Portage area notes and community updates from Lavenham
Community diary from Portage and Lavenham highlights visits by residents and relatives including Morley Aikens and Wayne Newton. Local travel to Winnipeg, hospital news, birthday wishes, school events, and a council meeting postponement due to snow are recorded along with tributes for David Cooper. Mentions of snowplows, weather, and a series of upcoming agriculture talks in MacGregor and Bagot Hall.
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David Cooper
Lavenham
Winnipeg General Hospital
Xerr
Brookside
Mildred
David
Donald Wayne
G. Johnson
Manitoba Agricultural Club Members Tour University Campus
On Saturday February 11, forty 4H club members and leaders from Carberry and MacGregor districts visited the University of Manitoba for the Winter Fair hosted by the Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics. They toured campus facilities, viewed the UMSU Building displays, and watched showmanship contests in bovine, dairy, poultry, swine, sheep, and tractor driving. Bruce Campbell won Champion Showman. shelterbelts and wind protection were noted as prairie progress.
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University of Manitoba
Faculty of Agriculture and Home Economics
Carberry
MacGregor
Castle Point Garden
Wellwood
Austin Garden
Pathead Garden
Southend Garden
MacGregor Calf
Wes Henderson
Abe Brown
Wallace Hood
University
UMSU
Bruce Campbell
Chater
Saskatoon
University of Saskatchewan
Morris Devenson
Wheelchair Parents Welcome Normal Baby in Redwood City
A seven pound two ounce baby boy was born Wednesday to a Redwood City couple, both in wheelchairs. The mother, Mrs. Marchy Taylor, 27, had an uncomplicated delivery, and the county medical director Dr. Harold D. Chope reported the parents and baby are doing well.
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Redwood City
Calif
Marchy Taylor
Harold D. Chope
Beaver News Briefs From Beaverton Area
Mr and Mrs J Irwin spent last Thursday in Virden. The Beaver Hospital Aid will meet February 27. Mrs Bert Lea of Pierson and Mrs Howard Cobbe of Portage visited Mr and Mrs R Smith and family. Birthday wishes to Jim Irwin and his twin sister Mrs Kereama of New Zealand. Two rinks from Weaver joined the Ladies Bonspiel in MacGregor. Mrs Dorothy Smith and Mrs Gladys Stone participated. Gladys and her foursome won third prize in the Montgomery Event.
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Herman Schweitz
R. Florence
Portage
Bert Lea
Pierson
Howard Cobbe
R .Smith
Jim Irwin
Beaver
Mrs
Kereama
New Zealand
Weaver
MacGregor
Dorothy Smith
Gladys Stone
Gladys
Montgomery
Red Cross Symbol Represents Hope and Mercy
The Red Cross stands as the world's best known emblem of hope and mercy for mankind in both peace and war, signaling humanitarian aid and protection across conflicts and crises.
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Red Cross
Four Day Great Lakes Storm of 1913 Claims 300 Seamen
One of Canada's worst disasters recounts a four day Great Lakes storm in 1913 that left about 300 seamen unfounded and killed many.
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Canada
Great Lakes
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Lavenham News
Morley Aikens
Mei, Annie
Donna Perkins
Messrs
Wayne Newton
Tom Kelly
David Hird
Winnipeg
Jack Price
Jack
Hugh Henry
Hugh
Mrs. Henry
Mrs. B. Marantz
Tom Newton
Gail Blagden
Dalton Aikens
Dalton
Fred Towle
Hamilton Spectator
Lyle Jones
Norfolk
Parker
CNR
Beverley Bedford
Florence and
South Norfolk
Treherne
R Colver
Jack Henry
Hugh Robinson
Churchill
Pas
HL Dunlop
Indian Head
Western Canada
MacGregor Memorial Hall
Dunlop
Len Siemens
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Memorial Hall
Bagot Hall
Siemens
Dangerfield Hotels
The
Barley Improve Institute
Grain Exchange
Winnipeg 2
Manitoba
Drewrys
Nan ‘Toba Divison
MacGregor Herald
Che MacGregor Herald
Wes. Henderson
Ag. Rep
Florida
Pri
Stephen Juba
Satria Wa Beetar Property
Mr. Dube
Aries
Jae
Beaver News
Mrs. J. Irwin
Virden
Beaver Hospital Aid
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