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Centennial Year Ends With Parades And Memorials In Austin
The Austin area marked centennial celebrations through tea bazaars, fashion parades, and a park naming project for Rain Drop Park. Aged residents Louisa Carrett and Harold Poyser died, while James Makin and James Hamilton Gilmour passed away. A wedding united Gayle Chambers and Paul Ham, and community events included a skating rink dedication, a $3200 centennial fund grant, and a large July walkathon for the MENTAL Retarded School. The period featured severe wet weather delaying farming, extensive reunions, and multiple anniversaries, with preparation for schools reopening and ongoing local projects.
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Louisa
Mary Carrett
Harold. Poyser
Austin
James Makinon
Gayle Chambers
Paul Ham
Robert Edgar
Sprucedale School
Austin Anglican Church
Thos. Towle
James Hamilton
Gilmour
UCW
Ice Clarkson
Pine Creek
Nancy McFarlane
Ho Walter Clifford
Brandon
Elsie Young
Diane Hawkins
Jim Wright
Lyle Jones
Jacob Quiring
Chas. Wallace
Shirley Makinson
United Church
Clifford McGregor
Prince George
B.C
Jo-Anne Chambers
Stately
Sidney
Anne Collier
Rear View Mirror
Manitoba
Anne
Jackson's Lake