Seven Sisters Ball Tournament Delightful but Close Finish
Seven Sisters Cardinals hosted a sunny ball tournament Sunday with eight teams and sizable crowds. Seven Sisters beat Powerview 4 0 Pine Falls defeated Winnipeg Transits 8 0 Selkirk won over Sony Hornets Winnipeg Norbert Rebels fell to Morse Place Seven Sisters edged Pine Falls 12 9 and Selkirk defeated St Norbert in the semis. Final saw Selkirk fall to Seven Sisters in a close title game.
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Seven Sisters Cardinals
Seven Sisters
Powerview
Pine Falls
Winnipeg Transits
Selkirk
Sony Hornets
Winnipeg
St. Norbert Rebels
Morse Place
St. Norbert
P. Precious
R. King
C. Frantz
P. Morton
Bob Warren
Beausejour
R. Morton
T. Harrison
Mr. J. Callum
Pointe du Bois social notes from STELLA ROSCOE
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Don Prust on the arrival of their first child a son Cameron Donald. Holiday visitors at the Pringle home include Al's sister Bannister Winnipeg and Henderson family from Winnipeg with Red Cross swimming lessons. Various relatives visit, travel, and attend local events across Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
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Mrs
Don Prust
Cameron Donald
A. L. Pringle
Bannister
Brandon
Norman Pringle
Winnipeg
Henderson
Pringle
Red Cross
Pointe du Bois
J. Preston
Sergeant Jim Preston
Camp Shilo
Virginia
U.S.A
Timmins
Fort Garry
Wakefield
S. Johnson
Prince Rupert
Frank
Schick
Sam Dunwoody
Peggy Lynn
Dunwoody
George
Wally Kitz
Rennie
Hampson
Pat Gypson
Toronto
Bill Honke
Whitemouth Community Notes Speak of Vacations and Visits
Rural Municipality of Whitemouth secretary treasurer Mr. W D Meyers will be away on vacation and the municipal office will close September 17 to 29. Many residents and visitors including the Bilynsky, Buss, Webb, Aitkenhead, Steiner, Schatkowsky, Noel, Naismith, Kelletts, Carlson and Campbell families share holidays, birthdays, anniversaries, and hospital news. The 4 H Garden club held a candy sale raising eight dollars for club work.
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W. D. Meyers
Whitemouth
4-H Garden Club
Champion steer selected for Rimrock Room opening
Chef Einar Nielson will melt the grand championship steer from Calgary District 4-H at the Rimrock Room opening in September. Gary Hanson of Balzac raised the 955 pound steer, which sold for $1.50 per pound. The steak will grace a $1.5 million Palliser Hotel renovation in Calgary.
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Einar Nielson
Palliser
Calgary
Gary Hanson
Balzac
Nielson
Calgary Exibition
Stampede
Canada
Grant Sought For Microfilming of Newspaper Files
The Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association seeks a Canada Council grant to microfilm back files of all weekly papers. A CWNA convention resolution calls for a fund for provincial associations to microfilm and archive complete files, plus regional histories. Fire, ownership changes and deterioration threaten many files. a 100 year old weekly would hold about 6000 issues.
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The
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Canada Council
Canada
Winnipeg
Jeff Hurley
Burlington
Ont
Association
Cars Reach Best Cold Weather Economy After Eight Miles
General Motors engineers say "stop and go" driving in cold weather cuts mileage. Best economy in cold weather comes after about eight miles or twenty minutes of driving.
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General Motors
Powerview Triumphs In Final Game Of Series
Powerview edged the Seven Sisters Cardinals 6 to 4 in a tight final game. A large bus convoy and many cars supported the Powerview club as both teams displayed sportsmanship and spirit in the closing series of the league season.
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Seven Sisters Cardinals
Powerview
Seven Sisters
Port
Lac du Bonnet Busy New Stores and Houses
Lac du Bonnet saw a building boom with two new second street structures including the Roy Freund block and a Bank of Montreal site. New stores Paquette and Marshall Wells opened, over ten homes are under construction, and sewer/park plans loom as the south subdivision nears saturation with a paving project from Fourth Street to Minnewawa planned.
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Second Street
Roy Freund
Robinson
Olfrey
Beausejour
Winnipeg
Bank of Montreal
H. W. Beaumont
P. Koslovsky
Paquette’s Grocery
Gorenstein
Marshall Wells
Strimbicki’s
Park and First Streets
Park Avenue
Lac du Bonnet
Fourth Street
Minnewawa
River Hills Community News Notes and Visits
River Hills column reports school start with teachers Pan Nickel and Miss Brandstrom. Local travel includes Mil ton Kroker family visit from Winnipeg, Crow Duck Lake fishing trip, and Saskatchewan vacation trip to Beausejour area. Births, hospital stays, bingo winners, and family visits across Winnipeg, Unionville, Beausejour, Banff, and Yoho Parks noted.
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River Hills
Pan Nickel
Brandstrom
Great Falls social notes from Stan Gittins
Former residents visiting include Mr and Mrs Simonite and their Edmonton sons Mrs Denis Rushton of Nova Scotia visiting her parents while her husband serves at Cold Lake Alta Ken Fergusson now has a baby Tb 15402 Miss Clare Dyck visits Lac du Bonnet ski rally winners Barry and James Baker updated river bank home projects by Glen Oakes and George Sinnock long-time staffer M Samwold of Edmonton mourns Revells death at 89 continued on page 12
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Simonite
Patsy Metzler
Edmonton
Denis Rushton
Helen Fergusson
Nova Scotia
Helen
K. C. Fergusson
RCAF
Cold Lake
Alta
Campbell Fergusson
Sioux Lookout
Ken Fergusson
Ken Fergussons
Barry
James Baker
Lac du Bonnet
K. C Fergusson
Poplar Point United Church
Gordon Kitchen
Poplar Point
Donald Okrainec
M. J. Okrainec
M. Miller
Olive Little
D. Hogue
Ann Gunn
Gilbert Hrysie
Keith Gunn
Robinson Memorial United Church
Winnipeg
Frances Valerie Karin Bogie
Garson
Mervin Clarence Frank
File
George Peedle
Carol Frank
Denis Boyer
L&c du Bonnet
Denis Wold
C. Frank
Pointe du Bois
Grand Rapids
Anne Buckler
Minaki
Wm. Neculeae
Billy
Kenora
Art Sandman
Rosenholm
Bot Belluk
Pinawa
A. Schuman
Fannystelle
Norman Wold
Roberta Winberg
Weddings Add Bright Notes Across Manitoba Towns
Multiple weddings reported including Helen Kitchen and Donald Okrainec at Poplar Point United Church with a large local guest list, Frances Bogie and Mervin Frank in Garson, Norma Brown and Raymond Steffensen in Winnipeg, Rita Taylor and Beverly Campbell in Bissett, and Rita Christine and Beverly Mark in another Manitoba community. ceremonies featured period attire, flowers, and receptions.
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Gladioli
Sweet Peas
Bissett United Church
Rita Christine
Robert Taylor
Bissett
Beverly Mark
A. J. Campbell
Miami
Manitoba
Rev. M. Wray
C. Anderson
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Stella Roscoe
Claude Anderson
Peace River
Caribou
Banff
Frances and
Adele Pecchia
Donna Fisher
Larry Twelis
Victoria, B.C
J. Laurie
John Comer
Saskatoon
Mrs. McKenzie
Port Credit
Ontario
R. Tester
Sergeant Wm Lesier
J. Knox
Joan
Lorraine
Sergeant
Chuck Howey
O. Fors
Wm. Bilynsky
Johnnie Buss
North Bay
Roy Buss
A. E. Webb
W. Aitkenhead
Dryden
Henry Steiner
Alf Schatkowsky
Rudy Noel
E. Schatkowsky
Jean Noel
St. Boniface Hospital
Noel
Alex Helbrecht
Joyce and
Norman Kellett
Treherne
Kelletts
Minnedosa
Felix Carlson
Shirley Neyedley
Frank Bynski
Elsie Tergeson
Niagara Falls
J. Bartley
Alf. Schatkowsky
Geo. Naismith
Oakville
Martin Lange
Flo Campbell
Charlie Kellner
Elliot Lake
Katie and
Julius Wallingham
Dick Gittens
Steinbach
Walter Hutchinson
Fred Anderson
Gladysons of
Mrs. C. Ritchey of
Grant
A. Henschell
Milton Kroker
Mr. and
Kidd
Don Pommer
Robin Henschell
Crow Duck Lake
Otto Lueck
Eileen
Wendy
Saskatchewan
F. Grabke
Gust Moself
Boyne City
Mich
Calvalier
N. Dakota
Ed. Sackwi
Beausejour Hospital
Bill Herzog
Arnold Altstadt
Bill Hawk
Art Smith
Transcona
Granny Pommer
Hulda Herzog
Pauline Strecker
Unionville, Mich
George Stephanovich
Beryl] Figler
Cara Lynn
Gordon Henschell
Banff and
Yoho
G. Arnold
H. Fuller
F. Henschell
Julius Honke
Johnny Stefekis
Little Rickey Tiede
Mrs. Harvey Knoff
Ed. Zink
Mrs. F. Grabke
Henry Baker
Whitemouth Hospital
Great Falls
Stan Gittins
Clare Dyck
Wm. Fraser
Fred Revells
Ft. William
Revells
Fraser
Glen Oakes
George Sinnock
M. Samwold
Eld
ESS SR
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Springfield
3Rd Street
Man
Okrainec
Frank - Bogie
Steffensen
Brown
Harstone Memorial United Church
Norma Gail
R. Brown
Raymond Steffensen
S. Steffensen
H. H. Barber
Miss Campbell
Marilyn Steffenson
Anne Kryzanowsky
Mildred Brown
Linda Steffensen
Robert
George Steffensen
David Murel
Scott Memorial Orange Hall
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