Mixed historical notes span games, business, and local events
A digest of archival items includes a chess contest score 109 of 110, a wild cat shot near town, and Bredenburg poised as a CP line point. Older entries recount rifle association officers, tennis club reorganizations, rising wheat prices in Winnipeg, and civic efforts like clean-up weeks and Arbor Day tree planting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Press
A. Wishart
Bredenburg
C.P K
Marquette Rifle Association
H. Clee
George Beamish
R. D. McIntosh
Warrington
J. Madill
G. Kippan
Ken
Silverton
Jas. Turnbull
Miss
New Reo Automobile
Winnipeg
Swallow
Beamish
Minniska Notes of Birth and Illness and Acknowledgments
Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Nels Davidson on the arrival of a child or event. Sympathy to the Christopher family on the loss of their father. Mrs Richard Keating returns home from Winnipeg. Dr Bill Heap has been ill but expected to recover soon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nels Davidson
Christopher
Richard Keating
Winnipeg
Bill Heap
Municipalities Secure Water Debenture Guarantee Plan
Brooklands and Morris receive a government guarantee on sewer and water debentures with a cap at 8.75 percent. Morris plans a 245000 dollar issue for a new system. Brooklands estimates 360000 to 400000 dollars for its project. If rates rise beyond provincial borrowing by 0.5 percent, the province guarantees interest. if sales fail, the province will buy the debentures. Also notes postwar Canadian manufacturing wages rising from 30 to 65 dollars weekly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklands
Morris
Welfare state critics in Britain and Manitoba jubilee notes
Canadian correspondent criticizes Britain’s welfare state costs and bureaucracy while Manitoba communities plan 75th anniversary celebrations. The piece contrasts high expenses and bloated administration with perceived freedoms, and quotes local editor Dorothy Ridge praising present opportunities over “good old days.”
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Great Britain
R. L. Thomas
England
Canada
Cradle
Grave
Manitoba
Winipeg
Wether
Portage Avenue
Brandon
Portage la Prairie
Virden
Killarney
Selkirk
Gladstone
Hartney
Distaff
Deloraine Times
Hartney Star
Dorothy Ridge
Also Mentioned on This Page
Russell Banner
Russell
Publisees Gvery Smursoay
Mats Street
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association
Srime Wade
Olaws
BC. Sanderson
H. M. Rutar
Gillie
Angusville Junior A.F.M
Robert Angus
Robert Pritchard
Leslie Grey
Everett Robinson
Bernard Fox
Hamiota
T. E. Reid
Memorial Avenue
Russell Thoroughbred Breeding Station
Merry Marquis
Hinkle
Youneed
L. J. Carr
Eadcliffe
Carry
Flying Club
Bers
Mark Brown
Bill Andrew
Minniska
Royal Commission
Assiniboine
Commission
Portage
la Pama
Weasesang, Sune
Nam
R. B. Alexander
Royal Commission On
Picardy
Colony Street
Spruce
Ron Tuckwelly
Dorothy
Nield Bros. Auto Service Ltd
Chevrolet
Mercury
Ford
Dodge
Ford & Monarch
Melita
Diefenbaker
Ottawa
Conservative
John Diefenbaker
Liberals
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