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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1971
Page
5
A long list of visits and gatherings across Inglis and nearby communities highlights family reunions in Russell district. Residents note relatives from Winnipeg Portage la Prairie and Vancouver enjoyed holidays with local kin while others traveled to Roblin Brandon and Vernon BC.
Local column records visits and events in Roblin region. Joyce Bell of Winnipeg and Nora Stewart of Shellmouth tour, parade participants from the area in Roblin Fair, and multiple residents attending weddings, holidays, and family visits across Manitoba. Families move, travel, and host relatives while reporting contest results and social outings.
Ninety six descendants of Robert Smiley Hamilton and Florentine Hamilton met at the Poersch farm shed in Gladstone Manitoba for a Rossburn settlement reunion Sunday, August 1. Attendees from across Canada and the U.S. shared displays, stories, and a smorgasbord picnic with old fashioned ice cream, while dancers performed the sword dance and reels in a day of reminiscence. The event honored shared roots with connections to Shoal Lake, Roblin, Oakburn, Regina, Winnipeg and Detroit, highlighting multiple generations including school teachers and pilots among the attendees.
Endcliffe Congraumations to Miss D Kuzmicki and Mr L Bergun dar who were married Saturday. Dale Zimmer of The Pas visited with his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Zimmer at the weekend. Mr and Mrs Wm Zimmer attended a Bechster reunion at Marchwell on Sunday. Mr and Mrs Dick Clarke and Miss Haberstock were visitors with Bill Wilemans at Misses Benny and Kim McFarlane of Regina now flag girls on the highway at Whitwood visited with their grandmother Mrs S Wileman on Sunday. Gerald Peatz spent the long weekend with his parents Mr and Mrs Peter Peatz.
The article notes the term bicycle first used in 1868, cites a 1642 stained glass window in Stoke Poges Church depicting a hobby horse, and mentions K Macmillan of Scotland inventing the first pedal propelled machine in 1839.
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