District Roundup Includes Visits and Local Games
Arrow River News records guests visiting Flin Flon and Cranberry Portage, and notes locals at Hamiota Fair, 5 Day Club, and Boggy Creek Festival. Sports cover slow pitch games, Virden and Lenore matchups, plus family visits from Kenton, Brandon, and Winnipeg. Sympathy to Ann Forrest and family. residents relocate to Virden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivan Bray
Wayne Hutchison
Ear Falls
Jim Maitland
Virden Merchants
Lenore Aces
Lenore
Kenton Merchants
Verne Gardner
Peter Rae
Two Creeks
Robert Gardner
Brandon
Myron Dunn
Myra Lynn
Grant
Thompson
Donald Grant
Alex Forrest
Kenton
Ann
Wilson Gardner
Virden
Stanley Nykoliation
Boggy Creek
Harry Ellis
Stacey
Geordie McWhirter
Timmy
Well Wishes and Weekend Visits Reported in Lavinia News
Get well wishes go to Mrs. Ruby Godlen who lies ill at Hamiota Hospital. Mr. and Mrs. Ferman Desrochers and family visited relatives in Wawanesa over the weekend. Mr. and Mrs. Eric Brown and daughters called on Mrs. Isabel Brown in Binscarth during the same period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clay Dryden
Virden
Ruby Godlen
Hamiota Hospital
Ferman Desrochers
Wawanesa
Eric Brown
Isabel Brown
Binscarth
Local Visitors Tour Lake Manitoba and Winnipeg Area
Mr. and Mrs. Winn Baxter and family of Sudbury Ontario and Mr. and Mrs. Ray Mikalyk of Winnipeg visited with Mr. and Mrs. George Pollock. Their friends Mr. and Mrs. Jim Emerson of Brandon and Mr. and Mrs. Earl Newton toured the Lake Manitoba and Lake Winnipeg region last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antono Shulman
Lois Anne
Mario
George Peacock
Hamiota
Ella Draper
Winnipeg
Elgin Routledge
Carrie Alexander
Gordon Dryden
Virden
Norman Daniels
Marathon
Ontario
May Routledge
Jack Mooney
Lloyd Bond
Jack
Kenton
Ron Smith
Ed Bond
Douglas Falconer
Waikoikoi
New Zealand
Barry Routledge
Bernie, Manitoba
Winn Baxter
Sudbury
Ray Mikalyk
George Pollock
Jim Emerson
Brandon
Earl Newton
Lake Manitoba
Lake Winnipeg
Anniversary gathering brings Biccum family home
Cardale News reports the Biccum family reunion with all immediate members present except Ed Olive and Mary. Relatives from Chula Vista Kelowna Calgary Kamloops Winnipeg and Oak River joined in for the Thresherman Reunion parade in Austin. George Ryan Crighton with Colin Angus rode in Ben and the Boys Amos and Andy oxen as they debut in the parade. Myrtle Crighton and Mabel Westbrook traveled to Austin to watch the events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Biccum
Olive
Mary
Bob
Chula Vista
California
Lloyd
Kelowna
B.C
Marion
Ed Piche
Calgary
Morley
Marion Biccum
Kamloops
Don McRae
Winnipeg
Leala Wells
George
Ryan Crighton
Colin Angus
Oak River
Austin
Pope News Notes Visitors and Reunions Across Provinces
Well wishes go to Ruby Godlen at Hamiota Hospital. Neil and Patricia McCallum and Frank Norton visit Pope relatives. Verne and Grace Gammack mark 25th anniversary in Weyburn. Gordon White hosts visitors from Acadia Valley and Melville. White family reunion travels to Welwyn. McCauly guest book draws 206 attendees. Brent McKinnon joins Crandall class reunion then Oak Lake picnic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ruby Godlen
Hamiota Hospital
Neil McCallum
Creelem
Sask
Frank Norton
Coquitlam
B.C
Bill
Isabel Kerr
Verne
Grace Gammack
Weyburn
Craig White
Acadia Valley
Alberta
Barry White
Visiting relatives and weddings in Chumah area
Local social notes report visits from Ontario and Manitoba families to Pollock and related households. Attendance at the Forrest wedding includes Catherine Willis and William, with connections from Winnipeg Thunder Bay Brandon and Mississauga. Also mentions holidays and job pursuits for Don Lewis and Ann Lewis’s visit to The Pas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Pollock
Lloyd Pollock
Guelph
Ontario
Evelyn Day
Deloraine
Roy Pollock
Winnipeg
Art Good
Mississauga
Onatrio
Ann Lewis
The
Pas
Rod Lewis
Don Lewis
Ann
Frank Preston
Leech Lake
Janelle Houck
V. Nicholls
Gladys
George Baker
Jim
Mary
Thunder Bay
Catherine Willis
Forrest
William
Brandon
Oak River Notes From Neepawa Festival and Visiting Guests
Mary and Aileen Sclater spent two weeks in Neepawa where Aileen took part in the Manitoba Festival of the Arts. Various visitors from Brandon Durham Basswood Swift Current and Dauphin called or stayed with Oak River residents. Oak River Bantams finished as runners up in a Preliminary Provincial A Tournament at Neepawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary
Aileen Sclater
Neepawa
Aileen
Alex Black
Jack Anderson
Durham
Ontario
Jim Wareham
Basswood
Bob Hodgson
Brandon
Johnny Pederson
Strathclair
Kathy McKague
Bathurst
New Brunswick
Jim
Thelma Argue
Dwight
Valerie Shephard
Swift Current
Sask
Janice Little
Jason
Eugene
Marjorie Ruttan
Etsell
Port Alberni
B.C
W. A. Barr
Mary Sclater
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Allen
Bernadette Wall
Dallas
Salt Lake
Roy
Gladys Cowan
Ralph Chrisp
Brenda Allan
Virden
Oak River Bantams
Alice Nehoda
Tom
Helen Nesbitt
Amy Nesbitt
Bernard Chrisp
Erin and
Darcy
Dauphin
Roy Cowans
MacLellan-McDonald wedding in Brandon July 12th
Lenore area residents attended the Brandon ceremony as Allan Hill and Zane Matiation hosted guests. Robin served as ring bearer and Allana as flower girl while Zane Matiation piped the couple. Visitors included Alberta and B C guests from Edmonton Calgary Burnaby Port Moody and Fort McLeod.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Hill
Zane
MacLellan-McDonald
Brandon
Robin
Allana
Zane Matiation
Alvin Jones
Edmonton
M. Logan Eyvonne Eastguard
Kelly and
Russell
Calgary
Rae Wong
Kristen
Burnaby
B.C
Eleanor Chan
Kurtis
Port Moody
Jack McLenehan
Tom Spackman
Fort McLeod, Alberta
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Leach
Eleanor O’callaghan
Flin Flon
Edward O’callaghan
Edith Shepherd
Cranberry Portage
Myrtle
Bruce Knight
Decker
Brenda Baker
Lavinia News
Mrs. Ellen Milne
McConnell News
Mrs. Olive Newton
Cardale News
M. Westbrook
Pope News
Mrs
Grace Anderson
Chumah News
Myra Preston
Oak River News
Mrs. M. Hayhurst
Lenore News
Lone Tew
Suburbia
the Bar Association
Officer Beebe
LAW and Order
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Newland, N.C
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