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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
1
A collage of notes from The Banner Mae featuring The Women’s Musical Club of Winnipeg performing There’s a Land of Roses and Irish Love Song, plus reports on local clubs, theatre groups, and railway mail disruption. Includes brief historical notes across years from 1909 to 1994 and farm help notices.
The Russell Red Cross drive total reached 9637.64 with hopes to surpass last year's 4000 mark. Donations include cash gifts from individuals and monthly or quarterly subscriptions via the Russell War Charities Board Fund. Farmers are urged to contribute wheat oats and barley, with emphasis on greater needs this year.
Sgt J G McIntosh encloses The Maple Leaf Italy Edition Jan 14 1944 and clippings from army papers. He notes Eighth Army troops receive daily and weekly papers as their link to home while local Banner mail improves. Xmas dinner was wonderful despite difficulties.
The Manitoba Extension Service announces a two day Farm Machinery Short Course at Russell in the LOOF hall on April 5 and 6 starting at 1 30 p m. S L Tallman engineering specialist and Mr Sinclair of Johns Manville Co will lead sessions on fuel saving adjustments engine care and maintenance and projections on power hay and stock sweep.
Mrs. E Cusitar died at her farm home west of Russell Thursday night at age 69 years eight months. Funeral services were held at the home Monday afternoon with Rev. J. E. M. Nell officiating. Interment was Passel cemetery. She leaves four sons David Angus Lawrence Clifford, and two daughters Mrs C Rea and Miss Mary, plus four brothers and two sisters. She was active in Knox United church and Red Cross knitting.
Funeral services were held at Harrowby for Mrs. Mary Brewster who died in Russell on March 19 at age 80. Born Mary Douglas in Walkerville Ontario she taught in Millwood and Craigie schools before marrying George Brewster in 1901. The family lived in Harrowby and later moved to Binscorth and Russell with Red Cross service noted. Survived by daughter Mrs. M. Scott of New Westminster and son Jack of Brandon and sister Mrs. A. McLaughlin of Wetaskiwin.
From a hospital in Italy corporal F F Cope writes to Winnipeg parents about attending Holy Communion at 4.80 am in an Anglican chapel built by a chaplain. He compares the atmosphere to Christ Church Russell and notes sunny weather and orange trees with plentiful fruit.
A weekly editor notes the historic first woman Speaker of the House of Commons Mrs Cora Casselman of Edmonton East is praised for her graceful leadership. The piece also covers wartime letters to prisoners, selective service plans, TB checks, nurse enlistment, sugar rationing, meat sale rules, and workers shifting back to essential posts as winter ends.
The column rails against wartime post office rules closing lobbies at 8 pm and inconveniencing boxholders, urging petitions or protests to the postmaster general. It also notes R G Ledingham promoting a 3500 bulb Red Cross raffle, and reports local items: J C L Langford purchasing Queen's Hotel, Russell Midget hockey victory, Elks social, rural highway criticism, early spring signs, a broomball setback, and a golf meeting. Halwas of Flin is now a licensed motorcyclist after Shilo tests.
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