Colorful 4-H Rally Parade Opens Virden Event
A parade of twelve 4-H clubs marked the start of the Virden area rally in Kenyon on May 30. Awards went to Oak Lake Beef Club for best overall. Virden Light Horse and Pony got honorable mention. gold watches were given to Ross Butler and Daryl Maxwell. Workshops featured cake decorating, calligraphy, ventriloquism, and more with about 300 attendees at meals.
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Virden
Kenton
Michelle Batho
Oak Lake Beef Club
Diana Sobry
Reston
Marcia Carter
Kid Farmer
McConnell 4-H Beef Club Feats At Rally Day Float Wins
The McConnell 4-H Beef Club met May 12 at Dallis Johns home and shared odd discoveries from highway ditch cleanups. May 27 featured steer and heifer judging practice, May 28 setup for rally float, and May 30 the club won first place with the float. After activities they judged more animals, did a skit, and announced July 18 as an achievement date. Bridge was selected for Camp W bac. a Beginning Beef Books quiz and lunch followed. Next meeting will be at Jack Boyd’s home.
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McConnell
McConnell 4-H Beef Club
Dallis Johns
Bridge
Camp W. Bac
Manitoba Seniors Day at Legislative Building in Winnipeg
Premier Pawley proclaims June as Senior Citizens Month and invites Manitoba seniors to an Open House June 15 at the Legislative Building from 1 to 2 30 pm with tours displays office visits and ML A discussions. A 2 30 to 4 pm musical program follows on the grounds with refreshments. An estimated 2500 seniors attended last year.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Legislative
Howard Pawley
M.l.a.s
Legislative Assembly
Legislative Building
Parkissimo Lodge Katie Sparks Returns Home
Katie Sparks returned home on June 1. Steinhaus family and community notes speak of funeral attendance for Wilma Price in Steinbach with burial at Ashern. Local visits include Doc and Dorothy McLenehan and Hazel Wall. Rain improves crops. grain movement details update Quadra 18 traffic. church conference in Birtle ends.
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Katie Sparks
Shead
Phyllis McConnell
Steinbach
Wilma Price
Ashern
Marion Watts
Doc
Dorothy McLenehan
Kenton
Finkbeiner
Tom
Dorothy Rollo
Miniota
Margaret Irwin
Hazel Wall
Isabella
Marjorie Armitage
Hamiota Hospital
Keith
Muriel Armitage
Jim Armitage
Quadra
Oak River Home Economics Club Rally Report
Oak River members and leaders attended a Strathclair rally on May 30 with parade activities and a float theme 4-H For Friends For Fun For Learning. Members won ribbons and projects include Breigh Ann Greenaway welding, Kristi Baily crafts, Nancy Burt bake off red ribbon, and Darcy Heapy welding with a tool kit awarded. Senior members Sherri Brown Darcy Heapy and Trent Koscielny plan Open House Canada Exchange in July with hosting duties from July 20 to 27. Megan Forsyth will attend Camp Wannacumbac July 8-15.
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Oak River
Strathclair
Nancy Burt
Kristi Baily
Shelly Burt
Breigh-Ann Greenaway
Breigh- Ann Greenaway
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Pawley
Parkissimo Lodge
At Armitage
Margaret Foster
Mabel Stowe
Edna and
Verna Reynolds
Birtle
United Church Conference
Mabel Schmaus
Minnedosa
Koscielny
Megan Forsyth
Camp Wannacumbac
Robert Still
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W.G. Knight & Associates Inc
Templeton Trimark
Industrial
Bolton Tremblay
Barbara Anderson
Hamiota
Ken A. Hudson
Ioneer
Rom Oto
Bob Curtis
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