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Volume 137 Issue 35 Friday, November 8, 2019 www.minnedosatribune.com 90 cents plus tax

Dyer Memorial “Historic Night”

Window Dedicated
70 Years Ago
as MCU Votes
to Merge

Photo by Darryl Holyk

70 years ago this week, a beautiful stained
(L-R): Minnedosa Credit Union Board Chairman Barry McNabb, General Manager
glass memorial window, honouring General
Brad Ross and Operations Manager Susan Glasgow.
Hugh Dyer, was unveiled and dedicated at
St. Mark’s Anglican Church.
By DARRYL HOLYK vote was called and ballots were collected. Three scru-
By KAREN MITCHELL tineers, including Dan Mendrikis, Gaylene Johnson and

I t was obvious Tuesday night that members of Minnedo-

R eported on the front page of The Minnedosa Tri-
bune on November 17th, 1949, the dedication
and memorial service for Hugh Marshall Dyer was
held at the St. Mark’s Anglican Church at 108 2nd
Avenue S.W. Veterans from Regina, Yorkton, Bran-
don and Winnipeg gathered to relive memories and
help dedicate a stained-glass window in his honour,
alongside parishioners who knew Dyer as a farmer,
neighbour and soldier.
The stunning memorial window, depicting the
Ascension of Christ, faces to the south and colours of
red, blue and yellow still dance onto the interior walls
to this day. At the bottom of the window it boasts the
emblems of each of the regiments of the Western Cav-
alry, VRI, Princess Patricia’s, The Royal Highlander of
Canada and Edmonton Regiment.
Continued on Page 9
sa Credit Union feel the future of their local financial
institution would be strongest partnered with another,
larger credit union. The 72 MCU members in attendance
at the special meeting voted 100 percent in favour of
amalgamating with Sunrise Credit Union. Although only
a small number of the close to 4,000 MCU membership
attended, according to the bylaws, there were enough
members present to form quorum and conduct the de-
cision-making vote.
“This is a historic night,” stated long-time MCU mem-
ber, Ray Kingdon, “I think our founders would be proud
that Minnedosa Credit Union has advanced to the point
where we have to keep going ahead and moving forward
into the future.”
Earlier this fall, MCU announced its merger proposal
and registration to vote began at 6:30 p.m. on the evening
of Tuesday, November 5th at the Minnedosa Community
Conference Centre. The short, half-hour meeting was
chaired by MCU board chairman, Barry McNabb. The
Terry McLenehan, then tallied the votes privately in the
Sanderson Room. As McLenehan handed the results to
McNabb, the chairman’s face lit up with an astounding
“Wow”. He approached the podium and announced that
out of the 73 votes cast, 73 voted in favour of amalgama-
tion. MCU had received 100 percent support to move
forward with becoming part of the Sunrise Credit Union
family. The following night, Sunrise Credit Union mem-
bers also voted 100 percent in favour of the merger.
“We thank you and are looking forward to working
with Sunrise and their expertise,” stated MCU General
Manager, Brad Ross.
Tim Klassen, President and CEO of Sunrise Credit
Union also addressed the MCU members in attendance,
“Thank you for putting your trust in us. Like Minnedosa,
Sunrise Credit Union is about community and we could
not think of a better community to work together with.
Your 100 percent vote is humbling to us.”
Continued on Page 3

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