Power Plan talks crumble as City opts referendum
Winnipeg's Power Plan negotiations falter after the city council votes for a referendum and seeks a Legislative session. Premier Campbell warns delay worsens the province's power situation but backs cooperation. The session ends with clashes over hospital patient payments and rental control, as opponents rail against perceived government indecision.
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Winnipeg
Councl
Campbell
Surburban
CCF
Hansford
Messrs
Stinson
Gray
Olive
Renouf
M. Schultz
Fines
Roblin
Greenlay
Swailes
Greenlay Asked That It Be Chucked Out; ‘Whereupon Mr. Speaker
Mr. Bachynsky
Manitoba Legislature Ends Session With Rowdy Paper Fight
The Manitoba legislature prorogued after a lengthy, contentious session marked by temperance debates and a loud paper fight in the chamber. Premier Campbell announced compensation talks over dike areas, Lieut-Governor McWilliams gave Royal Assent, and the session closed with a curtain of flying paper and a final jest from the Golden Boy column.
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Mr. MacDowell
M. Gray
D. Roblin
C. Shuttleworth
John Barleycorn
Babin
Campbell
Dominion
McWiliams
Greenlay
Lulu
Turner
Clement
Fifty Years Ago in Silver Creek and More May News
A compact bulletin recalls local life from May 1901 to 1941. Silver Creek Rifle Club members such as T A Crerar and James A Kippan led shooting at 100 and 200 yards while an Foresters Hall entertainment featured many locals. Subsequent notes cover Russell electoral clerks, wheat seeding, hotel expansion, and the Queen’s Hotel wing, plus Silverton church social, jewelry business openings, and a Russell tennis club reorganization with Elks and A&NW softball plans.
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Silver Creek
Ethel McDonagh
Cora
Olga Clee
Edith Callin
Mabel Hill
Edith Dutton
Sophia Schwalm
Z. Kennedy
Pearl Hudieston
E. Maynes
Alvin Callin
Victor Wright
Harvey Schwalm
Wilson Kelso
Russell
F. Y. Newton
Silverton
Pte
Arthur Leech
Maud Davidson
Mary Peddie
Flossie, Kennedy
Harold McKean
Donnie Coulter
Jas. Minshull
Jessie Hyde
Nellie McKay
Edna Keating
Irene Kennedy
Beatrice Bongard
D. Peddie
J. Minshull
R. J. Coulter
Russell school board urged to form senior baseball club
A May 5 1921 issue notes the Russell School Board use of a classroom after summer holidays and calls for organizing a senior baseball club, citing available material for a strong team. The entry also recalls a 1926 note about the Angusville Curling club.
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Wright
Mullins
Russell
Jas. Grainger
T. Minshull
D. G. Nield
Frank Shepherd
H. W. Lewis
Jock Armstrong
Chas. Minshull
Women's Missionary Society of
Russell School Board
The
Angusville Curling Club
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H. M. Rutar
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F. Jobin
Manitoba
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VNA
Binscorth Memorial
I Theatre
Ucuey Rooney
Pat O'Brien
Echnicolor Western
Dan Dailey
Ann Baxter
Wm. McFarlane
Alf Clee
Queen's Hotel
Russell Tennis Club
Alf. Jackson
Brownlee
Gus Boulton
Amos
McCrindle
Agnes Thom
B. Currie
George Smelle
Alt. Jackson
A. Currie
Graham
Elks
A&n.w
Harold Thompson
Wilbur Sparrow
Birtle
Thompson
Russell Golf Club
Walter Needham
J. A. Glen
K.C. MP
Geo. A. Allen
H. R. Barry
R. L. St. John
C. Sanderson
Manitoba Censor Board
Manitoba Board OF Moving Picture Censors
Ford Ferguson Tractor
Ferguson Tractor
John Deere
E. C. Shepherd
John Deere Sales & Service
Man
Stephens
Westwood's
Sarnia
Prairie Provinces
Alberta
Ontario
Canada
Imperial Oil Limited
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