Council Sells Land Parcels and Renews Police Contract
The Town Council sold four parcels for 767.00 adding to town coffers and renewed the RCMP police contract for five years at 1400.00 per year. Separate property sales included Matt Walke, Martha McDonald, Carl Montie, and R G Smellie with specific lot deeds and payment terms. The meeting also approved notices, truck moves, and sidewalk bicycle enforcement.
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Andrew Mather
Russell
Alex Chesky
J. H H. Denny
Pelly Ave
RCM
Matt
Martha McDonald
Carl Montie
R. G. Smellie
R. G.smellie
Rally Day Service at Knox United Church
Knox United Church will hold its annual Rally Day Service on Sunday at 11 am. Children will be promoted in Sunday school and receive diplomas seals and Bibles. A new Sunday school year begins Oct 1 and teachers seek continued parental cooperation for regular attendance. Children are asked to be at the church basement by 10 30 Sunday morning.
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Knox United Church
Jesus
Legion and Elk to Host Vanity Fair at Memorial Rink
Legion and Elk clubs prepare for their annual combined Vanity Fair event at Memorial Rink on October 2 and 3. E. J. Casey Shows will supply the acts and add attractions, with a good used car and attendance prizes to be won.
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Legion and Elk
Vanity Fair
Memorial Rink
Tueday
E. J. Casey
U K Livestock Sale Supports Flood Victims in Brandon
An auction of foundation breeding stock donated from the United Kingdom will be held in Brandon on Saturday October 21 1950 at 10 am CST. Proceeds aid Red River Valley livestock producers recovering from recent floods. Breeds include Short Horn Hereford Aberdeen Angus beef cattle Jersey Ayrshire dairy cattle Red Poll Suffolk sheep and Yorkshire pigs.
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United Kingdom
Brandon
Man
Red River Valley
Aberdeen
Jersey
Ayrshire
Suffolk
Vanity Fair Visit With E J Casey Shows at Russell
The speaker announces October 2 and 3 appearances in Russell by E J Casey Shows. The event will feature the speaker’s sister, three live baby bears and five Shetland ponies for attendees, plus an indoor ferris wheel.
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Vanity Fair
E J Casey
Russell
Mr. Casey
Manitoba Power Commission Expands Rural Electrification
Earl Mills outlines MPC progress from 1948 to present, wiring 5000 new rural customers yearly. The program trains crews, spurs pine pole processing and transformer production, and requires 65 percent area sign up plus two wired buildings per farm with monthly meter returns. Farmers benefit from low energy costs and must meet minimum usage.
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Winnipeg
Brazil
South America
Manitoba
Manitoba Power Commission
Kiwanis
Earl Mills
Brandon
MPC
Commission
Mills
Angus MacDonald
Wally Coburn
Harold Clement
Club
Harry Way
The
Royal Bank
Robert G. Smellie
C. R. Loney
J. A. Burgess
Manitoba Creamery Butter Dominates Exhibition Awards
Manitoba swept all special prizes for creamery butter at the Canadian National Exhibition. Dairy Branch reports Manitoba buttermakers won 67 percent of first prizes and 52 percent of all prizes awarded, highlighting strong regional performance.
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Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
C. of C Committee Moves on Athletic Director Plan
The Russell Chamber of Commerce reappointed the athletic director committee to pursue a winter plan with Memorial Rink ties and engage the governing body for the coming season. The group also audits school-unit expansion, safety testing campaign, and tourism traffic amid North-South links.
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Russell Chamber of Commerce
W. J. Patterson
W. E. Fenton
R. Cowan
J. McCulloch
Memorial Rink
J. A. Burgess
Inglis
Angusville
Rossburn
Binscarth
Flin Flon
Virden
Birtle
R. S Clement
Ml.a
J. E. Forsyth
Dropmore Farmer Dies In Crash
Frederick Richardson a 43 year old Dropmore area farmer was killed when his truck overturned in a ditch while returning from Inglis with lumber. He served in WWII and farmed at Rochedale. Funeral at Rochedale home, burial at Tummel cemetery. Survived by three sisters and one brother.
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Frederick Richardson
Rochedale
Inglis
No. 31
Mr. Richardson
Dropmore
F. G. Richardson
Flin Flon
Enarge
William
Rothwell
Tummel
Jim
John Robertson
Allan
Gilbert Anderson
Joe Dugan
Mervyn Kelly
Kelly
Winnipeg
N. Hamilton
Birtle
Freeman
Los Angeles
Calif
James
Toronto
Oil Pipe Line Will Lower Gas Prices In Prairies
Imperial Oil official John R. White told Winnipeg Rotary Club that gas prices in Manitoba and Saskatchewan should drop this fall due to cheaper crude transport via the Interprovincial pipeline. He forecast broader cuts with Great Lakes navigation opening next spring and noted Winnipeg could see the largest fall in the region.
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Imperial Oil
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
John R. White
Imperial
Winnipeg Rotary Club
Prairies
Great Lakes
White
Winnipeg
Regina
Alberta
Navigation
Mr. White
Bicycle riders must obey traffic rules in town
The Russell Tow Council approves a new bicycle regulation. Police will impound noncompliant riders after dark for traffic violations, enforcing lights and reflectors on bicycles. The program targets riders, not their parents, and mirrors successful schemes elsewhere.
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RCM
Russell Tow Council
Manitoba Big Game Season Opens November 27 1950
The 1950 hunting season for big game in Manitoba opens at sunrise November 27 and closes at sunset December 7. Deer hunting is open province wide except in designated game preserves where big game hunting is prohibited.
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Manitoba
J. S. McDiarmid
Quote on Communism and capitalism belief
A historical aphorism asserts no man becomes a Communist until he gives up all hope of becoming a capitalist. The remark frames political conversion as a resignation from aspiration and emphasizes economic winners and losers in social change.
Best in West Then and Now at Russell Memorial Hall
The article reports on a Friday dance at Russell Memorial Hall after its renovation. The space impressed with a superior floor and appearance, surpassing most western venues. Congratulations are extended to the former hall trustees and the Army & Navy Veterans for their work.
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Russell Memorial Hall
Army & Navy Veterans
Pick of the Pickerels Sets Local Fishing Mark
Bill McNaughton weighs in with a 10%lb pickerel in the As siniboine contest. He is ineligible for the Game and Fish event, leaving Bob McMurray with a 7%lb lead as boats report strong bites on the river ahead of next issue.
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Bill McNaughton
Assiniboine
Walter Gallant
Bill
Bob McMurray
Welcome signs erected by Russell Kiwanis Club
New welcome signs appear at highway entrances to Russell town. The Russell Kiwanis Club plans to invite visitors and remind them about weekly Kiwanis lunch meetings each Monday.
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Russell
Russell Kiwanis Club
Farm Ownership Changes Reported in Brightside District
Changes in farm ownership include Lawrence Cusitar selling his Brightside district farm to T. Turnaway who recently bought the Jas. Rea farm and sold it to Benny Reichmuth of Marchwell. Mr. Cusitar plans to move to Russell.
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Brightside
Lawrence Cusitar
T. Turnaway
Jas. Rea
Benny Reichmuth
March
Cusitar
Russell
Dude Ranch at Wildwood Country Club Previewed
Ed Long, proprietor, expands Wildwood in Assiniboine Valley from a clubhouse and golf course to include horseshoe pitches tennis softball baseball a refreshment stand and paddling pool. He plans running races every two weeks next year plus a dance pavilion and possibly a drive in theatre and stocks Palomino ponies as part of a potential dude ranch. Ed recently bought a fine colt and traveled to Alberta to bring back another.
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Wildwood Country Club
Ed. Long
Assiniboine Valley
Alberta
Museum Piece A. Section Sets for Med Relics
The Manitoba Museum’s A section will be set aside to house med relics from Russell district. Principal C. C. Foster of Russell Collegiate has spurred interest, with fossils and relics forwarded. The latest find is a small pipe from Shellmouth farm of George Haas, possibly Sioux made from catlinite.
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Manitoba Museum
Russell
C. C. Foster
Russell Collegiate
H.E
Butch) Werschler
George Haas
Shellmouth
L. T.S. Norris-Elye
Thhe Museum
Farming in Canada booklet highlights farm life and exports
A new Information Service booklet from the Department of Agriculture, Ottawa, details Canada’s farming population of over 3 million on about 733 thousand farms. It explains farming methods, crops, and services sustaining the core industry driving a large share of exports.
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Canada
Atlantic
Pacific
Information Service
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
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Council
Christ Church
Harvest Home
H. E. Bridgett
Isdy
U.K
Ruth Browne
Norwood
Boses
No. 4
Town
Dude Ranch
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