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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 17, 1948
Page
1
Municipal representatives in the Dauphin district call on the province to assume more pension costs and grant road and liquor revenue shares. The Dauphin Elks Sports Day at the fairgrounds features top baseball, softball, horse races, and the new Canadian Northwest Steeplechase with proceeds for charity.
Mayor W. L. Bullmore was re elected Dauphin judicial district member of the executive at a district meeting in Dauphin last Friday. WG Chaloner editor of the Grandview Exponent was elected to the resolutions committee. The 1949 district meeting will be held at Grandview.
Carloads of coal arriving in Dauphin were redirected here this week due to flood tie ups in British Columbia. The disruption prompted the shift to meet local demand while BC traffic recovers.
Winning floats in the Dauphin Jubilee parade will share $400 in prizes during the summer fair opening on Tuesday July 6. The agricultural society contributes $200 and the jubilee and reunion committee matches it. The contest is open to business places organizations and individuals in Dauphin town and rural areas as well as nearby towns.
Progressive Conservatives from Garland McCreary Grandview Sifton Ste. Rose Gilbert Plains and Dauphin met in the Orange hall Dauphin June 14 to hear R A Bell Dominion organizer and Wm Wilton provincial organizer of the party A nomination convention for the federal district of Dauphin was tentatively set for July The nominating committee elected at the meeting includes J L Bowman K C M F Szewczyk R E Forbes Ed Johansen and S E McLean.
Dauphin fair plans a high quality club rally day on July 5 for about 35 boys and girls clubs from Dauphin and Ste. Rose districts. Club displays run Monday morning and are judged afternoon, remaining until the fair ends Wednesday. A concert at the grandstand features winners from Gilbert Plains and Ste. Rose, with a Winnipeg trip for the top entry. A girls fashion show follows the concert with awards and a fashion queen named. Parade opens evening program with two judged sections, floats and non floats. Further arrangements depend on Winnipeg extension service guidance.
The Dauphin branch employees of the Eaton Company store will enjoy a two day mid summer holiday extended over the Dominion Day holiday. The local store will close from 6 o'clock Wednesday evening June 30 through Dominion Day and Friday July 2 and reopen at 9 30 Saturday morning July 3.
Special council meetings are urged to review the zoning by law as residents clash with rules. Two recent requests show the friction: wood work in a residential area and a filling station at Main Street. The council notes stricter enforcement will let residents gain the full benefits of the by law.
The council read and passed a by law authorizing a 55 mill tax levy with an estimated return of 137 170. The levy breaks down as 30 mills for schools 22 mills for general tax and 3 mills for municipal commissioner totaling 74 820 54 868 and 7 482 respectively. The 5 mill increase over 1947 funds includes 2 mills for schools and general purposes and 1 mill for the commissioner. The general tax will be supplemented by 107 220 to balance a 162 000 town budget and notes shifts in revenue from 1947 including reserve use and Main street funding. The report compares 1947 and 1948 budgets and explains past deficits and excess revenues.
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