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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1961
Page
1
Miniota school board assembled March 17 at Municipal Hall with most members present. They approved minutes from March 9 and a budget of 90 644.50, voted against employing extra teachers without grants, and adopted caretakers rules.
Miss Gail Johnston was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower in the church parlor on Monday evening. Guests included her mother Mrs. D. H. Johnston and Mrs. W Strain of Carberry. The Bank of Montreal was presented and opened by 66 ladies while Grade 11 and 12 girls sang. A dainty lunch was served.
Manitoba Winter Fair runs April 3 to 8 featuring record entries in Purebred Bulls Bred Sows Commercial Cattle Market Hogs seed grain heavy and light horses and industrial exhibits. Opening address by Lieutenant Governor Errick F Willis follows a program of horse shows calf scrambles and top-jumping harness horses in western Canada.
Mrs. Jas Elliott died March 12 1961 at Brandon after a prolonged illness. Ida Lynch born Florence Ontario April 1 1870 came to Winnipeg 1882 and Arrow River later. She married James M Elliott May 28 1896 and they lived on a farm near the village before moving to Brandon. She was active in church and community work including the United Church formation in 1925. Rev C Geddes officiated at Arrow River church funeral with burial in local cemetery. Pallbearers listed. five children and extended relatives survive. Funeral by Brockie Donovan Brandon.
Seventy municipal leaders attended a four day orienta tion course at the Canadian Civil Defence College Arnprior co sponsored by the Federal and Provincial Emergency Measures Organization. Delegates from Prince Edward Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Ontario and Manitoba heard lectures on nuclear weapons effects and federal provincial emergency planning. A basement fallout shelter model drew interest from F J Coombs Hamiota mayor H S Hyndman Crandall reeve C W Snyder Shoal Lake mayor J G Stitt Rossburn mayor and M S Antonation Shoal Lake reeves.
Parliament Hill this week featured the Prime Minister's Friday return from the Commonwealth Prime Ministers Conference and the Progressive Conservative National Convention in Ottawa. Delegates from across Canada filled the capital and heard Diefenbaker address topics from South Africa’s Commonwealth status to UN matters amid a tense chamber atmosphere. The House adjourns for Easter on March 29 as MPs look forward to a holiday.
At the Crandall W I March meeting Rev A Friebert spoke on his life in Hungary and first years in Canada. Decker WI members attended. The group planned cash prizes for a safety poster contest with teachers to judge. The executive to meet next Thursday to fill radio and TV questionnaires. Mrs M Johnson led a sing song during lunch.
A legend from Onion Lake in Saskatchewan recalls that the place acquired its name after the daughter of a local chief died by drowning there. The story says she did so because she loved a man bewitched and cursed over her onion eating.
The 1961 Manitoba Educational Association Easter Convention will be held at the Royal Alexandra Hotel in Winnipeg on April 4 5 6. It will feature speakers from Canada the United States and Great Britain, plus expanded programs for teachers administrators and lay education interests. President Robertson leads planning and activities with a broad lineup covering curriculum administration and teacher training.
Homemaking notes describe spring fashion focusing on vibrant colors led by pink and yellows with greyed beige and brown tones. The look shifts away from tight midriff fits, collars vanish or recede, jackets become semi fitted with vents, and shorter sleeves pair with longer gloves. Accessories feature hats, beads, pins, and bracelets.
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