04 May 1944
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 04, 1944
Page
1
The report notes a welcome rain and lists visitors and returning soldiers in Miniota and nearby towns. Names include Miss M Dickie Frank Wythe Harold Forsyth and Pte Harold Kilback. The piece urges Victory Bonds and Victory Loan support as vital to supply lines and morale for overseas troops.
Brethren of Unity Lodge Fox Warren visited Parkissimo Lodge on Tuesday of last week to confer a degree. Parkissimo Lodge members returned the visit on Monday. Fat drives seek waste fats for wartime uses and a rag collection is planned. Mrs J C Vradenburgh learns of her brother Wes McBride of Mar Mac Oil Winnipeg’s death and a King Edward Hospital death follows for his son. A bottle message found by Reg Bryant recalls a fishing trip by Frank Cullen in October 1941 and urges trying again.
The Municipal School Board in Minnesota discusses sending a delegate to the Youth Conference in Winnipeg with partial expenses funded. It approves several transport changes and schedules a School Field Day at Miniota for June 2. Salary scales for 1944 45 are set for teachers principals and assistant principals. The next meeting will convene at Miniota.
The text argues that Victory Bonds do not make Canada an active participant in Europe’s grim war. It says sacrifice at home is distant from the hazardous life and death work abroad, and Canadians cannot fool themselves about the current punt in supporting the war.
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