Pointe du Bois School Praised As Western Canada’s Finest
The John J. Glassco School at Pointe du Bois in Manitoba is hailed as a top Western Canada school. It is modern and bright, with plans to add an auditorium someday. The accompanying photo shows company-owned homes at the Pointe with Mr. and Mrs. Alex Brown, the latter noted as Leader Representative at the Pointe.
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John J. Glassco
Pride of
Pointe du Bois
Manitoba
Canada
Pointe
the Pointe
Alex Brown
Brown
Transportation Pioneer Builds Bus Line From Small Start
Peter Hemenick, 210 pounds and 5'8\", began in 1925 with a 12 passenger Lawrie Wagon Co. bus in Winnipeg. His fleet now values about $100,000 with four buses plus three on order. He kept service running through war shortages, two buses logging half a million miles, total estimated 5,000,000 miles. He operates routes through Pine Falls, Libeau, Lockport, Tyndall, Beausejour, Lac du Bonnet and Great Falls with drivers Johnny Toews and Irvine Kaatz. Fares are about 20 percent lower than in the infancy of bus service. Married 20 years to Nettie Negrich, they live at 69 Braemar Ave, Norwood, with children Raymond, 18, Patricia, 17, and Shirley, 16, who attend Norwood Collegiate. Raymond wants to join dad in business but must stay in school.
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Peter Hemenick
Peter
Lockport
Lawrie Wagon Co
Winnipeg
Homenick
Hemenick
Pine Falls
Libeau
Tyndall
Garson
Beauejour
Lac du Bonnet
Great Falls
Johnny Toews
Irvine Kaatz
Beausejour
P.H
Raymond
Residents recount summer travels and returns to Great Falls
Mr Lawrence Lee spends a few days at home in Great Falls before resuming university. He worked in Seven Sisters over the summer. Sam Baker of Long Lake visited Great Falls then headed home by plane on September 23. Mr and Mrs J O Jones returned to Great Falls on September 20 after Winnipeg Beach holidays and praise the trip. The Surplises and Miss Mary Peck visited from Lansdowne Ontario, later traveling to Carman Manitoba before returning home. Thelma Lee arrived in Great Falls to spend five days with her parents before resuming university, after working at Winnipeg General Hospital. Keating of Winnipeg visited his daughter and son in law, G O Ortwein, in Great Falls.
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Lawrence Lee
Great Falls
Lawrence
Seven Sisters
Sam Baker
Long Lake
Baker
Mrs. J. O. Jones
Winnipeg Beach
Mrs. Jones
G. Surplis
Mary Peck
Lansdowne, Ontario
G. O. Ortwein
Thelma Lee
A. W. H. Lee
Miss Lee
Winnipeg General Hospital
New Houses At Pointe du Bois
Pointe du Bois presents model community housing built by the City Hydro. New and older cottages for employees and families are well kept and rented at moderate rates. Three riverside houses finished, four more in progress. first prefabricated homes at Pointe du Bois.
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Pointe du Bois
City Hydro
Small UK tractor ships with 25 ton towing claim
A newly marketed industrial tractor in the United Kingdom ranks among the smallest of its type. It can tow up to 25 tons on level ground and maneuver in confined spaces. The model features a 3 ft 4 in wheelbase, 6 in clearance, and a service weight of 30 cwt powered by a four cylinder Morris industrial petrol engine.
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United Kingdom
Morris
Wardrops Farm near Whitemouth Showcases 58 Year Old House
A Leader tour reveals D M Wardrops 375 acre farm west of Whitemouth with a tidy 11 room house aged 58. Mrs Wardrop described as a fine cook and active United Church worker. Their son Leslie, a University of Manitoba electrical engineer and Army signals captain, served in England and Australia.
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Whitemouth
David M. Wardrop
Springfield
Wardrop
United Church
Leslie
University of Manitoba
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
England
Australia
Pointe du Bois Opens Model Rural School in Western Canada
The new Pointe du Bois school is described as the finest rural school in Western Canada. The brick red reinforced concrete building replaces the old frame structure after a fire, featuring three classrooms a science room an office restrooms a kitchen and a full basement. It includes modern indirect lighting venetian blinds built in cupboards a cloakroom passageways a gymnasium with rings and parallel bars and a rifle range used by cadets. The school offers tuition from Grades 1 to 11 with an expected enrollment near sixty next season taught by a principal and an assistant, both female.
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Pointe du Bois
Canada
Pointe Ad Bois
Hydro
Butter ration changes under wartime board notice
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board states butter coupons R-22 to R-50 in old Book No 5 are not valid. New Book No 6 B coupons will be used for butter with R-26 becoming valid September 26. No butter coupons were valid on Thursday September 19. the ration remains as before.
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Prices and Trade Board
St. Peter and St. Paul Church at Ladywood Manitcoba
The Ladywood church, dedicated to St. Peter and St. Paul, was built in 1936 when funds were tight. It is now paid for with a few thousand dollars in the bank. The incumbent is Father C. Litowski.
Young UK boy builds racing car to beat record
Fourteen year old Alexander Watson of the United Kingdom is constructing a model racing car in his home cellar to challenge the national speed record of 74.3 mph. He is the youngest member of the British Model Car Club, which meets monthly at an airfield in Bedfordshire about 100 miles from his home. he bikes there to watch contests.
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United Kingdom
Alexander Watson
Alexander
British Model Car Club
Bedfordshire
England
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Liberal
Progressive
Ass'n
Manitoba Liberal Progressive Association
Diamond Furs
By Garth Pickell
Mrs. G. Surplis
Carman
D. M. Wardrop
Ladywood Church
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