A Sad Beginning to a Lovely Ending in Adoption
Foster parent Mrs. Vera Young shares Betty Jean a frail child weighing 19 pounds at 14 months who learns trust through care. After two weeks she smiles and soon bonds with siblings and a prospective adoptive family, ending with a joyful transition to a new daddy. Betty Jean forms affection, and the story closes on a hopeful adoption.
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Vera Young
Betty Jean
Mommy
Hamiota Lions Club backs reading aid for blind resident
Hamiota Manitoba Lions Club raises funds for a reading machine and monitor for Mrs. Darlene Smith who is certifiably blind. Donations and events total about 4000, with 1800 from Lions Telethon and 1000 from Hospital Staff Fund. The 30th year marks Lions Don Mennie as District Governor 5M13.
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Hamiota
Hamiota Lions Club
Darlene Smith
Kentones
Kenton
Prairieland Chorus
Virden
Lions
Lion
Eric Rawlings
Club
Hamiota Club
Lion Don Mennie
Manitoba Unemployment Rate Drops in June 1986
Manitoba posts the lowest actual unemployment rate in Canada for June 1986 at 6.4 percent unadjusted for seasonality, down from 7.8 percent a year earlier, with 16 000 more employed (502 000 total) and 6 000 fewer unemployed. Youth unemployment falls to 10.7 percent, women’s rate to 6 percent, while Ontario stands at 6.5 percent.
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Manitoba
North Portage
Bride elect honoured in Chumah Hall shower
A July 26 1986 shower in Chumah Hall honored Gayle Brown the bride elect for August 16. Guests pinned corsages and led her to a chair. Music was provided by Kim Mathison and Mary Cochran with Jim Mathison. Gifts were presented by Travis Brown and Ginger Fleury. Lunch followed.
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Hamiota
Chumah Hall
Gayle Brown
Irene Wilson
Doris Mathison
Gayle
Glenda Rae
Eileen Brown
Eva Mundell
Doreen Clyne
Christine Soshycki
Jean Strachan
Kim Mathison
Mary Cochran
Jim Mathison
Edleweiss
Travis Brown
Ginger Fleury
Malcolm
Fort Saskatchewan
Debbie Fleury
Cochran Sails to World Championship Basketball Win
Beth Cochran stars for Canada as the National Team wins the Women’s World Championship Preview in Hamilton Toronto and St Catherine’s. They defeat USA Korea and Germany and clinch the tournament with a playoff win then beat the USA in an exhibition. Bruce and Mary Cochran attend. After a 10 day break the team heads to Moscow before Spain exhibition dates. Beth returns to Winnipeg for her fifth year with the Lady Weamen.
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Hamiota
Hamilton
Toronto
St. Catherine's
Beth Cochran
U.S.A
Korea
Germany
U.S. A
Bruce
Mary Cochran
Beth
Moscow
Russia
Spain
Winnipeg
Lady Weamen
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