Miniota Community Happenings and Remembrances
Local social notes recount visits by Jed Leland to relatives in Conquest Saskatchewan and extended sympathy to Mrs. Keith Armitage on her mother Mrs Boyd's Winnipeg death. Community calls for clothing for overseas aid and lists UCW meetings, a Yu Ming Day drive, and Anglican United Church teach-in on CKX TV. Weekend visitors and Thanksgiving gatherings are noted along with a pancake supper raising over 70 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Keith Armitage
Boyd
Winnipeg
Miniota
Anglican and the United Church
Ckx-Tv
Pat Patterson
Hamiota
Hamiota Hospital
Patter
From City Hustle to Farm Life at Greenhorn Farm
In a reflective essay a former city dweller recounts moving to ten acres near Mount Baker, renaming the place Greenhorn Farm and adopting the slogan Genuine Greenhorn. A Vancouver trip exposes the rush and noise of urban life and shifts focus back to farming, labor, and simple country pleasures. He muses on traffic, money, and the contrast between wheel grippers and the calm of rural work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Baker
Washington
Greenhorn Farm
Vancouver
Fraser Highway
Bits and Pieces Of Former Years Miniota Notes
A compilation of dated mini features from 1923 to 1932: population counts for Miniota parish with 174 adults and 104 children, 37 active societies, a 1930 plan to place three silent policemen at dangerous corners, a 1930 aeroplane forced landing near Gib Rowans, Major Thompson missing the first Winnipeg west mail flight, 1932 report that Trans-Canada Telephone System now operates coast to coast, plus 1923 ads and witticisms about underwear, rag to paper and banking liquidity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Miniota
Gib Rowan
Thompson
Winnipeg
Trans-Canada
Canada
World Telephone Progress
W. L. Hodnett
Also Mentioned on This Page
Manitoba
United States
Post Office Department
Ottawa
Ontario
Manitoba Weekly Newspaper Association
U. S. Venables Publisher
Jed Leland
Mrs. Alfrieb
Conquest, Sask
Don Forsyth
Jack McKinnon
Coast
C. Andrew
U.C.W
C.G
Yu Ming
Ted Morton
Scott
Western Points
Morley Wettig
Clark Greene
Dave Rowan
Bill Gilchrist
Ann Armitage
Sandi Hayes
Margaret
Jack Dodds
Brian Long
Bill
Linda Mossop
Wayne Kenward
Joan Leland
Don Stitt
Shona Leland
Brian Broughton
Lois Leland
Linda Armitage
Bob Turner
Brandon
Garth Powell
Souris
Garth Seraras
Russell
Alex Sararas
Bob Stuart
Sask
Roblin
Stuart Johnson
Jim Carnegie
Cameron
Virden
Donald Douglas
Lawrence Reynolds
Hall
Gordon Long
Conference Ucw
Morton Homes
B. Jalmerson
Eeelas A Tacon
G. Schwalm
S. Young
Lumsden, Sask
W. Collier
Hee Stonehouse
J. Horner
Doug Horner
Stan Horner
Eves
Gaessee Brandon
Morton Farm
NEW Holland
Allied Farm Equipment
Western Agriculture
James Way Farm
Choring
McCabe Grain Victoria
Millicent
Ambrose Hill
Legion
Vv. M. Lockhart
J.D. Rollo
Sec
Royal Ngs
Royal Bank
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