Local Holiday Visits and Travel Notes at Clear Lake
Local and social notes detail holidays at Clear Lake with visitors from Winnipeg and Dauphin. Families including Adams Scott Baggett Jakeman Mitchell Leavens and others are mentioned, with several trips to North Dakota Winnipeg Flin Flon and The Pas. Also noted are scholarships awarded at the University of Manitoba School of Music to Dianne Arnott.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. Neville
North Dakota
Andrew Miter
A. Miller
Henry Pister
Togo
M. Borowski
Winnipegere
Aret
I. L. Mitchell
I. Leavens
Larry
J. L. Mitchett
L. A. Leavens
D. H. Oliphant
Lorne Nicholson
R. Row
Dauphin
University of Manitoba School of Waste
University of Manitoba Music
Dianne Louise Arnott
Winnipeg
J. B. Arnott
Dianne
Demonstration Field Days At Roblin District
Two Ag Rep Demonstrations in Roblin District sponsored by Roblin andield Crop Improvement Clubs. August 6 at 2 00 p m at Demonstration Plot half a mile south of town with J E B Campbell of Salts and Crops Branch, and August 6 at 7 00 p m at Albert Dobranski farm Highway 5 with Mr Campbell speaking. Livestock producers urged to attend amid reports of backleg and Malignant edema in cattle with no effective treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roblin
Roblin Crop Improvement Club
J. E. B. Campbel
Salts and Crops Branch
Bield Crop Improvement] Club
Albert Dobranski
Highway 5
Campbell
Roblin stores unveil new looks and opening plans
Roblin Meat Market now features new counters and floor covering while Robertson's Groceleria adopts self-serve counters throughout. Amires J.G.A. Supermarket to formally open Thursday July 26 with Mayor Ford officiating the ceremony.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roblin
Robertson's Groceleria
Evening Guild Meeting At Home Of Mrs. Chase
The Knox United Church Evening Guild met Tuesday evening July 24 at Mrs. Chase's home with good attendance. Plans were finalized for the August 1 Fair booth. Dr. Skinner of Skinner's Nursery gave a slide show on Manitoba flowers and shrubs, many photos from his own nursery. Lunch followed the demonstration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Evening Guild
Chase
Knox United Church
Skinner
Skinner’s Nurgery
Manitoba
Roblin Fair Slated for Aug 1st Fortieth Annual Fair
The Roblin Agricultural Society announces its fortieth annual fair on Wednesday August 1 on the agricultural grounds. Live stock judging music rides junior races and baseball are planned with Casey Shows providing midway attractions. Entries for horticultural domestic and livestock classes are urged and sent to W R Scott secretary treasurer for processing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roblin Agricultural Society
Casey
Roblin Evening Guild
Ladies Aid
Knox United Church
Agricultural Society
Ali
W. R. Scott
Society
75th anniversary parade honors 4H clubs at Russell
Russell hosts 75th anniversary 4H parade with Russell Roblin and area clubs in colorful uniforms. After judging sessions in grain beef cattle poultry and garden produce and five clothing classes, Fashion Show at grandstand crowned Ruth Elaschuk queen with prizes awarded by J A Day and Royal Lady Lewis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell-Roblin
Russell
Ruth Elaschuk
Roblin Clothing Club
J. A. Burgess
Doris Korbut
Roblin
Doreen Frazer
Bimsbarth
A. J. Day
T. Eaton Company
Lady Lewis
Order of the Royal Purple
Mr. Day
Shuttleworth
Agrculture
Frank Muirhead
Day
Project I
Judy Rice
St. Lazare
Pearl Tucker
Betty Eshelby
Project H
Carolyn Eslinger
Jeannie Fraser
Jeannie Fraser, Bimscarth
Yvonne Beattie
Makaroff
Linda Staple
Beach Project Advances in Roblin Manitoba Toward Pool
The Beach Project in Roblin Manitoba progresses with scrapers bulldozers and shovels aiding a difficult pool spread. The bath-house is finished painted white. Local Chamber of Commerce supporters praise energetic residents who drive the effort and hope the site becomes a beauty spot.
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Manitoba
Roblin
Chamber of Commerce
Free Fruit Berry Pickers On Mosquitoes And Raspberries
Berry pickers along highways gathered wild strawberries and Saskatoons on Sunday. The note ponders if the growth includes poison ivy amid the mosquito ridded harvest.
Fire Destroys Roblin Home in Overnight Blaze
Early Monday at about 3:00 a.m. a coal oil lamp exploded in the Roblin residence of Mrs. Bandola, igniting a rapid blaze that consumed the frame house before the fire brigade could control it. Mrs. Bandola and her children escaped with neighbors tending them through the night.
Senior Students Receive Manitoba Exam Results
Examination results have been mailed to grace 11 and 12 students in Manitoba, the earliest date marks have ever gone out. Department of Education officials report 300 teachers took two weeks to grade 50,000 papers, with over 5,000 grade 11 and more than 2,000 grade 12 students enrolled.
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Grace
Manitoba
Department of Education
Engagement of Adeline Ostrowski to Walter Goy marked
Mr and Mrs Peter Ostrowski announce the engagement of their daughter Adeline Diane Ostrowski to Walter Goy son of Mr and Mrs Dave Goy of Flin Fon Manitoba The wedding is set for Saturday July 28 1956 at 5 00 PM in the Roman Catholic Church Fitn Flon Manitoba
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Peter Ostrowski
Adeline Dianetto
Walter Goy
Dave Goy
Flin Fon
Man
Fitn Flon
Largest baby ever born weighed over twenty three pounds
A historical note claims the heaviest newborn on record weighed 23 3/4 pounds born in 1879 to 7 foot Mrs. Anna Bates of Nova Scotia. The claim ties a remarkable birth to a specific, though likely unverified, individual and region.
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Anna Bates
Nova Scotia
Roblin Boy Elevated To The Priesthood
Nicholas Yakimishyn of Roblin Manitoba was ordained a priest on July 7 1956 at the Shrine of Our Lady of Perpetual Help Yorkton Sask and celebrated his first mass July 8 in Roblin. Attended by Bishop Maxim Her man uik and many from Saskatchewan and Manitoba, with a subsequent banquet sponsored by the Ukrainian Catholic Women's League. His family and sisters were present and a later July 12 High Mass was held at St Michael's Church.
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Our Lady of Perpetual Help
Yorkton
Sask
Roblin
Man
Maxim Hermanuik
O8sr
Exarch
Winnipeg
Nicholas Yakimishyn
John
Emily Yakimishyn
Robin
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Peter Laputas
Redemptorist Fathers
Yakimishyn
Father Yakimusayn
Ruth
Georgine
Sisters of Mary Immaculate
Mary
Shred Heart Academy
Michael
R.C.A.F
Cold Lake
Alta
Walter
St. Paul's College
St. Peter and St. Paul
St. Michael’s Church
the Redemption College
Meadowvale
Ont
Women’s Catholic League
Cirix
Aunt Maude’s Plain Facts Boost Honest Writing
In a reflective piece the writer laments over verbose prose and credits an Aunt Maude for teaching plain writing. He recalls her letters as vivid, factual, and rooted in real people and places, urging politicians and broadcasters to illuminate culture with concrete details and plain English.
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Isrammar
Aud Maude
Maude
Aunt Maude
Jeremy
Fred Maude
Tle Aunt Maude
CBC
Department of Health and Welfare
Aunt Maudel
Manitoba migratory bird regulations 1956 announced
The Canadian Wildlife Service sets northern boundary at 55th Parallel replacing 57th. Three Manitoba zones open two days earlier but same season lengths. Open at noon. Duck and goose seasons vary by zone with dates from Sept 1 to Dec 1. Wilson's Snipe dates span four subranges. Daily bag and possession limits remain: ducks 10/30, geese 5/10, rails cods gallinules 15/30, Wilson's Snipe 8/16.
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Manitoba
Canadian Wildlife Service Department of Northern Affairs and Natural Resources
55Th Parea- Hels
Wilson
Wison
Marriage of Mary Ann to James Fisher in Grandview
The wedding of Mary Ann to James Fisher took place at the United Church in Grandview Manitoba on Monday August 6 1956 at 5 p.m. An open dance followed at 9 p.m. at Pleasant Valley Hall Grandview Manitoba. The bride is the daughter of Mr and Mrs T A Fisher of Grandview.
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United Church
Grandview
Pleasant Valley Hall
Grandnew
Man
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Clear Lake
James Paritch Jr
Flin Fton
Margaret Jose
Sharon
Mickey Kolstad
Flin Flon
Wm. Waggoner
Madge Lake
Vivian
Ing
Mrs
Geo. Bouter
John Souter
Mrs. R. Goldstrand
Ag.Rep
Roblin Fair
Ros
Shibey Anan
Mary Eshelby
Binscarth Clothing Club
Robert Digby
Assiniboine Calf Club
Roblin Sewing Susies Club
Makvaroff Garden Club
Roberta Brown
Bdmscarth
Albert Bodnarek
Tummel
Ronnie Klimack
Tucker Bauer
Binscarth
Jackie Mushumanski
Garry Clarke
Assiniboine
Ferm Johnston
Richard Walton
McAuley
Glen Cook
Grant Fraser
Murray Cook
David Freier
Lorne Miller
Harry Boulecher
Hinore Burnett
Pota
M.D.C
Ergy
Roblin Review
the Roblin Review
Mary Ann
James Fisher
T. A. Fisher
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