Local Happenings In Birtle and Nearby Areas
Mrs E Hooper of Birtle attended her great granddaughter Carroll ine Dawn Armitage's christening at the United Church on May 10. Miniota girls performed Alice in Wonderland in Birtle and will tour Brandon Centennial Auditorium. Cast included Sandra Hesse and Donna Bohrn as Alice with Lucille Goodwin as Queen of Hearts and Donna Horner as The Caterpillar. Local social updates note visits, weddings, graduations, and community events across town and surrounding areas.
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E. Hooper
Birtle
Ivan Armitage
Caroline Dawn Armitage
The
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Miniota
Drama Club
Brandon
Centennial Auditorium
Miniata
Alice
Sandra Hesse
Donna Bohrn
Queen of Hearts
Lucille Goodwin
the Caterpillar
Donna Horner
Janet Hanlin
Debbie Armitage
Beth Taylor
Carol Armitage
Pat Eastake
Beulah Master Bernie Jewar Recovers After Tonsillectomy
Beulah Master Bernie Jewar underwent a tonsillectomy at Hamiota Hospital and is now home recovering. Mr Joe Maduke of Brandon visited the district over the weekend. Darryle Fleury and Billy Derlago won Brandon Hockey School scholarships for one week in August. Mr Gerald Baskier, recently at Deer Lodge Hospital in Winnipeg, has returned home and is improving. Master Harold Myerson spends the long weekend at the Asselstine home. Mr Grant Asselstine of Brandon is holidaying at his home for a few days.
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Bernie Jewar
Hamiota Hospital
Joe Maduke
Brandon
Darryle Fleury
Billy Derlago
Brandon Hockey School
Gerald Baskier
Deer Lodge Hospital
Winnipeg
Harold Myerson
Asselstine
Mr. Grant Asselstine
Birtle Presbytery Adopts Area Ministry Study Plan
Two months after rejecting a similar motion the Birtle Presbytery of the United Church of Canada approved a plan to study area ministry at its April Rossburn Manitoba meeting. The concept aligns parish boundaries with community services and calls for clergy teams. Four area ministries exist and a May 24 study kickoff invites congregations to send representatives for a study committee and September recommendations.
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Division of Communication
Birtle
Parkland Parish
Hamiota-Kenton
Minnedosa
Rapid City
Presbytery
H. Dykman
Miniota Community Centre Show Time Schedule
Miniota Community Centre lists cinema nights with Burt Lancaster and Shelley Winters in The Scalphunters on May 22 and 23 at 8 30 p m and Julie Andrews and James Fox in Thoroughly Modern Millie on May 29 and 30. U A adult admission applies to both showings.
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Burt Lancaster
Shelley Winters
W I Miniota Meeting Listens to Guests and Program
The Miniota W I met May 7 in the Community Center with Mrs A Armitage presiding. Visitors from Arrow River Beulah Crandall Two Creeks Isabella and Birtle attended. The program featured piano solos by Terry Eastake and Gerry Taylor, a Grade VI speech choir directed by Mrs L Gilchrist, plus a reading of Are These Things Right by Mr J Morton and greetings from FWIC ahead of the Winnipeg convention. A film Manitoba Festival Country was shown. Hostesses were Mrs Long and Mrs Wes Leland with helpers.
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Miniota
Miniota W. I
A. Armitage
Gerry Taylor
Rowan
J. Morton
Fulton
FWIC
Winnipeg
Long
Wes Leland
Centennial Ball costumes judged at Miniota gathering
Isabella Armhurst Regina and family visited the Della Harrison home while M. Ross I. Doran and H. Smith judged costumes at the Centennial Ball in Miniota. Allan Stewart returns from Brandon University and Karen Ashcroft from Winnipeg joined others visiting local homes.
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T. Stewart
Geo. Lawn Farm
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