Manitoba Adopts Daylight Saving Time Across Province
Manitoba moves to daylight saving time with clocks ahead one hour at 12 01 am Sunday in the new act. Standard time will apply the rest of the year, with four months and one week on daylight saving time. Winnipeg loses about two months of daylight saving, causing shopper confusion as Saskatchewan places close earlier. The Manitoba Chamber of Commerce supported the province wide change, while a national daylight saving proposal was rejected as beyond provincial jurisdiction.
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Manitoba
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Chambers
Commerce
Russell Chamber
Daily Mail Service Between Russell and Yorkton Reduced
The CNR will cut the Russell Yorkton branch service to once a week with trains running Wednesdays to Russell and Thursdays to Yorkton. The Post Office plans daily truck runs between Russell and Cracknell Inglis Dropmore Shellmouth and Eadcliffe except Sunday to boost mail delivery though Inglis dow s currently lacks a daily option. Bill Mench of Iness is eyed to run the new Russell Inglis route as schedule details await final release.
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Somme
CNR
Russell
Yorkton
Post Office Department
Cracknell
Inglis
Dropmore
Shellmouth
Eadcliffe
Tngus
Roblin
Bill Mench
Iness
Russell-Inglis
St Vladimirs Concert Honors Mothers at Memorial Hall
St Vladimirs College Roblin hosted a Sunday concert titled Tribute to Mothers at Memorial Hall drawing about 300 attendees. The program opened with recitations and featured student performances and other tributes.
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St. Vladimirs College
Roblin
Memorial Hall
Strathclair Set for 1903 North-West Manitoba Openers
Strathclair visits Russell for the season opener in the North Western Manitoba league at 2 PM on Sunday. The team will also play a second doubleheader at Anguilla later, starting 6:30 PM.
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Pets
Russell
Strathclair
Anguwville
Special Service For Clean Up Week
The Russell Chamber of Commerce arranges a special rubbish pick up during Clean Up Week. Citizens are asked to cooperate for Thursday or Friday May 16 and 17. The service is free but rubbish must be accessible to the rack. Businesses are urged to improve back property visibility during the week.
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Russell Chamber of Commerce
Pratt Prom Pleases Pupils And Parents
Pratt Prom, the school’s biggest social function, was held in Memorial Hall on Friday May 3. Seniors led a Grand March at 10 30 with Student Council oversight. The dance ran to 2 a.m. earning a net profit of 60 dollars after expenses. Dorothy Greenback performed and a Greek God entertainer sang with the orchestra.
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She Pratt
Dorothy Greenback
New Wheat Park Varity Licensed in Canada
A new early sowing red spring wheat named Park has been licensed for sale by Agriculture Canada. Park outyields Saunders and ripens around the same time, risking for restricted plantings to rust free areas due to disease resistance. Selected by the Early Wheat Project Group at the federal experimental farm Lacombe Alberta, Park offers high bushel weight and milling quality though not suitable for baking. About 8000 bushels will be available to seed growers after the 1003 harvest.
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Canada
Canada Departent of Agriculture
Saunders
Tome Thatcher
Early Wheat Project
Lacombe
Alberta
Festival Sessions Conclude Friday At North Western Marquette
Festival proceedings continued through the week with a final concert scheduled Friday at Memorial Hall winners to be announced. Russell School choirs dominated, earning top marks in grades 1 2 3 4 7 8 and piano solo winner Leslie Archibald of Silverton. Speech and poetry judges awarded high scores to Jeffrey Fulton of Birtle and others from Inglis St Lazare Foxwarren Cracknell and Bittle. Complete winners list to be published next week.
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Asseu
Memorial Hall
Pam
Russell Vehool
A. Lawson
Winnnipeg
Russell
Leslie Archibald
Silverton
Audrey Robinson
Binsearth
Bonnie Clement
Hazel Shultz
Elks Hall
Sponsors Briefed On Housing Project
BE we os Njogee as elderly percons housing for Manitoba left a wealth of in formation with the local voting group when he visited Russell Monday evening. Over twenty members of the Legion and Elks Lodge heard Mr. Noyes give completed details in the various housing needs now they were financed their needs and operation and stressed the important part housing units such as proposed were played in the life of the community and those who occupied them. He also showed slides taken at similar projects in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta after which he was bombarded with questions. He gave valuable information on primary organization and steps to be taken to get into construction and left with those attending a more determined feeling that Russell's project would be completed in the shortest possible time.
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Manitoba
Russell
Legion and Elks Lodge
Noyes
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Autos Go By Train Under New CN Plan
Canada’s Sanadian National Railways launches CarGoRail on June 15 to carry passengers’ cars on regular trains. The plan blends train speed and comfort with the convenience of arriving at the destination with one’s own vehicle.
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Canada
Sanadian National Railways
CarGoRail
Manitoba Budget Debate Faces Tax and Debt Spars
Roblin defends optimistic revenue outlook while Liberal leader Molgat attacks rising debt and warns against tobacco tax as a precursor to a sales tax. Schreyer’s NDP criticizes administration for slow action and reliance on boards. Debate also covers a 240000 loan to save the San Antonio gold mine in Bissett amid mixed reviews.
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NDP
Schreyer
G. Froese
Rhineland
San Antonio
Bissett
Rob Yin
Legic
Cherniack
Hospitals Offer Youth Career Paths in Manitoba Health Care
The Associated Hospitals of Manitoba announce National Hospital Week May 12 18 with the theme Hospitals Career Centres for Canada's Youth. Hospitals need a wide range of staff beyond doctors and nurses, including engineers cooks orderlies technologists and therapists. In Manitoba over 9 000 people work in public general hospitals and many career options align with youth interests and community service.
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Associated Hospitals of
Manitoba
Canada
Hood
Town Notes Preview Mayhem With Clocks And Community
The Russell area paper darts around routine town life from daylight saving reminders to vandalism concerns on Main Street. It notes a 125-player golf turnout, Elks Lodge visits, and a proposed police publicity shift, all framed by May 1 1883 reminiscences and local civic calls to action.
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J. A. Burgess
Sprunt
Tommy
Tommy Cross
Geoffrion
Montreal Canadiens
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Mental Health Association
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Eastern Star
Royal Bank of Canada
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