Our Canadian Dead Our Canadian Dead
The Winnipeg Tribune reflects on Canadian casualties in Italy and Normandy. It notes 11 430 total casualties in Italy with 2 263 dead 8 572 wounded and 500 missing from Sept 3 1943 to fall of Rome and 363 killed 1 359 wounded and 1 098 missing in 15 days of Normandy fighting. It honors fallen soldiers as husbands brothers fathers and sweethearts and urges continued resolve for peace and freedom.
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Italy
Rome
Canada
Normandy
Beauty of Summer at Manitou Canadian
A reflective prose fragment extols summer beauty across farms and countryside. It celebrates lush bushes and trees, cattle horses and sheep in tall grasses, ducks on ponds, wild roses, ox-eye daisies, and birds, conveying peace and contentment.
Renewal Notice for 1944 Herald Subscription
Readers are reminded to renew their Herald subscription for the year 1944 if not yet completed. The notice urges prompt action to ensure uninterrupted delivery and service.
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Herald
Bagot Soldier Wins Victoria Cross
Private Sidney John Cousins of Bagot will posthumously receive the Victoria Cross for gallantry. Word was sent to his parents Mr and Mrs Wm Cousins from his commanding officer. The exact act remains unreleased. Cousins enlisted with the P.P.C.L.I. in Winnipeg and was killed in Sicily on July 22 1943.
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Sidney John Cousins
Wm. Cousins
Bagot
John Cousins
P.P.C.L.I
Winnipeg
Sicily
War Casualty List and Drownings Reported in Brief
The 483rd Canadian army casualty list from Ottawa notes Gnn. George F. Archer son of Fred Archer of Bagot among those slightly wounded. In separate incidents Hubert Williams aged 15 drowned at the Souris River Wa wanesa Dam. Walter Piper aged 16 of Oakland district drowned while swimming at the Breakwater near Delta.
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Ottawa
George F. Archer
Fred Archer
Bagot
Souris
Wawanesa Dam
Hubert Williams
Delta
Walter Piper
Oakland
Notice to Creditors Under The Trustee Act
Notice to creditors in the estate of William McElvery of MacGregor Manitoba. All claims must be filed with the undersigned solicitor A Lye on Hampton Street MacGregor Manitoba on or before August 1 1944. Executrix Margaret Ann McElvery.
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William McElvery
MacGregor
North Norfolk
Manitoba
Hampton Street
I. A. Lye
Margaret Ann McElvevy
Four legged turkey shocks Orange district
Mrs. Lambert of the Orange district brought a four legged turkey to the Herald Office as a freak of nature. The bird is normal in all other respects and hatched on her farm.
Moments in wartime memorys Armistice and Normandy landings
The Treherne Times recalls two pivotal moments: the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month in 1918 when World War I ended, and the sixth hour of the sixth day of the sixth month in 1944 marking Allied landings at Normandy.
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Normandy
Treherne
Churches announce Sunday services at MacGregor and area
St Pauls Church MacGregor hosts Morning Prayer at 11 am on Sunday July 9. United Churches schedule lists MacGregor 11 am Bagot 1 30 pm Beaver 3 pm with Dr Warren Rothwell of Winnipeg preaching at all services. Intercession at St Pauls Wednesdays at 8 pm.
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St. Paul's Church
MacGregor
United Churches
Bagot
Beaver
Warren Rothwell
Winnipeg
Card of Thanks from Christina Stirling for hospital cheer
Christina Stirling expresses sincere gratitude to friends for otters flowers bars and fruit received in Portage Hospital and to the Southend WMS for the lovely card.
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Portage Hospital
Southend W.M.S
Christina Stirling
In Memoriam Mabel Jeanette Lowes
In loving memory of our dear daughter and sister Mabel Jeanette Lowes who passed away July 6 1940 We think of her sayings and treasure her smile We know she's not lost only gone for awhile We kept in our memory the love of the past Ever remembered by the Family
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