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MISC RECEIPTS MID 1920'S TO MID 1950'S

BIENFAIT COALFIELDS UNION HOSPITAL MAY 30, 1950
OUT PATIENT RECEIPT
2 PENICILLIN INJECTIONS- $2.00
G. GIEM RN, WAS THE MATRON

BIENFAIT COALFIELDS UNION HOSPITAL
JAN 23, 1949
MY GRANDFATHER PERCY GENT
DIED ON JAN 25,1949
SO THIS BILL WAS FOR HIS LAST FEW DAYS BEFORE HIS DEATH.
SIGNED BY G. GIEM RN, MATRON
$1.00 A DAY TO STAY IN THE HOSPITAL THEN.
MY DAD PHIL GENT PAID THE BILL LOOKS LIKE.

RURAL MUNICIPALITY OF COALFIELDS NO 4
RECEIPT FOR DAD TO PURCHASE THE BUILDINGS
FROM THE MATHESON AND UHRICH MINE.
WE HAVE A SAYING IN OUR FAMILY
GIVE DAD $2.00 HE COULD BUILD ANYTHING.
WELL HE PAID $250.00 FOR THIS STUFF
BUT IMAGINE IT WAS ALL USED.
EVEN THE BENT NAILS WOULD HAVE BEEN STRAIGHTENED
AND REUSED.
IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT THIS WAS AN OLD MINE
THAT SOMEHOW ENDED UP IN THE MUNICIPALITY'S HANDS
MAYBE DUE TO A TAX BILL?

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