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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 22, 1926
Page
1
Friends of Mr and Mrs McGibbon hosted a farewell at their Endcliffe home last Thursday. The event featured games and an address by Mr W Stevenson with gifts and messages of esteem for their uplifting district work and generous hospitality.
The senior grades for the past week were topped by Violet Bowles at X Reg Cartwright at IX Elsie Dunsmore at IX Verna Mcintosh at VII Wilbur Sparrow at VI Nick Jarowski at V Gwer Wilron led the list among the students.
The Russell Golf Club held its annual meeting on Friday with A M Pratt as president C Kirshaw as secretary and committees named for ground and handicap work. Activities include a May season opening match play a monthly stroke play medal with a small trophy and handicap card submissions to the secretary. Course rating listed as 66 and Howey 72.
In error last week the herd prize went to Herefords not Shorthorns. Ag1000 deal encourages poultry breeding. This year sections in the class are doubled by breeding pens. All interested in poultry should secure a copy of the list.
A well attended Russell Baseball Club meeting discussed a strong season and forming a league with nearby towns. Members urged timely schedule, funding via membership tickets, and potential weekly showings under baseball club auspices. Executive will decide on an offered moving picture arrangement.
Mrs Breckenrid Sr. is laid up with a damaged foot. The Ladies of the WMS hold a Silver Tea at Mrs Staples home on Saturday afternoon May 1. Mr and Mrs Delmar McFeeters visited Mr and Mrs Victor Hugo Sunday. A donation of 2200 cents was sent to Toronto for the United Church Maintenance and Extension Fund for Angusville and Boyle congregations. Main roads around Angusville are in fairly good condition.
The Route Sundew School held its annual meeting Sunday afternoon with officers and teachers appointed for the year. Mrs Burgess could not continue as Bible Class teacher after many years of service. Hedley Ross visited Willie Hough at Rossburn. Howard Preston returned from a city business trip. Rosenstock spent Sunday with friends at Rossburn.
The Harmony Lodge degree team is to be congratulated for winning the proficiency shield in the secret work. They now open to challenges from nearby lodges. Binsearth Agricultural Society schedules its annual Summer Fair for July 30. Mr and Mrs Nisfeldt and family moved to a farm near Harrow. Mrs Gilbart of Neepawa visited last week with Dr and Mrs Broadfoot. Friends hear of the serious illness of Mr Robi Clegg.
Stratford notes the Sunny Circle Mission Band of the school district hosting its annual Sale of Name sewing aprons and candy on Arbor Day May 10. A baseball game will be played in the afternoon starting at 3 20 p m with lunch served and a free will offering for the Mission Band.
Sunday school at 239. Evensong at 7 o clock. Juniors interested in the Confirmation class are asked to meet at the Rectory after the Sunday service.
Service next Sunday includes Holy Communion at 9 a.m. and 11 o'clock address by the Boys Missionary Club. The Faster service filled the church. Easter anthem Whom Seek Ye was sung with Christ Church Boys Orchestra. Rev Edward S White of St Louis plans a month's Shellmouth visit and will assist services. his Jr White roots in Dropmore are recalled.
Endcliffe Sunday school will be held next Sunday at o'clock. The rezvar fortnightly service will be resumed next Sunday at 3 p.m.
Rhoda Boulton and Arthur Pettitt led Grade VI Sr. and Lily Thickett led VI Jr. Keith Setter led IV, Lenore Setter IH, and Metfort Boulton I also placed first in their grades.
The piece quotes Lord Northcliffe on concentration as the key to success in journalism. It urges focus on one task and applying full effort to work and study, citing Emerson on concentration as essential in politics, war, trade, and managing affairs.
A notice discusses the dangers of the credit system. It warns that borrowers are lured by enticing promises and may ruin their finances by pledging future payments for a house, carriage, or piano. The piece cautions against easy credit and the impact on moral and material well being.
A man takes a debt he cannot sustain and the burden grows with interest. The loan drains his earnings and destroys his prosperity. When payment time arrives the property is sold at a fraction of value and he is left destitute and homeless.
W J Ward MP for Dauphin seeks an amendment to the Divorce Act to grant married women their own domiciles. The proposal would allow a wife to sue for divorce after two years domiciled anywhere, removing the husband’s residence as a controlling factor.
Proclamations declare Forest Week to stress forestry as vital to Canada’s industry, railways, water power, and tourism. The piece warns against fires and waste, noting 1923 forest production valued at 314 million dollars and urging national leadership to adopt a lasting forest policy.
Dairy commissioner L A Gibson reports a sharp jump in butter fat collection at Manitoba Creemeries in the first three months of 1926 compared with 1925. January shows 597,659 pounds vs 437,673. February 534,156 vs 395,772. March 700,670 vs 436,972, totaling a gain of about 472,127 pounds and an estimated value of $226,400 over last year.
The report notes that higher Manitoba prices compared to the U S market, producers exploiting this price gap, and the unusually mild season all contributed to the observed advantage.
The minutes of the last regular meeting be confirmed as read. Town accounts to be paid include Glen & Thompson and electric light bills from General Electric, Thom-Kippan, and Westinghouse. Mrs Maher granted permission to keep two pigs. Clerk authorized to apply for title on lands from tax sale and to print 509 copies of the Auditor's report.
A meeting on Monday night approved forming a Horticultural Society with officers including Patron Col Hi A Mullins MP Hon President Mrs A G P Smellie President F L Skinner Vice President J S Warrington Secy Treas Rev D D Millar and committee Mrs J G Kilpan Mrs J Thompson Mrs J Thickett Messrs Bond Brown Pratt. The committee will meet Monday afternoon to arrange the fall exhibition prize list and finalize organization.
The residence and household effects of Mr A G P Smetlie will be sold on Saturday May 1st by auctioneer A R McIntyre. The household effects of Mr Fred Mills will be sold on Saturday April 24th by auctioneer A R McIntyre.
Government plans a rural credit program with initial capital up to 5 million dollars and five percent government subscriptions. Provinces and borrowers also contribute five percent, with farm loan bonds to be issued by a board chaired by the finance minister. Loans secured by first mortgages on farm lands at a rate covering operating expenses, with bonds not to exceed 15 million.
The text notes U S gasoline taxes yielding 146,025,940 in 1925 and the Hull Electric Railway sold to International Pulp and Paper Co for 4,700,900. Also mentions Manitoba liquor enforcement bills and Britain facing general anxiety amid wartime strain.
Local notices list fairs and events including Shellmouth Fair on July 27 and Russell Fair on July 21 22 with Arbor Day April 18 to 21. Town updates cover residents Miss Isabel SmeNie Winnipeg and Mr Jes Rogers Innisfail Alta. store hours evenings starting April 28. road and public works notes. church and district society activities. plus remarks on economic strains and CPR extension debates.
An expert from Port Elizabeth chemists firm perfected a photograpic system using reflected light on sensitized paper instead of film or glass plates. It yields a negative in seconds, prints in a special apparatus, enables rapid copies and automatic enlargements, and is under consideration by the British War Office with Colonel Hare testing it.
In the Saskatchewan Legislature measures were outlined to halt rat incursions west of a line from the international boundary through Lampman Broadview Melville and Priestville. Once absent in the prairie provinces the rat spread from Emerson Manitoba to Winnipeg and now reaches Saskatchewan as officials step up control efforts.
Practical chick rearing notes show low losses and rapid growth. Chicks receive no food for 60 hours post hatch, then warm water and grit, followed by finely cracked wheat or chick food. Six to seven feedings daily in ten days, dry mash gradually added, with a specified mash mix. Grits, charcoal, buttermilk, and fresh sprouted oats support growth under brooder conditions.
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