Beausejour Council Plans Parking Restrictions
Beausejour council moved to enact parking limits on Main street and Park avenue, restrict trucks over half a ton, and introduce parallel parking on selected streets. A panel including the mayor and deputy mayor with two councilors will decide permits for shanties and shacks within town limits. Mayor Oscar Russell noted pride in cleanliness efforts and pending provincial approval to lower the TransCanada highway speed limit from 25 to 20 mph. He also was tasked with preparing a house numbering blueprint for the next meeting.
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Beausejour
Main Street
Park Avenue
Oscar Russell
Manitoba
Dance to Aid Memorial Fund in Beausejour event
Loyalty Chapter No 31 Beausejour hosts a May 3 dance to raise funds for the Beausejour Brokenhead Memorial Fund. Miss Martha Jeske, deputy worthy grand matron, attends with an official visit. banquet at Beausejour hotel precedes a Masonic Temple program. Notables present include C. Coates, Maud Coates, Mrs Fitzgerald, Mrs J Reid, and L Brandon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beausejour- Brokenhead Memorial Fund
Loyalty
Beausejour
Manitoba
Order of Eastern Star
Martha Jeske
Masonic Temple
Jeske
W.G
C. Coates
Maud Coates
Fitzgerald
J. Reid
L. Brandon
Winnipeg
Beausejour Lions Discuss Safety Week Plans
Beausejour Lions accept Safety Week ideas including marking bikes with warning paint for road safety. Lion Partridge of Winnipeg praised local club, other leaders attended, and plans for a Winnipeg rally in June were outlined. May 14 set for nomination proceedings and May 28 for election night.
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Beausejour Lions
Lion Zone
Partridge
Winnipeg
Zone 2
Jack Robertson
Jack Schaeffer
Brandon
Robertson
Lion Abe Greenberg
Beausejour
Rebekah Lodges Meet at Pine Falls
The Rebekah Lodge District no. 3 held its district meeting in Pine Falls United church basement on Tuesday evening April 22. Two busloads from Winnipeg representing Sunshine Ivy and Louise lodges joined Pine Falls Coronation Lodge. Five Pine Falls members were elected officers including Mrs. F Legall president and Mrs. Cowan Manitoba Rebekah Assembly president attended and addressed the meet ing. A lunch committee led by Mrs. A L Brown arranged refreshments and social time followed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rebekah Lodge
Pine Falls United Church
Winnipeg
Sunshine
Ivy and Louise
Pine Falls
F. Legall
E. Wilson
M. Sokoloski
E. Frayne
J. Dean
Cowan
Manitoba Rebekah Assembly
A. L. Brown
W.T.M
Budget Aid Powdered Skim Milk Benefits
Powdered skim milk helps the household budget by providing the proteins minerals and vitamins of whole milk at a lower cost. It is cheap easily prepared and can be made in precise amounts as needed, with riboflavin supplying additional nutritional value.
District Legion Rally at Tyndall reaches talks on war pensions
The District No 10 Manitoba Legion held a semi annual meeting at Tyndall with over two hundred delegates. Alex Cairns provincial secretary spoke on war allowances and disability pensions ahead of the Dominion convention in Montreal May 18 to 25. He noted pension increases and branch progress. F Love resigned as district rep and J W Menzies of Gimli was appointed to complete the term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Canadian Legion
Montreal
Alex Cairns
Manitoba and North West Ontario
Manitoba
Tyndall
Cairns
F. Love
J. W. Menzies
Gimli
Man
Legion
G. West
Canadian Legion Auxiliary
A. E. Riddell
No. 128
Alec McLeod
Inter-Lake District
George Sawyer
Winnipeg Beach
L.A.W
Seven Sisters Curlers Elect C Precious
The Seven Sisters Curling Club annual meeting elected C Precious as president for 1952 53 with F King as first vice president M Everson second vice president and R Walker secretary treasurer. An ice committee was named J Kearns J Sauer K Higgins A Frantz and D Moors. Auditors are W Lewis and E Carruthers. A sinking fund of 100 was set aside for future rock purchases. The wind up on April 19 featured music by Fred Duffly with trophy presentations by W Lewis and entertaining by C Precious and Mrs Bartley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seven Sisters Curling Club
C. Precious
F. King
M. Everson
R. Walker
J. Kearns
J. Sauer
K. Higgins
A. Frantz
D. Moors
W. Lewis
E. Carruthers
Breakfast Aids Morning Nutrition With Quick Choices
The text lists excuses for skipping breakfast such as lack of time and appetite for coffee, noting that missing breakfast hampers energy and reaction. It advocates a balanced meal comprising about one third of daily nourishment and suggests rising earlier to enjoy fruit juice hot cereal bacon or eggs toast and a hot drink.
Beaulieu Heads North Eastern Manitoba Baseball League
Ed Beaulieu of Pine Falls was elected president at a Beausejour meeting reorganizing the North Eastern Manitoba Amateur Baseball League. A May 21 schedule will be set by May 27 with double header games. Current teams include Pine Falls Fort Alexander Oakbank Tyndall Beausejour and Whitemouth. Powerview and Hydro Pine Falls sent reps but offered no firm entry. Bourgeault Garson was elected vice president and Leonard Shea secretary treasurer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ed. Beaulieu
Pine Falls
Manitoba Amateur Baseball League
Beausejour
Fort Alexander
Oakbank
Tyndall
Whitemouth
Powerview
Hydro
L¢ Bourgeault
Garson
Leonard Shea
Pine Fails
Beaulieu
The Outlook for Sowing and Threshing
The farmer faces two issues this spring: dry weather needed to sow seed and a large backlog of last year’s grain, about 285 million bushels. April’s warm dry winds are ideal for threshing and for sowing, with good subsoil moisture despite low surface rainfall, making overall conditions excellent.
Rural Canada closes 200 one room schools over teacher shortage
A wave of school closures hits rural Canada as 200 one room facilities shut down due to a severe lack of trained teachers. Education officials warn the moves will affect access to schooling in remote districts and require reassessment of rural teaching resources.
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Canada
Fires Destroy Homes in Lac du Bonnet District
Heavy toll from bush and grass fires in Lac du Bonnet. A grass fire at Dr. L G Gunnes home destroyed the pump house. The Stewart cottage on the river was burned, with total loss. J C Uhlman of the Government Air Service aided by emergency equipment helped save adjacent homes. Rolf Larsen’s property also burned. Earlier loss reported at Dan Okranic’s home.
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Lac du Bonnet
L. G. Gunne
Stewart
J. C. Uhlman
Government Air Service
Rolf Larsen
Winnipeg
Dan Okranic
Legion Two Act Play Delights Lac du Bonnet Memo rial Hall
Legion and Ladies' Auxiliary presented a two act original comedy Hot Water in Memorial hall on Friday April 25 featuring an all local cast led by Ernie Rouseau Jessie Jeffries and Dorothy Waters The cast also included Rube Cohen Mike Borowski Jo Fournier Betty Lange Dorgen Dancyt and Marvin Zikman The performance earned high praise for its polished execution and strong ensemble before a packed house A pre show program showcased talents including Bud Bjornson and models from Palm Beach fashion parade
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Canadian Legion
Ladies’ Auxiliary
Lac du Bonnet
Memorial Hall
Ernie Rouseau
Whitney
Jessie Jeffries
Lac du Bonnet Pioneer John Hendrickson Dies
Lac du Bonnet mourns the death of John Hendrickson born 1869 in Sweden who came to Canada in 1901 and settled in Lac du Bonnet. Survived by four daughters Mrs Anderstedt Transcona Mrs Hilding Winnipeg Mrs Dragge Vancouver Mrs Olsen Flin Flon and three sons Ellis Transcona Axle Vancouver and Art Lac du Bonnet along with fifteen grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
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Lac du Bonnet
John Hendrickson
Transcona
Mrs
Anderscdt
Sweden
John
Canada
Lve
Hendrickson
Anderstedt
Hilding
Winnipeg
Dragge
Vancouver
Olsen
Ellis
Axle
Art of
River Hills News Briefs and Births
Irvin Hankey underwent surgery on his leg at General hospital Winnipeg after a winter injury in the bush. Sympathy extends to the Grabke, Kuhn, Knopf families on the death of Mrs. C. Knopf on April 23. Mrs. R. Kuhn visited her mother on her passing. Birthday wishes go to Alvin Merke April 17, Fred Herzog April 20, Brenda Klepatz April 25, Harvey Zink April 29.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irvin Hankey
General Hospital
Winnipeg
Bush. S
Fred Grabke
Vive
R. Kuhn
Herb Knopf
J. Knopf
C. Knopf
Alvin Merke
Fred Herzog
Brenda Klepatz
Harvey Zink
Ideal Cereal Praised By Nutritionists For All Day Use
Nutritionists hail whole grain cereals for protein minerals and vitamins they provide and for easy preparation. Suitable for breakfast aiding morning nutrition and for a light snack at night a bowl proves easily digested and satisfying.
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Department of Public Works
Russell
Dance TO Aid Memorial Fund
Lions
the Lakes
Rebekah Lodges
Seven Sisters
U.S
Great Lakes
Prescott
St. Lawrence
Lionel Chevrier
Ontario
Erie
Breakfast
E. Beaulieu
By H. G. S. Strange
Okranic
W.58.k
Springfield
St. James, Man
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Inglewood
Portage
Sally Mikhechuk
Rev. S. Richardson
Ole Hammerstedt
Arnold Urban
Bud Bjornson
M.C. Harold E. Wells
Palm Beach
W.S.K
River Hills
Mrs. L. Rempel
Saskatchewan
Swift Current
Sask
Duncairn Dam
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