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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jan 19, 1917
Page
1
Wartime letter from Serg W Boyle of the 183rd now serving as a medical orderly notes quarantine in England and training in Canada. He details duties with medical staff, jokes about being called The Doctor, and mentions awaiting orders to join Tisdale’s battalion for France.
The Belgian Relief Committee held its annual meeting with C. Hargreaves elected president and a treasurer appointed. The report noted funds received in the year including Christmas tables and acknowledgments to donors and families.
A letter from a private in Camp Surrey England reports a quiet season with thanks for kindness from town friends and medical staff. He notes a holiday dinner of turkey and plum pudding, adds a boxing match in the dining room, and wishes a happy and prosperous New Year to readers.
The General Superintendent of Missions will visit the Methodist Church in Tisdale for a missionary anniversary. Dr Darwin preaches at Salopian School Sunday Feb 4 at seven and at Golburn at 230 p m the same day. Prince Albert District Meeting follows Feb 5–6 with public meetings to be announced. Keep Monday Feb 26 open for further events.
Four local youths were medically approved for the Royal North West Mounted Police and will report at Prince Albert next Tuesday. The signing recruits are Alec Kennedy, Wilson Bray, Jack Howe, and Karl McMurdo, with more expected to follow in the district.
Robert Melrose and Gladys Miller were married at the Parsonage on Wednesday January 17 and returned to their home at Arbhor Field.
Bailey family welcomes a daughter born January seventeenth to Mr. and Mrs. Clement Bailey of Midhurst Farm South Tisdale. Walsa couple welcomed a child on Monday January fifteenth to Mr. and Mrs. Walsh.
The Methodist Chiarth in Star City is self sustaining. Golburn Valley School raised five dollars for Red Cross Funds. An annual ratepayers dance for Tisdale district is planned in public schools on Saturday January 27 at two PM. The Orangemen dance is set for February with masks required until eleven. Rev R T Young will conduct services in Valparaiso on the topic Thy people shall be My people and thy God my God. Public school hours revert to normal Monday replacing the winter schedule of one oclock. Cockey tournament next Tuesday night in the Orange area. Travelers are advised some may be arra...
A ten member Provincial National Service Board for Saskatchewan has been appointed by the director of National Service. At the first meeting in Eldersley the board outlined plans to census all men and women ages 16 to 65 across the constituency, recording vocations and details for Ottawa.
The Royal Northwest Mounted Police announces recruiting for two regiments under military authority. Eligible men aged 18 to 35 with height around five feet six inches may enlist for a year of service. Pay is $1 per day plus a $20 monthly boat allowance for married men. Duties not yet defined but expected to be in the south soon.
Nat D G M Leek officiated as 73 to the delight of cal co officials at the meeting. Mr K of Battleford addressed the gathering on the Wyllie Memorial Fund honoring the founder of the 10 C F in Canada. Supper followed at Bro Sleight’s home.
The Silver Stream Agricultural Society held its annual meeting on a Saturday afternoon. J. Marshall was reelected president, with C. A. Whitbread as secretary treasurer and T. Marshall as vice president. New directors elected included Mr. Randall and several long-time supporters. A jumble sale, concert and dance at Silver Stream school on March 2 were planned to raise funds. The meeting stressed community farmer participation, improvement of the fair, and openness to suggestions to boost local support.
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