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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 12, 1944
Page
5
St. Pauls Church MacGregor holds Sunday School at 2 p.m and Evening Prayer at 7 p.m on October 15. United Churches list MacGregor 7 p.m Bagot 1 30 p.m Beaver 3 p.m. October midweek Intercession meets Wednesdays 8 p.m in United Church.
The announcement lists a Morning Prayer Sunday School at 2 p.m. at Austin United Church with W. M. Reeves as pastor, a Beginners and Primary Sunday School, a General Sunday School at 2 p.m., and an Evening Service at 7 39 p.m. It also notes that Mrs. R H Glover will distribute Ration Book No 5 at the Municipal Office, MacGregor, from 2 to 5 p.m. on October 18 19 20 and 21, urging town residents to collect their books on the 18th.
Ration Book No 5 will be delivered Tuesday Wednesday and Thursday October 17 18 and 19 from 9 30 am until 8 pm at the homes of Mrs Chas E Paterson of Edrans and Mrs Edward J Manns of NE 17 12 12 in the district.
A collection of aphorisms on language and thought from Coleridge Emerson Johnson and others. It argues language as an armory of the mind and a monument of centuries, shaping science and truth while noting that deeper truths lie between the lines.
Alderman C D Grist is named mayor of Lewes Eng for the 10th time, a civic service record. The 80 year old mayor sits at the helm as the city marks another term in office. A scarf bearing a newly approved official seat of the United Church of Canada is placed on Rt Rev Jesse H Arnup as moderator of the 11th general council. Edmonton area union CSO representative John Lenglet notes a continuing slowdown at Canada Packers Limited Edmonton plant.
A readers questions about ceiling prices for bananas and onions, ration books for babies, sugar allowances for discharged soldiers, returning allotments, valid coupons in ration book three, canned fruits, new ration book dates, use of coupons by nonhousehold members, ammunition permits, exchanging sugar for preserves, and rental reductions. Answers specify ceilings at 13 cents per pound for bananas, Manitoba onions at 6 or 17 cents depending on grade, issuance of evaporated milk coupons via doctors, full canning sugar for discharged soldiers, and rules on personal use and transfers of coupons.
Canada outlines postwar reestablishment programs for veterans and dependents. Benefits include clothing and welfare allowances, rehabilitation grants, railway warrants, medical and dental care, and continued pay for those unfit to work. Gratuity and reestablishment credits help buy homes, furniture, or start a business, with job reinstatement rights and education support.
Veterans welfare officers are stationed in key centers to advise ex service personnel on rehabilitation and housing options. The program supports home ownership for city workers and small acreage outside high tax areas, fulltime farming, and fishing households with financial aid. In the year after discharge, veterans qualify for free treatment, hospitalization, and allowances, with lifelong pensions for pensioned disabilities.
The Pension Act overseen by an independent commission applies to Canadian service members. Any permanent disability overseas not from misconduct qualifies for a pension, while disabilities incurred in Canada must arise from service.
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