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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 31, 1963
Page
2
The Russell Banner reports that sleep rates in advance are set to be authorized as second class mail by the Post Office Department in Ottawa. EC Sendeton sid H MC Hutar, publishers.
The Doig rest rooms opened Tuesday evening and will stay open until 10 30 pm offering a headquarters for men women and children visiting the town. Prizes were awarded to several winners including Miss Hamel Madill Miss Jean Gray and Mr B Glavin. The district continues to endure winter weather.
Report notes Eldon Dyck placed fourth in the Grade VI division of the recent spelling contest held in Silverton. Several residents visited relatives and attended events including church rally and leadership school in Brandon.
Millwood and area residents hosted and visited over the weekend with relatives across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Ontario. Lists include Wondrasek Barko Keating Scobie Cartwright Ingram Bily Stouch Junek Bambai Zak Self and others, plus a Manitoba Pool Elevators convention in Winnipeg and a birth congratulations for Mr and Mrs J Self.
Mr and Mrs Lloyd Shearer visit relatives at Lethbridge while Tannis stays with grandparents. A 4H sewing club dance is planned Nov 15 at Dropmore hall with music and lunch. Bert Hunt hospitalized at Sacred Heart in Russell. Various visits to The Pas and Regina. Community notices include a mammoth rummage sale, awards at Roblin Collegiate Institute, and upcoming Manitoba Pool Elevators convention in Winnipeg.
In Milling magazine a plan to discontinue forts for premium hard wheats in Australia is discussed. After years of trials in New South Wales many tests failed, with farmers discouraged by weak results. British and continental efforts to create hard gluten wheats struggle to match Manitoba and American spring wheats. Australian wheat, while uniform and low in moisture, is valued as a mixer in western flours for its color and quality.
A first person account describes a cross country rail journey aboard The Bullet, detailing steep 18 degree curves and the thrill of a moving locomotive. Passengers share a sense of camaraderie amid varied scenery from beaches to forests across ten provinces, noting occasional humorous misadventures and the romance of rail travel.
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