World Student Relief Receives Global Thanks and Aid
Letters from 17 countries thank World Student Relief for living subsidies medicine and clothing that keep students in class. Canadian funds support European China and refugee aid. France orders 15000 tons seed potatoes. Cost of living report notes prices up 18 percent since 1939 and wartime affordability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yueh Kowei-Fang
China
World Student Relief
Canada
Canadian Committee of International Student Service
France
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Visitors and wartime notes from Brandon area
Mrs C Post left Wednesday for Winnipeg to visit her daughter. Brandon visitors included Mrs R McRae and others. Hamiota folk visited in Brandon with Mr and Mrs W Trewin. Cpl Wes Howey, wounded in Belgium, returned home on leave to stay with his mother. A United church thanksgiving service at 10:80 a.m. Tuesday named the boys who made the supreme sacrifice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Post
Winnipeg
Cyril Baker
Cpl
Wes. Howey
Belgium
Shome
C. Howey
The
United Church
G. Hambley
Family News From Kenora and Area
Mrs V Anderson and daughter Betty visit her parents in Kenora Ontario. F O Glen Bridge man, once listed missing, is now safe in England. Rita Common returns to Misericordia Winnipeg after holidays. John Common and Mervin Joynt stay with uncle Ross McKenzie Harding. Inez Bridgeman Oak River visits her parents. Georgina Haycock Griswold stays with grandparents E H Dowland. Bradwardine ball team defeats Wheatland. Bunting Middleton visit Brandon. Daly Municipality trustees plan June 8 field day. G L Cole and E J Blatchford visit Brandon. Helen Common Wheatland spends weekend here. Mrs Innis arrives from Brandon. United Church hosts special Mother’s Day service. John Common final line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Common
Mervin Joynt
Ross McKenzie
Harding
Inez Bridgeman
Oak River
Mrs. H. Bridgeman
Final Report of Red Cross Campaign Final Report
The final report of the National Campaign for the Canadian Red Cross in the Rivers district notes a sale of one pig still pending. otherwise the campaign is complete. Gratitude is extended to Carnegie and Robinville and to local contributors including H Frank Powerville J Lyon Daly E Ratz Mrs G Perrett G McDonald F O Hurlbutt and the Rivers and Consolidated School District.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
The
Canadian Red Cross
Rivers District
Carnegie and Robinville
H. Frank
Powerville
J. Lyon
Daly
E. Ratz
Wheatland
G. Perrett
Mayne
G. McDonald
N.S
Church Service and War End Thanksgiving Held at Ancrum
Mervin Joynt and Doreen Common read parts of the service while Betty and Doreen Common Del and Connie McKenzie rendered two quartets. The Rev G Hambley conducted the service. A special service of thanksgiving for the end of the war in Europe was held in St Matthew's church Ancrum with the Rev Champness leading. J Houston departed Monday to attend the spring cattle show in Edmonton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mervin Joynt
Doreen Commoan
Betty
Doreen Common
Del
Connie McKenzie
Europe
St. Matthew's Church
Ancrum
Champness
J. Houston
Edmonton
United Churches Hold Thanksgiving Services Across Daly Pettapiece
Thanksgiving services were held at Daly, Pettapiece and Rivers United churches on Sunday with large congregations. Worshipers entered the services thoughtfully as the minister recounted wartime reverses in the early stages of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Churches
Daly, Pettapiece
Rivers United Churches
Turning Point at El Alamein in October 1942
The text notes a pivotal October 1942 change at El Alamein, after which Allied successes continued until the Axis were defeated. It frames the outcome as deliverance from modern paganism embodied by nazism or fascism and expresses gratitude to Almighty God.
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el Alamein
Bracken Campaign Urges Fair Pay for Canadian Farmers
The Progressive Conservative leader declares action needed to end farm labor inequities. He argues farmers deserve better pay, broader education access for their children, and fair treatment, promising lasting agriculture prosperity with farmer leadership. He calls on supporters to join the fight for security and prosperity in farming communities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bracken
Canada
Progressive Conservative Party
Progressive Conservatives
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Helen Marsh
Eader
Assey
Armed Services
Army
Navy
Air Force
MLA
Roseville
St. Matthew
St. James
Rivera
P. W. Lee
Minist
Rivers
Bsradwardine
R. McRae
A. McRae
R. H. Braye
W. Massie
Keith Maitland
Donald McRae
Brandon
V. Anderson
Kenors, Ont
Mrs. W. Trewin
F.O. Glen Bridgeman
Uniasitg
England
Will Common
Rita Common
Misericordia Hospital
Georgina Haycock
Griswold
E. H. Dowland
Bradwardine
Miss Bunting
Miss Middleton
Daly Municipality
G. L. Cole
E. J. Blatchford
Helen Common
Mrs. Innis
Grace Ellis
Rivers Branch
Siensmanng
Western
Erican iLimiteo
Bert Ford
Leosl
Mgr
Stephens
J. F. Topinka
Coal
Imperial Oil
Bracken
Progressive Conservative
Servative Party
Ottawa
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