Victory First Buy Bonds In Canada Sixth Victory Loan Drive
Russell Unit 28 led a brisk start in Canada's Sixth Victory Loan campaign. By noon Wednesday, Unit 28 reported 69 applications totaling 43 350 dollars with Binscarth at 19 200 from 16 applications. Private Lucien Lamy parachuted to ground at Russell agricultural grounds drawing cheers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Binscarth
Russell
Canada
Victory
Eixteen
Eithe
Victory Town
Obj
Silver Creek
Boulton
Shellmouth
Passburn
Russell Agricultural
Lucien Lamy
Unit 28
Lamy
Ret. C. Lovejoy
Winnipeg
Andrew Mather
H. E. Sellers
National War Finance Committee
Vietory
The Benedicts vs Bachelors First Baseball Match
The April 1904 issue notes tonight's first baseball game of the season between the Benedicts and Bachelors. It also mentions J T Lyons converting Love Block into a temperance hotel and records Tennis Club officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lssue
Bachelors
J. T. Lyons
Tennis Club
W. J. Doig
Dr. Wright
Alea Ee
Rendall
D. B. Huggins
G. Edmison
E. H. Barry
Centenary celebrations and past prize winners noted
The May 1 1919 issue records over a hundred members attending a centenary celebration, a Christ Church Girls Guild whist drive with winners Tod Cope and prize recipients Swindell and Warington. It also notes 20 years prior second prizes for Alice de Balinhard and Phyllis Ricou in a Smellie Bros Ltd competition and Inglis celebrating a children’s sports day.
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Christ Church Girls Guild
LO OF. Hall
Jesse ‘Tod
G. A. Cope
Alice de Balinhard
Phyllis Ricou
Smellie Bros Ltd
Inglis
Not as Good as Last Year Victory Loan Cumulative Total
Ottawa reports a two day total of 131 276 00 dollars since the Victory Loan drive opened. Yesterday's receipts reached 56 999 850 dollars, down about 2 000 000 from the same day in the Fifth Loan last fall.
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Ottawa
Curlers Re-elect Chas. Adolphe for 1944 45 season
The Russell Curling Club held its annual meeting at the Queen's Hotel. Despite poor attendance due to warm air, officers were elected for 1944 45 with Chas. Adolphe re-elected as president and Hon. J. A. Glen as honorary president. New slate includes Hay Gillespie 1st vice president Ernie Bender 2nd vice president Rev. J. E. McNeill chaplain C. J. Maher auditor H. R. Barry secretary treasurer and an ice committee of Loney Gillespie Kennedy Leifer and J. Franklin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Te Russell Curling Club
Queen's Hotel
Chas. Adolphe
J. A. Glen
Hay Gillespie
Ernie Bender
J. E. McNeill
C. J. Maher
H.R. Barry
Jim Burgess
Jack McDonald
C. R. Loney
Tom Robertson
Roy Kennedy
Loney
Gillespie
Kennedy
A. E. Leifer
J. Franklin
Easter Thankoffering Meeting at Angusville
The Easter thankoffering meeting of the Angusville WMS was held in the church on Wednesday April 16. The session opened with hymn 108 and Our Daily Thayer. Minutes of the last meeting were read and adopted, the treasurer reported, and a roll of 12 members answered. Mrs J Nield read the Bible from 15th Corinthians chapter and shared an Easter story April. The Easter program on Christ for All the World closed with a prayer for missionaries and global equity through Christ.
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Angusville
Angusville W.ms
Thayer
J. Nield
Corinthians
Christ
Bank of Montreal veteran to lead Churchill branch
Tom Tod of the Bank of Montreal has been transferred to the newly opened Churchill branch to manage it. The note recalls 10 years ago on May 3 1934 when in Marquette two candidates Angus McKay and James S Lynch each received 282 votes and Parliament dissolved before a deciding vote could be cast by the returning officer.
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Tom Tod
Bank of Montreal
Churchill
Marquette
Ottawa
Angus McKay
James S. Lynch
Large Crowd Attends Dieppe Raid Rally with Pasquall
More than a thousand people gathered at the A. N. W. hall Sunday for the Sixth Victory Loan rally. Corporal Geoffrey Pasquill, a Neepawa native repatriated from a German prison camp after Dieppe, spoke about the raid, march to Dieppe, prison camp conditions, and the need for Red Cross parcels and letters. The unit objective shield was handed to R. C. Smellie, and Private Lamy delivered the shield at the ceremony. a Brandon Training Centre military band performed under WO1 H. C. Simmons.
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Unit
Andrew Mather
Russell
R. C. Smellie
Smellie Bros. & Co
Geoffrey Pasquill
Dieppe
Pasquill
Red Cross
Pasquil
Europe
Brandon
WO1
H. C. Simmons
Lucionamy
Lamy
George Hyde Buried At Silver Creek
Funeral services for George Forbes Hyde, 64, were held Tuesday at Silverton United Church after his death Sunday morning at Sacred Heart hospital. Interment followed at Silver Creek cemetery with pallbearers Ed Hammond, Mel Anderson, Lorne Callin, Jack Jackson, Angus McLeod and Quint Broadfoot. Born January 27 1880 in Shakespeare Ontario, he moved to Silver Creek with his parents in 1881 and was the area’s first white child. Survived by one sister and three brothers Mrs Coon Allen Russell Peter L Hy Calgary William Hyde Regina and Jack Hyde Silverton.
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Silverton United Church
George Forbes Hyde
Sacred Heart Hospital
J. E. McNeill
Silver Creek Cemetery
Ed. Hammond
Mel Anderson
Lorne Callin
Jack Jackson
Angus McLeod
Quint Broadfoot
Shakespeare, Ont
Peter Hyde
Silver Creek
George
Hyde
Coon Allen
Russell
CSM
Peter L. Hy
Calgary
William Hyde
Regina
Jack Hyde
Silverton
Victory Loan service tribute by Corporal Pasquill
Corporal Pasquill spoke at the Victory Loan Sunday service in the United Church, sharing further personal experiences from German prison and receiving a tremendous ovation from the large audience. He urged readers to put victory first.
Housing plan for Canadian farms gains attention
A summary of Canada’s reconstruction committee report on housing and planning for farmers notes a goal of 188000 new farm homes over twenty years at 282 million dollars with 8400 annually. The report links housing to attracting youth back to farming and outlines community centers laborer cottages and federal aid for equipment in farm housing projects. It also highlights shifts in farm populations across provinces and calls for land settlement price supports immigration and rural electrification.
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Canada
Committee On Reconstruction
Ontario
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward Island
Alberta
Columbia
Quebec
Manitoba
Canadian Women's Army
Beavers Grow Beards Publicize Rus sell Old Timers Union
Column notes a playful plan by Beavers to grow facial hair as publicity for Russell Old Timers Union events on July 29 and 21, with various beard styles expected. DANGEROUS PRACTICE warns of dry-season fires underlining past damages and urging care. Victory Loan updates report sales shifts in Russell and Manitoba rate proposals. John A. Dick dies suddenly in Winnipeg at 39, with C P R ties and local friendship. Acting Mayor Andrew Mather and daughter Isobel Mather participate in Victory Loan events.
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Russell
van Dyke
John A. Dick
Winnipeg
Mr. Dick
C.P.R
Andrew Mather
Law
Isobel Mather
Unit 28
Victory Bond aids ammunition flow for Italian front
Canadian soldiers in the Morro River valley are pictured as Victory Bond purchases keep a steady stream of ammunition for the troops. The caption notes the soldiers blasting the enemy from close range and reflects wartime morale.
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Morro River
Italy
Also Mentioned on This Page
George Kelso
J. M. Thom
Roblin
Mary Robertson
W. Sanderson
Old Country
Russell Athletic Association
Rev. Geo. Edmison
F. T. Matheson
K. McDonald
Agricultural
Ernest Bryant
W. H. Dunn
B. L. McLennan
Laura Lee
Russell Football Club
Mr. Feir
Halling
J. J. Maher
Gordon Kippan
D. C. McDonald
Imrie Skelding
W. Forsyth
E. Madill
J. Skelding
Bussell
Corporal Pasqual
George Hyde
By Jim Greenblat
Bill Smith
Sue Wetatara'a
Victory Loan
John Oldham
Fural
Farmore
Victory Bonds
Viney
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