Red Cross meeting and wartime notices from the community
The Red Cross met at Mrs Gev Bray's home last Tuesday to quilt and plan packing boxes for overseas troops at Mrs A Ross's on Wednesday night. Local visits include Calgary and Cro mer residents and relatives, with health and travel news from Brandon General Hospital and trips to Calgary. A 7,000 pound penicillin shipment to Montreal was quickly loaded for the Middle East India and Britain.
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Red Cross
Gev. Bray
Montreal
R.A.F. Transport Command
Middle East
India
Britain
Local Social Notes From Brandon Area Gatherings
Bradwardine T W Dobson returns to Flin Flon after visiting his parents. numerous Brandon and area residents visit relatives in Griswold Calgary Cromer Midland Wheatland and Rivers. birthdays and teaching duties noted among families and friends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. W. Dobson
Flin Flon
Mr. and
Mraz
R. W. Dobson
Carnegie W A of Roseville Church Meeting Brief
The W A of Roseville Church gathered at Mrs W H Frank’s home Wednesday with six members and one visitor. They planned Christmas parcels for servicemen. Mr and Mrs Herbert Frank visited Winnipeg and returned Thursday. Miss J Coultard spent the weekend at her Brandon home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dell Robertson
Marion Neilson
Brandon
R. Shuttleworth
Claire English
Mrs. N. Klywak
Evelyn Livingstone
Rivers
Mrs. P. Livingstone
W.A
Roseville
Airs
W. H. Frank
Herbert Frank
Winnipeg
Parsons Enlists in Canadian Army at Fort Osborne Barracks
Winnipeg announces B. H. Parsons of Rivers Manitoba enlisted in the Canadian active army on September 15 at Fort Osborne Barracks. Born in 1926 in Rainy River Ontario, he was a student before enlisting. His parents, Mr and Mrs Fred Parsons, are well known Rivers citizens.
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Winnipeg
Man
B. H. Parsons
Rivers
Manitoba
Fort Qsborne
Brock
Rainy River, Ont
Fred Parsons
Remember Has It Ever Occurred To You
A reflective prompt urging self awareness and empathy. It questions whether others struggle to connect with you and suggests valuing others opinions. It emphasizes home as a place to improve, the possibility of starting anew, and the need to try harder.
Tarbolton United Church Anniversary Services
A large crowd attended Tarbolton United Church anniversary services on Sunday September 24. Rev K McKillop of Brandon delivered two impressive sermons and was well received by attendees. Miss C Crawston visited the G Goring home for the weekend, and Miss Carolyn Wedderburn spent Sunday at her home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tarbolton United Church
K. McKillop
Brandon
Carolyn Wedderburn
The Crop Testing Plan Sparks Tax and Grant Debate
H G L Strange Director argues against proposed grants and gifts to urban Canadians. He warns that such spending would raise peacetime taxes to wartime levels, burden farmers and all, divert savings to non productive uses, and not create new wealth. He urges farmers to oppose these expenditures.
Canadian farmers meet sugar beet acreage goal
The Dominion Provincial Agricultural conference set a 1944 objective of 63 400 acres for sugar beets. The latest report shows 71 438 acres contracted between companies and growers. By mid June Ontario planted 16 000 acres and Alberta 30 000 acres.
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Canada
Dominion Provincial Agricultural Conference
Ontario
Alberta
Crop prospects aided by wartime labor in Canada and abroad
Manitoba reports 14 000 and Quebec S300 as current figures. Prospects for the crop look good with assistance from Japanese and German prisoners of war conscientious objectors Canadian soldiers and civilians providing support.
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Manitoba
Quebec
Canada
Great Britain
United States
Java
Philippines
Hawaii
Porto Ricd
Australia
Trinidad
Fiji
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lothair
W. Erwin
E. Baily
M. Bankart
Calgary
Foster Baily
Wilber and
Orla
Cromer
C. Hunter
Victoria
Mr. W. M. Marriott
Brandon General Hospital
Mrs. J. Hart
Points West
Reg
Bomnford
Oak River
Andrew Thomson
Mrs. B. Montague
Jimmie
Mrs. E. Montague
Moline
L. and
J. Harrison
Geo. Seater
L. Hipuars
Virden
O. C. Harvey
B. R. Montague
Italy
Tina Isaak
Annie Wiens
Bradwardine
Mr. T. Morton
Alice English
Mrs. C. English
Mrs. F. English
Mrs. Phettipace
Midland
Michigan
A. McRae
Jack
J. Emalie
Ann
Tommy
C. English
Phyllis
Gladys
Geo. Haycock
Griswold
Mrs. M. Bankart
Mrs. A. Hays
G. L. Maitland
Keith
E. J. Blatchford
Helen Common
Wheatland School
Mrs. E. Baily
Son
Albert Baily
M. A. Blatchford
Donald McRae
Blatchford
McRae
Watkins
Mr. Blatchford
Keith Maitland
Jack McRae
Maureen Watkins
Carnegie
Miss J. Coultard
Sec
W. Scrub
N.E
Rapid City
The
Toronto General Trusts Corporation
Tarbolton
Miss C. Crawston
Mrs G. Goring
H. G. L. Strange
Camney
Blue
INLAY
Lptrie
Biaeae
Nia
Cuba
T.N.T
F. Board of the
United Nations
Pearl Harbour
ITAL
Wahtibie Prices and Trade Board
Agie
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