Through the Sights with Peep Light Pete Decade Review
A whirlwind overview recalls Winnipeg sports highs and lows across football hockey curling basketball and baseball as the 1950s close. Notable names like Belleville Macs Nelson Lopat Howe and Campbell surface amid shifting leagues and rising Canadian talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Goldeyes
Winnipeg
Canada
Vancouver
Toronto
Monreal
Yanks
Ed Lopat
A. Renolds
Viv Roschie
Syd
Haker
Maple Leaf
Red Wings
Lindsay
Abel
Howe
Richard
Bob Hill
Clarence Campbell
Montreal
Russia
Belleville Macs
Lionel Conecher
H Is Son
Hamiota Ladies Bonspiel Set For January Dates
The Hamiota Ladies Bonspiel will run January 13 to 16 with good prizes on display at Venables Hardware. Donations were gratefully acknowledged by the Hamiota Ladies Curling Club from local businesses and individuals including Bull Brooks Pittendreigh Bros Hamiota Echo W T An crew Hamiota Hotel and many others.
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Hamiota
Venables Hardware
Hamiota Ladies Curling Club
Bull Brooks
Pittendreigh Bros
Hamiota Echo
W. T. Ancrew
Hamiota Hotel
Hamiota Quick Freeze
Houck’s Service Depot
Manitoba Pool
E. D. Hudson
F. A. Hodge
Duncans
A. Pateman
Gordon Smith
Oakdens Jewellery Houcks
Simpson Sears
Murray Coupland
Venables Hardware Marks Store
Ross Sheardown
Reg Fields
Hamiota Consumers Co-op
Dr. J
Anglo Canadian Oile
Manitoba Power Commission
Dan Levernick
McLeods Store
K. R. Fraser
Caldwell Motors
Harold Moore
B. P. Strickland
Geo. Baxter
Harry Bailey
Royal Bank
N. Curll
Lindsay Whyte
Young at Heart club reports December dances and travels
The Young at Heart club held lessons on December 8 and 15 with six visitors from Shoal Lake and Cardaleé. Nine couples visited Shoal Lake on December 16. A square dance session and social time followed, with a note that dancing lessons may cost fifty cents per person. The piece also covers local boy travelers from Bissett to San Antonio Gold Mines region and lists the Bissett lineup and weekly scores against Oakburn, Hamiota, Birtle, Shoal Lake, and Crandall.
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Young At Heart
Shoal, Lake
Cardaleé
Shoal Lake
Bissett
Duncan Rousseau
Philip Newsham
Jackie Meat
Orville Harper
Irwin Kurtin
Bud Kowalchuk
Jim Campbell
Austin Furst
Ian Fults
Richard McPherson
Larry Courchane
Richard Kalin
Oakburn
Hamiota
Birtle
Shoal Beaks
Crandall
Mrs Hubert Pollock, Life of 1887 Pioneer, Dies
Mrs Mary E Pollock died December 19 after a lengthy illness at Hamiota Hospital. Funeral at Hamiota United Church December 22, Rev Ralph Clark officiating. Burial at Hamista Cemetery. Survived by husband Hubert Pollock and 31 grandchildren across Alberta, B C, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. One son predeceased. two brothers and three sisters also listed. Seventeen grandchildren and one great grandchild.
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Hamiota Hospital
Mary Ethellaud Pollock
Hubert Pollock
Hamiota United Church
Ralph Clark
Hamista Cemetery
Harvey
George
Harold Pollock
Ron
Keith
Don McConnell
Pollock
Vila Dale
McConnell
Hamleta
Bob
Joe
Drayton Valley
Alberta
Don
Hamista
Ken
Fort Langley
B.C
Philip
Port Arthur
Jerald
Lacombe
Betty
Jack Lamont
Burnaby
Alymer
Hamia
Winnipeg
Kate Linsay
Violet
Causey
Seattle
U.S.A
Gasoline Prices and Oil Costs Cited in Fuel Discussion
The article argues that the price of crude oil heavily influences fuel costs for all vehicles from a DCS to family cars. It notes gasoline has become cheaper in the past two years as general prices rose about 16 percent, with gasoline dropping roughly 0.5 percent. DBS whelesas
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Imperial
Petroleum
Bissett Midget Team Tours Manitoba Exhibitions
On December 26 three car loads of midget hockey players and their coach traveled from Bissett to play exhibition games across Manitoba. Six matches were scheduled through the holiday week, with weather halting two potential games. Along the journey the team was invited to Hamidta after a stop en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thei
Bissett
Manitoba
Hamidta
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Miniota Radio Electric & T.V
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Phillips
Philco & Electrohome
Bill Brooks
Sylvania, Dumont and Sparton TY
W. H. Brooks
Harry L. Trump
Brandon, Man
Birtle Hotel
Priday
Darroch
OAK River Man
Duncan
Barber & Beauty
Kennell & Strange
Kenton, Man
C. E. Webb
Rosser Ave
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J. M. Williams
Lemiewa
D. Stuart Barber
Daniel G. Levenick
Kay
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Erie
Consis
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Decker
Aaigue
Estavan Bruins
Dallas Smith
Miami
Whiting
Ross Fraser
Jackie Caldwell
Dauphin
Eskimo
Mont Slesse
Drs. Hudson
Hudson James & McMillan
Kane
Hamiots
H. Cocke
Decker, Man
Crown Life Insurance Company
Home Office
Hamiota Ladies
Red
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San Antonio
Imperial Oil Limited
T.C.A
Iuipenal
Canadian Cancer Society
Winnipec
Ottawa
Ches
Ontario
Quebec
Canadian Pacific
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