River concession built mill promised at Shellmouth
The Banner notes an 1905 government river concession at Shellmouth granted to Rev W P Spooner who plans a damless mill operable in high or low water. Other items recall 1910 grain exhibit, 1915 race dispute, 1920 heavy rain, 1925 bank changes, and 1935 Shell River voyage by Oliver Johnston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aco
Shellmouth
W. P. Spooner
Oliver Johnston
Asessippi
Roblin
Shell River
Mr. Wetherew
Seventeen Tiny Tots Start To School
Seventeen children began the fall term as Russell school opened. First day enrolment in public school and Collegiate reached 176 with Grade XI hosting 16 pupils, larger than last term. Registration lists show class sizes and educators including Miss Grainger, Miss McLean, Mrs Douglas, Miss Taylor, Miss Davis, and principals R W Dalton and Carl Bachinski.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell School
Dorothy Grainger
Second Time Home for Flight Lieutenant Leroy Stevens
Flight Lieutenant Leroy Stevens returns from two tours overseas with the Path Finder group and the Path Finder Badge. He earned the Distinguished Flying Medal 1939-43 Star Aircrew Europe Star and France-Germany Star and expects his discharge soon. He is visiting town with his wife and his father R A Stevens and Mrs Cartwright.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leroy Stevens
R.c.af
Leroy
Pathfinder Group
Europe
Stevens
R. A. Stevens
Cartwright
Local Girl Hurls Team To Victory
Gwen Bennett pitched for the Rivers W.D.'s Western RCAF Command softball team, beating Yorkton 64 and Regina 11 0 in playoffs. In the finals Rivers defeated No 10 Repair Depot Calgary two games to one to win the women's championship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gwen Bennett
Rivers W.D
Miss Benett
A. Bennett
Harrowby
Gwen
Yorkton
Regina
Repair Depot
Calgary
Rivers
Harvesting operations go ahead in dry weather
With continued dry weather harvesting is general across the district. Overall crops show good prospects and sizeable yields are expected. Labor is tight, but a group of twenty men was due to arrive last evening.
Duties and Policy of Local Rehabilitation Committees
Community advisory groups under the Dominion government assist the Department of Veterans Affairs in veterans re establishment. They emphasize employment as core, coordinate local reception and social reintegration, and support training, housing, legal aid, and publicity efforts to aid returning service men and women and their families.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Department of Veterans Affairs
National Selective Service
Veterans’ Land Act Advisory ‘Board
Compensation Urged for Barley Producers in Ottawa
Western Canadian barley farmers face losses from a barley export embargo. The North West Line Elevators AssociationPresident Cecil Lamont urges the Feeds Administrator J G Davidson to outline immediate compensation plans for growers hit by lower export and malt values and feed barley pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
J. G. Davidson
Ottawa
U.S
Canada
Cecil Lamont
North‘West Line Elevators Association
We cannot win costly wars and seek peace cheaply
A quoted line argues that a hard won victory requires equal commitment to peace and rebuilding, warning against under investing in postwar reconstruction and a new world order. The remark emphasizes the necessity of sustained sacrifice and resources.
Meat rationing and wartime aid spark mixed reflections
Frank Morriss notes meatless days in Canada during World War II as his wife enforces rationing to aid Europeans. He praises Canadian women's resolve while recalling Montreal talks on civilian aviation and coal aid, with notes on PICAO and postwar air expansion. He cites Harold L. Ickes pledging coal supplies to Europe, warning Canada may face coal shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Canada
Montreal
Provisional International Civil Avision Organization
UNRRA
PICAD
Harold L. Ickes
Solid Fuels
USA
Ontario
Quebec
STOP PRESS AND LABOR DAY NOTES FROM RUSSELL
The column reports a birth at Sacred Heart hospital to Editor and Mrs. Sanderson and hints the newborn may take over the column. Russell streets host a quiet Saturday with RCMP police presence and theatre crowds amid a light calm and a look toward a new order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Hospital
Sanderson
Russell Streets
R.C.M
Dauphin
New Order
Students Choose Flying Life Amid Turbulent Times
About 72 of 100 boys and girls at Chungkink School in tm sR area chose aviation as a path for life, reflecting a trend among settlers as they moved toward new opportunities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tm Sr Settlers
Chungkink School
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Banner Files
Winnipeg
Russell Agricultural Society
Board of Trade
Messrs
Alf, Clee
G. A. Cope
Brandon
Binscorth Park Association
Bradshaw
Association
F. McPherson
P. H. Nelson
Spears
England
Russell
Biograph
Velagraph
Edison
Essaney
Kalem
Lubin
Setig
Bijou
Spears Bros
L. W. Smith
Forsythe
Union Bank of Canada
Royal Bank
Rob Iin
The
Great Plains Horticultural Society
F. L. Skinner
J. A. Glen
L. Lantz
ND. E. Cobb
Bottineau
If.l. Leroy Stevens
Signet Ring Fund
RCAF
Watson Lake
By Frank Morriss
China
Sky
H. A. Mullins
Senator Mulins
Aswestry
Eng
MD. 10
Russell Meadows
Pete McKinnon
Alex Chesky
Ken Rea
Albert Angus
Ernie Bender
Manitoba Power Commission
Lloyd Wiley
Mr. Wiley
Bill Fenton
Bob Tod
Quebec City
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