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Russell Banner

Location

Russell, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Apr 01, 1948

Page

4

Passing of Mrs Ferguson prompts sympathy in community

The note records the March 24 Winnipeg General Hospital death of Mrs Marshall Ferguson, sister of Mrs Greensides. It notes George Greensides’ travel from Assiniboia for the funeral, and extends condolences to the Greensides and Ferguson families. The funeral was March 27 at Ingleside cemetery.

George Greensides Yas Chandler Russell Collegiate Bruce Collins Sweet Adelyne M. Ferguson Ingleside

Marchwell Notes On Easter Travel And Bearded Men

Crows arrive delaying field work while Miss Kopelchuk and Mrs Adamiak return home for Easter holidays. Ed Nelson visits from Kenora with relatives before returning Monday. Mrs Pearpoint Sr visits, travel hampered by bad roads from Calder to Russell then Binscarth and Marchwell. Bearded Men's competition has ended.

Nelson Pearpoint Pearpoints Calder Russell Binscarth Finelly Marchwell

Local Visitors Return and Spring Returns

Mrs Wm May came back to Shilo after a month with her father Tomes Murdock and sister Edith. Miss Dorothy Polding, visiting in Millwood, returned home. Spring arrived as warm days delighted residents, but winter briefly returned midweek. Mrs Edgar Reich and daughter Carol from Winnipeg arrived to spend Easter with James Madock.

Wm. May Shilo Tomes Murdock Edith Dorothy Polding Millwood Edgar Reich Carol Winnipeg James Madock

Silver Beach Residents Enjoy Winter Family Visits

Silver Beach residents report winter visits and travel from Winnipeg. Maria Michalchuk heads to Winnipeg for a short holiday. L Ganden of Winnipeg Normal School vacations with family. Peter Melnyk a Seeburn School teacher returns for Easter. Mr and Mrs Wenstoway of Foxwarren visit Hyra home. John Stefanishyn returns from Canora after medical care.

H. Kuzenko Winnipeg Maria Michalchuk L. Ganden Winnipeg Normal School Peter Melnyk Seeburn School A. Wenstoway Foxwarren B. H

Glen Elmo resident returns home for visit

Mike Macvshyn, employed at Terrace Bay Ontario for a year, returns to Glen Elmo to visit his parents. Leona Verbowski spent a week with Mr and Mrs mil Michalehuck at Silverton. Steve Kuzenko sold his tractor and will work in Winnipeg. A Woronnik, a school teacher, spends Easter with Tolstoi parents. Tom Sitko of Oakburn visited his mother in law Mrs A Dvedniak. Mrs Macyshyn and Mrs John Ewanchuk left for Canora Sask on business. Mike Verbowsky of Brandon, employed at the CPR yards, visited friends. Harry Boychuk of Rossburn was mentioned.

Mike Macvshyn Terrace Bay Ont Leona Verbowski Mil Michalehuck Silverton Steve Kuzenko Winnipeg A. Woronnik Tolstoi Tom Sitko Oakburn A. Dvedniak A. Macyshyn John Ewanchuk Canora Sask Mike Verbowsky Brandon CPR Yards Harry Boychuk Rossburn

Mill Haulage Crew Logos and Saws Work Candidly

A brief item notes a crew spent a week at the mill hauling gear and cutting logo materials into lumbe, detailing hands on work and the steady progress made in the woodworking process.

Lumbe

Lima School District's Red Cross Contributions Show Cautionary Letter

The Lima District lists donors to the Canadian Red Cross Society with amounts from $0 to $2.00 and includes an editor's anonymous letter urging society support while warning against liquor use among youths. The letter advocates social gatherings without liquor and calls for a healthier future.

Canadian Red Cross Society Lima Jeter Baydak Bert Dufrat Stan’ Dufrat Eddie Keller Tony Jarravas Joe Baydak Nick Laskowski Nick Olynyk Roy Derkach Mike Shindak Ted Young Canada Albert Gallant Joe Keller William Michalchuk Mike Kotilinski Nasee Comags Joe Seivak Maria Michalchuk Anonymous

Bread’s cycle remembered in old verse

A compact meditation on bread as life’s thread from light and plants to grain and seeding. The fragment cites poet Arthur Gutterman noting bread as foundational to weddings, sermons, and all good things, underscoring bread’s central place in culture and ritual.

Arthur Gutterman

The World of Wheat Ritual and the Farmer's Communion

The article poetically links spring to the farmer's yearly ritual of sowing and harvest. It traces humanity's reverence for grain from ancient goddesses Isis Demeter and Ceres to a universal ceremony uniting seed, earth, and sun in the transformation of yellow seed and brown soil into bread.

Isis Egypt Demeter Greece Ceres Rome

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Harrowby George Koulson Alice Prick Bailey Clarke London Eorge Greensides Assinboia Marshall Ferguson William Olson Dorothea Olson Me‘Cremry Merle Cealy Crosby Silver Beach Glen Elmo Cuba J. B. Harrington University of Saskatchewan L. H. Shebreski University Red Cross Kestlers Fonda Mtar CBE Goodwilh STP Cat Walters Manitoba Bureau Dept of Mines and Natural Resources Legislative Building Mina Vets Wong Hydro Manitoba Power Commission Your Smith - Corona smith-Corona Lipper Fesk Qsil
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