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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 08, 1948
Page
2
Passengers disembarked at Liverpool after arriving Saturday April 24. Immigration officers checked passports and funds, luggage was organized by owner initials, and customs scrutiny focused on tobacco, liquor, and clothing. Nylon stockings faced special rules as authorities tried to curb imports.
Walter R Legge recalls the drab but improving postwar English railways, government ownership, restored place names, and higher fares. He notes plentiful porters, long journeys from Liverpool to Preston, and the countryside blooming in summer time. The piece ends with a promise of a follow-up on rationing and supplies.
The Russell report shows term enrollment of 130 with an average attendance of 84.51. Silver Creek Rifle Club shooters Alt. McNickel Wm. McFarlane and D. Broadfoot win Nairn Trophy. S. Clark captures Kippan Trophy. W Barrett-Lennard named returning officer for Russell constituency.
The Pas Chamber of Commerce established a full time Tourist Information Office at the bus depot to serve northern Manitoba from The Pas to Churchill. President W H Walkinshaw cites highway development from The Pas to Cranberry Portage and toward Flin Flon as driving growing inquiries into fishing hunting and holiday facilities on both sides of the border. The Pas already runs a four star tourist camp under the Travel and Publicity Bureau Act.
The 1908 report notes Russell defeated their rivals Birtle 4 to 3 in the final local game with Bernier and Skelly as battery. Teammates included Frenchy Wilson Elliott Mathe son Gunning Roger and Argo. Rev. W P Spooner, after four and a half years in Shell River, leaves for Cariville duties.
The column recalls a July 1 1918 wedding of Miss Jessie Sippan to Mr Donald R McDonald and notes a Manitoba Grain Growers Association branch formed at Eadcliffe with L G L Carr as president. It records several local officials, prize winners at Russell school, and a 1928 notice about a free express delivery petition alongside weddings of local interest.
A mixed set of local notes covers engagements and marriages at Rivers Miss Islay Parker to Bruce Shaw and Christina Mc Rostie to Gordon Sinclair, plus dates from 1993 and 1998. It notes Toronto Conservatory exam pupils of Miss Eleanor McLennan, crop price factors, and a Shoal Lake highway delegation visit. Crosby community updates include family visits, weather-related crop damage, a picnic, stock judging results, and local social chatter.
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