Asessippi Christmas Concert Friday Night
The Asessippi Christmas concert is set for Friday December 12 with performers and community attendees invited to enjoy seasonal music and festive scenes at the town venue.
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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
2
The Asessippi Christmas concert is set for Friday December 12 with performers and community attendees invited to enjoy seasonal music and festive scenes at the town venue.
Mrs. Geo Greensides remains a Sacred Heart hospital patient while Mr. Wm Kriewaldt recovers at Russell hospital. Students prepare for a December 22 Christmas concert. Miss Charlotte Olson and Miss Joan MacFarlane visited home folk. Mr. John Blain is ill. Mrs. D Davies returned from Millwood to Harrowby. Gwen Wondrasek visited en route to Millwood. Winter roads hinder travel. Carter Gang incident near Bredenburg noted with hope for return.
The passage notes a rush before the holidays, concerns about gifts, and local unrest with Louis Riel’s treason conviction. It mentions Walter Tucker urging action on a bench remains site, and describes drought delaying farming plans while trenches are described as located at the site.
The Muskateers report no work in Alberta Eldorado and advise staying a few months. Others head to Win Pipes to seek luck. Mrs. Conrad Schappert visits Winnipeg for Christmas and friends. Elizabeth Hofer goes to Churchbridge to stay with sisters for an extended visit. The speaker notes the uncertain outlook.
Hon. J. S McDiarmid, Minister of Mines and Natural Resources, says game laws protect public resources and are not meant to hinder sports. He argues for public approval, education of hunters and fishers, and stricter enforcement to ensure more future game and fish.
Remains of trenches used by Middleton’s forces in the Batoche campaign of 1885 face danger. The trenches helped quell the northwestern rebel threat and mark a key episode in the conflict.
At the Union of Manitoba Municipalities annual meeting 630 delegates heard that resource depletion during prosperity threatens finances. Mentioned were $2,980,000 provincial/dominion aid, $1,112,113 in October 1948 relief, and a further $18,868,000 in extra municipal support and relief reimbursements.
Quick Canadian Facts reports that about thirty million dollars will be needed over the next decade to construct essential school buildings in Canada. The projection outlines a decade of capital work for educational facilities and modernization across provinces.
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