Beulah Hosts Weekend Visitors From Sask and Ontario
Beulah residents welcomed Greg and Marge Cloake for a two week holiday in the west ending October 21 with 12 locals playing cribbage and others socializing. The Green family from Sask visited Don and Ann Green while Gerald and Nora Shier joined Fun and Fiddle Festival activities in Miami before visiting Elayna. Doug and Darlene Mace spent Thanksgiving with Wayne and Long in Coaldale. Ivan and Lena Lawrence stayed a week with Vi and Bill Torrason in Lethbridge while en route.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greg
Marge Cloake
Beulah
Cribbage
Ser
Vi Green
Sask
Don
Ann Green
Gerald
Nora Shier
Miami
Elayna Ince
Doug
Darlene Mace
Wayne
Long
Coaldale
Ivan
Lena Lawrence
Bill Torrason
Lethbridge
Alita
District Happenings and Celebrations Across Communities
Rowe with Healey tier and family Row on Gantor spent the holiday weekend in Lethbridge for a 55th wedding anniversary celebration. Lawrence family members visited Edmonton and two weeks visiting Tom and Lorraine Bates at their new home. Don and Gordie Lee goose hunted in Saskatchewan. Bradley Hirst of Selkirk stays with grandma Mayme Hirst. Westman Youth Choir performed at Hamiota Collegiate on Monday evening Oct 20 with a noted display of talent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rowe
Healey Tier
Gantor
Lethbridge
Lawrence
Les Rudd
Raymond Hazlewood
Brandon
Edmonton
Tom
Lorraine Bates
Don
Gordie Lee
Saskatchewan
Bradley Hirst
Selkirk
Mayme Hirst
Westman
Hamiota Collegiate
Miniota Community Notes Sparkled with Gatherings and Births
A flurry of visits spanned Manitoba and Saskatchewan as families shared Thanksgiving in Eatonia and North Battleford with relatives in Elora and Birtle. Births marked Dellan Jacob Wall in Brandon. several attendees at Convocation in Brandon. bridge winners Hanlin, Grant. and a community raffle with prizes including curling tickets and hotel stays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniot
Georgina Mayer
Winnipeg
Irene Cole
Earl
Martha Johnson
Geraldton
Ont
Betty Grant
Miniota
Paul
Shirley Tillie
Marcella Armitage
Shirley Richardson
Lillian Nielson
Brandon
Ralph Colli
Virden
Ictoria Inn
Brandon Jana Joseph
Russell Inn
Don George
Oakner Garth and Jean Strachan 40th Anniversary
Oakner Garth and Jean Strachan celebrate forty years of marriage on October 19 with family gathering at Vincents Place. Wishing good health for many more years together as Ivan and Mary Routledge attend their grand child baptism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garth
Jean Strachan
Vincent's Place
Ivan
Mary Routledge
Eastern Star hosts harvest tea for Strathclair charity
Royal York 30 Order of the Eastern Star held a Harvest Tea at Strathclair Municipal Hall with a bake table, Gleanings Boutique, and raffle items. Worthy Matron Beth McPhaden opened the event at 2 PM while guests from multiple towns attended. About $500 was raised for charities. Verna Law Martin was welcomed into membership in October with guests from Birtle attending.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal York
Order of the Eastern Star
Strathclair
Beth McPhaden
Sis
Helen Hepworth
Gayleen Stimpson
Wyoming
Vancouver
Edmonton
Sarnia
Ont
Winnipeg
Brandon
Verna Law Martin
Birtle
Royal York #30
Thanksgiving gathering at the Howard home noted in list
Fifty-one members of Clara Heapy's family gathered for Thanksgiving at the home of David and Dorothy Howard. Local attendees included Mary Taylor, the Coles, the Leland and Howard families, and friends Jeff Leland and Jamie Evans. Out-of-town guests were listed but not named.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kae Armitage
Verna Reynolds
Sonny Sheane
Clara Heapy
David
Dorothy Howard
Mary Taylor
Coles
Leland
Howard
Jeff Leland
Jamie Evans
Hamiota Echo Brief: Thanksgiving Gatherings Amid Fiddle Festival
The report outlines family verses and guests at Thanksgiving events in Manitoba. Candace Gerrand was born to Brenda and Scott on October 12 at Virden United Church with Dorothy Ray from Newdale attending. The piece notes gatherings at Brenda and Jim Roud's and a two day stay for Lloyd Marilyn Anderson at the Miami Fiddle Festival, plus extended family from Portage, Brandon, Carberry and Hamiota sharing meals and visiting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamiota Echo
Candace Lauree Gerrand
Brenda
Scott
Virden United Church
Mary
Dorothy Ray
Newdale
T’s
Lloyd Marilyn Anderson
Miami
Jim
Rachel Roud
Diane
Paul
Portage
Suzie
Zeke Scott
Carberry
Ron
Pattie
Jack
Brandon
Farzana_ Sardinalla
Hamiota
Parkissimo Lodge Update From Winnipeg Visit Weekend
Dorothy Forsyth spent a week in Winnipeg at Thanksgiving visiting family. Kathy Spalding of White Horse is visiting her mother Dorothy Forsyth. Sam Foote had cataract surgery in Brandon and reports greatly improved eyesight. The lodge notes a new well at Byes with good water. Pasar Bill Steuart last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dorothy Forsyth
Winnipeg
Sam Foote
Brandon
Kathy Spalding
White Horse
Byes
Dave
Pian
Pasar
Bill Steuart
Also Mentioned on This Page
Crandall
Decker
Gerry Davis
Marion Hunter
Jody
Elora, Ont
Echo Office
Dorothy Campbell
Warwick
North Battleford
Eatonia
Janice
Arlene
George Willis
Dallas
Dorothy Amy
Isabella
Bernice Still
Shirley Heise
Bill
Linda Clark
Kelvin
Becky Wall
Dellan Jacob
Glen
Fay Sunley
Dwight
Laura Mae Boden
Medicine Hat
Daniel Huberdeau
Carman
Mary Heise
Gilbert Plaines
Francis
Jenny Hall
Abbotsford
Lee Meagher
Stu
Robin
Tashel Scantlebury
Binscarth
Hanlin
Kay Grant
Pearly Hanlin
Maryon Grant
Norman Hedison
McAuley
Patti
Ralph Nash
Diane Spalding
Sandra
Elva Spalding
Knox Church
Erik
Mary Hanlin
Larry
Oakner
Jim Routledge
Eastern Star
Indo
Wellington Ave
Manitoba
Parkissimo
Lodge
Armitage
United Church
Kenton- Shiloh
Beth-Elaine Gardner
Shiloh
Kenton
Oak River United Church of Canada
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