Area board approves school levy plan amid funding debate
A joint meeting with the area board and town council on Wednesday agreed to fund debt through a year long levy and to reduce per capita costs for 1947. Officials discussed spreading payments over ten years but total debt payments remain as originally scheduled, while boosting technical enrollment at MacKenzie.
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Temperature Breaks May Records Across Prairie Region
Weather shifts from cold to springlike with record May Day high temperatures. Prairie areas report highs climbing into the 60s, followed by milder nights as farmers begin first seeding in the Dauphin area south of town amid improving conditions.
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Dauphin Water Supply Tests Satisfactory
The Dauphin water supply was reported satisfactory by the Dauphin health unit after tests by the provincial public health laboratory in Winnipeg. Of the iron specimens, one tested positive while over half showed bacterial plate counts above 10 000, and one councillor noted a bottling plant's water had counts between five and ten.
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Winnipeg
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Dauphin Health Unit
Outstanding Performances Highlight Local Festival
Deauphin’s first regional festival in seven years closed to a near full hall after three days of music drama poetry folk dancing and choral readings adjudicated by Winnipeg critics Ethel Kinley Frances Vort and Rout Jarman The trio praised speech work in choral reading and spoken poetry while awarding prizes for Best Play in senior competition and a model children’s presentation The piece notes Miss Port as guest artist and honors Herbert Coulson’s poetry reading with audience praise Continued on Page 3 Col 7
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School openings set for Dauphin area and rural schools
The area board decided Aug. 30 as the start date for Dauphin town schools and rural high schools at Sifton Ochre River and Makinak. One room rural A group schools will open Aug. 23, a week earlier, at its meeting last Wednesday.
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Legal Position May Be Seited By Board May Be Set
At a joint town council and area board meeting Mayor Bullmore urged legal steps to legitimize a $110,000 debt. Disputes over borrowing without proper consent were debated with several members admitting possible improper actions and questions raised about the board’s authority and conduct.
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Erection of Trusses Completed on D.M.C.C Building
The D M C C site displays 11 trusses lifted into place forming the central frame of the curling rink and industrial hall. Piles and footings secure ten ton trusses while a frost wall and roof work proceed. The 112 by 196 foot building will house ice sheets and a large industrial floor space with completion hoped by late June.
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Clean Up Campaign For Week Of May 24
Town council health unit and board of trade sponsor a community clean up May 24 to 29. Main Street cleanup planned by the town. The date was set at a council meeting and gar bage collection delays were blamed on road conditions.
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Curling Club Rink Sold. Proceeds Aid DMCC Project
The community curling club rink at First Street and Second Avenue S.W. was sold as announced by an executive. A. Buckwold bought the rink for $3,000, with proceeds donated to the D M C C, bringing total Dauphin curling clubs’ contributions to $3,600 for the center project. The Ladies Curling Club and Kitty Curling Club have already donated $600 from lunchroom and bake sale efforts.
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Lions Variety Show Promises Mystery and Talent
The Lions host a two night variety show at the town hall on May 17 and 18 with a 20 Questions quiz on a panel of four local citizens. The committee lists chairman Murray Moore and others while Walter Darroch wrote the score for a 12 piece orchestra under Dr. Verne Watson. The event aims to entertain with surprises and a sense of curiosity.
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Saul Bay
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Death Notices From Dauphin Honor Former Officials
Archibald Bennett former mayor of Dauphin died at Dauphin General Hospital on Tuesday May 11 funeral set for Friday at 2 30 PM at the Baptist church Rev H R Stowell officiating burial in Riverside cemetery Funeral arrangements by Bulimores. Henry Harry Nisbet Macneill 54 longtime Dauphin resident and educator hospital worker died Wednesday May 12 funeral Friday at 10 AM in St Viator Catholic church interment Riverside cemetery Father A McIntyre to conduct services Bulmore’s funeral home in charge
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Council Faces Budget Strains as 22 Mills Levy Debated
The council nears a Friday decision on a general tax levy of 22 mills amid budget gaps. Debate notes possible small increases to mall rates and confirms school tax uncertainties delaying the by law. several projects are under review with added costs and no current funding. The June 1 tax notices are planned with a 30 day discount period beginning July 3.
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National Parks Expenditures Tripled This Year
The government announced a tripling of park spending for the year, plans to improve roads and facilities in scenic national parks, with seven million three hundred seventy-two thousand eight hundred seventy‑eight dollars allocated versus two million four hundred twenty‑one thousand six hundred twenty‑six in 1947. The Riding Mountain park highway from Dauphin to Clear Lake will be funded from this boost.
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Liquor Convictions Lead April RCMP Town Report
Five court convictions were listed in the April report to council, four tied to liquor violations. The RCMP Town station also reported 19 complaints investigated, one more than in March.
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