Manitoba Society Aims To Help All Handicapped People
The Society for Crippled Children and Adults of Manitoba, tied to Portage Plains United Way, works with deaf individuals and those with speech and learning disabilities, partnering with the CNIB for vision issues. It serves 88 Portage la Prairie residents, introduced an education in living program in Winnipeg, and plans camping experiences. An assessment service refers babies or children not developing typically for diagnosis by 12 to 15 opinions, then provides needed aids and therapies. Currently 36 area residents use crutches, wheelchairs, or other equipment.
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Society For Crippled Children and Adults of
Manitoba
Portage Plains United Way
Virginia Miller
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Portage la Prairie
Education
Winnipeg
Society For Assessment
Rehabilitation and training drive for the handicapped
A society emphasizes rehabilitation through social workers collaborating with health and local welfare units. The aim is to ensure medical care, access to local facilities, and employment placement after assessment. Training and workshop options are provided, with a three to six week assessment before placement. The spokesman stresses addressing physical, mental, emotional, and social needs of each individual.
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Ients
Society For
Fire department battles rubbish fire behind Kenwood Apts
Portage firemen answered a 5 55 p m call Wednesday to a rubbish fire behind the Kenwood Apts on 17th St N W Fire Chief Harold Braden said a woman tried to burn rubbish in a barrel during high wind The blaze was extinguished before any damage occurred
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Portage
Kenwood Apts
17Th St. N.W
Harold Braden
Mineral supplements for farm animals in Manitoba
Mineral guidance for cattle sheep horses and swine emphasizes salt always available and calcium phosphorus needs, boosted by legumes, bone meal or limestone. Iodine deficiency risks for pregnant and lactating animals. iodized salt recommended. Cobalt iron and copper deficiencies noted in certain Manitoba areas. cobalt-iodized salt advised for cattle and sheep.
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Manitoba
Local visiting and wedding notices in Livingstone
Eva Gillespie reports on social visits in Livingstone area guests from Winnipeg Brandon and Oakville spent time with relatives in Neepawa Gladstone Ottawa Cornwall and Portage while attending the McBride Breckman wedding and visiting friends and family across Manitoba and Ontario.
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Eva Gillespie
Robert Humes
Keith Griffith Neepawa
Ray Hammel
Winnipeg
M. Hammel
Frank
Gladstone
Jack Dunbar
Oakville
Sreg Fehr
Dunbar
Fehr
Harry Reid
Cheryl Reid
Brian Reid
Brandon
E. Hurd
Crescent Lodge
Edith Wickstead
W.H. Johnston
Cornwall
Ottawa
Ernie Wickstead
Dick Hogarth
Ogilvie
Robert Gillespie
W. Rawlings
Portage
Bill Gillespie
Mishap injures one girl in Portage la Prairie collision
Fourteen year old Cheryl McKellar of Portage la Prairie is in good condition at Portage General Hospital after a two car crash Saturday at 12 45 pm. She rode as a passenger in a car driven by Mrs Harvey Kane of MacGregor. Kane stopped at 8th Street North West and Lorne Avenue for a sign then was hit by a southbound vehicle driven by Donald Graydon Hargest who said he could not stop in time. Vehicle damage was extensive with the larger assessed at 1500 dollars.
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Cheryl McKellar
Portage la Prairie
Portage General Hospital
Cheryl
Harvey Kane
MacGregor
Belcourt Social Notes Mention Weddings and Local Visits
Belcourt news reports several wedding announcements from Sudbury Ontario for Miss Rachelle Trottier and Gerry Duclos and notes family travel for a granddaughter’s wedding. It also lists upcoming Belcourt C Club events and various Winnipeg and Selkirk visits by local residents and friends across Ontario and Manitoba.
Beam Balch wedding in Portage as Mrs Linda Balch ties knot
Salem announces Mrs P Beck reports Donald Beam and Linda Balch were married in Portage on Friday October 1. Salem Community Club schedules Cash Bingo at Salem Hall on Monday November 4 at 8 30 p m and a Fowl Supper with two seatings at 5 p m and 6 30 p m on Saturday November 2. Charlie Winslow and Scott of Souris visited Sid Beck residence Friday.
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Salem News
P. Beck
Donald Beam
Linda Balch
Portage
Salem Community Club
Salem Hall
Charlie Winslow and
Scott
Souris
Sid Beck
Farmers and Truckers Weigh Losses from Uncovered Loads
A local weed supervisor warns drivers that hauling grain or flax without tarps leads to significant weight loss from wind. Calculations show a 820 to 890 pounds loss over short hauls, prompting farmers to reconsider not tarping to prevent weed seed spread and crop losses.
Stadacona to Quebec City Origin Story
Stadacona, an early Indian community, was the site that eventually evolved into Quebec City. The settlement served as a key Indigenous hub before French colonization transformed its trajectory into a major colonial city.
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Quebec City
Stadacona
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Society For Crippled Children
Mary Rayter
Livingstone News
Gerard G. Murray
Optometrist
Tupper Street
Chris) Christianson
Hampton St MacGregor
HA. Lyes
Don Hill
Bacarro, N.S
Calvary Tabernacle
Sidney, Man
Westbourne
Montly
Gayle Huhn
Travellers
Pat Davey
Unicef
Yvonne Beaudin
Joy Warren
Greg Merke
Rock Lake
Jae ‘Mary
Davey
Gayle Kuhn
Corin Baudin
Belcourt
Isaac Penner
Annie Penner
St. Catherines
Ont
A. Penners
Belcourt C
Rachelle Trottier
Gerry Duclos
Sudbury
Ontario
Maurice Duclos
Duclos‘Trottier
Lin Bend
Vaughn
W. Pritchett
Roy Nott
Celines
Senecal
Larry Guy
Bob Thiessen
Buy - Dickinson
High Bluff
Victor Paton
Bob Barbour
Selkirk
Victor
Rose Sutherland
M. Johnstone
W. Shafer
England
Petersau
G. Chartrand
St. Francis
G. Gobelle
George Scaife
Tom
Ed Williams
Tom Hall
Saskatoon
Davy
U.F.C
Four Way Motors
Carberry School
Lion's Fun Fair
C.W
W.L
Bingo Legion Rooms
Wee Davy
Glennie
Memorial Hall
United Church
Califor
MacGregor Hospital Aid — Legion Rooms
Cancer Club
Pipers
Shriner's Pipe
Main Street
Hall
Shriner's Hospital
Welm
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Garland & Wilson
Bank of Montreal
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