Annual Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival Winners List
The 1971 Birdtail River Fine Arts Festival concluded with a final concert at Hamiota Collegiate Auditorium. Winners span piano classes from Beginners Colleen Gammack to advanced grades, with multiple entrants from Hamiota Shoal Lake Oak River and other towns. top honors include Pioneer Grain Company Trophy for Joyce Simpson and the Mrs. D. C. Fraser Memorial Trophy for Susan Stevenson. Executive notes extend congratulations and thanks to all competitors and supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birdtail River
Hamiota
Colleen Gammack
Olivia Mini Rivers
Dale McConnnell
David Oakey
Rivers
Jeff Miller
Shoal Lake
Cathy Bonner
Miniota
Theresa Driver
Elphinstone
Joyce Simpson
Holly Johnston
Sally Robinson
Anita Lewis
Maureen Mathison
Catherine Boyd
Aileen Sclater
Oak River
Arlene Johnston
Susan Stevenson
Oak Lake
Debbie Embury
Kenton
Francis Matiowsky
Oakburn
Pioneer Grain Company
D. C. Fraser
Cathy Bruce
Donna Mae Brooks
Scott Campbell
Isabella
Shauna Purdy
Marshall Anderson
Oakner
Pat Fraser
Lyndon Johnston
Margo Johnston
Peggi Turner
Wayne Mathison
Brent Crighton
Cardale
Faith Jenkins
Arrow
River School
Donna Hunsaker
Blaine Little. Decker
Debbie Mathison
Gladys Fraser Memorial
W. J. Meet Arrow River May 12
Eight members met at Mrs. R. Clegg home on Wednesday evening May 12. Roll call was Your Favorite Flower. Blood donors urged for June 8 Blood Clinic. Three boxes of books sent to Book Market. Home Economics and Health Committee questionnaire discussions focused on Family Life. Sanatorium Board plans lung disease survey August 3 to 5. Golden Age Group to be entertained at Arrow River Hall. W I will serve lunch at Alvin Johnston sale May 18. Hospital Aid report given. Mrs. Tennant and Mrs. Clegg attended Florence Nightingale Tea. Reports of W I Convention at Strathclair May 3 were read by Mrs. MacLeland and Mrs. J. W. Leland. Lunch served by Mrs. Clegg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arrow River
R. Clegg
Arrow River Hall
W. I
Alvin Johnston
Tennant
Clegg
Florence Nightingale
Strathclair
MacLeland
J. W. Leland
Farm Notes Cont d on weed control for dandelions
The article explains using amines like 2 4-D or WEED NO MORE in one gallon of water with an old straw broom to apply the solution to weeds near trees and shrubs to reduce drift. It notes amines act slower but more thoroughly on perennial weeds and suggests KILLEX for Creeping Charlie and Chickweed which resist 2 4-D.
Reggie's Ramblings: Winnipeg Gossip and Global Quips
A compact column notes a Winnipeg local production of The Seven Year Itch lacking comic relief among attendees, a cabinet resignation label for Trudeau advisers, a city plan to opt out of a youth services program, sockdolager mercury warnings for anglers, and a St Regis coffee shop quip about Premier Bennett explaining Princess Anne’s cancellations during a Royal Visit in Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Canada
Joe Zuken
ST. Regis Habitant
Bennett
Anne
British Columbia
Manitoba
Explorers Meet ISABELLA Final Explorer gathering ends with gifts
The Explorer Group held its final meeting on May 5 as a Progressive Supper with each member inviting a guest. A business session followed approving 15 dollars to Home Missions 15 to Averhead Missions 30 to the church. Donations included nylons to Overseas Relief 14 ounces of stamps to the Leprosy Mission and eight pounds each of used cards to Burma India and 16 pounds to St Boniface Sanatorium. Donna Reid Diana Doran and Meredith Ashcroft earned their E pins after graduating from Explorers. A June Mission Sunday will feature their donations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isabella
Explorer Group
Home Missions
Averhead Missions
Toronto
Leprosy
Burma
India
St. Boniface Sanatorium
Donna Reid
Diana Doran
Meredith Ashcroft
Explorer’s
Also Mentioned on This Page
Bach
Debby Embury
Barbie
Dale McConnell
Rhonda
Ross Perlmutter
Gayle Sytnyk
Wanda Sunley
Beth Stewart
Decker
Karen Espey
Leslie Shamray
Margo
Johnston
Holly
Cheryl McMillan
Glenda Brethour
Wendy Mitchell
Birdtail River Trustees Association
Morton
New Holland
Allied Farm Equipment
Western
James Way
McCabe Grain
Victoria
Perlmutter
Uotice
W. J. Meet
Wivcrese
Lee
Legion
Reggie
Eric Kierans
P. M. Trudeau
Soviet Union
Russell
Man
Brandon
Crandall
Reeder
Two Creeks
Webber
Don Gregory
Ralph Nash
Imperial Oil
St. Regis Hotel
Smith St
Nursing Home, Inc
Virden
Maniota
C. J. Page
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