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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1949
Page
1
Minutes show special and regular meetings on March 3 16 11 and 18. A long accounts list totaling 1033.14 was approved for payment. The general assessment roll 1949 revised for 1950 and by laws 468 and 469 setting tax rates were read passed signed and sealed.
Generous response to the Red Cross drive is reported with about 65 percent of the town participating. Local volunteers organized collections and urged more residents to donate as the campaign progresses through the week.
The curling ice looked placid but did not deter members of the Fish and Game Association from limbering up their casting arms by tossing rocks in friendly games all afternoon and evening. President Hay Gillespie and Secretary Bill Hancock coordinated the event with Bill Skinner ensuring fair play. Endcliffe and other clubs sent numerous representatives, and while no records of catches were kept, the gathering was deemed a successful annual get-together with many named participants from Endcliffe Dropmore Inglis and surrounding groups.
The Russell Film Council announces recent acquisitions for the Russell Film Library including Canadian Screen Magazine No. 6 House I Live In When Do We Fat Some Like It Rough and Prairie.
Elks win the Cece Pooles Trophy for inter lodge curling with superior form at Winnipeg last Wednesday. The two winning rinks hailed from Russell Elks Lodge with Roy Kennedy as skip and team members Wally Lazenby Alex Kieper George Mintenko Bill Westwood Alex Chesky Wiley Davidson Alex Tennant.
J G Drever sells his Russell garage and service station to James and Alexander Craig who take charge on March 17. The firm becomes Craig Motors. The Craigs, longtime district residents, bring experience from Inglis hardware and Rochedale farm operations. Drever to remain in Russell for months.
Manitoba education workers prepare a 28 page booklet Greetings to Newfoundland marking Canada’s tenth province joining Confederation on March 31 1949. It traces 500 years of history from Cabot’s voyage to 1931 Statute of Westminster and the 1949 Canadian Citizenship Act. The minister urges students to treat history as living progress and notes documents from 1947 to 1949 shaped national destiny.
James E McNeill presents The Sacred Word at 1 am and A Great Time to be Alive at 7 pm at Knox United Church. The notices promote church services and sermon titles for a period.
The parish of Christ Church schedules a Morning Prayer service at 11.00 am on April 3rd, the Fifth Sunday in Lent, and a Lenten Service at 3.00 pm on April 6th led by Rev. G. H. Adams BA L Th.
Catherine Smith a former Russell Manitoba Canora Saskatchewan resident died at a Regina hospital last week. Funeral services were held at Blessed Sacrament Church with Fr G J Schachtel officiating. Burial followed in Regina Cemetery. Born in Broxburn Scotland she came to Canada in 1920 settling in Russell. She helped establish Catholic services in the Russell district and aided Red Cross during World War II earning a medal. She moved to Canora in 1996 and later Regina in 1948 joining Blessed Sacrament CWL. Survived by daughter Betty of Regina and three brothers John McManus Winnipeg Edward Scotland and Thomas Selkirk Manitoba.
Lyle Nickel reports seeing the first robin, noting spring appears near as light snow melts. Farmers say dryness absorbs moisture, reducing flood fears compared with other regions.
A Massey Harris annual report chart shows postwar price trends for labor and materials. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics notes materials up 926 percent and hourly wages up 87 percent, while retail price of implements rose 439 percent. Farm products climbed 853 percent, with farm wages up 1324 percent, highlighting farmer concerns over relative increases.
The Banner and friends in Russell extend best wishes to J T Lyons on his 1st birthday. Lyons, a former resident, now lives in a nursing home at 72 Hargrave St Winnipeg, and observed the anniversary on Tuesday March 29.
The Brandon district cattle classes will see small entries next week. Dunn Bros, premier showmen, will exhibit four head. Alwyn Coulter and Glasman & Sons plan fewer animals than in prior years.
Gordon Ferguson of Angusville presents a prize model egg from his flock for a district competition. The breakfast-sized egg weighs six lounces and measures about 8 1/2 inches long and 6 1/2 inches around as he vies for honors against other hens.
A playful spring poem blends seasonal cheer with dreamers and lovers. It references TV, a nature-boy, red robins, and a hot sun, ending with a line about a Russell Banner paper and shaded heads by a steam ing brook.
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