Ice Storm Knocks Out Wires Across Manitoba Districts
Manitoba faced its first ice storm of the season with freezing rain coating lines from Pembina Triangle to St Claude MacGregor Westbourne and Portage. Hydro crews from Winnipeg and area cleared more than 200 circuit miles with 130 men in Morden Manitou Somerset and 40 in Brandon Neepawa Portage areas. no major outages though MacGregor saw brief interruptions.
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Manitoba
Pembina Triangle
St. Claude
Mac. Gregor
Westbourne
Portage
Hydro
Winnipeg
Morden-Manitou- Somerset
Brandon
Neepawa
Porttage
MacGregor
Austin Highlights From Page Five Chronicle Items
The column recounts local life in Austin including baptisms at Christ Church, marriages such as Marvin Jones and Lois Sharp, and Gloria Snaith wedding plans. It notes council nominations, a referendum on single division, Skating Rink Bingo, a Calf raffle raising funds, deaths of John Boyd and Mrs Chas Lewis, and community events like 4H Awards, Remembrance Day, and the Museum. The Brancyn couple plane crash is noted along with relocations, birthdays, and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. Head
Treherne
Marvin Jones
Lois Sharp
Austin
Darwin Anderson
Sandra Koskela
Corvallis
Us.a
Wayne Early
Delores Graham
Pratt
Orville Cairns
Gloria Snaith
Portage la Prairie
Gloria
United Church
Brancyn
Dick Carruthers
Andy Raven
William Alton
Portage Safeway
Thompson
Chas Lambert
J. Pollock
Ag. Rep
Ruth Geddes
S. Bickford
Valeria Fiskel
Ruth Fiskel
Austin United Church
John Boyd
Chas Lewis
Geo. Early
Museum Ladies Auxiliary
Jeffery Templeton
Beverly Kardash
Brandon
Montie Arnold Lowe
University of Manitoba
Fred Hall
A. Hill
Christ Church
C.g.lt
Austin Ladies Curling Club
Pine Creek S.D
Dave Pearson
Man
Dave
Also Mentioned on This Page
Noel
Melvin and
Iverna
Merry Christmas
Intercity
Gas
Tupper ST. South Portags LA Prairie
Barry Barber
Dave Gair
Dilest
Mar Serenity
Yours
Charles Anderson
Canada
C. E. Hotel
Reeve
James Duncan
Chas. Lambert
Assinibone
Wm. Dutch of Rivers
T. Hillis
Ben Collier
Fortage la Prairie
Collier
Thos
Carruthers
MacGregor Hospital
Portage Consumers Co-op
Merv Cronk
George Lewis
Wes Unrau
G. Mm
Hay
Ford Sales & Service
R. J. Cookson
Murray, Marj
Garry Litster
Pentless
Portage LA Prairie, Man
Ets
Jim
Jim and Marie MacDonald
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