Party Line reminiscences from Beausejour columnist
W W W Chil de writes from Lac du Bonnet region about local events, weather threats, and community notes. He recalls movie misnaming, mentions Edger Rice Burroughs and Rider Haggard, reports on hurricanes, Dominion Day plans, highway projects, and a crowded D Day anniversary party. He closes with a humorous Dugout note from a surprise wife’s birthday party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Solomon’s Mines
Edgar Rice Burroughs
Rider Haggard
Frank Teare
Bill
Allen Quarterman
Allan
Local notes from Tyndall area include visits and events
Community items report guests at local homes, a Winnipeg visit and summer plans, a McGill graduate now working in Montreal, family movements to new homes, a hospital appendix operation, a boy staying with relatives, one baseball game lost 13 11 to Oak Bank, field day results with Garson winning the cup and Tyndall the baseball award, first men’s softball with a 18 13 score in favor of Tyndall, a Garson ladies silver tea, and a fire destroying a brooder house at E J Tucker’s home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Les
Alex MclIntosh
Royal Bank
Havana
Cuba
McIntosh
S.S.E
N.N.E
Bahamas
Here
Keys
Garson
Tyndall
Sebright
Hazelglen School
Garson School
Hazelglen
St George News Roundup and Family Notices
Joachin Menard has left us for San Clara Manitoba. Mr and Mrs M Letourneau and P Desgagner and Mrs M Des Lauriers visited E M Bouvier. Mr and Mrs Oscar Dube motored to St Pierre Manitoba. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Tom Marcotte on the birth of a son Jimmy. Mr and Mrs A Lafremiere moved to St George. Mr and Mrs Noel Lemire attended Yvette Lemire wedding in St Pierre. Mr and Mrs A C Bouvier and Mrs Carl Vincent drove to Winnipeg last week. A nearby house nearly burned as neighbors fought to save it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Lockport
Red River
Eastern Manitoba
Selkirk
Joachin Menard
San Clara
Manitoba
Tom Marcotte
Jimmy
Noel Lemire
St. Pierre
Mr. Lemire
Yvette
A. C. Bouvier
Carl Vincent
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Canada
Britain
Beausejyour
Co. Machorek
S. H. Melintyre
Great Falls
Lyric Theatre Beausejour
Billy the Kid
the Kid From
Texas
Audre Murphy
Gale Storm
Richard Widmark
Paul Douglas
Lyric Theatre
W. W.W. Childe
Frank
W. S. Kennard
Burroughs
Les Shapland
Florida
J. S. Sinnott
M.P
Department of National Defence
Beausejour and
Joe Bellan
Lac du Bonnet
W.S.K
Wife
Department of Public Works
Powerview
Pine Falls
Chamber of Commerce
Steve Velie
Rudy
Melody Knights
Riverland Hall
Albert Trapp
M.L.A
St. Clements
Provincial
Fort Churchill
North
Wyoming
Arctic
Joe Brook
Laurie June Bush
Clarence Bush
Beausejour
Clarence
Leader
Hansard
Trans-Canada Highway Inquiry
Ontario
Springfield
Robert H. Winters
Grand Beach Highway
Brandt Construction Co
Steinbach
Grand Beach
Hank
Grand Beach- Beausejour
U.S
Harry Truman
Congress
United States Marines
U.S.A
Freddie
Order of the Eastern Star
D.S.T
Normandy
Dale Avenue
The
Invaders
Mesdames G. Beger
J. Golembioski
H. Litke
L. A
Wawryshyn
R. Kapalik
Ed. Wenzoski
Albert Blair
Glen
McGill University
Montreal
Paul Onisko
Marilyn
Mrs. Onisko
Frank Roth
Beausejour Hospital
Little Frankie
Mike Roth
Oakbank
Garson Ladies
E. J. Tucker
Canadian Consolidated Grain CO. Ltd
Chlordane Machines
Regdl
R. Fiebelkorn
Massey-Harris
St. George
Noella Bouvier
Oscar Dube
Man
Mrs. A. Lafremiere
Berlon
RED & White Store
Whitemouth Man
Vic Towle
ST. Ouens
Russell Funeral Home
William Kirlik
Flora
Web
Your International Harvester Dealers
Dreffs & Batenchuk
Bird River District
Brightstone Co-operative Society
Brightstone P.O., Man
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