Easter Visitors and Local Happenings in Austin
Miss Myrtle Pearson arrived from Brandon as an Easter visitor. Easter Sunday drew large congregations to both Austin churches. Local students returning for holidays include Miss Winoon Morris and Earl Outhwaite from Winnipeg. Portage la Prairie visitors Mr. and Mrs. J. Munn joined the Prices for Easter. Nurse Evelyn Mann, of Brandon, visited her parents Mr. and Mrs. Wm. Manns. Nellie Derbyshire returned to Winnipeg after a week with Miss Mary Watters. Mrs. Speed moved to a new house on Lombard Street, with Main Street house and store leased to Harold J. Stinson. Jean Avery and Howard Avery of Winnipeg visited their Austin relatives. Spring seeding progresses with favorable weather. Wall paper orders urged at Green Spot showroom. Chautauqua concert at Austin Community Hall on Friday May 6 presented by United Church Ladies Aid. George in a Jam, a comedy, at the Hall Friday April 22, directed by J. Swan with lunch and music by Johnson Orchestra. Admission 35 cents adults, 20 cents children. Austin friends commend Frank Samis on winning the Ruth Russell Winchester scholarship for theology and T. Badger for a Greek scholarship.
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Nellie Derbyshire
Winnipeg
Mary Watters
Mrs. Speed
Lombard Street
George
Austin Community Hall
Mr. J. Swan
Christ Church W
Austin Friends
Frank Samis
Austin United Church
T. Badger
Quiet MacGregor wedding unites May Alexandra Jones and Charles Duggan
May Alexandra Jones eldest daughter of J T Jones Westbourne married Charles Joseph Duggan third son of Mr and Mrs Duggan of Austin at United Church manse MacGregor on Saturday April 10. Rev R McLeod officiated. Attendants were Netta Pogue and Herbert Burley of Pine Creek. They will reside six miles south of Austin.
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Te United Church
MacGregor
May Alexandra
J.T. Jones
Westbourne
Charles Joseph Duggan
Samuel Duggan
Austin
SR. McLeod
Netta Pogue
Herbert Burley
Pine Creek
Good Fresh Cow with Calf Offered to Captain H Beeby
A plain notice states a good fresh cow with calf is offered to Captain H Beeby of Box 21 Austin. The terse advertisement records a rural livestock transfer or exchange Offer with no further details or dates.
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H. Beeby
Box
Austin
Worship 730 pm Fang W Sau at Christ Church Austin
Worship service scheduled for 7 30 pm at Christ Church in Austin led by Fang W Sau. The event is a local religious gathering with a single speaker and no listed additional activities.
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Fang W Sau
Manitoba Farm Output Rises in 1937 Crop Bulletin
The Manitoba Department of Agriculture reports 1937 agricultural gains across tractors on 13 475 farms, butter output at 24 343 485 pounds, egg production over 160 million, and net agricultural production valued at 87 million dollars. Beekeeping and hatchery activity also grew, with 44 328 horses shipped east and 35 licensed hatcheries producing 1 300 000 chicks.
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Manitoba
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Prairies
St George's Day Celebrated Across World on April 23
St George's Day will be celebrated on April 23 in many countries marking the name day of King George VI. The piece recounts St George's martyrdom in 303 A D and notes Shakespeare birth 1564 and death 1616, Wordsworth death 1850, and the Orders of the Garter 1349 and Red Cross 1883. It highlights Anthony Henday as the first white man to cross the Canadian Prairies in 1755-183 years ago, noting his 1800 miles by canoe and 900 miles on foot journey while with the Hudson's Bay Company.
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England
George VI
St. George
Shakespeare
Wordsworth
Order of the Garter
Order of the Red Cross
St. George’s Day
Our Prairies
Anthony Henday
Hudson's Bay Company
Henday
Red Deer River
Tail Creek
Stettler
Alberta
Canadian Prairies
Canadian Rockies
Cp.r
Calgary
Edmonton
Drowned In Accidental Seaplane Crash Near Kenora
Mrs F T Course learnedFriday of the death of her brother in law Mr David Laidlaw in a seaplane crash over a lake near Kenora Ontario He drowned while the pilot survived Laidlaw had timber clearing work in the bush and had resided north of Bagot She was among Manitoba locals who knew him well Body shipped to Seaforth Ontario for interment He leaves a wife three sons and two daughters.
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F. T. Course
David Laidlaw
Kenora
Ontario
Laidlaw
Manitoba
Bagot
Seaforth
Ont
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Myrtle Pearson
Brandon
Miss Winoon Morris
Earl Outhwaite
Perth
Randall's Store
Man
Christ Church, .Austin
Farmers of
Wawanesa Mutual
Mutual Life OF Canada
Mutuals
Austin and Mag
Canada
Bank of Montreal
Yq Bank
Uuicome
Sassen
E. G. Elliott
Ask
Victor Oats
James Walker
J. Percival MacKinnon
Malcolm E. MacKinnon
B.A
Apa Sum
Hone
P.O. Box
Macuregor
T Austin
S.C. Duff
Austin, Ma
J. K. Hur1on
North-Western Universit Chicago
Portage la Prairie
R. J. H. Merrell, ‘of
Bailey Block
MacGregor Jeanesday
J.a.rowlatt
Massey-Harris Farm Machinery
Maple Leaf and Peerless Flour
Viking & Bell Dog
Beatty Washing Machines
Victor
World OF Wheat
H. G. L. Strange
Searle Grain Company, Ltd
Erle R. George
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