Former Shellmouth Boy Wins the Victoria Cross
Former Shellmouth resident Leonard Kevzor, aged 29, serving with the Australian Expeditionary Force, earned the Victoria Cross after injuries at Gallipoli. He left Canada at 17, spent years in Manitoba, later moved to Australia, and fought in Egypt and Gallipoli before being wounded on August 7. Now in London, his mother recalls him as a daredevil.
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Shellmouth
Winnipeg
London
Eng
Leonard Kevzor
Australian Expeditionary Force
Canada
Manitoba
Australia
Egypt
Dardenelles
Local News Bits From Russell Area In Late October
Local items note Lord Kitchener recruiting 3,000,000 more volunteers while harvest weather aids threshers. Notices of services, tax sales, and society meetings fill the week from Oct 23 to 28. Dances, church unions, and Red Cross drives mingle with obituaries, farm notices, and travel to Winnipeg.
Asessippi threshing yields and local notices
Readerable notes recount Joe Lougheed’s field yielding 52 bushels per acre on 35 acres. Meeting notice for Asessippi Royal Templars of Temperance on Thursday Oct 28 at 340 pm. Red Cross drive asks threshing gangs for donations and urges broad district support citing wartime losses and sacrifice. Death of Mrs. Thomas Greenshields aged 81 in Binscarth area with funeral and interment details.
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Joe Lougheed
Asessippi
Royal Templars of Temperance
Thomas Greenshields
Andrew Fraser
Binscarth
Greenshields
Glasgow
Farm stock sale of Frank Hallam by Geo R Case
Auction notice for the sale of farm stock and implements of Frank Hallam on Friday October 29. Geo R Case serves as auctioneer.
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Frank Hallam
Bio-earth
Geo. R. Case
Silverton Indian Summer Parade of Church News
Silverton notes celebrate a church Sunday with a “Joe” home anecdote, a Red Cross prayer meeting yielding about 25 dollars, and a Harvest Thanksgiving service praised by Rev. Sec ker. Visits from John Kippan of Carlyle to his brother Jas A Kippan are reported alongside improved health for Jas Kippan and an upcoming sock shower at 8:30 p.m. Friday.
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John Kippan
Carlyle, Sask
Jas. A. Kippan
Jas. Kippan
Silverton
Angusville Red Cross Reorganizes and Gifts Shower Details
A gentleman with an automobile visited Angusville from Russell on Sunday October 16 to post notices for The Grain Growers Grain Co. The Angusville Red Cross Society has reorganized with Mrs. James Bell as president and others in key roles. A recent handkerchief and towel shower yielded nine dozen handkerchiefs eight and a half dozen towels thirty sheets and eleven dollars in cash. A seek and pillow shower followed last Friday with more items arriving.
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Russell
Grain Co
G. G G. Co
Angusville
Angusville Red Cross Society
James Bell
McLavish
Miss V Switzer
Miss McDonald
Binscarth Residents Visit Winnipeg and Nearby Friends
Binscarth Mrs. Small and her children traveled to Winnipeg to visit relatives this week. Reg Orr of Saskatoon arrived Saturday and departed yesterday with Mrs Reg Orr. A. W. Jollye and wife stayed with Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson at Foxwarren from Sunday to Tuesday. H. A. Athey, Northern Crown Bank Saltcoats manager, and family were guests of the Fowlers on Thanksgiving. A night railway station operator is now in place and the flyer train has run through at night, last Saturday morning.
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France
Mt.t
Banner Office
H. Halling
F. J. Halling
Russell
Kamsack
Mr. Halling
Roblin
Millwood News Roundup
Millwood notes report Mr Martin Swada returning home from St Boniface in improved health. Harry Lazenby loses a four year old milch cow along the C P R right of way this week. Grain growers complain the C P R K loading platform remains unexpanded despite a ruling, risking inconvenience. Threshing largely done, with routes active. High yields noted, including Mr Wm McKinnoan at 62 bushels per acre and 6,000 bushels total. Mr W P Storey ships the first car of wheat with near 7,000 bushels.
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Martin Swada
St. Boniface
Harry Lazenby
C.P. R
Altho
Grain Commission
C. P. RK
Wm. McKinnoan
W. P Storey
Russell Red Cross Society Urgent Fund Drive and Event
An empire wide appeal for Red Cross funds is noted with $25 given to the secretary from Thanks giving day proceeds and a $400 cheque acknowledged to Chas F Roland, Winnipeg. A Silver Tea at Mrs Smellie’s home is planned for Oct 23 with Mrs Smellie and Mrs Sharman supervising, and entertainer Walter McKaye visits Russell on Nov 4 under Red Cross auspices with 50 cent admission.
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Empire
Red Cross Society
Chas. F. Roland
Winnipeg Red Cross
Smellie
Sharman
Walter McKaye
Russell
Russell Red Cross Society
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the Empire
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Lord Kitchener
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Great West
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Newdale
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T. B. Pierson
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General Board of Sunday School
Presbyterian Church
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Christ
Red Cross
R. W. Patterson
Ladies Aid
Belgium
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Millwood
EB. A. Schwalm
H M Hanson
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A Lorimer
Walker
A McDougall
A Lavcock
A Sutherland Cee
FE Pagan
Ruby Stevenson
Fred Carr
Ewe Wren
Mr. W Stewart
Mrs. H Hooper
Miss Langley
Mr. Modenan
Mrs. W Clegg
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