Saturday Night Drive Shares Town Tales and Storms
Readers recall Gautier Junction memories near Rapid City with Mundall and Mathison families. Stories span river days, school trains, a storm wrecking the Breezy, sailboat Kamaju, and local characters like Pope vs Oakner in a softball opener as Lions Club plans unfold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapid City
Gautier Junction
Charlie
Eva Mundall
Clark
Nora Mathison
Charlie Mundell
Little Sask
Jim
CPR
Thomas Parker
Moss Fraser Remains Timeless at 85 in Winnipeg Circles
An item-filled note recalls Moss Fraser of Winnipeg planning 15 more working years, with family ties to Toronto and Flin Flon. Mentions Mrs. Lund aged 89, Donald in Toronto, and Sandy and Kay Morrice’s new home. Details routines, local quirks, and small-town gossip in a Pepin area column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moss Fraser
Winnipeg
Donald
Toronto
Sandy
Kay Morrice
Flin Flon
Lund
Merle
Thomas Strachan
Diana Smyth
John
Benny Miller
John Marks
Grand Forks
Don Kirk
Sandy Sutherland
Birtle
Harvey Duncan
Liquid fertilizer risks to growing crops raised by Manitoba official
Graham Somers of Manitoba Agriculture warns that spraying liquid fertilizer on growing crops yields unpredictable results and possible damage. Observations from North Dakota show mixed outcomes with post emergent nitrogen rates, and timing for maximum nitrogen uptake is about ten days after emergence. Cutworms threaten seedling crops. control includes Toxaphene spray at 21% pints per acre and garden dusts. 4-H events and tree spraying services announced with contact numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Graham Somers
Soils Division
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Somers
North Dakota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota Echo Publications Ltd
Hamiota
Manitoba
U.S.A
England
F. S. Venables
Grampa Houck
Jack Houck
Jack
Cash Kelly
Kay
Shoal Lake
Kamaju
Mother
Chapman’s
Lavinia
R.C.M.P
Dick Fogarty
Maritimes
Dick Beamish
Oakner
Pope
Gophers
Umpteen Birds
Ian Lobban
Garth Strachan
Lloyd Hazelwood
Bill Kerr
Delmar McConnell
Jim Stevens
Wilf Shayman
Dick Coombs
Oarner
Lloyd Anderson
Bob Cochrane
Bob Henderson
Clayton Wyborn
Keith Ritchie
Wendell Wight
Don Brown
Les Rankin
Earl Brooks
Dave Brooks
Narrows
Ross
Harvey Brown
George Crighton
Cardale
Whimp
Denny McMahon
Lion’s Club
Neil McDonald
Jim Gammack
Don Mennie
Ray Armstrong
Wimp
Army
Navy
Air Force
Post Office
Phillip John Norman
Piney
Myrtle Hemphill
Gordon J. K. Smith
Smith
Bill Thompson
McConnell
Bill
Lloyd George Sheridan
Russ Currah
Hamiota Hospital
Maritime Province
Ross Robertson
Hamiota United Church
R. E. Clark
Decker
Rev
A. McColl
United Church of Canada
Strathclair
D. L. Holtzman
Hamiota Pentecostal
P.A.O.C
R. V. Daum
Christ Jesus
Christ
Kennell & Strange
Kenton
Wendell Wight Ag. Rep
Hamiota Pony Club
McConnell and
Miniota
Doug Pedlow
Don Kennedy
D. Pedlow
D. Kennedy
Denwal Pharmacy
Rexall Super
L. G. Fraser
Gem
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