Plan To Welcome Home Grenadiers Button Sale
Manitoban volunteers promote a Grenadiers fundraising effort to welcome returning Hong Kong troops. A twenty five cent button bearing Welcome Home Grenadiers will fund attire for the Grenadier headquarters at 194 Main Street and a living memorial club for former members and their buddies. Donations may be mailed to Grenadiers Winnipeg led by Major Canon W. J. Askey.
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Grenadier
Grenadiers
Manitoba
Winnipeg Grenadier Regiment
Hong Kong
Main Street
Winnipeg
W. J. Askey
Jamaica
New Baby Is No 1 Subscriber
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Ron Morrison on the birth of David George at Grace Hospital on September 25. He weighs six pounds seven ounces and is described as the first baby reported in the Leader's first edition. The family receives a one year subscription to the Leader with compliments.
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Ron Morrison
David George
Grace Hospital
Leader
Mummy
Dad
Soldier J E James Voiced Homeward from Hong Kong Route
Pte J E James of Lac du Bonnet pictured after liberation from a Japanese prison camp. He smiles with comrades as they travel from Hong Kong to Manila, marking the first leg of their journey home.
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Pte. J. E. James
Lac du Bonnet
Hong Kong
Manila
Transcona Man Named Coalition Candidate For Springfield
Transcona man Murdoch Mac ay was chosen by a coalition nominating convention at Oak September 24 to contest in Springfield. Nominee E. F. non, former MLA, led with M J Hoban of Begusejour and William Lucke of Hazel Glen as other candidates. Delegates numbered 126 with Liberal and Conservative representation. Chairman Henry Steiner of White Mouth presided. Premier Stuart-Garson, guest, spoke on finance and future plans.
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Akbank
Murdoch Macay
Oak
Springfield
E. F. Non
M.L.A
M. J. Hoban
Beguséjour
Wiliam Lucke
Hazel Glen
Henry Steiner
Whitemouth
Stuart-Garson
English Children Learn Welsh in London evacuees
Hundreds of London children returned from reception areas in Wales bring back Welsh language knowledge as part of their curious wartime education.
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London
Wales
New Weekly Springfield Leader to Serve Lac du Bonnet Area
Message From Premier notes careful planning and community potential in launching The Springfield Leader weekly. Editor praises Eastern Manitoba district centered at Lac du Bonnet as a promising field for public opinion and local, provincial, and national discourse.
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Springfield Leader
Manitoba
Lac du Bonnet
Springfield
The
Springfield Army Vets Returning From Overseas
Almost a dozen battle hardened veterans who served on battlefronts overseas are returning aboard the Ile de France and are due in Winnipeg this week. The group includes Pte. A. E. Boretzki Janow, Pte. R. W. L. Bruneau Lac du Bonnet, Pte. G. Lozinski Molson, Pte A. Raines Seven Sisters Falls, Pte. G. A. Thomas Balsam Bay, all with Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry, plus Pte. G. Clark Lanark and Renfrew Scottish Maniguogan, Gunner G. W. Stebbe Royal Canadian Artillery Beausejour.
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Winnipeg
Ile de France
Halifax
Springfield Warriors
A. E. Boretzki
Janow
R. W. L. Bruneau
Lac du Bonnet
G. Lozinski
Molson
A. Raines
Seven Sisters Falls
G. A. Thomas
Balsam Bay
Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry
Manitoba
G. Clark
Lanark and
Renfrew Scottish
Mani
Youthful Great Falls Hunters Bag 15 lb Grey Goose
LAC DU BONNET Bob Oakes of Great Falls brought in a 15 pound Canada Grey Goose with leg band No 809986 for biological survey in Washington DC. Also notes George Wood guiding bear shooting lessons and a large grandpa bear troubling his bee hives despite traps.
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Lac DU Bonnet
Bob Oakes
Great Falls
Alex McIntosh
Washington, D.C
Bob
George Wood
George
Plea for Used Clothing Drive in Lac du Bonnet
The National Clothing Collection Drive for the Canadian United Allied Relief Fund opened October 1. Reeve Omer Lavoie sponsors the local effort asking district support. Lac du Bonnet Community Hall will accept used clothing from 2 PM Saturday October 13 with a dance that evening for admission.
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Lac DU Bonnet
Canadian United Allied Relief Fund
Omer Lavoie
J. C. Uhlman
Winnipeg River powers Manitoba economy and growth
The Winnipeg River District fuels Manitoba hydro power, keeping electricity rates among the lowest in North America. Since 1906 the project spurred urban and rural development, expanding to 157 communities and exporting power south to the United States. Electric service lifted farm and industrial reach, prompting a 1942 electrification study that found enough power to electrify tens of thousands of farms within Manitoba.
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Winnipeg River
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Pinawa
Manitoba Power Commission
Commission
Dauphin
McAuley
Saskatchewan
Gretna
United States
Manitoba Electrification Enquiry Commission
Reader's Notice on Free Demos and Subscriptions
The Springfield Leader offers the first three issues free with subscription priced at $2.00. District representatives will collect subscriptions or receipts, or mail subscriptions directly to the office. Subscriptions mailed in will be credited to the district representative. Editor The Springfield Leader Leader Building St James Manitoba.
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Springfield
Message From Mayor Ferguson Urges Local Paper Support
In a six year wartime shift of focus, Mayor Ferguson calls for rebuilding by backing a local Eastern Manitoba paper. He stresses the press is vital for community unity, local development, and wartime spirit transitioning to peacetime cooperation.
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Manitoba
K. C. Ferguson
Springfield Leader to Serve Eastern Manitoba
Message from J S McDiarmid outlines Eastern Manitoba as a key development region for power, pulp and paper, mining, tourism, and air service. The Springfield Leader is seen as a vehicle for regional growth and resource prosperity. The note stresses Whiteshell Park and local industries as foundations of future wealth and employment.
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Manitoba
Department of Mines and Natural Resources
Springfield
Lac du Bonnet
Whiteshell
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England
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