YARNS OF OCTOBER YEARS AGO A REPORT OF LOCAL NOTES
A compilation of past items notes political activity by Dr Roche in 1906 and 1908, CPR rail spur work at a mill, Dr McDermid's 1908 appointment, rifle prize winners, 1914 arms figures and civic plans. It records teachers touring 1919 and locals returning from abroad, 1924 snow disrupting threshing and the B A Oil centre, 1929 a Flying Club landing field, a Pink Lady play, and 1934 music exam successes and a Blue Wing school completed by volunteer labor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howard J. McDermid
Winnipeg Deaf and Dumb Institute
Swallow
Marquette Rifle Assoc
E. M. Williams
A. L. Bonnycastle
Gordon Kippan
EM. Williams
Flying Club
Joy Hughes
Mary Mink
June Hughes
Kathleen Wallace
Jack Langford
Blue Wing
Knox United Church Rally Day and Thanksgiving
Russell Manitoba announces Rally Day at 1 am with a rally service and promotion including children. Attendance awards for 23 names will be announced. An 7 pm National Thanksgiving service features music by the Senior Choir and is open to all.
Local Boys Return From Overseas
Local FC Bill Berry DFC and Bill Dimmery are welcomed home after three years overseas. Warrant Officer W. AR Barry returns on leave to Ottawa area families. Bill Berry trained as navigator in 1941, served with RAF, wounded May 1, and recovering in Canada. Dimmery took part in Normandy invasion, wounded early, returning home with his mother in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Berry
Bill Dimmery
W. AR. Barry
H.R. Barry
Ottawa
Bill
Air Force
Rivers
RAF
Canada
W. R. Dimmery
F. Dimmery
Normandy
Jin
Moring
Winnipeg
Royal Winnipeg Rifles
L Canada
Fort Josborne Barracks
Local Notes From Dauphin Region Social Scene
Local notes list visitors and travelers including Mr and Mrs G Peebles Dauphin Mrs L Manley and Lois Ross with several engagements. Upcoming events include Silverton Harvest Home concert on Oct 19 and Masquerade Dance Oct 31 sponsored by the Ladies Auxiliary A N V.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Donald Smith
Lois Ross
Yorkton
Silverton
Ladies’ Auxiliary
C. J. Maher
Vancouver
W. Ramsell
Cancer Control Week Observed in Manitoba
The Russell Women's Institute sponsors Cancer Control Week across Manitoba. Literature and posters urge early detection and treatment, noting cancers can be cured with prompt care and that no one should delay treatment due to funds. A tag day Saturday supports cancer control work outside Greater Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Russell Women's Institute
Greater
Winnnipeg
Russell Pintecostal LooF Hall Services
Russell Pintecostal LooF Hall schedules Sunday school and devotion at 1 p m with a misprint 42 30 pm and Friday Bible Study and Prayer at 1 p m Rev G F Melmoth Box Marchwell Sask Pastor Mrs L Mclntosh Russell see treas quote from I Pet 1 15 and note War Savings Stamps guidance
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Melmoth
Box
Marchwell
Sask
Birth at Sacred Heart Hospital Port Sept 26
At Sacred Heart hospital on September 26 a daughter, Terry Patricia, was born to Corporal and Mrs A K Little formerly Janice Thom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sacred Heart Hospital
A. K. Little
Janice Thom
Terry Patricia
Russell High elects Student Council officers
Nominations and elections at Russell High School this week led to Jackie Adolphe Hay Gillespie Margaret Bryant Mildred Jackson Marion Keating Louise Garnett being named to offices. On Thursday candidate speeches preceded Friday voting with results naming Adolphe as President Jackson as Secretary Keating as Vice President Garnett as Treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell High School
Jackie Adolphe
Hay Gillespie
Margaret Bryant
Mildred Jackson
Marion Keating
Louise Garnett
Russell Remembered in Memorial Chapel project
Captain Bari S Dixon writes from Italy describing a Memorial Chapel near Knox United Church Russell Manitoba. A former minister and Canadian Units padre notes a chair with his name and inscription will be placed there. A disused wine cellar transformed into a Norman church features chancel altar memorial shrine with gates and remembrance hooks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bari S. Dixon
Knox United Church
Italy
R. C. Smeliie
Russell
Memorial
Dixon
Knox United
Manitoba
Neighboring Weekly Ceases Publication in Saltcoats
Editor Bill Young ends The Saltcoats Observer after founding it on June 9, 1932. Health strains and long hours forced him to relinquish the paper, leaving Saltcoats without a local newspaper as the issue marks his retirement from publishing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Young
Saltcoats Observer
Young
the Observer
Association of Printer's Ink
Saltcoats
Mrs Frank Clark Wins Shorthorn Heifer at Barnyard Froye
A damp evening at Jackson's Barn hosted by the Russell Veterans and Elks featured bingo and other games despite rain. The highlight was a draw for a purebred Shorthorn heifer donated by S Honey, won by Mrs. Frank Clark of the Valley. other prizes included a Yorkshire son won by Jim Scott of Inglis, a turkey to Miss Gwen Simms, and a War Savings Certificate attendance prize awarded to Harvey Hyden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jackson's
Russell Veterans and Elks
Ty Er. S. Honey
Frank Clark
Valley
Shipley and Son
Jim Scott
Inglis
Gwen Simms
Harvey Hyden
Edwin Moore Celebrates 89th Birthday
Edwin Moore, longtime Russell district resident, turns 89 next Monday October 9. Born in 1855 at Westbury on Severn Gloucestershire England, he immigrated to Canada and settled in the Russell area in June 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin Moore
Russell District
Mr. Moore
Westburyen-Severn
Gloustershire
England
Canada
War effort and empire industries in wartime Canada
An Ottawa column reviews Canada's wartime output and home front efforts. It notes 50 explosive plant projects, mostly owned by the people, with a $150 million Dominion property program excluding a $48 million synthetic rubber plant. By 1943 Canada produced vast ammunition and high explosives for Allied fronts. The piece also mentions beekeeping for wax in war use, gold production declines, Navy visits for a Newfoundland pensioner, and TB monitoring among the armed forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cantaja
People of
Canada
Dominion
Twice Wounded Corporal Walter Brown Wounded Again
An Allied landings in Sicily veteran Corporal Walter D. Brown son of John Brown formerly of Craigie district has been wounded twice since Sicily. He wears the 49th Loyal Edmonton Regiment and was first hurt last October in the hip and later at Ortona. Elmer Lamb eldest son of Mr and Mrs Freeman Lamb now of Castor Alberta has earned a Pilot Diploma and a commission after graduating Sept 27 from No 2 Flight Engineers School at Aylmer Ontario. Monday Oct 9 declared a national holiday with Thanksgiving celebrations and events including a Farmer's Ball in Russell. Fire destroys the home of Mr and Mrs Jack Madman near Cracknell with cause unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter D. Brown
John Brown
Craigie
Elmer Lamb
Freeman Lamb
Castor
Alta
No. 2 Flight Engineers School
Aylmer
Ont
Dicer
Harvey Hyne
Naval School
St. Hyacinthe
Que
Silverton
Russell
Agricultural Society
Jack Madman
Cracknell
Browns win opener in St Louis World Series
The World Series began in St Louis with the Browns defeating the Cardinals 2 to 1 in the opening game. The Browns won the American League close finish and the Cardinals hold the National League pennant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Browns
Cardinals
Harvest Thanksgiving Services and Society Address
Anglican Craigie hosts harvest services at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. Christ Church offers Sunday school in the morning. Rev H H Watts, field secretary for the Missionary Society of the Church of England in Canada, speaks Friday Oct 6 at 3 30 p.m. to address the W A and attendees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Craigie
Christ Church
H. H. Watts
MSCC
Missionary Society of the Church of England
Canada
W.A
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Bermuda
Cora Clee
Winnipeg Juvenils
United States
Dick Clee
Walter Needham
B.A. Oil Company
CNR
Man
James E. McNeill
G. Peebles
Dauphin
L. Manley
Newdale
Reina
Grey Nun's Hospital
J.C. Henry
Duck Lnake
Russel
R. Bird
Saskatoon
A. Mather
Alf. Highfield
Elaine
Flin Flon
Young People’s Union
Doreen Matheson
Ruth Hoffman
Pat Smellie
Burke McNeill
Bob Thom
Cancer Control
Russell Pintecostal
Hall
Scarlet
By Jim Greenblat
Department of Agriculture
Navy
Newfoundland
Margaret Trice
Royal Canadian Navy
Newfie
Blondie
Rand
Army Medical Service Headquarters
Britain
Clear Lake
Beason
Ed. Tower
Fussell Theatre
Lawrence Madill
This Week
Manitoba Power Comission
Anglican Church
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