Local society notes and wartime updates from Silverton district
Jas Keating shows improvement while Pte Thos Dunsmore is mourned as battle sounds. Church services led by Rev Secker and Rev Iverach, with Presbyterian duties in Isabella. Pte A T Byvons safe but in battle, Red Cross support growing, Ladies Patriotic Association active. Silverton defeats Angusville 17 to 2 in a league game. Readiness and relief efforts, sewing for pillow slips, and Dominion Day picnics planned with patriotic programs and a children service. Road repairs noted at Assippi, hail storm damage reported to crops, S.S. picnic, and community organizing strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Keating
Thos. Dunsmore
Mr. Secker
Iverach
Birtle
W. M.S
Silverton
Gray
L. Keating
J Crerar
Sec’y Treas
C. Keating
A. T. Byvons
Angusville
Anegusville
Red Cross Society
Russell
Local notes from Russell cover sports races and community events
Shoal Lake summer school opens July 22. Winnipeg Free Press canvasser L H Maycock in town. Episode 23 of Million Dollar Mystery heads to Russell in early July. Six baseball and three football teams compete Wednesday with coverage next issue. Boulton picnic July gth and a rich sports program planned. Heavy Tuesday rain hampers auto trips from Binscorth. Ten cent tea and sale of work June 25 at Stratford school starts 3 p.m. Union Christian Endeavor meets Thursday at 8 p.m. on National Ideas. The Banner invites letters from front line boys. Geo Louires and Doolin Fraser win homesteads at Pelly. 1000 attend for 104 plots. Judge awards $45 to George Fowler vs Russell Agricultural Society for buggy repair and depreciation. Jerry Maher’s toddler survived a fall from a second-story hotel window. A towel shower is planned for June 26 on Mrs Thom’s lawn at 3 p.m. Towels and sheets requested. tea supervised by Mrs Brien and Mrs Thom. Base sent to St Johns Ambulance Winnipeg acknowledged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Shoal Lake
L. H. Maycock
Winnipeg Free Press
Russell
Binscorth Sports
Stratford School
Geo. Louires
Doolin” Fraser
Pelly
George Fowler
Russell Agricultural Society
Jerry Maher
Latle
Red Cross notes and community life in Harrowby scene
Community updates from Harrowby recount visits of Winnipeg figures and local visitors, charity teas raising funds for the Red Cross, and reports on weather, sports, roads, and a fire that destroyed a school stable. The Harrowby Ladies form a Red Cross branch, with officers named and plans for Dominion Day picnics and a new school prospect discussed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies of the Red Cross Society
Interesting Letters from the Trenches
Letters from Harry Cope Alf Ryans in France recount trench combat near villages shells and gas exposure. Alf notes wounded and dead comrades, moving through bombardment to dressing stations and dugouts. he contrasts war with a country still fertile and peaceful between fights. The issue also includes F Cope reporting eight days of shelling and fatigue duties then relief and return to activity. Charlie, a prisoner in Germany, writes of meals losses and longing for reading material while awaiting escape or exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Red Cross
France
Enzi
Alf Ryans
Mr. McIntyre
Wm. Earle
Birtle
F. Cope
Endcliffe Ladies Aid to Meet and Picnic Planned
Endcliffe The Endcliff Ladies Aid will meet on Thursday July 1 at Mrs Stevenson’s home. One member is requested to attend. A picnic will be held July at the football grounds with ladies asked to bring washers. Supper charges are 25 cents for adults and free for children. Proceeds go to Red Cross. An evening league football game is scheduled with a good time promised.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Endcliff- Ladies Aid
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THE
Serchants Bank * OF Canada
Russell Branch
H. C. Adams
JOY Gaheatre Mutual Movies
Zadora
Harrowby
Harrowby School House
E. Secker
F. M. Lee
Miss Davis
McKinnon
Wesley
Allen
Walker
Blamey
McRae
Whall
As Assippi
Jack McKay
Aessippi
Asessippi
Boulton
Grain Growes
S. S
Mr. Stevenson
Jock Tamson
Russell Sports
Ed. Armstrong
Union Christian Endeavor Society
Stise Hughena Plumb
Winnipeg
Nixon
Nora O'Keeffe
Lanigan
Swanthe
Glasgow
Scotland
Morley Clegg
Win
F. Agnew
Pedas People Ltd
Oshawa Ont
Binscarth
D McGilvray
David
Frank Woncrasek
Crosby
T Mclivor
Knox Church
Ted Symonds
Ladies of the Red Cross
Henry Murrell
Twe
Prizy— Russell
Yorkton
Newdale
Foxwarren
Ingleside
Pinscarth
Jim Hope
Wm. Sinclair
Bengston Bros
Mr. Blamey
Miniota
Binscorth
Presbyterian Church
Thompson
Farthing
E. B. Collins
Lee
Sec Treas
Amy Lee
Allan
Harry Cope
T Hilfslazarett, Hofjaeger
Magdeburg
Germany
Endcliffe
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