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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 14, 1978
Page
6
A hotel coffee shop overheard remark notes Winnipeg city councilors receiving praise in news reports for good attendance. The comment likens the praise to gold stars given to children in school.
Graham Haig, the sole commissioner investigating lottery operations, says even the dumbest gambler can see winning chances are virtually nil. He notes new papers print pictures of grinning fortune winners, highlighting the contrast between odds and display.
Sunny Manitoba notes Santa appearances in department store thrones with elves and majorettes. The piece recalls Santa’s changing image, sponsor roles and the varied nostalgia of children and adults during 1978 festive scenes, including stories of wish lists and humorous encounters.
Readers are told that after years of limited success in recovering Alberta Oil Sands crude a new horizontal drilling method is being pursued. The plan involves drilling downward then angling upward to access reserves previously unreachable.
Mr. D M Dunn secretary of Ellis Lodge 20 Russell Manitoba receives thanks for a 196 86 cheque from penny box collections matched by the lodge. Elks Purple Cross Committees praise the year’s contributions enabling new programs in 1978 79 including funding a sound suite for vesting hearing impaired children at Winnipeg Society for Crippled Children and Adults in cooperation with the Child Guidance Clinic.
Richard Nixon emerged from a hideaway in England and faced jeers and egging from Oxford students. Reports say the reception was mostly good humored, though being pelted with hen fruit caused discomfort and marked a shift in the old sporting spirit.
The article reviews J.G. MacGregor's Cuar of the Prairies, detailing Row’s Hudson's Bay Company rise and fraught leadership at Edmonton House. It also outlines Isabel Moore’s arc after her father's death, exploring her search for a new life with friends and two men as the past resurfaces.
The Border Buddies announce 1979 officers and regional reps with names and towns across Manitoba and Saskatchewan. President Robert Moshond of Russell leads, joined by Vice President George Heap, Secretary Treasurer Alvin Freier, plus numerous area representatives from Russell to Virden and Binscarth. The group thanks Jim Zegers Rena Wondrasek and Ralph Beattie for service as editor and supporters.
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