The Lions will be judging the Christmas lights in Meota between 7 and 9 p.m. on Dec. 22, so be sure your lights are on.
Wednesday morning hours for coffee and baking are from 8:30 to 11 a.m., so come join your friends at the Do Drop In. Thanks to our hostesses Arlene Walker and Eileen Bru who catered the pleasant event.
The Hobby Band met as usual for their Tuesday morning jam session, Dec. 4, which was followed by a lovely Christmas dinner catered to by Roxanne from Vawn. It was a delicious meal enjoyed by the musicians and their spouses or friend.
Duplicate bridge was played in the city’s Pioneer Hall Dec. 4, with 24 players. Top score went to Jean Lawes and Fraser Glen, next were Catarina Winterholt and Donna Scherman, and then Jim Drysdale and David Clement. Thursday evening, Dec. 6 found the top score going to Bernard and Lucielle Gregoire, followed by Boyd Yohn and Jean Lawes, and then Margaret Dyck and Dave Creegan.
Another successful shuffleboard tournament was held Dec. 8 at the Do Drop In with 18 folks participating. Play got underway at 9:30 a.m. and was complete by 3 p.m. Top scores went to Nestor Fransoo and Judy Schmidt, second were Rose Delainey and Vivianne Lesko, third were Lorna Pearson and Juliette Blais and fourth were Arlene Walker and Svend Christiansen. Other games played were Chit Chat and Tile Rummy. The potluck noon meal was certainly scrumptious and topped off with my gifted ice cream birthday cake, on sister Linda Ard’s actual birthday. The crowd sang Happy Birthday to us, so all in all it was a lovely happy day.
Lefa Sproxton and Vern Burgardt have spent happy times in the two months they have been gone from Meota visiting in Kelowna, B.C., on Vancouver Island and Osoyoos and lastly doing some grandparenting in Beaumont, before heading south for the rest of the winter.
I sure wish we could get some reports from local Village and R.M. meetings. There were 14 vehicles at the RM office all day Dec. 5, but no report has come out of it. The Spiritwood RM has reports of their meetings in the paper regularly.
Eric Callbeck and Gail Hilderman returned from a 16-day trip to Bronson, Missouri, in November. They were sorry to see some of the soybean crops still not harvested because of a light snowfall, as this is a crop that doesn’t carry over well. The trip included many Christmas-themed stage shows with the most memorable ones being those with family member casts. One group of four brothers had 51 cast members – with the youngest ones being three infants. It was a happy trip leaving them with great memories. Most of the people they encountered were warm and friendly and made them feel welcome. The trip would have been better if the Canadian dollar was worth more down there.
More books are sold in Iceland, per capita, mostly in October and November as their custom is to exchange books as gifts at Christmas and spend the night in bed reading and eating chocolates.
The library hours starting Jan.1, 2019, will be Tuesday and Saturday 9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. and Wednesday and Thursday 2 - 6 p.m. It will be closed Dec. 25 and 26, open Dec. 27 and 29 from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m., closed Jan.1.
The Meota Hobby Band entertained at Lady Minto Health Center Dec. 6 with a full house of guests. A busload came down from Turtleford to enjoy the music and coffee with the group. A very nice event enjoyed by so many folks makes it all worthwhile.
The Sons of Norway held their Christmas party and supper Dec. 9 at the Do Drop In with nearly 50 guests. Several Norwegian items were on display in the room, such as embroidery, trolls etc. The afternoon was spent playing games and visiting, followed by supper at 5 o’clock. This included the famous dish ‘lutefisk’ along with turkey and trimmings, salads, veggies dishes etc. Some who travelled a distance were Adele Racicot, Donna and Les Olson from Turtle Lake, several from Edam and North Battleford. A special Norwegian Christmas (any celebration event) cake was on display, made by Arlene Walker, Bev McCrimmon and Marion Ottas, along with Norwegian symbols. It was nice to have one of our pioneer Norwegians, Ken Tucker, come with his son Allan and Laura, from the city. Also, it was nice to hear Junice Headley, who played the piano for the singing of Christmas carols after supper. The draw for the 50/50 was won by Gail Hilderman ($100) and raffle prizes went to Adele Racicot, Paulette Neale, Faye Goll, Donna Olson, Lillian Sorenco and Marion Ottas. So came the end to another happy and successful annual event.
