Beausejour Chamber Names Committee Heads and Delegation
The Beausejour Chamber of Commerce reorganized and held its first executive meeting on Monday, August 18. Committee chairs were chosen for Agriculture, Civic and Highways, Commercial Retail Merchants, Industrial, Membership, National Affairs, Program, Tourist and Publicity, Public Relations. Delegates were appointed to interview the Minister of Public Works about a highway west of town and improving six miles to the U S Air Base. Delegates: O Russell, E Borsa, A B Bonner, A Meltzer, Rev J Gurka.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oscar -Russell
H. Mitchell
Bob Belton
Fred Rumak
Wm. Horodyski
A. Meltzer
A. B. Bonner
E. J. Borsa
No. 15
No. 4
U.S. Air Base
O. Russell
E. Borsa
J. Gurka
Former Beausejour Man Retires From CPR Kenora
James Herbert Armstrong of Beausejour retires after a long CPR career dating to 1908. Born 1893 in Renfrew, he served at Beausejour, then Kenora as freight agent since 1953. He and wife Florence Ady will reside at 224 Main Street North, Kenora.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Herbert Armstrong
Beausejour
Kenora
Armstrong
United Church At
Order of Railroad Telegraphers
Ophir Lodgec
Beausejour, Man
Lions Club of
Armstrongs
The
Canadian Pacific Railway Co
Nelson, B.C
Come to Church Services at St John’s Anglican
Notice invites worship at St John’s Anglican Church for the 43rd Sunday after Trinity with 9:00 a.m. Holy Communion and 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer and Sermon at Christ’s Church Whitemouth with 11:00 a.m. Morning Prayer. Victor Cowell, student, is mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. John's Anglican Church
ST. Mary's Church
Peinte du Bois
Christ's Church
Whitemouth
Serenity Victor Cowell
US Bill Opens Path for Manitoba Minnesota Highway
A U S Senate bill passed last Monday authorizes a compact between Manitoba and Minnesota to build a first class highway linking northern Minnesota with the Northwest Angle on Lake of the Woods. The road could extend to the Trans Canadian Highway from Warroad Minnesota, potentially creating a new resort area for public use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlebro
Manitoba
United States Senate
Minnesota
Lake of the Woods
Warroad
Bissett Union Holds Annual Meeting Picnic Highlights
The United Steelworkers Local 5552 of Bissett held its annual picnic on Sunday August 24 at the grounds. Organizers led by B Rousseau and committee members arranged races games and prize drawings with 300 prize items from a fish pond. The Pee Wees beat the A team in a dramatic home run finish while the single gals edged the married women. A senior team travel setback due to road conditions shifted the game to Lac du Bonnet night action with wins by Kenny Russell and Walter Moore for the single men. A dance is to be announced later and thanks are extended to helpers and the ladies who contributed to the event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Steelworkers of America
Bissett
B. Rousseau
E. Adolf
B. Taylor H. Bartell
V. Siedel
R. Murphy
B. McPherson
N. Wilson
W. Kispersky
K. Fehst
J. Kocis Jr
A. Reid
Duncan Rousseau
D. McMillan
Pine Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Kenny Russell
Walter Moore
Accidents and a faint body found on highway call RCMP
Several accidents were reported near Pointe du Bois Lac du Bonnet and Beausejour, including two August 22 incidents injuring Robyn and Emil Onysyk. A third collision at Park Avenue and McIntosh caused over 100 dollars damage. A local man’s body was found on the old No. 11 highway later examined at Beausejour hospital.
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RCMP
Pointe du Bois
Brightstone
Lac u_Bonnet
Raymond Magnusson
Pointe du _ Bois
Hubert Arsenault
Lac du Bonnet
Emil Onysyk
Frank Sytnick
Beausejour Hospital
Onysyk
Albert Arsenault
Anton Pfiefer
Park Avenue
McIntosh
Lac du Bonnet R
Surprise Scholarships for Grade Twelve Students
Manitoba education awards surprise grants totaling 3650 to 37 top Grade 12 students. Lorra ine Rose Wilgosh of Beausejour is among the recipients. Awards range 150 100 or 50 dollars and are based on scholarship only with winners in nine Isbister districts 12 in Winnipeg and 25 in rural areas. Winners must enroll in Manitoba University affiliated program or Teachers College.
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Manitoba
Department of Education
Lorraine Rose Wilgosh
Beausejour
McLean
Isbister
Winnipeg
Helen Katherine Wedel
Steinbach
Brenda Louise Clark
Portage la Prairie
Marlene Joyce McCaffrey
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Teachers College
Seven is Lucky Number in Manitoba Oilfields
Manitoba oilfields show seven as a lucky figure with June output near 501 080 barrels and total production around 22 million barrels valued at about 53 million dollars. Minister Gurney Evans notes daily average 16 703 barrels in June, up from May, while 876 wells were capable of production in June versus 873 in May, five new wells were brought online and two old producers were abandoned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Gurney Evans
Mines and Natural Resources
Evans
Lac du Bonnet Police Court News August 19 1958
Lac du Bonnet Justice Isaac Rice presided as crown prosecutor Sarchuk presented multiple cases. Surcharged offenders included Wilfred Vincent fined 25 for assault causing bodily harm and 5 for damage, 5 for disturbance. Several defendants faced remand or fines for theft false pretence or drunkenness. Juvenile cases included theft joyriding and a girl ordered to attend church.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
Memorial Hall
Isaac Rice
Sarchuk
Wilfred Vincent
St. George
Powerview
John Hopke
Joe Bellan
Beausejour
Rice
Wilfred Lavoie
John M. Malyk
Brightstone
Joseph Manrocha
Frelan Loewen
Fred Gabiel
Albert Courchene
Alexander
Hubert
Arsenault
Lac
du Bonnet
Entehea
Fernand Boulanger
Andrew Buhay
Oswald Soloman
Alexander Boulette
Stanley Clarke
Henry Ostrowski
Fred Kotosk
Ostrowski
Kotoski
Manitoba Weekly Papers names new Advertising Public Relations Director
George P. Gallagher is appointed Advertising Public Relations Director by Advertising Director Eugene Derksen of the Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association. He will promote member papers and expand market understanding with national advertisers and agencies. Gallagher, a Winnipeg native and St Pauls College graduate, formerly led Winnipeg operations for the Canadian Advertising Agency and later worked at Claude Neon Company, starting Sept. 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Derksen
Manitoba Weekly Newspapers Association
George P. Gallagher
Gallagher
Manitoba
Winnipeg
St. Paul's College
Claude Neon Company
Headingley dormitory contract awarded to Wyatt Construction
Headingley will build a new 104-man minimum-security dormitory to ease jail overcrowding. Wyatt Construction Company of Winnipeg won with a $70,740 bid from seven submitting bids up to $88,151. The H-shaped design includes four wings, a central guards room and showers. completion target is November 31 with additional facility costs and $100,000 cabinet funding allocated.
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Headingley
Wyatt Construction Company of
Winnipeg
Cabinet
It Pays to be Qualified Minister Keeps Local Faith
A backwoods community long avoids long serving ministers. A young preacher lasted two years, prompting the bishop to ask why. A teawnsm an explained locals prefer not to have a preacher at all, making him the closest they have ever had.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotaryanns
Florence, S.C
Subscription Renewal Reminder for The Leader
The notice explains how to read date numerals on a Leader subscription form and when a renewal is due. It instructs readers to mail the remittance with the form and offers renewal rates of 3.00 for one year and 4.00 for outside Canada. The prompt ends with a NAME field for the subscriber.
Subscription Request for The Springfield Leader
The writer asks to renew a one year subscription to The Springfield Leader and provides the address and a payment of 3.00, noting 400 outside Canada. The note implies domestic rate of 3.00 and an international amount 400 though specifics are unclear. The item focuses on a subscription action and payment details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Springfield
Canada
Horse Racing Returns to Winnipeg September First
Horse racing returns to Winnipeg for the September 1 to 24 meet at Assiniboia Downs after a successful spring. An open house on August 31 invites the public to watch workouts from 7 to 11 am. The fall card offers 163,500 in purses, highlighted by the Assiniboia Downs Gold Cup and the Winnipeg Futurity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Assiniboia Downs
United States
A. G. Kennedy
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Beausejour C of C
Chamber of Commerce
Fred Slovinsky
C.P.R. of
Don G. McGill
John Labatt
McGill
John Labatt Limited
London
Ontario
Lutheran Church OF the Cross
Lec du Bonnet
Victor Nelson
United Church OF Canada
Bissett, Man
M. Parsons
Bissett Union
Spriggfeld
Es du Bonnet
Audit Bureau of Circulations
3Rd Street
Vancouver
Pacific Coast
Hot Whittier
Don Meade
Beau
Orage
Virginia Fair
Jimmy
Johnny Longden
Mad Somers
Broadway Breeze
J. Sivewright
Farbend
Beau Orage
B. Giacomelli
Hi Laude
Kennedy
F.O.H. Easton, Dso
Clayton Holt
George Dunn
George Morton
Harry Rudd
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