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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1975
Page
2
Chaloner Publishers, Clayton G Chaloner as manager, handles mail registration and related records. Registration number M87 noted for reference and accountability.
Entries from 1905 to 1965 record cattle shipments to Winnipeg, early football matches in Strathclair, business changes in Russell including bakery sale and a plumbing firm, a 77 year old pioneer’s death, medal recipients on a royal jubilee, a barn fire with livestock loss, V E Day celebrations, a Winnipeg Relays second place, and a hotel expansion with new dining and living quarters.
Russell council met April 24 1975 led by Mayor Kinney with five members present. They adopted prior minutes approved accounts totaling 8873 16 discussed selling the CN water tank sold blocks on Arsini and Manitoba avenues planned property splits and bylaw updates including 946 952 953 954 with sewer water extensions and cemetery caretaking approval of building permits and a special Friday session adjourned.
Messrs and ladies from Inglis and nearby towns hosted and visited relatives in several communities. The record lists numerous visits to and from Edmonton Thompson Winnipeg Portage la Prairie Brandon Regina Canora Canora and St. Catherine residents along with oblique references to family gatherings and a bereavement for Leslie Muir.
In a candid note the paper credits Harold Vines mayor of Crystal City village for his election as president of Manitoba Associated Chambers of Commerce. A tongue in cheek line notes the NDP government in Manitoba has not yet imagined pensions for housewives.
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