Austin Community Notes Highlight Local Events and Visits
A list of Austin residents and visitors from Winnipeg Pratt and Minnedosa attends hockey and social events. The Legion Bridge tournament and Austin Bridge Club meetings run this week with ten tables and plans for March gatherings. Shrove Tuesday pancake supper at Christ Church and a whist drive for the skating rink draw crowds plus upcoming local business moves and a hospital notice. Prizes awarded at the rink carnival celebrate costumes skaters and performances.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Bridge Club
W.A
Christ Church
Austin
Wilfred Campbell
Estevan
Bank of Montreal
E. Thomas
Minnedosa
Patronize the merchants who support your local paper
A short public service note urges readers to patronize advertisers who fund the newspaper. It emphasizes local merchants and community support as the paper’s sustenance.
Dr Ham Lin to Visit Austin on Friday Afternoons
Notice lists Dr Ham Lin visiting Austin on Friday afternoons at Mrs Geo Graham s location until further notice. The advisory confirms the regular schedule and indicates the arrangement with Mrs Graham.
Austin United Church Service Schedule
Sunday School at 2 pm and evening worship at 3 pm led by Frasn W Sams, with BA Christ Church Austin Rector Rev GL Armstrong RD. Bible class and Evensong at 4:15 pm on February 14.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GL Armstrong
Public Notice Norfolk Weed Inspectors Wanted
Public notice from North Norfolk announces two weed inspectors needed for the municipality, three and a half months starting July 1 1938, each paid 750 dollars. Also invites tenders by March 15 1938 for delivery of two carloads of bridge planks, 20 000 feet per car, No 1 quality, with delivery to Austin and MacGregor by May 1 1938.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
GE Lewin
Austin
Spd
MacGregor
Bay
Public Speaking Contest Delights Austin Community
An Austin community hall event on Friday February 18 showcased a public speaking and amateur contest with thirty six items. Pupils from Aust Emmeline Raven shoe and Light Hill schools competed. Prizes were awarded for dialogue folk dance singing and elocution with a thank you note from the Austin United Church Ladies Aid and proceeds of 35 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin
Aust
Emmeline
Ravenshoe
Light Hill
Jas. Elston
Adell Wallace
Doreen Campbell
Clarence Carruthers
Phyllis Lowe
Marjorie West
Rowena Shellenberg
Daphne
C.J. Mills
J. Swan
R. Wallace
P. Watters
T. Boyd
Death of Walter Duncan A Manitoba Pioneer Passes
Walter Duncan aged 74 died in Winnipeg last Thursday after a heart attack. Born near Camlachie Ontario he moved to Manitoba in 1882 and lived over thirty years in Austin district as a farmer. He later worked at Vulcan Iron Works in Winnipeg until 1928 retirement. He left a wife Mary Emerson four brothers and four sisters. Funeral was held Tuesday at Brookside cemetery.
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Winpeg
Austin
Walter Duncan
Camlachie
Ont
Duncan
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Vulcan Iron Works
Swiss motorists stage strike against gasoline tax
Swiss motorists staged a one day protest against rising gasoline taxes. Traffic dropped to a minimum, with practically all private cars off the roads. Some vehicles bore placards reading Driving Because Of Necessity as hotels and tourism suffered in the weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Switzerland
American Petroleum Institute
Trafic
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Robin Hodgins
Pratt
C. W. Lye
C. F. Kitsop
Forresters Hall
H. M. Neudorf
Bank
Mr. Rowlatt
Neudorf
H. Telford
Portage Hospital
Ivan West
E. Collier
Jean West
Wilma Morris
Adele Wallace
Iris Boyd
Enid Morris
Dot Goodridge
Ronald Grant
Nick Stay
Cyril Randell
Austin United Church
Ural
North
Norfolk
J.a.rowlatt
Massey-Harris Farm
Maple Leaf and Peerless
Wackinnon & Mackinng
J. Percival MacKinnon
Malcolm E. MacKinnon
MAN
H. A. Lye, Ll.b
P.O. Box
Post Grad
J. R. Horton
Portage la Prairie
J. H. Merrell
Bailey Block
Geo. Croucher
S. C. Duff
Audii
Perience
Avon, Mas
SUN Life OF
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G. G. Grigg
F. D. MacKenzie, M.P
Neepawa
F. D. McKenzie
House of Commons
Ottawa
Department OF Fisheries
Cr Haneris
Amy Day
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