Pointe du Bois Weekend Visits and Local Events
Local notes from Pointe du Bois detail visits by Mr Bill Roscoe and others, birthday wishes for Mr Jack Lamb, and a snowtobbogan derby at Forbes Lake with prizes for top finishers. The Flashing Fingers 4-H Club and Ice Capades trip to Winnipeg are also noted, along with several fishing and curling related results and social visits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Roscoe
Winnipeg
Pointe du Bois
Warren Perry
Pete Frejek
M. Obradovich
Pete Telewiak
Beausjour
Marie
Bob Virtue
Brian Noland
Hawaii
al Oxenforth
Bob Oxenforth
Bev
Lac du Bonnet
Jack Lamb
Perry Kon
Flashing Fingers
Visitors Fill Great Falls Townsite Amid Curling Bonspiel
A crowd visits Great Falls for the Curling Bonspiel and exams while locals renew acquaintances. Several residents and visitors, including Bracken, Filips, Boyer, Kristofferson, Parry, and others, attend events, travel, or celebrate engagements and births. The note mentions engagements, a 25th anniversary trip cut short by snow, a birth in Gillam, and travel to Ice Capades and a West Coast vacation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Bracken
Ken
Lori
Evelyn Harpin
Evelyne
John Filips
Vern
Bernice Pichl
Rory
Nancy Boyer
Bill Boyer
Linda Bruneau
Donna Keith
Ann Parry
Meredith Kinghorn
Wayne Sutherland
Linda Kristofferson
Gordon Green
Thompson
George Bissonett
Linda Cooper
Jim
Jan
Admiral
Saskatchewan
Regina
Brian
Sally Manning
Gillam
Elizabeth Joy
Delores Leroy
Hawaii
Richard Thomas
John
Clara Bracken
Winnipeg
Pat
Diana McMillan
Gilliam
Kristofferson
S. Zen Shindruk
Connie Boyer
A. Nault
Whitemouth
Margaret Sinnock
George
Helen Ortwein
West
Ted
Lois Parry
Antigua
Gary Anderson
Brandon
Dellas
Win Johnston
Killarney
Win
Cec Calder
Bonspiel Impresses With Four Day Great Falls Curling
A very successful bonspiel was staged in Great Falls from January 22 to 25, 1976. Thirty-two rinks participated across the event, showcasing strong competition and organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Falls
Elma Winter Carnival At Elma Manitoba Weekend Fest
Elma hosts its 9th Annual Winter Festival on Saturday February 7 1976 with a pancake breakfast at 9:00 a.m. and the Elma Power Toboggan Poker Derby registration 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Entries return by 5:00 p.m. Winners receive a share of 700 dollars with a 300 dollar top prize. The event concludes with an evening dance and crowning of the 1976 Snow Queen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Elma
Manitoba
Ambulance Service Criticized Over Slow Response in Pine Falls
A Pine Falls resident laments the ambulance service as his 17 year old daughter choked and convulsed. Despite urgent pleas the dispatcher offered only a cab, prompting frantic rush to help with the car. The letter urges immediate action and emergency reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Falls
Olympic Disciplines Explained on CBC TV Series
After a winter night incident prompts public concern, CBC TV launches Sports of the XXI Olympiad a five part series hosted by Ernie Afaganis to familiarize Canadians with Olympic events. The programs run weekly with historical and contemporary insights ahead of the Montreal Games.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cbc-Tv
Montreal
Robert F. Smith
Bob
Expos
Don Brown
George Gross
The
Toronto Star
George Hanson
Keith Woolhouse
Montreal Star
Doug Gilbert
Montreal Gazette
Ernie Afaganis
Athens
Excel
Canada
76 Summer Games Manitoba district elimination announced
Manitoba Summer Games will host track and field baseball canoeing cycling field hockey shooting softball soccer swimming and tennis this summer. District 1 elimination covers Wadhope Bissett Hole River Wanipigow Manigotogan Fort Alexander Pine Falls St. George Silver Falls Great Falls Stead McArthur Falls Lac du Bonnet Pointe du Bois open age competitions with exceptions for national team members and Sport Canada athletes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wadhope
Bissett
Hole River
Wanipigow
Manigotogan
Fort Alexander
Pine Falls
Powerview
St. George
Silver Falls
Great Falls
Stead
McArthur Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Pointe du Bois
Canada
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Gene Lazaruk
Gary Erickson
Susan Lazaruk
Helen Erickson
Bob Collez
Pin Falls
Jim Dawson
Alice Dawson
Danille Collez
Verne Picchi
Ron Cheverfils
Walter Sauka
Leonard Roy
Mrs. Weiss
Donaldo Sauka
Ted Harrison
Don Palanuk
Evelyn Palanuk
Jean Harrison
George Pluchinski
Andy Nault
Jim McNeill
Gary Lippola
Patsy Lippola
Carol McNeill
George Bissanette
Earl Warren
Lac du Bonnét
Baldur Holm Insurance Ltd
Bernice Fontaine
P.S
Parkview Furniture
Park Ave
Beausejour, Manitoba
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