Monument Unveiled for Beaver and District Soldiers
On July 24 1921 the Beaver cemetery saw the unveiling of a memorial to local soldiers who fell in the Great War about two thousand attendees including returned soldiers and Sunday School scholars. Speeches by Hon Dr Armistrong Col McPherson and Major Taylor honored the dead and praised those who served, with a call to finish rebuilding to prevent the war’s repetition.
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Beaver and
Bagot Union
H.R. Ross
Ross
Armistrong
Col. McPherson
Major Taylor
Beaver monument unveiled in red granite tribute ceremony
The plinth was shrouded by a Union Jack and Stephen Thompson unveiled Beaver’s war memorial. Florence Zimmerman and Cora Walden of Bagot Sunday School laid a wreath inscribed Great love hath no man. The Last Post and National Anthem followed. Monument stands 24 feet high, cost about 1600 dollars, shaft 15 feet, bearing the inscription and names of local notables.
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Stephen Thompson
Beaver
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Florence Zimmerman
Cora Walden
Bagot Sunday School
MacGregor
Monument to Canadian Fallen Heroes Unveiled
A memorial lists battles in which Canadians fought such as Mons Ypres Somme and Passchendaele. Names of fallen heroes are inscribed beneath the battles and an epigraph reads Lest We Forget. The committee is praised for the monument and the dignified unveiling ceremony.
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Somme
Passchendaele
August 2nd Fair Day Promises Local Showcase
August 2nd marks a community fair with heavy draught stock crops and Shetland ponies as plentiful exhibits. The message urges residents to display dairy produce, baking and fancy goods, and to attend the day at MacGregor for games, music, and a strong artist line up with visiting neighbors.
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MacGregor
Public Auction Notice At The Stanley House MacGregor
Public notice of a sale at The Stanley House in MacGregor on July ith 1921 at noon. One Gray Dart automobile seized under lien provisions due to default. Terms cash. Dated Portage la Prairie July 21 1921. Sheriff R H Hom C D.
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the Herald
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B. Ames
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R, Hote
Mr. Hannaford Matthews
J. McAskie
G. S. McKenzie
S. Paterson
F. Salter
WJ. Stone
Ala. Wright J. Woods
W. Wisenden
Glover’s
Overland and Studebaker
Woolston
Auto Supplies
H. Clover
McKkee’s
D. A. McKee
Toronto
Reger
Tuperiat Bank
Mac
W.a.niblock
Ete
Hamilton
Ottawa
Montreal
Quebec
Halifax
Canada
United States
Paints
Canadian National Railways
Hill
CAL Deler
J. A. Gray
Titan Tractors
Booth, Macgregor
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