Abitibi Paper Co. Plans Six Week Home Economics Courses
Abitibi Paper Co offers six week home economics courses to educate Pine Falls women in urban level arts and skills. Enthusiasm ran high at Saturday’s meeting with enrollment targets met for several courses. Accommodation for classes remains a hurdle while plans wait on locating a suitable center. Mrs E Sterling will coordinate between Miss Thompson and local residents until final arrangements are set.
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Abitibi Paper Co. Ing
Paper Towns
E. Sterling
Blizzard Fails To Defer Beausejour Theatre Opening Crowds
Beausejour opens a new theatre despite a blizzard with a record crowd. Mayor L. J. Pulfer purchased the first ticket as community leaders celebrate this milestone, praising Meyer Gorenstein and the project’s achievement amid harsh conditions.
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Blizzard
Beausejour
L. J. Pulfer
M. Gorenstein
Pulfer
William Craik
the Royal Bank
Abramson
Meyer Gorenstein
Gorenstein
Whitemouth area notes include school chairmanship change
Geo Ressner named chairman of Lonely Dale School with H Kwast as trustee. Reports mention hospital stay for Geo Zachary in Kenora and a successful bid by Henderson Whitemouth Motor and Machine Co. for a large timber limit in Whiteshell Reserve, with a Hart Lake sawmill to operate.
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Geo. Ressner
Lonely Dale
H. Kwast
Geo
Zachary
Kenora
Karl E. Ciara
Whitemouth Hotel
Karl E. Curry
Misses Henderson
Whitemouth
Geo. Steiner
Lonely Dale School
Whiteshell Reserve
Messrs. Henderson
Whitemouth Motor and Machine Co
Hart Lake
Pine Falls and Vesta Van Mallen Social Notes
Bea Hall visits Pine Falls General Hospital while Doris Richards departs. A Jackson home party honors Doris Richards with a Good Luck cake. Welcomes Marjorie Freeman to the Pine Falls nursing staff. Walter Inglis mourns his father’s Winnipeg death. Roy travels to Toronto on business. Doris Richards returns home to Westbourne. Tanner hospitalised with arthritis.
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J. J. Jackson
Doris Richards
Jackson
Mesdames Foster
Allan Brown
Lillian Richards
Ruby Anderson
Yvonne
Lucille Beaubien
Grace Spence
Audrey Towler
Ruth Farmer
Pine Falls
Marjorie Freeman
Pine Falls General Hospital
Walter Inglis
Winnipeg
Walter
Elma Hit By Weeklong Western Canada Storm
Elma and western Canada endured a weeklong storm with blocked roads and drifted snow. Local business slowed as farmers stayed away, trains ran five to ten hours late, but wood and coal kept homes supplied and no chimney fires were reported. Ted North returned from Pickle Crow to stay with his brother W. F. North.
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Elma
Western Canada
Older veterans’ unemployment falls sharply in Canada
Ottawa reports that older veterans unemployment dropped from 16000 to 7000 since March 1946. The National Employment Service launched a drive through the Canadian Corps of Commissionaires to place older or disabled veterans in roles such as doormen receptionists watchmen elevator operators janitors and special police.
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National Employment Service
Canadian Corps of Commissionaires
Corps
Pointe du Bois Curling Club Hosts Winnipeg Visitors
An account from Lac du Bonnet notes the recent bonspiel success and warm hospitality. It lists officers elected at St Marys Church on February 2 and welcomes newborn Ricky Hawkes. It also mentions Winnipeg visitors, curling party members, and plans for a Legion Auxiliary bazaar on February 24.
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Lac du Bonnet
Garth Pickell
St. Mary’s Church
A. Brown
J. Garrett
S. P. Burbridge
J. R. Devaney
R. MacFarlane
Winnipeg
S. C. Trewhitt
The
Manitoba Curling Association
W. E. Lumsden
J. Dutton
H. Wells
R. F. O'Dowda
J. R. Woods
R. G. Wright
W. Youngman
W. R. McAlpine
E. McCauley
Unclear prices listed in faded advertisement
A fragment of an old ad shows prices like 4aSe¢ 28¢ and SS¢ 3 for 25¢ 2 for 45¢ with unreadable product names, indicating a damaged sale notice. The readable numbers suggest bulk offers, but the items cannot be identified from the fragment.
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B. J. Gerle Ladywood
P.O
Gable
Ladywood
Russell Funeral Home Ambulance Service
Russell Beausejour
Walter Hrysio Brightstone
M. J. Hoban
By Valerie Manchester
North Eastern Flour Mills
Jack Krassie
R.c.mp
Portage
J. Gorenstein
Esterhazy
Sask
MGM
Twentieth Century Fox
Warner Bros
United Artists
McCaine Electric
McCaine
Bill McCaine
J. McFadgen
Dave Gorenstein
Robert Watson
Edward Stevens
Harry Hasford
Charles L. Maybee
Lawrence Milbrandt
Manitoba
Alexis Lysy
Anne Baranski
Ernie Drewle
John Steiner
Eagle River
C. E. Geisbrecht
A. H. Cousins
Mike Bleda
Julius Bencharski
Massey Harris Co
Arthur Ans
Rennie
Sandy Cousins
Myrtle
Stonewall
Mrs. Geo. Smith
D. M. Wardrop
Tanner
Edith Robson
Dauphin
Edith
E. Gretsinger
Elizabeth
Roy Gretsinger
Mr. Gretsinger
Sturgeon Falls
Ont
Jack Sands
J. Souka
W. Lauchlin
Mrs. G. Stewart
Ed Aseltine
Carl McCulloch
Main
T. G. Erskine
Good Fellows
Carl Johnston
Scot's Hill
Henry Steiner
Joseph Reiman
Ed Millbrandt
Scot's Hill District
Edward de Reske
Leonora Pommer
Water Line
Jim Thomson
Margaret Merke
Anthony
Margie
Allan Karpos
Souris
Isabel Moss
M. Price
Jeffrey Allison
William Sudlitsky
John S. Sinnott
E. L. Gardiner
Dryden
Vesta van Mallen
Bea Hall
Wm. Roy
Toronto
R. Farmer
Westbourne
E Tanner
Ted North
W. F. North
Negedly
Sioux Lookout
A. Zubachek
Gordon Bandola
Farlane, Ont
Mrs. J. Bandola
Mrs. M. Chanway
City
William
Oscar
Karnival
Featuring Karnival
Ottawa
Pointe du Bois
R. E. Hawkes
Garrett
Jacqueline
Lorne
Beausejour Hotel
Beausejour, Man
Ridley
Johnson's Tale
Z.B.T
Ovina
Ostogen
Paulotex
New Theatre
Thurs
Sat
Anna
the King OF
Siam
Irene Dunne
Rex Harrison
Linda Darnell
John Garfield
Walt
Brennan
Standard Radio
W. Splett
Beausejour Legionnaires
Memorial
A.D. Friesen
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