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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1966
Page
2
Publication record for the Russell Banner lists its status as a member of the Canadian Weekly Nation and the Manitoba Weekly Bates with second class mail authorization. It notes distribution and postage payment details, with EC Sanderson as editor and publisher.
A garbled June news roundup lists events from 1916 to 1956 including park races at Wheat City Grounds with spectator access, a July 4 gym program at D A Goodbun's, a 226th battalion promotion, Union Bank excavation on Main and Assiniboia, and tributes to locals such as J A Glen, McGill fellowships, and wheat crop notes amid a roster of names.
Community members report church and tea gatherings at Bethel Lutheran J C W. A bake sale and birch bazaar raised funds on June 18. Visits include Mrs Bennett returning from Yorkton and Jr Johnsons from Shellmouth. An annual picnic is planned for Ingle side on June 25 with local families attending.
Local residents share visits and family updates. Mr. and Mrs. Fraser visited Virden. Gordon Coulter from Winnipeg visited the Coulter family. Ethel Coulter stayed with her parents. Mrs. W. J. Keating of Winnipeg was a weekend guest. Robert Daniel baptized at United Church. Coulters’ hospital update noted. Families picnic at Birtle with Mathison and Hamoiota relatives. Elgin Keating traveled to Winnipeg. Lynn Ferguson leaves for Camp Robertson Gimli for summer work.
The article reflects on Bernard Buffet’s 1946 work Picts. A cross frames Mary with Christ’s head in the foreground while somber spectators in modern dress observe. The depiction of an oversized Christ and the apparent lack of eternal meaning unsettles viewers.
Bryer and roommates recall past times while Doreen Matheson McNeill and James Bennett visit Yorkton. Doreen's husband works as Bank of Montreal assistant manager. Mrs. Bennett and Mrs. McNeill attended events in 1939 and 1943 and had not seen each other since. Joyce Mickelson and Mrs Schwalm visited, sharing memories of Russell Collegiate. Mr and Mrs James Bily and Mrs C Dixon visited Mrs Alex Bennett in Yorkton near the hospital Thursday evening.
Oak Glen notes list weekend interactions with neighbors. Mr and Mrs Wendal Thompson and Maxine of Minnedosa visited June ath with Roy Whitmer and family. Wayne Carr from Toronto visited Glasman and family. Jim Wondra sek and Barry and Cheryl of Island Falls, Gask, are spending holidays with Dave McKinnon and relatives.
A painter’s work is read as a meditation on redemption, with the cross standing as a symbol of God’s grace. The writer notes the image may suggest a greater figure than the cross, hinting at Christ’s claim to supremacy and the mercy extended to all humanity.
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