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Hr. and Mrs. F. DobbsCelebrate Golden Wedding ami Mrs. Frank Dobbs, !tpioneers of Shoal Lake, celehrat jed their golden wedding auni- .versary on Monday at the homeof their neice. Mrs Driscoll. 167Leighton Ave. East Kildonan.featured by thenumbermessages by letter, plione andtelegraph. The citizens of ShoalLake and the Rural Counciloccasionby sending to the bride andS1AN4groom of fifty years ago, a Ipurse of gold from the formerand a cheque from the latte*Mrs. Dobbs was born in BruceCounty on June 9, 1K71 and shecame to Manitoba at the age ofseven yearsMr. Dobbs was born at DublinIreland, on the 26th day of September 1855. At the age of 16he left the old sod and came t Fort Garrv. In JHT.h he joinedthe Mounted Po ice under (V»Geo. French and remained withthe force at Sh»*al Lake utiti1aV8vV03f1886, serving with Col, Irvinthroughout the rebellion, andreceived a bounty and two fretland grants of 160 acres. In1886 he took up a homesteadnorth of Shoal LakeOn the 19th of December 1888he was joined in wedlock t««Mary A. McMillan, a daughterdsI:C1Vof Archibald McMillan, a pionei r jof Winnipeg. lie later took apositionDonald Co. cattle shippersand railway contractors. Hepostrows half a century ago and11became secret ary-lreasu re r ofShoal Lake municipality andlater also for the town, whichpositions he filled until 1933when he retired and with Mrs,lt;3ctDobbs left to live in Winnipeg.Mr. Dobbs served as CountyGourt clerk, secretary of the1-school board and the fair boardtHe is a charter member of thetMasonic Lodge, and both he andMrs. Dobbs were active in theAnglican church. During thelt;Great War Mrs. Dobbs was ener£etic in the work of the I.O.D.Eand other patriotic organizaonsTo Mr. and Mrs. lobbs werern four children, three ofhom have “passedis married and lives in WinniMr. and Mrs. F. Dobbs re-ie at 720 Broadway, Winnipeg
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Shoal Lake Star

Shoal Lake, Manitoba, CA

Thu, Dec 22, 1938

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