Bunty Pulls The Strings Delights Dauphin Audience
The Dauphin Little Theatre presented Graham Moffat’s Scottish comedy Bunty Pulls The Strings to a capacity crowd at the town hall. Directed by R. M. Stevenson with Mrs. R. P. Eastman, the cast featured Inez Craig as Bunty and Albert Middleditch as Weelum Sprunt, delivering a lively portrayal.
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Little Theatre
Bunty
K. M. Stevenson
Town Hall
Albert J. Middleditch
Jack Little
Dauphin Little Theatre
Graham Moffat
R. M. Stevenson
R. P. Eastman
Bunty Big Gar
Inez Craig
Honore
Albert
Middleditch
Weelam Sprunt
Weelam
Kells and Marsh Named to Taxis Parliament
Jim Kells and Jim Marsh named to represent Dauphin Taxis and Trail Ranger groups in the fourteenth Taxis and Older Boys Parliament for Manitoba and northwest Ontario. The assembly meets December 26 to 30 in Winnipeg at the provincial legislative buildings. both mentors of local Trail Ranger groups.
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Jim Kells
Jim Marsh
Dauphin
Manitoba
Ontario
Winnipeg
Kells
Marsh
Funeral Services Held Tuesday For David Vogt
Funeral services were held from Dauphin United Church for David Vogt chief engineer at the Dauphin electric plant. He died Saturday after a monthlong illness. Born in Gretna Manitoba he lived in the province most of his life aside from years in Oregon. He farmed as a youth then worked as stationary engineer for 36 years and led the local power plant for seven. He married Katherine Bergen in Plum Coulee in 1961 and is survived by four children two sons in Vancouver and Winnipeg and two at home, a daughter in Miami, plus two Vancouver brothers. Burial was in Riverside Cemetery with Dr D K Burns officiating. Pallbearers included A H F Steick W E Robson John Taylor Wm Voss J Bradshaw and Percy Chambers.
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Dauphin United Church
David Vogt
Dauphin Electric
Gretna
Manitoba
Mr. Vogt
Oregon
USA
Katherine Bergen
Plum Coulee
William
Vancouver
B.C
Harry
Winnipeg
Percy
Jack David
Marion
Miami
Florida
John
D. K. Burns
Riverside Cemetery
A. H. F. Steick
W. E. Robson
John Taylor
Wm. Voss
J. Bradshaw
Percy Chambers
Dauphin Farmer Wins Prize At Chicago Grain Show
Alex Paul a Dauphin area farmer won 21st place, out of 35, in the hard red spring wheat class at the Chicago International Grain show with Reward wheat grown in a rust area. This was his first Chicago showing and his sample weighed 68.5 pounds to the bushel, close to the Alberta winner.
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Dauphin
Alex Paul
Paul
Manitoba
Chicago
Frelan Wilford
Stavely
Alberta
Swan River Opens Hockey Season With 4-1 Win
Swan River beat Dauphin 4 1 in the season opener at the local arena. Burns Heard scored for Swan River on a Kennedy pass, with Nault adding a late counter. Dauphin tallied once as Craig scored on a Klym feed in the 15th minute of the third.
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Swan River
Dauphin
Burns
Kennedy
Gordon
Smith
Heard
Nault
Craig
Klym
George Heard
Foshner
Paul
Stephensom
Darroch
Murray
Soules
Nantats
Alf
H. May
Riechert
Puchalski
McMaster
Kiym
G. May
McCulloch
Travellers Lady Curlers Hold Bonspiel
The Dauphin Commercial Travellers association and Ladies Curling Club staged a bonspiel at the local rink. Symon's rink won the first event with J. Symons, B. Atchison, Miss B. Wright and Mrs. A. Pollen. Stan Fraser's squad won the playoff in the second event defeating George Dowler's team.
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Dauphin Commercial Travellers’ Association
Ladies
Symon
J. Symons
Bill Atchison
Miss B. Wright
A. Pollen
Jack Crowe
Mac Ross
Helen Bowman
Peggy Sheridan
Stan Fraser
George Dowler
B. Watson
H. Derick
R. Deighton
Geo. Dowler
Geo. Thompson
I. Johnston
E. Prentice
Lights and Light Fingers Christmas Trees on Main Street
A string of decorated trees along Main Street from Mayo's Electric to Vic Jackson's drew crowds but some lamps were stolen by passersby. Decorators replaced the lamps higher up and wished everyone a Merry Christmas despite the thefts.
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Main Street
Mayo
Buckwold
Scrase
Vic Jackson
Christmas Eve skating policy corrected for rink crowds
The skating schedule notes Tuesday night Christmas Eve as reserved for students and adults. the notice clarifies that children may use arena facilities on Christmas Eve and there will be free skating on Christmas Day from 10 to 11 a.m.
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Merrie Entertainment
James Cagney
Pat O'Brien
Howling St. Patrick
Frank McHugh
Allen Jenkins
Olivia DE Havilland
Major Bowes
Girl Guides
Justice Adamson Guest Speaker At Bar Meeting
Twenty members of the Dauphin Judicial district Bar Association gathered at a reorganization meeting and banquet in the King's hotel. Justice Adamson of Winnipeg spoke on bar leadership and cautioned on legislation such as the six man jury change possibly being ultra vires. Officiants named and invitations extended for future monthly meetings and a Duck Mountains ranch barbecue.
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Justice Adamson
Bar Association of the
Dauphin Judicial District
King’s Hotel
Winnipeg
James L. Bowman
K.C
S. R. Wright
E. W. Hawkins
Hryhorczuk
Duck Mountains
William G. Worts Dies After Long Illness in Dauphin
William G. Worts died December 11 at Dauphin General Hospital after a long illness. Born in Naval Ontario he was about 78. He married Sarah Caldwell in Orangeville and lived in Dauphin since 1911. Survived by wife two brothers F C Worts and Daniel Worts and two half brothers. Funeral in Farrell's parlors with Dr D K Burns officiating. Body shipped to Orangeville for interment with Mrs Watts.
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Wiliam G. Worts
Dauphin General Hospital
William G. Worts
Naval
Ontario
Sarah Caldwell
Orangeville
Worts
Dauphin
Manitoba
The
C. N.R
F. C. Worts
Daniel Worts
Toronto
Ottawa
Farrell
D. K. Burns
United Church
Honors to Dauphin Again at Royal Winter Fair
Manitoba entries won three first prizes out of four at the Royal Winter Fair in Toronto. Dauphin shares in the honors with the Manitoba Co operative Dairies Ltd local plant. Mr Shand the buttermaker at Dauphin is congratulated on the strong showing.
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Manitoba
Toronto
Dauphin
Manitoba Co-operative Dairies Ltd
Mr. Shand
Co-operative Dairies
Town Council Parks Board and Fire Brigade Dinner Meeting
Town officials, along with the fire brigade and parks board, held a dinner meeting in the council chamber to review activities and suggest improvements. Mayor McDonald chaired, highlighting the fire brigade’s 35 years of service and the parks board’s town beautification efforts including skating rink supervision.
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Parks Board
Fire Brigade
Council
McDonald
Roy M. Watt
Nater
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Big City
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Frances Goffman
Teenie Dunlo
Rab
Bruce Haigh
Ellen Playford
John Delmage
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L. E. Simpson
Jean Justice
Earne Saville
Betty Robinson
Helen Eastman
Messrs
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Geo. Reid
Ben Yallop
Otto Shutte
Lester Patrick
R. M. Watt
Lys
Gerald Bird
Dauphin Collegiate Orchestra
Leonard Cacers
M. Houston
J. Stewart
H. E. Bewell
G. M. Churchill
A. J. Middleditch
I. Stewart
A. K. Johnston
Eileen Grant
Florence McRae
Betty Campbell
Wilfred Caldwell
D. Cunningham
E. Molson
E. Buckwold
James Anderson
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Jantzen
Dali
Jaeger
G. White
the Store OF Service
Dauphin Farmer
H. D. Barbour
D. R. McCann
Benito
A. J. Webb
Grandview
M. Hryhorczuk
Ethelbert
C. D. G. Barber
Roblin
Katharine Hepburn
Charles Boyer
John Beal
Jean Hersholt
Big
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Ware
Ginger
Jane Withers
C. P. Heggie
Jackie Sears
Katharine Alexander
Charlie Chase
Betty Boop
Buck Jones
Will Rogers
Rdner’s
Forsythe
Brown
John Gardner
United Stores Limited
Crisco
Aylmer
Calif
Manchuria
Dyson's
Sealer
McDonald & Oliphant
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