Local News Highlights From Oak River Community
Local comments praise Royce Riddell for winning the shield with his trumpet solo The Holy City and note his mother Mrs Walter Riddell as accompanist. The column recalls Oak River United Church junior choir and recalls various regional updates and oddities from Dec 3 1968 including Masonic officers 1969 and Brandon Wheat Kings status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ckx-Tv
Royce Riddell
Stan Henry
Oak River
Jean
Sahara
Christian Barnard
South Africa
Arthur Allen
McConnell
Roy Espey
Cardale
Glee Club
Hamiota
Brandon
St. Paul’s Church
Rotary Club
St. Paul's
Grey Cup thrills and small-town anecdotes mix in Hamiota column
Ot tawa fans savor a Grey Cup thriller while Calgary endures heartbreak. Gordon Pangan visits during celebrations and recalls a coworker’s wife in tears over supper. Local bits include post office history, pen care tips, building sale, Santa visit, and town musings on change and pedestrians.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Calgary
Gordon Pangan
Gordon
Air Canada
Rocky House
Alberta
Farm Notes Grain Drying Meeting and Hog Show Series
A grain drying meeting is set for December 12, 1968 at Buffalo Plains Inn Shoal Lake with Agricultural Engineer Bob Rae as speaker. A new pamphlet will be available and inquiries are welcome. A Prairie series runs January 6 10 1969 daily at 10 30 a m covering hog management dairy and beef topics with experts including Dr Howard Fredeen and Art Reddon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Delbridge
Bill Brooks
Brook’s Electric
Buffalo Plains Inn
Shoal Lake
Bob Rae
MDA
Prairies
Howard Fredeen
Art Reddon
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Hamiota Echo
Manitoba
Post Office Department
Ont
Canada
Us.a
F. S. Venables
Jack Coombs
Debbie Anderson
Oakner
Robert Kennedy
United States
Debbie
Ethel
Matthew
Bert Baldwin
Strathclair
Fred Wyatt
Don McNabb
Minnedosa
Wyatt
Virden
Johnnie Finkbeiner
Bert Strange
Kenton
John A. Macdonald
Jack Houck
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
North Pole
Johnnie Riddell
Masonic Lodge
Bob McConnell
Ned Curll
Bill Kelly
Brandon Wheat Kings
Don Coombs
Wheat Kings
Wimp
Bruce Lemon
Lim
Halifax
Ross Sheardown
Hamiota-Blanshard-Miniota
Santa Claus
Harmiota Theatre
Hamiota and District
Charlie
Rosser
Saint Nick
Hamiota Hospital
Wells
Maduke
Jesus
Bill Stinson
Hubert Pollock
Hamiota Theatre
Wendell Wight
Independent Breeders Association
Jon Klagenberg
Hamiota United Church
R. E. Clark
Oarner
Decker
A. McCool
United Church of Canada
D. L. Holtzman
Christ Church Hamiote
Rev
W. D. Smith
Pentecostal Assemblies of
Hamiota Beauty Shoppe
Hudson
Hames
Cashmore
Pratt
Perry
Prus
Ford
Bain
Denwal Pharmacy
Rexall Super
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