Community News Brightens Small Town December Events
In Bagot and district news, local birthdays and gatherings fill a festive page. S. Thomp son, Mrs. N. Irwin, Mrs. Ted Matthews, Billy Nichol, and H. Byles are noted with upcoming Santa visits. Community Hall events, Sunday School support, and a hearty turnout are promised. A Manitoba reflection urges courtesy and respect across ages, citing older exemplars and missing manners, urging parents to teach politeness from childhood. Local reports include Wayne Nichol’s return to school after scarlet fever, Terry Rands visiting from Winnipeg, and Mrs. N. Irwin’s hospital return. Ernie Esau visits Elm Creek, condolences to Mrs. Henry, and Ralph Ackerman’s Winnipeg obituary. Weather notes mention a blustery, icy weekend followed by clear, frosty days.
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Santa
Manitoba
Long Plain
Portage
Walter Raleigh
J. H. Adams
Aeek
Wayne Nichol
Terry Rands
Winnipeg
C. Rands
N. Irwin
Portage Hospital
Terry Charlton
Ernie Esau
Elm Creek
Sid Coulthard
P. Henry
Schofield
Ralph Ackerman
Henry
Lavenham
Ackerman
First Presbyterian church in western Canada ordained elders
Rev. John Black led the 1850s Red River community in its first Presbyterian ordination. He also conducted the first baptism and later the first Lord's Supper by the minister himself, with newly ordained elders officiating. Tokens bore the Remembrance of Me inscription marking a historic community service.
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John Black
First Presbyterian Church
Western
Canada
Red River
Frog Plain
Resader Matherson
Dominie
Black
New Home Opens As Family Adopts Electric Heat
Mr and Mrs P F iassen move into a comfortable new home in October. The feature highlights electric heat and the cleaner, modern lifestyle it offers. Readers are urged to write Hydro for a copy of the colorful informative brochure.
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P. F.iassen
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C. W. Sloik
Ninth Street
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Herd Borton
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Bagot and District News
MARS
J. M. Baskie
S. Thompson
McLaren
Rupert
Kristmas
Bank OF Montreal
First Bank
Manitoba Hydro
Zenith
John Deere
First Street
Jack Lewis
Bev Allan
Humpty Dumpty
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