Striking Coincidence At Edmonton Hospital Meeting
Editor of The Gazette visits University Hospital Edmonton and meets former staffer Graham Barker now with Edmonton Bulletin. Barker’s newborn daughter prompts a family reunion moment as both dads share the same name. Mrs R D Britton, a former local resident, joins the gathering. The piece ends with hope for lasting Barker family friendship.
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Local Social News From Gladstone and Winnipeg Visit
Lothar and family visited friends in Gladstone over the weekend. Mr and Mrs H Wiens hosted a small gathering Sunday night for daughter Victoria’s birthday. Mrs C Vickery remains a Winnipeg hospital patient and is wished a speedy recovery. Lac H Wiens spent Sunday at his parents’ home with Mr and Mrs H Wiens.
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Four Hundred Vets Join Church in Italian Campaign
Four hundred members of Canada's crack division joined the church during a service beside a placid Italian lake. Protestant padres led the ceremony with two Winnipeg ministers on the committee, Honorary Major J A McKinney and E J Bailieu. Major McKinney arranged a confirmation for Church of England soldiers in Rome with the Bishop of Litchfield.
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Women trainees prepare field cooks for Allied kitchens
C W A C personnel studying cookery at St Anne de Belle Vue Quebec are taught fundamentals of field cooking to replace men in battalion kitchens officers messes and casualty clearing sections in the rear of Allied armies. The remark questions women's equal rights.
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Former Rivers Boy Cho sen For Special Work
Mr. George Radford has started ditching operations in Hullett Township with a massive new dredging machine. The Caterpillar treaded machine, powered by a large diesel engine, weighs tons and drills gravel with a ton shovel. Frank Tyerman of Stayner, Ontario will operate the device as an expert, continuing the town’s notable dredging effort.
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Turbulent travel figures in Tarbolton family notices
Mr. Rod Fewing returns to Winnipeg after summer with uncle and aunt Alex Thomson. O S Harvey and Vernon Harvey visit their parents. Hugh Thomson and Mrs. Silliphant visit relatives. Ted White and Sanford Cochrane families also visit John Thomson’s home.
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Vernon Harvey
Wm. Harvey
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A. Silliphant
Ted White
Sanford Cochrane
John ,Thom
The World of Wheat by H G S Strange Director
Our farmers receive advice urging diversified farming with more livestock and livestock products. A critic notes prairie farmers have learned to move beyond grain, but the trouble remains they can only produce commodities with existing demand.
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H. G. S. Strange
Market Prices and Tariffs Through War Demand
The discussion argues markets must set prices to cover production costs and yield profit, with export demand driving farmers to expand hogs without guidance. It warns that postwar sales require Canadians to buy foreign foodstuffs, and that tariffs must be reduced to allow imports and support farmers.
Ten Years Ago From the Gazette This Week
Ten years ago the Gazette noted a Tag Day for Cancer Relief raising 30.33 dollars. Local boy Harry Belz planned to enter show business at the Ukrainian Hall. James Shanks scheduled a farm stock and implements auction on the 26th. The fire brigade responded to a home fire on First Avenue. A piano was installed in the ICCF Hall upper room. The Community Club planned a third tennis court for next year. Rivers' tax rate stood at 25.14 mills. James A. McKenzie advertised tea at 25 cents and 80 cents per pound. The GTP announced through passenger and freight service to the Pacific Coast.
Fisheries Department Reports 70 Million Lb Maritime Export
The fisheries department states the country will supply 70 million pounds of salted fish pickled fish and smoked herring bloaters to the United Nations from 1944 production.
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