Municipal council leader marks 22nd year in office
War den Frank McNeil of Little Harbor presided over the 1946 session of the Pictou Municipal council the 22nd continuous year he has held this office. In Quebec Ste Anne de la Pocarière about 80 youths from various countries are taking a five week course at the agricultural college under the aid to youth plan in collaboration with the Dominion department of labor.
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Pictou
N.S
C.P
Frank McNeil
Little Harbor
Pictou Municipal
Ste. Anne DE LA Pocariere
Que
Agricultural College
Aid To Youth Plan
Dominion Department of Labor
Quebec Senior Hockey League teams head to Mexico exhibition series
Montreal and Ottawa Senators likely will travel to Mexico for a two week set of exhibition games in September. Quebec Aces are expected to join as a third participant in the event.
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Montreal
Mexico
Nnce
Montreal 'E
Ottawa Senators
Quebec Aces
Toronto Mayor Sees Progress in Good Neighbor Policy
Toronto mayor Robert Sandners asserts the good neighbor policy is gaining traction as his campaign aims to boost the city’s popularity. He notes residents may not yet love the city but they surely do not hate it as strongly as before.
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Toronto
Robert Sandners
London housing delays curb marriages in city
London civic officials report housing shortages thwart marriages as many couples postpone indefinitely due to inability to secure accommodation. The shortage compounds the city’s housing crisis and delays wedding plans across the community.
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London
Ont
Cupid
Winnipeg Could See Bench on Every Corner Plan
Returned serviceman F. G. Dagg proposes a 10 year option to form a company that would install between 500 and 1 000 benches on city streets under public improvements. The idea aims to turn Winnipeg into a city with benches on every corner.
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Winnipeg
F. G. Dagg
Dagg
Public Improvements Committee
Regina thieves show restraint as they steal in pieces
Regina residents report thieves who took a glass door knob then swapped it with another. Another culprit raided a nearly full house, stealing only two liquor bottles a bar of soap and two ration books. In Edmonton a missing Associated Airways pilot Dave Dyck was found near Faust Sask after two days of search by air.
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Regina
Eugene Ehman
Edmonton
Dave Dyck
Bert. Command
Faust
Sask
Associated Airways
BC Eggs Shipped to Britain Rated Excellent Quality
Western Canada Produce Association quotes British officials that Ministry of Food tests in Manchester and Liverpool found the overall quality of eggs shipped from British Columbia to England last October to be excellent. The report calls this shipment the best storage eggs Britain has received from Canada.
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Vancouver
Wemyss Reid
Western Canada Produce Association
British Ministry of Food
Manchester
Liverpool
British Columbia
England
Britain
Canada
Pine Falls United Church Cleared Of Debt At Annual Meeting
Pine Falls United Church reports its annual meeting on January 31 honors years of effort to remove mortgage debt. Church boards present debtor free finances as J. J. E. Lane and Rev. J. E. Jones address the gathering. A letter from J. King Gordon of New York is read, praising community effort and unity across denominations. Officers named for the coming year include C. B. Davies, E. Kahle, W. Mansell, Mrs. W. Lauchlin, and N. F. Walton.
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Pine Falls
J. W. Jackson
J. J. E. Lane
J. E. Jones
Home Mission Board
Ladies’ Association of the Church
J. King Gordon
New York
N.Y
Myron Turner
Philips
Billy
Mr. Fryer
Ings
Cooper
Fryer
Father Caron
Irvine
Canada
United States
Board of Stewards
Messrs. C. B. Davies
E. Kahle
E. Gretsinger
E. Frayne
Wm. Roy
R. Gohn
A. Kreuger
H. Dunfield
W. Mansell
Ladies’ Association
Springfield soldiers named on late arrival list
The Leader publishes additional Springfield service personnel arriving in Canada aboard the Queen Elizabeth. Names and next of kin include Sgt. L. G. Cameron and Mrs. L. G. Cameron from Pine Falls, Pte. J. Cowan and Mrs. T. Cowan from Lac du Bonnet, and Lance Corporal F. A. Fontaine with G. L. Fontaine from Pine Falls plus Pte. K. M.
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Canada
Leader
Springfield
L. G. Cameron
Pine Falls
J. Cowan
T. Cowan
Lac du Bonnet
F. A. Fontaine
G. L. Fontaine
K. M
Markets Quotations From Agriculture Department Column
Market quotations supplied by the Department of Agriculture's Market Information Service effective as of Monday noon.
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Department of Agriculture
Atomic energy use demands urgency amid harsh winter
Summerside P E L Journal notes that to make atomic energy useful, progress must come quickly while coal and granite furnace tasks grow tiresome and the mountains of snow remain an obstacle.
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Summerside P.E.L. Journal
Military Next of Kin Names Listed for RCAF F Personnel
The passage lists next of kin for RCAF personnel from Beausejour Pine Falls Lac du Bonnet and Great Falls including Cpl W S Jansson Mrs G E Jansson LAC G N McLeod Mrs A McLeod Pte E M Kirkness Mrs E Kirkness Rifleman J W Googel and Beausejour aircrew W J Lawrie LAC L Getz.
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E. M. Kirkness
E Kirkness
Kirkness
J. W. Googel
J. Googel
Beausejour
R.C.A F
W. J. Lawrie
L. Getz
Pointe du Bois social notes and local updates
Two Pinawa Curling Club rinks visited Pointe du Bois for two games on Saturday Feb 2. Guests enjoyed refreshments and discussed the North Eastern Manitoba Bonspiel with ideas for future events. Donations from a bazaar and whist drive bring the Welcome Home fund to 100 dollars.
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Pinawa Curling Club
Manitoba
M. Wentz
F. Tyndall
H. Leith
P. Walsh
A. Erickson
J. Thompson
A. Crampett
S. Replinski
E. J. Hawkes
Municipal Seed Cleaner To Start Monday
The Municipal Seed Cleaner will begin operations on Monday February 18 as spring approaches. It has run all winter and will now operate weekly cleaning wheat from Feb 18 to 23 oats Feb 25 to March 2 and barley March 4 to 9 with March dates to be announced later.
Seven Sisters News and Visits
Mrs W Gillies visited Winnipeg last weekend and Set E Ted Braund returned from overseas January 31. Braund and Mrs Braund visited his parents in Seven Sisters. Bruce Collis spent the weekend with the Harris family. Joy Craig Dorothy Coutts Marjorie Hudson Art and Bud Braund Ted Raines were home for February 1. Mrs G M Ambrose left February 5 for Winnipeg. Mrs M Wellband passed away in Misericordia Hospital. R Richter left for Great Falls.
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Ted) Braund
Bruce Collis
Winnipeg
D. Harris
Joy Craig
Dorothy Coutts
Marjorie Hudson
Art
Bud Braund
Ted Raines
G. M. Ambrose
M. Wellband
Misericordia Hospital
Local notices and hockey score highlight week
A community bean supper aids the Local Red Cross Society set for Friday in the Community Hall. Winnipeg visitors this week include Mrs. Oddleifson Rougeau Williams Ligertwood and Kearns. Mrs Everson visited Garson friends. The first junior hockey game of the season was Whitemouth 14 Seven Sisters 6 played Thursday February 7.
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Red Cross Society
Winnipeg
A. Oddleifson
J. E. Rougeau
A. S. Williams
H. Ligertwood
Kearns
Mrs. M. Everson
Garson
Cheel
Whitemouth
Seven Sisters
Home Makers Hear Extension Speaker at Lac du Bonnet
Miss Doris Baskerville assistant supervisor of the Boys and Girls Club Work of the Extension Service spoke to the Lac du Bonnet Foods and Nutrition Classes on February 7. She outlined Demonstrations Achievement Day and future activities and led a post talk quiz. The class began last September with a year one course Let’s Learn to Make Supper teaching soups egg dishes muffins quick breads desserts canning menu planning and serving skills. Mrs Brown leads the group meeting Mondays with two practice sessions in her kitchen, space permitting, and the girls enjoy cooking and sampling their results.
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Doris Baskerville
Extension Service
Department of Agriculture
Mrs. Brown
Miss Baskerville
Brown
University of Manitoba
Birthday Notices and Curling News From Pinawa
Pinawa notes mass birthday greetings for Jas Watson and Mrs W Loveridge. J Richards and M Pearson suffered flu. Irene and Ronnie Krampetz visited Winnipeg. M Wentz A Erickson J Thompson Pat Walsh compete in Manitoba Curling Bonspiel with Mrs A Erickson. Harvey Battram from Great Falls visits Pinawa. he fills in for Wentz in Winnipeg. Two rinks visit Point du Bois on February 2 led by M Wentz and H Leith.
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Jas. Watson
Sackville St
St. James
W. Loveridge
M. Wentz
A. Erickson
J. Thompson
Pat Walsh
Manitoba
Harvey Battram
Great Falls
Pinawa
Harvey
Mr. Wentz
Winnipeg
Point du Bois
P. Walsh
H. Leith
F. Tinndal
A. Kram
Queen of the Pine Falls Ice Carnival Contest
The Pine Falls Ice Carnival crowns a queen from three candidates Juliette Coulombe Marian McCulloh and Irene Lidstone. As of Sunday February 3 their votes stand 1294 1589 and 2252 respectively with Irene leading.
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Pine Falls
Irene
Marian
Juliette
Juliette Coulombe
Riverside Club
Marian McCulloh
Office and Woods Department
Irene Lidstone
Pulp and Sulphire
Pine Falls Ice Carnival set for February weekend
The Pine Falls Ice Carnival Committee announced a two day event with a 7 30 p.m. start on Saturday February 23 and a 1 30 p.m. matinee Sunday February 24. The show will feature ice tricks and new amplification equipment. Weather will be above freezing per the forecaster.
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Pine Falls
Roy Perry
Bob Farmer
Stromberg Carlson
Pinawa Notes Itinerary and Local Events
Miss Mona Texmo and Bob Pearson visited this weekend while Pinawa teams lost both games. Mr and Mrs H Leith traveled to Winnipeg for Miss Dorothy Hinds funeral. Pinawa Junior Red Cross to hold bazaar and dance at Pinawa Recreation Hall on Saturday February 16.
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The
Pinawa Junior Red Cross
Pinawa Recreation Hall
Notre Dame Parish Church Notes for February Events
Church notes list Masses for children and teachers on Saturday February 16 at 8 30 a m Septuagesima on Sunday February 17 Lac du Bonnet High Mass for Mr and Mrs Frank Allard at 11 a m catechism at 3 p m singing for girls at 3 45 Bene diction and Evening Prayer at 7 30 p m Next Saturday February 23 Mass for the children at 8 30 a m Sunday February 24 Sexagesima Sunday Lac du Bonnet High Mass at 11 a m sung for all parish ioners catechism at 3 p m
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Notre Dame
Lac du Bonnet
Frank Allard
Church Notices for Fort Alexander Pine Falls
Church of England schedules listed for Fort Alexander and Pine Falls. Fort Alexander holds Sunday services at 11 a.m. and prayer meetings on Wednesdays at 7 30 p.m. Pine Falls offers Sunday School at 11 a.m. and Sunday services at 7 p.m. Prayer meetings occur Thursdays at unknown time. Ladies' Guild meets every third Tuesday. Reverend W H J Walter and L Th Dur are noted as ministers.
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Church OF England
Fort Alexander
Pine Falls
M. Ladies’ Guild
W.H. J. Walter
L.th. Dur
Whitemouth United Church Sunday Service Notice
Whitemouth United Church invites members to Sunday services at 3 p.m. on each Sunday with Sunday School to be announced.
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Whitemouth
Church Services Schedule for Lac du Bonnet and Pointe du Bois
St. John’s Church Lac du Bonnet holds services on the second and fourth Sundays each month with Sunday School every Sunday at 2.30. St Mary’s Church Pointe du Bois offers services on the first and third Sundays with Sunday School each Sunday.
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Church OF England
St. John’s Church
Lac du Bonnet
St. Mary’s Church
Pointe du Bois
Price disparity at Lac du Bonnet Home Coming banquet
A letter from G H C Brown questions why two orchestras charged $36 and $16 for the Lac du Bonnet Manitoba event on December 19 1945. He notes both groups played under two and a half hours total and urges the Legion and local groups to prevent such differences in pay for volunteers and soldiers’ supporters.
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The
Springfield Leader
Lac du Bonnet
Manitoba
Legion
B.E.S.L
G. H. C. Brown
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Alex Brown
Endre Cleven
Deer Lodge Hospital
Andy
D. GC. Bryden
City Hydro Engineering
J. L. Comer
Winnipeg General Hospital
Mrs. Comer
Municipal Seed Cleaner
Seven Sisters Falls
Mrs. M. Evers
W. Gillies
R. Richter
By J. W. Wade
Mrs. H. Leith
Mona Texmo
J. Richards
M. Pearson
Yours Truly
Ronnie Krampetz
Tony Puga
Mipapes
Weatherman
Louis Lahaie
Petz
Paul Kyplanski
Bob Pearson
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