Austin Attracting Visitors With Chamber Initiatives
Austin Chamber promotes tourism by signs advertising Thresher men’s Reunion and Rodeo, plans an emblem for letterheads and a visitor-friendly symbol for the Agricultural Museum, and uses part of the sports ground as an overnight camp during summer. Contact Moncur or Jones to offer rooms. films Saturday night feature a family friendly comedy western.
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Austin Transfer
Threshermen
Jack
Austin
Agricultural Museum
Bill Moncur
Mr. Moncur
Cecil Jones
Chamber of Commerce
Museum Corner Preview and Donations Arrive
Museum notices report incoming parcels for displays and letter replies from provinces and foreign embassies about donating flags for the Centennial Building. Kuwait’s flag arrives while engines including Best caterpillar and Field Marshall join the tractor collection. Helpers request posters and supplies. two weeks remain.
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Ted
Avery
Tuininig
Marshall
Summer morns in Bagot district newsletter notes
Local column by Mrs J M Baskier includes poems and notes from Central Butte Sask visitors Henry Sharpe Ed and Alice join Mrs S Nichol family in Winnipeg fishing reports from The Pas describe eleven pound jacks and pickerel Mel Baskier and brothers exceed quotas Neighbors praise, urge kindness and avoid egotism Birthdays for Kate Thompson Gloria Lamont Dorothy McLachan Barbar Pogue F Giesbrecht Isabelle Kerr people travel to Central Butte and Edmonton showers honor Miss Corinne Kostunek Winnipeg visitors Ernie Ariss caramat Ontario weather report notes a Wednesday storm hindered power lines and telephone service readers urged to send news early holiday week.
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J. M. Baskier
Henry Sharpe
Central Butte
Sask
E. T. Nichol
Alice
Winnipeg
S. Nichol
Pas
Mel Baskier
Kate Thompson
Gloria Lamont
Dorothy McLachlan
Barbar Pogue
F. Giesbrecht
Isabelle Kerr
E.T. Nichol
Mrs. G. Kennedy
Edmonton
R. Charlon
Bill
C. Nichol
R. Chariton
Portage
Corinne Kostenuk
Leana Nichol
L. Butterfield
Ernie Pogue
Ernie Ariss
North Norfolk Fair Top 4-H and Junior Winners List
The North Norfolk Fair highlights top 4-H and junior entries with winners in BEEF CLUBS Rossendale Club Don Nicholl first, Sandra Lamont second. Senior showman Kenneth Wright. Junior showman Brent Top. HORSE CLUB champion Marilyn Hulme, reserve Janice Hodgins. Numerous sewing and craft prizes awarded, including quilt Sprucedale School, wall hanging Allison Tarr and Kathy Letkeman, and various garments by Letkeman, Hark ness, Bryden, Tarr.
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Beef Clubs
Beaver Club
Mary Letkeman
Ross Harkness
Kenneth Wright
Brent Wright
Jim Ruman
Rossendale Club
Don Nicholl
Sandra Lamont
Pine Creek Club
Robert Smith
Roy Manns
Horse Club Club
Marilyn Hulme
Janice Hodgins
Hands and Seat Sr
Hands and Seat Jr
Penny Hulme
Drew Chant
Sprucedale School
Austin
Allison Tarr
Kathy Letkeman
Kim Harkness
Marcella Bryden
Birtle
Howard Harkness
Grace Letkeman
Beverley Boschman
Sandra Weibe
Letkeman
Cathy Rumaneik
Donna Beauchamp
Donnaleen Taylor
Debra Allan
Heather Stone
Marion Sheard
Sharon Blythe
Cathy Rumancik
Allison , Tarr
Southend-Macaulay Community Notes and Visitors
Sunday visitors included Mr and Mrs Harvey Geertzen and family of Snowflake with Mr and Mrs Bob Schweitz. Ed Lloyd and Bruce visited Sunday evening with Mr and Mrs Wallace Martin and Mr and Mrs K Larson. Sanford Larson began temporary work at Lynn Lake and was driven to the airport by the Larsons who spent the day in Winnipeg. Laurie Frank and Verla Boehlig spent weekend at parental homes. Harry McDonald had emergency surgery in Brandon. Herb McDonald and Wes McDonald visited in Brandon with him. Dale Longstreet visited over the weekend with Cindy McGregor and MacGregor prize winners were noted at the fair. Birthday wishes to several locals listed with July dates. Harry showing improvement as of Sunday.
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Harvey Geertzen
Bob Schweitz
Ed Lloyd
Bruce
Wallace Martin
K. Larson
Sanford Larson
Lynn Lake
Sanford
Winnipeg
Laurie Frank
Verla Boehlig
Harry McDonald
Brandon
Herb McDonald
Harry
Wes McDonald
Ed Roy
Dale Longstreet
Cindy McGregor
MacGregor Tut
Drew Chant
Hulme
Janice Hodgins
Penny Hulme
Margaret Pennell
Tae
Court Free Man After Plea Of Common Assault
Homer Rudolph Lacroix of Winnipeg pleaded guilty to common assault in the downtown incident involving Gas ton Bousquet. Crown stayed murder charges after medical evidence shown asphyxiation caused death, magistrate Mike Baryluk sentenced him for three months already served in jail awaiting trial.
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Homer Rudolph Lacroix
Winnipeg
Gaston Bousquet
Bous-quet
Lacroix
Mike Baryluk
Punitive Snowmobile Legislation Sparks Manitoba Debate
Manitoba legislature debates a bill to require driver training and mufflers for snowmobiles and to limit speeds within 100 feet of ice fishermen and winter recreation areas. PC member Gabriel Girard criticizes the measure as too punitive while Highways Minister Joe Borowski introduces it for second reading.
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Manitoba
Gabriel Girard
Emerson
Joe Borowski
Deadly Gas Found In Baltimore Playground
Five pounds of deadly calcium cyanide were recovered from a Baltimore Maryland playground Sunday. Stolen from an exterminator’s car, the poison can be lethal if inhaled. Police issued warnings to avoid contact with a skull marked container. Rain prevented fumes. the exterminator Milton Black dumped the piles into a can and city crews disposed of them. Firefighters sealed the area as worried parents reported ill children at poison centers.
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Baltimore
Milton Black
26 Teams Continue Contested Little League Play
Four runs crossed early as Arden led after a brisk first inning while the Combines rallied but fell short. Nancy Allan presented the Walter Allan Memorial Trophy to Arden. In the Little League bracket MacGregor defeated Austin, Austin beat Rossendale, and MacGregor advanced over Gladstone by default. Many games went down to the wire, delighting ball fans.
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Combines
Nancy Allan
Walter Allan
Arden
MacGregor
Austin
Rossendale
Gladstone
Thresher Reunion and Stampede at Manitoba Museum
The 17th annual Thresher men's Reunion and Stampede will run July 28 to 31 at the Manitoba Agricultural Museum in Austin. Rodeo events start 7 p.m. daily. reunion activities begin 2 p.m. with a mammoth vintage parade, contests, threshing, plowing, log sawing, and more. Added attractions include a pow-wow with Chief Peguis dancers, museum displays, and Wonder Show rides for kids.
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Manitoba Agricultural Museum
Austin
Peguis
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