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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 31, 1957
Page
2
The Russell Banner notes weekly publication from its Mais Street Manes office with in house staff and Manitoba Weekly News or later by the Post Office Department Ottawa. EC Sanderson and H M Rutar are listed as publishers.
A digest of past items from Russell area: Thus. Alien rents A. Mc Donagh's butcher shop to carry on the business. four townships west of Shellmouth sold to Yankee capitalists with a Perrie South Dakota inspection party. prizewinners in the fancy dressed carnival led by Mrs. B Mc Donagh, Fred Bryant, Pearl Huddleton, and Victor Wright. Also 50 Years Ago notes on Rus sell Flour Mill shutdown due to fuel scarcity, a $100 Dominion bonus to T. C. Gerrard for a Semaon note, and plans for a Presbyterian church opening in Feb 1912 with ministers from Carman and Brandon. The column recalls various local sports and awards across 30, 25, 20, 15, and 10 years ago, including bonspiels, rink contests, and community installations.
The article explains how skips communicate with sweepers using precise broom positions and arm signals to indicate ice weight and shot type. It highlights common miscommunications, contrasts average and skilled players, and shares Garnet Campbell's simple, silent signaling method used to guide his brothers to Saskatchewan's first Brier Championship in 1955.
The Pas hosts a Manitoba winter festival February 13 to 15 featuring world championship dog races with six US teams, Flin Flon Day led by Mayor Dembinsky, and a giant motorcade. The event includes fishing, contests, and the crowning of the Fur Queen of the North, with highway travel encouraged to join the celebration.
The Premier Douglas Campbell and Winnipeg Mayor Steve Jobs back the March of Dimes. Campbell fines cabinet ministers ten cents for being late to meetings to fundraise, and he charges visitors ten cents for coats as a contribution.
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