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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1969
Page
6
Sixty gather Thursday evening to hear the Oak River Choir with carols a Christmas story prayer and readings by Rev Bowins. Lunch followed. visitors and local residents share news of family church and hospital happenings with dates around December 14th.
Funeral service for William Crawford 55 held December 9 at United Church with Rev. Victor Bowins officiating. Interment in Oak River Cemetery. Born in Scotland, moved to Manitoba at ten, lived in Cardale, Oak River for 25 years. Survived by widow, two sons Bob Bradwardine and Bill at home, two daughters Doreen Bradwardine and Linda Rivers, five grandchildren, mother and step-father, five step-sisters, three step-brothers, infant daughter Barbara predeceased. Pallbearers and honorary pallbearers listed. flower bearers named. usher Graeme Shaw of Cardale.
The U C W hosted a Christmas gathering with Strathclair and Cardale UCW on December 3 featuring a pageant of Christmas scraps carols poems and skits by McConnell ladies. A lunch followed at the church basement and the regular UCW meeting was at Mrs A Little’s on December 10 with Christmas worship, reports, and officer elections.
Cardale Women’s Institute held its annual Christmas Bazaar on Friday December 5 in the church basement. Prize winners for the Christmas Turkey Dinner, Candy Guess and Door Prize were Ben Wilson Strathclair Albert Timbrell Rivers and Jean Dennison Cardale respectively. The event boosted the district hospital allocation for 1970 and funded an overbed table bought with proceeds. Members express thanks to all who attended donated or assisted.
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