Centenial Citizen of the Week spotlighted by Manitoba weeklies
Manitoba weekly newspapers in Mennonite areas publish a Centennial Citizen of the Week with a large photograph and details of the person’s community contributions. The program honors rural Canadians who labored quietly to build their communities and reflects pride in local achievement during the Centennial Year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Manitoba
Canada
Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association
MWNA
Dauphin Land Titles Office
Shell River
Roblin
Boblin
Miriam V
Beaven
Ambrose Hills yarn on farmers and a TV comic
A humorous Fraser Valley tale about a TV comic trying to hire a farmer to board his horse for 30 dollars a month plus manure. Neighbors bid lower, illustrating a moral about effort and goal setting tied to Canada’s centennial year and Expo 67 inspiration. Provincial crop insurance details show uptake, program scope, and funding through Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation.
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Fraser Valley
Cloverdale
Greenhorn Farm
Jim Parker
Parker
Lve
Canada
Manitoba Crop Insurance Corporation
Crop Insurance Participation Grows in Manitoba
All Manitoba grain farmers qualify for crop insurance this year and a growing share are enrolling. The program covers more than 29,000 insurable farmers as participation expands with increased demand for coverage and support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Daylight Saving Time Critique from Roblin Reader
A reader questions daylight saving time in a letter to the editor. The writer argues DST disrupts children's sleep and daily plans, cites a Lord given day night design, and includes a quoted verse from Robert Louis Stevenson about daylight and candles. The sign-off is M Jupe from Roblin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Louis Stevenson
M. Jupe
Roblin
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Snborn
John A. Macdonald
Wilfred Laurier
Robert Borden
William Lyon Mackenzie King
Ambrose Hills
Celanese OF
Marshall Wells
Roblin, Man
P.O. Box
Dauphin
Federal
Progressive Conservative Association
Constitution
Toronto
Ontario
R. Elmer Forbes
Michael Starr
Labour
Diefenbaker
J. @. Livingston
Swan River, Man
A. A. Hirschfield
Province of
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S.W
Sam
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Melody Kings
Electrohome
T.V
T.v.’S
R.C.A. Victor
Wa Rae
Royal Bank
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