Community Notes and War Era Reflections
Miniota W. meets Thursday at Mrs. W. Taylor's home and collects for the Forces. Telephone Directory updates show 211 Miniota and 144 Crandall exchange subscribers. Obituary notes Mr. Kerr, Speers hardware merchant, survived by siblings. funeral at Speers. Britain widens wartime spirit as blackout ends, lights return, and Home Guard duties shift to voluntary status amid optimism and caution about future threats.
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Miniota
W. Taylor
Crandall
Andes. Rebt- Peel
Thomas Kerr
Speers
Sask
Kerr
Chambers Co
St Hamida
R Peel
Archie
Winnipeg
Georg
Peer
Ictay
Britain
London
England
Wanted iccu y furrow ergine fi a miirxt le
Job notice seeks a furrow engine in good condition and 10 work by 3. Apply to David Cowan, at the Minnesota address shown. Local listing appears in an old classified column.
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David Cowan
Pic Ting
Misiota
Winnipeg area teachers and students update
Miss Lorna Duglas is attending Normal School in Winnipeg. Roberta and Florence Johnston of Winnipeg stay at their home in town. Trev Jackson of LsRiviere visits The Manse with his daughter Florence to teach. The school board plans to accommodate pupils from Palmerston district attending Crandall School as a new BO school. operations underway.
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Lorna Duglas
Winnipeg
Roberta
Johnston
Trev. Jackson
LsRiviere
Florence
Oop- Tie School Board
Crating & van
Crandall
Palmerston
Coincidence Tells Of Soldier Grave In France
A letter from Mrs L J Wingert of Vista Manitoba dated September 3 1944 describes finding a Canadian soldier named Guy Steuart buried in an apple orchard near his camp in France. The grave is tended by a French civilian who decorates it with flowers. The writer notes the helmet and web gear at the foot and hopes for the soldier’s speedy return home.
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Guy Steuart
J. H. Steuart
L J. Wingert
Vista
Manitoba
Share the Wealth returns with Oscar on CBC program
The sixth season brings Stan Francis and Cy Mack hosting the show. Francis quizzes and distributes prizes while Mack presents with charm. The program airs Saturdays at 7 30 p.m. from Toronto across the CBC network to the Eastern and Midwest regions.
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Oscar
Stan. Francis
Debonsir
Cy Mack
Toronto
CBC
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France
Hitler
Germany
J Ti
Steuart
Mre
Reir
Bisa
Slo
Canada
Ardags
M. Oliver
Army
R. M. Oliver
C.W.A.C
Saskatchewan
Elkhorn
McLeod Thurs
Joan Leslie
George Murphy
Savoy
Kid
James Cagnoey
Barbara Stanwyck
Fred MacMurray
Virden
Joel McCrea
Maureen O'Hara
Henry Aldrich
Boy Scout
Cco
K. Chalmers Miniota Drug Store
Ontario
J. D. Forsyth
John Spalding
Maniota
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