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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 13, 1946
Page
2
The Russell Banner is published weekly in Russell Manitoba every Thursday. It lists subscription at $1.50 per year in advance and credits E Cecil Sanderson as editor and publisher with postal classification details from Ottawa.
Community events fill Angusville with church gatherings and social festivities. Rev W J King will preach the Anniversary Service on Sunday June 16 at 7 30 pm, followed by a dinner at United Church Monday June 17 from 6 to 8 pm. A reception in Angusville hall celebrated Mr and Mrs Lewis Nield with a dancing crowd from Russell, Selsgirth and district.
The Dropmore community gathered Friday for a welcome home banquet for returning boys of Dropmore Grainsby and Rochedale, hosted by Mr. Frank Skinner. Lieut. Tom Hodgen spoke for the veterans, dancing followed, and a chicken sandwich lunch and engraved wrist watches were presented to each man. Out‑of‑town guests included Mr. and Mrs. Hodgson of Dauphin and several others from Saskatoon Calgary Winnepeg Shellmouth and Dauphin.
Harrowby residents note the elevator being torn down and bid farewell to the aging town. Among visitors and former residents named are Arthur Galvin of Courchbridge, Fred McDuffe and family, G Phillips and Teddy of Tantallon, and Ruth McDuffe of Roblin. Local staff include E A Carter leading B and B, Mrs S Brewer Winnipeg head of Culinary. Sunday church service by Mr Burgess in Mr McNeil's absence. Food rains and crop fears loom as gardens may fail.
The bulletin records light showers in Southern Manitoba with crops advancing slowly. Mrs D Blain returns after wintering with Mr and Mrs Thierry in Minn eola. Northern Manitoba experiences cloudy days and warm periods with cool nights and winds, aiding drying. Wheat up four inches and grains in ground. subsoil moisture adequate but a general rain is needed soon.
The National Barley Contest requires a minimum forty acre field to enter, with each contestant producing at least one carload of 1567 bushels. Eastern division entrants from Ontario and Quebec may be two farmers as one contestant, while western division rules allow the same but require each field to be at least 25 acres. Field scores are the average of both plots, grain is mixed for shipment, and prizes are shared equally by the two farmers. Entries close June 15 and should be mailed to provincial committee chairs in Saskatchewan Alberta or Manitoba.
Conditions across Alberta and Saskatchewan improved after recent rains though Manitoba saw only light rain needing more. Hay and pasture crops have suffered but seeding is mostly complete. Weeds are heavy in the north prompting some re seeding and there is slight cutworm damage.
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