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Newspaper
Tisdale Recorder
Location
Tisdale, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1917
Page
1
Silver Stream residents organize a social, concert, and dance for February 6 to benefit the Red Cross Funds. The program features gramme of songs recitations and plays including Away Down East Outwitting the Colonel The Moose Trap and For Love and Honour. Admission is 25 cents with a packed house expected.
Eight players form four teams met in Orange Hall for a village checker tourney. Each man played two games against each opponent, totaling around eight per player. The event ran to 11 30 with coffee and sandwiches. The winner was J. J. of Carlea with a score of rq fa. A. Mallinson and Williams tied at five wins each.
Private Amos of Auto Road returns home on six months’ leave after eight months service in the fighting zones of France. He served with the 1st CMR in France and saw action at Ypres. The homecoming occurred Saturday morning as his family welcomed him back.
Early Monday morning the school building at Osgood Siding burned completely with some contents saved. The fire, believed caused by an overheated stove, started before the teacher's breakfast. Teacher Mr Pye had lit the fire for the day and was away when the blaze broke out. A meeting was planned for Thursday to decide on a new school.
The Board of Trade met with Superintendent Roberts of the C N R to discuss grain car shortages. Members urged urgent action citing impassable summer roads and a large district tributary to the shipping point. Roberts took notes and promised to review the situation to ease congestion, citing full terminal elevators as a key factor.
Covin and McLeod families announce births this week. On Wednesday January 24, Mr and Mrs Chris Colvin of Valparaiso welcomed triplets two boys and a girl. On Tuesday January 23, Mr and Mrs McLeod of the S T Bailey farm welcomed a daughter.
Prince Albert Senator Davis died Tuesday at Victoria Hospital after a brief illness. He previously suffered an accident weeks earlier when he struck his head on a basement beam, causing a fatal brain clot. Davis had served in the Senate for 13 years and was a well known figure in the northern district.
Town reports several new cases of measles this week. Local residents Anna netting from Tisdale School District and Miss EK A Maranda teaching duties at Sa School this week. Special meeting of Anté Road Grain Growers held January 13. Master Thomas Kennedy ill with pneumonia. Presbyterian service Sunday at seven with title Hoja the Christian’s Helmet. Orangemen masquerade dance planned with masks until eleven. Mr and Mrs Wile field now reside in Tisdale. Edwin Hodgson now with 2ggth Kitevener’s Own battalion in Montréal. George Taylor of Spooner sick with abscess in Tisdale. Mrs Todd ill causing school closure. Blair Blue returning from Winnipeg for eye consultation. Dog race Winnipeg to St Paul starts noon Wednesday with five teams from The Pas. Jack Spain returns to farm west of town after six-year absence. St Paul’s Young People Club meets Friday at eight with Burns readings.
A Valparaiso man, Dr. Christopher Colvin, is honoured as his wife gave birth to a boy and a girl shortly before midnight on Wednesday. Both mother and infants are reported doing well. MacKay attended the delivery.
A notice announces a Tuesday meeting of the Returned Soldiers branch at the Recorder Office at eight o'clock. Details are incomplete but indicate a planned gathering and discussion of branch affairs.
Dr. Darwin plans a Sunday Mission address at the Methodist Church and a series of meetings. N Nelson to start a new store next week, with Sam Nix moving to a harness and shoe shop. Red Cross meets Wednesday at Dr MacKay's office. Wn Kennedy off sick, Carl Bray recovering from pneumonia. volunteers hope for speedy recovery. Subscriptions to the paper urged to cover production costs.
New recruits to the force, led by divisional head Albert, are undergoing manual and drill exercises at the barracks. Corporal Yorke, recruiting locally, received word from his superintendent detailing strong efforts and the men recruited. John Hellefs, a Belgian farmer, signed up last Tuesday, and the Walker brothers, owners of Tisdale Trading and Milling Co, are joining and to be examined today.
A Ravine Bank farmer, Harry Delance, found five horses dead from suffocation in his small stable early Tuesday. The incident appears linked to a toxic or poorly ventilated area in the shed, causing the mass tragedy for the farm owner.
F T Fraser, noted CNR agent, returned home with his bride last Wednesday evening. A large crowd greeted the couple on the station platform as rice showered down and warm congratulations followed the surprise wedding.
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