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Newspaper
Hamiota Echo
Location
Hamiota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1983
Page
20
In Did You Know, the Guinness World Records 21st edition cites Chico Johnson twirling 75 hula hoops simultaneously as the world record. The piece notes that about a fifth of old records were surpassed in the new edition, with Canada, the United States, and Japan cited for per capita foreign goods spending.
Margaret Frazer of Hamiota rode to Miniota with Maud and Les Bryant last Thursday for errands and visits at the Lodge. Kay Draper of Lenore visited Mabel Sch maus on Saturday. Millie Purvis of Moosomin spent days with sisters Margaret Foster Nell Sazaras and Alex. Sylvia George came with her mother Sophie Thompson to Hargrave for a few days. Saturday visitors to Mabel Stowe included Mildred Leonard and husband Ron with daughters Karen and Cheryl from Regina, plus Muriel and Ernie Stowe of Moosomin and Pat Stowe of Winnipeg visiting. Sunday morning Pat collected her grandmother and they went to the Valley to feed deer. The icy conditions have caused severe hardship this season.
A sequence of Birch Lodge events includes Monday bingo with prizes from Oakner Ladies, Tuesday shows featuring Mr. Slim Eastcott and his trained dog Beau, Thursday ice cream from Jamieson's Drive Inn, and Friday Isabella U C W concert with twenty performers performing choir, square dancing, skits, bird dance, waltzing Matildas, and a reading. A large crowd from Birch Lodge and nearby areas enjoyed tea and lunch afterward.
Lilac residents joined Birch Lodge folks for a Variety Concert and lunch hosted by Isabella ladies. Visitors Jean and Archie Norrie of Isabella called on Mrs. Thompson. Bert Lawrence attended Miss Ermina Shier’s 80th birthday in Brandon, meeting long-lost acquaintances. McCormicks from Rapid City visited Lawrence and Ivan with Lena. Edna Haight visited Violet Nicholls.
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