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the tribune stourmke ont thursday june 17 194s manitoba mennonites prepare to leave for promised land 7f little girl looks on wondering what it is all about as c w friesen and hi- son bill pack some of the farm equipment to take to their new home in paraguay parents of most emigrants came from russia 21 years ago when prairies were wasteland they sought religions freedom and history repeats maxy children are among families leaving for new land among them helen iliehert mennanites live simple quiet religious life v atha news mr and mrs sharp from wyom ing us are spending a few days with the iatters brother mr and mrs david trail several from here attended the conference of the christian church at ringwood last week mr- and mrs lome wagg sons from udora also mr doug cope- lard were sundav dinner guests with mr and mrs m dunkeld mr and- mrs fred draper and family attended the show of guern sey cattle at jack frasers farm a concord on saturday last mr e wallace toronto spent the weekend at his home here mr and mrs ernie carruthers attended the decoration service at erskine eemeterv at dunbarton on sundav last emigrants are mo der or conservati ites who no longei stlv old or- ously secure from wprdly in- ve mennon- fiuenco w hildebrande is feel religi- treasurer of group to the childrexparaguay is just a name xot one knew tie location of their homeland- paraguay is the promised land to 1600 manitoba men nonites as they prepare to leave their communities for a new land the auctioneers hammer is ringing out a tune of farewell in southern manitoba as mennonites tear up lifelong roots and prepare to sail for south america here f gies- brechl nails up a sign for the auction of his farm belongings greenwood miss a gibson and cousin of whitby visited with mrs f gibson recently for a few days mrs b wilson of ravenna spent last week with her parents mrand mrs a pegg measles and chickenpox seems to be a common ailment with the youngsters just now mr e trimble commenced work at malton air port last monday mr and mrs l ham john geor- gina and bert of oshawa were witn john and mrs middieton last sun day afternoon mr and mrs m pegg entertain ed friends fro mguelph over the weekend mr and mrs g middieton stouti- ville called on mr stanley byers recently mr and mrs c mctaggart ati tended another wedding of a re-i- tjcw in toronto last saturday this friday night sponsored by group 2 of the wa miss mccauley of toronto will show pictures of her trip from toronto to yancouver also miss barrett will render musi cal selections and miss dorothy hoskin will recite ice cream and cake will be served serd the friends tribune to absent tobe until teacher andrew so bering of bothwell school point ed it out mennonites sense graabamgb0bbbbbbb3ee growing antagonism toward pacifist views which brought persecution to forebearers cherrywood congratulations to mr and mrs alvin pilkey who were married in toronto on saturday evening mr and mrs law and daughter of whitby hail tea on sunday even ing with mr am mrsavm tweedle mr and mrs art hodgson and family of harrowsmith were with mr and mrs wes petty on sun day a number of relatives and friends had tea on sundav evening with mr and mrs walter hollinger friends from detroit called on mr and mrsgeo todd on saturday relatives from weston were visi tors vith mr andmrs frank tor rance on sundav mr and mrs geo todd mr and mrs xeil petty and mr and mrs leonard hollinger were guests a pilkey and clarke wedding in tor onto on saturday evening the circuit banquet will be held on june 22nd in cherrywood school supper will be served at 730 pm sharp mr and mrs dunford and child ren mrs stevenson and sister and brother of toronto were with mr and mrs holmes and family on sundav sorry to hear that mr alex law- son has not been so well we hope hell soon feel better again mr and mrs walter fenney of toronto were with mrs fenney on sunday mr and mrs jim mcwilliams and shirlev of toronto were with mr and mrs geo todd on sunday guernsey breeders hold picnic choosing the spacious and en chanting acres fraserdale farms at concord the ontario guernsey breeders association held their se cond annual picnic last saturday june 12 not overlooking a detail the host mr jack eraser and his charming wife opened- wide their lovely home for their over 450 guernsey friends right across ontario with an inspection of the fraserdale golden guernsey lead ing the programme the weather proved ideal for the picnic lunch held on the greens just north of the house nearly 8000 people read the tribune each week thats what makes advertising in this weekly o valuable jp sterling ci garette case with monogram fathers day sunday june 20th smartly de signed tit- 5 dad rates one of ette lighter these gifts ftandtomcjy designed second accu rate writt watch k n jeweller wagg watch repair