Brief Glimpses At Other Weeklies
Local notices from Manitoba papers report 60th wedding anniversary for John and Mrs Hawking of Boissevain. Carberry to finance a new community hall via small assessment surcharge. McGregor curling club records 102 entrants. Neepawa’s John Biles retires after 44 years with C N R. Portage la Prairie notes increased leases with farm payments up to 3 million dollars. Roblin forms W I committee for Manitoba industries scrapbook. Roblin baby christened with 300-year robe. Swan River drivers fined after road race crash. Winkler hosts bacon show with farms entering pigs for competition and prize-backed by Agriculture Dept.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W.I
Roblin
W.1
Manitoba
Russell-Roblin
Hugh Duncan
W. J. McIntyre
Premier Campbell Calls for Manitoba Defence Work Boost
Premier D L Campbell urges greater Manitoba use of local manufacturing for Canada’s defence readiness. He cites only about three percent of provincial manufacturers have defence contracts and pushes for decentralised procurement, subcontracting requirements, and a small business advisory board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Campbell
Manitoba
Canada
D. L. Campbell
C. D. Howe
Canda
Provincial
Department of Industry
Campbel
Smal
Whitemouth Hospital Receives 700 Gift
The Whitemouth Hospital board met on Wednesday February 21 as Val Yacula of Whitemouth hotel presented a 700 gift cheque from the Manitoba Brewers and Hotelmen's association to chairman Oscar Petterson. The association also gave 500 to aid hospital equipment. Vice chairman Williams outlined the help and Ed Large thanked the group for district support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Whitemouth
Val Yacula
Whitemouth Hotel
Manitoba Brewers and Hotelmen’s Association
Oscar Petterson
Yacula
A Williams
Ed Large
Association
Patricia Rosmus Crowned Queen of Lions Carnival
Patricia Rosmus wins as Lions Carnival queen in Beausejour with globe of glamor. The event features a grand dance hockey game, skating, and a parade of costumed contestants including Mickey and Minnie, pirates, and Aunt Jemima. Winners listed for many age groups in fancy dress and comic categories. Beausejour crowd roars as Massey Harris Clippers lose 7 to 2 in Friday hockey opening.
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Patricia Rosmus
Beausejour Collegiate
Shirley Cryderman
The
Canadian Legion
B.E.S.L
Linda Beger
Beausejour Curling Club
Lions
Winnipeg
Beausejour
Fancy
Jimmy Coghlan
Jean Emberly
Ray Wolonin
Teresa Rumak
John Robertson
Barbara Monnie
Joan Rumak
Walter Kozak
Sharon Mustaller
Patrica Relf
Barry Kaatz
Patricia Pasccki
Elma Riddle
Lorraine Wilgosh
Wayne Riddell
Roy Duma
Gordon Black
Laura Meyers
Shirley McIntosh
Donald Banish
Albert Shade
Alfie Meyers
Miss Horvitz
M. Stephaniuk
Joe Brent
Jimmy Rasmussen
W. Golembieski
Terry O'Neil
Devil
Barnacle Bill
Arthur Litke
Weldon Ridley
Billy Kaatz
Herby Beger
Eddie Rewacki
Clippers
Frank Philpott
Harry Brodiug
Lorne Benson
Bill Keith
Doug Ackland
Doug Snell
Bob Ackland
John Sellan
Ed. Merriam
Ed. Keryluk
Murdoch McDonald
Les Sanderson
Ernie Hoplock
Jerry Hart
Alf Watts
Charlie Robinson
Monty Moncrieff
John Dropoty
L. Shields
G. Magura
Fred Kaatz
Bill Dropaty
B. Tymko
R. Dunn
R. Radins
Bill Shield
W. Mag
Beausejour Farmers Win Dairy Prizes at Manitoba Convention
Awards were handed out February 22 at the Manitoba Dairy convention in Winnipeg. Dairy winners include Milk competition with first prize to R. P. Tully of Marquette and second to Art Schultz of Steinbach. Cream competition saw first prize awarded to Mrs. Geo. Hanson of Hayfield and second to Arden D. King of Glen Souris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Royal Alexandra Hotel
Milk
R. P. Tully
Marquette
Art Schultz
Steinbach
V. Garner
St. Genevieve
Joe Rogalsky
Glenlea
J. Okolita
Beausejour
L. Boucher
St. Laurent
T. H. Harcus
Stonewall
Lec du Bonnet Tax Levy Down 41 Mills
Lac du Bonnet village council met on February 21 to set 1951 tax rates and to consider bylaws including a riverfront road closure to protect lands from erosion and to ratify land purchase for a nuisance ground. Total 1951 levy is 70.3 mills, down 4.1 from 1950. council reductions in general tax were offset by school district and provincial levies, yielding a net 4.1 mill decrease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
Province of
Manitoba
Manitoba Easter Seal Campaign Aims for Record Outreach
More than two million Easter Seals will be mailed to Manitoba residents in March as the Kinsmen Clubs launch the 1951 campaign in support of the Society for Crippled Children. E. Allan says all 15 clubs participate in the drive, with funds aiding medical services for under 21s crippled by disease, birth defects, or injury across the province.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Kinsmen Clubs of
Society For Crippled Children
Allan
Children's Hospital
Deer Lodge Hospital
Festival flag mast raised at Festival of Britain site
A 108 foot flag mast, a gift from British Columbia to the London County Council, began erection at the Festival of Britain on the South Bank in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London County Council
British Columbia
South Bank
London
Canada Census Notes On Schooling Urban Rural Gaps
The article reviews the ninth decennial Canadian census to be conducted in June, detailing questions on whether average schooling years have risen since 1941 and differences between urban and rural areas. It cites 1941 figures, with urban schooling higher than rural, and explains factors influencing attendance such as high school access, correspondence courses, junior high schools, farmwork demands, and regional agricultural education. It also provides percentages of nonattendance by age and city size, noting higher schooling attainment in larger urban centers.
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Canada
Killick Urges Reduction in Livestock Costs at Winnipeg Meeting
Dairy Commissioner C H P Killick told the Winnipeg Dairy Convention that producers should cut costs to stay profitable as milk prices may not rise. He outlined three cost groups: feed 50 percent labor 26 percent and other costs 24 percent and urged grass minded farming and milk per acre as a efficiency measure. Overfeeding beyond milk output was noted as wasteful.
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Winnipeg
C. H. P. Killick
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John H. Hawking
Boissevain
Amily
Wingham
Carberry
Chamber of Commerce
Carberry News- Express
McGregor (Man.) Curling Club
McGregor Herald
C.N.R
John Biles
Neepawa
Brandon
Churchill
Neepawa Press
Portage la Prairie
Portage la Prairie Daily Graphic
Bowsman
Swan River
Swan River Star and Times
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Stanley Agricultural Society
Winkler
Department of Agriculture
Whitemouth Hospital
W. W. Childe
Jemimas
Pappy
Mammy Yokum
Eng. Verriere
la Broquerie
J. H. Peach and Son
Balmoral
C. A. Cohoe
Giroux
M. Davidson
Blackdale
N. H. Mason
Oak Point
H. Bartel
O. Hildebrandt
Springfield
Bidg
St. James, Man
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Inglewood
Portage
Killick
Oscz
Russell
E. Englot
G. V. Hoban
1. Rewicki
R. Dugard
B. Englot
A. Litke
A. Ehinger
H. Pastula
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