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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
2
A carload of chimney brick priced at 39 1 2 per 1000 is available while supplies last at Gawley's Lumber Yard in Togo Saskatchewan. A carload of B C Fir lumber is on its way for finishing work. Call 19 for orders.
An era ad offers Flash Hair Remover promising instant hair removal with refund if hair regrows after third use. Complete treatment priced at $2 postpaid with COD extra. Also memorial notice for Glen A. Finch killed in action in France August 7 1941 with verse and family remembrance.
Mr Wm Topham of Montreal visits his parents in town while Boy Scouts return from a week at Lake Madge. Clergymen Rev Simpson and Rev Satherine exchange pulpits. Families relocate to the village from Fas and Atikokan. Emma Nabe returns from Atikokan. Toronto visitors James Ross and family return home after weeks with relatives. Mrs Paiement and daughter Beryl visit Dauphin then return home. A district picnic at McBrides resort yields good time. Togo Fair Friday saw fair exhibits but lower attendance. Roblin teams win first prizes. dance draws a large crowd.
District notes thank attendees of the Tummel picnic and mention thanks to attendees. Mr and Mrs C McCrea Joe McCrea and Rose Davey visited Yorkton Monday. Michael Robin hospitalized in Russell with sister Muriel nursing him. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs Stewart Inglis on birth of a daughter July 20. Chrissie Irvine to Regina Thursday to stay with her sister. Adam Bill Geiger and Albert Johnson drove to Clear Lake and Brandon Monday to Tuesday. Maih Maguire of Togo visited his mother Redman and Billy Maguire over Sunday.
Miss Winnie and Anne Poy ser of Winnipeg visit Roblin area while John Chick Sam Chick Wellings of Ontario reconnect with relatives. Harry Myslchuk renews friendships in Merridale and Shortdale. The community mourns Fred Fediniuk whose death Friday drew widespread sympathy for Mrs Fediniuk and family.
Miss Ruth Bailes visited Grandview for a few days. Floyd Burns returned home from work in B C. Miss Evelyn Kocarski left for Winnipeg seeking a job. Mrs Jack Strike and Joyce Anderson of Winnipeg visited with her son for several weeks. The Grandview girls’ team closed their season with a loss to Donwell. Rose Belcher and Betty Martin of Wog Week-end with Rose’s parents. Mrs Clarence Cooper returned home after visiting daughters in Tabor Ontario and son Jim in Detroit.
A Sunday pattern of visits unfolds across Silverwood and neighboring towns. Bob Johnson stays home in Silverwood while several residents visit Lake Madge. Winnipeg visitors include Angus Rose and Eddy Maguire, with extended stays by the Sangster and Armstead families visiting relatives nearby.
Miss Lorene Traub returned Saturday from Dryden Out. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Rogers spent Tuesday at Kamsack. Ms. Wm. Elliott traveled to Dauphin on Tuesday. Mrs. Allan Grundy of Wog is visiting relatives this week. Mr. and Mrs. Ken Boyce and Mr. and Mrs. James Kerswell motored to Winnipeg Monday. Mrs. C. E. Rogers returned from Edmonton. Calvin Boyce has been in Russell hospital with tonsil infection. Mr. and Mrs. F. E. Lee and Esme and Buddy of Basswood spent Saturday evening in town. M. W. Button in Dauphin hospital. Beattie baby Douglas in Russell hospital briefly but O K. Mr. and Mrs. A. Taylor and others visited Mrs. Martel at Inglis. Cobbe and Margaret of McGregor and Mrs. Cameron passed through town Monday.
Deepdale hosts visitors from Dauphin and Milestone with Bobby Prior and Gardner families. The Madge Lake sports day drew crowds in heat and mosquitoes. a Deepdale hall dance was a success. A WI picnic at L Jolliffe’s lawn featured contests, a Grandmother’s Walk and rolling pin throw with Mrs. Beerman winning. Reverend Thompson led services and christened Gail Prior and Chevy Mathews.
The article argues that free enterprise centers on individuals like you and me not distant powers. It cites Canada's manufacturing and retail sectors showing small firms and farmers drive most activity, while large operations are fewer but influential. Birth notices follow: Baker and Zibresky families welcome a son and twins Bella Joan and Ann Eleanor.
The Roblin United church held its annual Vacation School from July 21 to 31 with 68 enrolled. Led by Rev. J. M. Taylor and nine staff, children enjoyed crafts while older boys planted spruce trees. The Bible study on Pioneers of the Faith was dramatized. A Jack Fishlake picnic concluded the week as 43 children earned certificates.
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