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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 05, 1978
Page
5
Foxwarren community notes report visitors, homecomings, and well wishes as families return for winter. Thanksgiving services at Westminister United Church feature Sunday School children assisting. Local updates include hospital returns, birthdays, and safety signs at First Street Garland Avenue.
The Times notes rural England faces rapid loss of essential village services as schools shops pubs and garages close. In West Dorset 75 percent of villages under 500 residents lack a school 68 percent lack a garage 61 percent lack a pub and 30 percent lack a shop. Madingley embodies the crisis with its school closed and villagers buying the abandoned building to run classes and a teacher themselves.
Renewable Resources and Transportation Services Minister Len MacMaster says expected area lost to Manitoba forest fires this year will be about 15 percent of the total 7,200 acres with a major fire near Snow Lake accounting for much of the loss. He notes 363 fires have occurred by mid September, with costs around 2.5 million this year versus 3.5 million last year and 3.1 million in normal years, and expects roughly 26 additional fires from September to November 15 when firefighting gear usage ends.
Approximately 100 members of the Order of the Eastern Star gathered at Mason ic Hall in Foxwarren on September 26 to welcome WGM Sister Agnes Neilson of Brandon and WGP Brother Robert Forrest of Morris. The event featured a banquet, Scottish blessing, and a joint meeting with chapters from Shoal Lake Russell Morris Brandon Rivers Birtle Minnedosa Dauphin Roblin Moosomin Sask and Fort Gary Winnipeg.
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