Inglis Couple Mark Diamond Wedding
Inglis residents Mr and Mrs Pentlichuk celebrate a diamond anniversary on Sunday afternoon June 17 with family from Inglis Roblin Hamilton Ont Kamloops and Calgary among the 46 grandchildren and 15 great grandchildren present. They now reside with their youngest daughter Sadie Ziternik and attend Lennard church as friends extend best wishes for continued health and happiness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eli of
Roblin
George
Inglis
John
Hamilton
Ont
Jnc. Chorney
Fred Gorda
Sedor Nevestuik
Ted Pocltar
Peter Ziternik
Geo. Ursulak
Kamloops
B.C
N. Paulins
Calgary
Alta
George Paulenko
Inglis Local Gossip and Visiting Notices
Bobbie Inglis visits relatives in Inglis while Miss Gloria Kuhn attends Lutheran League conference in Iowa. Local families travel, visitors arrive, and teachers are posted to Roblin, Hudon, and Rochedale schools as community and school news fill the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Sedo
Clarence Seif
Wilmer Fingas
Gloria Kuhn
Iowa
USA
Lutheran League Conference
Miss Kuhn
Western Lutheran League
Bethany Lutheran League
Inglis
Early Copy Requested For Holiday Issue
Business places in Russell will be closed for Labor Day observance on Monday September 3. The note asks for advertising and news copy to be in the office as early as possible to allow doubling efforts for the rest of the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Elks Camp Ends Successful Season at Silver Beach
The Elks camp at Silver Beach closed for the season on August 27 after a summer that opened July 1 with twenty boys sponsored by Kiwanis Club and led by George Smellie jnr. The site hosted groups from Binscarth and Fox Warren, with Miss Edith Craig's party returning home to end the season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis Club
Subscription deadline for The Banner renewal
The Banner announces August 31 as the last day to renew at the old $2.00 yearly rate. From September 1 rates rise to $2.50 within a 225 mile trading area, $3.00 in Canada and the British Empire, and $8.50 for all foreign addresses. Arrears on September 1 will be removed. The price changes reflect higher newsprint and postal costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
British Empire
Still Time to Donate Clothing for Save the Children Fund
Call your district representative to arrange clothing pickup for the needy children in Europe. The drive closes on Wednesday September 12 and names from Russell Craigie Dropmore Silverton and others are listed as drive committee members.
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Save the Children Fund
Europe
Town of
Russell
F. Jones
G. Smellie
Craigie
G. Forsyth
Jnr
Eadcliffe
V. Bird
Dropmore
W. Ferris
Cracknell
F. McLennan
Inglis
Jas. Jackson
Silverton
L. Callin
Early-Closing Discontinued During Harvest Months
Russell town council resolved that early closing will not be enforced in fall months following the August 23 meeting presided by Mayor Mather with Councillors Bicknell Clem ent and Gillespie present. A government rent controls communication prompted a resolution to continue Rent Controls locally. Accounts totaling $138.84 were approved for payment.
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Russell
Mather
Bicknell
Clement
Gillespie
Dominion President Visits Anglican Mothers Union
Dominion President of the Mothers Union Mrs. E. A. Stanley attended a special meeting hosted by Mrs. M. Thickett and Mrs. Lily Glasman at their home on Friday evening August 24. Stanley, traveling through the west visiting branches, spoke on the global work of the Mothers Union and noted her prior Russell residence, highlighting local interest in the Russell Branch.
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Mother's Union of Christ Church
M. Thickett
Lily Glasman
E. A. Stanley
Dominion
Mother’s Union
West
M.U
Stanley
Russell
Russell Population Rises From 763 to 1115
In June a census of Russell was recorded and figures released by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics show the population grew from 763 in 1941 to 1115 in 1951.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Russell
Horticultural Show Saturday September 1 at Memorial Hall
Preparations are well under way for the Flower and Vegetable Show sponsored by the Russell Horticultural Society at Memorial Hall on Saturday September 1. The 4H Garden Clubs of Eadcliffe and Russell will hold their annual show the same day. A new farm women’s section has been added. There are 100 sections and four grand prizes. Skinner's Nursery sponsors a non-competitive display. The show opens to the public after four, and exhibits will be auctioned in the evening.
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Russell Horticultural Society
Memorial Hall
Eadcliffe
Russell
Skinner's Nursery
Horticultural Society
Knox United Holds Flower Service
Knox United Church welcomed a large congregation for its first Flower service as summer decorations graced the chapel. Rev. W. G. Zwicker delivered The Garden of the Soul, with Margaret Vinnell and Mary Galatiuk singing In the Garden. Zwicker christened two infants, James Brian Peter Schepp and Mildred Emily Steinwalt.
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Knox United Church
Knox
W. G. Zwickerook
Margaret Vinnell
Mary Galatiuk
Louselle Leifer
Zwicker
Ernest R. Schepp
James Brian Peter
Albert
First Grain Shipments Halted by Heavy Rain
Heavy weekend rain paused general cutting operations. On Wednesday August 2, Mike Woroneski hauled the first grain to United Grain Growers Elevator. On the next day Carl Ostapowich, Mike Ostapowich, and Tom Kieper brought in barley to the Pool Elevator. Average grain weight was 46 pounds. Don Smith delivered oats to the Pool the same day.
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Russell
Mike Woroneski
United Grain Growers
Carl
Mike Ostapowich
Tom Kieper
Pool
Don Smith
Rainfall in Sussex District Stays Below Averages
Summer rainfall in the Sussex district remains well under long term averages. From April through July 4.20 inches fell, August brought 1.24 inches, totaling 5.44 inches over five months. Weekend rains halted harvesting as 5.4 inches fell, flattening many crops with no serious hail damage reported to date.
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Santa
susseu_ana
CPR
Local Ladies Win Nylon Hose Draw at Fashion Shoppe
Last week shoppers at the Fashion Shoppe entered a daily nylon hose drawing. Winners named were Mrs Mas ter of Shellmouth Mrs Ruby Coulter and Mrs A E Leifer. Draws were conducted by Mrs L Davidson and Mrs W J Westwood.
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Master
Shellmouth
Ruby Coulter
A. E. Leifer
Remembered ties to Russell burnished by English vicar
Rev W K Clay, former Anglican Church vicar in Russell in 1911, writes from Testwood Houghton Nr Stockbridge England recalling friendships from forty years ago. He asks former parishioners especially Boy Scout troop members to write back to The Banner office this week.
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Russell
W. K. Clay
Banner
Clay
Testwood
Houghton
Stockbridge
Hants
England
Bonspiel Date Set by Russell Curling Club in 1952
The Russell Curling Club has set the week of February 1st 1952 for their next big bonspiel. The committee is working on a bigger and better prize list for this major winter attraction.
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Russell Curling Club
Vegetable Parade Shows Odd Garden Produce
Readers send in garden oddities including a potato in two sections with the smaller half poking through a bone from a round steak, giving the impression the potato wears a collar. A whimsical natural curiosity from Mrs Corley’s garden headlines this item.
Kites On Memorial Boulevard Spark Local Amusement
Residents report a kite fever across the south end with Ted Rothery and kin attempting designs from encyclopedias and Rev Salmon. Several crafts failed to fly though partial success emerged with the Rothery kite finally airborne for about thirty minutes on Thursday. An oil drill update notes Imperial Foxwar No 1 reaching 2,531 feet after a week from 1,931 feet.
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Memorial Boulevard
Fair Town
Ted Rothery
Cpl. Rothery
Salmon
Winnipeg
Art Kinney
Memorial Blva
J.ar
Imperial Foxwarren No. 1
CWAC Reunion Parade Leads to St John’s Cathedral
Former CWAC members gathered in Winnipeg for a weekend reunion highlighted by a church parade to St John’s Cathedral. The lead figure was Miss Beryl Mather, sister of C J Maher of Russell, a former CWAC member who served as a lieutenant during WWII and now works for the CNR in Winnipeg.
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C.W.A.C
Dominion
Winnipeg
St. John’s Cathedral
Winnipeg Free Press
Beryl Mather
Beryl
CNR
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Twin Brae
P. Leforte
A. Kemp
Portage la Prairie
Billy
Richard Adams
J. P. Ziprick
Millie Haas
Regina
Gordon Busch
Ziprick
Gordon
RCMP
Jas. Skeoch
Brandon
R. G. Séde
J. Sitko
Vista
Boulton School
M. Allerton
Binscarth
Asessipp
Shirley Mansell
Lockerby School
Marjorie Bird
Thunder Creek School
Steve Burtnyk
Adeline Burtnyk
Ethelbert
Manitoba
Burtnyk
Inglis Hotel
Adeline
Hudson
Dorothy Beischer
Irene Lovas
Bield
Rochedale School
Melelland
Fred Parmentier
Asessippi
Nita Matheson
James Jackson
Helen
Victor Sedo
Minchau
Edmonton
Fred Liske
Princess Elizabeth
Prince Philip
Royal Household
Clarence House
London
Michael Parker
R.N
Duke of Edinburgh
Frederick Browning
Martin Charteris
Elks
Elks and
Kiwanis
Anglican Mothers’ Union
Knox United
C. W. J. Salmon
St. Matthew's
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