Winnipeg visitors and locals share holiday week ends
Mrs A F Wyrd and Nan Florence visit Winnipeg relatives while Miss Edith Mitchell and Miss Shirley LePage stay with families. Toronto and Portage la Prairie residents also visit, with Bert Dunne departing for Winnipeg for six months of decorating training. Several Winnipeg couples Alice Blandford and others are noted alongside local church representatives during Thanksgiving periods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith Mitchell
Winnipeg
J. E. Mitchell
Esme White
Portage la Prairie
Mrs. T. A. White
Kenton Representative Attends Brandon Presby Meeting
A Kenton delegate represented the area at a Brandon Pres bytery meeting held last Thursday in Wawanesa, participating in discussions and regional church affairs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kenton
Brandon Presbytery
Wawanesa
Birthday notices span October 18 to 24 for multiple residents
A sequence of birthday acknowledgments lists residents and dates from October 18 to October 24. Names include Mrs Percy Neville Jr Alfred Wareham Joseph Stuart Mrs J N Airey Ruth Foster and others along with towns Brandon Le Goff Wheatland Brunkild and related titles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Percy Neville Jr
Higginsons Celebrate Silver Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs G R Higginson marked their silver wedding anniversary last Thursday Their marriage took place at St Marys Church Brandon on October 10 1921
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. R. Higginson
Mrs. Higginson
St. Mary’s Church
Brandon
Bride Elect Honored at October Shower in Parish Hall
Miss Lottie Blandford, bride elect of October, was guest of honor at a miscellaneous shower in the parish hall on Monday evening October 7. Mrs. R B Lee and Mrs. N McConachie presided at the tea table, a basket of pink and white flowers and white tapers centered it. Abridgments of gifts were presented by Mrs. Richardson and Mrs. Riddick on behalf of 60 attendees.
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Lottie Blandford
R. B. Lee
The Common Round Contron Page Sequel
The passage notes a speaker declaring no mark and listeners surprised as a woman asserts she never received another bill. Mr and Mrs W S Sennett of Winnipeg visited over the holiday weekend with Mr and Mrs S G Sennett.
Princess Elizabeth fuels revival of Highland dances in Scotland
Aberdeen reports Princess Elizabeth's keen interest in Highland and Scottish country dancing spurs a broad revival across Scotland. She studied intricate moves in her spare time and impressed experts at an all Scottish recital. She requested Mrs Stewart's Strathspey, a recently rediscovered old dance. Winnipeg dispatch notes Manitoba Legion convention planned for Brandon, Man., next May or June per provincial council announcement.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Elizabeth
Stewart
Strathspey
Winnipeg
Oct
Manitoba
The
Canadian Legion
Brandon
Man
Provincial Legion Council
Progressive Conservatives Set Regina Convention Dates
About 700 delegates are expected to converge on Regina for the biennial provincial convention of the Progressive Conservative party. The meeting runs October 22 to 24, just after the Portage la Prairie federal by election.
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Regina
Progressive Conservative Party
Portage la Prairie
The Last Word Chance Silenced by Street Sounds
A fleeting overheard moment on a street sparks humor or a sharp remark as bystanders pass. The piece suggests a comedic or witty line could travel further, echoing in The Gazette as a possible reader submission.
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the Rivers Gazette
Wilson Humphries
Wilson H. Humphries
Rivers
Mon
Gilchrist’s Drug
Rivers, Man
Lady Hamilton
Taylor's
Mrs. A. F. Wyrd
Mrs. C. Blandford
Nan Florence
Jean Rutherford
Jack Hanlon
Portage
J. W. Hanlon
Donald McFadden
Here
Shirley LePage
Mrs. W. LePage
Marion
Joyce Lee
Mrs
Mrs. T.C Grandy
Toronto
Ontia
Mrs. N. McConachie
Bert Dunne
Richard Bell
Station
Fred Karlenzig
W. G
Jack Stewart
C. Blandford
F W. Lee
E 0. Dyer
J. Ross
W. Hudson
T. Smith Alfred Wareham
Joseph Stuart
J. McNee
Walter Thomas
R. W. Greasley
Robert Hopewell
le Goff
Alta
Maurene
George Lorne
Robert Lyall Post
Wheatland
J. N. Airey
Ruth Foster
Brunkild
Veal
Wareham’s Meat Market
Vivian Blaine
Dennis O’keefe
Perry Como
Carmen Miranda Dolis
Cartoon
Fox News
Her Highness
Bellboy
the Wonder Man
Danny Kaye
Virginia Mayo
Vera Ellen
Donald Woods
E.Z. Sakall
Mildred Pierce
Ron Page
W. S. Sennett
S. G. Sennett
Denis Bullard
Cambridge Shire
England
CBC
Chance
Long
the Gazette
Canada
McKenzie’s United Store
Bews
Lulu
Hallowe'en
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