Roblin Highlights 1980 January to August
Highlights from Roblin Review editions list local politics and community events. Dr Orville Heschuk gains Tory nomination with other candidates named for February federal race. Senior housing and lagoon work advance. Community sports, festivals, council actions and civic projects unfold through January to August.
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Roblin Review
Orville Heschuk
Gordon Ritchie
William J. McMurray
Ron Hale
Laverne Lewycky
Roblin Junior Northstars
NDP Party
Roblin Roughriders
Angusville
Lions
Roblin
One Injured in Weekend Single Vehicle Crash Near San Clara
Roblin RCMP investigated a Sunday morning crash one mile east of San Clara on PR 367. A half ton truck driven by George Carriere rolled in a ditch after losing control at 6 45 a m. Leonard Allarie was taken to Roblin Hospital with unknown injuries.
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Roblin Rcmp
San Clara
RCMP
Leonard Allaiie
Roblin Hospital
George Carriere
Allarie
House Fire in San Clara Destroys Vacant Winnipeg Property
Roblin Fire Department responded to a Saturday morning blaze at a one story frame house in San Clara. The house owned by Winnipeg resident Mr. Alex Laviolette was vacant and sparingly used. firefighters contained the fire to prevent spread and saved some furniture.
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Roblin Fire Dept
San Clara
Alex Laviolette
Winnipeg
Landmark elevator in Roblin dismantled after obsolescence
The north end elevator on the CNR right of way is being dismantled as obsolete. It was among Roblin’s first elevators, owned by Alberta Pacific and later bought by Manitoba Pool Elevators in the late 1930s or early 1940s, with a capacity of about 22 000 bushels.
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CNR
Roblin
Alberta Pacific
Manitoba Pool Elevators
Roblin Merchants Set Monday Closures Through Winter
Roblin merchants decide to close most businesses on Mondays and Friday nights after a December 31 meeting of the Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee. The hours will stay in effect until the committee revises them.
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Roblin
Chamber of Commerce Merchants Committee
Merchants Committee
Three Roblin Residents Win Chamber Christmas Draw
The Roblin Chamber of Commerce held a December 20 Christmas draw with three winners. Patty McKenzie took first prize of 400 dollars after Barry Bailey drew her ticket, Diane Bauer won second prize 200 dollars drawn by Charlene Yunick, and Roanna Becker won 100 dollars drawn by Monica Yunick.
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Roblin
Chamber of Commerce
Patty McKenzie
Barry Bailey
Diane Bauer
Charlene Yunick
Roanna Becker
Monica Yunick
Reggie’s Ramblings on the Kentucky Colonel’s Passing
The piece notes the passing of the famed Kentucky Colonel without any political motion of regret. It asserts he offered no music but promoted finger licking good chicken as his lasting legacy.
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Kentucky
Hospital Bursary Awarded for Gwenda Doering
A combined bursary from the Roblin Ladies Hospital Auxiliary and the Roblin District Health Centre Board for 1980 was awarded to Gwenda Doering. The $200 bursary, granted on December 30, 1980, supports her first year of Registered Nurse training in Brandon. She is the daughter of Mr and Mrs Lawrence Doering of Roblin.
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Quebec
Roblin
Alex Goodman
Ted Boyachek
Gordon Keast
Wayne Wenner
Goose Lake High
Carla Murray
Douglas
Robert Yeo
Waterloo
Shell River-Hillsburg Recreation Commission
Roblin Roughriders
Gwenda
Brandon
Lawrence Doering
Medical examiner named for Roblin
Attorney General Gerry Mercier and MLA Wally McKenzie announce Dr. Iain Ferguson of Roblin as medical examiner succeeding Dr. Joseph Hope who has moved to Lethbridge Alberta. Ferguson is a general practitioner. Under the Fatality Inquiries Act medical examiners investigate sudden unexplained violent deaths before an official inquiry.
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Gerry Mercier
Wally McKenzie
Roblin
Iain Ferguson
Joseph Hope
Manitoba
Lethbridge
Alberta
Ferguson
RCMP Seek Help After Roblin Break In And Snowmobile thefts
Roblin RCMP seek public help for a break in at the Gourmet Restaurant on December 30. Undisclosed goods were stolen. Police report two snowmobiles stolen from Route 83 Service Centre the same day. Two male adults have been apprehended and charged.
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Roblin Rcmp
RCMP
Route 83
Eleven Appointed Queen's Counsel From Manitoba List
Gerry Mercier announces 11 prominent Manitoba lawyers named Queen's Counsel under provincial rules. Appointees include Donald G Baizley of Pollock Nurgitz Skwark Bromley and Myers, John Guy director of prosecutions, Roger J Hansell of Atkins MacAulay Thorvaldson, Harold A Huppe and Adalsteinn Fridriksson Kristiansson of Winnipeg.
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Gerry Mercier
Manitoba
Q.C
Q.c.s
Donald George Baizley
Winnipeg
Pollock, Nurgitz, Skwark, Bromley and Myers
John Guy
Department of the Attorney General
Roger James Han
Roblin Fire Dept Contains Trailer Court Fire
On Monday afternoon December 29 the Roblin Fire Dept responded to a fire at Frances Letwinuk’s trailer in Roblin Trailer Court. The blaze was in the furnace junction box and was contained there with no trailer damage though smoke filled the unit.
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Roblin
Valley View Store Dealer Nets Perfect Crib Hand on Christmas
Bob Arron of Valley View Store at Lake of the Prairies and his son in law Brian Christie of Winnipeg played crib on Christmas day and Arron made a perfect 29 hand by holding the five of clubs hearts spades and jack of diamonds while the cut was the six of diamonds but he still lost the game.
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Bob Arron
Valley View
Lake of the Prairies
Brian Christie
Winnipeg
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