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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1950
Page
3
The article praises Deputy Minister A MacNamara for challenging broad plans to distribute money. It warns against pensioning workers early and delaying schooling, arguing such moves could reduce overall production. It stresses balancing education and old age support with national needs.
A wedding held in a Greek Catholic Church united the bride and groom with Rev. Zakriouski officiating. Bridesmaids included Miss Phylis Waytenen and Miss Muriel Zena Elphinstone. Ushers were the groom's brother Lloyd of Sudbury and the bride's brother Jorn of Elphinstone. The couple, Mr. and Mrs. Kitler, will reside at Mears.
Edwin Jerome Bass of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba 1949 honors graduate, receives a 31 000 barley research scholarship from the Barley Improvement Institute. The institute funds 19 200 yearly to Canadian universities for barley research with multi university allocations. Bass will study for a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Toronto after a year at the Grain Research Laboratory in Winnipeg. He served in the RCAF during World War II with 50 sorties over enemy territory.
Local notice lists Rossburn Manitoba offerings including books magazines comics and a selection of soft drinks candy and ice cream. Community shoppers are invited to browse and enjoy varied items at the town shop.
The Canadian Pacific Railway inaugurated the St Luc freight terminal in Montreal on July 6. The facility features a hump classification yard with automatic switching and braking, an under track inspection pit, a rapid automatic track weighing scale, a 37 stall engine house with direct steaming, and floodlight towers. The three yard complex covers over three and a half miles of track and more than a square mile, housing 4869 cars.
Barley growers in southwest Manitoba were warned to monitor fields for grain aphid outbreaks that damaged 150 000 to 200 000 acres last year. While mid July showed no serious infestations this year, late seeding and weather may favor aphids and early sowing plus insecticidal control are advised. Growers should report signs of invasion to the Department of Agriculture.
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