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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1990
Page
3
Local column lists numerous visits and travels around Russell Manitoba during the summer and August. Names include Mundle Graham Bouchers Orr Barrets Dreilich and many more with extended family stays, weddings, and a bereavement noted for Rose Onoferchuk. The piece records holiday trips to Carman Florida and vacations in the U.S. and Canada, plus a funeral in Winnipeg.
Art and Josie Willis celebrated their fiftieth wedding anniversary with a come and go tea at the Drop-In Centre on Saturday August 1st. About 135 guests signed the Guest Register, which matched the Golden Wedding book used for Joseph and Winnifred Willis in 1965. The event featured photos, dignitaries’ notes, and a St Matthew’s Anglican Church tea hosted by the Willis family. The weekend included a Sunday service at St Matthew’s, address by Don Forsman, and a family dinner followed by golf at Binscarth Golf Course.
Mary Barker hosted a large Barker family reunion in Binscarth Community Hall on the long weekend. Attendees included relatives from St Catherine Ontario to Victoria British Columbia and Winnipeg Manitoba. The event, planned by the Barker family, also belatedly celebrated Mary's birthday while Mary mourned the recent death of her sister Rose Onoferchuk at Roblin Hospital. A pot luck supper concluded the gathering with thanks to all who attended.
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