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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 29, 1969
Page
2
Mr and Mrs Harry Bridgeman of Oak River celebrated their 53rd wedding anniversary on January 26 1969. Married in Brandon they drove from the farm with horse and cutter when temperatures fell to 30 degrees below zero and later took the train to Brandon. They have eight boys and six girls 49 grandchildren and ten great grandchildren.
A jeweller in Aberdeen used tough glass nearly as strong as steel after thieves smashed a display. The $300 window included alarm service and withstood a sledgehammer test. A fourth break-in is anticipated as police monitor the area.
Local notes report the Morton Clark wedding at Isabella Manitoba on January 18 1969 with families McPhaden and McPhaden and McePhaden attending Sympathy extended to Mr and Mrs Keith Brown on the sudden death of his father Mr P H McEachern of Carman Manitoba Several Winnipeg and Dennis area visitors stopped in including Mrs J Sunley at Bob Sunley home Three local rinks competed in Brandon Spiel with Garth Strachan winning Baton event Nels Kreager first in Goodmans event Gerald Mathison fourth in Royalite event Community sympathy extended to the Elliott family A Massey Ferguson berth was won by Kreager after a win over Kreager and others A Figure Skating Revue is planned for Friday February 14 in the Hamiota rink Mr James Stewart of Detroit and Mrs Don Suherland of Arrow River visited Gordon Grey family Dave Wyburn is noted for his town duties and water issue handling Congratulations to Vera Shayman Dot McConnell Joyce McWhirter and Doris Mathison on Grand Challenge win in the Shoal Lake Ladies Spiel
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