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Local notes from Portage la Prairie area and district
The column lists residents visiting, traveling, and social events in Portage la Prairie and nearby towns. It covers hometowners in Winnipeg trips, motor tours to Kenora, Legion meetings, church services, tennis results, and notes on threshing delays. Also mentioned are birthdays, dances, church events, and a government liquor store manager’s obituary. Several families from Benito, MacGregor, and Emmeline are referenced with weekend visits and gatherings. A Portage man Joseph Brownridge dies at 58. A dividend news item from United Grain Growers is included. Forest fires cause travel holds near White mouth with smoke across Manitoba.
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Portage la Prairie
Joseph Brownridge
Portage
Government Liquor Control