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Newspaper

Battleford Press

Location

Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada

Date

Oct 25, 1917

Page

4

Local Briefs Highlight Presbyterial and Community Events

Mrs P C Litster of Marshall attends Presbyterial meeting. Willing Workers raise 40 from a Saturday tea. A C Dewar resigns as homestead inspector due to ill health. Wa Wells of Wilkie visits town. Ladies Methodist bazaar set for Nov 24. Cleveland Homemakers Club meets Nov 1 at 2 30 pm. Mrs Cocks suffers broken hip in Vancouver. Presbyterial educed annual bazaar and sale Nov 3 in Ned Cross rooms. Rev R T Othen to attend Presbyterial convention. Cleveland Homemakers donate hospital shirts and uniforms to Ned Cross. Dr Neely and Dr Michael Clark to attend Nov 5 convention. Larry O Keeffe learns his son was wounded at front. Col Patterson leaves for Montreal after visit with daughter Mrs West. St George’s tea for Red Cross Nov to aid Willing Workers fund for soldiers gifts.

St. George's Church Red Cross

Lt Col Sandy Dunnett and the Canadian militia tale

A summary of Lt Col Sandy Dunnett’s military career from Cobourg to Montreal and Ottawa. Highlights include service in the Victoria Rifles, casualty in the Orange funeral dismissal, roles in the 65th French Canadian battalion, North-West Rebellion action, and later militia efforts from 1914 onward with proposals to raise diverse or specialized units.

Kien Sandy Dunnet Cobourg Ont Dunnet Montreal Victoria Rifles St. John, P.Q Dunnett Hackett Sandy Dunnett 65Th Batt Randy Dunnett Col Dusnett Sam Hughes Batts Canada

Warfare Against U-Boats Show German Subs Not Unopposed

Admiralty records recount five engagements where German U-boats were dispersed or sunk by Allied forces. Vivid encounters include torpedo damage to a ship’s engine room, forced submergence, periscope flashes, and dramatic explosions. Survivors and wreckage documented amid mist and heavy seas.

Admiralty Spelen Bethe Immedi

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Battleford Battleford Miller Graham THE Bishop Milling CO Lobb & Clark DeLaval Separators McLaughlin Carriages New Superior Fanning Mills Maytag Wrigley’s Wrigley's P. C. Litster Marshall A. C. Dewar Wa. Wells Wilkie Galvin Lumber Yards Tuseday Ladies of the Methodist Church Cleveland Clab J. Bernard Vancouver Ned Cross Rooms R. T. Othen Wakaw Ned Cross Society A. Champagone Dr. Neely Michael Clark Larry O’keefe Col. Patterson Mrs. West Great Britain United States Toni West Raeeheimhday Military Service Council Boro Fred Whitford Battleford Markets Abbott-Wilson Drug Co King Street North Battleford M. A. Holliday Sharples Masse -Harris Prongua Cash Store J. K. Hammond Galvin Lumber Vds. Ltd H. S. Stewart Bangor Klanamene Coan le Bank O- Hawittroy R. M. Ecclestone W. G. Hillary 21St Street Sandy McTavish Sandy
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