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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 10, 1951
Page
5
Agriculture bulletin warns farmers to avoid frost damaged or damp seed for 1951 spring planting. Do not treat frosted seed with formaldehyde or mercury disinfectants unless planted within 24 hours. Lightly frost damaged seed may benefit from certain treatments, but damp or frozen seed requires adjusted seeding rates to maintain germination and stand.
Millwood report notes Miss Minnie Bily spent several days to Esterhazy visiting relatives. A pleasant afternoon occurred at the home of Mrs A Wondrasek on Monday May 7 as district ladies gathered to wish her well on her birthday. Despite being 78 she remains in good health and enjoys company.
Harrowby notes show the Good Will Club meeting at Mrs J S Bailey’s home on Thursday May 10. Various visitors from Leslie Wynyard Langenburg and Harrowby area called on Mrs Jablonski and later events welcomed Mr and Mrs D Davies back from six months in Victoria and British Columbia.
The Dropmore women's group met at Mrs. J. Wardle’s home on May 2 to outline plans for a summer picnic on June 28. Sunday school was held at the Dropmore hall led by Miss Arm strong and Bill Adams of Inglis, with another session slated for May 20. Mrs. D. A. Bradley-Hunt’s daughter Freda Bradley-Hunt from Portage is spending two weeks with her mother, and Mrs. Turta left for Sarnia, Ont. Wilfred Brown heads home after visiting Grandview and will bring back seed grain. Mrs. D. A. Bradley-Hunt and Freda visited Linklater to see her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. H. Turner.
The Winnipeg Women’s Air Force Auxiliary offers a memorial bursary for the son or daughter of a Royal Canadian Air Force member from Manitoba who died in World War I. One $350 bursary annually for ten years, with eligibility requiring junior or senior matriculation and first-time entry to the University of Manitoba. Applications by June 1, via Miss W. A. Douglass, Trust Fund Secretary, Ste. 20 Parkholm Apartments, Home Street, Winnipeg.
The Junior Red Cross ships 339 items valued at 264 dollars from Manitoba to Athens to equip Greek schoolchildren with scribblers pencils crayons rulers and more as part of a global aid program. The shipment supports school kits for children in Greece and other nations under a 300 1 project.
Junior Red Cross branches in Winnipeg and 0 other Manitoba schools bought clothing from allowances and pin money. A shipment of 240 articles valued at 187 goes to Stilden Nursery for blind children in Sussex. The items were paid for by the service fund raised by Junior Red Cross members for overseas children.
Canadians become stiff necked as cost of living climbs sharply. Observation notes rising burdens on households and public concern.
Farmers buy registered seed this year with less cash in hand due to a lower initial wheat price and frosted grain lowering grades. Seed cost reflects final wheat payments, production costs, sacks and freight, widening the gap between seed price and farmer cash. Limited funds at seeding time hinder seed purchases and crop improvement.
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