Militia to Train At Camp Shilo
About 550 members of Mann e Militia will attend a national sub training camp at Camp Shilo July 2 10. It marks the first collective training for units of 19 Militia Group since obtaining national survival roles last year and replaces two years of attached individual army training. The task force headquarters and two mobile columns will drill with rescue companies and support units, under Colonel Herbert Maxwell with Regular Army instructors. Overnight bivouacs precede a full scale exercise with reentry into a mock nuclear target area. A rescue company will demonstrate casualty extraction and decontamination operations amid radiation monitoring and water supply setup. Units span Winnipeg Brandon Portage la Prairie Dauphin Minnedosa Revisited Pine Falls and Virden, returning home after a pay parade July 9.
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Camp Shilo
Herbert Maxwell
Winnipeg
Government Sets Up Machinery Inquiry
The Federal Government empowers the Commons Committee on Agriculture to investigate farm machinery prices. It will study cost factors and ways to reduce or halt increases. Dr Joe Slogan notes farmer complaints about the cost price squeeze over ten years as product prices lag behind costs. Standardization of parts is among the topics expected.
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Commons Committee On Agriculture
Joe Slogan
M.P
Great Falls News Roundup From STAN GITTINS
Great Falls and surrounding towns share news from a Winnipeg fire fighting school to family milestones. Bill Warren, Carl Saeles, and Steve Melnick attended the three day event, while the Manitoba Fire Chiefs sponsored instruction on modern firefighting. Husky birth for the Morgan family on June 19, plus multiple weddings, travels, and local events. Winnipeg Electric Co. picnic set for June 25 with sports of all kinds at the Great Falls grounds. Manitoba Women’s Institute marks fiftieth anniversary with tours and a royal banquet. Several staff members return or depart for work at Kelsey, with plans for summer activities and mosquito precautions. Page 8.
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Bill Warren
McArthur Falls
Carl Saeles
Great Falls
Steve Melnick
Pine Falls
Winnipeg
Manitoba Association of Fire Chiefs
Winnipeg Electric Co
Hydro Board
Freda Petterson
Belle Sinnock
Great Falls Women’s Institute
University of Manitoba
Manitoba Women’s Institute
Government House
Errick Willis
Royal Alex
Fort Garry Emerges as Major Manitoba Tourist Draw
Fort Garry Fort in Manitoba gains status as a premier historic site with extended visiting hours to 9 pm and two guides hired for tours. Government funds preserve walls while restoring 1850s furnishings and installing a drinking fountain. The 33,250 visitors who signed the guest book last year rose 50 percent, a figure expected to grow.
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Slogan
Solgan
Spadini Retires After 43 Years at Pointe du Bois
D Spadini and wife honored at a June retirement party in the community hall. Dan Spadini began as a tramway labourer in 1917 and became a locomotive fireman in 1948, retiring May 16 to Winnipeg. Community figures and Ponchini orchestra attended. he is a former curling club president and local Catholic church member.
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Pointe du Bois
A. Pringle
Community Club
A. A. MacDonald
MacDonald
Dan
Hydro
City Hydro
T. Storey
Spadini
Winnipeg
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Alex Brown
John Hanson
Neil MacTaggart
Tom Rodgers
Joe Apritchard
Bob McFarlane
H. Eby
Great Falls Rec Club Banquet Discusses New Projectors
The Great Falls Recreation Club held its first annual banquet in Anderson Hall on June 15 with about sixty members. President John Bracken presided. a general meeting followed, voting near unanimously to buy two new 16 millimeter projectors with sound for VistaVision film, at an estimated $1500. The show night moves to Saturdays, and an entertainment committee was formed to explore program ideas.
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Great Falls
Two Manitoba Weddings Share June Festive Vows
Dorothy Grace Schichl and James Elmer Crozier wed at Pine Falls United Church on June 15 with Rev. C A J King officiating. Elizabeth Ann Meadows and Robt Allen Carr exchanged vows June 11 at St George Anglican, Birtle, in a double ring ceremony. Both couples planned to reside in Lac du Bonnet and near Birtle respectively after their weddings.
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J. Crozier
D Schichl
Crescent Bay
McArthur Jim
Anna
Pine Falls United Church
Dorothy Grace
M. Schichl
Lac du Bonnet
James Elmer Crozier
E. Crozier
C. A. J. King
Cecil Cook
E. A. Frayne
Hilda Schichl
Mark Carvey
Casey's Inn
Memorial Hall
St. George's Anglican Church
Birtle
Elizabeth Ann
Edwin F. Meadows
Bissett
Robt. Allen
Robert P. Carr
J. M. Buck
Linda Corr
Mrs. Edmundson
Lac du Bonnet extends win streak with tight Beausejour victory
Lac du Bonnet edged Beausejour 3 2 as Arel Kostynyk drove in the deciding run. Larry Ocker allowed 11 hits and two runs through seven innings while Herb Kelestky struck out 13. Next day Lac du Bonnet rallied from a 4 0 deficit to beat Selkirk 5 4 with Johnny Usackis driving in the winner.
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Beausejour
Arel Kostynyk
Larry Ocker
Herb Keletsky
Rhe Beausejour
Lac du B
Larry
Ocker
Behting
Selkirk
Johnny Usackis
Ronnie Hirst
Bill Kartushyn
Roger Stine
Andy Usackis
Pritemek
Firearms Banned in Manitoba Forest Reserves and Preserves
Hon. C. H. Whitney announces a ban on all firearms in forest reserves and game preserves across Manitoba. The rule targets rifles revolvers shotguns and air guns and allows possession only under license during the legal hunting season. Officials say the measure protects vacationers protects property and safeguards wildlife from reckless use especially by youths.
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Manitoba
Hon
C. H. Whitney
Mines
Natural Resources
Whitney
Radar Use Aims To Curb Manitoba Speeding
Manitoba introduces radar on the Trans-Canada and major highways. Hon Sterling Lyon notes radar units, operated by trained RCMP officers, will educate motorists in June with written warnings and highway signs, while enforcement continues as needed. The system includes a transceiver, dash speed indicator, and a recorder with a two mile per hour tolerance, tested daily for accuracy.
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Sterling Lyon
Q.C
RCMP
Trans-Canada Highway
Lyon
See Canada Says Slogan See Canada Says Slogan
Dr. Joe Slogan MP urges Canadians to tour domestically and balance a long standing tourist dollar deficit. He cites $200,000,000 more Canadians spent abroad than foreign visitors in Canada last year and notes the Trans-Canada Highway completion could boost domestic tourism.
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Joe
M.P
Dr. Slogan
House of Commons
U.S.A
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