Christmas Travel and Visits Across Manitoba and Vancouver
Large list of residents and relatives traveling for Christmas, with many visiting family in Vancouver Winnipeg Dauphin and Sask regions. Notable items include Olga Lewandosky and Leslie traveling by train to Vancouver, the Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary delivering gifts at Sandy Lake Nursing Home, families visiting relatives in Winnipeg and Birch River, and a fire in Sandy Lake destroying a blacksmith shop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Lake
Olga Lewandosky
Leslie
Canadian Legion Ladies Auxiliary
Sandy Lake Nursing Home
Steve Shindela
Famly
Vancouver
Tony Kowalchuk
Newdale
Joe Semochko
Jack Kostiuk
St. Lazare
West Coast
Semochko
John Worneski
Burnaby
Gordon Brown
Victoria
Peter Olynyk
Richard Gallant
Alex Kukurutz
Olynyk’s
Card of Thanks for Kindness After Bereavement
We express heartfelt thanks and appreciation for kindness sympathy messages and floral offerings after the loss of our husband and father The Rev Stus and the Rev J Melnyk are specially thanked Mrs Pete Yarych and family
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stus
J. Melnyk
Pete Yarych
Christmas Day Visits Across Churchbridge
Mr. and Mrs. H. Miller and Dorothy spent Christmas Day with Mr. and Mrs. A. Galvin at Churchbridge. Dorothy Miller of Winnipeg is holidaying with her parents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter Wasylenko
Orville
Gaylene Germak
Peter Melnyk
Dauphin
Dorothy Miller
Winnipeg
Mrs. H. Miller
Stanley Dzwonyk
Kenora
Ont
Alex Parabec
John Chalaturnyk
McCreary
M. Lechowicz
Morden
Mildred Parobec
University of Manitoba
Peter Parobec
Roy Fiett
Russell and
Angusville
Ukrainian plays and dances at Sandy Lake and North Hall
Coming events list Ukrainian theater in the Ukr Peoples Home with two comedies Uncles Mistake and Without Elders plus a dance. Drama Night Jan 8 and 10 hosted by Sandy Lake Student Council. Music by CKDM Country Play Boys Collegiate Orchestra and Adam Krupa and His Country Pals at New Year’s Dance Jan 13 in Sandy Lake North Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy Lake
Ukr
Sandy Lake North Hall
Adam Krupa
Christmas Visitors Reported Across Oakburn Area
Oakburn area residents hosted and visited relatives during Christmas. Numerous families from Brandon Winnipeg Flin Flon and Regina welcomed guests including Susan Yanick Bran don and extended kin while Miss Anne Shwaluk Gimli spent the holiday with her parents in Oakburn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michael Kozyk
Michael David
Marlene
Linda
Brandon
Oakburn
Wally Lamont
Stanley Antonation
Mike Muzylewski
Lori
Flin Flon
John Schurko
Angela
Winnipeg
Terasko
Peter Antonation
S. Lusky
Michael
Cathy
Mike Borodie
Ken Malanchuk
Sheila Highmore
Jack Malanchuk
Rose Woytowich
John Maliation
Shilo
Joe Varish
Joy
Karen
Winnipeg General Hospital
Anne Shwaluk
Gimli
Steve Shwaluk
Christmas Holiday Visits Spark Northern Manitoba Gatherings
Angusville readers note a flurry of family visits over Christmas and New Year. The Mazur family from Brandon traveled to Winnipeg for hospital and holiday time with relatives, while Thompson and Kenora visitors joined local households in Russell and Angusville. Several trips to Winnipeg, Brandon, Windsor and Vancouver are recorded, with wishes for a speedy Mazur recovery and a prosperous new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Mazur
John Mazur
Winnipeg
Mazur
Eddie Gensorek
Bill
Mr. Mazur
New Years Superstitions Across Times and Cultures
The article recounts old beliefs about luck at New Year including dislikes of light haired people and pigeontoed individuals being unlucky. It notes the first footer tradition with a dark haired man entering homes. Anglo Saxons climbed roofs at New Year to view omens and moderns make loud noises to ward off evil.
New Year in France Day Par Excellence
New Year in France is celebrated on January 1 with gift exchanges and doorbell visits by friends and tradespeople. Families also honor the dead by visiting graves while churches fill for the Vigil of St Sylvester. rural regions bless cattle at church for protection in the new year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
New Year Traditions From Ancient Egypt To Rome
Ancient sources describe New Year celebrations in spring in Egypt and Rome guided by the Nile calendar and Babylonian March start. Romans hung Bacchus masks for fertility while Scots celebrated by striking fruit trees. Peasants baked a New Year cake and dashed it against doors to chase hunger and misfortune for the year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Egypt
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Nick Rystephanuk
Neddy
Edith
Edmonton
Mund Billich
Rosalyn Maksymetz
Phyllis Stanchuk
Melvin Fedorkie
Robbie Koroscil
Yorkton, Sask
Steve Novalkosky
Alex Michalchuk
Pine Falls
Peter Yarych
Sadley Yarych
Mary Mudrey
Inlaw
Tony Franchuk
Metro Koroscil
Daryl
Kenora, Ont
Just Men
Laurie and
Lenard Lewandosky
Marvin Sichewski
Lawrence Kukurudza
United States
Mexico
John Derhak
Leo Macsymach
Nick Huculak
Carol
Iris
Mike Panchuk
Birch River
Panchuk’s
Andy Elichuk
Mike Nechwedzuk
Martin
Minnedosa
Onanole
Peter Koltusky
Rodney
Sonya
Darcie
Steve Bachewich
Altona
Bill Trustrud
Mrs. Kolinsky
Susanne Domansky
Shoal Lake
Chuk
Virden
Raymond Zackary
Hazeldale
Sask
Peter Bachewich
Transcona
Robert Beaton
Polly Desiatnyk
Germany
Stanley Koroscil
Mr. Beaton
RCAF
Gaylene Germack
Sylvia
Sadley Marcinyk
Vickie Hnatuk
Robert Lewandosky
Orest Shindruk
Elsie Maluk
Edmund Billeck
Mel Lasiuk
Beverly
Sylvia Rochelle
Marilyn Neckwechuk
Larry Kristalovich
Helen Desiatnyk
Patsy Eastchuk
Marianne Wasyluk
Elenor Lasiuk
Regina
Gertrude
Joan
Lenard Chastko
Lawrence Doroshenko
Buchanan, Sask
John Lloyd
Whitewood
Lloyd
Ralph Zackary
Kitchen, Sask
Peter Zackary
Loretta
Mr. Zackary
Zenova Lewandosky
Joanne
Rossdurn
Ckdm Country Play Boys
Oakburn News
James H. Kerr
Christopher
Champlain
New York
Kerr
Stanley Yanick
Susan Yanick
Mrs
Mike Stebeleski
B. Norris
Bob Edwardly
Ed Crust
Winnpeg
K. Kwiatkowsky
Elphinstone
John Zapski
Biggar, Sask
Angusville News
Brian
Randy Lacney
Davie Mazur
Davie
Wm. Chomica
Theo. Wasylenko
Thompson, Man
Nick Hulak
Mrs. M. Juba
Windsor
Adam Chaytor
Chas. Angus
Emily Angus
Patricia Ross
Mary Ross
Donna Ross
Russell
Nelson Dagg
Nelson
Neepawa
Ted Bartram
Birtle
David Bartram
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