Wind-Up at M.M. S. S. News and Community Updates
September events for M.M. S. S. featured a Wind-Up Bocce tournament with 24 players and a Pot Luck Supper for 32 at the Drop-In. The green was maintained by volunteers on September 11 and plans for next spring include new lawn bowls and mats. Senior golfers hosted a joint wind-up on September 9 with 42 participants and another pot luck. A birthday greeting sparked fond memories, and the note seeks choir members and Bingo callers to start in October. Curling ice is hoped ready by November. MILE offers free elderly prescription information from 9 to 1 weekdays, toll free 1-800-432-1960 ext 6493. Meals at the Lodge remain popular, with transport offered for dining out.
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CKLQ
Lynne
MILE
Faculty of Pharmacy
University of Manitoba
Dorothy
Miniota District News Highlights Community Milestones
Sympathy extends to Rus and Betty Howard on the death of Rus sister Jean Lukas in Winnipeg. Funeral attended by Howard Gardham Miller and others in Winnipeg. Wes Shurvell mourns brother Cliff with Winnipeg and Sault Lookout tributes. Families travel west for camping and visits. Elk sightings in Jasper. Alberta trip includes Edmonton stops. Births, graduations, and anniversaries noted along with school staff and local awards.
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Rus
Betty Howard
Jean Lukas
Winnipeg
Cindy Gardham
Lorraine Miller
Hamiota
Wes
Norma Shurvell
Cliff Shurvell
Sault Lookout
Norma
Tom
Dorothy Rollo
Vernon
Margaret Rollo
Heather
Chad
High River
Turner Valley
Banff
Jasper
Wegerville
Alberta
Edmonton
Hinton
Kim
Lori Frattinger
Terry Bryant
Bob
Julie Gilchrist
Calgary
Chad Robert
Bill
Ena Thompson
Jean Cook
Ena
Evelyn
Jim Drury
River Lee
Lac du
Miniota Golf Club Wind-up Sees Forty-Two Golfers
Forty-two golfers enjoyed a windy wind-up at Miniota Golf Club on Sunday September 9. Low scores won by Pearl Hanlin with Margaret Heise as runner-up and Jack Hanlin with Barry Cornish second. Social time and pot-luck supper followed. Prizes awarded for seasonal achievements. Special thanks to organizers Meryleen Mitchell Don Forsyth Lynne and Barry Cornish.
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Pearl Hanlin
Margaret Heise
Jack Hanlin
Barry Cornish
Meryleen Mitchell
Don Forsyth
Lynne
Fort Erie Defeat Marks U.S. Setback in 1814
This Week in Canada recalls the 1814 U.S. defeat at Fort Erie Ontario, highlighting a pivotal battle. It notes the 1951 first election held in the Northwest Territories, marking an electoral milestone.
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U.S
Fort Erie
Ontario
North West Territories
Parkissimo Lodge Community Notes and Local Visits
Visiting Jean Cook, long time Miniota resident, now at Sherwood Nursing Home. Mrs Mabel Stowe and daughter Norma Nicolson travel from Moorehead to Alberta to visit relatives. Mrs Stowe votes before leaving, urging elder civic example. Harvest good, crop prices low, farm economy faltering as big round bales dot the fields.
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Jean Cook
Miniota
Dave Stewart
Sherwood Nursing Home
Virden
Mabel Stowe
Norma Nicolson
Moorehead
Minnesota
Alberta
Stowe
Bill Peel
Alice Zarn
Reston
Linda Edmonds
Middle East
Quebec
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M.M. S. S. News
Lynne Cornish
Rae Armitage
Verna Reynolds
Courtney Howard
Patricia Frazer
Dustin Morton
Bobby McLeod
Elizabeth Taylor
Craig Leland
Angie McKean
Birtle
Elsie Dickinson
Harry Hodges
Ann Walker
Linda Clark
Shirley Hudson
Sylvia Hanlin
Marion Morgan
Sandra Armitage
Betty Shewfelt
Mary Taylor
Edward
Beth Leland
Elizabeth
Luke
Kerri-Lynne Cornish
Kerri-Lynne
Marathon
Todd
Curt Cornish
U of Regina
Curt
U of Manitoba
Minnie Sanderson
Eva Bell
Morden
Golf Club
Canada
Mavis George
Hamiota, MB
Mitchell
Autopac
Dale’s
DeBin
Bruce Mitchell
Parkissimo Lodge
At Armitage
Margaret Foster
Dave Smith Electric Ltd
den, MB
Sims & Sims
Norman H. Sims
Elizabeth J. Sims
Main Street South
Minnedosa
Erickson
Onanole
Rapid City
Sunbeam
Solaray
Waranty
Man
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