Christmas Week Community Events and Holidays
Skating at the local rink after noon on Christmas Day from 3 to 5 pm. Two theatre shows on Christmas and New Year’s Nights at 8 and 9 30 pm. Miss Blanche Towle returns home for the holidays from Brandon Normal. St Pauls Church hosts Christmas services with carols and an all night vigil. Bachelor Bridge Club met at Miss Selma Peterson with four tables won by Laurie McEwan. A funeral for Richard Longden, 77, after Holland trip. New Year’s Eve whist drive and dance at Masonic Hall by the Hockey Club with Portage Serenaders. Mrs J A Robinson back from Winnipeg for 81st birthday party. White Gifts presented by Unite S Sunday School for JC CE Chapel distribution to needy families. Church choirs sing Christmas pieces led by Mrs Woodin and soloists. Rev Fotheringham and Rev Armstrong give short Christmas addresses. Both churches well decorated for the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Masonic Hall
Hockey Club
Portage Serenaders
Unite S
J.C.C.E
Woodin
A. G. MacKinnon
Helen Turner
A Merry Christmas Health and Happies
A playful holiday note titled A Merry Christmas Health and Happies offers warm greetings. The message centers on festive well wishes and cheerful sentiments for the season. It evokes joy and seasonal goodwill without detailing events or plans.
Christmas Week Break For Herald in Western Canada
No issue will be published next week as the Herald and other Western Canadian weekly papers observe Christmas week. The first 1932 issue will appear Thursday January 7. Gratitude is extended to advertisers and patrons, with best wishes for 1932. Sympathy is extended to Mrs. D S Naylor on the death of her brother Wm Lougheed, an Elgin district pioneer, who died at his farm Monday aged sixty. Also, Geo S McKay, former Good Roads engineer, died in Brandon hospital after pneumonia. Mrs McKay grieves his loss.
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The
Herald
Canada
D. S. Naylor
Wm. Lougheed
Elgin District
Mon Jay
MacGregor
Geo. $. McKay
Brandon
Mr. McKay
Mrs. McKay
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E. E. Turner
Macgrecor
Gents Furnishings
Merrick’s Corner Store
Blanche Towle
St. Paul's Church
Bachelor Bridge Club
Selma Peterson
Laurie McEwan
Messrs
R. Lamb
Roland Lamb
Wilson Lamb
Robert McElvery
Holland
Richard Longden
Holand
Thilehem
Lamb’s Grocery
S. R. Lamb
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