Games and Fisheries Meet and Local News Digest
A Games and Fisheries meeting was held on April 15 with W Craik elected President and A Waddell as Secretary. The group discussed crow shooting bounties and forming a Sunday shooting club, plus plans for a live game film next month. Beulah Mullins married Jack Sosrin of Kentville NS at the groom’s home and will reside in Kentville. Fred Beally finishes exams at the University of Manitoba pursuing chemical engineering, visiting Brokenhead for holidays. Steve Berczuk spends a month with his parents in Beausejour before returning to Fort Frances hospital for further checks and is on sick leave. P Langille of Beausejour visits Easter with sister Mrs S Jones in Elk horn. A Ladywood-Cromwell district poultry club forms under Agricultural Rep Mr Howe. leaders include Mrs I Ilchena, President Miss Florence Kohare, VP Joe Szajewski, Sec Lyla Ichena. Born to Mr and Mrs L Steffes, a daughter on April 8. Oscar Russell and Ben Fenning return from a business trip to Fort William and points east, visiting Port Arthur, Dryden, Rennie, and Dr W G Riddell. A new 350-seat theatre is planned by Meyer Gorenstein in Beausejour costing about $30,000 beside Beausejour Hotel with modern amenities. Fred Klym of Greenoak starts seeding on April 10 per S Ferens. Easter Monday’s event at the Brokenhead Agricultural Society’s grounds in Beausejour is noted with a birth reported April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W Craik
A. Waddell
Ladywood-Cromwell
Ladywood Poultry Club
Agriculural
Howe
I. Ilchena
Florence Kohare
Joe Szajewski
Lyla Ichena
Winnipeg Residents Visit Aitkenheads and Hill Families
Ed Malkeske notes visits from Mrs. W Aitkenhead of Winnipeg to her son Mr Tom Aitkenhead and others from Winnipeg to the Hill home on Easter Sunday. The town hopes for a resident doctor soon. A surprise party for Mr and Mrs Wm Dunn on Good Friday yielded a $30 purse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wm. Dunn
Automatic dual wash machine showcased in London
A new British electric device claims to outperform the tractor for households by washing clothes and dishes. It requires no installation, uses one kettle of hot water for six place settings, dries a load in thirty minutes, and fits a compact two by thirty six inch enamel cabinet. Also notes wartime newsprint limits keep papers lean, with per capita usage plunging from 60 to 11 pounds during 1938-44.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
War Nurse To Lieut N's Hutchison Poem Dedication
A Manitoba mother Mrs. M. Hutchison of Pine Falls dedicates verses to her son Lieutenant F L Hutchison in a memorial poem. The lines ask the fallen soldier to be his mother’s eyes ears hands and kin as he rests in a consecrated grave.
Siouxs and Brionx and Vioux Vioux in a joke column
The piece parodies lines about Siouxs and Brionx and Vioux Viouxz alongside several jokes. It recalls a dad son fund request and a brewer gag about lager heads and beer lines. It notes PO Ross Ireland of Vancouver engineering a beer mug project once aboard a submarine.
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Siouxs
Brionx
Vioux Viouxz
PO. Ross Ireland
Vancouver
North Atlantic
Pulp and Paper Shortage Linked to Currency and Labor
Shortage hinges on Britain's lack of hard currency to buy pulp and paper from Sweden and Canada, with labor shortages in United Kingdom mills contributing to the bottleneck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Britain
Sweden
Canada
United Kingdom
Wisdom canmark censage over praise deceiving many
A compact aphorism notes that few people choose censage for its usefulness over praise that misleads them, highlighting the value of honest assessment.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Mrs. J. Hayes
Brauseiour, Man
Pyene
Stendard
Espert Radio and Washing Machine Service
Beaucejour Lac du Bennet
Johnny Wiesmuller
Brenda Joyce
Johnny Sheffield
Acquanetts
Fred Macmurray
Eddie
Lynn Bari
Lioyd Netan
Charlies Bickford
Thomas Mitchell
James Giessen
P. E. Kozak & Co
Horodyski's Furniture
By George Stedde
Fred Beally
Brokenhead
University of Manitoba
Fred
Steve Berczuk
Beausejour
Steve
Fort Frances
Fort Frances Hospital
P. Langille
Mrs. S. Jones
Elkhorn
Manitoba
Mrs. L. Steffes
Oscar Russell
Ben Fenning
Fort William
Points East
Oscar
Ben Visted
Bill Scheibler
Port Arthur
Dryden
Ontario
W. G. Riddell
Mrs. J. Cheap
Rennie
Meyer Gorenstein
Fred Klym
Greenoak
S. Ferens
Dent Feeget
Adolph Rattal
Ed. Malkeske
W. Aitkenhead
Winnipeg
Tom Aitkenhead
R. Hill
Jim Aitkenhead
West Coast
Anne Christinson
J. Buss
P. R. Paulsen
Elphinstone and Erickson
Len Aitkenhead
Norman Ans
Firestone
A.d.friesen
FORD
Monarch
Imperial OW
Parmak
Mitchell's
Resusejeur, Man
N’s
Helen Hutchison
En Garth Pickell
Rus
Spondulors
Russ
England
Palladium Music Hall
M. J. Hoban
C. H. Bethel
Imperial Oil Agent
Doctor's Office
Beausejour Beauty Shoppe
Hazel Snair
Chryplywy Bros
Ladywood
Renshaw Funeral Home
Wilgosh, Myr
Vsejour
Ambulance Service
Rvbcela Sravoesour
Ban
Commodore Cafe
W. R. Bethel
Junior
Swift
Man
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