None For The Road Theme Of Safe Driving Week
The Canada Safety Council marks its twenty-eighth Safe Driving Week from December 1 to 7 1983 with a call for public and professional support to reduce traffic accidents. The campaign centers on driver impairment and personal responsibility, urging defensive driving and seat belt use under the theme None For The Road.
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Canada Safety Council
Community notes from Russell weeklies compilation
The Russell Golf and Country Club annual meeting on November 20 drew about 45 attendees. net income for the year reached 11028.14, up from 10730.13. Minnedosa council set lagoon issues as a priority, with Mohawk offering lab testing facilities for odor concerns near Highway 10. Kelly Dushinsky and family had a lucky deer hunt near Birtle, tagging two deer with one shot. Neepawa hosted a blood donor clinic yielding 357 units for the Red Cross, with Mayor Homer Gill presenting certificates to Wm. Sumner and James Finlayson for 35 donations. Walter Mack, a Dauphin man questioning a move to Atikokan, Ontario, to be with family, won $100000 on the Western Express draw. A Manitoba helicopter from 14th Training Headquarters in Winnipeg made a weather-induced landing at Roblin on November 16, remained grounded until a successful takeoff on November 18 at 1:30 PM. A new Manitoba wildlife refuge was created when Thomas Henry Cox of Minitonas donated 80 acres, keeping the land since 1965 and enriching habitat for grouse, deer, ducks, black bear, fish, and other fauna.
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Neepawa
Red Cross
Homer Gill
Wm. Sumner
James Finlayson
Winnipeg
Roblin
Province of
Manitoba
Thomas Henry Cox
Minitonas
Mr. Cox
Hamiota Centennial Celebration Invites Old Residents
The town and A.M. of Hamiota celebrate their 100th birthday in 1984 with events through 1984. Main activities occur the weekend of the 3rd Thursday in July. Former residents are invited to participate in sporting, musical, and social events and reconnect with friends. Contact The Centennial Committee, Box 100, Hamiota, Manitoba ROM OTO, for details.
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Hamiota
Box 100
Manitoba
Rom Oto
Remembering Heroes and Headlines From a Rambling Notebook
Reggie’s Ramblings recalls Babe Ruth and Wayne Gretzky gifting mementos to young fans, with each tale framed as acts from the heart rather than publicity. The column also notes Reagan’s rising popularity post Grenada, a Labrador land ownership myth, and aging media quips about Air Canada and a “memory pill” in Chicago.
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