New Year reflections and small town notes from Portage la Prairie
Foot notes from Sharron Wild share New Year resolutions and the post holiday rhythm. The column recounts a Winnipeg tree caterpillar anecdote, Portage la Prairie animal control figures, vintage prices from A D Wasylek and Son, plus updates on readers in Nigeria and One Hundred Mile House. It ends with best wishes for 1977 and a call to keep reading Portage Leader.
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Winnipeg
Portage
Portage la Prairie
One Hundred Mile House
Letter to the Editor on The Hiding Place film
The editor discusses the film The Hiding Place and ponders whether revisiting past evils stirs hate or sparks reflection. The letter notes human despair and the resilience of faith, and hints at a date for a MacGregor Get-Together Club event.
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MacGregor
Lions Manor Community Activities Report
A Gospel Hall hymn sing drew a large crowd at Lions Manor with tea and social time following. A Monday card party and Thursday church service led by Rev. E Radke were noted, plus bingo on Friday. Out of town visitors joined residents during the week, and a January 18 pot luck lunch was announced at the Masonic Hall. The MacGregor curlers held a January 4 meeting. volunteers are welcome.
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Gospel Hall
E. Radke
the Redeemer Lutheran Church
Vi Soltys
Atten
Masonic Hall
MacGregor
Grant Fotheringham
Jim Kelly
Cyril Palmer
Touch of Grace echoes in Don Quixote and scripture
Reverend Kenneth Fegan writes of a call to greatness rooted in Don Quixote and Dulcinea and the biblical vision of Israel in Ezekiel. He frames the “touch of grace” as a daily presence guiding humane love, shared joy, and the faith that God’s glory lives in each person in Portage la Prairie Manitoba.
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Cervantes
Don Quixote
Don Quinxote
Dulcinea
Sancho Panza
Ote
Ezekiel
Israel
Yahweh
Christ
Kenneth Fegan
St. Hyacinth’s R.C Church
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
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Foot Notes
By Sharron Wild
Portage City
A.D. Wasylek
Players
John C
Jack) Oliver
Lakeland
Nigeria
Oliver
Mokwa
Niger
Kaduna
Olivers
Canada
Ray Rose
Manitoba Good Roads Association
Fort Garry
Chimo Building Center
Harvey Doerksen
Doerksen
John B. Giesbrecht
Lions Manor News
Mary Ann Owens
Deborah
Glenn Owens
Morden
Allison Garland
Carman
Blanche Logan
Gavin Millar
Kenora
Ont
M. Trimble
Linda Taylor
William Taylor
Debbie Stevenson
Rick Manness
Domain
Man
E. Elgert
Sharon Memryk
Strathclair
W. Plantje
Portage Propane
Gerard G. Murray
Channel 7
Cky-Tv
Communictage Presbytery, United Church of Canada
Alleluia
Beaver Choir
Roberta Stone
Lisa Topham
Rev. K. Rentz
High Bluff-Oakland
Norfolk-Macgregor
MacGregor Community Centre
Department of Agriculture
Mercury
Unio
DODGE
Hester
Aowony
Ite
Autorocen
Mage LA Prat
Plymouth
Chrysler
Sonchon It
Poole
Conner
Veryone
Bethel Church
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