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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 09, 1971
Page
8
Auctioneers Bob Thom and Son offer a household sale of Miss Anne Adams at Inglis on Saturday. Phone 208 Rawat.
Canadian farmers may apply for Nuffield agricultural scholarships to study farm operations in Great Britain. Eligible applicants are Canadian citizens aged 30 to 35 who are active farmers and intend to remain so. Recipients travel from February to August 1972, with eleven Manitobans named since 1951. Further information is available from the Manitoba Farm Bureau or local Farm Bureau representatives.
The list records Duncan Murray Wishart Bran ton Angusville Pierre Charron and others fined for illegal possession of liquor with fines of 35 dollars and costs four dollars each and short jail terms. Speeding offenders include Thomas Arthur Williams Kasper Bergman and several others with fines ranging from 52 to 120 dollars plus costs four and a quarter. Magistrate Sparling Brandon reports hashish possession by William Thomas Lobert with 500 dollar fine and two months in detention.
Labor Minister Russ Paulley launches a fire prevention contest for children aged six to twelve, urging home escape plans. The event runs during Fire Prevention Week, October 3 to 9, with floor plans and 300 word descriptions to win prizes. Entries go to Fire Escape Draw in Toronto.
About 60 Manitoba teachers attended the two and a half day seminar at St Bene dict's Educational Centre West St Paul from August 31 to September 2. The gathering included 35 Society division and local association representatives, provincial executive and professional development committee members, and nine affiliated special area groups. Mel Chambers of Neepawa chaired the event aimed at preparing local PD chairmen to assist teachers province wide toward greater professionalism.
Manitoba School for the Deaf participates in Project LIFE to improve deaf child language through visual drills and repeated conversational prompts. Principal D M Plummer notes early progress and plans to continue the program for another year while researchers in Washington monitor vocabulary and grammar gains.
Canada Safety Council reports winter driving tests show substitutes for caution and skill. Snow tires chains and studded tires reduce stopping distances on ice at near freezing, but gains vanish as ice temperatures drop toward zero. Study on Lake Timiskaming involved Damas and Smith Limited with multiple tire setups and hard packed snow scenarios.
A researcher notes best results come from individual instruction and foresees teaching machines helping culturally and physically handicapped students. One unit was loaned to Winslet Children's Hospital where a limbless boy learned to operate it by pushing buttons with a mouth stick.
Manitoba will allow Indian band members to serve as jurors for the first time. An amended Jury Act set to take effect September 13 will create a panel of 1,000 prospective jurors drawn from registered Indians living on reserves. Attorney-General Al Mackling said bands will supply eligible persons for the juror pool for next year’s three assizes.
A fragmented humorous verse mocks animal lifespans and sobriety, noting horses live thirty years and animals abstain from spirits, while humans linger longer. The garbled OCR hints at lines about goats, cows, dogs, cats, hens, and a quip that some people stay “pickled” and reach ninety, ending in a faded joke about longevity.
Winnipegs Canadian Fisheries Service recipe notes a method for barbecuing rainbow trout or similar small fish. Clean dry fish wrap each with bacon, secure with toothpicks, grill above hot coals for about 13 minutes turning for even cooking.
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