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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1929
Page
1
April 4 Roblin village council meeting chaired by Reeve Rogers discussed road expropriation and fee rejection. Weekly inspector reports noted payments to Nelson, Western Municipal, Kyle and St Bon capital. meeting adjourned.
Friday afternoon meeting of Goose Lake Consolidated School Board with members Dillin Staples Barber Bennie Sorbo present. Last meeting minutes adopted. reports from Mrs Yeo and Mr Stratton reviewed. motion to appoint D G Barber and J L Mitchell to attend Glen Eden and Goose Lake carried. Complaint between H J Pomeroy and A T Johnson discussed. changes to van assignments approved with pay adjustments. Accounts approved totaling various small payments. meeting adjourned with notes on weather forecast.
Freddy Newton returned to Winnipeg on Monday. Mrs C D G Barter hosted a tea Friday afternoon. Miss Mabel Wright and W Adams returned to Dauphin to resume Normal studies. The Bible Students Association will broadcast April 14 at 10 am from Winnipeg. Many residents visited Winnipeg for medical care, holidays, or study, with several social gatherings and a bridge tournament announced.
TOGO LOCALS report a sequence of visits and departures this week with Mr Ed Paiement and Mr Geo Craig in town, Mrs James McEwan arriving from Winnipeg, Mr Olson of Saskatchewan visiting the Olson family, Mrs Richard Topham at Kamsack, Guy Parker returning from Agricultural College, and the Ross family moving to Canora. Also noted are teaching staff Brill and Crosbie returning from Easter at home, Ivan Bowes back from Manitoba Agricultural College, plus an upcoming Wheat Pool entertainment and dance in Davis Hall featuring two outside speakers and Mylor players. dance price 50c for men and free baskets for ladies.
Deepdale reports sickness in the district while warmer weather is hoped to aid recovery. D. Mitchells leave for the Plains, several locals visit Roblin, including teachers Walter Ward and Seargant Swaithe who arrives from the Midlands to join Morley Button. B A Foster visits C Fillemore. Bedford admired in Chicago at Able Thomas Saxymphony.
Mr Lavere Lester travels to Mea Pars Express for spring work. Verna Wilson returns to Dauphin Normal for studies. The Burreiland family visited the Sloans. Miss Areenbagg attended the Winnipeg teachers convention. Mr and Mrs Johnson’s son recovers from illness. New neighbors Mr and Mrs Smalley teach on Sinclair farm. Mr Smalley prepares stock and feed. Dr McLean absent. Mr A C McKnight led a brief service with hymns. A hot dog supper and school fundraiser dance followed to fund a gramophone for the children. Lester family supplied dance music into the night. Sunday School reorganized. A C McKnight nominal superintendent, with Mrs Lester and Mrs Dixon assisting. Bible class teachers named. Sunday School to meet April 14 and invites all to attend.
Mr. McCardy of Dauphin visited Bield last week between trains. A snowstorm disrupted weather forecasts for an early spring. The scarlet fever quarantine at Mr. Shiner’s home was lifted last Thursday. The Mission Society met at Mrs. Floyd Chase’s home and plans aid for the needy abroad. The last dance of the season occurred Friday night at the hall under the community club. Dancing continued until six in the morning. The Community Club met at Mrs. Riskin’s home with two visitors present and the usual order followed.
Mrs B Cockerill and Miss K Cockerill visited Dauphin last week. Curle Bros and R Grant of Roblin took lumber home last week. Mr E G Halvers on Forest Ranger left Ranger station near here for Beild with mixed feelings in Merridale. He found a solution to educate his children and stay on the timber reserve. Beild is not distant and friendships remain after six years here.
The Review highlights advertising as a shopper's guide equal to a timetable for travelers. Advertisements help locals and visitors know where to shop and which business places matter. Non-advertisers are seen as outside the local interest map for strangers.
A testimonial notes nine years of gas causing restless nights and nervousness, claiming Adlerika eased bloating and improved eating and sleeping. The ad claims action on both upper and lower bowel and urges readers to try the remedy through a local druggist.
Garden guidance on sowing early and late flowering annuals and bulbs. Lists hardy and tender species, when to sow outdoors, and the danger of late frost for Geraniums, Gladiolus, Cannas, and Dahlias. Emphasizes soil warmth and frost danger before outdoor planting.
A reflective meditation on youth and aging argues that physical youth cannot return once lost. It contemplates desire for renewed vitality through science, yet honors life’s twilight and the harvest of experiences that shape aging individuals.
The Salvation Army holds a Sunday night service with a sermon titled Nothing to Pay. Det Lieut. D donce of Yorton will preach at 7:80 p.m. on April 14 at Merridale School.
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