Yesterdays and tomorrows shape a Manitoba village report
The Community Club sustains local social life while many residents pursue work in Portage and surrounding towns. The piece notes the curling rink as a memory, recalls Expo and Centennial Train visits, warns against fire and car train accidents, and discusses taxes, education shifts, faith circles, and aging infrastructure as 1968 approaches with hopes for stronger community spirit and Christian values.
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MacGregor
Portage
Rossendale
Pony Express
Bagot Corner
Canada
Reading
CPR
C. Enns
Dale
Dennis Burch
A. W. Burch
Melody
Roger
Keith
White Rock
Raymond
Brian
Dwight Nichol
Allstar
Cheryl Wright
Winttreg
Brandon
Flin Fion
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Macdonald
St. Stephen United Church
Jesus
Reek Beef Ring
Stocking Legend Behind Christmas Coin Drop Origin
A British Christmas tale explains the stocking custom. Saint Nicholas supposedly dropped coins as he descended a chimney, coins landing in a drying stocking hung by the hearth, giving rise to the stocking filling on Christmas Day.
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Britain
Santa
Nicholas
Gearing the Way Housewives Clean Chimneys for Saint Nick
Northern housewives who cleaned chimneys for better heating during the Yule season told children the work cleared the way for Saint Nicholas to come down the chimney with nuts for them.
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Zurope
St. Nicholas
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