Polls Open From Development Bank Election Day
Voters in Birtle-Russell and nearby districts will cast ballots from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. for multiple divisions with polling sites at Harrowby School Russell Memorial Hall Silverton Community Hall and other local venues.
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Birtle Russell
Robert G. Smellie
Vic Fulton
Arnold G Minish
NDP
Here
Inglis
Shellmouth
Keith Alexander
Charlie Filewich
Ray Taylor
Harrowby School
Russell Memorial Hall
Silverton
Joel Senko
Angusville
Ruthenia
Tannaychut's
Birdtail
Wood
Binscarth
Ski School to Start Early in New Year in Russell
Bill Gallinger reports Boniface Hospital conditions allow a Russell ski club to launch a program after New Year. Thirty attend first meeting with optimism for twenty more as the Central Ski Division backs the effort. Local prospects praise the strong early interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell
Bill
Bill Gallinger
Boniface Hospital
Used car dealers must provide certificates of worthiness
Manitoba requires dealers to issue certificates of car worthiness for every used car sold. Forms, distributed before December 1, list items from the Highway Traffic Act such as brakes lights tires and mirrors, and include an assessment of the general condition. The minister notes the certificate is a report of operating safety, not a guarantee of roadworthiness for junk or parts cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Usea
Manitoba
Russell Banner Year-End Schedule and Holiday Pause
The December 20 issue will be the last publication of the year with the usual greeting section accepted by Friday. No newspaper will be issued during Christmas week.
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Russell Banner
Santa Claus visits as seven hundred children attend parade
The town held a Christmas parade with floats from the Game and Fish Association and Chamber of Commerce leading to a Santa arrival at Memorial rink. Over seven hundred children from the district gathered for talks, film showings at Avalon Theatre, and holiday cheer amid a busy scene of civic groups and festive displays.
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The
Game and Fish Association
Chamber of Commerce
Santa
Legion
King Cole
Elks and
Royal Purple Lodges
Manitoba Hydro
Kiwanis Club
Mr. Peanuts Man
Fairgrounds
Main Street
Santa Claus
Memorial Rink
Avalon Theatre
1962 Bird Migration Reports Warm Prairie Conditions
The report notes unusually warm fall weather across the prairies in 1962 with slow, extended waterfowl migration. Ducks, geese, mallards, and swans linger near open water as freezes approach. Provincial moisture improved and drought optimism grows for the winter and spring, with major duck production anticipated.
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Prairies
Ducks Unlimited
Manitoba
Arctic
Lake Manitoba
Lake Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Searle Grain Company
1962 Water Safety Awards Presented
The Russell school ceremony honored over eighty swimmers who passed tests from Silver Beach classes held last summer. W. LeBlanc of Winnipeg presented awards with Kiwanis Club officials and Principal W. H. Andrews present, as instructors and organizers announced future visits to Angusville and Foxwarren for certificates.
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Silver Beach
Russell School
Red Cross
Irector
W. LeBlanc
Winnipeg
Russell
Kiwanis Club
Angusville
Foxwarren
Kiwanis
Mystery of Magi in St Matthew Story
The article notes that only St Matthew mentions the Magi visiting Bethlehem. Recounted as wise men from the East, they followed a guiding star from Babylon to honor the Christ Child with gold, frankincense, and myrrh, signaling kingship deity and prophecy of death.
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Bethlehem
Matthew
Wat
Medes
Per‘ans
Babylon
Christ Child
Christmas season bustle in Manitoba town amid political and social notes
The column surveys holiday activities and local concerns from Christmas tree thefts to election fervor. It notes ice making at Memorial arena, curling plans, extended shopping hours, a new licensed hotel in Hamiota, and critique of Premier Roblin’s fiscal policies, plus gift subscription worries and local political turnout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Greensides
Memorial Arena
Wes Schwalm
Russell
Curling Club
H. A. Partick
MacNutt
Hamiota
Ross Waddell
Central Hotel
Duff Roblin
Birtle
Roblin
Christmas seal origins link to Trudeau Holboell and Miss Bissell
The article traces the 1904 birth of the Christmas seal from Dr Edward Trudeau who established a tuberculosis hospital in Saranac Lake New York and Einar Holboell the Danish postal worker who sold penny seals. Miss Emily Bissell of Delaware helped fund the effort by promoting the sales on Brandywine River area.
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Delaware
Edward Livingston ‘Trudeau
Trudeau
Saranac Lake
New York
National Tuberculosis Association
Denmark
Einar Holboell
Brandywine
Delware
Miss Bissell Designs First American Christmas Seal
A Red Cross worker inspired by a Danish article created the first American Christmas seal design. The stamps went on sale around Christmas 1907 at the Wilmington Delaware post office.
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Red Cross
Denmark
Bissell
Wilmington
Del
Santa Claus Through Time Reveals Changing Look
The piece traces Santa’s evolving image from varied medieval forms to the 19th century. It notes European Nicholas as a jolly figure, then Dr. Clement Moore and Nast solidified a red garb, rosy face, and sleigh. This modern portrait makes anonymity hard for the famous figure.
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Santa Claus
Clement Moore
Santa
St. Nicholas
Dr. Moo
St Nick
Thomas Nast
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Development Bank
L. Rarminsky
Ie Bank
Rasminsky
IDB
Industrial Development Bank
Canada
Jusson
Mumens
Vanagan
CUA
Underwriters’ Laboratories
Katchewan
Emily ‘Bissell
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