Description
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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.]