Decker Hosts Achievement Day For 4-H members and leaders
Decker held an Achievement Day with 4-H members judged in horse classes led by Laura Joynt of Virden. Terry Knight won Senior judging and Denise Murray won All Around, with multiple winners in Record Books and various fun events. Five Year Certificates were awarded to members and leaders, plus thanks to volunteers and supporters. the day closed with a barbecue at the Little farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Decker
Laura Joynt
Virden
Laura
Terry Knight
Randy Sandstrom
Denise Murray
Tara Dale
Kim Dnistranski
Sally Dale
Norma Knight
Faye Little
Greg Little
Marc Berry
Rick Berry
Regan Guilfoyle
Pee Wee
Kaili Dale
Morgan Ashcroft
Jonathon Guilfoyle
Jaime Kachan
Kerry Maynes
Decker Country
Peo
Crandall W.J
T-8 Ranch
Miniota
Welsh Pony Association
Don
Decker News Highlights Local Visits and Graduations
Bob Shivas returns to Salmon Arm after ten days with his mother Mrs. Pearl Shivas. Congratulations to Hamiota Collegiate graduates and all award recipients. Bert Bailey visits, Harold and Marion Hunter meet Mrs. Ruby Bailey in Brandon. Community expresses sympathy to Ray Lints and Pedlow families on their loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Shivas
Salmon Arm
Pearl Shivas
Hamiota Collegiate
Bert Bailey
Minnedosa
Bob
Harold
Marion Hunter
Ruby Bailey
Marion
Brandon
Ray Lints
Pedlow
Local Graduation Events and Meetings Report
Mrs Myrtle Bomford attended Cartwright graduation on June 27 where Jo Ann Paddock received the Governor General s Medal and two scholarships. Allan and Linda Mathison with family and Charlie and Eva Mundell attended Vincent Massey Grade 12 graduation in Brandon. Winifred Kreager attended the Canadian Authors Association conference in Winnipeg June 17 to 20, and visited Brandon before assisting in moving Binscarth Allied Hardware. The Kreagers returned home July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Myrtle Bomford
Cartwright
Jo-Ann Paddock
Allan
Linda Mathison
Charlie
Eva Mundell
Vincent Massey
Centennial
Brandon
Tory
Tamara Coombs
Mundells
Winifred Kreager
Canadian Authors Association
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Wendy Martin
Baby Elizabeth
Valerie Howard
Nelson
Winifred
Binscorth
Binscarth Allied Hardware
Bruce Grahams
3Rd Avenue
Kreagers
Going away party for Elizabeth Rivers in Hamiota
Mrs. Elizabeth Rivers is moving to Swift Current and was honored Tuesday in the Hamiota lounge with gifts from Eva Lee and Mrs. Etta Wright. A lunch and music followed featuring Don Pollock with Jean on piano Hazel Rhyne on accordion and Edith Park on piano. 35 attendees surprised the guest of honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elizabeth Rivers
Swift Current
Eva Lee
Etta Wright
Hamiota Legion Auxiliary
Don Pollock
Jean
Hazel Rhyne
Edith Park
Elizabeth
Margaret Allen
Wright
Margaret Star
Oakhurst
California
Donna Hume
Oak River
Dawn Ballentine-Dickson
Dawn Ballentine-Dickson Took the Service In the Lounge With Mrs. Routledge
Thompson family and neighbors share summer outing and visits
Sophie Thompson brought her daughter-in-law Joan Thompson and grandchildren to the Thompson cabin at Oak Lake for a Sunday swim amid extreme heat. Minnie Sanderson, Mary Foster, and others attended Birtle Collegiate graduation. Sharon West visited Marion Watts’s niece. Evelyn Inglis dined with Kim Johnston and Rick from Edmonton. Norma Nicholson from Fargo Moorhead visited her mother Mabel Stowe. Mabel Schmaus was hospitalized June 27 for heat illness, joining Finkbeiner hospitalized a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sophie Thompson
Joan Thompson
Thompson
Oak Lake
Birtle Collegiate
Minnie Sanderson
Mary Foster
Marion Watts
Sharon West
Selkirk
Evelyn Inglis
Kim Johnston
Rick
Edmonton
Norma Nicholson
Fargo
Mabel Schmaus
Lodge
Hamiota Hospital
Finkbeiner
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Decker News
Gerry Davis
H. Hunter
John’s Plumbing
John Klassen
Dorothy Francis
Hamiota
Parkissimo Lodge
Margaret Foster
Moorehead
Mabel Stowe
Robert Still
Isabella
LAW Office
Sims & Sims
Norman H. Sims
Elizabeth J. Sims
Main Street South
Oak River & Area
Eric Brown
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