Austin notes golden year with hockey bonspiels and holidays
A long year of Austin Manitoba events unfolds from December 1975 through December 1975, detailing a white Christmas, a Hawaii trip by Johnsons, and the annual Austin Christmas Festival. Monthly notes cover curling, bonspiels, community gatherings, church events, school activities, and local visits, with notable incidents including two traffic fatalities in March, grants for the Austin Leisure Club, and a busy Thresherman’s Reunion in July.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. F. Johnson
Ken Johnson
Dwight Johnson
Hawaii
Winnipeg
Honolulu
Chamber of Commerce
Santa Claus
Austin
Manitoba
Roy Snaith
Frank Hay
Lloyd Jones
Glenn Hughson
Portage
Moncur
Vancouver
Weyburn
Boissevain
Pine Creek
Moonlighters
Cyril Randall
Jim Randall
Dorothy Makinson
Nunn
England
Austin Sports Centre
Ladies Curling Club
MacGregor
Phil Stephenson
Beth Roberts
Wilf Wicklund
Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Vic Futros
Czechoslovakia
John Gilmour
Donald Craig
David
Ronald Rands
Lori
Glen Rands
Monty Christofferson
Keith Storie
B.C
Roy Storie
Robert Bohland
Gibbon
Nebraska
E. Halkyard
Don Wicklund
Alex Beresford
Masonic Grand Lodge
MacGregor Collegiate
Rhea Fredrickson
Beverley Giesbrecht
Betty Lowe
Lloyd Shortridge
Jack Cronk
Red River College
U of M
Doug Cronk
Eatons ‘MacGregor
Portage Fair
Carberry Fair
Brandon
Harold Manns
Donna
Potter, Thornborough and Sheldon
Thresherman
U.S.A
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Ontario
J. R. Stephenson
Cranbrook
Calgary
M. Larkin
Vera Stevens
Canada
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Duluth
Beverly Meffin
George Lewis
Cliff Chambers
Minot
North Dakota
MacGregor Hospital
Portage Hospital
Doreen
Robert Chapman Jr
Niagara Falls
Toronto
C.N. Tower
Charlie Duncan
Wayne Brown
Emerson
Loreen Amann
Douglas Pratt
M. Cookson
Plumas
Cookson
U.C.W
Tipper
Lynn Lake
Reg Wright
Ed Tilly
Ellen Knox
Fuiday
Leisure Club of
T. Towle
Lions Club
Leisure
J and J
No. 1
Highway
Oakville Christmas News Highlights and Local Visits
Mary L. Bogue reports Oakville residents sharing Christmas with relatives in Saskatchewan Ontario and Manitoba. University students Brian Nicol and Ron Nicol return home from Waterloo and Winnipeg while the Kirtons visit Hamilton. Bonspiel preparations and hospital recoveries noted along with church baptisms and 4H Club events highlighting community life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary L. Bogue
Ed Grant
Dorothy
Brian Blacklock
St Walberg
Saskatchewan
Brian Nicol
Waterloo University
Ron Nicol
University of Manitoba
R. Nicol
Stan Kirton
Hamilton
Ont
Darryl Campbell
Winnipeg
Rey
Ron Ingram
M. L. Spencer
Treherne
Jack
Isaac
Dana Noelle
Murray Cumberland
Cousins
Les Murray
Trudy Blight
Syd Warburton
Curling Club
Judy Essay
Verna Bailey
Elm River
Also Mentioned on This Page
P.C
Fred Hall
Lionel Wright
Garnet Smith
Karl Jedel
Merchants
Stan Robinson
R. Edgar
Audrey Leoppky
Russell Robertson
Vicki Jo
Harry Rand
Nashville
Ruby Falls
Florida
Walt Disney World
Jane
Ron McMillan
Herb McMillan
Reg MacFarlane
Murray
Fred Amann
Don Makinson
Frank Anderson
E Halkyard
Gertrude Cook
Herman Hartaler
Malaga
Spain
Mary Anne
J. S. Thiessen
Kay Hiebert
Sadie Brown
Annie Rand
The
Red Cross
Holiday Inn
Bill Young
Marathon
Stuart Young
Jennifer Lowe
Wanda
Eric Scott
Dorothy Poyser
Anne Adams
Dykstra
T. Poyser
Axel Christofferson
Portage Kinsmen Club
S. Stately
United Church
Art Stevenson
Murray Makinson
Cook
Mary Cowan
Mary Morris
Goderich
van de Ponselle
Nyel Fredrickson
Howard Gilmour
Pinawa
Irene Gilmour
Killarney
Elaine Thomson
Houston
Texas
Melvin Thomson
Beulah Lowe
Barbara
Burlington
Albert Duncan
O. T. Jones
Alfred Nunn
John Strauss
Tina Wall
Norfolk Rest Haven
Austin Leisure Club
MacGregor Senior Citizens
Henry Moore
Ernest Bagnall
Austin Agricultural Museum
Sam Askiw
White Rock
Dallas
Chilliwack
Miniota
Oak Lake
McCreary
Gordon Hay
A. Christofferson
Mrs. Sprott
Minto
Edmonton
Jasper
Victor Furros
Headingley
Uni-City
Bill Hay
Eva Ormiston
Dick Critchlow
0. T. Jones
Russel Richardson
AJ. Stevenson
Z. Hillis
Prince Albert
Lenore Lake
Earl Stevenson
David Stevenson
Regina
A. J Stevenson Ever Livingstone
M. G. Elliott
J. A. Morris
Ree Eunice Sims
Howard Way
Edgar
Poyser
St. John Ambulance Society
Alex Patterson
Mildred Hewart
Anne Futros
Jean Uhrin
Harold Narvey
Beverley Unrin
Catherine Smith
Sherrill Bushby
Frank Halkyard
Quinton
Manning
Alta
Art Larkin
H. Johnson
Alister Hubble
Alister
Bank
Nary
News & Views
Oakville News
Portage Propane Ltd
Portas Winnipes
Horayer
Portage Toyota Ltd
Skatene Vesrese
Ve. W. Nar
No MacGregor
Ichard C. Locke
North Norfolk
Joe Nagle
Bank of Montreal
Myank
First
Carson Bank
Bank of
Dave Stewart