McConnell 4-H Beef Club Holds July 2 Achievement
The McConnell 4-H Beef Club held its annual achievement at Keith Bridge's farm on Friday July 2 1988. Judge Darcy Hickson of Brandon awarded Shelley Preston Champion Heifer with a Cargill Limited trophy. Dale Murray led Reserve Champion Heifer and Grand Champion Female went to Ryan Murray. Champion Steer earned by Scott Piston with multiple placings for others. numerous trophies donated by local sponsors. A post-show barbeque and appreciation certificates concluded the event.
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McConnell
Keith Bridge
Darcy Hickson
Brandon
Shelley Preston
Heifer
Cargill Limited
Oakner
Dale Murray
Manitoba
Jason Bridge
Scott Preston
Darren Bridge
Bonnie Chappell
Ryan Murray
Murray
Dale Little
Dana Johns
Debris Petro Canada
Hamiota
Shoal Lake
McConnell Fat Stock Show
Manitoba Pool Elevator
Selkirk Trio Visits Aunt Eva Lee in Ontario and Ontario Guests
Ken and Bev Donaldson of Selkirk Manitoba visited Aunt Eva Lee. Kathleen Musgrove hosted her daughter and husband from Cambridge Ontario and their grandson with wife and family from Aberfoyle Ontario. In the lounge Reg Hedley led the evening with Lil Peacock on piano and Don Pollock adding violin selections to the event.
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Ken
Bev Donaldson
Selkirk
Eva Lee
Kathleen Musgrove
Cambridge
Ontario
Aberfoyle
Reg Hedley
Lil Peacock
Don
Jean Pollock
Parkissimo Lodge Visits and Local Social Roundup
The note lists visitors to Parkissimo Lodge including Al Armitage, Margaret Foster, and others from Miniota Brandon Winnipeg and Calgary. It mentions family reunions at Currie Stone House July 31, raspberries distributed to residents, and a few farm harvest concerns with hopes for dry weather. The author shares personal travel between Moosomin Virden Regina and Winsor area with relatives and ball games.
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Finkbeiner
Mike
Jan Malanowich
Pas
Jan
Katie Sparks
Ellis
Verna
Lisa
Brandon
Tom
Bernice Weidenhamer
Edmonton
Mabel Stowe
Dorothy Browns
Pat
Cathy Stowe
Winnipeg
Anita
Calgary
Margaret Frazer
Hamiot
Notable August Dates in Canadian History
On August 8 events include 1665 Father Allouez naming Lake Tracy, now Lake Superior, and 1918 the Canadian Corps piercing the German line at Amiens. On August 9, 1665 Cromwell granted Acadia to Charles La Tour, and 1842 the Ashburton Webster Treaty settled the New Brunswick Maine boundary.
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Allouez
Lake Tracy
Lake Superior
Amiens
Oliver Cromwell
Acadia
Charles la Tour
New Brunswick
Maine
Library closes for summer vacation
Local library announces closure from August 17 to September 2 with reopening on September 2. Readers are reminded to borrow books before the break and await an update on the video block arrival.
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4-H Beef Club
Jack and
Margaret Boyd
Allan Preston
Bruce Johnston
Dorothy Francis
Weel
Parkissimo Lodge
al Armitage
Miniota
Margaret Foster
Bob Scott
Linner
McAuley
Marion Watts
Edwin Grose
Moosomin
Mildred Purvis
Wally Purvis
Mildred
Regina
Virden
Canada
Bossman’s Restaurant
Dell
Chiropractic Centre
Patrick J. Shwaluk
Burlington Place
4Th Avenue
ROJ
Skayman Auto Body
Romoto
Dallas Skayman
Crosstown
Tempo Inn
Tempo
Tempo Auto Clinic
Keith Lamb
Rivers
Sun
Hamiofa
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