Weekend visitors and travels around Winnipeg area
Mr and Mrs J Cruikshank of McAuley spent the weekend at Bradwardine with Mrs Titmus on route to Winnipeg to visit Mr and Mrs Dick Steggies. Miss Margaret Houston returned home after attending Summer School in Winnipeg. Beatrice Houston of the Winnipeg Clinic visited her parents Mr and Mrs Jas Houston. Pte KR Bray left for Winnipeg to report for duty. LAC WD Crawford of the Rivers Airport spent the weekend with relatives. Livingstone family drove to Clear Lake Monday. Evelyn Nan and Norma are spending the week at a resort. Mrs Roy Gerrard of the Hamita Hospital staff is holidaying with her parents. Miss Hogarth and Miss Winnie Merriott returned to Whitewood Saskatchewan. Mrs Geo Haycock and family of Griswold visiting at Ted Dowland’s home. Mrs D Joynt of Brandon visiting sisters Mrs Common and Mrs Wm Common. Miss Doreen Common returned home after a visit with her aunt in Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. J. Cruikshank
McAuley
Bradwardine
Titmus
Winnipeg
Dick Steggies
Geo. Haycock
Griswold
Ted Dowland
Carnegie Red Cross Tea at Atchnston Home
Mrs K Shannon of Winnipeg and Mrs A Hughes of Regina visited Mr and Mrs G L Atchnston as a silver tea to aid the Carnegie Red Cross was held at Mrs W H Frank's home on Wednesday afternoon. Tea was poured by Mrs Eyres and Mrs L Frank from a pink sweet pea table lit by pink tapers. Assisting were Mrs G L Johnston Wyon Bromley and Hilda Frank. The butterfly quilt was won by Hilda Frank. proceeds were $17.00. The Sixtieth Anniversary Service of Roseville Church followed on Sunday with Archdeacon Heywood preaching and Miss Jean Varcoe singing. Only two attendees from the first service were present: Mrs Jas Bromley and Mr W Walker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carnegie Red Cross
W. H. Frank
Eyres
Mrs. L. Frank
G. L. Johnston Wyon Bromley
Hilda Frank
Roseville Church
Archdeacon Heywood
M.A. D.dh
Brandon
Jean Varcoe
Jas, Bromley
W. Walker
Local Visit Highlights From Neepawa and Area
Mrs F Bridgeman and son Ray visited Neepawa last weekend with Ray staying longer. Mrs Hepburn of Virden visited her daughter Mrs O C Harvey. Miss Phyllis Jones returned to Winnipeg after visiting Mr and Mrs F Bridgeman. Mr J W Seater returned to Brandon General Hospital last Saturday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. Bridgeman
Ray
Neepawa
Mrs. Hepburn
Virden
Mrs. O. C. Harvey
J.W. Seater
Brandon General Hospital
A Greater War First World War Anniversary Reflections
Thirty years have passed since Britain entered the First World War defending Belgium. Now, after nearly five years, the nation reflects on a far Greater War and the toll it has taken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Belgium
Supplemental Sheet Noted for This Issue
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Shared Accommodation Frozen Protections Extend to Tenants
Well behaved tenants of houses apartments flats or rooms not yet given notice to vacate will not have to move before May first next year under a Wartime Prices and Trade Board order. The order grants shared accommodation the same protections as houses flats and apartments, excluding boarders and certain congested Eastern Canada areas. Nonpayment of rent breach of agreement or obnoxious conduct can still lead to eviction by provincial courts as in peacetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prices and Trade Board
Canada
SSS Urges Employers to Allow Farm Leave for War Effort
Arthur MacNamara of the National Selective Service appeals to Ontario Quebec and Maritime employers to grant workers a temporary leave of absence for farm work when possible. Ontario employers are urged to release men who can be spared to go to the Prairies for harvesting under the Dominion Government transfer plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur MacNamara
National Selective Service
Ali
Ontario
Quebec
Maritimes
Praires
Dominion
Hybrid corn impact on North Central food production
The Bureau of Agricultural Economics notes a shift to hybrid corn in the United States, rising from 0.1 percent in 1933 to 51.6 percent overall, and about 78.9 percent in the North Central states by 143. Production in the region reaches around 2.6 billion bushels, with roughly 7 percent of seed planted as hybrid. If 20 percent superiority holds, about 352 million bushels of the 2.76 billion could be credited to corn breeders, underscoring dramatic gains and the need for sustained agricultural research and talent. Dr. H. K. Hayes of Minnesota helped drive the hybrid effort, linking postwar research to food production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Agricultural Economics
United States Department of Agriculture
United States
North Central
Mates
North Central States
Serenge Wie
Hybrid Corp
H. K. Hayes
University of Minnesota
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sradwardine
Margaret Houston
Beatrice Houston
Winnipeg Clinic
Mrs
Jas. Houston
Pte
KR. Bray
Lac
Roy Gerrard
Hamiota Hospital
Mrs. W. Trewin
Hogarth
Winnie Merriott
Whitewood, Sask
Mrs. D. Joynt
Wes. Common
Wm. Common
Doreen Common
Carpenters
Manitoba
Selective Service
Carnegie
K. Shannon
A. Hughes
Regina
G. L. Atchnston
Lothair
Phyllis Jones
Mrs. J. Bray
Lenore
George Bray
U.G.G
Imperial
Jof
Topinka Hardware, Lumber
Ceal and
Manitoba Telephone System
Anadas Nate
Fellows
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