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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 20, 1972
Page
8
Fragmentary OCR shows a meeting reference tied to the Wood and Community club with actions on April 10 and April 22 at sites including T.W.M. Feedlot and Glasmans. Details incomplete but indicates a vote or agenda items related to those locations and dates.
Two obituaries note the deaths of Lucy Clara Spencer RN of Brandon and Major Pratt, former Russell School principal and educator. Spencer, born 1890 near Millwood Manitoba, died March 1972 at Brandon's International Nursing Home. funeral in Russell with pallbearers listed. Pratt, born 1880 in Banbury England, served in British Army, Canadian Army, led Russell schools, edited Manitoba journals, and was made honorary city citizen. funeral in St Phillips Anglican Church, Tache and Eugenie.
Stewart MP for Marquette will seek the Progressive Conservative nomination at the upcoming convention. He criticized the Trudeau government as Western Canada and Canada must be defeated. Nomination meeting set for May 1 at Buffalo Plains Ton, Shoal Lake, 8:00 p.m., with MP Jack McIntosh as guest speaker.
A police blotter lists numerous fines across Manitoba and Saskatchewan for liquor possession, speeding, and stop-sign violations. Names include Eldon George McKenzie, Frank F. Keller, Stanley Leonard Davidson, Barry J. Duncan, Robert Lemoine, and Joseph Burt Keller among others, with fines ranging from 10 to 60 dollars and costs around 4.25.
Apology issued for fall photography delays. Efforts by phone and mail to contact the photographer have failed to yield a satisfactory explanation. Those who ordered pictures will be notified promptly once they are received.
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