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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1961
Page
2
Principal Aitken flags a looming two week period of student absenteeism before final departmentals. Trustees heard about excuses from both strong and weak students, with many missing class time despite the heatwave and emphasis on review work. The piece urges school, parent, and student efforts to focus on study before exams.
The piece ponders why many youths quit school and highlights the link between education and future prosperity. It questions discipline, unemployment, peer influence, and the lure of easy riches, urging answers to guide thousands of Canadian youths toward lasting happiness and national progress.
Felix S Geiler a Manitoba busline pioneer who founded Manitoba Motor Transit in 1930 died May 27 in Brandon. From Germany as a child he built a transit empire from Dauphin to Brandon and beyond with Greyhound later expanding to Flin Flon Snow Lake and Thompson. He and six uniformed drivers served as pallbearers at his funeral. He was survived by four children Bill Bridget Lee and Peter.
The Sytnick place on the Ver million river bank at the south edge of town invites spring visits to see fruit tree and shrub blooms. Once a nursery by H. E. Lys, it remains developed though some details are trimmed by labor. lilacs, spirea, and evergreens frame the ivy house with pink door and gav eniums.
A plastic replica of a buffalo hide teepee with Indian designs sits by the Federal building on Main Street. An oil company advertises it as a playhouse for children and it sells for a small sum. Palmer says the tents are popular and come in a ready to assemble sheet with a center pole.
The piece notes long June days and robins singing at three or three thirty a.m. An anecdote from The Rotarian tells of a small boy waking early on his first farm night and remarking how quickly one can stay up. Tax notices arrive with town spending details and street figures.
A longtime farm-born grandmother who celebrated 50 years of marriage last year switches from skirts to slacks this spring. After years in town and garden labor, she finally buys the bifurcated work garment, noting newfound freedom and comfort for outdoor tasks.
Four Nova Scotia editors urge colleagues to attend the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association meeting in Halifax August 14 to 16 with a theme honoring the Order of Good Cheer founded in 1606 by Samuel de Champlain. The editors and their wives will be inducted in a Province House ceremony with Champlain era costumes.
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