Council Considers Veterinary Inspectors and City Projects
The council plans appointing a veterinarian to inspect stock for diseases. Letters discuss curling club plans, memorial site lots, a Legion request on industry, town weather siren placement, red hall light for patrol recall, clean‑up week May 6 11, and back lanes work. Ten lots sold with three offers rejected. final buyers listed with parcel numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Legion
Board of Trade
D. Justice
Dauphin Boy Shot While A Prisoner
Norman Fradley born and educated in Dauphin learned watchmaking before enlisting in the Cameron Highlanders. He went overseas in 1941 and fought in Dieppe and France where he was captured near Caen on July 25, 1944. His brother Jack trained at Rovers last November and serves in the air force in India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Fradley
Norman Fradley
Prsoner
Caen
Dauphin
E. F Fox
Cameron Highlanders
France
Camerons
Falaise
Jack
Aining
Rovers
Air Force
India
Dauphin Beach Plans to Become First Class Playground
The Ochre Rover municipal council approved a larger beach grant based on last year’s taxes to fund modernization. Plans include new lavatories dressing rooms drinking water cooking areas and a general picnic area cleanup. The Rotary club backs a program to take town children to the beach on Thursday afternoons as changes aim to make Dauphin Beach the district’s best children’s playground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin Beach
Ochre Rover Municipal Council
Tone Beach
Rotary Club
Brooder House Destroyed By Easter Sunday Fire
Mr and Mrs J Whitmore of Gartmore awoke to a blaze that gutted their brooder house around 2 to 3 am on Easter Sunday. An overheated stove is blamed for the fire which destroyed the structure and 150 pullet chicks bought a week earlier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooder
J. Whitmore
Gartmore
Scouts to Build $5,000 Hall for Meeting Needs
A Scouts and Guides group seeks a $5,000 hall, requesting Lot 6 D-243 and a 30 by 50 basement. The council approves the site and labor for excavation and cement. The hall will serve the boy scouts girls guides and brownies with showers toilets and storage facilities built to house 150 plus members. Funding includes $2,000 from the provincial central committee loan and local subscriptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boy Scouts
Girl Guides
Bebb
Koy Scouts
Cubs
Ga2i Guides
Brownies
Provincial Central Committee of Scouts
Lions Club Builds Bicycle Parking Racks
The Lions Club plans to erect bicycle racks in Dauphin to provide parking for more than 400 bicycles. The club seeks council permission and will place racks where the town requires, addressing hazards from bikes left along curbs in the business district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dauphin
Lions Club
Grass fire near fairgrounds barely threatens stables
A grass fire started along the ditch at the fair grounds Sunday afternoon crept through the fence and came within six feet of the stables before Ted Chute and his family brought it under control prior to the fire engine arrival.
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Fair Grounds
Ted Chute
Bowlers League closes 45-46 season with banquet and prizes
Bowlers from three leagues gathered for a wind up banquet and dance in the town hall. Prizes were awarded to Woolworth's team Eaton's team Wynolas and others. P S Cohan led the event praising bowling growth in Dauphin. Mayor Bullmore attended and hoped for a local team in the American Bowling league.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bowlers’ League
Woolworth’s
Bell Bottling Co
Eaton
Sam Katz
Wynolas
Eli Bay Limited
P. S. Cohan
Dauphin
Winnipeg
Norman Russell
Winnipeg Association
Bullmore
Mr. Harrison
J. Kay
H. Mobberly
P. S Cohan
G. Harrison
April warmth and dryness: high 72 this Tuesday
The report notes April runs warmer with a high of 72 on Tuesday versus 46.2 last year on April 18 and remains drier at .02 inches of rain compared with .13 inches last year and an inch of snow previously.
Sports Ground Plan Brought to City Council
Conn A Buckworld presented plans for an enclosed sports ground at the ball park site. The plan envisions closing Second avenue and extending the park across the street with fencing bleach ers a cinder track and jumping pits. The council urged sending the proposal to the youth council for support and eventual take over of the grounds.
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Conn. A. Buckworld
Second Avenue
Bronze Star for Sgt Douglas G Welland
Announcement of the Bronze Star Medal awarded by the United States president to Sgt Douglas G Welland. He enlisted in the Fort Garry Horse in 1939, served in North Africa and the Three Rivers regiment on multiple European fronts, was wounded in Italy, and returned to Canada in 1945.
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Douglas G. Welland
H. E. Welland
McCreary
United States
Welland
Dauphin
Fort Garry Horse
Winn
Peg
North Africa
Three Rivers Regiment
10 Armoured Regiment
Italy
France
Belgium
Holland
Germany
Canada
Improvements Planned By District Schools
Rural districts Dauphin Plains and Valley River approve plans to modernize schools. Dauphin Plains proposes a full basement with furnace and indoor toilets at an estimated cost of 1500 to 2000 dollars. Valley River would excavate under the building and install a furnace and toilets for 600 to 700 dollars. C E Philips of the education association says rural pupils have long been underfunded compared with city pupils.
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Dauphin Plains
Valley River
C. E. Philips
The
Education Association
New Bank Manager Arrives in Dauphin
John Bogle succeeds R P Eastman as Manager of the Bank of Nova Scotia in Dauphin arriving from Tisdale Sask where he led that branch for 14 years. He travels with wife Dorothy Lamb and their four sons Jim Ian Tommy and Clyde.
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John Bogle
R. P. Eastman
Bank of Nova Scotia
Dauphin
Tisdale, Sask
Bogle
Dorothy Lamb
Moose Lake
Pas
Jim
University of Saskatchewan
Ian
Tommy
Clyde
Kenneth Lee Shot in Left Foot in Dauphin District
Kenneth Lee youngest son of Mr and Mrs Robert Lee of Dauphin district is in Dauphin General hospital after a loaded .22 rifle discharged while being handed to him by his brothers Gordon and Don Pearson in Paulson district. The bullet fractured bones and became imbedded requiring an operation. His condition is reported good.
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Kenneth Lee
Robert Lee
Dauphin District
Dauphin General Hospital
Kenneth
Gordon
Don Pearson
Paulson
Ken
Large School Area Planned For Dauphin And Ochre River
The regional school trust executive passed a motion forming Dauphin and Ochre River into a large school area. A public vote will decide the matter after June lectures to explain the proposal. No campaign funds are available. a grant is being sought for hall rents and expenses.
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Dauphin and
Ochre River
Dauphin
Department of Education
Daylight Saving Time Debate Emerges in Dauphin Council
A New York concern letter sparked a council discussion on daylight saving versus central time. About half favored daylight saving for extra evening sun while warning Dauphin could become isolated on fast time if a provincial plan isn’t adopted.
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New York
Dauphin
Roads in good shape except stretch south of Ste. Rose du Lac
The provincial good roads department says trunk highways are in good condition overall except the section south of Ste. Rose du Lac which remains poor. Crews are repairing it and cars can pass with little trouble. Roads through the national park are reported in good shape for this season with no mud holes, and bus schedules have not yet resumed.
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Ste. Rose du Lac
Provincial
Good Roads Department
The
National Park
14 Year Old Bruised Wrist in School Basketball Incident
Bruce Brunton aged 14 son of Fit Lieut and Mrs C Brunton suffered a fractured wrist while playing basketball on the MacKenzie school grounds Friday afternoon.
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Bruce Brunton
C . Brunton
MacKenzie
Mountain Ave Petition Seeks More Signatures
Town solicitor says Mountain avenue water and sewage petition lacks proper cross street support as signatures come from one side only. Officials may issue a notice of intentions to install waterworks and assess property. protests by ratepayers could halt the plan. Offers to purchase lots for 50 dollars for new sewage lines were rejected. price later raised to 100 dollars.
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Mountain Avenue
Council selects bidder after bids on two year project
Eight tenders were received for a two year job with monthly bids from $275 to $350. The council referred the bids to the committee for review.
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Curling Club
W. D. Strang
Pew
Tony Ewacheski
Douglas Storey
Harry Brittain
Partico
Pacific
Yaeger
W.g.white
Orange Ladies
Sresees
Soetensus
Ball Park
Ninemes
Alan Curtis
Rita Johnson
Henry Travers
Collier
Sawyer
Congress
Walter Wanger
Fritz Lang
Edward
Joan Robinson Bennett
Scarlet
DIANA
Universal
Irene Dunne
Charles Boyer
Sot. D. Welland
Ken Lee
Gardner
John Gardner
Tailor & Men’s Furnishings
Mountain Ave
Sunkist
Lakeshore
Florida
B.C
Fair Haven
United Stores Limited
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