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Newspaper
Springfield Leader
Location
Springfield, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 17, 1961
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Hugo Schaffrott of Beausejour were celebrated with a 150 guest dinner at St Marys Hall on September 30 marking their 25th wedding anniversary. They wed September 26 1936 at Zion Lutheran Church.
BESL of Pine Falls presented Mr. A B Robinson with an engraved Legion crest lighter for his 80th birthday. The Ladies Auxiliary gave Mrs. Robinson a corsage of roses. A birthday cake and lunch followed with a sing song. The Louis Huhns attended a friends’ wedding in Gimli while Mrs. S W Jackson and Mrs. L Huhn were in Winnipeg October 4 and 5 for the Hospital Auxiliaries Convention.
The Lac du Bonnet Women’s Progressive Conservative Club celebrated its anniversary at Goodway Restaurant on October 14. Honorary President Mrs. O Bjornson and President Mrs. G Atkinson welcomed guests, teacup readings by Mrs W French delighted attendees, a cake by Mrs A Wood was raffled and won by Miss Irma Baird, with Mrs F Brown overseeing the cash bowl. The club thanked supporters and noted plans to send a delegate to the Provincial Convention in Winnipeg.
Bissett neighbours gathered at Rice Lake Community Hall to honor Mr and Mrs I M Bowyer on their silver wedding anniversary. Guests included telegrams from dignitaries and a playful skit based on local news by the Springfield Leader staff. The couple received a silver set and keepsakes, then shared cake and lunch with friends and relatives in a warm community tribute.
Joanne Kirby marked her fifteenth birthday on Sunday October 15 by hosting a party for 15 of her young friends. Ted Ukrainec and Arnold Hirst, Ot ter Falls employees, visited over the Thanksgiving weekend at their hometowns.
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