Shell River Pioneer Society Holds First Reunion at Russell
The Shell River Pioneer Society held its first reunion at the Queen's hotel in Russell on Jan 8. About 40 to 50 old pioneers traveled rough roads for up to twenty miles to join a festive dinner. Officers elected included Peter Wallace as president and John Lawther Sr as vice president. The evening featured a menu of poems, songs, recitations, and toasts, closing with Auld Lang Syne and a late gathering lasting until 2 a.m. with high spirits and hope for next year.
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Shell River, Pioneer Society
Queen’s Hotel
Russell
Joh Brown Henry Gill
W. C. de Balinghard
Tod
Yaguppe
McDougall
Peter Wallace
John Lavtther
Grace
Mc HH
DuPre
Buck
R. Shaw
A. B. Callin
H. R. DuPre
J. H. Drought
W. Thomson
John Lawther, Sr
D.‘ Dunn
F. Bryant
D. Young
S. Rae
Alf. Bryant
H. Smith
A. McIntyre
M. Beatty
O. Seebach
A. Stewart
Fred Gordon
L. Boulton
R. H. McCallum
T. Jackson
Alf. Clee
Gallant Drive Through Snow To A Silver Creek Party
A Silver Creek couple hosted friends Monday evening. A young man ferried three young ladies to a winter party amid a fierce January snowstorm. The trip featured overturned cutter, tangled reins, a wire fence obstacle, and a late arrival home before daybreak.
Brightside School Opens Under Miss McLaughlin
Miss McLaughlin leads Brightside school on opening day while Mr Geo Rea visits Mr Moore and enjoys a pleasant stay. Alfred Stevenson suffered a leg crush injury from a stampede of horses but is recovering. Queenston Heights correspondent notes L L Roberts and family visiting Brightside. Locals surprised by Topp and Tollett entering the Roberts family, and wolves are scared away by their loud yells.
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Alfred Stevenson
Queenston Heights
L. L. Roberts
Brightside
Topp
Tollett
Robert
Local News Notes in Russell and Yorkton Area
Local items report visits by Mr. Jos. Horner and Mrs. Flower, school tenders for 30 cords of dry cord wood, and a W C T U meeting. A Winnipeg lagrippe recovery, rifle club plans, and winter train changes are noted along with a Russell District Medal contest absence and a literary prize push by The Ladies' Magazine. A quiet wedding, Premier Roblin’s audit idea, a birthday supper, newspaper mail offers, curling activity, and a D Arcy E Boulton reception plan precede a Winnipeg lecture by Winston Churchill on The War as I Saw It.
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Flower
Birtle
Binscarth
Russell
F. Mayhew
Phil Gosling
Arden
Russell School
Wright
J. H. Thompson
Winnipeg
A. R. Tingley
Montreal
Toronto
Tuckett
Shoal Lake
Canada
Ladies’ Magazine
Winston Spencer Churchill
M. P
Estcourt
Pretoria
Churchill
Tugela
Ottawa
Odd Colonial Menu Toast List At Public Dinner
A rustic menu lists dishes such as ox tall soup from tails of Billy Dunkin and pork and beans with dried apple sauce, lambs quarter from Peter Hyde’s ewe guard, green tea with slough water, and a peppered duck from DuPre’s Greek. The toast list begins with Our Queen and the Governor General with responses from A Stewart and a song by L L Roberts.
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A. Stewart
Song
L. L. Roberts
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T. Tod
Shellmouth
Man
Shell River Pioneer Society
Army
Navy
Letgt. Vinnell
D. M. Kinnaird
A. Clee
W. Duncan
Silver Creek
Old Boreas
Mr. Jos. Horner
Castleavery
Silver Creek Rifle Club
James Anderson
Roblin
Selkirk
Partington
T. A. Maynes
Stewart Crerar
United States
Great Britain
Dr. Wright
Scott
Hogg
Baker
Roger
Thom
Allen
Curling
Kippan
McIntyre
Clee
Doig
McCallum
Kinnaird
Stewart
D’arcy E. Boulton
South Africa
A.G. P. Smellie
Alex McDonagh
A.R. Tingley
Secy. Treas
Fisi
Shell River
Duck
Lawther
Lamb’s
Peter Hyde
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