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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 21, 1958
Page
3
District residents host a large guest list with relatives from Winnipeg Elba and Vancouver visiting at the Powell and Taylor homes. Iris Taylor receives gifts at a Deepdale church shower on August 6 with Heather McKenzie presenting. CFAR Star employee Powell lands a new posting in Flin Flon. Deepdale Ladies Aid plans blinds and church redecorating funds.
Donnie Linderbeck has his cast removed after a leg injury. Mrs. J. Dixon visited Winnipeg and Brent returned home from the childrens hospital. Chas Burrell family and Miss Jean Bray visited Grand Narrows. Beverly Murray returns from Madge Lake. Congratulations to Gordon Dixon on a baby boy. Clifford Bangle remains in Roblin hospital awaiting recovery. Garland family back in Ottawa after visiting relatives. Karen Wilson with Mrs Apple and Dale holidays at The Pas. Bonnie Jean Radford home from Flin Flon after six weeks with sister C Parker. Eddie Langevin welcomed a baby boy. Laurence LaLiberte visiting friends locally. Dale LaLiberte drove to Winnipeg. Brenda Klassen broke her arm last week.
Farm and Home News urges farmers to act in fall to suppress perennial weeds like sow thistle and Canada thistle. Jack Forbes warns neglect could ruin weed control programs. recommends 2 4-D spraying at 12 to 16 oz per acre on summer fallow and stubble, plus tillage steps to expose roots and reduce next spring growth. Financial and seasonal factors blamed for reduced herbicide use.
Delayed germination hits Manitoba crops this season causing uneven maturity in oats and barley. Swath timing affects losses, with late germination requiring careful compromise between early and late maturing portions. If over one third germinated late, delay swathing until late heads are well filled. Standing crops may safely remain a week after ripening under normal conditions. A separate item describes four bank departments burning bonds for secure disposal, with locks, vaults, incinerators, and inspection of ashes. burning of Victory bonds expected next summer.
Agricultural bulletin urges Western Canada barley growers to harvest with care to maximize malting quality and field prices. It stresses timely harvest, proper swathing, correct threshing adjustments, kernel color, and avoiding damage from wind and improper curing to secure higher income in 1955 barley markets.
Victory Bonds in Canada are being converted to new bonds and will be destroyed in furnaces of the Bank of Canada in Ottawa. Across the country over half of the outstanding bonds are earmarked for this historic bond-burning program as individuals and large blocks participate daily. Precautions by the Bank of Canada are described amid the widespread nationwide effort.
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