Community Notes From McConnell and Area September 9 1996
Mary Burg and Anna of Portage visited Bill and Mary Thompson after attending a fall wedding. Families gathered at Katepwa Lake near Indian Head for a weekend get together. Dale and Linda Newton of Shoal Lake and the Bandeiras of Brandon visited relatives. Various trips and visits across Alberta and Manitoba are noted with school welcomes and sympathy messages. The Miniota community announces church service times and invites food donations to Samaritan House. Birthday celebrations and local birthday greetings are shared among residents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Burg
Anna
Portage
Bill
Mary Thompson
Burgs
McConnell
Murray
Eunice
Linda
Kelly Cochrane
Earl
Olive
Larry
Katepwa Lake
Indian Head
Dale
Linda Newton
Shoal Lake
Bandeira
Brandon
Chauvin
Alta
Vic
Marion Porteous
Bert
Bonneville
Kerry
Glenn
Blair
Edmonton
Community notices and school updates in Miniota district
District residents host and welcome exchange students and guests. Tracy McTavish and Susan Hanisch join local families and schools. Seniors tour Brandon Souris area, with stops at Daly House and barsge cruise. Miniota 4-H Beef Club youths travel to Ontario for exchange, tours of Skydome CN Tower and Niagara Falls. Miniota School opens with new staff and graduates advancing to Birtle Collegiate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Westminster
B.C
Tracy McTavish
Foxwarren
Sandra Peel
Nicole
Jaelyn
Susan Hanisch
Kreba
Neudorf
Germany
David
Sylvia Hanlin
Birtle Collegiate
Edna Reynolds
Jack
Mary Reynolds
Consort
Alta
Tricia Cole
Brandon
Pam Lane
Birtle
Tricia
Brandon University
Marion Anderson
Surrey
Doreen Hankin
Hamiota
Irene Cole
Lynne Cornish
Lynne
Ruby Weber
Barry Cornish
Muriel Stowe
Doug
Maud Leland
Evelyn Inglis
Sam Foote
Rae Armitage
Bill
Margaret Leary
Kay Grant
Roberta Wallace
Souris
Polly Henderson
Beth Stowe
Grand Valley
Daly House Museum
North Hill
Miniota
Brian Armitage
Andrew Leland
Matthew Tapp
4-H Beef Club
Ontario
Kitchener- Waterloo
Skydome
CN Tower
Wonderland
University of
Miniota School
Elsie Dickenson
Linda Clark
Alana George
Hargrave- Virden
Charlene Allan
Trevor Lewis
McAuley
Bill Cousins
Lisa Gardham
Jana Joseph
Kay Leland
Betty Shewfelt
Devin Bryant
Ja Frazer
Candace Laxdal
Michael Lougheed
Michael Mitchell
Oak River UCW Meeting Highlights and Schedule
The Oak River UCW met on September 3 with Margaret C. Simms opening and members singing Simple Gesture. Lynda Baily led the devotional Frustrations, while Doreen Espey presented September’s reading from Fellowship of the Least Coin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak River
UCW
Margaret C. Simms
Martin Luther King Jr
Lynda Baily
Doreen Espey
St. Andrew’s College
Mission and Service
Mandate and Exchange
Avel
Voices United
Friendship Report
Sup
Kindergarten Start Wishes For Local Students
Oakner bests wishes go to Samantha McLellan Shanisse Medd and Joel Strachan as they begin Kindergarten and Grade 1. Those continuing education include Jody Smith Haley McKinnon Krista McKinnon Tim Knight Carey Knight and Marc Anderson Marc Nesbit with various Manitoba institutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samantha McLellan
Shanisse Medd
Joel Strachan
Jody Smith
A.C.C
Brandon
Haley McKinnon
U of M
Winnipeg
Krista McKinnon
Brandon University
Tim Knight
Carey Knight
Marc Anderson
Red River Community College
Marc Nesbit
Birthday Celebrations for Jim Morton and Local Visits
Jim Morton marked his 92nd birthday on September 3 with a noon meal cake. August 30 saw Ted and Mona Cooley of Calgary visiting Jim, followed by a family barbecue at Ted and Diane Morton’s home. Numerous relatives and friends from across Manitoba and Alberta attended or accompanied visitors, including Sam Foote’s brother Wes, Nan Hanlin’s 80th party in Virden, and trips involving Ruth Leland and Lois Couling to Alberta and Red Deer relatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniota
Charles Trout
Hamiota
Miniota United Church
Samaritan House
Delbert Cole
Irene Cole
Sylvia Fleckner
Virden
Birtle
Michelle
Jeff Robertson
Henry
Sarah Hildebrandt
Kenora
Ont
Pauline Rowan
Marlene McGibney
Bev Peel
Pat
Pam
Brad
Norma Shurwell
Keith
Leanne
Greg
Rossburn
Peter
Sandra Graham
Two Creeks
Kerri Mayn
Sam Foote
Wes
Pipestone
Ruth Leland
Bill Steuart
Rae Armitage
Donna Bonner
Nan Hanlin
Princess Lodge
Nan
Lois Couling
Brandon
Alberta
Wayne
Iris Powell
Rimbey
Alta
Ruth
Red Deer
Linda Leland
Edith Fisher
Calgary
Walley Mccheyne
Mary Barfield
Winnipeg
Jean Cook
Miniota Inn
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Hamiota Echo
Olive Newton
Verna Reynolds
Georgina Black
Oakner
Jim Routledge
Parkissimo
Lodge
Armitage
Jim
Ces
United Church
Hamiota & Oakner
Rev
John
Heather Lea
Westminster United Church
Decker
Tom Delgatty
Christ Church
Fitz Griffith Hamiota
Hamiota Pentecostal Church
Pastor del Pierce
Kenton-Shiloh
Beth Elaine Gardiner
Shiloh
Kenton
Oak River & Crandall
David Morton
Crandall
Holy Trinity Anglican Church
Michael Canning
Isabella & Miniota
Karen MacNeill
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