16 Jul 1942
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1942
Page
1
Local notes detail visits by Mrs G Reynolds and Misses Ina and Janet Cunningham of Winnipeg, Annie Everington's holiday from a sanatorium, and several military personnel in the area. A harvest event on July 22 is announced with softball, tug of war, and ball teams urged to form early, with preparations emphasized.
Report notes some improvement in food and treatment for POWs in Hong Kong but emphasizes despair among parents and friends awaiting news about the fate of their sons. The piece underscores the grim uncertainty and ongoing hardship in the camp.
Representatives of Red Cross societies met at Arrow River Friday night to discuss the samal picnic. The final decision was to not drop the event this year and to urge widespread support to raise a substantial amount for the Red Cross. The scale of the picnic was ???
The Rural Council met in Minsota on Saturday as a Court of Revision and for general business with Reeve J. R. Lynch presiding. The 1942 Electors Roll additions and strike-offs were adopted, and printing authority granted for 100 copies at Te per name. Motion items covered payments, road and gravel programs, weed control, a weed inspector, fur bearing animal by law, future assistance cessation to H. S. Lee, and by-law/lot transfer actions.
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