Thalberg Whist Drive and Raffle Benefit Greek Church
A Thalberg event raised 71 dollars for the Greek Catholic church building fund. Prizes were donated by local women, with Mrs. Harold Plischke and Casmir Hiady winning top whist prizes. Mike Slobodian and John Antymis won raffle first and second prizes. Weekend visitors and birthday and anniversary notices follow, plus a November 12 Farmers Union meeting where John Ostowopjich urged Wheat Board grain marketing and voting on November 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike Bendera
New Greek Catholic Church of
Farmers’ Union
Thalberg North School
John Ostopowich
Thalberg- Stead
Wheat Board
Local Society Notes From Pointe du Bois And Area
Ted Kerr of Red Lake nears January wedding as townsfolk share community updates. Women’s Auxiliary and Legion meetings at Mrs. B Halliday’s and the Community hall note raffles, bazaar profits of 166.74 and various host duties. Visitors include Billy Laurie on leave from Dartmouth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ted Kerr
Red Lake
Ted
St. Mary’s Church
S. Hodge
Lac du Bonnet
G. Oakley
Billy Laurie
R.C.N
Mrs. J. Laurie
Dartmouth
N.S
Quebec Engineer Loaned To Greece As Labor Expert
Gabriel Rousseau, a senior official from Quebec’s department of labor, is loaned to Greece to assist the UN International Labour Organization project. A graduate of Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal and MIT, Rousseau will spend a year standardizing curricula in Greece’s vocational training schools.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Greece
Department of Labor
Gabriel Rosseau
Grece
International Labor Branch
U.N. A
Ecole Polytechnique de Montreal
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rousseau
Beausejour Council Debates Sewage and Memorial Center Aid
Beausejour council met Tuesday at 8 pm in Town Hall with Mayor Oscar Russell and members H Fenning P Klchynski M Wolanin M Kolokoski. Delegates sought night sewage hauling and financial help for the Beausejour Brokenhead Memorial Center, resulting in a $1000 grant. The body also approved purchasing the old Red school for $1 and discussed building bylaw enforcement and magazine canvassing penalties. October expenditures totaled 1,089.75 for general and 32,823.00 for the electrical department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beausejour
Oscar Russell
H. Fenning
P. Klchynski
M. Wolanin
M. Kolokoski
J. E. Shelson
J. Wilgosh
J. Wozny
Derwent Street
Chamber of Commerce
B. Larson
E. Gretsinger
H. Kaatz
Dr. Kawecki
E. Kaatz
A. Greenberg
S. Beley
J. Rewacki
Council
Beausejour-Brokenhead Memorial Center
T. Bonner
Russell
Beausejour- Brokenhead Memorial Center
A. Bronstein
The
Canadian Legion
Wolanin
Shelson
A. Meyers
P. Bruchanski
Electrical Department
Pine Falls Curlers Meet In Annual Club Session
The Pine Falls Curling club held its semi annual meeting at the Chateau on Thursday evening November 15 with President J Aseltine presiding and C Rempel as secretary. Fees for the year were set at 15 dollars. Play offs for the President versus Vice President draw are planned for Christmas week with the banquet in January. Paper Town Bonspiel dates were set for February 21 22 and 23. The club has again entered the O Grady Challenge cup competition. A healthy interest in curling activities was noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Falls
Curling Club
Chateau
J. Aseltine
C. Rempel
O’grady
W.T.M
Inquest Held Into Rail Deaths Near Whitemouth
An inquest before District Coroner Dr. R. Giesbrecht and a jury in Whitemouth municipal hall examined the deaths of Walter Sinclair and Michael Steiner from a collision with a westbound train. Sinclair died at the scene. Steiner died at Winnipeg General Hospital. The jury found both died of head and body injuries, exonerated the train engineer, and criticized Canadian Pacific Railway for faulty lights on the train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Sinclair
Michael Steiner
R. Giesbrecht
Whitemouth
Sinclair
Streight
Steiner
Winnipeg General Hospital
Canadian Pacific Railway
V.E
Friendly Fellows Annual Banquet in Seven Sisters Falls
The Friendly Fellows held their annual banquet on Friday November 9 at the Seven Sisters Falls community hall with 87 guests. The Seven Sisters Falls Hospital Guild catered the dinner and after speeches guests returned to the Fellows hall for dancing, with Fred Duffy's orchestra providing music.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Friendly Fellows
Seven Sisters Falls
Seven Sisters Falls Hospital Guild
Fred Duffy
H.L
E Gretsinger to lead Associated Chambers of Commerce
Edward Gretsinger was unanimously chosen president for 1951 52 at the Pinewood hotel Powerview meeting on Monday November 12. W W Childe announced resignation as secretary due to time pressures. L A Prentice elected secretary treasurer to replace both Childe and R V Smith. Ramsay McIntosh named vice president. regional executives to be elected by district chambers. Next meeting set for Lac du Bonnet December 11 at 3 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward Gretsinger
Associated Chambers of Commerce
Pinewood Hotel
Powerview
W. W. Childe
Eastern Manitoba Development Board
L. A. Prentice
Childe
R. V. Smith
Ramsay McIntosh
S. Marcoux
G. Williams
F. Rogers
Department of Public Works
Armour Mackay
Bird River
Winnipeg
Lac du Bonnet
Memorial Centre
J.F.T
Council Meeting Resolves on Bridges Roads and Immigrant Aid
Rural Municipality of Brokenhead council met November 12 with Reeve Sinott presiding and councillors Nedusak Chryplywy Pleskacz Strecker present. Debates included Old Age Pension approvals and a bridge tender at N E 21 13 8 E, cost 2150, with materials supplied by the municipality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokenhead
J. S. Sinott
M.P
J. Nedusak
W. Chryplywy
J. Pleskacz
A. Strecker
J. J. Struss
A. Trapp
A. F. Trapp
M.L.A
Council
Rebecca Smith
Garson
John Nistiuk
Tyndall
Margaret McDonald
W. Golembieski
N.E
Lydiatt Road
Chryplywy
Pleskacz
Subscription Renewal Form Springfield Leader
A renewal form from the Springfield Leader newspaper based at Leader Bidg in St. James Manitoba requests subscription renewal details for continued home delivery. The notice notes account identifiers and payment options for ongoing service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Bidg
St. James, Man
Inglewood
Portage, St. James
Man
Eastern Manitoba Development Board Praised at Powerview Visit
Officials praised regional planning during a Lac du Bonnet Powerview luncheon and the Eastern Manitoba Chambers of Commerce meeting. G B Williams and A H Rogers, public works engineers, urged a unified regional approach to highway planning to serve the province and reduce mistakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sauveur Marcoux
Lac du Bonnet
Powerview
G. B. Williams
Department of Public Works
A. H. “Art” Rogers
Manitoba
Williams
Mr. Rogers
Eastern Manitoba Development Board
Roger
Chambers of Commerce
Rogers
Mani
Wins $150000 but keeps cool head in Irish Sweepstakes
Major Earl F. Hersey, an army wireless instructor at Camp Borden, Ont., earned 150000 with his horse Fleeting Moment winning the Irish Sweepstakes. The Fredericton, N.S. native, 40, will stay in the army three more years before retiring. He plans to take his wife to Italy, where he served in World War II, with part of his winnings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Earl F. Hersey
Camp Borden
Ont
Fredericton
N.S
Italy
Remembrance Day Service at Pine Falls
Residents veterans and ladies auxiliary gathered at the Pine Falls cenotaph at 10 a.m. on Sunday November 1 and met again at the Chateau for an evening service. Rev C A J King and Canon W H J Walter spoke, urging renewed effort to win lasting peace and honoring the sacrifices. Wreaths were laid by the Pine Falls branch 64 Canadian Legion and several organizations and individuals. The mixed choir directed by L Frayne with E Frayne at the piano performed as trumpet and bagpipes accompanied the service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Pine Falls
Chateau
C. A. J. King
United Church
W. H. J. Walter
Anglican Church
G. A. Stewart
King
No. 64
Canadian Legion
the Legion Ladies’ Auxiliary
Hudson Bay Company Limited
C. A. Johnson
J. L. Desilets
Manitoba Paper Company
The
North American Lumber Company
Record wood harvest highs mask low per acre yield
The pulp and paper industry reported a record wood harvest last year while the average yield was only one eighth of a card per acre across 140,000 square miles of forest leased to the industry, highlighting a gap between total output and per acre efficiency.
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R. F. Eadie
Winston Road
St. James
A. Ss. Williams
Bruce
Sybil Williams-Wahl
Nakomis, Sask
Thalberg
W. Ferens
John Antymis
H. Antymis
Pearl Husak
Fred Soluk
Waé’yl Stilkowsky
Tony Dwornik
Lethbridge
Alberta
Mike Sulkowski
Mike Pelak
Kenny and
Jerry
Sand Hill
Eugene Ferens
Elizabeth Ferens
Tony Lesosky
Stead
Dianna Rose
Brodie, S.D
Pearl Prokopec
Pete Lesosky
Pointe du Bois
Diane Upritchard
Women’s Auxiliary
Men’s Legion
B. Halliday
L. Comer
England
Women’s Auxiliary To the Legion
A. Pringle
F. Preston
R.N
Beausejour Council
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Toba
Canada
N.A.T.O
U.K
North Luffenham
Eisenhower
James Goodwin
Paradise
Roderick McLaren
Charlottetown
P.E.I
Joseph Desroches
Rosemere
Que
Michael Browning
Plantagenet
Lorne Hawkins
L.A.C
Don Beach
Trossachs
Stsk
Doug Laycock
Calgary
Bill Copeland
Vancouver
L. Frayne
E. Frayne
R. C. Fillett
W. J. McLeod
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