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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 03, 1946
Page
1
W A Reid and Co have leased the Queen's hotel at Russell and will run it as a first class establishment after taking possession this week.
Russell Ellis Lodge hosts Apple Day to raise funds for Save the Children Fund. On Oct 12 members canvass shops in the forenoon while taggers roam streets afternoon and evening with MacIntosh Reds to aid refugee and homeless children in Europe. The lodge supports Estonian refugee girls including Leena Raud seeking a Canadian home.
Cancer campaign week highlights early prevention messages from the Russell Women's Institute sponsor group for the Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research Institute. A tag day is planned on Saturday October 5, with initial donations totaling 2288.65 over two days and deferred payment options for subscribers in Russell. Local figures and businesses have contributed, including Hon. J A and Mrs Glen 100.00, W W Wilson MLA 150.00, Mayor Andrew Mather 200.00, Smellie Bros. 500.00, Smellie couple 380.00, A G Smellie 250.00, Frank Jones 100.00, B C Sanderson 150.00, Russell Board of Trade 277.65, and Russell Business Girls Club 161.00.
James Allison Glen minister of mines and natural resources recently toured northern mining areas at Yellowknife and spoke of opportunities there. He met local residents including Garnett Frame and a Wheeler family member. He travels next to Portage la Prairie to assist a Liberal bye election candidate.
Funeral service for George Stevenson held at Krox United church in the Eadcliffe district after his sudden death at his farm on Sept 24. He was 76 or 77. Interment at Russell cemetery. Stevenson born in Rousay Scotland November 11 1869 immigrated to Canada in 1905 with family. Survived by three daughters and one son plus daughter in Winnipeg.
A biblical quote is presented: “What shall it profit a man if he shall gain the whole world and lose his own soul” from Mark 8 36. The line reflects on spiritual value over material gain.
R W Payne provincial superintendent of St John Ambulance visited Russell this week and spoke with local business leaders about starting first aid classes. He said the aim is to extend training to rural points with no cost to participants and that the Russell Board of Trade will be asked to organize the groundwork.
The Christ Church congregation honored departing members Mrs. Jane D. Boulton and Mrs. Edith Ward on Sunday September 29. Rev G H Adams presented hymn and prayer books and corsages at a social hour for about 50 in the rectory. Ward served 25 years, Boulton over 30 years, both active in church work and Sunday school. They move to Vancouver B C with best wishes.
At Victoria BC HMCS Uganda held a christening for infant Leslie Stanford son of Sig Fred Hodgkins and Mrs Hodgkins. Padre Orville P. Bessie RN conducted the ceremony using Pacific Ocean water and the baby's name will be logged and scratched on the ship's bell. Godparents Mrs Mary Ratcliffe and W Richardson of Victoria attended.
Dominion bureau of statistics reports the 1946 census puts Russell population at 880 with June canvass by Chas McIntyre suggesting further gains to around 900. The town voters list lists 618 eligible voters aged 21 and over.
Mayor A Mather will officially open the Russell rest room on Saturday Oct 3 at 3 30 pm The Women’s Institute will serve tea in the afternoon following the opening The rest room is behind the Council Chamber in the former Red Cross room with north entrance A sanitary system and wash facilities have been installed and further improvements will be added over time The WI looks forward to a large crowd after the opening and tea to use the long needed facility.
W Hancock hunted near Russell on Monday September 30 and shot a mallard duck banded by the US Biological Survey. The band bore 676804 with a notify address to the Biological Survey in Washington DC and a small 36 stamp. Hancock will forward the band to Washington for an official history.
The article urges farmers to treat pastures as a central crop for feeding livestock during open seasons. It stresses that productive pastures reduce costs, depend on adequate management, soil fertility, and appropriate plant varieties, and warns against overgrazing on marginal lands.
Brig Gen Alex Ross urged return to old fashioned Christian life for world peace at a memorial service in the A and N W hall. Veterans and cadets laid wreaths at the Rebellion Monument before services led by clergy from Christ Church and Knox United Church.
The column shares community items from The Banner including a potato weigh‑in by W. H. Schwalm of Wolverine district, a Thanksgiving holiday notice for Oct 14, birthday greeting for Edwin Moore, reader mail about readership pride, vandalism incident with a partridge, harvest weather impact, a postponed vaseuan classic playoff due to league deadlock, town booster notes for Angusville, and Mr. and Mrs. Freeman Lamb relocating to Calgary with new address.
Acting Mayor A K E McLennan presided as Councilors Cross, Bicknell and Gillespie met. They approved accounts totaling 277.59 and granted Annie Liske an option to purchase lot 6 block 112 plan 377 for 10.00 until December 31, 1947, deductible from the 75.00 price.
The text discusses increasing soil fertility with barnyard manure or fertilizer and notes grasses require nitrogen. It covers pasture plant selection, stressing alfalfa, brome grass, sweet clover, and meadow fescue in Manitoba. It mentions mixtures of grass and legume often outperform monocultures and lists reseeding and fertilization as improvement methods. It also touches on runoff water as a resource and broad political reflections on governance.
The director of Game and Fisheries announced there will be no open season for pheasants in Manitoba this year.
The Winnipeg Tribune notes rural districts may become overpopulated with about 3,500,000 births forecast this year. The piece reflects concerns over rapid growth and regional demographic imbalance.
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