All-Out Effort to Keep Russell Clean Campaign Launched
Russell community launches a town wide cleanup drive led by Cliff Russell and Harold Storey with four large trash containers at main corners. Containers funded by Town Council and Chamber of Commerce, built by Hay Gillespie, painted by W Hoffman, inviting citizens to use them. Authorities and merchants join in weekly cleanups in business districts while fire trucks assist with broom equipped street cleaning. Vacant lots cleanup already improving town appearance for visitors.
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Busnell
Cliff Russell
Harold Storey
U. of C. Beautification Committee
Russell
Chamber of Commerce
Hay Gillespie
W. Hoffman
Russell Elks Help Institute Lodge at Togo Sask
An anew Elks Lodge was instituted at Togo Saskatchewan last Friday evening with the Russell Lodge degree team delivering the initiation. Jack Bate of Portage la Prairie officiated with assistance from Russ Leckie and KamSack Provincial Secretary Alex Malakoe, leading a nucleus of six members under Exalted Ruler Alex Chesky.
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Elks Lodge
Togo
Sask
Russell Lodge
Ger
Jack Bate
Portage la Prairie
Grand Lodge
Per
Russ Leckie
Alex Malakoe
Kamsack Lodge
Kamsack
Alex Chesky
Russell
Ray Mitchell Named Liberal Candidate For Roblin
Ray Mitchell won the Manitoba Liberal Progressive nomination in Roblin against candidates Granden Charles Pilewich and Bob Britcher. Attendance reached about four hundred fifty as 87 delegates voted narrowly for Mitchell, who has represented Grandview in the old constituency for two terms. Mitchell becomes the Liberal official candidate in the June election. Officers elected include L Pile Raauk Merth Aneatong Inglis V Campbell with J A Hilland of Roblin as president.
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Manitoba
Liberal Progressive
Roblin Memorial Hall
Ray Mitchell
Granden
Charles Pilewich
Reblin
Bob Britcher
Bield
Mila
Grandview
Mitchell
Liberals
Norman Braendle Retires After 57 Years of Service
Norman Braendle ends a 57 year career in funeral service and local business. He began in 1901 with Anderson and Doig at Binscarth, took over the Binscarth firm in 1910, expanded to Russell in 1920, serving from Birtle to Roblin. He hands the firm to his sons John and Glen Bruce.
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Norman Braendle
Anderson
John
Glen’ Bruce
Russell Club Hosts Livestock Judging Day
Russell Calf Club led a Saturday event hosting Inglis Shellbanks Lennard Binscarth Rochedale Swine and Russell Cattle clubs for a judging day. Members visited Mushumanski and Dunn households, judged Shorthorn cattle, and enjoyed a lunch before resuming a regular meeting. The committee reported progress on displays and banners and set a May 26 meeting at Willis Kieper’s home.
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Cial
Russell Calf
Inglis Calf Clu
Shellbanks& Lennard Calf Clubs
Binscarth Calf Club
Rochedale Swine Clubs
Russell Catt Club
Sec
A. J. Mushumanski
W. K. McComb
Chase Adolphe
Russell
McComb
Willis Kieper
Red Cross Slogan Contest Seeks Water Safety Entries
The Red Cross sponsors a water safety slogan contest open to grades four through eleven. Each school may submit one slogan not exceeding ten words, by June 6. Winners receive a trophy and $100. entries should be mailed to Water Safety Week Slogan Contest, W A LeBlanc, Red Cross Winnipeg Manitoba.
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Red Cross
No title present in report of Ontario visitors
MeeS ne aes of Clinton Ontario spent a week vomiting with Mr Bird at Endcliffe and Mrs Bird at Sunnyslope leaving by bus on Sunday Mr and Mrs Dennis Pagan of Edmonton arrived Tuesday afternoon and left Wednesday for Winnipeg by car Mrs W Pagan accompanied them
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Clinton
Ontario
Birtle Bids To Host Next North Western Manitoba Festival
At a post festival meeting in Russell Collegiate the invitation for Birtle to host the 1989 North Western Manitoba Festival was accepted. Twenty two from Birtle Foxwhe ren Inglis and Russell attended. The treasurer reported over 100 dollars in the bank as plans moved forward with entries extended one extra week and named contestants. Choral reading will be called speech choir. A fall meeting is set for September 9 in Birtle.
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Birtle
Russell
Foxwé
Business Gets Clean Sweep At Last Council Meeting
Town council adopts a clean sweep policy for business district rubbish and mud with a dozen stable brooms ordered. The council rejected an outdated old age assistance application and passed town accounts totaling 4785.87, including 3698.73 for the second last Memorial rink debt. All members attended with Mayor Burness presiding.
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Memorial Rink
Councl
Bur‘ness
Best Potato Variety For Area To Be Tested
Potato varieties were displayed at the Brandon Winter Fair with a provincial specialist answering gardener questions. Visitors labeled several varieties as best, leading to guidance that testing multiple varieties first shows suitability, then family preference. The Manitoba agriculture extension service will announce test plot locations and may call field days where warranted.
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Brandon
Extension ‘ Service
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Getensita Tec Pha
Reader thanks and renewal note from Cam Munro
In a cordial letter Cam Munro of Gladstone praises the town of Russell and encloses a money order to renew his subscription. He commends the paper and its coverage of the many good people in the town, expressing lasting fond memories of Russell.
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Russell
Cam Munro
Gladstone
Giants Edge Clements In Last Innings Nail Biter
Week of fastball results shows Giants scoring twice in final frames to beat Clements. Farmers defeated Nields 14 to 10. Elks upset youthful Giants 5 to 4 after stifling a late rally. Upcoming games include Legion versus Farmers and Elks versus Clem ents.
Russell Collegiate Commencement Set With Guest Speaker
Exercises Friday May 13 will feature Igor A.M.rat, principal, as guest speaker at Memorial Hall Russell Collegiate. Public invited to the session and the commencement banquet to follow with an address by Major Pratt and a message from Inspector Labossiere to students.
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Igor A.m.rat
Touns
Russell
Russell Collegiate
Memorial Hall
Pratt
Milk Powder Plant Opens At Grunthal
The $150,000 Medo-Land Dairy Products facility in Grunthal begins full production, processing about 12 million pounds of summer grass milk annually. Agriculture Minister Shuttleworth opens the plant, which will boost dairy farmers and decentralization, with executives contracting the first year’s output to a single firm and road work improving access to the site.
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Manitoba
Grunthal
C. L. Shuttleworth
Shuttleworth
Sairy
Edmond Prefontaine
de Salaberry
Hanover
Franklin
Bees arrive in Winnipeg for Manitoba Saskatchewan markets
Bee shipments from Louisiana to Manitoba and Saskatchewan travel by rail, arriving at the CNR station in crates. The swarms head by Canadian National Express to Neepawa Sandy Lake Pine River Tisdale Endeavour Canora and other points, aiding local producers.
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Winnipeg
Louisiana
United States
C.N.R
Aney
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Canadian National Express
Neepawa
Sandy Lake
Pine River
Tisdale
Endeavour
Canora
Jestock
Achievement Display Held By Sewing Club
A Friday May 7 event drew many viewers as 30 4‑H girls showcased sewing displays judged by Velma Reid and Louise Batho. Ribbons awarded included two blue and 12 red for Project I, red and two blue for Project II, and six red for Project III.
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Velma Reid
Dauphin
Louise Batho
1 Canada
Sharon Wagner
Margaret Eshelby
Project 1
Marge Jeffs
Reichmuth
Project IL
Jemen
Women’s Institute
Home Economist
Miss Reid
Marilynn Craig
Betty’ Eshelby
Clear Lake
Brandon
Russell Volunteer Brigade Responds to Two Out-of-Town Fires
The Russell volunteer fire brigade answered two calls away from town. A fire in a coal shed at Inglis threatened nearby businesses but was controlled with only the shed damaged. On Monday high winds caused scrub burning on D Ny chuk’s farm southeast of town, endangering structures until Russell equipment arrived and suppression brought the blaze under control.
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Russell Vounteer
Inglis
D. Nychuk
Russell
Wnr
Knox United Observes Christian Family Day
Knox United held Christian Family Day with a morning service based on a program from the Manitoba Conference Christian Education Committee. The Sunday School, Junior Choir, and beginners classes contributed music and hymns, while baptismal rites were performed for two infant children. The Evening Group awarded a Mother’s Day bouquet to Mrs. Joseph Shipp for regular church attendance and devotion.
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Knox United
Christian Education Committee
Manitoba Conference of the United Church of Canada
Rowland Teeen
Louselle Leifer
Joseph Shipp
Cracknell
Controversial Manitoba figure dies in Winnipeg hospital
Lewis St George Stubbs, a controversial Manitoba figure in law and politics, died Monday night at Winnipeg General Hospital in his 80s. A former Liberal candidate for Marquette, he became a county court judge before later losing the post and serving in the Manitoba legislature as an independent.
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Birtle
Winnipeg General Hospital
Lewis St. George Stubbs
Marquette
Manitoba
Registration drive for Mani toba Hospital Services Plan slips
Citizens are urged to register before May List at town offices. A brief strike by CPR firemen over diesel issues ended by Wednesday with a settlement note signed by R A Emerson and J T Graham. No terms disclosed, but radio reports suggest concessions to the firemen, hinting at possible freight rate changes.
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Manitoba Hospital Services
CPR
R. A. Emerson
J. T. Graham
Jet ferry pilots ferry Canadian jets to Turkey
Charles Keating of Silverton joins 26 pilots ferrying Canadian jet planes across the Atlantic and Mediterranean. He departs Trenton Ont on Saturday for a long crossing, part of a historic airlift effort amid ongoing regional tensions.
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Charles Keating
Earle Keating
Silverton
Turkey
Trenton
Ont
Atlantic
Mediterranean
Citizenship Day in Canada Focuses on Responsibility
Citizenship Day on May 16 promotes reflection on what it means to be a Canadian citizen. It emphasizes that greater freedom brings greater responsibility and warns that those with responsibilities but no privileges are slaves, while those with privileges and responsibilities are parasites, underscoring the democratic ideal.
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Canada
Ground broken for new wing at Waddell Hotel site
Excavation crews used modern machinery to clear and level the foundation area adjoining the current hotel. The work marks the start of a complete new building, with the first wing planned on the previously laid base spanning several years.
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Waddelltral Hotel
Employers dislike deductions at the source from pay
A discussion notes that payroll deductions for income tax unemployment insurance union dues and charity reduce a $2 hourly wage to far less than $80 for a 4 hour week. It argues employees should handle their own money to know true pay and civic responsibility, as urged by The Printed Word.
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Russell Elks
Liberal
Roblin
Russell Club
Bettter
Mica
Ent
Sewing Club
Women's Insitute of
Russel
Local Brigade
Ross Kieper
L. Wagner
Beth Naylor
Childen
Ada Spears
Jack Thom
G. W. Tindale
Elgin Wishart
L. Wowk
M. Kukura
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