McConnell Fat Stock Show Averages 25.39
The McConnell Fat Stock Show and Sale on June 25 at McConnell Show Grounds featured 86 cattle with an average of 25.39 cents per pound. Grand Champion 4-H calf Sharon Gray Oakner Calf Club. reserve champions included David Leland Miniota Club and Bob Watters. Awards covered multiple inter club showmanship divisions and club standings with top honors going to Sharon Gray and Kim McConnell of Hamiota for Grand Champion Commercial steer. Local and outside buyers bought most lots including Canada Packers, Swift Canadian, Brandon Pool Packers, and Oak River Quick Freeze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McConnell
McConnell Show
Sharon Gray
Oakner Calf Club
Hamiota
David Leland
Miniota Club
Oak River
Bob Watters
Wilf Frances
Brandon
Oakner Club
Dale Johnson
Hamiota Co-op
Theresa Kristalovich
Canada Packers
Cliff McKague
McConnell Club
Allan Wright
Bill Kelly
Arnold Paterson
McConnell Pool Elevator
Sharon
Royal Bank
Norman Brown
Herald Rivers
Pope
Jim Moffat
Bruce Paterson
Don McConnell
Jim McMurahhy
Bill Pollock
Oak River Quick Freeze
Oak River Hotel
Hamiota Quick Freeze
Ed Shaw
E. M. Brown
C. W. McLean
Shoal Lake
Gilbert Hopley
Burns and Co
Swift Canadian
Weiller & Williams
Brandon Co-operative Livestock Yards
Brandon Pool Packers
Alex McPhail
Don Rodgers
Bran- Livestock Yards
Bob Wright
Boissevain
Cliff Kennedy
Canada Department of Agriculture
Aubrey Stickney
Hill-Sunley Clan Picnic Draws Members At Narrows
Ideal weather marked the 21st Hill-Sunley Clan picnic at the Narrows on Saturday afternoon July 2, 1966. Ninety total in attendance included 89 members and 2 visitors. The oldest attendee was Geo Torrance of Miniota, 30. the youngest was Stanley James Hill, six weeks old. A cousin of the Hills and Sunleys travelled the farthest to attend.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hill-Sunley Clan
the Narrows
Geo. Torrance
Miniota
Stanley James Hill
Harvey
Myrtle Hill
Hills and Sunleys
Reunion brings Sunley family together in Grimsby area
Reunion Pearl Root Sunley daughter of Mr and Mrs George Sunley from Grimsby Ontario. Members were present from Edmonton Alberta Oakner Decker Winnipeg Grandview Arrow River Miniota Birtle Hamiota Brandon Kenton Isabella and Virden. A bountiful supper was served followed by swimming children races horse shoes a ball game and a social time.
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Pearl Root (Sunley
George Sunley
Grimsby
Ontario
Edmonton
Alberta
Oakner, Decker
Winnipeg
Grandview
Arrow River
Miniota
Birtle
Hamiota Brandon
Kenton
Isabella
Virden
Randells To Teach In Africa Again
Bev and Diane Randell, longtime External Aid instructors at Butimba TTC Tanzania, East Africa, visit home at the Dibblee residence. They praise Mwanza’s climate and social life, note training college principal Peter Kingori’s leadership, and describe local wildlife, housing, markets, and travel routes. They plan to return for another year, with Diane invited to speak at Macdonald College in Quebec.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dibblee
Chas. Rutherford
V. C
M. C
Randell
Diane
G Dibblee
Bev
Ottawa
Butimba
TTC
Tanzania
East Africa
Peter Kingori
Mwanza
Lake Victoria
Randells
Seregeti Game Preserve
Randell Garden
Canada
Nairobi
Addis Ababa
Cairo
Athens
Rome
Madrid
Lisbon
Paris
London
Edinburgh
Bey
Macdonald’s College
St. Anne de Bellevieu
Quebec
Macdonald's College
Miss Doreen Sparks Feted at Community Shower
A women’s shower honoring Miss Doreen Sparks ahead of her marriage to Morley Weng took place at the Community Centre on Friday afternoon July 15. Guests and mothers Mrs. Ivan Sparks and others attended a bride’s book made with magazine cutouts, with corsages given by Mrs. Bob Jolley Mrs. Ted Morton and Beth Armitage. Gifts were placed in a wishing well prepared by Susan Nash and Lori McKenzie. Marilyn Bruce read a farewell poem, wishes for health and happiness were offered, and Doreen thanked attendees. The couple will reside in Coronation Alberta. Community gifts included a clothes hamper basket fibre glass TV tables electric kettle boudoir lamps white wool blanket two pillows and tea towels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doreen Sparks
Morley Weng
Doreen
Ivan Sparks
Bob Jolley
Ted Morton
Beth Armitage
Little
Susan Nash
Lori McKenzie
Marilyn Bruce
Coronation
Alta
Also Mentioned on This Page
Kim McConnell
Arnold Gray
Lou White
Elgin McConnell
F. A. Cummings
Oakner
Tom Neal
Leonard Lelond
David Hanlin
Linda Johnson
Gordon Knight
Dawn McConnell
McConn
Janet Hanlin
Barbara Lelond
Elaine McConnell
Debbie Anderson
Dale McKinnon
Clifford McKague
Heather McKague
Marilyn McConnell
Donna White
Leslie Shamray
Oa River
Gordon Thompson
John Hodgins
Brian Hunter
Bruce Johnston
Terry Espey
David Mathison
Brian Kirk
Rhonda Lawson
Stuart McConnell
McCon
Nell
Brian Sytnyk
Colin Lawson
Carol Parker
Don Armitage
Stan Bryant
Brent McKinnon
Clayton Brown
Darryl Boyd
Bill Cumming
MacLeland
Karen Anderson
Heather Mecaiven
Harvey Mathison
Larry Kirk
John McMurachy
Hill - Sunley
Africa
Pioneer
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