Twinning visitors tour district and meet locals in Winnipeg
Ormstown and St Malachie mayors were hosted by Winnipeg leaders with a key to MacGregor and North Norfolk. The group toured schools, hospital, North Norfolk Manor and farms, attended a banquet, and enjoyed a Red River boat trip. The exchange, described as a living centennial project, aims to build lasting friendship and understanding through ongoing relations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ormstown
St. Malachie
MacGregor
North Norfolk
North Norfolk Manor
Austin
Fort Garry
Red River
Beaulieu
Winners at Carberry Music and Arts Festival
The Carberry festival honored local performers in speech, poetry, vocal and instrumental categories. Adjudicators included Hazel Allen and Gordon McPherson with awards to Jack Hay and Eleanor Harder, plus multiple first prizes across solo, folk song, and piano divisions highlighting MacGregor, Brandon, and Austin entrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carberry Music and Arts Festival
Austin
MacGregor
Garnett Unrau
Jack Hay
Ruby Wiebe
Edvans
Lloyd Hughson
Louise Unrau
Jeffrey Stephens
Diane Bagnall
Worby
Darlene Hawkins
Corrine Harder
Jeffrey Stephenson
Sidney
Bobby Vanderhorst
Edrans
David Wieler
George Wieb
One
Karen Knox
Reynoldenson
Dale Bickford
Laurie Stewart
Karen Smith
Heather Williams
Patricia Tait
Gloria Scora
Bradley Williams
Harriet Painter Honored By Two Bridal Showers
Two bridal showers honored Harriet Painter in May. At Rosehill Community Centre about 50 guests gathered for a misc shower hosted by Rosehill Community Club with corsages and gifts. Earlier on May 18 Evelyn Clark's Treherne home hosted a second shower for Harriet with 35 attendees and a era themed modelling entertainment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harriet Painter
Rosehill
Ladies of
Rosehill Community Club
Harriet
Helen Dyck
Painter
Jessie Jeffrey
Turnbull
Rena Meffin
Debbie Blyth
Harold Blyth
Alison Leckie
Treherne
Evelyn Clark
Marlene Morrison
Austin Collegiate Inst Track and Field News
Austin Collegiate Institute reports on cross country and track results from two meets. Bill Esau won the boys mile and led relays while Jean Hughson placed top in girls events. Apr 22 Portage Collegiate indoor meet saw Esau top the mile and a four by four relay with Bernard Lowe. Apr 29 Carman invitational added strong showings from Esau Hughson Buhler and other Austin athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Creek
Austin
Bill Esau
Jean Hughson
Sandy Lake
Portage la Prairie
Neepawa
Portage Collegiate Institute
Carman
Portage
Bernard Lowe
Billy Doell
Will Banman
Carman Collegiate
Henry Buhler
Henry Bubler
Rick Sawitsky
Jones
Brandon Hospital Life Across Grounds and Gardens
The Brandon Hospital grounds host two additional buildings Pine Ridge and Norwood Gardens with year round vegetable gardens and summer flower displays cared for by patients. Parkland gardens front the building and a koi pool and patient planted bedding plants brighten wards. The facility includes residential wards with staff and services a dairy plant a butcher shop sewing rooms and free patient clothing and essentials. Patients stay busy and form lasting friendships while contributing to the hospital community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Ridge
Norwood Gardens
Brandon Mental Hospital
Ormstown Shows Diverse Rural Strength and Growth
Ormstown sits at the heart of a famed dairying district yet grows beyond butterfat. Cash crops like green peas sweet corn and wax beans thrive under contract. Apples hardwoods and maple syrup fuel mills and furniture supply. Local industry includes a 170 worker textile mill and a 20 000 plus annual fair. The town hosts schools a hospital churches a rink a theatre a bowling alley fire department and diverse shops with a central bank and highway division HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senecto
Ormstown
MacGregor
Imperial Bank of Commerce
Quebec Highways Department
Also Mentioned on This Page
Vistors
Portage and
St. Bealtens
Cue
Quebec
Winnipeg
Beginers
Betty
Elmer Schmaus Austin
Man. N.W
THE
Foresters' Benevolent Fund
MacGregor Memorial Hall
Adies
Sharron Blyth
Marion Sheard
Lynne Leckie
Glenda McLennan
Austin Collegiate Inst
Track and Field News
WED
Lamb’s Solo Store
Brandon Hospital
Parkland
Nerweel Uttar
Chateauguay
Vilas Co
C. W. Sloik
Ninth Street
Herb Borton
Walt Disneys Eras Cae
Dean James
Neepawa Lions
Prin
Neepawa Sports
McLaren
Rupert
G. M. Hay Sales & Service
Austin, Man
Canadian Pacific
Canada
Europe
Samy
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!