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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1913
Page
1
The March proclamation elevates Russell from village to town status. Russell trustees call for tenders to build a new eight room school. Community reports note meetings, weddings, church services, and local renovations as residents adapt to change.
Residents visitations and local happenings across Winnipeg Reston Russell and Foxwarren include Easter vacations births baptisms and a rector parish meeting at St Matthew's church. Socials at Waller's Hall Free Masons and Rebecca Lodge feature reports of illness parish planning and sports results with Easter services and confirmations highlighted.
Millwood residents hosted Easter visitors while grain hauling and ice harvest dominate the week. Wm. C. Sharp leaves the C. P. R. tank for a post at Bredenburg. Easter services draw crowds as evangelistic meetings begin led by the Rector with Mr. Abercrombie and Mr. H. Henderson. Planet Lovers glimpse the moon eclipse at five in the morning, while R. M. Anderson and Robert Keating win the doubles prize in a finish against W. Dunlop. Mel gauges success with clock and fountain pen trophies and a hat in the doubles event.
Gophers and egg stories fill Silverton after Easter. W Hargreaves spent Easter with Kelloe friends. Tennis Club status debated. Sunday school to begin April 6 and Presbyter ian choir practice Friday. J Brunt of Angusville visited. Ed Crane leaves Tuesday for East with new position. Anglican service moves to next Sunday at 11. Ge o Nealy and Geo Nealy head to Tuxford for summer work. Silverton Carling Club meets April 2 in the school at 7 pm. all members urged to attend.
Council met with Reeve and six councillors. York Hara named caretaker of Greek Catholic cemetery. Road surveying placed under Councillor Chittick. Wasy Cuiemac to St Joseph's orphanage Winnipeg. Various accounts approved for payment including Ingot Iron Co. and Rossburn Lumber Co. Mention of potential large Canadian wheat market opening in China.
Angusville curling club prepares for a Thursday Friday bonspiel this week. local notes report W Tait’s head injury from a Monday ice fall and the community mourns Donald McTavish, an early district settler who died after a prolonged illness and was buried in Silverton cemetery.
The report lists Grade VI and Grade V exam results with names and marks out of 1100. In Grade VI Gertrude Clee leads with 930, followed by Isabel Smellie 864 and Mildred Clee 821, others include Harry Warrington 796 and May Cope 789. several pupils marked ill or absent. Grade V shows Hilda Lang 792 as top scorer, with Bessie McDougall 771, Cecil Barker 769, and others down to Dick Clarke 534.
Christ Church Russell announces a series of Easter services and Holy Communion across towns including Harrowby Angustville Endcliffe and Silverton with evening services at Russell now at 7 30 p m and other services in Russell Silverton and Bolton and March 30 through April 13 with times and locations noted.
On March 29 Russell sale includes 25 horses and 50 head of cattle from M. D. Gordon with A Clee as auctioneer. Horses and implements from H B Garnett sold by A R McIntyre on March 29. On April 1 sale at M D Gordon assets. On April 5 farm stock and implements of W J Doig in Russell auctioned by A R McIntyre.
A major storm disrupts rail service along Lake Superior as heavy snow closes lines. A fierce Omaha storm leaves over two hundred dead and seven hundred injured, with Ontario reporting widespread damage and many structures blown down.
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