This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 6 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 18, 1971
Page
2
Community notices record a World Day of Prayer service at Holy Trinity Anglican Church on March 5 with readings by several members, an offertory of 13.50, and junior group attendance. Social visits include Crandall funeral notices for Gordon Coupe, anniversary celebrations, and visits among local residents. A postponed Cribbage tournament now set for March 18 ends with weather chatter and crow sightings.
The Women’s Institute group met March 11 at the Community Centre with 13 members and nine guests. Mrs Gordon Long chaired. Announced were an April 25 to May 1 Cancer campaign and a June 8 Red Cross Blood Donors Clinic. J Finkbeiner spoke on the Agricultural Task Force, followed by a lively discussion and tea hosted by Mrs Armitage and Mrs Argue. Next meeting is the third Friday in April.
District Arrow River notes Kathy accompanies Mrs. Joe Bonner and Mr. Ross Finley of Lenore to Winnipeg for a medical appointment. Congratulations to Mr. and Mrs. J. Dickie on their 50th wedding anniversary March 10. Miss Margaret Leland visited Griswold Elder home last weekend. Neil Campbell family back home for the weekend. Curling active as 35 degrees above this morning March 12. Mrs. Hanna recently spent ten days at R. G. Mitchell home recovering from flu.
The boys team traveled to St Lazare on March 4 for a tournament. They lost 30 16 to Foxwarren then lost 31 27 to St Lazare. The girls played March 5 at St Lazare, lost 24 8 to Kenton, then won 19 12 over St Lazare. National Picture Company supplied the student pictures. Elementary profits were 13.59 and junior high 21.83.
Isabella W I members attended Miniota W I meeting Friday afternoon. An informal discussion on Agriculture Task Force recommendations. Visitors included Austin Adams of Winnipeg and Bob Douglas with daughter Regina. Birtle District W I Board Spring Meeting held in Hamiota. Outreach Committees for Birtle Miniota Wider Parish met at Beulah to plan for the coming year. June 1 next meeting. Wishing speedy recoveries to Charlie Ariss and Mrs Martin in hospital. Mr and Mrs J Collins of Darlingford visiting sons Mick and Mel at Isabella. Mrs C Wall spent weekend in Winnipeg visiting Don Sherwin and Kary.
Happenings note Mr and Mrs Jim Milne hosted Mr and Mrs Walter Forbes at Oak Bluff. Saturday they attended Al and Miller's 25th wedding anniversary in Winnipeg. Muriel Paynter returns from Winnipeg after 10 days with relatives. Wilfrid Kling is in Hamiota Hospital for therapy. World Day of Prayer held at Beulah United Church with 24 attendees led by Mrs Bill Pierce. Rev Maxwell spoke on A New People for a New Age. offering $13.30.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.