Watters descendants hold Miniota family reunion
About 87 descendants of Patrick and Ellen Watters gathered in Miniota on July 2 and 3 for a reunion. Attendees included five surviving children and numerous grandchildren and great grandchildren, with meals, music, swimming, and a pot luck sendoff. A death note follows: 16 year old Jody Rainka of Winnipeg, granddaughter of Richard Watters, died in a Sunday accident.
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Miniota
Patrick
Ellen Watters
Arrow River
Eileen Nankivell
Bill
Richard
Francis
May Gardham
Mildred Attwood
Mary Griffiths
Mary
Erik Harlin
Erik
Edward Leland
Larry Muldown
Stonewall
Diana Miller
Lena Lawrence
Cliff Nankivell
Harlins
Eileen
Mildred
Watters
Bill Watters
Elkhorn
Kamloops
Rivers
Jody Rainka
Winnipeg
Pearl Watters
Miniota Spring Tournament Delivers Wide Spread Prizes
The Miniota Golf Club Spring Tournament drew a large crowd on May 28 and 29. Winners span juniors to seniors with prizes including caps, knives, kitchen sets, vases, coolers, thermometers, chisels, and golf gear awarded to top finishers from Miniota Virden Reston Oak Lake Hamiota and nearby towns.
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Miniota
Miniota Golf Club
Jason McKenzie
Tom Leland
Devon Griffiths
Virden
Smorg
Nora Grey
Lyn Cornish
Veda Robinson
Reston
Anita Podobni
Mary Laraway
Oak Lake
Marie Hacaluk
Mobile
Olive Mayberry
Pearl Hanlin
Jean Daniel
Kenton
Dick Mellor
Birtle
A. Cochrane
Strathclair
Doug Manwaring
Elkhorn
Cap
Pat McTavish
Hamiota
Wallet
Don Whiteford
Chamois
B. Lund
al Marcombe
Cooler
Barry Cornish
Dallas Strachan
Elmer Pengally
Chisels
Scott Medd
Earl Dereck
Craig Harrison
Isabella
Flashlight
Mike Baker
Rick Sandhiem
Parkissimo Lodge hosts visitors and theatre reunion plans
Residents of Miniota and nearby towns hosted friends from Winnipeg North Vancouver and Brandon. The piece notes visits to Mrs Finkbeiner, hospital stays for Allen Armitage and Mariel Schmaus, and a theatre reunion planned at Mrs Jean Cook’s home on July 23 24.
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Watts
Allen Armitage
Hamiota
Mariel Schmaus
Geraldine Prymak
Jean Cook
Geraldine
Winnipeg
Leslie Cook
Canada
Europe
Manitoba Ends Taxpayer Subsidy to Union Education Centre
Editor's Letterbox praises Manitoba government for cutting a 235000 subsidy to a union education centre. The writer argues taxpayers should not fund union activities or political pressure groups and credits the move as wise, urging continued action to separate unions from public funds. The letter is signed by David Somerville, president of the National Citizens' Coalition.
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Manitoba
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