Local notes from Miniota and district hockey and events
Happenings in Miniota include semi final hockey with Miniota Flyers and Fleming and Oak Lake in the finals. Decker beats Miniota, juvenile team loses to Birtle, and Explorer group holds a skating party. A near ceremony awards second stars to girls, and a film Time for Travel is shown. Roy Currie family visits Ottawa. Community notices mention W I meeting March 15 and Irish supper March 18. Ed Spalding of Miniota named on West Man Development Board.
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Miniota Flyers
Ming
Wina Fleming
Oak Lake
Teir
Grl
West-Man Development Corporation
Manitoba
Agricultural Centre
Brandon
Ed Spalding
Miniota
West Man
Beulah School Bonspiel Results
Beulah Ladies Curling Club held a school bonspiel with five rinks. Winners: Robert Edmundson 24 points with necklaces and pocket knives. Peter Bunn 21 points with wallets. J Kasto 20 points with nylons and socks. A Lindenbach 17 points with scarf and prize. G Asselstine 12 points with pictures and a large end ballpoint pens.
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Beulah Ladies Curling Club
Robert Edmundson
Peter Bunn
J. Kasto
Happenings Across District Record Activites and Rescue
District notes report visits by Mr and Mrs Les Adams of Winnipeg and family, Frank Reid attending a municipal affairs course in Brandon, and a UCW meeting moved to the United Church. A mishap left Mrs R E Heise with a broken arm after a fall at Rivers during a Scotch concert. Ron Hyndman, a Gillis and Warren traveler, was stranded near Somerset for about 36 hours in a storm after his truck broke down. a search party, aided by local police and residents, located him six miles from Somerset and he arrived back in Portage Saturday afternoon.
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Gillis
Warren
Bombadier
Somerset
Ron
Portage
Northwest Romance Wins Arctic Marriage in 1856
In Winter 1856 57 at Methye Portage near the Mackenzie river, Christine Ross youngest daughter of Chief Factor Donald Ross and Bernard Rogan Ross wed under fir plumes as Anglican missionary witnesses and voyageurs fired a volley to seal the match, a famed love story from Rupert's Land.
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Mackenzie River District
Rupert’s Land
Red River
Norway House
William Kirby
Christine Ross
Donald Ross
Northwest
Bernard Rogan Ross
Notice To Subscribers and Advertisers Changes Ahead
Notice states ongoing discontinuation of a service prompts a shift to a tabloid format. The message warns readers and advertisers about forthcoming changes and what to expect in upcoming issues.
Local visits and events in Arrow River area
Visitors from Lenore and Winnipeg stay with Wm Tennant in Hamiota Hospital and at Gordon Leland’s home. Legion Bonspiel held at Miniota rink with Doug Parker’s rink first, Oak River second, Beulah Wasteste third. Winnipeg blizzard prompts school holiday decree. community sympathy for Wm Tennant who died March 6 in Hamiota Hospital. Hockey game in Hargrave 7-6 visitors. Arrow River Miniota youths win 13-and-under Isabella 4-2 while Isabella 9 and under beat Miniota. Birth of Kevin Robert Bonner.
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Legion
Miniota
Doug Parker
Jim Carnegie
Beulah Fellows
Wasteste
Oak River
Arrow River
Hargrave
Isabella
Joe Bonner
Kevin Robert
Isabella ladies bonspiel features two rinks
Beulah News notes events as Mrs. Doris Asselstine and Mrs. Olga Hawes skipped rinks in the Isabella ladies bonspiel. Nearby moves include Mr. and Mrs. Fleury and family relocating to Uno and Norman and Doris Irvin moving to Foxwarren. The Irvins now operate a barber shop pool room and ladies hair parlor.
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Doris Asselstine
Olga Hawes
Norman
Doris Irvin
Foxwarren
Replacing Electric Water Heater Elements
If your electric water heater lacks hot water despite good condition, the issue may be an undersized element. Hydro offers to swap a 500 or 750 watt element for a 1000 watt unit in about half an hour with no mess and no cost if your tank is insulated with a thermostat. If not insulated or thermostatically controlled, cover and thermostat can be added at a reasonable price when exchanging elements.
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Hydro
Hydro promotes Cascade 40 electric water heater plan
If your water heater is poor, Hydro offers rental or purchase options for the Cascade 40 heater with large capacity. The plan includes guaranteed hot water, coverage of installation and service costs during the contract, and a monthly rental of 1.95 dollars or a purchase option at 2.25 dollars per month. Higher rated elements can be exchanged on request.
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Hydro
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota
United States
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Ontario
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
Venables
Decker
Birtle
Roy Currie
A. Tweed
Doug
Bill Taylor
W. H. Harlin
Bill
Fleming
W. I
H. Hyndman
Crandall
Hawaii
Jim King
Winnipeg
H. Armitage
G. Dodds
Donald Douglas
Little Victor Johnson
Wayne Johnson
Birtle Hospital
Westeland
Hamiota Hospital
Beulah School
A. Lindenbach
G. Asselstine
Isabella News
Les Adams
Adams
Adams Sr
City
Frank Reid
Agricultural Extension School
UCW
United Church
R. E. Heise
Rivers
Christine
Father
McKenzie River
McKenzie
Christy
Kirby
Arctic
Hudson Bay
Arrow River News
Wm. Tennant
George Hutchison
Lenore
Pat Baker
Billy
Pat
Pauline
Mr. Tennant
Judy Leland
Jim Hathaway
Mrs
Gordon Leland
Gladys Craik
Sutherland
Winsises
William Tennant
Arrow River District
Tennant
Beulah News
Gayle Pierce of
Souris
M. Fleury
Harding
F. Fleury
Saskatoon
Mrs. R. Fleury
Uno
Hydro Representative
Manitoba Hydro
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