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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 05, 1940
Page
3
A reader from Angusville Manitoba questions government licensed trucks in Birdtail area. He asks whether trucks avoid the hill or unload on side roads to keep the west end in good condition and wonders if eastern municipalities sold their road crews for scrap iron. He signs as Angusville, dated November 30.
The W.M.S. met last Wednesday at Mrs. Maddill’s home with good attendance. The study chapter Couriers of China featured Minnie Shipley a missionary and Rev W B Djang a Chinese church leader. Mrs Newell led the group.
The Neepawa Press recalls two decade old items from the Russell Banner showing local enterprise with merchants advertising heavily across multiple pages. The note suggests such activity drove town growth and could influence Russell becoming a regional hub in time.
Busy week notes from the Homemaking School recount daily activities led by students including Eileen Elvers and Helen Smith. The class covered a kitchen furnishings vision, folk dancing, lectures on communicable diseases insects and governance, and preparations for an achievement day on December 19.
Harrowby residents visit relatives in Binsearth and Rhine, with Mr. and Mrs. Galbraith hosting, Mrs Otton Tyefischer visiting Bear Creek, and Ed. Dilts returning home from the PP.C.LI. A Brightside visitor and a Black couple host a Friday party with dancing into the morning, noted as a good time.
The wedding of Darragh Broadfoot and Watt took place at the Watt home with a Queen's blue crepe gown and a gold wrist watch as a gift from the groom. Attendants included Miss Doris Broadfoot of Silverton and Mr Richard Roe of Winnipeg. Out of town guests listed include Mrs J Forsythe Wilkie Sask and families from Portage Grandview Binscarth and more.
The post office department lists suggested mailing dates for Christmas mail and parcels. Key deadlines include Dec 10 to the United States, Dec 16 for Maritime Provinces, Dec 17 for Quebec Alberta and British Columbia, Dec 18 for Ontario, Dec 20 for Manitoba and Saskatchewan, and Dec 21 for local delivery.
A Blakesburg Iowa correspondent quips that editors enjoy a near effortless week once the paper is out. Subscriptions pay in advance, advertisers multiply space requests, and the editor simply awaits the next press day as copy is prepared and hung on the hook.
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