June 14, 2010.pdf - Watrous Heritage Centre

10 • MONDAY, JUNE 14, 2010 THE WATROUS MANITOU
Country Connection
Lockwood
Manitou Beach
Sue Alcock
Hilton Hughes and Lil
James were in Regina recently
to visit with Bev
Nabe and to take in the Red
Sox game June 5 to watch
Plunkett
Deloris Wilson (Sutherland) • 944-4852
May long weekend was very wet. Those
who went camping would have to stay indoors
in their camper and play cards or
games or do puzzles.
Farmers are trying to seed in between
showers. What a wet spring. It takes the
joy out of farming.
Get well wishes to Mervin Millsap who
is home after having hip surgery. We wish
him a speedy recovery.
Anyone interested in seeing Rory
Allen, an Elvis Presley impersonator, will
be at Danceland July 2.
The Plunkett Friendship Club enjoyed
a potluck supper Tuesday, June 1. Games
of cards followed. The men did the dishes
June 2, 2010
submitted by deputy mayor
Larry Zemlak
Council is looking
for community input regarding
future priorities
and directions and is in
the process of planning
public meetings for feedback.
Our foreman reported
on the difficulties hand-
Josh Hughes.
Visiting at the Hilton
Hughes home June 7 were
Edna and Clarence Fischer
of Regina.
Manitou Beach
council notes
ling the recent excess rainfall
and has some plans to
address the concerns of
residents who have had
significant flooding.
The village has purchased
an Argo and plans
are being made to construct
collecting equipment
to help remove some
of the algae that periodically
accumulates along
Lindsay, Bauer, Abi,
Marle and Chaz Dumanski
were weekend visitors at
her parents’ home in Saskatoon.
and it was a good evening out. Several
folks could not make it but anyone is welcome
to come. It is always held on the first
Tuesday of each month.
The lilac trees are blooming nicely. It
keeps one busy mowing lawns since we
got so much rain. I heard that we are going
to have a hot, dry summer. Maybe we
will need this moisture later on.
Joan Jackson’s farm home was recently
moved to Manitou Beach June 3.
Jodi Sutherland and boys visited Jodi’s
parents in Nipawin the May long weekend.
Anyone having any news, please phone
me at 944-4852. Thank you.
our beach areas.
Council approved to
block the road by the
Manitou Springs Hotel
and Mineral Spa July 1 to
help facilitate the street
fair planned by the Manitou
Beach Recreation
Board.
Roy Street East has officially
been renamed Hayter
Street.
Hello all. Our community extends
deepest sympathy and condolences to
Marianne Murray and her family on the
recent passing of her father Herb Bauml.
Sunday, the Philadelphia Church congregation
had a good day for their picnic
on a piece of Regional Park west of the
tennis courts. Would it not it be practical
if each portion of Regional Park had a
specific name rather than sharing the
same moniker Arranging to meet someone
at Regional Park would be easier if
you could just give the name rather than
explaining which park you mean. Wellington
Park is so easy as everyone knows
exactly where you mean and it has a link
with a person from our colourful past.
West or east of the tennis courts is such
a bland description for giving a location.
How about keeping Regional Park and
adding another Native American name
to it Such as: opechee (robin), owaissa
(bluebird), kwasind (strong man) or wabun
(a man of dawn or east wind) or the
like . . . something for our community and
Regional Park officials to consider. These
words all appear in Henry Wadsworth
Longfellow’s famous epic poem The Song
of Hiawatha.
Over the past few years I have been
asked how some street names came about
so as it has been too wet for much outdoor
life I have been busy googling the Internet
to see what I can discover about the area
west of Shawondasse (aka Motorcycle
Hill). This is quite interesting as many
of the names are found in Longfellow’s
poem. Shawondasse refers to the south
wind, which we wish would blow and
bring us some heat. Ishkoodah, my back
alley, is fire or a comet. Hiawatha runs up
hill and in the poem he was the prophet
son of Mudjekeews, the west wind and
Wenonah, the daughter of Nokomis.
Apukwa, close to the golf course is the
bulrush root or cattail. Pukwana, which
runs west of the tennis courts and south
of the wee park, is the smoke from the
peace pipe. I had no luck with the meaning
of Kebayan. In the poem, which is set
in Minnesota, Hiawatha is an Iroquois
hero and most of the Native American
words that Longfellow uses are mostly
Ojibwe (Chippewa) and Dakota Sioux. In
literature one can take liberties, it seems.
I can only hope and trust that the information
gleaned from the Internet for today’s
column is correct. My apologies if I
have used incorrect material.
Jubilee Drive-In theatre had a large
crowd last weekend to see Robin Hood.
Googling results show this is one of the
province’s three drive-ins and has the
outdoor screen as well as an indoor 24
seat movie theatre. The faithful Watrous
Manitou, in 1954, reports that Mr. A.M.
Crawford, owner of the Roxy Theatre in
Watrous, has bought approximately eight
acres of land at Manitou Beach on which
to build a drive-in theatre. June 1955 there
is an ad for the drive-in, movies showing
in technicolour are Timber Jack starring
Vera Ralson and Sterling Hayden. Last
Time I Saw Paris showed June 6 to 8 with
Elizabeth Taylor and Van Johnson.
In 1955 Ted Markham sold 10 tons of
lake salt to one customer and celebrated
his 70th birthday. Millions of gallons of
water were added to the lake that year.
C.A. Gallagher died at the age of 88. With
his wife, Ella, he came to Manitou Beach
in the early 1920s and built a number of
rental cabins at the west end. Later he
supervised the building of the Chalet
(Camp Easter Seal) as well as making
lake salt products. Mrs. John Kocher of
Winnipeg bought the Lake View Hotel,
which was immediately west of the Whitmore
Hotels. Rooms and foreign dishes,
e.g. Mexican, Jewish, Polish, Ukrainian
etc. were available in the restaurant. This
was also the year when Lionel and Jean
Sproule were engaged and married, if my
math and the Watrous Manitou are correct
we can congratulate the couple in August
on their 55th wedding anniversary.
If you are ailing or in the hospital do
get well soon. Knowing that people fall ill
or have conditions causing them to be in
hospital, I feel sure that if people in the
community knew they would be sending
get well wishes and helping where possible.
However, not everyone wants their
health concerns made public and prefer
privacy so I refrain from writing about
such personal matters. But once upon a
time hospital admittances and discharges
were printed in the Watrous Signal, often
along with the reason for the visit. So
much for patient confidentiality! Have a
wonderful week everyone and remember
to contact me with news. Sue.
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Carmen Yausie,
daughter of Gerald and Ruth
Yausie of Colonsay, convocated
from the U of S with a four
year Bachelor of Science degree
majoring in Geology. She is
employed by Claude Resources
Inc. and working as a Geologist
at the Seabee Gold Mine in
Northern Sask.
Congratulations Carmen,
love from your family.
Colonsay
Florence Halvorson • 255-2358
Twenty-five seniors attended the potluck birthday
supper and meeting June 2. Happy birthday was sung
to June Garner, Jack Campbell, Rusty and Hazel Ruston
and Iris Frederickson. Region 19 picnic will be held at the
centre July 21. All seniors are welcome. A hundred dollar
donation was made to Camp Easter Seal at Watrous.
The 50/50 winner was Jack Campbell. Norwegian whist
followed. Ladies high score was Hazel Ruston and second
was Iris Frederickson. Men’s high was Rusty Ruston and
second was Ernie Butler. Lunch hostesses were Ron and
Iris Frederickson and Rusty and Hazel Ruston.
A bridal shower was held in the community hall June
6 for Janci Templeman.
Michelle Taylor and Colton Halvorson spent the weekend
in Carrot River.
Darlene Baczuk has returned home after spending
a week with her parents Andy and Margaret Baczuk in
Kipling.
Congratulations to Violet Grey of Saskatoon who
celebrated her 98th birthday Sunday, June 6. Her sons
Robert and Margaret Grey and Roy and Patsy Grey travelled
to the city and took her out for lunch. Roy and Patsy
brought her back to Colonsay and also to the farm for a
nice drive, which she really enjoyed.
A few folks from town attended the 100 anniversary
celebration in Allan June 4 and 5.
A speedy get well to Debbie Freisen who is a hospital
patient.