Duplicate bridge was played in North Battleford Dec. 17 with top score by Joyce Antoine and Margaret Dyck, followed by Glen Fraser and Jean Lawes and third high David Sharpe and Boyd Yahn.
Duplicate bridge was played at the Do Drop In Dec. 29 with top score going to Glen and Julie Moore, second high to Maureen Campbell and David Sharpe and third high to Dave Creegan and Margaret Dyck. There were 16 players who enjoyed their evening together.
The annual gathering of family at the home of Gary and Elaine Poole in Edam was enjoyed by young and old alike on Dec. 27. Members from her side, the Shepherds, joined the members of the Poole family for a meal and pleasant evening. It was a busy household that day.
The lack of snow in this area and Lloydminster found one fellow writing to Santa Claus asking for a 鈥渂ag of snow.鈥� They haven鈥檛 been able to get out snowmobiling yet.
Frank and Norma Hill from Delisle are headed off to spend a couple months in Arizona this winter. They spend a good part of their summers at their Chitek Lake home.
Beulah Corbeil moved from Meota into North Battleford on New Year鈥檚 Day into Suite 104 in the manor behind St. Andres Church. She has lived here, in the four-plex her husband built, ever since she moved from Jackfish Lake, where she and her husband Roland owned the store. She grew up in that community so knows most of the local people and will be missed by her many friends. Her sons, Blair from Beaumont, Alta. and Marcel from Utah came to Meota to move her. We wish her every comfort and pleasure in her new surroundings.
Gwen Lacerte enjoyed her Christmas holiday with family members in Rocky Mountain House and near Wildwood, Alta.
Linda Ard enjoyed Christmas dinner with her husband Walter at Battlefords District Care Centre before stopping in at the home of her niece, Jane and Robert Wandler, where she visited her sister Nancy Meier and the Wandler family. The day ended with her out at the farm home of her nephew Scotty and Colleen Shepherd. It was a full and happy day for her.
It is plain to see the workmen were busy in the two weeks I was away, working on the condos. The roof is partly covered now and some windows and doors are in, so it is looking pretty nice.
Dec. 20, Allison Weigel and her four children Brooklyn, Ryann Jorja and Max came to Meota from Lloydminster to spend their holiday with their grandparents Robert and Marion Iverson and other relatives. Iverson鈥檚 grandson Jason Neville, his wife Debra and girls Jacey and Hannah of Humboldt spent the night of Dec. 29 with them and also visited his grandparents Bill and Gwen in Caleb Village in North Battleford. Grandson Dale Iverson and wife Sarah and children Taylor and Matthew stopped in to visit on their way home to Lamont, Alta. after spending Christmas with her mother Lorraine Wasson in North Battleford.
Visiting with Ted and Monica Brown in Meota are their daughter Darcy, her hubby Jeff and children Carter and Kaylee from Lacombe, Alta.
Contract bridge was played in Meota Jan. 4 with top score by Gerry Craig and second by Robert Iverson.
