Women's Institute Holds Convention at MacGregor
The Portage la Prairie District Women's Institutes held their annual convention at the United Church in MacGregor on June 19 with ninety delegates from ten Institutes. President Mrs G W Langdon of Langrath presided. Reports highlighted wartime and community work. Elections selected Mrs M McDougall of MacGregor as director. A display from England and Scotland WI groups accompanied the event. The Livingstone WS will host the 1946 convention in Gladstone.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage la Prairie
United Church
MacGregor
G W. Langdon
Langrath
D.R Davis
D. Fairbairn
Dow
Dominion
Burgess
Frances McKay
Extension Service
M. McDougall
A. R. Stinson
G. S. Booth
D. McLachlan
MacGregor Institutes
O Canada
C. A. J. King
King
W. Allan
Gerald Cobbe
Mrs McLachlan
Lillian Fox
W. J. Wenham
Betty McLachlan
Our Grey Nest and Western Prairie Dreams
A reflective piece honoring Manitoba and the western frontier. It recalls autumn scenes, prairies, and a "little grey home in the West" while celebrating ancestral toil, rivers, sod turning, and the enduring torch of the Buffaloed West. The verse touches on memory, travel, and frontier spirit through imagery of fields, roads, and home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
Manitoba
Roy McLautner
Lin
Convention Gratitude Acknowledges Broad Volunteer Help
The members extend sincere thanks to those who assisted in various ways to make the convention a success and show appreciation for the efforts that contributed to the event.
Pretty spring wedding in Toronto area amid apple blossom arch
Mary Catherine Purkess of Pratt Man and Raymond B. Jones of Palermo Ont wed Saturday May 26 at 7 pm in the groom's parents home. Rev E Rigby officiated under an arch of flowers. Bride presented by her uncle Geo Ferguson with matron of honor Geo Barber and attendant Carter. Reception for about fifty guests. couple to reside in Palermo Ont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Catherine Purkess
F. F. Purkess
Pratt
Man
Raymond B. Jones
E. E. Jones
Palermo
Ont
E. Rigby
St Lukes Anglican Church
Toronto
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Imperial Oil
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J. R. Horton
Cacwrencern University Chicago
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Jercival MacKinnon
Ll.b
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B.A
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Nusun
Mocuneuor
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Purkess
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Optometrist
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Mac
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