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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1952
Page
8
Jim Bell, after completing three years of Agriculture at Manitoba University, returned home for a few days before starting work on a soil survey project in Northern Manitoba.
A large gathering of friends and neighbors attended the service at St. George's Anglican church in Birtle on Tuesday afternoon April 29 for Mrs. Harry Sawyer, whose passing prompted the solemn farewell.
M S and W A met on Thursday with Mrs Wallace and others directing a devotional period. Funds were voted to the Red Cross Osborne Home Neepaws Training School in Toronto. Church cleaning planned for May and a June bazaar. A working bee organized by Tennant notes a recent Brandon hospital return. Fourteen tractors and operators with equipment completed tasks on the half section.
Mrs. Harry Sawyer died Saturday in Winnipeg General Hospital after an illness. Rev Hunter conducted the services. Mary Ben Still, born May 21, ISS, in Calmoral Man, daughter of the late Jas Still, came to Isa bella in 1909. She married George Henry Sawyer on December 31, 1918 at their home and the couple lived in the Beulah district, leaving a wide circle of friends.
An obituary notes lasting esteem for a respected local figure. Floral tributes and a quiet procession marked the funeral, with the remains laid to rest in Birtle's necropolis. Survived by a husband two daughters Verna and Edith and four sisters and two brothers, the deceased was mourned by many.
Peter Still and James Still are noted in Kabelia alongside Selkirk in a record of a family with a son named George who died in Belgium in 1919. The entry preserves names and the 1919 death in Europe as key facts.
Mrs 8 E Bjornson visits Winnipeg and a Special Worship Service will be held at Miniota United Church at one o clock on Sunday May 11 Christian Family Day. Malcolm Todd visited Penelton home in town and notes prosperity. telephone work progresses with Crandall gang moving from Miniota this week.
Mrs H Levins spends week in Winnipeg. Delegates M Astle and L Miller attend WMS Presbyterial at Foxwarren. Conrad Hall and family visit Len Hall home. Mrs Gardham wins radio set in Binscarth amateur program draw. Mag Little wins fighter at Hamiota last Saturday and trades it for a compact.
Miniota hosts clinics on the 4th Friday each month in the United church basement starting May. Isabella hosts clinics on the 3rd Thursday each month through the summer starting in May. Crandall offers clinics on the 3rd Monday of May June and July only.
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