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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 21, 1968
Page
3
Oak River W A Hutchings attended the funeral of Clifford Sherris in Winnipeg on Monday. Oak River’s 60th Annual Bonspiel began Monday with 53 rinks in play. There are 8 events.
Oakner expresses deepest sympathy to Mr and Mrs George Fraser on the death of George's sister Mrs Russell Setter of Russell Manitoba. Mr and Mrs Lawrence Tremaine of Portage visited relatives and friends last week. Visitors at the homes of Mr and Mrs E Westwood and Mr and Mrs L Westwood included Mr and Mrs Dave Climie and Todd recently returned from a trip.
Crandall residents report visits and events including Lloyd attending an Allis-Chalmers meeting in Winnipeg and Janet Hunter of St Boniface taking a holiday at home. Crandall locals watched rinks from Crandall at Decker and Brandon British Consols. Ball Norrie arrived from Calgary for the Brandon winter fair and Shier relatives hosted visitors from Saskatoon. Mrs Ken Nelson of Winnipeg underwent an appendectomy with complications but has improved. her mother Mrs Lawrence remains at her side.
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Barry Miller on the birth of a daughter Heather Dawn at Hamiota Hospital on Tuesday February 14. Sympathy to Miss Joyce Kamantz after her father's death at home in Tuffnell Saskatchewan on February 15. Jan Finkbeiner of Winnipeg visited. Mixed bonspiel began with 24 rinks. Stan teasdale rink placed second in the Citizens Event at Decker Spiel.
Crandall Mrs. B. Fleming of Grand View is visiting with her relatives Ada and Jack Fleming.
The Decker Annual Bonspiel ended with 42 rinks competing and a total prize sum of 79 dollars and 60 cents. Alan McQuay, son of Mr and Mrs Wilson McQuay Lavinia, won the clothes hamper draw. Multiple visitors and participants from Virden Dawson City Hamiota and Birtle attended the event and the Lenore Ladies Spiel and five men's rinks joined Isabella.
The report lists results from the Grand Challenge and Pool and Farmers events at the Communities Centennial Project. Winners include G Nykoliation Shoal Lake and Earl Gregory Hamiota in open pools with multiple top placers from Decker, Hamiota, Crandall, Shoal Lake, Isabella, and Strathclair.
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