District 3 Curling completes. Elliott wins Lassie bid
In Hamiota the District 3 women’s curling event ran three days with 15 rinks. Bernice Elliott edged Noreen Andrews to claim the A side and secure a Lassie Provincial Playdowns berth in Neepawa February 3. Noreen Andrews won the B side. several teams were eliminated as draws continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Edith Caldwell
Heather Houck
Sandra Bridgett
Noreen Andrews
Virden
June Duke
Audrey Bunn
Lil Horner
Minford
Louise Miller
Binscarth
Ivy Heapy Oak River
Bernice Eliot
Rivers
Margaret Sill Isabella
Kay Geekie Strathelair
Pat Bray Birne
Midge Horn
Yesday
Bernice Fillet
Wif Horner
Ann Marks
Kat Bray
Jay
Ivy Heapy
Kay Geekie
Bernice Elliott
Elliott
Neepawa
Ladies Curling Club
Ernie Wallace
Royal York Chapter to Aid Manitoba Heart Fund
C E S Meet Shoal Lake January session held at Ukrainian Hall Shoal Lake. In February the chapter will collect for the Manitoba Heart Fund. Officers for 1976 include W M Marjorie Hadland W P Allister Elliott A M Dorothy Hudson A P Clare Switzer Sec Dorothy Switzer Treas Pamela Jenkins Cond Rae Elliott Assoc Cond Anne Funk Chaplain Christine Sinclair Marshall Vera Beamish Organist Rhoda Morton Adna Shirley Winstone Ruth Gwen Douglas Vidah Gilbert Martha Robena McCutcheon Electa Louise Andrew Warder Isabel Bardel Sentinel Alice Preston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne Funk
Christine Sinclair
Marshall
Vera Beamish
Rhoda Morton
Adna
Shirley Winstone
Ruth
Gwen Douglas
Esther
Vidah Gilbert
Martha
Robena McCutcheon
Electa
Louise Andrew
Warder
Isabell Bardel
Sentinel
Alice Preston
60th Anniversary Held for Wess and Annie Rivers
About 136 relatives and friends gathered December 29 1975 at Chumah Hall to honor Wess and Annie Rivers on their 60th wedding anniversary. Guests included family, neighbors, and messages from public figures, with a tea and lunch hosted by Unit 4 of the UCW. The couple married December 29 1915 near Pope and lived in several communities before retiring to Hamiota in 1958. They have five children, 14 grandchildren, and seven great grandchildren.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Wess
Annie Rivers
Hamida
Chumah Hall
P.M. Trudeau
Robert Stanfield
McKeag
Craig Seward
Mr. Blake
Sterling Lyon
Bee
Annie
Will
Elizabeth Rivers
Ivy Smith
Jean Iwachson
Unit No. 4
U.C.W
Wes
Turkington
Pope
Alex Smith
Isabella
Empress
Alto
Scotia District
Haniata
Ralph
Alice
Irene
Davey Clark
Thunder Bay
Ontario
Herald Rivers
Penticton
B.C
Evelyn
Jack Sheardown
Shoal Lake
Man
New Horizons Organizes Hamiota A Meeting
New Horizons convened a reorganizational meeting at the Community Room on Saturday January 10 at 2 pm with strong attendance. The secretary presented a directors’ report and a three way funding split was approved for shuffleboard Sr. Citizens and bowling. Ten directors were appointed with power to elect an executive. a further directors’ meeting is set for Tuesday January 13 in the community hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shuffleboard, Sr. Citizens and Bowling Club
Messrs
H. Gray
F. James
H. McLaren
E. Duncan
G. Peacock
E. Sunley
Mesdames L. Kerr
K. Sunley
G. McWhirter
L. McConnel
Play School Association Meets In Hamiota
The January 12 meeting in the Community Room drew 10 parents as the Play School Association discussed grant eligibility and a potential Toy Lending Library course by Mrs Jene Strickland of Brandon. The group noted flexible attendance and planned questions for Mr Bill Davison, the School Superintendent, at the February 9 session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota
Play School Association
Jene Strickland
Toy Lending Labrary
Brandon
Bill Davison
Joys of Being An Editor
A reflective note on the pressures of newspaper editing and presenting original work. It discusses criticism for printing jokes, clipping from others, or failing to hunt news. The piece concludes with a claim of copying from another paper.
U C W Meeting Forms New Officers In 1976 Oakner
Oakner UCW held its first 1976 meeting at Mrs. I Routledge home. Rev H Lynas installed officers for two years led by President Mrs Ivan Routledge with several committee reports, a 2025 09 bank balance, fundraising plans, and preparations for the Golden Wedding Anniversary tea and the Oakner Church Annual Meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakner
Oakner Ucw
I. Routledge
E. Westwood
Ivan Routedge
H. Lynas
Ivan Routledge
W. Brown
R. Hunter
J. Routledge
United Church Women
Treas
C. M. Anderson
Oakner Church
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Rivers Foursome District
Minnedosa
Sandra Woods
Jody Kirk
Laurie Miller
Vicky Cumming
Lan Robertson
Buck Mathison
Allan Mathison
Garry Kidd
Flin Flon
Fellows
C.E.S
Evelyn Sheardown
Mildred Hazlewood
Bergl Omich
New Horizons
Max Min
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