Miniota Weekend Visits and Busy Bonspiel
Happenings in and around Miniota note visitors from Glenevia Hamiota St James and Winnipeg and a Toronto mission meeting trip. The district rink hosted 64 teams across nine sheets during the annual bonspiel with meals at the lunch counter. Miniota 9 and under hockey team won the Birtle tournament earning top honors, with Brian Leland receiving the goalie award and Billy Derlago the best player award.
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Miniota
Birtle
Brian Leland
Billy Derlago
Bits and Pieces of Former Years 1909 Glimpses
A compact retrospective highlights town life from 1907 to 1909. It recalls three population types, a Lake of the Woods Elevator fire scare, a 1908 fanning mill claim by D A Fraser, and a Turner's Hall masquerade dance where Miss Doyle and Mr Forsyth drew attention.
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Lake of the Woods
Manitoba
D. A. Fraser
Turner’s Hall
Miss Doyle
J. Forsyth
Manitobans Too Sober A Letter From Ambrose Hill
Column from Ambrose Hill about moving to British Columbia and satire on Manitoba’s 5 percent sales tax starting June 1. He jokes that Duff Roblin’s tax burden clashes with Pan Am Games promotion and urges Manitobans to drink and smoke to fund education, ending with a boast that Manitoba did things differently.
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British Columbia
Fraser Valley
Manitoba
Duff Roblin
Canada
Fellows
Abc
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hamiota
United States
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Ontario
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
F. S. Venabies Publisher
Dave Rowan
Glenevia
Pat Patterson
Don Forsyth
Jim King
St. James
Winnipeg
Mrs. H. Armitage
Armitage
Gordon Long
Toronto
Board of World Mission
al Corneillie
Austin
H. Walker
Pseum and
Holy Trinity Anglican
United Church of Canada
Jacok Nield
B.A
Beulah
Isabella
Arrow River
Crandall
V. W. Bowins
Edwin J. Spalding
Lisa and
Claire Trevor
THE
Gold Dust
Ambrose Hill
Perlmutter
and Lachter
Brandon
Reeder
Two Creeks
Webber
Zenith
Don Gregory
Legion
J. Rollo
Vv. M. Lockhart
J.D. Rollo
NEW Holland
Allied Farm Equipment
Western Agriculture
James Way Farm
Choring
McCabe Grain Victoria Feeds
Harry
Rosser Brandon
Hamiota Echo
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