Anniversary Celebrated for 50th Wedding of Mr and Mrs Little
A tea and supper marked the 50th wedding anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. M. S. Little at Chumah Hall Hamiota. Lloyd and Hector Little hosted guests, with 244 signing the guest book and out of town visitors from Winnipeg, Brandon, Greenridge and Birtle. Decker U.C.W. ran the lunch and the Lloyd Little farm hosted supper for 45. The couple wed fifty years ago in Rothesay Manitoba.
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Hamiota
Chumah Hall
M. S. Little
Lloyd
Hector Little
Hector
Saudi Arabia
Janice
Sharlene Little
Decker U.C.W
Lloyd Little
Rothesay
Man
Winnipeg
Brandon
Greenridge
Birtle
Oak River School Reunion Draws 1000 Attendees
Oak River held a 50 year reunion for the stucco school from 1929 to 1979 attracting over 1,000 registrants from across Canada and the U.S. The two day event featured a rink gathering, glee club performances, Scottish dancing, a pork barbecue, and a dine and dance as former students and teachers recalled memories and celebrated the community’s legacy.
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Oak River
B.C
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Ontario
Quebec
U.S.A
O.R.C.L
Memory Lane
Cameron Henry
Joan Shamray
Betty Hatch
Hazel Westbrook
Dick Heapy
Larry Westbrook
Mary Hoar
Jack McPhaden
Winifred Kreager
R.M. of
Blanshard
Reeve Frank McPhaden
Stan Henry
Stucco
Rolling River
Lois
Bruce Espey
Oak River School
Bride-Elect Honored at HAMIOTA Community Shower
A June 30 event in the Pentecostal Church lower auditorium honored Ruth Beck daughter of Rev and Mrs L Beck. Ruth will wed John Hagan of Red Lake Ontario at 2 p.m. August 11 in the Pentecostal Church. The gathering featured corsages, gifts, and a guest book signed by over sixty donors.
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Elaine Routledge
Edna Kirby
John
J. D. Hagan
Matachewan
Ontario
Ruth
Margaret Beck
Gwen Taylor
H.C.I
Shannon Taylor
Fraser receives seventy year bar for fifty year medal
J Moss Fraser is presented with a seventy year bar at the Masonic Memorial Temple in Winnipeg on June 15 1979. Five sons and several relatives attend along with Mrs Rose Fraser and Grand Lodge official John L Rankin. Fraser’s Masonic service began with Hamiota Lodge No 4 in 1909 and continued in Strathclair Lodge No 106 after 1977.
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Winnipeg
J. Moss Fraser
Masonic Memorial Temple
Don
Clarence
George
Toronto
Harold
Vancouver
Stan
Rose Fraser
John L. Rankin
Grand Lodge of Manitoba
Hamiota Lodge
James Moss’ Fraser
Hamiota Lodge No
Strathclair
Moss
Rose
Local Dealer Attends Farm Advisory Meeting in Calgary
Mr. Charlie Jahns of Oak River Equipment Ltd. returned to Oak River Manitoba after a three day White Farm Equipment Dealer Advisory Council meeting in Calgary Alberta. Jahns is among seven advisory council members elected by White Farm Dealers in Canada to meet with company officials. Topics covered manufacturing marketing parts and service engineering finance and advertising. The group saw ongoing research and development and a forecast of product introductions for 1979 and 1980. Shown with Jahns were Andrew Zaleski president White Farm Canada Robert Kidder president White Farm USA and Gordon Cleator vice president marketing. White Farm Equipment is a full line marketer of tractors implements tillage and harvesting equipment and a division of White Motor Sarattan of Canada Limited.
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Charlie Jahns
Oak River Equipment Ltd
Oak River
Manitoba
Calgary
Alberta
Jahns
Andrew Zaleski
White Farm Canada
Mr. Jahns
Robert Kidder
White Farm USA
Gordon Cleator
White Farm Equipment
White Motor Sarattan of Canada Limited
Manitoba grants $60,000 to Indian Brotherhood
The Manitoba government provides a special grant of 60 000 to the Manitoba Indian Brotherhood for its share of a one year tripartite study on delivery of services to Indians. Finance Minister Don Craik notes negotiations with the federal government began three years ago to define federal responsibility and provincial involvement within cost recovery. Of the grant, 45 000 funds the IBs participation through March 31 and 15 000 winds up the group’s portion of the year long project.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Manitoba Indian Brotherhood
Don Craik
M.lb
Craik
M.I.B
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Brand X Orchestra
Rink
Tom Delgaty
Craig Gibbs
E. J. Millar D.D
Rock Creek
Lyle Dyker
Canada
Brotherhood
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