Austin district notes celebrate birthdays and visitors
Weekend visitors include Mrs. H Kowalesky, Joanne and Donna Hay, and Mrs. E Moore as she attends a funeral in Frobisher Sask. Dinners, birthdays, and dances fill Austin events with Masonic supper plans and a social honoring Judy Hodgins and Ray Seaman. Households welcome guests from Regina, Esterhazy, and Brandon while Lisa Dawn recovers from an accident.
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Sommson
Lobb
Rivers
H. Kowalesky
Joanne
Donna Hay
E. Moore
Thomas Walls
Frobisher
Sask
Robert
Regina
Harry
Esterhazy
Ross Hay
Edmonton
Ross
Russell Hay
Don Campbell
Brandon
H. Johnson
D. Williams
James Campbell
Fernie
B.C
Sarah Sealy
Neepawa
Ed ‘Tilley
Norman ‘Dilley
Jean McRae
Tom Martin
Winnipeg
McIntyre
H. J. Bird
Erle Duncan
M. McIntyre
Lisa Dawn
New Stamp Series Issued October 17
Canadian post office announces a new series of low denomination stamps to replace the current one-cent through eight-cent set. The seven-cent stamp is dropped and the seven portraits of prime ministers appear on the new stamps.
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Post Office
Sir John A. Macdonald
Sir Wilfred Laurier
Sir Robert Borden
William Lyon Mackenzie King
R. B. Bennett
Lester B. Pearson
Elizabeth
Canada
David Annesley
Beaverton
Ont
Producers Form Own Mart Near Grunthal Manitoba
Southeastern Manitoba livestock and dairy producers plan a two storey four million dollar? wait 200 000 facility near Grunthal thirty miles south of Winnipeg to sell cattle hogs and calves. Construction starts this fall with an indoor bidding grandstand heated penning facilities and a larger variety of animals. Financing comes from a public share sale and investment by twenty founding producers.
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Manitoba
Grunthal
Winnipeg
Here
St. Boniface
Fire Ravages Manitoba Onion Crop Raising Prices
Fires last week damaged about one third of Manitoba onion crops, destroying 65,000 50 pound bags in Winkler. Prices climbed 25 cents per 50 pound bag, with cooking onions at 12 cents a pound. Producers fear further hikes over coming months, saying Manitoba's export role will shrink substantially.
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Manitoba
Winkler
Winnipeg
Manitoba Vegetable Producers Marketing Board
Auction Sale for Peter Dyck Oct. 27 in Rural Manitoba
Auction lists 1982 John Deere Model R a 1962 Massey Morris 92 Combine with cab and a selection of farm implements including augers drills disc harrows plows and cultivators. Also numerous household items such as beds dressers chairs churn cream cans and a singer treadle sewing machine. The sale is set for Saturday October 27 at 1 p.m. on Highway 34 near Yamil West Road 382.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Deere
Massey-Morris
Massey-Harris
P.T.C
H.C
Macleod
Massey Harris
Singer Treagie
Civil servants aid Whitemud Watershed conservation work
Jim MacPherson reports provincial civil servants spent the summer in the Whitemud Watershed assisting the Watershed Board and Sub-District Committees to plan conservation. About 1,000 acres of eroded land were taken out of cereal production, 900 acres seeded to alfalfa, and 150,000 more trees planted this fall.
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Whitemud
Watershed Board
Whitemud Watershed Affairs Survey and Works Program
The Watershed Board oversees surveying and water control and conservation programs. Major projects include drain reconstruction, bridge and crossing repairs, dyking and brushing. Provincial staff operate in the district to maximize works spending. contact Neepawa Water Resources Offices at 476 2308.
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Watershed Board
Whitemud
Whitemud Watershed
Water Resources Offices
Neepawa Building
Neepawa
Ask Prices Be Upped cident of Manitoba Hotel Assoc
The Manitoba Hotel Association urged the provincial government to raise alcoholic beverage prices soon. Nick Pyrch of Winnipeg told the annual meeting that labor costs have risen since 1967 and profits are shrinking. He noted beer vendors price at $3.05 per dozen bottles.
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Twe B
Manitoba Hotel Association
Nick Pyrch
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Alberta Won't Join Western Canada Lottery Plan
Alberta will not participate in a western Canada lottery scheme though three major Alberta groups may sell tickets there. The plan, proposed as a joint venture among Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba and British Columbia, was discussed only by Western provincial recreation ministers in Victoria. Edmonton Exhibition Board the 1987 British Commonwealth Games Foundation and the Calgary Stampede board are considered sellers. Manitoba Saskatchewan and BC have a April 30 kickoff and prize pool of 600 000 to 800 000 with a 250 000 first prize. It is unclear how Alberta involvement would affect existing lotteries or prize distribution.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Horst Schmid
Victoria
Edmonton
British
Calgary
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Austin and District News
Vic Futros
Neil Nickel
Vanderhoof
Dianne
Les Burkett
Prince George
Judy Hodgins
Ray Seaman
Austin
Leslie
Pratt
Glen Young
Dean Stuart
Garry Crellin
Sidney Hill
Earl Stevenson
Macgregor
United (Union
Gospel Service
C.D. Rupp
J. L. Fargey
E. Armistead
Harold Ritchie
Joseph
Joan Sims
Doug McGregor
Brenda Boschman
Laura Adams
Bagot
Strath Booth
Russ Hotel
Ivan Miller
Lois Blyth
Michael Tipper
Hope Collier
Gordon Parkess
Marjorie Haney
Irene Shaw
Otto Ormiston
Abe Doerksen
Dean Grove
Maurice de Athe
Sidney
Ed Chant
Pete Unrau
Lyle Pogue
John Pothorin
Audrey Smith
Walter Pauch
Lois Burch
Debra Hulme
Edith Peck
Miriam Nichol
Klves
Own
Peter Dyck
Wustin
Yamil West
W. H
Bill) Burch
Carberry
Man
Coop
Plication
Eto
Portage LA Prairie
Macgregor, Manitoba
Jim MacPherson
Whitemud Watershed Affairs
Alta
Austin Credit Union
Austin, Magregor and
Gladstone
P. B. Ewen
R.A. Burnside
Mar
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