Life Members

Lohrenz, (Dyck), has been involved with the Mennonite Central Committee for 10 years. She has been an organizer and volunteer running two of four s Thrift Stores. One of these stores is on Sargent Avenue and the other is on Selkirk Avenue. The stores generate considerable monies which are used for projects in Canada and Internationally. For the most part these stores are volunteer driven and require considerable people hours. WELL DONE GIRLS. In keeping with our historical theme, we were able to call upon the office of the Lieutenant Governor of MB, Philip S. Lee, CM. OM,. for commemorative pins. These pins mark Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth’s Diamond Jubilee. The luncheon at the restaurant, the Current, in the Inn, featured five courses, all superbly prepared and presented at a reasonable cost. The setting, staff, and service made us all feel very special. We even had the weather cooperate with a dry, sunny day. I count the Inn at the Forks as a jewel set in the heart of Winnipeg. The Catering and Special Events coordinators, Jodi Arrell and Mindi Copet, prepared specially printed menus; organized the Sun Room seating in a very attractive manner; and were pleasant young women to work with and plan this event. Attendance for the luncheon and tour topped 70 in all. One teacher, Rosanna (Federchuk) Hrabliuk was accompanied by her daughter, Caroline. Roseanna said her daughter had a lovely time experiencing her mother with her teacher peer group The rural support for the reunions remains very strong. Committee members were as follows: Sheila McCausland(Fargey), Brandon: Phyllis Crosson (Jamieson), Brandon; Helen Mailman (Kocuk), Ochre River; Bernice McMahon (Wirgau), Delta, British Columbia; Janice Kelly (Duncan), MacGregor; Evelyn Rheaume(Beattie), Portage la Prairie; Gloria Wilton,(De Laronde), Winnipeg. We are always pleased to place our announcements in KIT. It is a very helpful resource. SHAW also ran our announcement under Community Service Announcements. Our email addresses and telephone numbers extend right across Canada except for the Maritimes. Our US, Ontario and European list is very light but we inform all working information sites. The Master List, the In Memoriam List and the Search List continue to be upgraded thanks to the support of the membership at large. As the 56th Normal School; reunion committee, we are looking forward to 2017 when we celebrate our 60th. If other alumni feel they would like to organize something earlier, there is a lot of up to date information available from former committee members. Sadly, our In Memoriam list gets longer every year. As of May 23, 2013, the names recorded number 90. “When night falls, we can see the stars and we remember.” As septuagenarians, (good Scrabble word), we are all afflicted with AGE. However, if we keep our endemonia strong, we will keep medication low and we will not falter. Attending reunions is designed to give our seratonin a lift. What better way to spend a pleasant afternoon. As one octogenarian wisely said to me recently, as they approached their 90th birthday - “Keep Going!” 

MAY, 2013 Rita M. A. Bohemier, Winnipeg, MB Laura G. Cooley, Birtle, MB Tamara M. Kubrak, Winnipeg, MB Jean Wiens, Virden, MB

JUNE, 2013 Valdine G. Johnson, Winnipeg, MB Dietrich A. Neufeld, Winnipeg, MB Dr. Mary Pankiw, Winnipeg, MB Ida J. Patterson, Winnipeg, MB S. Hadley Ward, South Surrey, BC

JULY, 2013 Joan Ferguson, Boissevain, MB Arva J. Hryciuk, Portage la Prairie, MB Velma A. Motheral, Winnipeg, MB Florence A. Sutherland, Eriksdale, MB Hortense M. Wilcott, Winnipeg, MB

AUGUST, 2013 Calvin J. Alward, Winnipeg, MB Eileen L. Fowler, Winnipeg, MB Dorothy Kilburn, Neepawa, MB Helen Letkemann, Winkler, MB

Correction from the Summer Issue of KIT: Sylvia Lorraine should have been Sylvia Lorraine Lauren.