Shower Held For Bride Elect Colleen Beamish In Chumah Hall
A miscellaneous shower for Colleen Beamish bride elect of May 7 was held in Chumah Hall on Saturday April 30 at 8 p.m. Guests arrived to corsages and Best Wishes while Margaret Corley played piano. Gifts were carried in by four couples and refreshments served.
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Hamiota
Chumah Hall
Colleen Beamish
Colleen
Jesse Richardson
Margaret Corley
Donna Hunsaker
Sheldon
Sharla Gurr
Sean
Shannon Taylor
Audrey Gurr
Gwen Taylor
Susanne Martin
Sandra Cowling
Uno
Ladies Club Meet at Dorothy Amy’s Quilting Bee
The Ladies Club met May 4 at Dorothy Amy’s with eighteen members present. Minutes treasurer’s report and hospital reports were read. Members volunteered six Bake sale items and two dozen dainties for the May 12 Hospital tea. Dorothy received thanks for always binding quilts. Peggy Smith read a Mother’s Day verse. Lunches were served by Mildred Hazlewood Marlene Andrew and Dorothy Amy. May meeting featured annual perennials exchange.
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Chumah
Dorothy Amy
Dorothy
Peggy Smith
Mildred Hazlewood
Marlene Andrew
Women's Institute Meeting Highlights Local Work and Plans
Thirteen members and ten visitors attended the May meeting in the WI hall. Highlights include a $365.25 Cancer Society canvass, new residents welcomed, thanks to Edna McNeill for craft donations, and ten Mobile Meals delivered in April. committees planned clean up for Environment Week, a fall tea to aid District Hospital, and two local fair competitions. Jean Power to attend Provincial Convention. plant slips sale netted 3.70. regional and international talks featured.
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Oak River
W.I
Helen Cantelon
Ivy Heapy
Cancer Society
Iris Davidson
Beulah Mylrea
Ken Asunier
Edna McNeill
Jean Power
R. M
Manitoba
Beryle Burt
Winnipeg
Evelyn Ames
F. C. MacKay
Mary, Queen of Scots
Keystone
Jean Skinner
Crandall
Anne Pettapiece
Rivers W.I
Australia
New Zealand
Tasmania
Agriculture and Canadian Industries
Edith Ferguson
Eleanor Barr
Myrtle White
Irving Berlin musical set for Hamiota stage
Hamiota Collegiate students rehearse for Annie Get Your Gun with Nola Dixon as Annie Oakley and Hugh Wilson as Frank Butler. Supporting cast includes Wendel McConnell Dienna Mathison Wayne Mathison and Ron Meakin. Performances run June 14 with advance tickets after May 15. Tickets 2.50 adults 1.50 students.
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Hamiota
Hamiota Collegiate
Irving Berlin
United States
Annie Oakley
Buffalo Bill
Nola Dixon
Hugh Wilson
Frank Butler
Wendel McConnell
Dienna Mathison
Wayne Mathison
Ron Meakin
Shuffleboard Tournament Held at Hamiota
The Hamiota event ran April 27 and 28 with 74 players, near last year's turnout. Paul Robinson and Rachel Routledge won the A event and shared the large trophy with six months to be renewed next year. Bill Pollock and Lorraine Miller won the B event and received $2.50 each plus hotel dinners.
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Hamiota
Paul Robinson
Rachel Routledge
E. Sunley
Bill Pollock
Lorraine Miller
M. Davis
M. Harman
A. Black
M. Murray
Macleods
G. Sung
P. Robinson
R. Routledge
Low
Maurice Francis
Janet Johnston
M. Bomford
E. Lee
L. Jameson
Nellie
Eula Woods
U C W Meeting Highlights Charity Efforts and Plans
The U C W met at Mrs J H Anderson's home May 5 at 8 pm with twelve members present. Devotions by Mrs C Knight and Mrs C Johnson focused on Mothers Day and family. The vice president Mrs K Routledge chaired the meeting and minutes were approved. A large stock of used clothing was collected to send to St Theresa Point Manitoba. Donations were made to Indian and Metis Friendship Centre Brandon and the Prairie Christian Training Centre. The next meeting is June 2 at Mrs W Riddell's home with an invitation to Kenton U C W and a guest speaker to attend. A lunch and social hour followed.
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Oarner
U.C.W
J. H. Anderson
C. Knight
C. Johnson
K. Routledge
St. Theresa Point
Manitoba
Indian and Metis Friendship Centre
Brandon
Prairie Christian Training Centre
W. Riddell
Kenton U.C.W
Reggies Ramblings on Trudeau and cabinet hints
The column muses that Pierre Trudeau excels at surprise cabinet picks and jokes about a high profile defection possibly bringing in Margaret. A quotable note contrasts baseball and cricket noting baseball ends sooner.
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George Bernard Shaw
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Women’s Institute
Camp Wasaga
Friendship Committee
Oan
Reggie
Pierre Trudeau
Margaret
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