Manitoba Assembly Session Falls Short of Big Goals
The fourth session of Manitoba's 28rd Legislature produced an unsettled atmosphere with limited major accomplishments. It saw funds for road work and education, and school debentures enabling legislation, while liquor, power, and franchise issues lingered. Opposition remained weak due to numbers, while cabinet additions Turner and Prefontaine were credited with strength.
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Manitoba
Liquor Act Administration
Winnipeg
Ronald Turner
Edmond Prefontaine
Turner
Health
Ivan Schultz
Wallace Miller
McDiarmid
Natural Resources Department
Observer
D. L. Campbell
Winnipeg Free Press
Mooney
Virden
Roblin W.I. Holds Meeting and Yard Competition Prep
At the Roblin Women's Institute monthly meeting a committee was appointed to inspect yards for the best kept yard contest this summer with monthly inspections to begin soon. A letter from the March of Dimes committee was read. Manitoba contributions helped raise the $20,000 goal to fight polio and aid crippled children rehabilitation. E W Somers spoke on the Manitoba Annual Fair and the boys and girls clubs, stressing parental and community encouragement. A fashion parade showcased sixty years of styles during social hour, followed by folk dancing, singing and lunch.
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Roblin W.I
Committee of the March of Dimes
Roblin
Manitoba
E. W. Somers
Boy Scouts Organization Formed in Roblin
A Roblin Boy Scout Association is established with a charter and plans for camping at Jack Fish Lake. Land is being provided by the Provincial Government on the lake’s northern shore. The group will promote hard work, responsibility, and virtue among boys aged 11 to 16, with Wolf Cubs to follow. A preliminary meeting for parents is set for April 24 at 8 pm in the Ukrainian College Auditorium, contact Rev. E Tremblay at 75 Roblin.
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Roblin
Boy Scouts
Jack Fish Lake
Baden Powell
Boy Scout Movement
Boy Scout Association of
Ukrainian College
E. Tremblay
4 H Club Leaders Conference in Russell
The 4 H Club Leaders Conference gathered leaders from Roblin and Russell in Russell last Tuesday April 15 to discuss plans for the upcoming Rally. The Rally will be held in Russell on July 17 with banners parades educational displays and ball teams. Monday April 14 the Shell River Poultry Club judged Barred Rocks New Hampshires and dressed poultry with Eveline Nash Gladys Nash Gordon Harlow Ralph Harlow and the Zorn sisters among top judges. Poultry chicks arrived Friday energizing members in their poultry work. Deepdale Garden Club to meet April 24 in Deepdale with films available.
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Russell
Roblin
Muirhead
Extension Service
Winnipeg
Shell River Poultry Club
Hassler
New
Eveline Nash
Ralph Harlow
Poultry Club
Deepdale Garden Club
Deepdale
Arbor Day Proclaimed in Manitoba by Order in Council
Arbor Day was proclaimed by the Lieutenant-Governor of Manitoba through an order in council for Monday May 5. The day is set aside annually for planting trees and shrubs in the province and is not a public holiday.
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Manitoba
Ward M P outlines Canada stance at Roblin meeting
W J Ward M P and A H Parker spoke at a public meeting in the Collegiate Auditorium on April 6. Parker urged loans for young farmers and leadership for Canada in facing world conditions while Ward stressed unity in the West, fiscal cautions on wages, and Canada U S strong have not nations with duties to the world market.
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W. J.ward M.P
A. H. Parker
Dauphin
Liberal Association
J. R. Mitchell
Canada
Great Britain
Europe
Parker
W. J. Ward
Ward
U.S.A
New York Times
Voice of
West
House of Commons
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Lloyd Stinson
Ed. Hansford
Stinson
South Winnipeg
W.C. Miller
E. F. Willis
F. L. St. John
Speaker
Robbn
Boy Scouts In
W. J. Ward M.P
Ag.Rep
Dominion Live Stock
Canada Packers’ Ltd
Canada Packers
Wiltshire
Grandview
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