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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 03, 1944
Page
3
Letter from J H Poyser to Roblin Review reports improved outlook for farmers in arrears. Creditors cooperating to keep farmers on land as mortgage redemptions rise with higher quota and better prices. Poyser urges subscriptions to Roblin Review to sustain support for churches and community projects.
The preview highlights Spitfire a drama about a revolutionary airplane designer and his quest to aid Britain. It also promotes a new Technicolor version of the Phantom of the Opera starring Claude Rains with Nelson Eddy and Susanna Foster. Early showings run Monday to Wednesday.
Draws listed for February include Adam vs Westwood and Thom vs Cowton on Thursday and T. Yeo vs Mitchell with Hornsby vs J. You on Friday. Games play 12 ends with start times at 7 pm, but delays may push the 9 pm draw later. rink must start on time to avoid keeping players waiting.
Local notes cover visits between Roblin residents and relatives in Winnipeg Port Arthur and Rosshurn. Highlights include theatre crowds for Random Harvest, Roblin Restroom opening, and winter weather notes. Fire equipment upgrades for the fire department and area curling results from Russell are noted along with recurring community updates.
Makaroff curlers played two friendly rinks at Roblin club on Thursday afternoon and evening. Visiting personnel included Wm Kerswell Chas Rogers Jian Kerswell Wm Crawley Harvey Bovee Bill Pound Ike Beattie Clem Robinson. Local rinks featured Mitchell Day Serbo Maslove Hornsby Kelly Meredith T Aitken Adan Yeo Larson T Yeo Yee Aitken Cowton Laidlaw Trimble. The visit was enjoyed by all with plans to host a return match.
A report notes upgrading armored platforms with Grant chassis and K-40 caliber machine guns to defend against air threats. The initiative emphasizes enhanced mobility and firepower for ground defense units.
R. Rusk departed Tuesday for Banff Alberta. Mrs. D Conly returned Friday from a Tilston visit with her parents Mr. and Mrs. W Bremner and accompanied her father to Winnipeg where he is a patient at Deer Lodge hospital.
The Knox United Church in Roblin held its annual meeting on Tuesday January 25 at 8 pm in the church basement. Reports from Sunday school Mission Band CGLT Trail Rangers Junior congregation Women’s Missionary Society and others showed progress with all accounts paid and balances on hand. The Maintenance and Missionary allocation oversubscribed 10 percent and was sent to Toronto. five members joined by profession of faith and seven by transfer, while 180 letters were sent to service members in 1948. The minister Rev D Conly thanked the congregation and the meeting elected new officers for the coming year.
Notice to creditors for the estate of George Robert Ward late of Shell River Manitoba farmer. All claims must be filed at Bowman McFadden office Dauphin Manitoba by March 4 1944. Dated January 21 1944. Bowman McFadden solicitors for Annie Pobina Ward executrix.
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