge No 12 marks 100 years in Glenboro history
Bill Dowd recounts Mizpah Lodge No 12 100 year history from 1887 to 1987 in Glenboro. The piece covers hall construction in 1897, projection room and early cinema, Rebekah Lodge ties, gas lights to 32 volt system, notable members, wartime and depression era resilience, and later merger with Wawanesa members leading to ongoing meetings at Raystone Centre.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mizpah Lodge
Glenboro Oddfellows Lodge
Mizpah No. 12
Bill Dowd
Noble
Earl Wood
Lorne Witherspoon
Jack Poole
Fred Anderson
Percy Shepherd
Manitoba
Duncan Welsh
Virden
Rebekah
Valerie Verstraete
Mizpah
W.J. Gunn
Thompson Hall
Brothers of Mizpah
R.G. Hill
the Gazette
Glenboro
Harvey Witherspoon
Harvey
Austin Museum
Glen
Bro
Bev Blay
J.O. Young
Rebekah Lodge
Ideal
Holland
Rachel Rebekah Lodge No
Bert Pennycook