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Newspaper
Dauphin Herald And Press
Location
Dauphin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 27, 1946
Page
8
A meeting in the G W V A hall drew over 200 residents including many returning pilots to discuss starting a Winnipeg flying club. A general session with club members will outline the plan, use of No 10 airport, and costs.
Members of the 157th Battery 52 Heavy Ack Ack regiment RCA will leave Dauphin for Fort Garry Horse Artillery training at Camp Shilo. At the camp they will acquaint themselves with new guns and equipment. Former non permanent militia officers warrant officers and NCOs with wartime service now qualify for reserve service without rank reduction.
The minister of finance announced in the house of commons that Canada will offer a new security the Canada Saving Bond replacing the Victory bond and War Savings Certificates. It will be sold through banks and investment dealers with payroll savings for employers. terms to be announced, redeemable at 100 percent plus interest. The bond will be registered to the holder with an individual purchase limit.
Retired National Defence Headquarters announces Brig Patrick Kelly CBE of Ottawa will end his retirement leave after serving as paymaster general. He led as chief paymaster at CMHQ London and was appointed paymaster general at NDHQ last November. Col H T Goodeve of Ottawa succeeds him. A separate incident reports a land fire where a man jumped into a well to extinguish flames on his clothing.
The Regional Trustees association explains steps to gain local support for a School Area Plan centered on Dauphin. A Feb 16 MacKenzie meeting with school board chairs and Reeves approved further informative sessions. A May 15 Dauphin meeting formed a nine member Citizens' committee to organize June talks with speakers from the Department of Education.
Saturday afternoon and evening, June 29, marks the big day for the national clothing collection at the town hall from 2 to 10 30 p.m. Volunteers are urged to help sort pack and ship. About fifty cartons have been prepared, but more help is needed especially from women's organizations. Ward 5 canvassing failed. another day will be set and announced by loudspeaker. Call Jack Shields to arrange pickups.
Dick McAmmond won Dr. H. N. Macneill prizes for spoken poetry by grade 7 students in a Monday contest. Nine boys competed with selections from Shakespeare to Australian verse. Dave Peterson placed second with Family Laramie, while Don Jordan and Ray Hunt were runners-up. Judges were Miss L. Crosby and Mrs. H. E. Bridgett.
A party of 19 prairie farm workers arrived in Toronto as the van guard of about 2,500 Western laborers recruited under the Dominion provincial farm labor program. The workers, from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta, will travel to Ontario to aid haying and early harvest operations with free transport. Daily arrivals in Toronto are expected as recruitment continues through June 12 to July 10.
The Journal at Melford Sask reports a traveller impressed by the town cleanly kept streets yet shocked by many women and teenage girls smoking. It also recounts James of Strathroy Ont starting a small fire under his house to smoke out rats, with the fire department taking half an hour to extinguish it.
A four engine Lancastrian operated by a Canadian carrier completed a non passenger trans Atlantic flight from Montreal to Prestwick Scotland with an all express load. The maiden voyage aimed to handle the surge of shipments moved into Montreal from Halifax and beyond.
The 70 and Over Club hosted its annual picnic at Dauphin Beach with members and guests enjoying games and prizes donated by members. Notable performances included James Neill at 89 scoring a run, Levi Stelck and Wm Evans winning footraces and Tug of War, and Evans’ softball team edging Stelck’s 12 to 14.
Scrase's will not ship on Monday July 1. Beginning Monday July 8 shipments of hogs and cattle will occur every second Monday from Dauphin and Valley River.
Theodore Arthur Burrows 46 a Winnipeg lumber businessman was killed Monday afternoon near Cloquet Minnesota when his car was struck by a broken loose trailer. Burrows son of the late Manitoba Lieutenant Governor T A Burrows Sr he led the National Timber and Fence company of Winnipeg at his death he leaves a wife two children Peter and Gail a mother and a sister. Funeral plans not announced.
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