Drop-in Centre Opens With Community Celebration
More than two hundred guests attended the official opening of the new Leisure Club on Saturday October twentieth. Murray Wilk son presided as master of ceremonies, with Howard Joyce representing the Kinsmen. Prizes were won by Stan Smith Nellie Pushka and Vicki Dutrat. Margaret Stok archuk won the cushion raffle and Anne Fisher of Inglis contributed to the hobby table. Floral messages from local groups brightened the event, and attendees enjoyed coffee while socializing.
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the New Leisure Club
Stan Smith
Nellie Pushka
Vicki Dutrat
Margaret Stokarchuk
Anne Fisher
Inglis
Harry Graham M
Roblin Congregation Plans October Jehovahs Assembly
The Roblin congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses and ten nearby groups were invited to an October assembly at Veron Regal High School. John Anderson from Roblin will help organize. The theme is Be Filled With Righteous Fruit based on Philippians 1 11. A public talk titled Whose Disciple are You will be delivered by MG Keeble.
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Roblin
Jehovah's Witnesses
John Anderson
Aassembly
Veron Regal High
Anderson
Mg, Keeble
Women's Institute Reconvened September
The Russell Women's Institute reconvened in September after summer recess. Plans included a Market Place at the Beef and Barley Festival with committees forming to manage tables. The sale began at 7:30 and pancake breakfast earlier. teddy bear raffle tickets drawn by a Legion member. Visitors and new members welcome. meetings are the third Thursday in Council Chambers Annex. Our year ends in October with programs themed “For Home and Country.”
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Russell Women’s Institute
Manitoba music scholarships awarded to Gregory Lu
The Manitoba Arts Council Bursary awards Gregory Lu $100 for Grade VII Piano. The Manitoba Arts Council Theory Bursary provides $50 for Grade V Harmony. The Ethel M. Lupton Memorial Prize grants $20 from the Manitoba Registered Music Teachers Association for Grade V Harmony and Junior Rural Scholarship. The Western Board of Music Bronze Medal honors Grade V Harmony. These scholarships are awarded annually by Western Board of Music in Manitoba.
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Manitoba Arts Council
Ethel M. Lupton
Manitoba Registered Music Teachers’ Association
Western Board of Music
Manitoba
Studded Tires Now Legal and Academic Achievements Noted
Saskatchewan and Alberta approve studded tires while a student named Greg Lu of Russell earns top marks with guidance from Linda Connor and H Inglis. Statistics Canada reports September unemployment at 4.3 percent, down from August and 2.2 points below last year's figure.
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Saskatchewan
Alberta
Greg
K.L. Lu
Russell
Linda Connor
H. Inglis
University of Regina
Statistics Canada
Labor
Russell Chamber of Commerce Meeting on Halloween
The Russell Chamber of Commerce holds its regular monthly meeting on Halloween at 7 30 PM in the Council Chamber Annex. Members are urged to attend despite ghosts and goblins with plans for November’s annual meeting, a candidate speaker, and a report on the recent Beef and Barley Festival.
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Russell Chamber of Commerce
Hallowe'en
Council Chamber
Manitoba Clocks Move Back At 3 A.M.
Under the Official Time Act Manitoba uses daylight saving time from the last Sunday in April to the last Sunday in October. This year standard time returns on October 28 at 3 a.m., when clocks go back to 2 a.m. in all parts of the province.
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Manitoba
Seventeen Manitoba towns set for 13.8 million sewer projects
Ottawa funded plan lists 13.8 million in sewer and water projects across Iota Minnedosa Morris Neepawa Ninette Portage la Prairie Reston Roblin Ste Rose du Lac Shoal Lake Stonewall Swan Lake Verdema and Wawangsa. Additional sites slated for later this year or 1980 include Arborg Blumenort Cranberry Portage Emerson Grandview Tredes Chenes MacGregor Manitou Pilot Mound Sanford Stonewall Winkler and Winnipeg Beach. The plan requires capital payments for each project.
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Arborg
Blumenort
Cranberry Portage
Emerson
Grandview
Tre Des Chenes
MacGregor
Manitou
Pilot Mound
Sanford
Stonewall
Winkler
Winnipeg Beach
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Murray Wilkson
Howard Joyce
Kineties
Horticultural Society
Town of
New Era Plumbing
Bill Dunn
Lynn Spurway
Jehovah’s
Japan
Women’s Institute
the Legion
Gregory Lu
Powell Concrete
Brandon
Eugene Ewankin
Eugene
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