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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 15, 1949
Page
7
Readers express deep gratitude for food parcels sent by Canada to Britain. Letters from elderly and infirm recipients describe relief from rationing, praise Canadian generosity, and urge conveying thanks to donors and the United Emergency Fund.
Miss Wilma Wishart spends holidays with her mother. The Christmas concert is set for December 21. Joe and Frank Zimmer visit Winnipeg business. Mr W Burrough bought a pool room in Inglis and will run it next spring. E R Ridgway reports Shellmouth sent 22.50 to the United Nations Appeal for Children in Ottawa.
Mrs. N Stewart spent a few days visiting relatives at Roblin Norman and Milford Liske. Bert Zimmer J Falkevitch and M Litzenberg left for Boggey Creek Man to cut timber for building. N Lindsay of Roblin visited his brother in law and sister Mr and Mrs N Stewart. Mr and Mrs W P Stewart are spending a few days in Winnipeg.
Two classified notices list sale items from Silverton and Inglis. A buyer can contact E Fraser for seven week old pigs and a pony weighing 900 pounds, or Fred W Liske for a 1942 Chevrolet sedan, with phone numbers provided.
In memoriam notices honor Jane Strathdee who died December 15 1948 and Sophie Huta who died December 31 1948. Wives, husbands, children and grandchildren remember them with poems and loving dedications.
The message praises Chrvee and Saal for funding tuberculosis prevention. Preventing a TB case protects the patient and also stops potential infections among others, underscoring the broader public health benefit of charitable gifts during the holiday season.
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