Home and School Association Formed in Austin
A meeting on February 19 at Austin Collegiate aims to form a local Home and School Association linked to the Manitoba Federation. A general meeting on March 10 at 8 p.m. in the gym will invite all parents and interested residents to join, elect an executive, and nominate candidates with help from Dr. Ron Gray and Mrs. Nora Turner.
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Austin Collegiate
Manitoba d Home and School
Ron Gray
Nora Turner
Edwin News and Community Updates From Portage
Community notes report Anne Pallister hospitalized in Portage and Bert Crewson recovering after surgery in Winnipeg Victoria hospital. Kim Cleaver had tonsil surgery and hopes to recover soon. Leonard Hill family returned home from Toronto after months away. Local hockey match ends in a tie as Edwin men face single fellows in springtime play. Keith Slater and rink teams perform well in High Bluff bonspiel with first and prize placements. Visitors include the Dow and Nicholls families from Winnipeg and Oakville. Fernie Buechler back to work, and World Day of Prayer planned at Mrs Helen Books if weather allows.
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Leonard Hill
Toronto
Edwin
Bert Crewson
Victoria Hospital
Winnipeg
Bert
Keith Slater
High Bluff
Karen Brown
Helen’ McMillan
Anna Ruth Graham
Portage
J. Francie
Lance Allan
Curtis Pogue
George Boak
Kenora
F. Allan
Dick Dow
Alvin Nicholls
Oakville
Doreen Allan
Dalton Droban
Fernie Buechler
Painter
Brandon
Helen Books
Stanfield calls stop-gap grain aid insufficient
Robert Stanfield, leader of the Progressive Conservative party, condemned Ottawa’s plan to pay farmers six dollars per acre for wheatland left fallow and ten dollars for forage crops. He urged immediate cash relief and proposed a Canada based wheat selling agency to prioritize Canadian wheat. Stanfield spoke after addressing the Saskatchewan party convention in Saskatoon and returning to Ottawa.
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Robert Stanfield
Progressive Conservative Party
Stanfield
Ottawa
Saskatchewan Party
Saskatoon
70000 Bushels Pledged to Aid Starving Metis Families
About 12000 pounds of flour arrived at Meadow Lake Saskatchewan for Metis and Indian families on the verge of starvation. The flour was delivered by two farmers to Josephine Panbrum for distribution across Meadow Lake Buffalo Narrows and La Loche. Dr Howard Adams president of the Saskatchewan Metis Federation says 5000 native people in northern Saskatchewan were near starvation and that a list of hungry names exists but he will not share it with welfare or a federal investigative committee.
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Meadow Lake
Sask
Josephine Panbrum
Buffalo Narrows
la Loche
Grant Miller
Perdue
Howard Adams
Saskatchewan Metis Federation
Adams
Sasatchewan
Local Notes From Rossendale District
Mrs C Henry spent from Sunday to Wednesday in Portage and Mrs Gordon Nichol visited last week with friends. Jean Hird of Winnipeg and Bella Hird of Treherne were Sunday visitors. Wedding anniversary greetings to Mr and Mrs James Donald for March 9. Don Peasgood and family of Minnedosa visited. Finlayson Blagden wedding in Lavenham with reception and dance in Rossendale hall. Louise McCulloch curled with MacGregor rink in bonspiel in MacGregor. Get well wishes to John Watson in Portage hospital. Douglas Henry and family were Sunday supper guests. Card party planned for March 6 at 8. Lorne Neufeld and Walter Neufeld visited from Sioux Narrows. Gerald Frizzley of Winnipeg spent the weekend here.
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C. Henry
Sun Watson
Portage
Gordon Nichol
Jean Hird
Winnipeg
Bella Hird
Treherne
C. Watson
James Watson
James Donald
Don Peasgood
Minnedosa
Finlayson-Blagden
Lavenham
Rossendale Hall
Louise McCulloch
MacGregor
Douglas Henry
Mrs. C. Henry
Lorne Neufeld
Sioux Narrows
Walter Neufeld
Gerald Frizzley
James
Saskatchewan River Fish Warn Against Mercury Health Risk
Health Minister Gordon Grant warned that fish caught downstream to the Manitoba border from Saskatoon carry high mercury levels and should not be consumed. He urged private individuals to discard predatory species like pike and pickerel and noted treated water remains safe for drinking.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Saskatoon
Gordon Grant
Congratulatory notes from Southend MacAulay News
Congravwations to Mr and Mrs Jack Wolfe on the arrival of a son on February 26 in Portage hospital. Several ladies from the district curled in the MacGregor ladies bonspiel during the weekend. Visitors over the weekend included Mr and Mrs Doug McGregor with Terry Longstreet and boys Terry McGregor Maureen Mawby of Winnipeg. Scot McDonald of MacGregor visited his grandfather Roy Glover. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Robert Chant on the birth eecapes on March 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Wolfe
Portage Hospital
MacGregor
Doug McGregor
Terry Longstreet
Terry McGregor
Maureen Mawby
Winnipeg
Scot McDonald
Roy Glover
Robert Chant
Date Event Notices in MacGregor United Church Hall
A miscellaneous shower will be held in the MacGregor United Church Hall on March 11 at 8 p.m. in honor of Miss Darlene Berry. St Pauls A C W to hold their annual St Patrick s Day tea on March 17 from 3 to 5 p.m. in the MacGregor United Church hall.
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MacGregor United Church Hall
Darlene Berry
St. Paul's A.C.W
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Timberlox
Viele Ey Ie
Lumber Dept
Macontcon
Marines
Austin
Edwin News
Anne Pallister
Kim Cleaver
Soon Kim
Rossendale District News
John Watson
Jim Lamont
R. Moffat
Leslie Bieganski of
Anoia
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Leo Bieganski
Gilbert Neufeld
West Bend
Ag Et Ga
Vere
Gulf
Gulf Service Centre
John Wood, MacGregor
John Wieler
Edrans
Sam Williams
Pine Creek
Southend Macaulay News
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