Graduation Class of Fifty Four at Russell Collegiate Institute
Sixteen students from the 1954 Grade XII class at Russell Collegiate Institute received diplomas at a special graduation on May 21. The photo features Phyllis Zemliak Marnie Shaw Irene Robb Frank Porada Dick Mosoranchon Marie Meadows Bill Mansell Edward Kleebaum Bill Haney Ron Glasman Gary Gaber Jean Eshelby Iris Donoghue Ernest Ciierski Helen Choropita Allan Cartwright and at left Olga Bulischak receiving the Governor-General's medal from Principal C. C. Foster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Colegiate Institute
Phyllis Zemliak
Marnie Shaw
Irene Robb
Frank Porada
Dick Mosoranchon
Marie Meadows
Bill Mansell
Edward Kleebaum
Bill Haney
Ron Glasman
Gary Gaber
Jean Eshelby
Iris Donoghue
Ernest Ciierski
Helen Choropita
Allan Cartwright
Olga Bulischak
C. C. Foster
Russell vote on school bylaw to fund new building
Electors in the Russell district will decide on a bylaw to raise $65 000 for a new school. Polls in the Town of Russell Council Chambers open 9 AM to 5 PM. The two storey facility will include classrooms a laboratory a library and an auditorium near the present school.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nussell Sehoor
Russell
Hanfare
New Zealander Begins Canada Visit With Family Hosts
New Zealander Mrs Ivie Fisher aged New Zealand native and London-born, is visiting Canada for the first time. She stays with her brother-in-law and sister-in-law Mr and Mrs David Fisher in Russell after flying from New Zealand to Vancouver. She plans to travel to Ottawa about June 15 to visit a sister and later return to England before Christmas. She later sails back to New Zealand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ivie Fisher E Raimessier
New Zealand
Canada
David Fisher
Russell
England
Mrs. Fisher
London
Hus
Mr. Fisher
Nursery Plot Set Up By Committee In Russell
A local campaign by Ken Kollman Dr J More and Cliff Van Alstyne saw trees planted on town boulevards and a nursery plot created near the nuisance ground southwest of town. Ash and elm trees were sourced from Skinner's Nursery with ten trees per boulevard planted along Pelly Avenue aided by George Laing Jim Langford and Boy Scouts for about 125 seedlings at the nursery which will be fenced by the Chamber. Trees are expected to be ready for reage in three to five years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ywe Ives
Russell Chamber of Commerce
Ken Kollman
J. More
Cliff van Alstyne
Skinner's Nursery
Pelly Avenue
Assiniboine Street
George Laing
Jim Langford
Boy Scouts
Brightside School
H. E. Way
Kent Wella
Skinner's
Russell Streets
School
Russell
Ast Kinney
Verne Warten
Chamber
Public Works Department
J. A. Burgess
Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Chamber of Commerce
Bosnessmen
T. A. Kieper
Brightside
Keith McComb
Way
Postal Department
Postal Service
Turkey Dinner Marks Bowlers Wind-Up
The winter bowling season closed with a turkey dinner at Smitty's Grill after meetings at Mrs. R. M. McMurray's home. Gwen Bennett led the bowling with high score and Donelda Stewart had the low score. club members included Mrs. E. Mather, Mrs. A. Simms, Mrs. Isaacs, Mrs. Laing, Mrs. Oman, Mrs. Wilcox, Mrs. Goodman son, Mrs. R. C. Thom, Mrs. Dick Wheatley, Mr. Hoar, Mrs. W. H. Westwood, Mrs. Ross Kieper, Mrs. Willis Kieper, Mrs. R. M. McMurray, Maxine Loney, Beth Naylor, Donelda Stewart, Nelliene Leifer, Enid Adolphe, Gwen Bennett and Vera White.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smitty's Grill
R. M. McMurray
Gwen Bennett
Donelda Stewart
E. Mather
A. Simms
Isaacs
Laing
Lechowita Island Named For Angusville Man Hero
The Canadian Board of Geographical Names honored late Bill Lechowitz of Angusville by naming an island in Kipahigan Lake Lechowita Island. He lived and worked in the north and died last winter while attempting to rescue partners from drowning. His wife Dawn Lechowitz resides in Flin Flon and his parents remain in Angusville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angusville
Bill Lechowitz
Canadian Board of Geographical Names
Kipahigan’ Lake
Lechowita Island
Dawn Lechowitz
Flin Flon
Bill
New Kiddies Ball Park Opens Friday
The Little Leaguers park on grounds east of Russell Creamery will have its official opening Friday evening with Fox Warren as opposition in a regular league fixture. Kiwanis Club sponsors the local team and laid the new diamond. game time is 6 45 with a silver collection to aid the youngsters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ball Park
Foxwarren
Russell Creamery
Kiwanis Club
Russell Teams Struggle Through Rainy Baseball Week
Weather hampered schedules with cool winds and rain delaying games. Russell advisors report tight scores at Rossburn and St Lazare while Little Leaguers entertain a large crowd in a 14 to 9 Russell victory. Pony Leaguers drop to 0-4 after a 13 to 1 loss at Foxwarren. Midgets rebalance their night with an 8-8 tie at Inglis and a darkness cut short Russell at Foxwarren. Friday and Tuesday bring more league actions on home diamonds.
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Russell
St. Lazare
Homesters
Reading
Kent Warman
Roussin
Tremblay
R. Roy
L. Roy Chartier
Hoyle
Deschamault
Simard
Lemoine
Waddell
Warman
Margetts
Barker
Drever
Birstow
Bryer
Kinney
Shipp
Wilcox
McNaughton
Pittet
Pacy
Foxwarren
Inglis
Rusnell
Brightside hosts May Chamber meeting draws footnote
Russell Chamber of Commerce held its May meeting at Brightside school. Twenty members present enjoyed hospitality from Brightside residents. J.A. Burgess urged business emphasis and farmers’ input while plans for school voting and highway rebuilding were discussed. The next meeting on June 18th will feature a postal official.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brightside
Chamber OF Commerce
Council Sets Rates for Fire Equipment
Town Council met with all councillors present to discuss sidewalks, streets, and emergency services. They plan to reengage the district engineer for patrols, consider a Prospect Avenue sidewalk, hire Dan Rubennik as cemetery caretaker May 1 to Oct 31 at 100 dollars, set fire engine rates at 2.50 per hour per man with two men, 5.00 per hour for the machine with 10 dollar minimum, and approved payments totaling 1484.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Playor Mather
Prospect Avenue
Dan Rubennik
Russell
Delegates Appointed To Game & Fish Meeting
Resident Hay Gillespie and W. W. W. Wilson were named delegates to the Manitoba Game and Fish Associations annual convention at the Russell curling rink last Friday evening. The convention returns to Clear Lake on June 9 10 11. Meeting business included the 1954 crow and magpie campaign with Secretary C R Loney reporting busy in feet and eggs checks of predatory birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hay Gillespie
W. W. W. Wilson
Manitoba Game and Fish Associations
Russell
Clear Lake
C. R. Loney
Young musicians heard in recital at Knox United Church
Knox United Church hosted a Friday recital featuring Mrs. Frank Kitson’s piano pupils in duets and solos plus accordion pieces. Pupils listed include Dale Reichmuth and Betty Eshelby among many others. Mrs. Kitson received a table lamp from pupils, and Bernice Gaber presented a corsage. A silver collection raised over $15 for the Save the Children Fund.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty Eshelby
Ethel Coulter
Ernest Galatui
Mildred Parabee
Donald Smeltie
Harvey Craig
Walter Tetalatt
Leon Kalynnik
Margie Senko
Dale Lorimer
Joanne Didur
Darlene Jackson
Linda Ashey
Beverley Kennedy
Mary Eshelby
Sylia Siwak
Margaret Eshelby
Margaret Berg
Shirley Ziprick
Lawrence Dufrat
Iris Bellows
Joan Gillen
Marilyn Penonaek
Jail Terms For Three After Binscarth Robbery
Three Winnipeg men were sentenced in Winnipeg City Police Court to a total of sixteen and a half years for two robberies with violence and one breaking and entering. One violent robbery occurred at Binscarth against service station operator George White on May 18. Peter Raskin Richard Sedan and Ronald Dormoris received the sentences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Binscarth
George White
Peter Raskin
Richard Sedan
Ronald Dormoris
White Cane Week Observed In Assell Town
This week is White Cane Week in Assell with a drive for donations to the Blind canvass. Contributions may be left at the Royal Bank of Smellie Bros. & Co. during the week and Kiwanis members will run the annual tag day Saturday. Wear a white cane and be thankful you can see.
Bracken unveils summer hearings for liquor laws probe
John Bracken chair of Manitoba Liquor Laws Investigation Commission released a tentative hearing schedule. The hearings run July 13 in Winnipeg through August 4 in The Pas and include Russell on the list of locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Bracken
Manitoba Liquor Laws Investigation Commission
Russell
Winnipeg
Pas
Meeting Sparks Witty Exchange at Chamber Gathering
At the Chamber of Commerce meeting WI supporters exchanged felicitations. A WI speaker quipped that the cock crows but the hen produces, challenging any man to counter the remark as the lighthearted exchange drew attention to the social moment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. of C
Chamber
W.I
Local youths blamed for damaging city trees on Pelly Avenue
A community note condemns the destruction of newly planted trees by the Chamber of Commerce on Pelly Avenue. It urges parents to teach children to take pride in Russell and protect beautification efforts.
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Chamber ‘of Commerce
Pelly Avenue
Russell
Rainfall Compare Shows May and April Variations
The CPR station data indicate a drier period with nearly half an inch less rain than last year. Last month yielded 1.30 inches versus 1.71 inches in 1953, while April totalled 1.10 inches.
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CPR
Spokane Man Heads Kiwanis International
Delegates at the 36th Kiwanis International convention in Miami elected Spokane Sash and Door Company president Don E. Engdahl to lead Kiwanis International for the coming year. The body, representing over 3,800 clubs in the United States, Canada, Alaska, Hawaii, and the Yukon, also chose vice presidents Jackson A. Raney and Ewart G. MacPherson, treasurer R. Warren Graffam, and trustees Kenneth Loeheed, Joseph Tally Jr., J. R. Wittuhn, David Doner, H. Park Arnold, and H. W. Driver.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kiwanis International
Miami
Florida
Spokane
Washington
Kiwanis Club
Russell
Don E. Engdahl
Spokane Sash and Door Company
Donald T. Forsythe
Carthage
Ilinois
Kiwanis ‘International
United States
Canada
Alaska
Hawaii
Yukon Territory
Jackson A. Raney
Indianapolis
Indiana
Ewart G. MacPherson
Winnipeg
Manitoba
R. Warren Graffam
Pittsburg
Pennsylvania
Keneth Loheed
Toronto
Ontario
Joseph Tally, Jr
Fayetteville
North Carolina
J. R. Witthuhn
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
David Doner
Brookings
South Dakota
H. Park Arnold
Glendale
California
H. W. Driver
Cleveland
Ohio
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Kiwanis
Zce
Rossburn
Pony A
Binscorth
Hanks
Shellmouth
Sara Angus
Seebum
Angusville United Church
Russell Cemetery
William Barry
Roblin
Knox United Church
Sar McComb
Toronto Royal
Minneapolis
Art Kinney
Council
Game & Fish Meeting
Christ Church
J. D. Lafferty
St. Cuthbert’s
Shellmount
My Seth
Internat
Bos
Eruvanl
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