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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 21, 1943
Page
8
New Manitoba liquor regulations took effect Friday limiting daily purchases. A permit holder may now buy two cases of beer one gallon of wine and 40 ounces of hard liquor per week. Beer parlors will operate 2 to 10 PM with updates after February 1.
W Bardwell drove a carload of stock to Winnipeg Tuesday while Mrs J G Reichard visited at the Hanlin home. No church services were held due to cool weather. Decker and Isabella teams played a strong hockey match with a 75 to in favor of Jaabela. A Novelty Auction Sale at the rink last Saturday raised 389.45 split between Red Cross and Russian relief.
Donations honored as all goods sold at the sale led by J F M Johnston. The United Church congregation held its annual meeting on Wednesday with a supper before business. Reports were strong. new officers include Board of Stewards R Seath L Tl J H Finkbeiner C Artis and F Reid Ushers T Stewart and F Reid Offertory F Hall A E Brad A Adams Organist Miss Y Calder with assistants Mrs R Scarth and Mrs R E Heise.
Severe weather caused cancellation of a church service last week. The weekly WI meeting featured a Morale talk by Rev. E Egilsson and a piano piece by Jean Sutterland. Canadians offenses: Ken Mitchell Bob Carnegie join Air Force. Ken Elliott to Provost corps. Community effort to retain Mitchell bridge underway with petitions.
Readable fragments list individuals Moe A 5 8 Irman Wallace D Armitage WV H Histon and a fourth party. No dates or actions clear. records sparse.
Honorably discharged and Roll of Honor section lists numerous soldiers and families from Maniota area. Includes Winnipeg Grenadiers and Canadian forces with names such as Andrew, Armitage, Arnis, Ball, Bonner, Clark, Fisher, Gibbon, Hall, Irvine, McLean, Norrie, Rollo, Stewart, and many others tied to local communities and battalions.
Miss D Stowe and Miss M Wright Vates led the thanks to the Pastor his wife and all who worked for the church and its departments.
Beulah AC Garth Chisholm from Bramton is visiting for the weekend. Sgt. AG Ron Chisholm from Greenwood NS is home. A. Cashck spent a week in Winnipeg EC. Greem attends Man. School Trustees Convention in Winnipeg. Mrs M Bourne visits Regina. Frances and church work praised at annual Gaited church meeting at H E Forter's home. W I meeting at Mrs Craden's home with talk on Snowdrop and Scottish folklore. Mrs W O Steuart guest at a shower at Mrs W Stevenson’s home. Miss B Bruden read address and gifts given by Mrs Stevenson and Helgeson. Lunch and social time conclude.
A wedding ceremony was held on Wednesday December 30 for Sinclair and Jasper in a formal church setting. The couple received congratulations from family and friends as they began their life together.
194R at St Andrews Mariee Brandon marks the wedding of Margaret Helen Jaxper youngest daughter of Hartney’s Jaxper family to Gordon Marsy Steelair youngest son of Malcolm Sinclair. Rev W J Allen officiated the ceremony with the bride in gold silk and black silk hat.
A wartime verse tribute from Squadron-Leader G. L. Creed of RoC A F to airmen in battle dress. It praises their three plus years of hard service, vows the Hun will pay, and credits air and ground forces with advancing freedom. The poem links Hong Kong comrades and the broader fight against Hitler with calls for courage and unity.
The couple hosted a wedding luncheon for close relatives at the Prince Fedward hotel before their travels. Chive Sinclair wore a two piece tray brown wool embroidered dress with a matching turban. Mrs. G M Sinclair previously taught at Miniota school and now serves on the staff at Cramedall school.
A reflective piece questions postwar planning and urges action over labels. It contrasts shortages with unselfish behavior and asks how many hours of effort and days of sacrifice will raise national production and morale. A cable notes Keith Armitage’s safe overseas arrival.
The article argues for a Dominion Government long term soil conservation scheme to stop erosion. It recommends strip farming and tillage in open lands and grasses and clovers in wooded areas, with acreage payments boosting grass and clover use.
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