Local Happenings Celebration for 55th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Lloyd McConnell celebrate their 55th wedding anniversary on December 17 1968. Mr and Mrs Gordon Grey visited Mrs M J Mitchell at Fairview Home Brandon and called on Mrs T B Jackson and other relatives in Carberry.
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Lloyd McConnell
Mrs. Gordon
Grey
M. J. Mitchell
Fairview
Brandon
Mrs. Gordon. Grey
T. B. Jackson
Carberry
Ron Tolton Named To Packers Council
A. Ron Tolton is named director of field services for Western Canada by H. K. Lekkie at the Meat Packers Council of Canada. Tolton began duties December 2, 1968, after a career as RCAF navigation officer, farm machinery supervisor, and agricultural editor. He farms in western Manitoba and joins councils with industry groups nationwide.
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A. “Ron” Tolton
Western
H. K. Leckie
Meat Packers Council of Canada
Tolton
University of Manitoba
Oak Lake
Royal Canadian Air Force
Farm Machinery Company
Calgary
Western Farm Magazine
Saskatoon
Agricultural Institute of Canada
Manitoba Institute of Agrologists
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Manitoba
Council
Canada
Headingly Santa Helpers Spread Christmas Cheer Behind Bars
Headingly Correctional Institute uses a carpenter shop to craft wooden toys for inmates children across Manitoba and beyond. Superintendent W. E. Lawson notes 12 years of the program with 68 to 200 gifts yearly, including dolls, hockey sticks, and rocking chairs. Gifts ship nationwide with Northland Airways offering to cover Norway House district postage.
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Santa
Headingly Correctional Institute
W. E. Lawson
Hugh Knight
Manitoba
British Columbia
Ontario
Lawson
Northland Airways
Norway House
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Dunkin & Pettit
Optometrists
Strickland
Hamiota
Miniota Municipality
Winnipeg
Hamiota Exchange
Don Gregory
Earl Gregory
Hamiota Hotel
Hamilton
The
Western Union
Stereos
Macleods
Hamiofa
Hustler
Houck’s
California
Bott California
Turkeys
Peter Piper
Hamiota Co-op Bulk
Cardale
Oak River
Kennell & Strange
Leer
Kenton
Ron Tolton
Packers Council
Headingly
RED Cross
Doak, Buckingham
Goliath, Toews, Smeltz & CO
Barristers, Solicitors & Notary Publics Credit Union Building
R. M. B. Toews. L.L.B
Brickwood
Ken Kingdon
Jeves Examinse
Birtle Hotel
Cor
Hamiota Merchant’s
Hamiota and District Chamber of Commerce
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