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Personal column notes on family, health, and politics
A reflective district diary recounts hospital stays and cancer costs, family visits in Rocanville and Brandon, travel plans to Winnipeg and England, and community events. The writer laments health care progress, notes political shifts after Dominion polls, and praises relatives while sharing small daily details and a Bible verse.
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Hell
George Thomson
Rocanville
George
Alex
Agnes
Sister Mary Forrest
Roy and
Carol
Myrtle Johnston
Jessie Stevens
Hamiota Cafe
George Whyte
Virden
Sask
Doug
Sylvia Thomson
Sylvia
Margaret
Ron Sangster
Marjoie
Bill Wilson
Edna Lonsdale
Polly Campbell
Brandon
Jolly Old England