District News Briefs from Chumah area dates
Mr. and Mrs. Charlie Lewis visited Portage relatives while Bill Pollocks hosted Bill Gillespie of Acton Ontario on August 13. Six Smith sisters returned August 13 from Edmonton and Jasper, Velma and Olive visiting family locally. Lois Johnston and children stayed with her parents Frank and wife for a few days. Newton Smith and Ed Cyre visited relatives in the west and Edna Ferris hosted the Cyre family weekend. Karen and Katherine McLaen spent the long weekend with their parents M and Mrs McLaen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlie Lewis
Jimmie Lewis
Portage
Bill Pollocks
Bill Gillespie
Acton
Ontario
Velma
Olive Smith
Alice Johnston
Margaret Caldwell
Rena Smith
Pearl Kidd
Edmonton
Jasper
Lois Johnston
Boissevain
Frank Preston
Newton Smith
Ed Cyre
Winnipeg
Edna Ferris
Karen
Katherine McLaen
M. McLaen
Sandi Bennett
Olive Bennett
Richard Stephens
Paget
Bermuda
Harding area social notes mark August gatherings and births
A lengthy Harding community listing covers visits and barbecues on August 10 with attendees from Lenore Kenton Virden and Brandon plus Nanaimo. It notes five birthdays celebrated, a birth in Edmonton Leanne Erin weighing 7 14, and numerous trips to Winnipeg Scotland Fort St John Bermuda Rapid City Wapella Brandon and Estevan with relatives and bridal showers and family reunions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. B. Hunter
Brenda
Dick Reeves
Merv
Louise Smith
Dennis
Debbie Smith
Virden
Joan Brown
Cody
Hargrave
Ken
Bertha Brown
Orville
Colleen Brown
Willie
Ruth Downing
Kenny
Brad
Lenore
Wendy
Greg Tolton
Bob Foster
Kenton
Marlene Carter
Brandon
Crystal Downing
Nanaimo
B.C
Kim Hopley
Joan Barkley
Bob Hunter
Brad Downing
Mary Hunter
Brenda Reeves
Dan Collens
Edmonton
Leanne Erin
Birth of Crystal Lynn Cumming in Brandon
Congratulations to Bill and Barb Cumming on the birth of their daughter Crystal Lynn in Brandon on August 12. This is the first grandchild for Allan and Maxine Cumming. Also sending get well wishes to Ken Smith in Hamiota Hospital and Harvey Gray in Brandon Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
Barb Cumming
Crystal Lynn
Brandon
Allan
Maxine Cumming
Ken Smith
Hamiota Hospital
Harvey Gray
Brandon Hospital
Johnson
Calgary
Bryan Smith
Darren
Arrow River News and Local Visit Highlights
Mrs Paula Anderson of Vancouver visited at the Bill and Leonard Leland homes last week. Sunday guests at the Bill Lelands included Mrs Lil McInnes of Coquitlam and Myrtle and Eugene Pirie of Strathclair. Maureen Leland returned to Winnipeg after a camping trip in Eastern Canada. Vernon and Ivy Lockhart attended the funeral of Mrs Gertrude Shuttleworth in St Johns Anglican Church Elgin Man. The V N Lockharts attended Kowalchuck Thompson wedding in Winnipeg August 16 with Mr and Mrs H R Maguire and Stewart Maguire of Brandon. Sympathy extended to the Whit Howard family on the passing of Whit August 20 in Assiniboine Hospital, funeral August 23 in Miniota Anglican Church with burial in Arrow River Cemetery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scotland
Marlene Draper
Rhonda
Fort St. John
B.C
Marlene
Carol Ann Bell
Brandon
Fairview
Beth Campbell
Eric Lowe
Mary
Helen Shurwell
Chrissy
Stewart Airey
Rebecca Lee
Brandon General Hospital
Lloyd
Dianna
Floyd Miller
Floyd
Mona
Robert Blowatt
Rapid City
Paula Anderson
Vancouver
Bill
Leonard Leland
Bill Lelands
Lil McInnes
Coquitlam
Myrtle
Eugene Pirie
Strathclair
Maureen Leland
Winnipeg
Canada
Vernon
Ivy Lockhart
Gertrude Shuttleworth
Maguire
St. John’s Anglican Church
Elgin
Man
V.N. Lockharts
Kowalchuck- Thompson
H.R. Maguire
Stewart Maguire
Whit Howard
Whit
Assiniboine Hospital
Miniota
Arrow River
Dickinsons and Smyths host visitors from Canada
Oalner News notes Edmonton and Alberta visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Eric Dickinson of Vancouver visiting Mr. and Mrs. John Smyth, with trips by Bonnie Allan to Carstairs and Len Allan’s son Brian joining the Brandon Beavers as a spare pitcher for Manitoba at the Western Canada Beaver Championship in Newton BC. A thanks is given for Eden Cairn area tidiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eric Dickinson
Edna
Vancouver
B.C
John Smyth
Ted Bridgeman
Chase
George Francis
Red Deer
Alberta
Wilf Francis
Brandon
Harry Knight
Bonnie Allan
Ida
Routledge
Carstairs
Greg Grant
Len Allan
Brian
Brandon Beavers
Manitoba
Newton
Eden Cairn
Also Mentioned on This Page
Chumah News
Mrs
Myra Preston
Harding News
Cindy
Mark Campbell
Elgin Campbell
Fred
JoAnn Buchanan
E. Buchanan
Dorothy Fenwick
Estevan
Pope News
Grace Anderson
Pat
Bert Beach
London
England
Hud
Ella Anderson
Debbie
Corrine Defoort
Killarney
Howard McKinnon
Shauna
Grand Forks
University of North Dakota
Wanda
Lindsay Cameron
Grace
Scott Anderson
Arrow River News
W. Lockhart
Oalner News
Jim Routledge
Chris
Norrie
Chris Norrie
Isabella
T.H. Hall
Cleaning Service
McTavish Motors
Ford
Morris Implements
Cardale
Warren Shewfelt
Quadra
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Warren
Mansota
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