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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 18, 1941
Page
3
Mr and Mrs Watson Broadfoot celebrated their silver wedding anniversary on Saturday December 6. Friends sent messages by mail and phone and they hosted a wedding dinner at noon. Relatives joined for an afternoon of tea and court whist contests, followed by luncheon. Gifts included a case of flatware silver from siblings and a wall clock from daughter Lorna in Winnipeg.
In Inglis A Shnider seeks Winnipeg medical care while Darrell Crawford and Hartley McDonald join the Canadian forces and Robt Cammidge Gordon McKay join a Winnipeg trip. Errol Richardson breaks his leg delaying Halifax departure. Red Cross annual meeting reports year’s work and votes officers including H Hansen as president. Local residents visit Solsgirth home J Dawson last weekend.
Millwood notes the annual Christmas concert set for this Saturday, December 20, and reports Miss Florence Ireland's departure to London Ontario for her wedding to Trooper Alex Smyth. The Joymakers hosted a gift dance with Ingleside Orchestra providing music and a list of gift winners. Mrs. Leo Polding of Crosby visited her sister Mrs. W. E. B. Swain.
Harrowby and Brandon residents are mentioned with brief updates. Mr Tom Bennett and Mrs Bennett spent a few days at Brandon and Chater. Mr Chas Collins returned home after two weeks at Winnipeg. Dick Williams enlisted in the RCAF and reports to No 1 Manning Depot Toronto for initial training. Norris Cronk made a business trip to Winnipeg returning Friday. Reg Self returned home after months employed on the CPR. Harrowby Christmas tree will be held on Friday Dec 19. Harry Ciierski spent a week at Winnipeg.
A brief sighting notes a gopher on a snow bank in Crosby on December 10, with no further details or follow up reported.
The report notes Alex Smyth senior broke two ribs last week when his foot slipped on an icy well curb while drawing water from the well. The piece mentions a storehouse replenishment, a December 19 school concert, and Ewold plus Mrs Schrot visiting before Ewold departs for Winnipeg for medical exam after battling double pneumonia for weeks.
On Sunday evening December 21 CJGX will broadcast a Christmas programme from Winnipeg studios by the Swedish Male Voice Choir directed by A A Anderson. The program features carols orchestral music and a short Christmas address by Rev Dr C E Hoffsten pastor of the Swedish Lutheran Church.
Donald Gordon of the Wartime Prices and Trade Board explains that price ceilings shield farmers from rising costs of essentials while inflation erodes purchasing power. He warns inflation spawns a wage-price spiral, erodes fixed incomes, and reduces savings, urging production restraint and clear understanding of inflation to defeat it.
The article argues that bidding by both government and citizens drives inflation and calls for a price ceiling as the sole method to fight it. It notes needs in the Canadian Women's Auxiliary Air Force for canteen and general duties to free RCAF airmen for frontline service and lists age and education requirements for applicants.
Squadron Leader Os Dunn of the Winnipeg Recruiting Centre announced urgent enlistment for RCAF general duties with minimum education of grade seven and ages 18 to. clerks require grade nine, dictation at 15 wpm and typing at 40 wpm. One hundred women are also needed.
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