Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Rick Geisel, Mike Vandenberghe, Todd Chastko, Tom Skinner, Rick Stallard, Tony Franklin, Mike Thomas. Second Row-L to R: Trevor Ross, Gord Garland, Dean Rowland, Richard Kidd, Doug Strombeck, Brad Traves, Dwayne Brook, Pat Chamberlin, Al Patterson, Merv Priest, Gord Watt, Peter McElroy. Third Row-L to R: Garth Johnson, Randy McElroy, Guy Williams, Kevin Kowerko, Scott Wotton, Shawn Carter, Bruce McCallum Blaine Sautner. Missing: Wayne Robertson.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Rick Geisel, Bruce McCallum, Shawn Carter, Rick Stallard, Tom Skinner, Brian Webber, Dean Rowland, Richard Kidd, Chris Schinkel. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Merv Priest, Kevin Kowerko, Mickey McGuire, Phil Valk, Brad Traves, Al Patterson, Brent McMillan, Simon Olivier, Wayne Robertson. Back Row (L to R): Tyler Boucher, Travis Lang, Randy McElroy, Darren Duncalfe, Harold Nachbaur, Guy Williams, Jason Ryden, Derek Gecse.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Derek Robertson, Darren Duncalfe, Tom Skinner, Rick Stallard, Dean Rowland, Bryan Webber, Tony Franklin, Guy Williams, Chris Shinkel. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Janice Fraser, Jay Dobrescu, Al Patterson, Richard Kidd, Phil Valk, Peter Boake, Jeff Schachterle, Mickey McGuire, Angela Burtnack. Back Row (L to R): Tyler Boucher, Simon Olivier, Chad Michalchuk, Drew McRae, Jason Ryden, Derek Gecse.
Portrait of the Brandon University Bocats men's hockey team. Front Row (L to R): Ryan Tempol, Richard Kidd, Darren Duncalfe, Guy Williams, Dean Rowland, Al Patterson, Colin Ryder. Middle Row (L to R): Trevor Ross, Tom Skinner, Tony Franklin, Jay Dobrescu, Kent Kinaschuk, Marty Zdan, Chris Wielgosh, Graham Shindle, Jeff Schachterle, Mickey McGuire, Dennis Pinfold, Bryan Webber, Scott Coates, Wayne Robertson. Back Row (L to R): Jamie Berry, Craig Anderson, Tyler Boucher, Adrian Beaudin, Peter Jas, Chad Michalchuk, Scott Hlady, Mike Lehmann, Derek Robertson, Maria Sirdar.
Margaret Menzies was born on July 30th, 1920, at a family farm located in Oakburn, Manitoba. She grew up on the family farm and attended school in both Oakburn and Shoal Lake. She married Donald Menzies on June 4th, 1941. Together they had four children. In 1959, the family moved to Brandon, Manitoba, where they lived for the rest of their lives.
Margaret Menzies was a longtime and active member of the International Toastmistress Club (ITC), and was also involved in the Consumers Association of Canada, Seniors for Seniors, as well as being a member of the Liberal Party of Canada and the Central United Church. Menzies did not graduate from high school in her early years, but managed to continue her education and receive a bachelor of arts degree from Brandon University at the age of 70.
Margaret Menzies passed away on June 9th, 2012.
Custodial History
Records in the collection were brought to the S.J McKee Archives on July 13, 2012, by Gerald Brown, on behalf of the family of Margaret Menzies.
Scope and Content
Collection contains of two scrapbooks created by Margaret Menzies. The scrapbooks contain various cards, itinerary's, and other documents associated with Menzies' membership in the International Toastmistress Club. The items in the scrapbooks date from the mid 1980's to the late 1990's.
Also included in the collection are four local history books. The first is a 100 year history of the town of Oakburn, Manitoba, from 1870 to 1970, published during celebrations of Manitoba's centenniary in 1970. Next is a book about the history of the town of Shoal Lake, Manitoba, which was published in 1959 on the 50th anniversary of the founding of the town of Shoal Lake in 1909. The last two books are the first and second volumes of Ripples on the Lake, which cover the history of the Shoal Lake municipality from 1884. The first volume covers the first 100 years of the history of the Shoal Lake region, being published in 1984. The second volume was published in 2007, covering the history of Shoal Lake since 1984, as well as including new information that was not published in the 1984 version of the book.
Finally, the collection contains one photograph of Margaret Menzies receiving her bachelor of arts degree from Peter Hordern, dean of arts of Brandon University.
Notes
Biographical information provided by obituary entry in the Brandon Sun, June 16, 2012. Description by Tyler Warren (October 2012).
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