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Newspaper
Glenboro Gazette
Location
Glenboro, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 25, 1986
Page
1
Glenboro firefighters were summoned to the Henry Einarson farm south of Glenboro on Thursday around 2 p.m. to tackle a fire that destroyed a small granary and damaged the northeast corner of a machine shed with welding equipment and tools lost.
Members of the Kinsmen Kinette K-40 and Kette clubs met at Kinsmen Hall on June 18 to close the year, enjoy supper, and install officers for 1986 87. Special guests included Deputy Governor Ken Dixon and Kinette coordinator Beth Bessant of Boissevain. Entertainment featured Vera Bjornson Val Ford Cathy Horbas with musicians Don Horbas Ken Storey Reid Cummings and Heather Blakely. Officers elected include Kinsmen Past President Frank Stevens and President John Young with Don Horbas as Vice President and Loren Nelson as Secretary. Kinette leaders include Cathy Horbas as Past President and Secretary and Jan Nelson as President with Sandra Young as Vice President. K-40 officers list Bill Smith Theodore Jonsson Cam Makinson Gordon Jefferies Pierre Vallotton and Henry Thornborough plus Don Foster. Kette officers name Dolores Ehnes Jeanette Jefferies Marion Jonsson Lorraine Makinson and Agnes Witherspoon with Shirley Rutherford and Myrna Greer noted in roles.
The 1985 86 council of the Rural Municipality of South Cypress met in Glenboro on June 10 1986 with Reeve John R. Moore and seven councillors present. Delegations included regional engineer solicitor and local history researchers. Council approved use of the Glenboro South Cypress weed district's 1974 Chevrolet truck for weed control on municipal business under specified conditions.
Members photographed in front of the south side grandstand with Fred Thornbor in the back row. The note identifies a 1930 Junior Seed Growers Club parade scene and lists participants.
The last Parade of Yesteryear photo fixes driver and ownership details. Lawrence Coates drove the Seed Growers Float previously listed as Ivan Nairn, and the team was owned by Dixon Garnett, father of Ernie Garnett. Additional names noted include Doug Elliott, Mac Douglas, Stan Malyon, Gordon Nairn, Les Drinkwater, Len Thornborough, Marnie Tosh, Walter Drinkwater, and Doug Malyon with one man at right unnamed.
The Union of Manitoba Municipalities Central District holds its annual meeting at Glenboro Kinsmen Community Hall on June 26. Registration starts at 9 30 a.m. and the banquet ends the day at 5 30 p.m. The Hon John Bucklaschuk Minister of Municipal Affairs will speak in the morning and a Department of Education representative will address the afternoon session.
Weather summary for Vancouver H-17 shows high 30 on the 18th and low 10 on the 17th. Mean temps 17.3, overall average 18.8, daytime average 25.7, lifetime 12, precipitation 20.4. Temperatures run 1.5 above normal.
Announcement that all advertising copy and news items must be submitted by Monday noon on June 30 to appear in the July 2 issue due to the July 1 holiday on Tuesday. The notice emphasizes early submission for timely publication.
The Glenboro Gazette invites 12 to 15 year old students to submit an essay titled Why I Shouldn't Smoke. Entries of about 100 to 200 words will be judged by Gazette staff on content and neatness. The winner receives an 18 by 24 coloured Corey Hart poster supplied by the Manitoba Lung Association. winning essay to be published. Closing date is July 11.
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