Student council approves gym fund increase and hobby notes
The student council voted to add 75 to the sports equipment fund and will continue yearly contributions. A meeting discussed record hops in the gym, while Me Hanty of the Alcohol Education Service of Manitoba spoke on alcohol effects. A grade XII student published poetry, and a new grade IX pupil, Diana Cady from Brandon, joined the school.
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Me Hanty
Alcohol Education Service of Manitoba
Blackhawks
Diana Cady
Brandon
Diana
Mike Olito
Montreal Canadien
Blackhawk
Edmonton
Mike
Clothing Appeal for Mission Bases at St Pauls W A
St Pauls W A appeals for used clothing for mission bases. Please drop off suitable items at the home of Mrs Ed Chant by June 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul's W.A
Ed Chant
Local Austin Notes and Obituary News Briefs
Austin and district notes share visits, engagements, and a death. Amy Embrey formerly of Austin died April 4 in Victoria BC. son Wm Dorland survives with three grandchildren. Credit Union meeting held in Austin Community Hall with leaders from multiple communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Community Hall
Credit Union League
Amaranth
Plumas
Gladstone
Carberry
Treherne
Austin
Credit Union News
Austin Credit Union
Wicklund obituary notes long life and family ties
Wm Wicklund moved to the west coast in 1937 and worked as a night watchman at a mill until retiring at 75. He remarried in 1941 and raised grandson Bill. Survived by wife Signe, grandson Bill, sister Annie Peterson of Winnipeg, sons Bernard and Wilfred, and predeceased by daughter Winnifred and son Edward. Funeral at Surrey Funeral Home Whalley with burial Valley View cemetery officiated by Rev W J Shelder. joined Austin Gothic Lodge in 1903 as a continuous member.
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Wm. Wicklund
Wicklund
West Coast
Bill
Signe
Annie Peterson
Winnipeg
Bernard
Whalley
B.C
Wilfred
Austin
Man
Jim Thomson Winnifred
Edward
Austin Gothic Lodge
Surrey
Valley View Cemetery
W. J. Shelder
Anglican Church
Edrans Reunion Attendees Gather in Winnipeg
Mr and Mrs Mike Kakowchyk attended the Edrans Reunion in Winnipeg on Friday March 30 Winnipeg residents also noted Wellington Fulford visiting his mother in Brandon on Friday and a marriage at Austin on Saturday March 31 The Franks family visited the West Campbell home on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarke
Duff
Austin
Arthur Collier
Winnipeg
Ben Collier
H. F. Johnson
H. S. Atkins
Lorie Atkins
Portage
Victoria
B.C
Wm. Dorland
Seaman
Jo-Ann Routley
Brandon
Brandon Mental Hospital
Wilfred
Ben Wicklund
F. Peterson
Mr. Wicklund
Fred Hartnoll
Donnie Evenson
Grace Russell
The
Pas
Douglas Pearon
Flin Fton
V. Jones
Judy Stephenson
Marvin Jones
A. Friesen
Brandon Fair
Harold Rosling
Alex Livingstone
Pine Creek
Stewart Rosling
H. Rosling
Allare White
Harte
Cole
Mike Kakowchyk
Wellington Fulford
Congratulations Wall
Max Franks
Rural farmers urged to organize against grasshopper threat
Council urged district farmers to unite to counter grasshopper infestation. Plans were announced to print and distribute information and hold meetings for farm advice. Delegations attended led by Don Meadows Carberry agricultural rep who urged weed control and wider road ditches to aid farming and roads. James Little sought council help to stop trespassing and dumping sewage on his land. Council will consult authorities regarding the matter for the 75th fair as Reeve Sims and Councillor Willis take up duties with the secretary-treasurer.
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Don Meadows
Carberry
Meadows
Carberry Ag
James Little
Reeve Sims
Willis
Also Mentioned on This Page
Doug Palmer
Joyce McDougall
Hammond
Manitoba
Pembina
Selkirkist
Selkirk
Norfolk Seed & Fee Co
MacGregor
Carberry Municipal Hall
Murray Hendzel
Evergreen Florists
Onalee Rudd
Carman la Rosa
Brooker
Bombshells
Courre
Portage LA Prairie
Austin and District
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