Local society news and upcoming WMS meeting notice
Mrs C Street of Sherridan Man visits town with daughter Mrs R The WMS monthly meeting will be at Mrs G A Hay on Tuesday Sept 12 at 8 pm Miss Margaret Lamb left for a two week visit with sister Mrs D R Barton at Hudson Ont Mr Spence Smith returned from Deer Lodge Military Hospital and is improving Mr Alex Campbell of Portage la Prairie visited last week at Mrs R H Glover's Miss Mabel Sheridan underwent appendicitis surgery and is recovering Joyce Saunders left to attend Winnipeg Normal Rev G King leaves for London Ont to represent Portage Presbytery at the United Church General Council Sept 6 to 15 V Bundles Committee tea and produce table Sept 9 at Mrs Geo Booth 3 to 6 Donations welcome Sgt J H Borley of the RCAF listed prisoner of war Bud Gair leaves for British Guiana to work as Maintenance Supervisor with Rice Marketing Board 5000 mile journey mostly by plane Mrs D A Shaw and brother W S Southworth of Lewiston NY visit prairie towns Moose Jaw and Portage la Prairie then home Mr Southworth hosts turkey dinner in Portage la Prairie before departing.
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Gking
London
Ont
Portage Presbytery
General Council of the United Church of Canada
Geo. Booth
K. G
Bud’ Gair
McLachlan
British Guinea
Rice Marketing Board
Bud
D. A. Shaw
W. S. Southworth
Lewiston
N.Y
Prairies
Moose Jaw
Sask
Portage la Prairie
Southworth
Canada
Birthday greetings and Thanksgiving notice in local column
A regional brief notes upcoming birthdays including Wm C who turns 91 on Sept 12 and lists names with dates from Sept 7 to Sept 18. It also notes Thanksgiving Day will be observed on Monday Oct 5 as one of six statutory holidays recommended by the government.
C.W.A.C Bands At Portage Monday
The Military and Pipe Bands of the Canadian Women's Army Corps on a Dominion tour will visit Portage la Prairie on Monday September 11. They arrive at 11.45 a.m. and perform in the afternoon parade followed by an evening concert open to the public.
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Canadian Women’s Army Corps
Portage la Prairie
Plains City
Merrick Visit Ties Moose Jaw Family to Winnipeg
Mr and Mrs J L Merrick of Moose Jaw visit the former's mother Mrs Merrick in Winnipeg. Blanche Ward, Miss Blanche Ward, and R Ward family are noted. Mrs Alf Thompson visits Gibbs Sask with brother George, accompanied by Mr and Mrs Hubert Sparrow and family of Edrans. St Pauls W A to hold monthly meeting at Rectory on Wednesday 13th at 3 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. L. Merrick
Moose Jaw
Mrs. Merrick
St. Paul's W.A
Alf. Thompson
Gibbs, Sask
George
Hubert Sparrow
Edrans
Harvesting resumes after week of rain delay in rural area
Farmers resume harvesting following about seven days of heavy rains. A Monday night crash at a crossroads north east of MacGregor left one man hospitalised with a broken arm and fractured ribs. Another local car with two occupants was travelling west. Birth announcements include Carolyn Ann Butterfield at fir dale and Vernon James Switzer, both in Portage hospitals, plus Wayne Edwin Bergquist and James Thomas William Parker newborns in Winnipeg area institutions.
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MacGregor
Virden
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Mies Ek
Mit
C. W. Lye & Son Ltd
Austin
North Star Oil
Wm. Penn
McLachlan’s
Chrysler Motors Sales and Service
The
WMS
G.A. Hay
Margaret Lamb
D. R. Barton
Hudson, Ont
Mr. Spence Smith
Deer Lodge Military Hospital
Alex. Campbell
R. H. Glover
Mabel Sheridan
Joyce Saunders
Winnipeg Normal
Joyce
Herald
J. H. Borley
R.C.A.F
Sgt. Borley
Appy
Wm. C
J. P. MacKinnon
W. J. Burrow
Wm. H. Glover
Alf. String
S. R. Lamb
Viola McIntosh
G. E. Lewin
C.W.A.C
Portage
Blanche Ward
Winnipeg
Mrs. R. Ward
Jas. Butterfield
Firdale
Carolyn Ann
Portage General Hospital
John Switzer
Audrey Watson
Vernon James
C. H. Bergquist
Gladys Wimsett
Wayne Edwin
Winnipeg Grace Hospital
J.G. Parker
Margaret Calder
St.James, Man
James Thomas William
Sunny Boy
Parowax
S. R. Lamb & Son
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