Canvassing February to boost War Savings Certificates
The War Savings Committee aims to lift monthly purchases from under three million to ten million dollars and reach at least 120 million in 1941. Thousands of volunteers will canvass provinces coast to coast through fifteen hundred local committees. Merchants professionals and individuals will sign honour pledges and arrange regular purchases or bank-set aside sums. Personal visits will reach every reachable household in towns villages and rural areas to secure purchases. The Minister of Finance Hon. J L Sisley signs the ad stressing Canada's urgent need for funds to buy war supplies.
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Savings Committee
War Savings Committee
J L. Sisley
Canada
Local War Savings Committee Formed in MacGregor
Manitoba regional organizer L P Bancroft set up a local War Savings Certificates and Stamps committee to run a nationwide sale campaign starting February 1. H A Lye chairs with S R Lamb vice chair and G E Lewin treasurer among others. canvassing all areas to boost Canada's war effort. The notes praise War Savings Certificates as a sound investment yielding about 3 percent yearly, about 25 percent over seven years, with a $4 certificate redeeming at $5.
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Canada
Britain
L. P. Bancroft
Manitoba
MacGregor
H. A. Lye
S. R. Lamb
Temple Lodge No. 49 marks 50 years in MacGregor
Some sixty members and guests gathered in Masonic Hall MacGregor for Temple Lodge No. 49 A F and A M golden jubilee and At Home on January 23 1891s founding anniversary. Notables included R W Bro R C Brown W Bro Jos Hyde and D D G M J M Ackins plus Portage la Prairie and Austin Lodges. The evening featured whist prizewinners and tributes to Mr Wm Cairns first Worshipful Master and 50 year member. A varied program followed with solos readings and a luncheon before dancing and a final God Save the King.
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Order
Temple Lodge No. 49
A.F
A.M
Masonic Hall
MacGregor
R.W. Bro
R C. Brown
W. Bro
Jos. Hyde
John MacKenzie
D.D.G.M
Masonic
Portage la Prairie
Austin
Viola McIntosh
D. S. Naylor
G. L. Armstrong
R. W. Bro
J. P. MacKinnon
S. H. Fahrni
E J. Cresswell
Gladstone
Temple Lodge
Mr. MacKinnon
R.W
Wm. Cairns
H. T. Trethewey
R.W. Bro. Cairns
R.W. Bro. MacKinnon
Cairns
Gladstone Lodge
Manitoba
E.G. Elliott
R. C. Brown
Portage
jRev
S. R. McLeod
G. A. Dickson
D. G. McLachlan
Joyce MacKinnon
H. A. Lye
W. J. Wenham
McLachlan
Mr. Lye
R. W. Cobbe
Jack Swan
Kent Players
W. Bro. G. E. Lewin
Demna MacPherson
Lee
God Save the King
Cockburns Update From Midlothian Subscribing Again
A letter from A J Cockburn formerly Path Head district now Midlothian Scotland says he and Mrs Cockburn are well and have escaped Nazi bomb ravages. He notes ongoing church attendance. The couple left nearly forty years ago but have kept reading the Herald and just renewed their 1941 42 subscription.
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Herald
A. J. Cockburn
Pathhead
Midlothian
Scotland
Cockburn
Cockburns
Herald Weekly
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Spencer Tracy
Edison
Tadhope
Gray
Masonic Lodge
M. Kirshner
General Merchant
Alaska
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