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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1964
Page
2
The Russell Banner announces weekly publication details with editors Sanderson and HM Rutar listed as publishers. The notice mentions post office authorization and class mail status, noting distribution cadence each Thursday and ongoing postage arrangements.
A compendium of brief notes from Russell area history listing events on February 4 across years 1908 to 1954. Smellie Bros plan store move to Binsearth by mid month while a snowdrift delay stalls a local line run. Other items note a Rebekah lodge formation, Red Cross 1924 annual meeting leadership, dairy convention attendance in Winnipeg, and a Beaver Lumber Company name change with waterworks discussion in Russell.
The writer urges believers to grow in grace and knowledge of Jesus Christ. Growth is a daily process, like Paul’s gradual transformation after his road to Damascus. If we live with Christ, we become more like Him, empowered to be people who resemble Him in all ways.
The Winnipeg Tribune reports Manitoba plans to allow beer and wine advertising after a legislative change. Government notes uniform national rules and pressures from broadcasts regulate ads. critics warn advertising may not curb abuse and northward communities suffer from current restrictions.
In a conversation about folk music revival, experts like Duncan Emrich and Dr. Louise Manning examine origins and practices. Manning, curator of the Miramichi songs, leads Folk Song Day, drawing singers from New England and Canada to celebrate regional ballads, politics, love, and weather lore.
A manufacturing representative told a Ontario Select committee that municipal taxes on services like fire protection, sewers, and roads raise prices for goods while individual services such as recreation and education should be charged to users. The discussion cited a telephone company rate case to show how taxes boost prices. The article also notes Manitoba farmers increasingly use recommended herbicide rates, improving accuracy and cost, with perennial leafy spurge a major threat and weed control efforts expanding across districts.
Manitoba farmers show greater awareness of weed control value and are reducing infestations of major weeds. J S Howden of Manitoba Department of Agriculture notes farmers select and apply herbicides with care and take steps to stop weed spread. More farmers are using amine formulations MCP and 2 4D than before.
On January 23 thirty seven cubs met with Akela and formed into Sixes for Roll Call and collection. Keith Reavie brought in the Neg while David Wowk led the Grane Town with Barry Hembroff reciting the Lord’s Prayer. Mrs Kearns taught flags and badges, Akela assessed progress, and older boys tested skipping and reef knot skills.
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