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Newspaper
Russell Banner
Location
Russell, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 15, 1938
Page
1
The Russell Banner promotes a one month big circulation drive to boost subscriptions above 1000 and fund a free business college course for a district youth. Canvassers, mostly young and eager, will operate Sept 16 to Oct 16 aiding advertisers and readers.
The Russell Banner features a large vegetable display from Shellmouth market gardener David Williams. He reports a bountiful season with produce including tomatoes, cabbage, onions, carrots, marrow squash, huckleberries, and peanuts. D. Peddie contributes two Dent Corn cobs and a 10 foot sunflower stalk with 28 buds.
At a Friday meeting in the A. & N. W. club rooms Russell welfare committees fixed October 4 for the annual Vanity Fair. Proceeds support winter charity work with games bingo darts wheels of fortune a tea room and ice cream stand. Admission free but prize tickets go on sale. George Allen chairs the event with George Smellie secretary treasurer and committees handling decorations costumes booth erection and activities.
October 1 event Langenburg Baby Beet Show and October 1 Vanity Fair in Russell are noted along with November 19 W A Bazaar in Russell. The brief notice catalogs local activities with dates and locations for residents planning participation or attendance.
Mr and Mrs W Wandle of Dropmore Man announce the engagement of their twin daughter Mary Eunice to Leon R Jollife only son of Mr and Mrs L T Jollife of Deepdale Man The wedding is set for September 24.
Local notes report Rev Mr Nixon leaving for North Dakota and Miss Ruth Adams substituting at Thunder Creek school. Social events include Ladies Aid and W I meetings, Cancer Week plans, and several travels by residents to Winnipeg Trail and Newdale.
ENDCLIFFE Mr and Mrs H Finch of Winnipeg spent Sunday with Mr and Mrs L A Schwalm Gwen Schwalm accompanied them and will attend Daniel McIntyre college Doris Finch stays with her aunt to finish schooling The Ladies Social Society met at Mrs A E Woodard's and will hold the October meeting at Mrs Join Schwalm's on the 13th The Young People sponsor a dance on September 6 at the school
Shellmouth notes a Harvest Service to be held at the Anglican Church on Sunday September 18 at 3 p.m. Ed deBalinhard of Trail BC visited Mr and Mrs Goodbun last week. Mr and Mrs George Bruns of St Paul MN visited in the district last week. Rev Nixon is on a two week vacation in North Dakota.
The Silvert on U PW met last Thursday in the hall with 38 members including former president Mrs Jack Crerar and Mrs R Rutherford of Vista. A cancer fund collection was decided, homecraft course discussed, and Dr Whelpley of Angusville delivered a health talk on The Journey of Life stressing maternal care and child immunization.
Miss Mae Whelpley and Miss Tenays Pierce depart for Winnipeg with Pierce taking four jobs and Whelpley planning college. Barbara Nield back home after a McCauley visit. Bert and Mrs Hairsine of McCauley stay with Mrs Hairsine’s parents A. Woronieski. Howard Chenoweth returns from Winnipeg vacation. Mrs Howe recovering after Winnipeg operation. Inez Virtue visits Angusville from Stratford. Silver Creek schools list shows teachers tied to Angusville Colonsay Seeburn Stratford and others, with several from Neepawa Rossburn Boissevain and Winnipeg.
Edith Baldrow returns from Shoal Lake Hospital while Geo Spearman of Hamiota visits town. Mrs Elmer Grant comes home from Winnipeg trip as Mr and Mrs Warnock of Winnipeg stay with Mr H Warnock. Miss Emelia Cormack visits Miss Eileen Howe at Angus as Irene McKague leaves to train in Souris Hospital. Mrs Belrnes hosts handkerchief shower for eight with nurse motif. Norman Strong of Oak River visits family Wes and Mrs Strong. Mrs McKague and Edith return from Inwood after extended visit. Tom Irwin visits town.
Russell and district has undergone a miniature building and repair boom during the past few months. New and ongoing projects include Robertson Bros. Garage, Astbury's store, a new Municipal Office, Lottie Smith’s beauty parlor, and a modern home for R. C. Smellie on Memorial Ave. The Royal Bank building alterations add new office space, while other remodels and new business spaces appear around Smellie’s. Across the district, additions and remodellings rise, including Wm. Dunn, Alex Melnyk homes, and several barns. In Inglis Adam Cipryk’s brick store stands out and a new Rossburn garage rises. Senator H. A. Mullin visits Russell and Rossburn districts, staying with J. Attwood at Bert Roth’s farm north of town.
Western Marquette Teachers Association agrees to a one day rural and public school convention at Rossburn on Friday October 14. President J Weatherley Rossburn and other officers plan to host with an Education Department representative expected to address studies program updates. All area teachers urged to attend. Brandon option available with Inspector consent.
Miss Ruthwoods leaves Monday for Neepawa to train as a nurse. A C Johnston E Townsend and Mr and Mrs H Artibise attended a Binscorth tennis tournament. Congratulations to Alex Cleland and Elizabeth Carson on the birth of a son Sept 9 at Sacred Heart Hospital. Emerson Townshed of Swift Canadian Co returned home to Neepawa after months here. Mr Coppin returned from his farm at Kamsack. Greatorex preached his farewell sermon at the Pentecostal church.
The Russell Banner issue explains broad district distribution including Vista Rossburn Birdtail Mears Angusville Glen Elmo Silver Beach Silverton Millwood Harrowby Eadcliffe Shellmouth Dropmore Lennard Inglis Crandon Russell. It notes a business and district news section plus a special circulation campaign announcement and an Old Days memory column.
A quiet wedding was solemnized at Brandon on Monday September 6. Mary Louise Wealleans daughter of J. L. Wealleans of Alexander Manitoba married Robert Charles Smellie son of C. B. Smellie and the late A. G. P. Smellie Russell. Rev HB Wallace of Russell officiated. The couple left by car for a tour to eastern points and will reside in Russell after their return.
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