Dropmore Church Resumes Sunday Services After Holiday
Miss Joerien Pardy led the morning service in Dropmore Church as the town ends its three week holiday on the west coast. Services return Sundays at 11 45 with visitors the Digby and Petz families joining locals. Kent Johnson wed Libby Robertson at First Baptist Church. congratulations extend to the couple.
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Joerien Pardy
Dropmore Church
Faye Digby
Russell
M. Digby
W. G. Ferris
Howard Ferris
Jim Johnson
Brandon
Kent Johnson
Libby Robertson
First Baptist Church
Kent
Libby
Perle
Penny Dietrich
George Petz
Nancy
Gerald
Board Clears Out Closed Elevators in Grain Clearance Push
The Canadian Wheat Board finished its program to clear grain held in elevators closed by country elevator firms. Storage costs dominated the push, with about 64 million bushels shipped under the program, estimated to total around 780 dollars per unit.
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Canadian Wheat Board
Clearing out of country elevators aided by heavy wheat shipments
The Wheat Board reports 64 million bushels shipped from 328 closed elevators across 190 prairie shipping points, with 3,400 railcars needed. By July 31, 1971, all but three elevators were cleared, mainly in Saskatchewan and Alberta, supported by ample country elevator space and a focused weekly shipping program.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Wheat Board
Grain Transportation Division
Deepest Lake Baykal Profile in Siberia USSR
The deepest lake in the world is Ozero Lake Baykal in central Siberia. It measures about 385 miles in length and 20 to 46 miles in width. In 1997 the Olkhon Crevice was planned to reach a depth of 6,365 feet.
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Ozero Lake
Baykal
Siberia
Ussr
Manitoba Visually Handicapped Students Attend Ontario Blind School
Eleven Manitoba students aged 6 to 18 travel to Brantford Ontario to study at the Ontario School for the Blind. The move follows a CNIB and Manitoba Education push toward integrating visually impaired students into regular schools, with CNIB social services aiding teachers and parents.
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Manitoba
Ontario
Brantford
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Department of Education Special Services
Canadian National Institute For the Blind
Social Services Department
CNIB
A. P. Heuser
Department of Education
Russell RM Holds Regular Meeting Seeks Beet Course Funding
The Russell RM council met September 14 1971 with Councillors Wondrasek Bily Davidson and Wiseman and Reeve Collins presiding. A request to promote the Beet Production Management Course in Russell from November 29 to December 24 was considered. Accounts totaling 26022.7 were approved. Bylaw 935 final reading set minimum street setback. Bylaw 987 first and second readings licensed lotteries. A sales agreement with China national Cereals Oils and Foodstuffs for 19.6 million bushels wheat was signed in Ottawa. deliveries start within weeks and extend three months. Shipments are No 2 No 3 No 4 Northern wheat from west coast ports with 25 percent cash on loading and balance due in 18 months, secured by a federal government guarantee to the Canadian Wheat Board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council of
Russell
Wondrasek
J . Bily
Davidson
Wiseman
Reeve Collins
Hond Cavers
Rus Sell
Ottawa
Canadian Wheat Board
China National Cereals, Oils and Foodstuffs Import and Export Corporation
People's Republic of China
China Wheat Sale Worth 30 Million Dollars
The Canadian Wheat Board announced a sale of 500000 long tons of wheat to the People's Republic of China. This shipment, added to a 98000000 bushel contract negotiated in Peking last October, will lift Canadian exports to China to about 117.6 million bushels in the current year. The deal allows a five percent tolerance and involves a maximum variation.
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People’s Republic of China
Canadian Wheat Board
Peking
China
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Dropmore
West Coast
Digby
Petz
Wayne Digby
Shawna
Wayne
Russell, Man
Windy Acres Drive-In
Ming
the Legion
Phil Silvers
Sylvia Sims
Cordoba
George Peppard
John Richardson Plor
Hell’s Belles
Jeremy Slate
Inglis Centennial Hall
OUR Agency
R. M. McMurray Ltd. Complete Insurance Service
Wats
Coats
Fashion Shoppe
Gillen’s
Allen's
Russell Meat Processors
Betty Crocker
Suntype Apple Juice
Honey Graham Wafers
Pauling
Avon
Sunkist
California
U.S
B.C. Peaches
Gillen’s Grocery
Phoce
Lakeside Honey
Roblin
Man
China Wheat Sale
Rapinatt
St. Regis Hotel
Russell Family Store
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