Russell District Ready for Complete Electrification
Russell district residents anticipate full hydro power access as the Manitoba Power Commission completes the 1992 expansion. Over 300 new customers will be wired, with 58 homes receiving service across three western wards including Millwood and Harrowby, and 100 plus more in Silver Creek east wards ready soon. An upcoming horticultural show and 4-H exhibit add community events to the electrification milestone.
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Manitoba Power Commission
Russell
Millwood
Harrowby
Silver Creek
Angusville
Birdtail
Rossturn
Boulton
Shellmouth
Russell District
Vacation School At Christ Church Russell
Christ Church Russell hosts a Vacation School for 4 to 12 year olds with 27 attendees. Sessions run 10 to 12 daily featuring action songs, worship, crafts, and woodwork under Rev. J D Lafferty and assistants Miss Edith Pettitt and Mrs J D Lafferty. The program aims to introduce children to church life and Christian living, ending with a Friday close and a Sunday service with a handicraft display.
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Christ Church
Russell
Aj Ty “Peiees Tae
Calla
J. D. Lafferty
Fall Preparation of Stubble Land For The 1953 Crop
Manitoba farmers commonly grow two or three grain crops after summer fallow. Early after harvest tillage, using a high clearance cultivator, controls weeds and preserves surface straw mulch. Shallow ploughing with early spring browning and packing boosts weed kill and oats yield, as shown by Melita station results.
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Manitoba
Melita
Story Of 70 Years Farming In Manitoba
The Department of Agriculture released a 32 page brochure titled The Story of Manitoba's Agriculture detailing seventy years of progress in the province. It covers rainfall records, shifts in field crop values, wool poultry and honey production, hail damage, horse population trends, and the spread of seeding and harvesting, using data from provincial and federal reports.
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Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Railway To Rebuild Jasper Park Lodge
The central building of Jasper Park Lodge will be rebuilt after a July fire and open for the 1953 season next June. Donald Gordon of Canadian National Railways says rustic character will be retained, with surrounding bungalows intact, as preliminary sketches proceed and work may begin before the season ends.
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Jasper Park Lodge
Donald Gordon
Canadian National Railways
Robert Sommerville
G. F. Drummond
Gordon
Council Orders New Street Lights
The Russell Town Council approved installing seventeen 100 watt lamps and a 300 watt lamp to replace a 150 watt unit in the residential district, with Manitoba Power Commission implementing the new street lighting. Bylaws on recently sold land passed, references to Carl Schentag the Masons and Mrs A Liske. A Court of Assessment Revision is set for October at 9 am in the Council Chambers. Accounts paid totaled $557.32 with Mayor Mather presiding and full council present.
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Russell
Manitoba Power Commission
Carl Schentag
Masons
A. Liske
Farmers urged to utilize good pasture conditions
Officials of the Manitoba Livestock Branch urge farmers to carry all unfinished animals to maximum finish by using surplus pasture. Livestock Commissioner J. H. Conner says postponing marketing can boost finish while current conditions limit outlets for sticker and feeder cattle.
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Manitoba Livestock Branch
J. H Conner
Ontario Tops Provinces in Sugar Output and Beet Yields
Ontario leads all Canadian provinces with the highest sugar production and beet sugar yield. The best sugar output recorded was 93,900,000 pounds.
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Ontario
Canada
Canada’s population grows by four hundred twenty one thousand
Census bureau reports Canada's population rose by 421000 to 14430000 in the year ending June 1. Births and 216000 immigrants drove the gain with Ontario adding 168000 and Quebec 118000. Projections suggest rapid growth may ease if immigration slows.
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Canada
Bureau of Statistics
Newfoundland
Confederation
Ontario
Quebec
British Columbia
Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Itaria
Binscarth Wins Fastball Tourney at Silver Beach
Binscarth captured the fastball tournament at Silver Beach on Sunday beating Endcliffe in their opener and then the final against a fatigued Russia Star team. Buster's Orioles rallied from a two run deficit to edge Harrowby, while the All Stars won in extras against Craigie. The semi final renewed the local feud with a one run All Stars victory.
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Binscarth
Silver Beach
Endcliffe
Russia
Buster
Orioles
Harrowby
All Stars
Craigie
Binscorth
Binscarth Boys
Inglis W.I. Hears Provincial Report
Inglis W I met in the community hall on August 6 with nine members present. Mrs Lender son presided and delegates reported on the Provincial W L Convention held in June at Winnipeg. A sewing machine attachment demonstration was given by Mrs P Galatuik. The September meeting will be at Mrs E Martel home with Mrs M Henderson assisting.
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Inglis W.I
Afernoon
M. Lenderson
Tom Jackson
EH. Armstrong
E. Matel
W.L
Winnipeg
P. Galatuik
Dangerous Water High Nitrate Levels Alarm Russell Residents
Health Inspector C. Van Alstyne reports a Russell test of twenty wells found seventeen with high nitrate content. The warning notes infant health risks from such water though no local cases have been observed.
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Russell
C. van Alstyne
van Alstyne
Memorial Rink seating priority and town lighting boost
The article urges prioritizing seating at Memorial Rink before winter and lauds Russell Town Council for a seven-lamp Main Street lighting boost. It salutes the Neon Central Hotel sign and bids farewell to a longtime linotype, Model L, which served The Banner since 1917 and will move to The Gilbert Plains Maple Leaf to continue printing.
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Old Man
Memorial Rink
Russell Town
Central Hotel
Model L. Linotype
Russell
J. McIntyre
Model L
Arthur Leech
St. Vital Lance
Jack Hill
Prince Albert
Jim Thom
The
Roblin Review
Bill Barry
Gilbert Plains Maple Leaf
Ducks Rampant in District Causing Grain Damage
Farmers report flocks of ducks already feeding in the district. Ducks damage both standing and swathed grain, prompting concerns about yield losses and potential protective measures.
Rail freight rate push met with efficiency plea
The article notes railway companies push freight rate hikes due to rising costs, urging better efficiency. It recounts a west of Newdale double header with two engines, one stock car and two cabooses, requiring ten crew and carrying an empty stock car to ease looming grain congestion on routes from Minnenedosa to Starrowby.
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Newdale
Minnedosa
Starrowby
Recording Industry Drives Offense With Nasal Gospel Song
A complainant voices shock at a guitar backed nasal vocal track about Judas betraying Jesus for thirty pieces of silver, describing it as a sacrilegious and repulsive record. The note questions how far recording companies will go to release such material.
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Jesus
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Ottawa
Council
John Farmer
Bob Hill Lake
National Park
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