Oak River reminiscences and town notes in Manitoba
A community page from Oak River covers local curling notes with 62 rinks entered, plus town anecdotes. It reports on a flag ceremony at the barracks, weather, social events, a Lions Convention in Bemidji, hydro bill concerns, and various local residents and happenings including Odd bits from Onze town life and a humorous parable about neighborly payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Mathison
Jamie Jamieson
Dominion
Montreal
Lorne Wagner
RCM
Paul Twerden
Andy Hodge
Lester
Ellery Sunley
Bemidji
Harold McLaren
Fred Venables
Crookston
Minn
Manitoba
Local Birthday Greetings and Weekend Visits Across Town
Ex Miss Maureen Baillie visit marks 86th birthday for Mrs Charles Gray on February 23 1965. Weekend visitors include Morris Deveson and son Danny from Winnipeg, extensions from the Winter School, and relatives from Virden Thompson and Brandon. Gordon Killoch plans an extended Scotland trip. Gerald Bilton returns from Michigan where his brother Elmer was ill and later died February 13 1965.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maureen Baillie
Hended
Charles Gray
Jesus
Jerry Steski
Morris Deveson
Danny
Winnipeg
Matthew
Steski
Tucson
Arizona
Gerrard
Dorothy
Neal
Gordon Killoch
Scotland
Preswick
Glasgow
Aberdeen
Gordon
Aleck Milne
Hamiota
Gerald Bilton
Alpena
Michigan
Elmer
Gerald
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota Echo
Canada
U.S
Jack Coombs
Eleanor
Decker
John Higgins
Beausejour
Arnold Geith
Oak River
R. H
States
Arnold
Delmar McConnell
Roy McMillan
The
Royal Bank
Jim Maitland
Feaf
Arthur Davis
McLeod’s
Caldwell Motors
R.C.M.P
George Duchart
Duff Roblin
Bill Miller
Hills
Johnnie Finkbeiner
Isabella
Coxworth
Adams
Hesse
Harrison
Johnston
Duetsch
Shoemaker
Harvey English
Cardale
Tom Peart
Alex Pehowich
Lorne Caldwell
Alex
Winston
West
Davy Davidson
Davy
Vern
United Church
Ralph Clark
Jack Boyd
Rev
Clark
Vance Stewart
Echo
Gander
Newfoundland
Victoria
British Columbia
Hamiota United Church
R. E. Clark
Oarner United Church
Rev A. McColl
United Church of Canada Strathclair
H. J. Harland
Strathclair
Christ Church Hamiota
W. D. Smith
Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada
E. Myers
Bob Hudson
Ed. Hudson
Kek
George Moir
Virden
C. W. Venables
Fred Walden
Alice Knight
Hamiota Hospital
Assiniboine Hospital
Brandon
Hamiota Baptist Fellowship Fraternal Hall
C. Davie
Rivers Sunday School
Miniota
Don Gregory
Earl Gregory
J. M. Williams
B. P. Strickland General Insurance & Real Estate
Cec’s Barber Shop
Cecil Cormack
James. H. Gradwell
Darroch
Hamiota Barber Shop
John Smyth
Duncan’s
Doak, Buckingham
Credit Union Building
Imperial Life
Ken Drozda
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