Tucker Couple Return From Holiday Visit
Mr and Mrs Geo Tucker returned Monday to their home in Fim Fion after a three week holiday visiting relatives in Dauphin and Giber Plains.
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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 29, 1944
Page
7
Mr and Mrs Geo Tucker returned Monday to their home in Fim Fion after a three week holiday visiting relatives in Dauphin and Giber Plains.
Local residents record visits from Toronto Winnipeg Ottawa and Halifax. Including Mrs Mark Haygeningy and Miss Anita Kennedy visiting family. F/Sgt Don Stevenson and bride from Kingston and several others on leaves and holidays across Manitoba and Ontario with salon events and church social activities.
A United church social evening honored Mr. and Mrs. J. J. Lysecki and Miss Dorothea Jackson. W. H. Rampton spoke for Jackson, and Mr. Lysecki received note of appreciation and a silver tray from the congregation.
Mrs E N McGirr reported back from the National Council of Women meeting in Port Arthur detailing talks on postwar roles for women, home life, recreation, sex education, domestic workers, housing, and nursery schools. Guest speaker Mrs R F McWilliams spoke on Women at the Cross roads urging unity for progress. Alison Gemmel shared notes on Bob Jones College resources and programs including Shake spearean plays and operas.
At Dauphin General Hospital several births are recorded including daughters for Wasylyk Slemming Murphy Hrehirchuk Milcharek Hegel Witwicki Thompson Miko Leaman and a son for Milcharak. Elsewhere Muriel Burr and John Daniel Wright were married in Winnipeg with a turquoise dress and gardenia corsage.
Closing exercises at the MacKenzie school auditorium featured grades 1 through 6 with choruses vocal and instrumental selections and recitations. Gwenda Higgs won the Lieut. Stuart Widmeyer chapter LO. D.E. award for general proficiency. Donna Johaneson and Trevor McNeely received honorable mention. Raymond Hunt reported war savings stamps totaling 2,293.75 for the year, with Grade 1 leading at 379.50 and February’s 357.25 peak. Principal S. V. Brickman chaired the event.
Leaders of the Dauphin Youth Service Council sewing group hosted a party for their class and mothers at Mrs. A. D. McKee home. Crests were awarded to Ruth Alf, Gladys Baird, Ruth Day, Joan Gray, Yeula McDonald, Margaret McTavish, Shirley Slobodzian, Betty Strang, Rita Smith, Vivian Boles, Betty Hawrysh, Eva Urbanovitch. Lunch was served by hostesses. Thirty-two guests attended.
Dauphin district students figure prominently in the University of Toronto graduation exercises. Jean Robinson earned a certificate in occupational therapy and Monica Folkersen received a bachelor of physical and health education.
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