National Museums seek military artifacts for Canadian War Museum
The National Museums of Canada request readers’ help to strengthen the Canadian War Museum collection with North American military artifacts from 1604 to present. Desired items include uniforms weapons medals insignia photographs and war era materials from Allied and enemy forces in WWI and WWII.
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National Museums of Canada
North America
Canadian War Museum
National Museum of Man
National Capital
Murray
Farmers resist land expropriation for satellite city
East Selkirk farmers Roger Saunders and Tom Ellison fight Manitoba government over 189 acres expropriated for land banking. They warn cabinet backing could allow expropriation of any farmer. Saunders meets Premier Schreyer on December 23 to protest and preserve their Right Angle Farm and 1,500 head feedlot amid pressure for a Winnipeg satellite and northward urban planning.
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Selkirk
Man
East Selkirk
Manitoba
Roger Saunders
Tom Ellison
Mr. Saunders
Mr. Ellison
Schreyer
Cornelius van Horne
Highway 59
Highway 44
Right Angle Farm
CPR
Winnipeg
Saunders
Ellison
The
Manitoba Housing and Redevelopment
Manitoba to expand free day care under new 1976 plan
Health minister Larry Desjardins announced a new Manitoba day care program raising the maximum income for free service to 8200 dollars and introducing scaled rates for higher earners. The plan adds per child space grants up to 500 dollars, ties subsidies to actual care costs, and aims to ease center startup. Effective January 1, the changes target broader eligibility and continued provincial federal cost sharing.
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Manitoba
Health and Social Development
Larry Desjardins
Desjardin
Presbyterian Ladies' Evening Guild Christmas Party Held
The Presbyterian Ladies' Evening Guild held its December meeting and Christmas party on December 9 at Mrs. Jean Vopni's home. Presided over by Mrs. Gladys Armstrong the group planned catering jobs and set January 24 1976 as the date for the annual Burns dinner and program.
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Presbyterian Ladies’ Evening Guild
Jean Vopni
Gladys ‘Armstrong
Miss March of Dimes named for 1976 in Manitoba
Donna Wrath, a Y year old paraplegic in a wheelchair, was named Miss March of Dimes for 1976 and will represent physically disabled adults in Manitoba during the Ability Fund Campaign next January. She is a noted wheelchair athlete in field events and has been active in Ability Fund activities since her 1968 accident. The group also sponsors their foster child for another year and held a social evening with carols readings and gift exchanges.
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Donna Wrath
Manitoba
Ability Fund
Donna
Phoebe Andrews
Vivian Pliscka
Couple honored at farewell party for Lusk couple
An afternoon farewell gathering on Sunday November 30 marked the tribute to Mr and Mrs Charlie Lusk of Overt Portage. The Lusks celebrate nearly six decades in the community as friends hosted guests and family including daughters and sons in law Jack McInnis and Harold Smith.
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Gainsborough
Charlie Lusk
Lusk
Joe Marquette
Lusks
Myrtle Marquette
Fran Litton
Sandra Duchak
Margaret McCuaig
Mrs. Lusk
Jack McInnis
St. Vital
Harold Smith
Portage
Casey McCuaig
Karen Duchak
Theer
Former Portager Archie Garrioch Dies in California
Archie Garrioch 79 died October 24 in Redwood City California. A Portage la Prairie real estate partner with his late father W Scott Garrioch he was active in local business and social life. Survived by wife Isabelle daughter Jane Harmon granddaughters Michele and Monica Harmon, sisters Jean Jones Geraldine Simpson Marjory Goulding, and others. Funeral held October 28 at Church of the Epiphany in San Carlos. He was a World War I veteran with the 1st Canadian and British armies overseas.
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Redwood City
California
Archie Garrioch
Garrioch
Portage la Prairie
W. Scott Garrioch
Isabelle Garrioch
San Carlos
Jane Harmon
Michele
Monica Harmon
Scemmneen
Srendora
Church of the Epiphany
Calif
Portage District Guides hold second Christmas Cablelight service
St Marys Church hosted Portage District Girl Guides and Brownies for their second Christmas Cablelight service on December 7. Guides from Southport High Bluff and Portage attended with Rev Colin Chapman conducting and Rev Richard Condo delivering an address with guitar accompaniment. The event drew many parents and friends and the offering supported the World Friendship Fund aiding Brownies and Guides overseas.
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St. Mary's Church
Portage District
Southport
High Bluff
Portage
Colin Chapman
Richard Condo
Guiding
World Friendship Fund
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Sussex Drive
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Ontario
Este
Christmas
Mel and Iverna Thomson Austin
E. Selkirk
Govt
Marlen Fehr
Department of Health and Social Development
Merry Christmas
Don’s Rentals
Don, Bev and
Scott MacDonald
Ken and
Don Hodge
North Norfolk MacGregor Hospital Board and Staff
Guild
Miss March of Dimes
Nomine
Mid-West By-Products CO
Dawson
Portager
RCMP
Portage Rural
Highways Department
Guides
Brownie Service
Aer Nan
B & H Builders
Bill - Pete
Henry Wes and
Bob
Chris) Christianson
Hampton St MacGregor
HA. Lyes
Endothe
Guiding Star of Christmas
Sidney and Firdale
Martin and
Eleanor Harder
Birnie and
Wanda Bornn
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