Community Notes From Arrow River Area
Local residents share visits and travel to Edmonton Minnedosa and Brandon. Curling events include Miniota Legion Bonspiel and Manitoba Curling in Selkirk with Arrow River participants George Gardham Wilf Leland Bob Gardham. Community groups meet for coffee and a women’s gathering at Trudy Watters’ home plus notes on recycling depot guidelines and plastics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Carnegie
Pas
Jan
Murray Carnegie
Bill
Barb Gardham
Edmonton
Edward
Beth Leland
Minnedosa
Luke
Brenda Leland
Peter Braun
Wilf
Edna Leland
Lillian Gardham
Ivy Lockhart
Evelyn Maguire
Central Park Lodge
Brandon
Sears
Miniota Legion
Legion
Arrow River
George Gardham
Wilf Leland
Bob Gardham
Charles
Edna Watts
Esterhazy
Standish
Medicine Hat
Kris
Bill Medd
Winnipeg
Vic Peters
Manitoba
Selkirk
Dan Carey
Jen
Terry Carey
Bob
Joe Bonner
Mae Watters
Dauphin
Lil Horner
Thelma Dales
Ruby Weber
Jim Flannery
Pipestone
George
Lil Gardham
Trudy Watters
Valentine
District Happenings and Winter News Notes
District items include valentines skipped for socks with hearts, donations to Hamiota Recycling Project, a video of Marie Salway at a 1988 Manitoba Farm Women's Conference, and upcoming ARW meeting on March 10. Community birthdays, hospital visits, and sympathy notices accompany reports from Cardale, Hamiota, Rivers, and Oak River. A senior games shuffleboard event notes winners, while UCW planning meetings in Shoal Lake precede a Birtle Presbyterial gathering. Marriage begins with billing and cooing but only the billing lasts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donna Gardham
Hamiota
Winnipeg
Isabella W.I
Marie Salway
Manitoba Farm Women’s
ARW
Donna Bonner
Clara Radcliffe
Frances
Lorne Radcliffe
Clara
Cardale
Jack Esplin
Irene
Newdale
Mamie
Minnedosa Hospital
Evelyn Cowan
Gordon Cowan
Rivers
Gordon
Evelyn
Ryan
Laurel Crighton
Cecil
Joan Roberts
Brandon
Clarence Bender
Kennedy, Sask
Tucson
Arizona
Marie
Manitoba
Everest Peart
Hamiota Hospital
Clarence
Oak River Arena
Kenton
Lenore
Foxwarren
St. Lazare
Oak River
Tena Coulson
Myrtle Crighton
Georgia Hyndman
Mary Baldwin
Margaret Simms
Shoal Lake
U.C.W
Birtle Presbyterial
George
Beulah Poker Derby and Decker Curling Bonspiels Highlight Local Notes
Community notices report a Beulah February 14 poker derby with 21 riders and cash prizes. Albin Jewar and Cramar Ashcroft are remembered by families. Decker hosts annual bonspiels with 36 families aiding, Sharon Desrochers winning the Ladies Bonspiel. 4 H County Riders notes January-February activities and fundraisers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albin Jewar
Blind Bay
B.C
Nettie Jewar
Stan Jewar
Andy Jewar
Joyce Weselak
Albin
Cramar Ashcroft
Birtle
Bob
Nancy Evans
Beulah
Tracy Janz
Derlago’s
Beulah Hall
Kevin Bonner
Tim Wierer
Brad Thompson
Jackie Jewar
Kirk Naylor
J.D. Grocery
Hamiota Hosts Bantam Hockey Tournament Weekend
Roblin and Killarney visitors joined teams for the Killarney Bantam Hockey Tournament with Minnedosa winning the C trophy and Hamiota losing the A final to Fort Ellice. Jim and Heather Dickson hosted players. Chris Hunt and Dana attended. Fans are urged to attend Hamiota Huskies Fan Night February 22 with Blanshard Bobcats featuring free draws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Killarney
Jim
Heather
Chris Hunt
Dana
Minnedosa
Hamiota
Fort Ellice
Hamiota Huskies
Blanshard Bobcats
Local Family Visits and Travels Highlight Weekend
Isabella Jean Norrie and Blanche Lawn visited family members at various cities over the break. Frank Reid and Hannah Reid, plus Marilyn Reid, traveled from Birtle and Edmonton to join Carolyn Flynn at the Tankard in Selkirk. Other families visited Winnipeg, Dauphin, Yorkton, and Calgary while several members toured Mexico and Las Vegas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julie Clark
Clark
Frank
Hannah Reid
Birtle
Marilyn Reid
Edmonton
Carolyn Flynn
Bill
Selkirk
Kay Baby
Krista
Patrick
Barry
Linda
Earl
Marjorie Miller
Winnipeg
Earle
Rhonda
Murray
Phyllis Bell
Chris Sutherland
Tracy
St. Brieux
Sash
Les
Wilcox
Celia
Cheri
Mick
Mel Collins
Calgary
Donna
Las Vegas
Lloyd
Margaret Irwin
Dauphin
Sean
Ryan
Erica
Eric
Kim
Mexico
Geraldine Guinette
Nicole
Alana
Gerald
Kalynda
Yorkton
Bud
Hamiota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maureen Schwanke
Beth Stowe
Decker
Gerry Davis
Marion Hunter
Sharon Desrochers
Florence Strachan
Ruth McConnell
Jodi Desrochers
Doreen Clark
Miniota
Barb Pettinger
Marion Lints
Anita Knight
Elaine Montgomery
Don
Eleanor Hawkins
Roblin
Debbie
Richard Dereniwiski
Justin
Armaine
Arong
Heather Dickson
Jean
Phil
Jeff Forbes
Andrew Spurrill
Isabella
Jean Norrie
Blanche Lawn
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