Local Briefs and Obituaries Highlight Spring News
The region reports snow receding and water receding soon. Trooper Vern Gilroy is now stationed at Camp Debert, and Mr. Larkin of Winnipeg visited Portage la Prairie. Easter holidays close school Thursday. reopen Monday April 13. Rip Chords RAF concert in Tivoli Theatre April 7 under Britannia Chapter IC EE. Red Cross outlining a $9,000,000 national appeal with Manitoba quota $600,000. Manitoba Legislature ended session with 102 of 111 bills receiving royal assent. Obituaries note William Perkins of Lavensham district and Dr H A Gordon Portage la Prairie wealth officer. Claude Owen Mathias in Winnipeg. Funeral for Mathias at Brookside cemetery. Attendees included Mrs Mathias, Viola, Mrs Cook, Mrs Gilroy, Mrs Gair, Mrs Nohigren.
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Winnipeg
Claude Owen Mathias
Mathias
Daugher
Thelma
Roy
Vancouver
B.C
Viola
Brookside
B. W. Cook
H. B. Gilroy
J. Gair
C. Nohigren
Farmers Urged To Grow More Flax
Government urges a large increase in flax acreage due to vegetable oil shortages. flax price at 2.25 a bushel Fort William basis makes flax a switch from wheat worthwhile. Seed supply should be arranged early. much flax requires cleaning and grading. Domestic seed testing advised. germination improvements seen with Ceresan or Leytosan. Growing flax on clean fallow is recommended as a patriotic measure to prevent shortages of explosives for military use.
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C.W
Fort William
Canada
Flex
Dominion Seed Laboratory
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Brandon
Army
KATRIME Church Service If Roads Are Passable
Holy Communion at 3 p.m. Mrs. J. Reid traveled to Winnipeg last Tuesday with her son and daughter for a holiday. The April meeting of the W.A. will be held at Mrs. Stanley Cooper home on Wednesday April 8. Mr and Mrs Fred Barton left Tuesday for Fort Frances Ontario after a short holiday with district relatives and friends.
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J. Reid
Winnipeg
W.A
Stanley Cooper
Fred Barton
Fort Frances
Ont
Beaver Spring Welcome for George Scroggie in District
The district cheerfully welcomes George Scroggie back as spring arrives. Mrs. Harry Dankesreiter visited sister Mrs. Keith Patterson at Macauley Man last week. A severe winter storm of four days with heavy snow halted traffic and piled drifts. Ben Richardson notes a Manitoba storm at April 27 1892 when eighteen inches fell and sleighs were buried, later crops benefited from repairs and improved harvest.
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George Scroggie
Harry Dankesreiter
Keith Patterson
Macauley
Man
Ben. Richardson
Manitoba
Felyne Welding
Portage la Prairie Dental X-Ray and Diagnosis Hours
Commercial dental service advertises hours from 10 AM to 5 PM and by appointment. Contact by phone at 399 or box 797 for Portage la Prairie location and radiographic diagnosis offerings.
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Portage la Prairie
Dentist Dr J H Merrell to visit MacGregor
Dr J H Merrell, dentist of Portage la Prairie, will visit MacGregor on Wednesday April 1 from 10 am to 6 pm. He will call at Geo Croucher's residence, Box 683, Portage la Prairie, telephone 804.
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J. H. Merrell
Bailey Elk
Portage la Prairie
MacGregor
Geo
Croucher
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Tpr
Vern. Gilroy
Camp Borden
Debert
Mr. Larkin
Vic Larkin
Rip Chords
RAF
Carberry
Tivoli Theatre
Britannia Chapter
1.C.C.E
Canadian Red Cross
The
Herald
Portage la Prairie Hospital
William Perkins
Lavenham
Albert Perkins
H. A. Gordon
Ins City
Gordon
United Church and Masonic Order
Clarence Pennell
Wemillop
Sierria
Gene Autry
Smiley Burnette
Paramount News Reel
Gray
Erser
George
Mayfair
Coway
Savery
Ack Ticket Agent
Arthur Palmer
W. J. Turner
J. J. Turner
Wawanesa Mutual
Mutual Life OF Canada
Mutuals
Ackinnon & Mackinnon
Austin and Macgrec
Katrime
Beaver
Rly TapTae
Mackinnon
J. Percival MacKinnon
Malcolm E. MacKinnon
Austin
H. A. Lye, Ll.b
P.O. Box
J. R. Horton
North-Western University Chicago
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