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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
6
Spectators watched 30 racing pigeons travel 200 miles from Quill Lake to Dauphin. Birds arrived in batches at A. L. Dobbyn's pen and were counted by time clock punches. Dobbyn’s birds won by four minutes with speeds near 999 yards per minute amid a head wind.
Pigeon racing is a worldwide hobby with races in many countries. Belgium is recognized as a center of racing, and race lengths vary from 5 miles to the longest ever held 11 000 miles.
About 80 delegates from Dauphin district municipalities gathered in the town for the Manitoba Union of Municipalities annual district meet. Dauphin country club chose $700 in victory bonds over clubhouse improvements. Dauphin victory loan surpassed goals with $171,700 raised. Rent controls expand July 1 under wartime prices board affecting seven areas. Valley River school won the rural sports day parade banner. Wilson River school won softball. District No 2 Manitoba federation of Agriculture held a large convention with 200 delegates. Mrs. M A Spiller elected treasurer at Alexandra Rebekah lodge meeting in Gilbert Plains.
Ernie Myles of Brandon won with 77 in a local score contest. Tommy Thompson of Niakwa was second with 81 and Reg Unicume of Brandon third with 82. Cabins opening for season and new ones under construction. Dauphin visitors include Warnock KC family and other locals. Bert Serase rebuilt his butcher shop and added a grocery store with staff quarters and aims to open soon. Flower gardens promise to be a provincial showplace. A motorboat mishap Sunday left people pant swam ashore and others rescued. The rest of the page reviews past events from 1936 to 1916 including nursing school graduations, road repairs, and hospital loans.
A June 9 wedding at the Greek Catholic church in Ethelbert united Jean Wolochatiuk, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Anton Wolochatiuk, with Anthony Garbolinsky, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. Garbolinsky of Pine River. Rev. A Luhovy officiated as Lohengrin’s march played.
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