Mrs T Donahue Heads Women's Institute Meeting
The annual Women's Institute gathering was at Beausejour on November 6 with 19 members and three visitors. Elections for 1952 named Honorary president Mrs F Hayes and president Mrs T Donahue, plus vice presidents, secretary, treasurer, and various convener roles. Mrs Donahue and Mrs Lippmann were named delegates to the provincial convention. District delegate is Mrs H Bush with Mrs S Rumak as alternate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Women’s Institute
Beausejour
F. Hayes
T. Donahue
H. Bush
B. Larson
J. Chalaturnyk
G. Chauviere
E. Flekke
M P S Curl In Springfield With Ottawa MPs
J S Sinnott M P for Springfield brings eight MPs from Manitoba Ontario Saskatchewan and Alberta to curl with Springfield locals. Schedule lists matches January 10 Pointe du Bois Great Falls Pine Falls. January 11 Lac du Bonnet Seven Sisters Whitemouth. January 12 Tyndall Beausejour.
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M.P
Springfield
J. S. Sinnott
Ottawa
Manitoba
Ontario
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Pointe du Bois
Great Falls
Pine Falls
Lac du Bonnet
Seven Sisters
Whitemouth
Tyndall
Beausejour
V.E
Minister Pays Tribute To Municipal Councillors At Powerview
The Hon. Sauveur Marcoux, Minister of Municipal Affairs, praised municipal reserves as the highest in Manitoba history. He noted councils stayed within budgets despite road and drain work and urged keeping reserves untouched due to farming uncertainty. He also cited plans to relocate Highway No 11 from Lac du Bonnet to Seigs Corner as a 1952 Eastern Manitoba project, with full regional estimates due next spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Eastern Manitoba Chambers of Commerce
Powerview
Sauveur Marcoux
Manitoba
Lanes Nee
Lac du Bonnet
Seigs Corner
Department of Public Works
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce Faces Funding Strain
North Eastern Manitoba Associated Chambers of Commerce met at Pinewood hotel Powerview on November 12 to address lack of financial support from the Manitoba Chamber of Commerce for organizing new local chambers. Chairman Steve Velie led discussion as W. W. Childe resigned after two years as executive councillor for Springfield riding citing burdens of secretarial duties and multiple roles. A motion praised Childe’s service and a plan to form a finance committee and review relations with the provincial chamber was adopted for the next meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Chamber of Commerce
Chambers of Commerce
Springfield National
North Eastern
Manitoba Associated Chambers of Commerce
Pinewood Hotel
Powerview
Steve Velie
Powerview Chamber
Chambrs
W. W. Childe
Beausejour
Manitoba
Springfield
Lake Winnipeg
Gull Lake
Victoria Beach
Childe
Eastern Manitoba Development Board
North
Manitoba Chamber
Memorial Centre Opens Saturday Ice Jamboree and Moccasin Dance
The Beausejour-Brokenhead Memorial Centre unveils a busy winter program starting with an Ice Jamboree and Moccasin dance on Saturday December 1. Prizes will be awarded for various dances and events, including a large red rooster release on the ice with a $10 prize for the catcher. The centre has new floor work by Beausejour Lions Club, revamped heating, a ladies rest room, and a concession stand offering candy, hot food, and drinks. Overall, patrons will note an improved Memorial Centre appearance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beausejour - Brokenhead Memorial Centre
Beausejour Lions Club
Village Council Deliberates Tax Relief and Drain Works
The Village of Lac du Bonnet council met November 19 with Mayor J Sparman presiding. Councillors Arsenault Mikkliechuk Peterson Rowe and Clerk Teare attended as they approved Elizabeth Dow tax relief under Soldiers Taxation Relief Act and authorized Peterson to place sixty feet of culverts on Park Avenue drain at the ravine Lots 7 and 8-6-3309. Accounts paid include Lac du Bonnet school 8473.00 and other items from Victor David to Canadian Pacific Railway.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac du Bonnet
J. Sparman
A. Arsenault
M. Mikkliechuk
J. W. Peterson
V. J. Rowe
G. F. Teare
Aho
Elizabeth Dow
Councillor Peterson
Park Avenue
Victor David
Manitoba Power Commission
L. G. Gunne
Lac du Bonnet School
Eastern Manitoba highway delegation meets Public Works officials
A 35 member delegation from Reeves and 13 rural municipalities in Eastern Manitoba plus three mayors met with officials of the provincial Public Works department on Wednesday November 21. They presented the Eastern Manitoba highway network and the 1952 program, with two groups of requests: next year’s highway length and municipal aids for future highway construction. The department indicated most next year items would be approved, while municipal aid requests would go to municipal engineer H S Cameron for study. Details from George Collins deputy minister included No 12 paving to Piney Corner and clearing right of way for the Whitemouth river leg of the New Trans Canada project.
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Manitoba
Eastern Manitoba Development Board
Department of Public Works
Springfield
William Morton
Public Works
George Collins
G. B. Williams
L. W. Backman
H.S. Cameron
Collins
Mr. Cameron
Mr. Collins
Trans-Canada
Ste. Anne
Whitemouth River
Piney Corner
Tolstoi
St. Boniface
Victoria Beach
River Hills Man Fatally Injured In Ontario Shaft Accident
Ewalt Honke died after a 60 foot fall at a hydro development near Niagara Falls Ontario on November 16. He was to wed Doris Murphy of Newfoundland the following day in Toronto. He worked on tunneling, died two hours later in hospital, and the body was sent to Russell's funeral home Beausejour. He lived in River Hills 28 years and was active in baseball with Hungry Nines. He had farmed with his mother and later worked in mines in Central Patricia Mines Steep Rock and Newfoundland where he met his fiancee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beausejour
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
River Hills
Ewart
Hungry Nines
F. Wolfrom
Central Patricia Mines
Steep Rock
Ont
Newfoundland
Manitoba Paper Mill Upgrades Pine Falls Machine for Higher Output
On Sunday November 25 at 8 a.m. Pine Falls paper mill shut down for weekend rest and mechanics replaced No. 2 machine gears and forty seven driers with enclosed steel units. The upgrade aims to lift speed from 1200 to 1500-1600 fpm and output from 135 to 200 plus tons per day, with completion targeted for December 10.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pine Falls
Manitoba Paper Company
Library Seeks Public Support for Pine Falls Venture
At a February 23 1949 meeting representatives from Manitoba Paper Company departments formed a committee to establish a public library in Pine Falls. The group chaired by H Durfield with Mrs Joe A Lyons as secretary treasurer and an executive including Mesdames Anne Todd E Mansell and Miss E Hoffman now operates in the Service Centre building. After Miss Hoffman moved to Sault Ste Marie in 1950 Mrs Lloyd Caress joined the executive. current working committee includes Mesdames E Coote C Hutchinson A McSherry and Don Munro. The Paper Company has provided strong support and the library seeks further public backing while keeping a up to date book selection and increasing circulation. The library open hours are Tuesday and Friday evenings from 7 to 9 pm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba Paper Company
Pine Falls
H. Durfield
Joe A. Lyons
Anne Todd
E. Mansell
E. Hoffman
Sault Ste. Marie
Hoffman
Lloyd Caress
Power Commission Aims Complete Eastern Manitoba Electrification
The Manitoba Power Commission plans to electrify all farms in Eastern Manitoba by the end of 1952 and extend distribution lines across the region next year, with the goal of powering every farm except the most isolated. Hon. Marcoux recalled organizing farmers in 1937 after a dead car battery spurred the first hydro line from Loriette and St Anne to Steinbach.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Marcoux
North Eastern
Manitoba Associated Chambers of Commerce
Powerview
Manitoba Power Commission
Lorette
St. Anne
Steinbach
Eastern Manitoba Sees More Seeded Grass Advancing Farming
Practical farmer notes 25 year progress in Eastern Manitoba praising seeded grass dominance. Beef cattle seen as most profitable crops with long term potential. Mixed farming and side lines strengthen the region while drainage issues delayed growth but crops prove soil quality and farmer readiness. Chambers of commerce urged to link districts with federal and provincial agriculture experts.
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Marcoux
Manitoba
Chambers of Commerce
Opposition to Saturday bank closings in inflation debate
In Hansard, M P J S Sinnott of Springfield fights shorter banker hours arguing inflation worsens as he recalls dairy work hours. He opposes Saturday bank closures, suggesting a Wednesday half day could suffice if a five day week is pursued, noting farmers rely on Saturday banking. The speech ends with an odd analogy about an elephant.
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Hansard
J. S. Sinnott
M.P
Springfield
House of Commons
Cape Breton South
Mr. Gillis
Royal Bank appoints L H Kitchingman Pine Falls manager
L H Kitchingman named manager of The Royal Bank of Canada Pine Falls branch succeeding C G Stalker who transfers to Rivers. Kitchingman comes from the Royal Bank Winnipeg Supervisor's Department.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Kitchingman
Royal Bank of Canada
Pine Falls
C. G. Stalker
Rivers
Mr. Kitchingman
Royal Bank
Winnipeg
Attic rummage sale described as shopping for secondhand items
The piece explains a rummage sale as buying goods from another person’s attic to add to your own collection or storage. It frames the activity as a thrift style way to acquire items without modern retail channels.
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Mrs. T. Donahue
Ralph Haight
Floral, Sask
Toronto
Haight Farm
Chamber of Commerce
R.M
Dan Malyk
A. J. Pfeifer
James Petrus
Westeel Products
Northern Motors
W. Beznoski
A. Usackis
C. Abenstein
Hospice Tache
Willson, Stationery Co
R.M. of
Lac de Bonnet
H. R. Eade
Springfield Leader
Canadian Pacific Railway
Bridg
St. James, Man
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Inglewood
Portage
Power Commission
Speaker
Acadia
Quelch
Winnipeg North Centre
Knowles
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