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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
8
Mr and Mrs E Mark and Mr and Mrs J Craik visited Winnipeg. Mrs Craik then flew to Vancouver to attend the funeral of her father, Mr W Beck.
Mr and Mrs G Walker of Fergus Ontario spent the weekend with Mrs J Sunley and other relatives in the district.
Brief society items list visits, honeymoons, and family gatherings. Garth Chisholm visits Saskatoon. Rene Oswin and Donna Chisholm attend Brandon Sewing Club camp. Jimmy Oswin breaks arm after hay rack fall. Glen McDonald couple honeymoon near Cypres River at Don McDonald home. Whitemans and D Short visit Winnipeg. Frazer family holidaying with grandmother in Winnipeg. Coldman family members travel to Thornhill and Niagara Falls. Weekend hosts include F G Cooper in Morden and G V Heyhoe in Moore Park plus P White in Hartney.
Birth notices list several newborns with parents and locations. Frazer at Medicine Hat Hospital July 11, daughter to Mr and Mrs G Frazer. Gibbings at Miniota Nursing Home July 12, daughter Irene Catherine. Peel at Miniota Nursing Home July 13, son Kenneth Wayne. Pehleman at Miniota Nursing Home July 17, daughter Bernice Christine. Carnegie at Hamiota Hospital July 17, son Robert George. Cook at Grace Hospital Winnipeg July 25, daughter Bonnie Jean. Sunley at Hamiota Hospital July 28, daughter Ivy Janet.
A quiet wedding occurred at the First United Church in Branden at 1 30 PM on Tuesday blending Loeppky and Steve in a small ceremony.
On July 20 Alma daughter of Peter Loeppky Emerson and the late Mrs Loeppky married Edwin John Stowe eldest son of J and Mrs Stowe Miniota Rev H Rees officiated. Attendants were Mr and Mrs E Finkbeiner and a reception followed at the groom’s parents home.
The wedding of Pauline Elizabeth McArthur and Franklin James Rowan took place Thursday July 15 at the McArthur home in Dauphin. Rev L A Muttitt officiated with music by Mrs. G Maynard and aunt Mrs. A E Medd. The bride wore ivory corded taffeta and lace with a wax orange blossom circlet and carried a Talisman carnations bouquet.
The obituary notes a man who moved in 1903 to Arrow River to farm until 1925 and later moved to British Columbia. He supported church and agricultural work as a pioneer of summer fairs and Boys and Girls Club. His wife died in 1935. Surviving daughter is Mrs. J. T. Niblock of Kelowna, B.C. with three grandchildren. Burial occurred in Armstrong, B.C. on July 3.
In loving memory of a dear mother Mrs Ellen Watters who died July 26 1947 A precious one from us is gone A voice we loved is still a place is vacant in our home which never can be filled Ever remembered by her daughter Eileen Bill and Family
Howard Willard Stevenson known as Bill Stevenson died Friday July 30 in a hay baling accident near Killarney. He was 37. He taught at Minota Virden and Elkhoro and served as M M S B principal. Survived by wife Georgina Thompson daughter Mary Lee and parents Mr and Mrs F Stevenson. Funeral held in Killarney with local pallbearers and floral tributes from area friends.
The M M B school board met in Mivicta with Dr Chalmers presiding. They engaged teachers Arrow River James Radwenski Beulah Miss A Grant Miss M A Page Miniota A B Cunningham Miss L Ellerington Mrs Evelyn Barrett Isabella W Ingram and set new transport rates and school opening date August 30 with bonuses and appointments. The board approved Arrow River WI equipment donation for lunch prep and caretaker duties for serving lunches.
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