Rural Council Pushes Purchase of New Motor Grader
The Rural Municipality of Rossburn council met September 10 to approve buying a Champion Model D-600 motor grader with snow plow equipment from Haggard Equipment Co. Ltd. for 35,250 dollars, trade in 12,150 dollars, net 23,100 dollars with 13,100 on delivery and 10,000 by December 1968. The meeting also approved budget items and paid last month’s bills.
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Rossburn
Pressent
John Mitchell
Ernest Drul William Hyra
Mervin Trakalo
Joe Dnistransky
Drul — Trakalo
Hyra — Dnistransky
Haggard Equip. Co. Ltd
Hyra — Drul
Townsfolk Race To Top Turnip Giant
Doug Joiner displayed a 12 pound turnip grown in his garden. Readers are invited to submit photos or reports of bigger vegetables for comparison and possible bragging rights.
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Doug Joiner
Manitoba eases sales tax reports for 5000 vendors
The Manitoba government will let about five thousand vendors and purchasers with monthly taxable transactions under 200 dollars file quarterly returns instead of monthly. Monthly returns remain for higher transactions. first quarterly filings due in December. Evans says revenue loss is negligible and mailing costs will drop.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Gurney Evans
Brandon University Offers Adult Extension Courses in Russell
Brandon University announces adult extension courses for teachers and citizens in the Pelly Trail area. Three hour lectures run Friday evenings and Saturdays every other weekend at Major Pratt Collegiate Russell. Courses include Introductory Psychology 160 and Child Psychology, with options in British History 212 or Modern European History 311.
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Brandon University
Pelly Trail
Pratt
Russell
E. P. Reimer
Univer
S Division
Pelly Trail Division
Goose Refuge Created in Oak Lake Area
A special Canada goose refuge has been established in the Oak Lake area to protect stocked birds placed by Ducks Unlimited. The marsh area bounded by highways 1 2 21 and 83 will stay closed until the geese become resident breeding birds. Canada geese are the only birds protected under this regulation.
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Oak Lake
Ducks Unlimited
Dramatic Heat Returns Amid Frost Ruin Outlook
A mid summer heat spell returns with Wednesday the warmest day since July 12. Forecasters warn the warm period may continue, but unseasonable frosts early in the season have ruined crop prospects.
Strathclair Golfer Tops Rossburn Tournament
Strathclair golfer Wilf Lee won the Rossburn Men’s Golf Club fall tournament at Rossman Lake. Lee shot 36 34 38 to lead the championship flight and earned the engraved trophy from The Chalet Rossburn. Notable entrants totaled 79 players from Rossburn and nearby towns.
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Strathclair
Rossburn
Rossburn Men’s Golf Club
Rossman Lake
Wilf Lee
Wayne Reid
Hamiota
Wayne Reid Hamotta
Phillip Brown Wins Two Bursaries for BSc Honours
Phillip Brown receives a Board of Governors Bursary worth 150 dollars and a Manitoba Government Bursary of 300 dollars. He attends the University of Manitoba and starts his third year toward a BSc Honours degree.
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Phillip Brown
Board of Governors
Manitoba
Phil
University of Manitoba
Art Workshop Planned At Clear Lake
An Autumn art workshop at Clear Lake September 13 to 15 will be hosted by Manitoba Tourism and Recreation's community recreation branch. Professor Gissur Eliasson and Miss Nadya Kostyshyn will teach painting and crafts leadership at Riding Mountain conference centre for community benefit. Minister Sterling R. Lyon announced the successful summer recreation directors program and said it helps communities provide competent leadership for playgrounds sports day camps and family recreation with about 20 Manitoba communities participating this year.
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Community Recreation Branch
Manitoba Department of Tourism and Recreation
Clear Lake
Riding Mountain Conference Centre
Gissur Eliasson
University of Manitoba
Nadya Kostyshyn
Tourism and Recreation
Sterling R. Lyon
Lyon
Blossom Time Again in September Warm Sunshine Restores Summer Feel
The week brings belated summer warmth with gardens showing out of season blooms. Doug Cormack notes crabapples and raspberries flowering despite September conditions, signaling unusual early growth and prompting curiosity about what comes next.
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Doug Cormack
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Trakalo — Dnistransky
Salvation Army
Trakalo — Hyra
Public School Finance Board
Dnistransky
Hyra
Dnistiansky — Trakalo
Mr. Evans
Sity of Manitoba
A. G. Minish
Russell Manitoba
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Decker
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Spy Hill
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Cartwright
Lloyd Willett
Lorne Robinson
Harold Slow
Russ Ivey
Binscorth
Bill Joiner
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B. Haight
A. Pirie
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Oakburn
Altona
Arborg
Carberry
Carman
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Killarney
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