Melfort Soldiers Plan Empire Day Sports in May
Melfort Pintown of the 188th Battalion will hold Empire Day events in Melfort on May 24. A football tournament and baseball games are planned with detachment teams from Melfort and Tisdale plus potential outsiders. A full program of footraces and jumping is expected, with the Tisdale detachment and returning local soldiers forming a khaki day. Coordinators will be appointed to oversee the sporting events and a town hall dance is likely in the evening. Further details will follow.
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Melfort Pintown
Melfort
Tisdale
Pleasantdale Wheat Harvest Underway and Local Notes
Seeding in Pleasantdale district is near complete with wheat done and oats ploughed. A D Young finished 120 acres of wheat last week. Local enlistees return from training to help with crops and townsfolk report illnesses and upcoming visits to Edmonton. Threshing continues with Mabon Bros. on Geo and Thos Cardiff, and plans for a local ball team are discussed with several players unavailable.
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A D. Young
Mabon Bros
Geo
Cardiff
W. L. Robeson
Sale of Home Made Cooking by Methodist Ladies
The Ladies of the Methodist congregation announce a sale of home made cooking and candy in the space recently occupied by A. EB Wid. The sale starts at 3 o'clock on Saturday afternoon May 1 with tea served from 3 to 6.
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A. EB Wid
Important Decision to Farmers and Threshers
Judge Doak issues ruling in Case vs Gwillim over whether farmers must pay for threshers meals when idle. Trial held that a local custom requires farmers to supply food for threshers' men during idle periods at the place.
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Doak
Hhis
Case
Gwillim
Bie Placr
Ethelton Baseball Team Elects Officers for Season
Ethelton forms a baseball club with President William Downie Sevy R C Morris as manager B H Zoo captain Walter Campbell. Team will wear blue uniforms with white trim and host monthly sports nights starting May 31, offering prizes for games with neighbors and a program of footraces.
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Ethelton
Wm. Downie
Sevy
R. C. Morris
BH. Zoo
Walter Campbell
Rebekah Lodge Holds Social Evening Programable Festivities
Members of Secord Rebekah Lodge No 29 enjoyed a varied social evening at their Monday meeting with games vocal and instrumental performances speeches and toasts. Rev W R Tanton presided as tonal master and a full program featured gramophone selections bird riddles and musical numbers amid refreshments and patriotic songs.
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Secord Rebekah Lodge
OU. P
W. R. Tanton
Mies E. Guion
Rale Britannia
Canada
G. B. Jameson
Tanton
Ouilfellows
Rebekahs
W. Grainger
Harris
E. Guinn
Liston
Miss McKay
J. E. Durnin
Miss Jameson
God Save the King
Methodist Services May 14 1916 Mothers Day Sermons
Sunday services include 11 am sermon Why we wear the Emblem and a Mothers Day message to Young People. Evening service at 7 pm titled Why We Pay Our Tribute. Sunday school and Bible study total 290 attendees. Christian Endeavor session noted with a long program.
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Adultes
Christian Endeavor
Judge Lamont Renders Decision In Long Standing Legal Action
The Prince Albert Herald reports Judge Lamont’s ruling in the Smart Hardware Co v Melfort case. The town’s seizure for 1912 13 and 1914 taxes is partly upheld, with sale proceeds and costs scrutinized and instructed for adjustment. The decision criticizes Smart’s conduct and sets guidance on calculating costs and realizations.
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Prince Albert
Jude
Sidney Swart
Autenna
Supreme Court
Lamont
Sidney Smart
Melfort
Natige
Smart
Prince Albert Herald
All Saints Church Sunday Services and Classes
All Saints Church schedules morning prayer and sermon at 11 a.m. Sunday, 230 p.m. Sunday school and Bible class, 7 p.m. Evensong with rector preaching at church. A 3 45 p.m. sea practice is noted.
Homesteads Plotted on Carrot River Lands
The Pas Herald reports homesteads around Eran Lake surveyed last summer by J Syelletly. Forty farms will be laid out along the Carrot River about fifteen miles distant. Each farm supports all forms of agriculture. Work may take the summer and lands could open for entry next spring.
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Pas Herald Eagar
Eran Lake
J Syelletly
Carrot River
Pug
Missionary Talk at All Saints Friday Evening
All Saints W A hosts a meeting Friday night under its auspices. Miss Robbins a missionary for the Ho Nen China district will deliver an address starting at 8 o clock. A Beatty invitation invites town citizens to attend.
Wheat farming near Mel Fort district near same area as last year
Despite uncertain spring, wheat planting is nearly finished in the Mel Fort district. Farmers expect cultivation to match last year’s area as work nears completion.
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Melfort
Letters From Boys Who Are Doing Their Bit
Bugler George Lee of the 58th Battalion recounts the voyage to war aboard the Empress of Britain and the Adriatic and Baltic. He notes crowded ships, sickness, a church parade, and a death in the battalion hospital, with mentions of friends in Belgium and Ireland and parcels from home.
Presbyterian Church Seeks Sunshine in Talks and Music
On Sunday morning Rev McColl speaks to the young on Making Sunshine with a sermon The Humanity of Jesus. An evening service honors Mothers Day. A children's choir will sing. Wednesday a Ladies Aid of Koor church hosts the choir and dramatic club for supper. St James Church progress noted and Tennis Club plans play and court use with season fee set at 1.00 The frnal game is due Saturday and a Sunday School meeting was held Tuesday night
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Eustend
Jim Walker
Ireland
Francis
Battalion
Melfort
Halifax
Ladies Aid of
Koor Church
St James Church
Cairns
St. James Club
St. James Tennis Club
Rev. W. McColl
Teanie
Rev. McColl
Miss McKellar
Sec-Treas
Mise Stark Grounds
Upshawl, McCosh and Cromarty
Thorelay
Magath
McColh
McColl
Weil
All Saints W A Sale of Work in Melfort Town Hall
A successful All Saints W A Sale of Work and supper were held in the town hall on Friday May 5 under the auspices of All Saints W A. A good attendance of Melfort ladies supported the event with a well patronised afternoon sale. Supper at 6 p.m. filled four tables with citizens and country friends. Proceeds totalled 3120 dollars.
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All Saints W. A
Pleasant Valley Red Cross Benefit Concert Planned
The Pleasant Valley Red Cross ladies announce a Friday evening event at the Orame Halou featuring a concert and an autographed quilt auction to raise funds. They aim for a record turnout in the valley and note a change from an earlier May 1 date.
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Lwlies
Pleasant Valley
Red Grone
Sofiper
Dlayor
Orame Halou
Lndire
Eleventh Holiness Camp Opens June Eleven At Melfort
The eleventh Holiness Movement camp at Melfort opens June 11 in a large Gospel tent. Rev. A T Woerren leads with other preachers and evangelists. Three daily services aim at salvation, sanctification, and Gospel spread. Campers provide bedding and provisions. sleeping and cooking quarters are available.
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Holiness Movement
Ol Neh
Melfort
A. T. Woerren
Farmers Work Land As Ontario Wheat Season Begs
The text notes farmers harvesting wheat and considering oats, with Miss Roth Irvine and Bella McPherson visiting Pathiow on Saturday. Mr. Dilly’s ambulance corps application was accepted and he plans to leave for Winnipeg soon. Miss Rath McPherson returned from Milfort after a two week visit, while Rural Dean Clarke led a notable service at Ovatup Hallow Sunday. A new minister is expected to join soon.
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Dilly
Ambulance Corps
Winnipeg
Mises Rath McPherson
Mlfort
Roral Dean Clarke
Lane Vauher
Death of Mrs Maria Hettrick at age 76 in Edenbridge
Mrs Maria Hettrick died Friday morning at her daughter Mrs L Dean’s home, age 76. She moved from the States four years ago with her son William Hettrick and daughter. Funeral held Saturday. The report notes social and weather details from the community around Edenbridge and nearby Bulgedate.
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Maria Hettrick
L. Dean
Wm. Hettrck
Mothers Day Services at Methodist Church May 14
Special Mothers Day services planned at the Methodist Church with morning and evening programs. A youth service opens the day, followed by a sermon on wear the emblem. Children choir to lead the morning service. evening program features a praise selection.
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Boxy
Cope
Chikkren
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