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Newspaper
Melfort Moon
Location
Melfort, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1918
Page
3
The Canada Food Board warns licensees to display the license number on all materials and ads. Beginning July 1 confectioners and eating places must obtain licenses. Private use bans apply to French pastries and icing sugar in homemade sweets with penalties up to 1000 dollars, one month imprisonment, or both.
The S. O. D. E. notes list Mesdames Young Conyers Lancaster Graham Taylor Lee and Jameson present. Proceeds were 2.45. Casual tea meetings are ended to save food. Members owe 10 cents weekly, payable each Tuesday at the armory 3 to 5 30 while knitting for the boys. Tea room stewards will collect dues at meetings. Paying the fee weekly is not a burden.
The Maple Leaf Home Makers Club of Mather schedules a June 27 gathering at Mrs. Lewis Clark and a July 1st piank at Mr. A. Novelius residence. A Red Cross benefit dinner and supper with an afternoon program and evening dance will follow.
The first Star City Grain Growers plowing event June 12 at John A. Macdonald’s farm drew a large crowd. Walter Attrill won 25 dollars for best score 87, Blain Hamilton 15 dollars 84 points, M Mooney 10 dollars 814 points, with several tractor and horse plows contesting. Prof. Sharon and Mr Greenway judged. Greenway praised plowing for community value and the Grain Growers movement. A farmers dance and supper followed.
A wartime poem urges citizens to prove their duty by backing troops in Belgium and France. It recalls battles at Ypres and Passchendaele, praises allies Canada Anzac Africa and India, and honors those who died for King and Country.
The Monday meeting led by Mayor Moore approved using town hall for a dancing class at eight dollars nightly for ten nights. A five year cemetery lease was granted at one dollar per acre per year. The milk bylaw was amended reducing license fees. Agricultural Society lease talks were set with a committee to confer. A court of revision is scheduled for Tuesday July 16.
Regular monthly Pleassnt Valley Red Cross meeting at Mrs. Stewart Campbell home in Flett Springs on Wednesday June 12. Members cut out and distributed work and packed 18 pairs of socks for shipment. Receipts totaled 8 80 including gifts from Mr. Canfield Harold Dobson and Mrs. McRae. Society acknowledges 490 51 from the Patriotic Sale held at Melfort in January.
Grain Growers Sunday observed with united service in Melfort town hall at 7 PM. Rev A T Warren of Killarney delivered a stirring address on the gospel as the power of God unto salvation and the role of farmers in moral reform, with readings by Rev C D Campbell and Rev W R Tsuton.
The Melfort plowing match under the Mel- Agricultural Society drew entries and awards were announced. Winners included classes for hand plowing and irrigation marks with participants named in the event report.
At the Methodist conference held in Regina the Prince Albert district draft listed Prince Albert G Dorey and B A Wild Rose L O Harvey Kinistine J Griffiths Melfort W R Tanton Pleasant Valley R Gamble Spalding J Sallens Star City D Patterson B A Tisdale T C Hargreaves Chairman Dist W R Tanton Lec of Dist G Dorey Secretary T C Hargreaves Missionary Sec D R Patterson Social Service Sec G K Dorey.
Salvation Army officials Commissioner and Mrs Charles Lowton will visit the Western Canada work on Monday and Tuesday. On Monday at 8 15 pm the Commissioner will lecture India Under Two Flags. A special Tuesday meeting includes Mrs Lowton. Both services are at the Salvation Army hall and open to the public.
The Late Mrs Olson Jennie Marguerite Olson was born in Nameos Norway May 11 1878 and came with her parents to Montevides Minnesota in 1892. They resided there until 1908 when they moved to Morris Manitoba. They later lived at Greenbush and Ley with deceased beloved wife and mother.
Local notes say Mr Meril T McPherson considers opening a singing class in Melfort during July with details via J E Krneling Dr Hawke or Clifford 8 May Public will be held in town hall July 34 to discuss proposal for municipal hospital expansion as district outgrows Lady Minto hospital.
Hostesses Mesdames Leech Stafford and Miss Brickell led a June 15 tea raising 23.55. Meetings discuss rescheduling to June 29 but kept June 22 sale and a July 4 sports day bazaar with fish pond and flower stall. Auction 1–2 pm, bazaar 3 pm, tag day on July 4. life membership gifts from A McFadden and George Barre. 43.10 donation from Social Club.
The Belgrave school report for May lists names by grade in merit order. Grade IV includes Kathryn Brodowsay Harry Nicursoski and W Antonjack. Grade III features Mike Arseny Annie Curents Kathryn Nicoranski Maggie Nicoranski. Grade II lists Teckla Brodoway Dagmar Nygard Christian Ny gard Mary Ourentz Aosie Ny gard Bessie Nieuranski Dora.
Melfort has reached its Red Cross drive objective of 5000 dollars with outlying districts still to canvass. The parade through town drew a huge crowd, and donations ranged from 50 and 10 to hundreds of dollars, with many 25 and under gifts noted. A full list will appear later.
The 1915 season schedule lists games for the Black Loam Baseball League with dates and matchups. June features Pleas Valley versus Star City and Star City versus Melfort, continuing into July with Melfort, Pleas Valley, and Star City games. August closes with Melfort at Pleas Valley and related pairings.
The Pleasantdale Red Cross met at the school on 8 sturday Joued. Members reported sock distribution totals to several members and guests, with donations from Mr A Campbell and Mrs Pace acknowledged. A parcel of socks and pajamas was sent to headquarters and the next meeting is scheduled for June 20.
The Campbellville Red Cross met at Mr Brett Irvington's home to raise 250 dollars for the campern. Mrs J J Byers and Mrs B Brett will canvass Irvington and Campbellville school districts. A phate and dance is set for June at the N W 4 4 45 17 with a sale of work and donations welcome. A 16 dollar tally from May 5th dance is noted. The next meeting is at Mn A R L W's home on July 10. Junior Red Cross will serve tea and ice cream in Campbellville school on 7 June.
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