Novelty Bonspiel Closes Beausejour Curling Season
Beausejour held its novelty bonspiel closing the curling season with prize winners across four events led by Main event champions C McIntosh Peggy Thomson and J Coghlan. Merchants Citizens and Consolation categories crowned top teams as a grand wind-up party followed at the town hall with a program and community lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roarin
C. McIntosh
Peggy Thomson
J. Coghlan
Coghlan
L. Stebbe
J. Kellert
S. Lewko
J. Uhl
L. Plishke
G. Reckseid
M. Wazny
Ray Gretsinger
R. Gretsinger
R. A. Hayes
Ed. Shreyer
L. Beley
A. Renshaw
B. Larson
Frank Wilgosh
C. Laurie
J. Mullins
A. Bronstein
A. Riplowsky
R. Mroz
J. Miche
Whitemouth Friends Farewell Ken Beal
Ken Beal, student minister of Ross United church, will leave for the west to new duties. He was guest of honor at a Saturday evening reception hosted by Mr and Mrs P R Paul sen, with church members offering a musical evening. Beal received a briefcase and preached his farewell service on Sunday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ken Beal
Ross United Church
West
P. R. Paulsen
Beal
V.E
Farm Income Debate Opens MFU Leadership School
Three MFU leaders Jacob Schulz C J Howdle and Mrs M McIntosh led a presentation comparing farm incomes with labor at Beausejour before 200 or more delegates. Dominion Bureau of Statistics figures showed investment up 2 percent, rent dividends and interest up 6 percent while farm income fell 12 percent. Tax data listed doctors lawyers dentists chiropractors fishermen and farmers with averages, noting fishermen earned more than farmers. The event highlighted the need for a progressive farmers union and ran from 9 am to 6 pm with delegates from the north eastern Springfield riding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Farmers’ Union Leadership School
Beausejour
Jacob Schulz
C. J. Howdle
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
M.F.A
Ed. Borkowsky
Steve Pasamik
V. Kreiger
C. Baker
Schulz
M. McIntosh
Fred Small
P. Bell
J. Wachal
A. A. Trapp
Brokenhead
Dan” Fosty
L. Schlamp
M.F.U
Springfield
Budget Tightens in Brokenhead Ward Expenditures
At a special Rural Municipality of Brokenhead meeting for 1953 54 budgeting Reeve A A Trapp warned four councilors of periodic accounting of ward expenditures to prevent road work overruns. He noted 24000 in drain and road costs this year while detailing 600 miles of roads, 130 gravelled and 201 graded. A 53 mill rate was set, matching last year, with authority given to limit traffic weights on municipal roads as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brokenhead
A.A. Trapp
Reeve Trapp
Grand Beach
Province Receives Highway Contracts in Manitoba 1953
The province lists allocations for the Trans-Canada highway work in Manitoba. Preliminary surveys and drainage contracts of 22,000 and 74,000 dollars were awarded in LaVerendrye. Additional contracts of 73,595.98 and 15,000 dollars were given for LaVerendrye unorganized and Birch River disorganized districts and the Whiteshell forest reserve.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
LaVerendrye
Birch River
Whiteshell
Woman's Part Featured At Farmers Union Meet
The Farmers' Union held its monthly meeting at Teddies on April 1 with Mark Hewko presiding. A feature lecture on Women’s Part in the Farmers’ Union by Mrs. A. Trapp followed, and district director William Gander, with Mr. Nimchuk, answered questions. A lunch was served after the meeting and a recreation committee was elected. Attendance was seventy five.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Union
Mark Hewko
A. Trapp
William Gander
Nimchuk
P. Litkowich
L. Schlamp
K. Chorney
B. Nowakowski
Union
L.A.W
Government buys vast Canadian land from Hudson’s Bay Company
About eighty years ago the federal government paid one and a half million dollars to purchase from the Hudson’s Bay Company the land that now constitutes the Prairie Provinces and the Yukon and Northwest Territories.
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Federal
Hudson’s Bay Company
Prairie Provinces
Yukon and
Northwest
Basic Subjects Emphasized by Education Official
Dr. R. O. McFarlane deputy minister of education said in Beausejour that day-to-day schooling should focus on essential subjects, criticizing present day frills in both rural and urban schools, with stronger emphasis on the city system. The remarks were delivered before the Beausejour Home and School association on March 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. O. McFarlane
Beausejour
First Lac du Bonnet-Roseau Car Trip Opens Tourist Possibilities
Mackay promotes a northward tourism route from Roseau through South Junction and Vas sar to White shell Forest Reserve and Lac du Bonnet. He details highway plans to connect Lake Itasca to the Whiteshell region, with 50 miles of Canadian road to be completed by fall and further paving and gr ading over three years to attract Canadian and U S tourists into Manitoba.
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Lac du Bonnet-Roseau
Aan
Ming Durned
Aceh
Mackay
Roseau
Virgin Wilderness
Here
Lake Superior
Rocky Mountains
Canada
International Falls
Fort Frances
Rocky Country
Nestor Falls
Kenora
Red Lake
Manitoba
Whiteshell
South Junction
Vassar
Whitemouth Lake
Gully
Whiteshell Park
Lac du Bonnet
Lake Itasca
Grygla
State
Prawda
Hadashville
Elma
Pravda
Trans-Canada
Trans- Canada
Westerner Awarded British Empire Medal for Korea Service
Sergt. Paul J. Tomelin of Calgary and Edmonton earns the British Empire Medal for distinguished Korea service. An official army photographer, he gained wide acclaim for photographs of Canadian troops in action. After returning from Korea last December, he has been command photographer in Prairie Command with headquarters in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sergt
Paul J. Tomelin
Calgary
Edmonton
Korea
Prairie Command
Winnipeg
Prawda Residents Push for All Weather Route to Whitemouth Lake
Residents of Prawda organize to build a highway or all weather road south to Whitemouth Lake. Mackay notes winter roads permit only when the route is frozen. Spring rain and warm weather now make the trip impossible, though the gateway to the wilderness paradise is expected to reopen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prawda
Whitemouth Lake
Mackay
Pine Falls Hockey Club Elects Officers at Meeting
A general meeting of the Pine Falls hockey club at Manitou Lodge on Tuesday night, March 31, elected Art Kreuger as president with Fred McFadden as secretary and Len Shea as treasurer. The treasurer reported a successful year, and a wind-up dance was set for May 1. Officers for 1953-54 were named with an executive list including Bert Clements, P. O'Connor, S. Lazaruk and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Falls
W. Harrison
Art Kreuger
W. Macdonald
G. Mulligan
Fred McFadden
Don White
Manitoba Fish Season Opens April 15
Spring sunshine thaws Manitoba rivers and lakes ahead of the April 15 fishing season opening. Anglers seek lake trout, brook trout, speckled trout, rainbow trout, brown trout, and whitefish as they resume angling. Northern pike, pickerel, walleyes, yellow perch, goldeye, and mooneyes begin May 16, with bass licenses issued July 1 in the south and July 15 north of 1953.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Speech on basic subjects and high school challenges
Dr McFarlane urged reinforcing core teaching of speaking reading writing and arithmetic while noting high schools pose the main problems. He supported studying languages beyond English and warned older pupils rely on welfare state. J Beilan presided as audience asked questions during lunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McFarlane
J. Beilan
Association
Flood Relief Fund Nears 250000 in Manitoba
Premier Campbell and Mayor Coulter announced the official closing date of April 10 for the Canadian National European Flood Relief fund. Manitoba’s total to date is 232,718.09, with expected additional contributions from other agencies likely pushing Manitoba past 250,000. The leaders praised Manitobans for their strong response.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Douglas Campbell
Manitoba
Garnet Coulter
Winnipeg
Canadian National European Flood Relief Fund
Campbell
Coulter
Oil investment shifts leave Canadians with far less stake
From 1945 to 1951 Americans invested 521 million dollars in Canada's oil industry while Canadians invested 406 million. Canadians now own 47 percent of their oil sector and U.S. residents own 52 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
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Batenchuk
Whitemouth
MFU Leadership School
Revenue Department
Ottawa
Brokenhead Ward
Jovan Urosevic
Ambassador Bridge
Queen’s Plate
Virginia Fair
Western Canada
Exhibition Grounds
Toronto
J. A. Charlesworth
Edmontory
Liprs Legislative Bi
Man
St. James, Man
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Inglewood
Portage
Education
Minn
Times
A. Kreuger Heads Falls Hockey Club
Bert Clements
P. O’connor
5. Lazaruk
P. Gardiner
J. Tremblay
Dr. Johnson
F. Lidstone
W. Inglis
F. Legall
L. Shea
W. Lauchlan
W. Frederick
L. Seguin
A. Hamelin
C. A. Johnson
J. Nixon
W. Jackson
J. Romanow
F. Ford
W.T.M
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