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Newspaper

Springfield Leader

Location

Springfield, Manitoba, Canada

Date

May 26, 1965

Page

4

Great Falls week brings news and personal notes

Local column captures community life with reports from the Inter Lake District Convention of the Women’s Institute in St Vital, Scout Camporee under Jim Johnston, and visits by residents from Seven Sisters to Great Falls. Highlights include a $100 Water Ski Bingo win, 4 H winner Linda Kristofferson, and ongoing town beautification efforts by Dr W Leslie and Hydro shrubs.

Inter Lake District Women’s Institute Niakwa Motor Hotel St. Vital Marie Melnick J. Morgan Pearl Warren Jessie Erickson Betty Minter Great Falls W. Leslie Winnipeg Park Leslie Manitoba Hydro Great Falll Linda Kristofferson Lac du Bonnet Linda

Victoria Beach and Traverse Bay Community Notes

Victoria Beach and Traverse Bay items with Mildred Hampton, Clifford and E Joseph, plus updates on cemetery cleanup, store sale, cottage season, local travel, and residents returning from Winnipeg. Mentions include Martin family, Deer Lodge Hospital, Kroken travel to Prince Rupert, and Daisy’s up turn. Local social, health, and property movements reflected in a weekly bulletin style.

Wm. Martin Traverse Bay Deer Lodge Hospital

Local Notes from Gordon Lake and Area May Events

Visitors from Selkirk and Winnipeg stayed with local families during May. A May 3 bingo at Union Auxiliary awarded $50 to Percy Mercer. A daughter was born May 1 at Pine Falls hospital to Mr. and Mrs. Kovari. Jim Jozsi and Mavis welcomed a baby on the way to Red Lake but birth occurred in Whitemouth. Mavis will visit her parents after hospital release. Lac du Bonnet beat the locals 10 to 1 in the season opener. Desta Mercer and Dennis Bialkowski visited. The fishing Derby season began.

Wm. Slovinsky Peter Slovinsky Wm. Nastiuk Winnipeg Gordon Lake Bill Percy Mercer Union Charles Kovari Tor Pine Falls Hospital Jim Jozsi Red Lake Mavis Stork Whitemouth Albert Larson Hjorleifson Lac du Bonnet Our Boys Desta Mercer Dennis Bialkowski Desta’s Mr. and Mrs

May 22 Contest Promises Lively Camp Fishing

The column notes a lively fishing contest with ardent campers and wishes luck to participants. Mr and Mrs Bill Bergstrom recently left for a brief vacation and hopeful readers dream of tropical islands. The writer plans to wrap up this week’s notes and hopes for more news next week.

Bill Bergstrom South Pacific

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