In Memoriam Beattie and Munroe
In memoriam notices recall Beattie who died January 9 1940 and Munroe who died January 14 1942. Family and friends express lasting memories and love, with poems and personal remembrances.
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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 13, 1944
Page
2
In memoriam notices recall Beattie who died January 9 1940 and Munroe who died January 14 1942. Family and friends express lasting memories and love, with poems and personal remembrances.
RAF Beaufighter score direct hit on Axis convoy near Calino in the Mediterranean. Water sprays and flames show from the damaged ship during the attack.
Classified ad notes The Review will not sell blank paper until restrictions are lifted. Light draft Cockshutt dell 20 m single disc Alemite lubrication steel wheels A.1 Shape Phone 83 4 F H Chase. Young horses for feed wheat Apply Ted Allbright Roblin 120p.
The notice warns subscribers that unpaid accounts will be dropped from the mailing list and delinquent names placed on a list. It asks readers to renew promptly, verify their address labels, and notes an upcoming January cleanup to restore first class mailing accuracy.
Mr and Mrs A G Gleiser celebrated their twenty fifth wedding anniversary at home in Roblin with a reception buffet for friends and patrons. Married January 11 1919 in Toronto they moved to Oxbow Saskatchewan before relocating to Roblin in 1928 where the hotel gained provincial fame. Local residents and family sent best wishes as son Harry served in the army and Fred in the navy.
Various notices mark visits and moves around the community. Mrs T H Taylor visits the city while Pte Wm Yarema returns from Nanaimo for Yuletide. D Birkenshaw, Royal Bank staff, holidaying at Rapid City. Mrs F Rice departs for Winnipeg to join a transferred husband. Mrs J Twa takes a position at Portage la Prairie Indian Residential School and leaves for that point. Pte John James from the Vets Guard visits with Mr and Mrs Geo Scuter. R Rusk, local pool club agent, released in C Meredith of Glenboro. A Victers Loan sales meeting on January 6 allocates funds for Red Cross drives and year-end needs.
A message expressing hope for many more years of happiness for the couple, signed by Mrs. Gleiser.
Corporal Tom Craib, 22, has been officially reported killed overseas on January 3 in a motorcycle accident. He was born in Scotland, raised in Canada, and served with the Canadian Provost Corps since November 1940. Survived by his mother Mrs. Craib of Winnipeg and eight siblings, with two living abroad.
Obituary notes Dr. John W. Dafoe former president and editor in chief of the Winnipeg Free Press died at his Winnipeg home on Sunday January 9. The item also mentions local society notes and community updates including church mission service plans and municipal concerns.
The Ladies' Aid of Zele hosts a Jan 9 supper to raise funds for sending cigarettes overseas to Ukrainian Greek Catholic servicemen. Speeches honored men serving abroad during Christmas as letters from the front were read to attendees.
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