Winnipeg to Churchill Scenic Route Filmed for TV
A National Film Board Travel Unit filmed a 250 person American tourist excursion from Winnipeg to Churchill. The documentary travels through Dauphin The Pas Flin Flon Sherridon to Port Churchill, highlighting rail expansion and local industry while noting wheat exports and freighter activity. The crew shot at Churchill and returned to Winnipeg after a 36 hour visit. Weather was mild but the permafrost remains.
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United States
Churchill
N.F.R
John Rooke
Don Wilder
Camerman
Winnipeg
Dauphin
Pas
Flin Fion
Sherridon
Sherrit-Gordon
Canada
N.F.B
Old Fort Prince of Wales
U.K
Hudson's Bay
National Grain Pays Another Dividend to Customers
The National Grain Company Limited announces a new dividend based on deliveries from July 1 1948 to June 30 1949. The rate is 14 cents per bushel on wheat and one quarter cent on other grains, totaling seven and eight eights cents on wheat and fifteen sixteenths cents on other grains after prior season payouts. Previous payments included oats at ten and fourteen percent per bushel and barley at fourteen and a quarter cents per bushel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Grain Company Limited
National Grain
National Grain Company
Shipping Livestock From Rossburn and Birdtail
Notice lists livestock shipment on Monday September 19 from Rossburn and Birdtail. W J Strong provides contact with phone number 11 in Rossburn for details.
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Rossburn
W. J. Strong
Animals in Air Cargo Take Striking Turns
Air freight workers recount odd shipments including a deodorized baby skunk bound for Connecticut. The latest plan involves two small cougars to Edmonton, with workers joking about giraffes or pink elephants next.
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TCA
Connecticut
Edmonton
Pentecostal Church Invites Attendance in Hamiota
A cordial invitation to hear Pastor and Mrs Neuendorff now ministering in Hamiota Manitoba with exchange of pulpits this week. Pastor Johnstone will minister this Sunday at the Hamiota Pentecostal church. Women’s Missionary Council preparing a Christmas parcel for missionaries in Mozambique South Africa. contact Miss D Miller for needed articles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Neuendorff
Toronto
Ont
Hamiota
Manitoba
Johnstone
Women’s Missionary Council of the
P.C
Mozambique
S. Africa
D. Miller
Winnipeg Visitors and Local Events Overview
Mr H Gilmour of Winnipeg visits his niece Mrs A T Chesney for a few days. Mrs D Leckie of Winnipeg visits her parents Mr and Mrs Wm Stitt. Mr and Mrs M Ham and family of Arcola Sask visit Mr W Baker. Mr J Young of Ninette holidays with brother R Young to help with threshing. Mrs F Zenchyshyn drives to Port Arthur Ont for a niece wedding. Ladies Aid at Mrs Howe’s home plans a Rossburn bazaar in October. donations may be left with Mrs Alexander or Mrs T Miller.
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H. Gilmour
Winnipeg
A. T. Chesney
D. Leckie
Mrs
Wm. Stitt
M. Ham
Arcola, Sask
W. Baker
Howe
Rossburn
Alexander
T. Miller
Vista High and Junch Room Teacher Hold Weiner Roast
Vista High School girls and the Junch Room teacher hosted a weiner roast at Stewart's Lake last Wednesday evening. The Boys and Girls Club Fair is set for September 26, with lunch served and proceeds to benefit the Vista Rink Committee. Mr Hubert Halliday drove from Vancouver to visit his parents and plans to continue his trip east with a companion.
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the Vista High School
Stewart's Lake
Vista Rink Committee
Hubert Halliday
Vancouver
W. H. Halliday
Rossburn Agricultural Society Meeting Promised
A meeting of the Rossburn Agricultural Society will be held at the Club Room in the Village of Rossburn on Saturday September 17 1949 at 8 o clock p.m. All members are requested to attend. Bert Mitchell N Karmazenuk Presidents.
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The
Rossburn Agricultural Society
Rossburn
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Winnipeg-to-Churchhill
Waterman’s
All Poider
Waterman
Atgt
Erie
Druc
Ressburn, Man
Oliver
Oliver “Cletrac
Silewich Bros. Garage
Pentecostal Ch. News
Mr. J. Young
Ninette
Mr. R. Young
Bert Mitchell
N. Karmazenuk
Nabob
Cleland’s Gen. Store
Rossburn Co-Op
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