Late Night And Sunday Calls Cost Less Starting September 15th
Manitoba Telephone System announces bargain long distance rates effective September 15 for station to station calls within Manitoba between midnight and 6 a.m and on all day Sunday. Three minute Manitoba calls drop to 65 cents maximum. Winnipeg to Dauphin to 40 cents. Selkirk to Swan River to 45 cents. Cross Canada rates drop to a maximum of $1.00 for three minutes.
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Manitoba Telephone System
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Dauphin
Tion
DDD
Coin
J. F. Mills
Mills
Vancouver
Portage la Prairie
Edmonton
W I Meet Oak River Fall Meeting Opens
The regular fall meeting of W L opened on Thursday September 6. Vice President Mrs V McPhaden presided as Mrs M White attends the Triennial convention of the Associated Country Women of the World in East Lansing Michigan. Committees reported a busy summer with Memorial Hall improvements. Alma Hedley spoke on the Home Beautification program. Mrs Don Haggarty won the village trophy but could not attend. Dot Pangman received this year’s grounds trophy. Peters earned her permanent trophy from last year. Power noted work at Upland cemetery and a project for Man. Cent. 1970.
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Oak River
W.L
V. McPhaden
M. White
Associated Country Women of the World
East Lansing
Mich
U.S.A
Alma Hedley
Don Haggarty
Dot Pangman
Peters
Power
Upland Cemetery
Man
Manitoba Eases Sales Tax Reporting for 5000 Vendors
Manitoba announces quarterly filing for about 5000 vendors and purchasers whose monthly taxable transactions are under 200 dollars. Those with higher totals remain on monthly returns with notices to switch forthcoming. First quarterly returns due in December and officials expect minor interest loss while saving mailing and processing costs.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gurney Evans
Evans
Highway Paving Tenders Opened Near Portage la Prairie
Manitoba highways department opened tenders for 1.8 miles of two lane addition to the Trans Canada highway west of Portage la Prairie. The low bid came from BA Construction Limited of Transcona at 178100 dollars. Work to extend the western lanes to the new bridge over the Portage diversion should finish this fall to allow traffic during bridge construction.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Highways Department
Portage la Prairie
BA Construction Limited
Transcona
Portage By-Pass
Portage Diversion
Portage
Trans- Canada
Eighteen Teachers For New Term At Hamiota School
Hamiota Elementary opens with about 360 students and 20 staff for 1968 69. Fifteen classrooms active. New reading program for grades three and four. Social studies and spelling revisions introduced. Principal H. E. Brown leads staff including teachers across grades and opportunities.
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Hamiota Elementary School
McMillan
Embury
Burton
Finlayson
Mathison
Stevens
Bridge
Miss Young
Reid
Miss Downey
Coombs
Miss Oakley
Cochrane
Lyall
Miss Wallace
Campbell
Hazelwood
Duchart
G. Lyall
H. E. Brown
Friends Honor Phyllis Knight Shower Honors Aug Party
A miscellaneous shower for Miss Phyllis Knight was held at Chumah hall on August 19. Guests included her mother Mrs. C Knight and Mrs. Cosgrove, mother of the groom, with grand mother Mrs. H Knight present. Phyllis received an umbrella gift and corsages, a poem was read, and 102 guests signed the guest book. Highland dancing entertained, lunch and social hour followed.
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Phyllis Knight
Chumah Hall
C. Knight
Cosgrove
H. Knight
N. Argue
L. White
C. Johnson
F. Bates
Jo-Ann Riddell
W. Riddell
Caribou Licences Available In Manitoba Woods
Winnipeg Manitoba wildlife branch seeks woodland caribou hunters. About 200 licences remain for areas 2 and 3 with some in the other four zones. Licences cost 20 dollars for residents and 100 dollars for non residents, apply by cheque or money order to roam 1003 Norquay building, listing 2 or 3 hunting area choices.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Norquay
Glee Club Re organized at Hamiota meeting
The Hamiota and District Glee Club reorganized on Monday night September 16. New officers include President Catherine Johnston Sec-Treas Doris Mathison Conductress Norah Mathison Pianist Vi Smith. Committees cover drama music with Vi Smith Norah Mathison Ken Smith. The group will handle the Children's Aid Concert and a spring concert planning begins. Practice is Monday nights at 8 p.m. Interested participants are invited to attend.
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Hamiota and District Glee Club
Catherine Johnston
Sec-Treas
Doris Mathison
Norah Mathison
Vi Smith
Ann Perlmutter
Mildred Fraser
Ken Smith
Glee Club
Strachan William Birnie Strachan Obituary at 77
William Birnie Strachan 77 of Hamiota Manitoba died September 15 1968 after a long illness at Assiniboine hospital Brandon He was born on the Scotia district homestead and retired to Hamiota in 1956 A devoted church member and community trustee he leaves wife Annie Angus Strachan and six daughters two sons nineteen grandchildren and four great grandchildren with numerous relatives The obituary lists numerous survivors and pallbearers naming local civic and family ties
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William Birnie Strachan
Hamiota
Manitoba
Annie Ethel
Assiniboine Hospital
Brandon
Scotia
United Church
Scotia Sunday School
Oakner Consolidated School
Hamiota Agricultural Society
Hamiota Consumers Co-operative
Hamiota Curling Club
Strachan
Annie Ethel Angus
Olive
A. R. Paterson
Bernice
A. S. Lowe
Winnipeg
Viola
C. H. Pinsent
Stephenville
Mld
Evelyn
W. N. Macdonald
Calgary
Joyce
D. de. Koch
Cingeees
Texas
Phyllis
J. Longmuir
Pinawa
Keith
Garth
Thomas
Margaret
John Lobban
Wes Rivers
Tom Gray
Ernie Dixon
Ken Fraser
Kerr Fraser
Wee Hws
Hone Mitchel
Alfred Strachan
Med Anderson
Harvey Gray
Angus
Ken Smith
Rural appeal seeks funds for CMIB rehabilitation programs
The message urges financial support for CMIB to sustain eye service and prevention programs across the province. It notes a province-wide rural appeal underway and calls on readers to donate when volunteers call.
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CMIB
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Lakehead
Great Lakes
TNS
W.I. Meet
W. B. Strachan
Canadian National Institute For Thre Blind
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