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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 10, 1948
Page
2
Local trustees urge joint meeting with the Large Area Board to resolve overlap in educational administration and consider increasing the area board size. They seek timely changes to stabilize the system before municipal elections, noting the need for clear responsibility and prompt action.
A Winnipeg paper from 1935 is cited showing cost of living then with groceries and meats priced for comparison. The Dauphin town signs at Main North and Fourth recall local wartime service, and a new station garden fence replacement notes updated posts and a green paint finish.
The season's softball games run per schedule at MacKenzie grounds after early play at the fair grounds. The diamond was improved with grass removal, a new board and wire backstop, and benches for fans, with daylight saving awaited to extend daylight for late games.
Dave McLean a long time resident and railroader is named reception chairman for Dauphin's July 9 to 11 jubilee. Younger committee members suggested a busy role including greeting trains but McLean declined a 24 hour day commitment and proposed multiple volunteers instead.
The royal mints may be blocked by India becoming independent, ending Georgios VI D G Et Ind Imp on coins. Minting this year requires new dies with Et Ind Imp removed from the heads side, explaining why Canadian readers now learn the inscription’s meaning.
A Dauphin writer cautions summer visitors about Lake Dauphin’s deceptive calm and sudden squalls. He advises using sturdy craft, staying near shore, and not abandoning a swamped boat, emphasizing safety for children and inexperienced rowers. The article then shifts to a back-to-the-land debate, weighing urban allure against rural life benefits and potential population shifts.
Report notes worms in trees along streets swinging down on threads and landing on pedestrians walking below. Authorities urge vigilance and pedestrians to wear headgear and keep alert for falling insects.
A home meal ends in comic alarm when a wife serves a whole fish without removing the scales. The husband drinks water to rinse his mouth as the couple laughs off the kitchen mishap.
A flood gouge near a farmyard north-west of town yields an old hunting knife found by Russell McKillop. The weapon, buried years, shows oak handle remains and rust. Event organizers led by Jimmie Campbell plan exhibits at the summer fair celebrating Dauphin's pioneer era and Manitoba history.
A manufacturer tested light green paint on heavy boxes and found shipping crews could lift the crates more easily, though green and black versions weighed the same. The observation highlights psychology of color on perceived heaviness.
The article notes blossoms on pin cherry saskatoon wild plum chokecherry high bush cranberry and wild shrubs along roadsides. It highlights a promising berry crop for summer and the beauty of lilacs honeysuckle and mountain ash in town with plums crabs and white and mauve flowers.
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