Local and General News from Minotown Weekend Visits
Courtesies and greetings fill the note page as residents from Min- and nearby towns recount visits. Miss Joan Donald Roberts, violinist and Royal Conservatory student, achieved 88 percent at Toronto exams and serves as concert mistress of Rivers High School Orchestra. Several locals travel and host family and friends across Winnipeg and Ottawa.
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Joan Donald Roberts
Pilion
MIT
Winnipeg
Tory of Music
Toronto
Joan
Rivers
Alex Whyte
At Home Honoring 50th Wedding Anniversary Guests
Mr and Mrs Laurence Mathi son host an At Home event for friends and relatives of Mr and Mrs William Catto in honor of Mesdames Dot McConnell and Vera Shayman. Eva Angus and Marion Hodge attend the Miniota Bonspiel this week from 2 to 5 pm. Violet Nicholls visits Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Morton
Vera McPhaden
Barry Ontario
Buster Henry
R.C
Laurence Mathison
Wm. Catto
Dot McConnell
Vera Shayman
Marion Hodge
Eva Angus
Upgrade Your Water Heater with a 1000 Watt Element
If your electric water heater runs out of hot water despite good condition the issue may be an undersized element. Hydro offers a swap from 500 or 750 watts to 1000 watts in about 30 minutes with no mess and no hot water loss. If your tank is insulated the service is free.
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Hydro
Cascade 40 electric water heater rental plan offered by Manitoba Hydro
If your heater is in poor condition Hydro offers a rental or purchase option for a Cascade 40 with king size capacity. The plan guarantees hot water and covers average installation, service, and repairs during the contract. Rentals are $1.95 monthly and purchases $2.25 monthly with upgrade options for higher wattage elements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hydro
Macleods Sell-O-Rama Draws Western Canada Dealers
McLeods 18th annual Sell-O-Rama held in Winnipeg gathers over 250 Macleods Family Shopping Centre managers and dealers from 100 towns across Western Ontario Manitoba and Eastern Saskatchewan. A two day event includes a fashion show and clinics, with tours to the new Fort Garry warehouse, touted as Western Canada’s largest and most modern.
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McLeods
Winnipeg
Harold McLaren
Richard Hunt
Macleods Family
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Macleods
Gems From Nellie McClung Writings
Excerpted passages depict prairie summers with vivid scenes of mornings and heat drenched afternoons. The prose celebrates rural life with imagery of grain fields teams cows wagons and twilight giving a sense of Canadian prairie culture.
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Nellie McClung
M. J. G. McMullen
Reggies Ramblings On Trials And Doormats In Politics
A satirical column notes Quebec court sentences a robber to life plus 225 years, remarks on peaceful resolutions and the idea of judges as doormats. The writer jokes about indemnity totaling 21 thousand dollars a year and ties to Parliament commentary overheard in the St Regis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red River
Saint Paul
Quebec
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Bob and
Judy Murray
Min
Lorne Pedlow
Ron Mathison
University of Manitoba
Dassie Cochrane
Frank Graboweski
George Roberts
Camp Borden
Mrs
Dave Roberts
Charlie Randell
Miss. Bell Hamilton
Rae Cottick
Violet Nicholls
George Baker
Mrs. T. Robinson
Binsearth
Mrs. R. Sheardown
James R. Stewart
Lloyd McConnell
Gordon Grey
Vancouver
Manitoba Hydro
RED Cross
Marleods Family
Heing
Dunkin & Pettit
Optometrists
Brandon
the Chartered Banks
Canada
Reggie
Commons
St. Regis
Farmers
Elephant
GMC
Kenton Hamiota
A. H. Gill
McManus Motors
Arnold J. Houck
Elephant Brand High
Concalidate
Sing and Smelting Company of
Canat
St Regie Hotel
Mae
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