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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 09, 1980
Page
9
The Ladies' Aid of St. Matthew's Lutheran Church met January 2 with 12 members present. Rev. P Borchardt led a study on Marks of the Committed Life. New member C Eckert, officers updated, and a gas film project funded jointly with Roblin and Zorra aids. Lunch followed Epiphany prayer.
The December meeting of the Tummel United Church Women was held at va Jory's with 13 ladies present. The worship theme was How Far to Bethlehem. Reports from the Treasurer and the Card and Sick and Visiting committees were read. Money was sent to the bursary fund and a report on Stewardship Meetings attended by R. Alexander in Toronto and Winnipeg was presented. The group discussed U C W ministry to the deaf across Canada from Listen magazine. Parcels were packed for 16 people.
In a December 18 game in Grandview the Roblin Northstars lost 9 to 65. The match marked a decisive road setback as the visitor struggled to score against a strong home side.
Northstars trailed 3-1 after two periods, then tied 1-1 in a prior game. Grandview topped them 9-5 later. Roblin’s Cam Keast scored four in a 4-2 Saltcoats win, while Northstars beat Rhein 5-3 and trounced Esterhazy 8-1. Northstars now four wins six losses one tie with a Jan 10 home date vs Grandview.
A list of visitors over the Christmas holiday includes Ron Mann and family from Saskatoon with the Murray family, Charley Framingham and Winnipeg guests with Fred Framingham, White Rock visitors with Arthur Radford, and others from Calgary Edmonton Merridale and North Dakota. Extended relatives and friends joined the Murray, Lenderbeck, Wilson, and McMurray households for holiday gatherings.
The arena board discussed transfers from the Kinsmen Club and noted a new ice machine blade was purchased with adjustments. The recreation director reported hot water heating tanks require servicing due to a shortage during flood events.
Claidd and Mrs Darcy Waggoner of Drumheller Alberta were home for Christmas visiting friends and relatives. Sheila Keast daughter of Mr and Mrs Harold Keast visiting from Winnipeg University stayed with the Keasts. Dennis and Mary Tetzloff of Calgary were also visiting from Calgary with their daughter and son-in-law.
The block lists numerous families visiting relatives in towns across Manitoba and Alberta including Calgary Edmont on Fort Saskatchewan Roblin and Yorkton during Christmas week. Highlights include Isabel Leflar John Lane Beverly Lane and others joining dinners and gatherings with extended kin across multiple communities. An obituary follows for Sarah Sadie Ward aged 63 of Winnipeg with funeral details at Bardal Funeral Home Sherbrook and Brookside Cemetery.
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