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This collection is comprised of letters of thanks sent to the Ladies Aid of Transcona United Church in 1944 and 1945 by Canadian service personnel, to thank them for the Christmas parcels provided by the Church.  The letters represent recipients from across Canada and overseas.

The correspondents in the collection are:

Blaikie, R.N.                            no date
Brewster, Leslie                      October 22, 1944
Brewster, Murray                     no date
Chudley, Hugh                        January 28, 1945
Cormack, J.W.                         December 31, 1944
Cowan, Hugh                          January 3, 1945
Duncan, J.M.                          January 7, 1945
Esselmont, George                 December 7, 1944
Esselmont, Mrs. P.                  February 28, 1945
Finch, Elden                            December 22, 1945
Henderson, Jack                     January 3, 1945
Henderson, Ralph                   November 22, 1944
Heron, Ken                             December 27, 1944
Hinds, Sandy                          no date
Isbell, Gordon                         January 14, 1945
Johnston, Jim                          November 27, 1944
Johnston, William                    no date
Lamb, Charles                        January 11, 1945
Layman, Russell                     January 7, 1945
Lidgate, Eileen                        November 22, 1944
Matthew, Charlie                     December 15, 1944
Maxwell, Jim                           no date
McLeod, Doug                        November 22, 1944
Molter, John                            February 14, 1945
Moore, Alex                            December 30, 1944
Pollard, Norman                     November 20, 1944
Robertson, Jennie                  December 23, 1944
Sward, Arnott                         March 2, 1945
Sward, E.D.                            January 4, 1945
Taylor, George                       January 3, 1945
Thomson, David                     December 24, 1944
Thomson, Frank                     December 3, 1944
Thorburn, Martha                   no date
Warner, Fred                          January 1, 1945
 Warner, R.                             no date
Wood, Rodney                        no date

[Editor note:  At the time of the letters, the church was known as Transcona United Church – the word Memorial was added to the Church name at a later date.  Transcona was that time a separate town and not yet a part of Winnipeg.]