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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
1
A town contest invites entries for a new Dauphin slogan and essay to showcase assets. Open to all, entries must be postmarked by midnight July 15. Prizes include 25 dollars for the winner and 15 dollars for runner up plus ten honorable mentions at one dollar each.
The natural office reports 80 percent of seeding done in the Dauphin Valley area from Ste. Rose du Lac to Pine River and west to Grandview. Early crops in. only coarse grains remain. farmers await rain and weed cultivation. Moisture is limited. hay and pastures are poor, with critical hay prospects.
Larry Love was installed as president of the Dauphin Junior Chamber of Commerce at a banquet in the Eighth Avenue hall. Induction by Mike Wilson with other 1961 62 officers named. guest speaker J Hugh Dunlop spoke on Unity in a Community.
Pre schooler days at Dauphin drew large crowds with May 15 at Whitmore and May 29 at Henderson. About 75 and 79 parents attended with their children entering the fall grade. Children were placed in their future classrooms for three quarters of an hour of activities alongside the current first graders. W. F. Sanderson, school superintendent.
Excitement rose at the DMCC grounds as 21 schools fielded over 350 boys and girls for the 35th Dauphin Ochre Rural Field Day. Mountain Stream led parade banners, with Dauphin Plains and Melton close behind, Trembowla setting pace. The event featured mass drill by Mrs. Mary Prokopowich and a platform demonstration won by Sandringham tres.
May statistics report a monthly mean temperature of 50.9, a mean maximum of 64.6, and a mean minimum of 37.01. Moisture measured 1.09 inches with precipitation on five days. No new heat records. ongoing dry season draws concern as scattered May showers north of Dauphin were limited and travel reduced healing effect.
The Manitoba commission on judicial boundaries will hold a hearing in Dauphin on Wednesday June 7 at 10 a.m. in the courthouse.
Citizens of Dauphin town and rural municipality are urged to attend a free tuberculin skin test and chest X ray during a ten day period June 9 to 20. Sessions run 1 to 5 pm and 7 to 9 pm at the DMCC Dauphin, with additional dates in Sifton Valley River and nearby communities. A negative result requires no chest X ray, while a positive result indicates exposure and prompts follow up.
The Manitoba Telephone System will switch Dauphin Fork River Crawford Park and Clear Lake to seven digit numbers in November to align with a new provincial directory. Numbers will be in a 3-4 format with the dash. Dauphin will use 638 as the exchange.
Opening last Thursday marks the new 30 by 90 wing at Scott's Hardware and Furniture in Dauphin. The remodel adds a full furniture showroom with modern lighting, display windows, and expanded departments for hardware, housewares, sporting goods, luggage, and appliances. Fourteen staff serve the enlarged store led by managers Paul Mizibrocky, Clayton Scott, and Barrie Scott, as the family business continues its long local legacy.
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