Straiton Community News Reports December Donors and Visitors
The Straiton 1916 December note lists donors and amounts with names such as Archer, Straiton, Heaps, Keeping, and McMillan. Sergt MH D Straiton of the 211th Battalion arrived in England for Xmas dinner. Teachers and locals like Miss Heaps and Miss Keeping are home for holidays. The Red Grass Workers are active and sleighing is good with about a metre of snow.
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Straiton
Brank Archer
Keeping
Archer H
Anty
J. Waulkner
Thos
Margon
Knox
Adam Bryden
Walter Harris
TY. B. Straiton
McMillan
Arthur Straiton
McKay
Heaps
Louie Shearer
A. Schiller
211Th Battalion
England
Lime
Vancouver
I’. Keeping
Ladysmith
Blanche Keeping
Customs Department
Ple
Dave Mathers
Luere
Attendaiea
Straiiay
Municipal Elections See Busy Calendar and Notices
The Clayburn mines operate with a full crew under supervision of Hugh Gillespie. The Post wishes readers Jat Straiton a prosperous 1917 as the elections approach and changes loom in local governance.
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Clayburn
Hugh Gillespie
the Post
True Blue Lodge New Year Eve Dance a Success
A True Blue Lodge committee held a New Year’s Eve dance with strong attendance despite poor weather. Mackness Orchestra of New Westminster played well and floor managers Peele and Woolley earned praise. Receipts totaled 50 with expenses of 62.50 leaving 40 for the True Blue Orphanage in New Westminster.
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True Blue Lodge
Mackness
New Westminster
Peele
Wooley
True Blue
Prardon Ville Santa Claus Brings New Year Baby News
A fragmentary notice reports a New Year birth in Prardon Ville, mentioning Mrs George Tayloy and a daughter named Noel. The text is garbled and incomplete.
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Santa Claus
George Tayloy
Mer
Ava Noel
New Year Personal Notes From Readers In WIG
A Good New Year greeting to Pout readers in WIG mentions wartime events and hopes for an end to conflict. Rev J L Campbell is expected to lead Presbyterian worship after a six week absence. The week of prayer is noted with church activities and visits by Vo and Mrs McMenemy and family to Vancouver and Mrs Fraser visiting Ghili wack.
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VOLZ
Wea
J. L. Campbell
W. C. G. T. U. Meeting Tonight At Eight
The usual meeting of the W. C. G. T. U. is set for eight o clock tonight in the hall. All women are invited to attend. Word arrives that Private Tupper McPhee, son of Mr. and Mrs. J. J. McPhee, who served overseas with the 47th Battalion, has earned a military distinction. Mrs Hicks and Mrs Campbell and Mrs Robb along with their little sons are visiting Mr. and Mrs. Dan Smith.
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Tupper McPhee
Wirs
J. J. McPhee
47Th Battalion
Hicks
D. Campbell
Robb and
Little Sons
Dan Smith
Sasseville Family Spends New Year With Gazleys
Mr and Mrs Sasseville and family of Sumas visited Mr and Mrs H Gazley to ring in the new year with their hosts and other relatives.
Patriotic Meeting Planned by Woman’s Christian Temperance Union
A Patriotic meeting will be held Tuesday January 90h at the Presbyterian church under the W C T U head branch. Mrs Mac ken of Vancouver will deliver an address plus other items of interest. Doors open at eight. A liberal collection is asked for to support Y N G A aiding front line troops. Abbotsford supports the drive to boost the fund and help the women of the W T U send a large contribution.
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Women's Christian Temperance Titon
Macken
Vancouver
YN .G. A
Abbotsford
The
Liberal Council Grants Partial Indemnity in Funch Meeting
The Traxer Valley Record reports Liberal officials discussed the Canadian Patriotic Fund indemnity. Finances limit new grants while councillors individually contribute $10 each totaling $50. Verehere thanks members as Constalic Barber gathers torch license money, over $300 collected recently.
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Traxer Valley
A. M. Verchere
Reeys
Stey
Constalic
What Does It Cost To Raise Raspberries
A discussion notes a 100 percent rise in raspberry labor and 75 percent of next season's crop constrained by current capacity. It argues that brokers and middlemen fix prices, urging growers to compute minimum production costs and set fair crate prices to attract consumers.
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Lie Jobber
Renilar
Ntsis
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