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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 31, 1942
Page
8
December 31 1942 notice allows 17 year olds to join the Canadian Army with written parental consent. War savings stamps totals announced for Miniota school. Local visits and social events noted, with many names and towns across Manitoba and Winnipeg mentioned.
Shortage of butter in Canada is noted as resulting from unemployment and rising demand. Donald Gordon, Prices Board Chairman, comments on foreseen and unforeseen factors and a ten cent government bonus to farmers to raise butter fat prices. He argues parity comparisons to 1913 14 and 1912 14 wages show current prices still too low. He suggests steps to increase supply.
Supplies of batter would increase butter fat by enabling farmers to give cows better care and feed, resulting in higher butter fat production from existing herds.
Mr G M Frazer and Mattie Taylor will join the teaching staff at the start of the next term. Richard T Doveglas, son of Mr and Mrs G K Doveglas Crandall, enlisted in the R C A and is training in Winnipeg.
Beulah Wem Kelly travels to Winnipeg this week while Mrs F MacDonald and Harold and Maurice Chisholm visit relatives in Neepawa. Miss L McLean returns from two months employed in Winnipeg and many locals spent the holiday at their homes or visiting in towns like Stowe Coldman Hamiota Basswood Brandon and Shilo.
Ena Ethel Paynter wed LAC William Osborne Steuart RC A F Dafoe Sask son of Mrs J H Stewart and late J H Steuart of Minnesota in a Christmas Day ceremony at Beulah home. Rev H J Bowman officiated. Bride wore sea coral chiffon gown with tea rose corsage and gold locket. Sister Muriel Paynter as bridesmaid. Brother Stanley Paynter, a groomsman. Family dinner followed.
In Melfort Saskatchewan Mr and Mrs 4 Mitchell are holidaying at Winnipes with their daughters Jess and Mrs OConnor.
A brief column records Pilot J Bristoe arriving overseas for service, Thelma Phillips enlisting in the I C A F (W D) and departing for duties, plus a novelty auction in Isabella Rink on Saturday January 18. It notes the funeral of Mrs. W Harrower at Rhoal Lake United Church and lists holiday visitors and residents spending the season across Manitoba and nearby towns.
Jim Sutherland completed a welding course in Winnipeg with high marks and a good job recommendation. The district Xmas winners include Doug Ternsnt, Bob Keyes, Ted Gunson, Oswald Blair, B. S. Meyers, Spence Lithidhn, and others across Shilo, Rivers, Shoal Lake, and Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs Hurst of Shoal Lake also spent Xmas at Shoal Lake. Mrs J R Mitchell and family left to return home.
The Winnipeg Tribune highlights a joint drive by farmers and technical agriculturists to advance Manitoba agriculture. It notes early maturing and rust resistant wheats and credits practical farmers for commercial production, praising co operation with farm clubs and provincial agriculture services.
A clipped reflective fragment questions what will bind society after conflict. It suggests only the disciplined, resilient individual can lead when conventional paths fail, and notes a pioneer breaking from tradition to seek a new base or purpose.
A remark on making democracy acceptable globally, not merely a local success, stressing the need to bridge worldwide understanding and support for democratic ideals. It suggests that universal appeal is essential to secure lasting democratic progress.
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