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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1947
Page
2
The Russell Banner of Russell Manitoba announces weekly publication with subscription at $200 per year in advance and US rates at $2.50. Editor and Publisher Cecil Sanderson is authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa.
Manitoba Education announces 973 new teachers will open the coming term. Of these 360 graduate from the Provincial Normal School and 544 from the short Normal School course, with 30 holding out of province certificates. Staff shortages persist in fram schools and 20 grade schools. 80 one Fram schools and 30 for secondary work remain unfunded.
The Manitoba Power Commission reports July output of 1,094,810 kilowatt hours a 30.06 percent rise from July last year. Komarno electric service began in early August bringing connected communities to 25 for a year total of 233. Farm electrification widens with Cornwallis partially energized and crews wiring North Cypress Pembina Lorne Wallace areas. Pole setting finished in Tache Woodworth Thompson and under way in Daly Morton Whitehead Louise South Norfolk Macdonald Grey. Inspectors say 350 to 400 farms are being wired each month by contractors.
July traffic accidents killed eight Manitobans outside Winnipeg per a Manitoba Department of Labor safety report. June had four traffic deaths. July fatalities drop from last year in most categories, with eight general accidents and one industrial death. Overall seven months show 193 accidental deaths versus 168 last year.
Advice on preventing wrinkles when ironing sheer blouses in heat. Use a cloth wrung from warm water placed over the blouse to avoid setting wrinkles. Also notes eggs should be at room temperature around 70 degrees Fahrenheit for cake mixing.
Five years ago August 28 1902 a Canadian Bank of Commerce representative explored opening a Russell branch. Joe Peden pitched for Russell during sports day and twisted his arm breaking a small bone in the elbow. The Maccabees have received a 100 volume library from the Supreme Tent to place in Brown's barber shop for members.
An August 29 1907 item notes Ike Goodbun shipping cattle from Russell with the Andersons and others from Castleavery. A hunting party formed after a bear sighting near T Greaves farm west of the station. They tracked the bluff and found the target was a Greaves pig. The group, including an MPP, bank manager, hardware merchant, former reeve, and a tomsorial artist, returned home through back lanes.
An old item notes a Sunday night break in at Halling's restaurant with ice cream stolen and a call to return items. It also lists Wash-up the dishes, Russell school reopening with A C Crosby as principal and several teachers. Another note mentions A Setter with 17 binders in a Shellmouth wheat field and grain standings with A Wallace and A McFadyen.
A compilation of dated notices and brief items recounts events in Russell across decades. Highlights include the Military Conscription Act note from 1922, the 20 year mark in 1927 with church and school appointments, and commercial and agricultural updates from 1992 and 1997 such as a candy shipment, clothing store opening, and farm census rankings. The snippets portray community activity and local institutions adapting over time.
John Leslie Anderson 41 died early Monday. Funeral at Dryden United Church 2 p.m. Wednesday with Rev. R A Peden. Interment in Dryden Cemetery. Born Melita Manitoba June 4 1906. RBC career from 1924 mainly western branches, returned to Dryden 1943, left staff six months ago. Survived by wife daughter Sandra Gail parents Mr and Mrs John Anderson Angusville and sister Mrs F W Nicolaen Audrey of Saltstone. Active in Pepean Junior Chamber Curling Club and United Church.
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