2nd Dauphin Bull Sale In Arena On Wednesday
The second annual Northern Manitoba Livestock show will feature 25 bulls from Shorthorns Herefords and Aberdeen Anguses, led by J R Blacklock, with one Widdi comb e Brothers Angus. Yorkshire sows will also be sold. sales in Dauphin arena begin at 1 30 pm after judging at 9 30 am.
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Manitoba
D. J. Hill
Yorkshire
Watson Dunn
Russell
Dunn
Toronto Royal Fair
A. Os. Falloon and Son
Foxwarren
J. C
W. F. Kirk
Hamiota
G. A. F. Powel
Grandview
Treble Brothers
Selsgirth
G. H. Underhill
Moline
Council seeks extra 1500 for street lights this year
The town council requested permission from the minister of municipal affairs to spend 1500 beyond the usual 6000 for street lighting to cover a major yearly program including a mercury arc retrofit on Main Street. The total budget remains 7500 for lighting this year.
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Council
Lions Plan Bottle Drive On May 10
One Lions club has completed plans for its annual bottle drive set for May 10. Homeowners are asked to place bottles on their front porch or step to aid collectors.
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Lions
One Lions Club
Five Plays Ready For Drama Festival
Dauphin Drama Festival opens Thursday with two junior plays Let's Make Up directed by Mr. McMahon and The Unruly Monster led by Gerald Lepper and one senior The Six Queens of Henry Adjudications by Mrs. G R Rowe Brandon and music by D C T I ensemble On Friday two senior plays The Bagpipes directed by Lou Kitman McCreary and Campbell of Kilmohr directed by W G Booth Winners will be announced Best director actor actress and best out of town play Gildas Molgat MLA for Ste Rose expected to present trophy
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Campbell
Kilmohr
W. G. Booth
Gildas Molgat
Ste. Rose
Peg on My Heart shines at Little Theatre group
Audrey Shore and Kenneth Winters lead in Hartley Manners three act comedy Peg on My Heart at the town hall. The capacity crowds praised the English characterizations and the strong performances by Shore Dowd Winters with Mary Hamilton directing and H. C. Ray handling introductions.
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Audrey Shore
Kenneth Winters
Peg
Dauphin Little Theatre
Hartley Manners
Town Hall
Walter Dowd
Alaric
Miss Shore
Mr. Winters
Mary Hamilton
Airport Agreements Made By Council
Dauphin council cleared up airport operations including a renewal with Imperial Oil for aviation oils. The mayor and secretary treasurer may sign for 1% year terms. Two watch-tower rooms leased to the federal government for one year at $327 annually. A lease of the Dauphin airfield to R. E. Forbes was approved.
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Dauphin
Imperial Oil Company
R. E. Forbes
Thittee
Weather Update Shows Gradual Warm-Up Ahead
Temperatures rose to 46.7 degrees by Tuesday after a period of below normal readings. The district recorded 2.4 inches of snow on April 28 with trace rainfall on April 29 and again on May 1 and 2.
Dauphin Nurses Near Graduation Celebration Planned
Nine nurses at Dauphin General Hospital prepare for graduation with the 1954 class led by Florence Margaret Brown and others. A baccalaureate service is set for May 9 at St Pauls Anglican, followed by a formal Friday graduation at Isa Dauphin Fleet United church and a May 11 banquet by the graduate nurses association.
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Isa Dauphin Fleet United Church
Dauphin Hospital
Florence Margaret Brown
Minnedosa
Jean Leuiie Forbes
Dauphin
Stella Elizabeth Kucheraw’y
Sifton
Cecile Marie Lebel
Ochre River
Vera Marjorie Little
Norma Loreen Scott
Hilton
Roberta Doreen Sholdice
Daurhin- Delores Edith Staub
Togo
St. Paul's Anglican Church
Welcom Nurses’ Association
Trustees Debate Dauphin Collegiate Industrial Arts Course
Dauphin-Ochre school area board discussed continuing the current industrial arts program or switching to an industrial course as recommended by L. S. Smith inspector. The board backed continuing the present course with a June decision pending, amid strong opinions and a lone vote against by W. H. Rampton.
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Dauphin Collegiate
Dauphin-Ochre
L. S. Smith
W. H. Rampton
Mr. Rampton
W. G. Booth
Mr. On
Local Farm Wages Fall in Dauphin District This Year
The Dauphin area shows farm wages much lower this year as the Prairie regional office of the Unemployment Insurance Commission notes. Farmers in Dauphin pay around 75 dollars a month versus 125 dollars elsewhere. Wages near Winnipeg Calgary Regina and Saskatoon range from 125 to 150 dollars for singles and 150 to 200 dollars for married workers with living quarters and some farm food provided.
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Prairie Regional
The
Unemployment Insurance Commission
Winnipeg
Calgary
Regina
Saskatoon
Greenlay forecasts boom for northwestern Manitoba resources
Hon. C. E. Greenlay, minister of mines and natural resources and labor, predicts in Swan River that within 30 years northwestern Manitoba will produce 10 to 15 times the forest products cut today. He cites forestry, agriculture, tourism, and fish and game as key to growth after earlier fire losses.
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Manitoba
C. E. Greenlay
Departments of Mines and Natural Resources and Labor
Greenlay
Northwestern
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Swan River
Duck Mountain
Dauphin Delegation Attends Manitoba Chamber Meeting
Dauphin representatives join regional chamber conference in Swan River last Thursday. Attendees include Dauphin president S. S. Hunt, S. E. McLean Manitoba director Eric C. Day secretary treasurer J A Breslaw L Smale and J. S. Oliphant Sr.
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Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Swan River
Dauphin
S. S. Hunt
S. E. McLean
Manitoba
Eric C. Day
Dauphin Group
J A Breslaw
L Smale
J. S., Oliphant, Sr
Snow Lingers End April Sets Weather Records
Dauphin meteorological bureau records from 1947 show snow on the ground at month end for the first time. April 195? brought record low mean temperatures 28.6 degrees and a 11.5 degree low. Total precipitation reached 1.66 inches with 13.0 inches of snow and 0.46 inch rain. Sunlight fell to 192.2 hours while highs topped at 51.1 degrees.
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Dauphin Meteorological Bureau
Town Offices Adopt Five-Day Summer Week
Town council approves a five day work week for June July and August with offices closed Saturdays. From June 1 to August 31 Saturday hours end at noon and reopen at 1 pm after September 1.
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