Austin Local News Highlights and Community Events
Local men work on No 1 highway between dney and Brandon. Mrs G H Hamlin returns from a family visit in the city. Austin United Church dinner and concert set for Oct 4 in Community Hall with 35c and 20c admission. Rink committee meets to schedule pre winter work. Auction of farm stock and implements for Melvin Thompson around Sept 24 by S C Duff. Mr and Mrs Robin Elston of West Hope ND visit with James Elston family. Anglican Church Players present The Blue Bag in Community Hall on Sept 27 with lunch and dancing after. admission 35c and 20c. Mrs J Poyser injures arm visiting daughter, Mrs H McEachern. condition improving.
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West Hope
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Anglican Church Players
Austin
Rally Day Service at Sight Hill and local visits
SIGHT HILL Rally Day Service will be held Sunday Sept 29. Visitors include Mr and Mrs John Jones in Portage la Prairie on Saturday. Betty Palmer attends Austin school in Grade XI. Mrs B Jones and Ethel Jones of Austin visit in the district. Mrs McKinnon visited Cypress River with daughter Mrs G Garvie. Ivan Scott Dennison and daughter from Brandon visited Neill. Margaret McKinnon moved to Headingly for a teaching position. Mrs Neil Leckie is a patient in Portage la Prairie hospital after an operation. wishing her speedy recovery.
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John Jones
Portage la Prairie
Betty Palmer
Austin School
B. Jones
Ethel Jones
Austin
McKinnon
Cypress River
G. Garvie
Ivan Scott
Dennison
Brandon
Neill
Margaret McKinnon
Headingly
Neil Leckie
Portage la Prairie Hospital
Harvest Thanksgiving Services at local churches
CHURCH notices show Harvest Thanksgiving Services at Christ Church Austin with special music and a 130 pm service and at Holy Trinity Sidney and Austin United Church with Sunday School at 2 pm and church service at 7 20 pm. All are welcome to attend.
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Shower Honoring Miss Dorothy Smith Held In Frans Orange Hall
A Saturday afternoon shower in Frans Orange Hall honored Miss Dorothy Smith, a bride elect this month. About one hundred guests attended as a mock wedding was performed by Misses Ruby Finegan Rene Dow Barbara Sharp Lillian Meredith and Jeanne McSpadden. Mrs Robi Meredith sang a solo, Mother Macree. Miss Smith received many beautiful gifts.
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Orange Hall
Frans
Sturday
Dorothy Smith
Ruby Finegan
Rene Dow
Barbara Sharp
Lillian Meredith
Jeanne McSpadden
Robi Meredith
Macree
Mise Smith
A Trip to Halifax and Eastern Canada
A travel memoir recounts a journey from Portage la Prairie through Halifax, Moncton, Campbellton, Quebec Bridge, Montreal, Toronto, and Niagara Falls. Highlights include monuments to Sir Walter Scott and Joseph Howe, a ship crew from Evansville, visits with relatives, and a final reunion in Toronto before returning home.
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