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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1968
Page
2
The Russell Banner lists year and advance rates of 3.50 dollars, with 40 dollars per year outside the area, and notes Ottawa postal authorization. The passage mentions second class mail and payment of postage, indicating standard newspaper distribution terms and pricing.
The notice lists contestants for the electionary event including Miss Cooper Miss Hannah Dunn Miss J Hyde Miss F Settee Miss M Anderson Miss Ruby Selter Mrs Huddlestone and Miss Ruby Huddlestone. Mr John Van-Nest of Oshawa Ont has purchased the pool room and barber shop from Mr J J Smith with the new proprietor planning changes.
A butcher shop formerly run by Oscar Bernard is now taken over to serve fresh and cured meats. The notes recount moves and hires across 40, 30, 20, and 10 years ago including post offices, farm rentals, and society activities with figures like J T Shipp, Mrs. Harry Bell, A G Smellie, and Frank Jones appearing among moving households and professional appointments.
Millwood residents Mr and Mrs Lionel Hert hin and Lisa of Asgarth Sask spent Easter weekend with Galyes parents. Mrs J Kyle of Regina visited with her mother Mrs A C Heap and family. Mr and Mrs Gerald Wilson spent Easter weekend visiting Brandon and Boissevain relatives. Manitoba milk production in 1967 reached 852,602,000 pounds.
Weekly Angusville entries list bingo winners and prize totals, birthday greetings, baby shower guests, and Easter weekend visits. Local families including Shinchak, Hamilton, Katchen, Siwak, Kandrat, Derkach, and Penonzek are named along with relatives visiting from Winnipeg, Brandon, and Regina. Major items include a jackpot bingo winner and a free admission draw, plus multiple milestones and travel to Easter gatherings across rural Manitoba communities.
A veteran recalls superstition that misfortune clustered in threes during air service days, then in sixes and sevens after the war. He details a string of mishaps from a 32-hole aircraft to a near fatal bomb hang-up, a downed mission, prison, and chaotic domestic scenes with neighbors and daily life devolving into comic catastrophe.
Miss Norah Stewart motored to Brandon to visit her mother and friends. Guests of Mr and Mrs A Petz included Mr and Mrs J Petz and family from Regina, Mr and Mrs Dave Petz of Esterhazy. Mr and Mrs Keith Davidson and Mr W Davidson spent the weekend at their cottage. Mr and Mrs M Rawza hosted the weekend at their home. The Russins of Winnipeg visited Mr and Mrs A Johnson. Mex Morrison is home after Winnipeg General Hospital surgery. Miss E Busch holidaying at the Busch home. Mrs Whyte also had.
A notice announces the sale of buildings at Renner Shellmouth Reservoir, listing Building No. and related parcels. Officials set terms and date for bidding, with conditions on removal and payment. The action appears under local government property disposition procedures.
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