Local Place Names List Across Manitoba Areas
A compact listing of towns and regions including Lac du Bonnet Pine Falls Whitemouth Janow ELA Seven Sisters Pointe du Bois Great Falls St George Brightstone Lowland Springwell Pinawa Bird River Lettonia Bissett Fav lorable Lake Red Lake.
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Lac DU Bonnet Pine Falls
Seven Sisters Pointe DU Bois
Great Falls
ST. George
Brightstone
Springwell
Bird River
Lettonia Bissett
Favorable Lake
Red Lake
Smiler Steve Yormula Charms 4000 At CPR Station
The Winnipeg Grenadiers caused a crowd of 4,000 at the CP R station last Tuesday night when Pte Steve Yormula of Molson, nicknamed Smiler, grinned and joked with reporters. He said he made the crowd laugh in camp and even teased the Japanese soldiers, hoping to get a reaction, while displaying his famed teeth.
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Molson
Winnipeg Grenadiers
C.P.R
Pte
Steve
Smiler) Yormula
Smiler
Jack Osmers Injured in Car Accident
Winnipeg Electric patrolman Jack Osmers sustained a shoulder injury when the rail car he rode in collided with a car in Great Falls. Accompanying passengers Mr. Shore and Mr. Smith were admitted to Pine Falls hospital but later released. The automobile occupants suffered no injuries and Osmers party returned home hours after hospital treatment.
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Great Falls
Jack Osmers
Winnipeg
Osmers
Shore
Mr. Smith
Pine Falls Hospital
Hungry Nine Win Whitemouth Fastball League Final
The Hungry Nine defeated Oldenberg players 29 to secure the league trophy donated by the Seven Sisters Community Club. Presentation followed by Phil ing Mars, S.S.F. Community Club president.
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Whitemouth
lIn
Hungry Mine
Oldenberg
Hungry Nine
Emerg- 29
Seven Sisters Alls
Phil
Ing Mars
S.S.F
Lub
Mrs J F Helwer of Libau Passes On
Libau resident Mrs Katherine Helwer aged sixty died Tuesday in Selkirk General Hospital after 22 years in the Libau district. Survived by husband John Fred Helwer four sons Frederick David Robert and Alex all of Libau and seven grandchildren. Funeral service held Sunday at the Lutheran Church Libau with burial in the churchyard cemetery Rev E Schiewe officiating.
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Libau
Katherine Helwer
Teasday
Selkirk General Hospital
John Fred Helwer
Frederick
David
Robert
Alex
Libeau
E. Schiewe
George P. Phillips Passes Away
Pointe du Bois Manitoba resident George Patton Phillips 82 former member of the 78th battalion died Thursday in Middlechurch Old Folks home He served in the First World War Funeral Saturday at Kerr chapel officiated by Rev C C Landon burial in Brookside cemetery military plot
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Pointe DU Bois
George Patton Phillips
Man
Middlechurch Old Folks
78Th Battalion
Kerr
C. C. Landon
Brookside Cemetery
German POWs Help Ontario Paper Mills Cut Pulpwood
German prisoners of war assisted Northern Ontario paper mills by cutting nearly 1,000,000 cords of pulpwood this year, relieving a critical industry shortage, officials disclosed.
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Geraldton
Ont
Ontario
Beaconia Soldier Returns After Liberation From Nip Attack
Pte. Joseph Ateah of Beaconia Manitoba, a popular member of the Winnipeg Grenadiers, was met by friends and family as he arrived in Winnipeg Tuesday night. A small crowd from his home district welcomed him after his release, with his brother and aunt among those waiting.
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Joseph Ateah
Beaconia
Man
Winnipeg Grenadiers
Winnipeg
Pte
Ateah
Local News From Pinawa and Surrounds
Mrs. W Walsh visits Winnipeg sister and nephew Glen MacPherson returns home after six years overseas. Local boys in England awaited home letters as Pat Walsh Robert Pearson and Willie Ullstad near embarkation. Hunters Axel Erickson Vic Vickner Joe Sparman Alex Dancut Ken Hunter just back from Shell River trip. Numerous visits, Thanksgiving gatherings, and moves noted among Pinawa families and Winnipeg visitors. A. Byman sells car. A Bradley visits Chicago. Pte A Bernard welcomed birth of baby. Red Cross Masquerade Dance slated at Pinawa Hall. Major local names include Erickson Hunter Gibbons Peacock Wentz Swagger Waite and others.
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Mrs. W. Walsh
Winnipeg
Mrs. MacPherson
Mrs. Walsh
Glen MacPherson
England
Pat Walsh
Robert Pearson
Willie Ullstad
Axel Erickson
Vic Vickner
Joe Sparman
Alex Dancut
Lac du Bonnet
Ken Hunter
Shell River
Baby Girl Born to Mr and Mrs Ed Johnston
Baby girl arrives in Great Falls on Friday October 5 with proud parents Mr and Mrs Ed Johnston. Other local notes mention Bill Johnston’s return on October 9, Fensom moving to Poplar Avenue with children Donald 14 Peggy 9 enrolling in school, Edwin Wilde visiting relatives, and Johnnie McLean’s return to work downtown before Army discharge. Thanksgiving weekend visits include Lawrence Lee Thelma Lee and Johnnie Samwald with wife Lee. High School Beaver Club hosts October 26 Halloween Masquerade Dance for Red Cross funds.
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Mrs
Ed. Johnston
Fensom
Power House
Poplar Avenue
Donald
Peggy
Great Falls
Johnnie Samwald
Lee
W. A. Fraser
Beaver Club
Anderson Hall
Red Cross
Oakbank Woman Injured in Hotel Reception Fall
Helen Chorney, 21, of Oakbank, was dancing at a wedding reception in the St. Regis Hotel when she slipped on a waxed floor, fracturing her right arm just below the elbow. She was taken to Winnipeg General Hospital at 10:15 p.m. Tuesday. her condition was described as fairly good on Thursday.
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Oakbank
Helen Chorney
Winnipeg General Hospital
St. Regis
Miss Chorney
C C F Winner George Olive Seen Likely MLA Hopeful
C C F supporter George Olive, a longtime member since the party’s inception, led rival Dr. Murdock McKay by about one thousand votes before final tallies. Olive, born in England and educated in the country, has served on Transcona council and was mayor for nine years. In St Clements, N J Stryk Coalition, Wilbert Dongleko C C F, and Andrew Bileski Labor Progressive ran closely.
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George Olive
C.C.F
M.L.A
Springfield
Olive
Murdock McKay
England
Transcona
St. Clements
Red Lake Man Gets 9 Months
Robert William Moberly of Red Lake Ontario received nine months in jail with hard labor for stealing a wrist watch and 94.50 cash from a fellow worker after arriving in Winnipeg. He had a prior record. Canada's ninth and biggest Victory Loan begins on October 22 and will be two loans in one over 12 months, aiming above 1.35 billion dollars.
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Red Lake
Robert William Moberly
Ont
Winnipeg
Canada
Help Yourselves H K Prisoners Get Extra Rations
Ottawa arranges special food rations for released Hong Kong prisoners for three months. Special coupons allow 50 percent more butter and sugar and 100 percent more meat than the current ration rules.
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H.K
Ottawa
Hong Kong
Saturday Night Show Supports National Used Clothing Drive
Lac du Bonnet hosts a Saturday night concert and dance to back the National Used Clothing Drive. Local teachers organized a program with Verna Brown recitations, Miss McMahon tap dance, J. Rube French song, Choma Kowalchuk Highland Fling, Betrus Chorney Swetz Ukranian Folk dance, and school children performing with UN flags. Bishop Lofthouse spoke on the drive, C. Mroz chaired, Fred Duffly's orchestra provided music, lunch proceeds go to buy more clothing, hall and services donated. Donations to be tallied later by Mrs. C. Uhliman.
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Lac DU Bonnet
Verna Brown
Petit Miss McMahon
J. Rube
Shirley Choma
Minnie Kowalchuk
Jean Betrus
Natalie Chorney
Florence Swetz
United Nations
Bishop Lofthouse
Keewatin
C. Mroz
Fred Duffly
Local Ambassador Offie N Z LAC DU BONNET
In LAC DU BONNET last week Mrs. L J Jarvis formerly Bertha Kowalchuk will join her husband in New Zealand. Warrant Officer Jarvis of the Royal New Zealand Air Force recently returned from overseas duties and the married couple. They wed July 14 and he arranged her passage homeward to New Zealand to serve as an ambassador of Canadian goodwill.
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Lac DU Bonnet
L. J. Jarvis
Bertha Kowalchuk
New Zealand
Jarvis
Royal New Zealand Air Force
Canadian hunter bags 31 starlings with single shot
Allan Borer of Clappison's Carnera fired at a flock of starlings taking off from a field and shot down 31 birds in one blast, ending a successful hunting moment.
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Hamilton
Allan Borer
Clappison
Carnera
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Grenadiers
Yormula Lough
Grenadier
J. F. Helwer
George P. Phillips
Pinawa
Mrs. H. Leith
W. J. Leith
Calgary
Bernice Scott
Yellow Knife
Bill Hutchinson
R.C.A.F
H. Leith
Nelson Hands
B.C
Nelson
Krampety
F.C
Alvin Heaney
Pearson
M. Pearson
Mrs. Middlecote
Helen Ryplanski
Eddie Wentz
Miss Pear
Wentz
M. E. Wentz
Mrs. Moen
Mrs. J. Gibbons
Mr. Gibbon
Mrs. Gibbons
A. Byman
Mrs. A. Erickson
Mrs. A. Bradley
Chicago
U.S.A
M. Wenty
David Swagger
Saskatchewan
Mrs. Swagger
Stonewall
A. Bernard
Pinawa Hall
Harold Waite
Mrs. H. Erickson
Jas. Willick
Sisters Falls
H. Campbell
Betty Jean Thorbergson
the “Green Shirt” Club
Bill Johnston
Havng
Edwin Wilde
Mrs. O. Wilde
Johnnie McLean
Johnnie
Mud Falls
Army
Lawrence Lee
Thelma Lee
A. W. H. Lee
C.C.F. Winner
Offie N.Z
Leader Bldg
St. James
St. James, Man
The
Springfield Leader
James
Springfeld Leader
Mal
P.O
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