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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 21, 1946
Page
8
E W Helgeson visits Winnipeg this week while Bryan Cooper returns from Deer Lodge hospital. Frank McDonald attends a Winnipeg automotive convention last week. Red Cross war work includes ten baby blankets ten girls nightgowns twelve girls sweaters and eighty diapers twenty baby shirts.
Community notes report Crandall D Richardson has been discharged from the army. A Moccasin dance raised 4186 for the New Rink Fund on Tuesday evening. J S Shier ill, Miss Ermina Shier returns home to nurse her father. The Girls Sewing Circle led by Miss G Currie hosted a social in the church parlor. Mrs Wm Walker traveled to Winnipeg for an eye specialist. LOL meeting noted six members present including H Law son W Williams D ferri R Elliott G N Hall and T H Hall.
Misses Myrna McConnell and Ivy Douglas competed in the Amateur contest held in Ham inta alongside the Anti Tuberculosis Campaign. Tune in CKX Brandon Saturday at 1015 pm for results. The C O P F spiel Monday night named Liberty and Benevolence as top act with Padfield Shier Matthew and Fraser among winners. consolation went to Vance Amy Angus Ferris and Shoemaker.
Isabella Misa Eleanor Stoughton from Birtle visits with Mr and Mrs E Finkbeiner. Mr and Mrs Levins and Katherine attend the wedding.
The article lists final bonspiel results with winning rinks led by skips Wes Gregory and E Gregory and names several prize items including table cloths potato kettles pyrex dishes and smoking sets. It also notes social items and community activities including YPU meetings and a visit by Frank Reid to Edmonton.
In loving memory of Simon Sararas who died March 22 1936. A thought of sweet remembrance and a memory fond and true. A token of affection and a heartache still for you. Ever remembered by his wife and family.
A list of miscellaneous items and names appears, including washing tubs, milk pails, oil cans, Pyrex plates, tea, flour, oatmeal, and jack knives. Several individuals and households are named with associated goods, including Sutherland, Stevenson, Mrs Finkbeiner, and Adams, with brands such as Imperial Oil Ltd and Anglo Canadian Oil Co.
Gladys Olmstead of Durban Man married Blair Lindsay Stewart, second son of Mr and Mrs Alex Stewart, formerly of Miniota. The ceremony at Beni to took place Friday at midnight with the bride presented by her father in a street length dress.
The bride wore blue with corsage and matching accessories. The couple, attended by Mr. and Mrs Clayton Stewart, held the reception at the bride’s home. They will reside at their farm in Durban. Before the wedding the bride elect was guest of honor at a shower for 75 friends receiving many gifts.
A letter writer complains dances in nearby districts are spoiled by intoxicated attendees. He praises strict entry policies used in another town and urges local halls to refuse admission to visibly drunk patrons to protect attendees and the event’s purpose.
Premier Garson accepts the February 12 1946 letter of resignation from Honourable Mr Turnbull the Social Credit Minister without portfolio since 1940. Garson praises Turnbulls integrity judgment and disinterested public service noting the minority 1936 government relied on Social Credit cooperation in Manitoba and naming colleagues Halldorson Fox Lisowsky Rogers and Turnbull.
Dr K W Retiring Director of Line Elevators Farm Service in Wipoinse Manitoba outlines the Dominion Department of Agriculture Science Service. He notes five departments and six divisions, describes Western Canada lab work in plant pathology and dairy research, and welcomes Dr F J Greaney as he joins the science service.
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