150 000 Liquor Outlet Planned for Roblin Town
The Manitoba government approves a new 150000 dollar liquor outlet in Roblin with T R Construction Ltd of Dauphin chosen for construction at 150675, plus a 9500 architectural bill. The 25 year old leased store will move to a self serve facility on Main Street and First Avenue NW on land owned by the province.
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Roblin
Manitoba
Province
Liquor Control Commission
T. R. Construction Ltd
Dauphin
Borden Hawryluk
Main Street
First Avenue N. W
Roblin Kinsmen Second in Art Schwartz Service Shield
Roblin Kinsmen Club placed a close second to Selkirk in the Art Schwartz Service Shield competition honoring the best Kinsmen Project in Manitoba and northwestern Ontario. The award was presented May 28 at Dauphin by Bill Toback during the Kinsmen Convention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roblin
Grandview Student Wins Queen Elizabeth II Jubilee Award
Blair Cairns of Grandview Collegiate is named a Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee award recipient for meritorious studies and above average performance. Manitoba will grant over sixty awards of 1000 dollars each to secondary students across divisions.
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Manitoba
Anita Styba
Goose Lake High
Roblin
David Manchur
Gilbert Plains
Blair Cairns
Grandview
Grandview Collegiate
Blair
Board of Trustees of
Intermountain
Jeffrey Milan
Karen St. Germain
Tan Bailey
Doreen Clark
Janet Sirski
Brenda Burnett
Bernard Mireault
Margot Gerelus
Betty Wenner
Karo Kozmeniuk
Barbara Hollender
Joyce Wayland
Gary Hooper
Susan Green
Patricia Gunn
Wendy Popovich
Mr and Mrs John Oltrop Celebrate 25 Anniversary
Roblin family and friends gathered at the Oltrops home on a Sunday afternoon in late April for a surprise 25th wedding anniversary party. Daughters Alice and Tlona prepared dinner while relatives shared best wishes, cards, gifts, and a money purse. Attendees included sons and daughters in law from Leaf Rapids and Bield, plus several out of town relatives from Ochre River, Makinak, MacNutt, and Togo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Oltrop
Roblin
Mrs. Oltrop
Don
Tony
Ilona Nykolaishyn
Leaf Rapids
Rick
Alice Hojnocki
Bield
Elsa Brink
Ochre River
Geske de Vries
Makinak
Charles Schrader
Fred Schrader
MacNutt
Cecil Veal
Togo
Local Girls to Perform at Brandon Hi-Lites Concert
Debbie Ziolkoski and Esther Borchardt have been chosen by Adjudicator Frances Wickberg and the Provincial Festival committee to perform the Jenny Lind Waitz piano duet at the Hi-Lites Festival Concert in Brandon on June 11.
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Debbie Ziolkoski
Esther Borchardt
Frances Wickberg
Jenny Lind Waitz
Brandon
Roblin Council OKs Fire Protection Reserve Fund
May 26 1977 council meeting notes approval of By-law 11 77 creating a Fire Protection Reserve Fund and other municipal actions including road and water system charges and summer works hires. Birth announcement for Jason Craig Becker May 10 at Yorkton Hospital.
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Roblin
F. A. Sutton
Hilland
Brade
Lupichuk
W. Kozmeniuk
Hospital Street
Town of
Brian Becker
Calder, Sask
Jason Craig
Yorkton Hospital
Toby
General Department of Municipal Affairs
Roblin Arena
Roblin Agricultural Society Receives Grant
Agricultural Minister Sam Askiw announced a 500 dollar grant to the Roblin Agricultural Society for facility improvements. Grants totaling 177149 dollars were approved for 46 Manitoba societies and further support for 4-H and prize activities will follow later.
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Roblin Agricultural Society
Sam Askiw
Uskiw
Manitoba
Residential Mill Rate Increases 12.4 Mills
In Roblin the 1976 and 1977 tax levies are shown for Intermountain Unitary School Division. Residential property foundations rise from 4.0 to 4.6 mills, special from 45.0 to 46.8, totaling 49.0 to 61.4 mills. Commercial foundations rise from 31.0 to 35.5, totaling 76.0 to 82.3 mills. Other changes include 1.4 to 1.8 mills and minor adjustments.
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Intermountain
Foundation
Parkland Education Display Day Set For June 11 At Roblin Hall
The public may attend free of charge the Parkland continuing Education Display Day on Saturday June 11 from 2 to 5 PM and 7 to 9 PM in Roblin Memorial Hall. Displays include quilts ceramics oil paintings photography leather craft and more by adults in the Education Program with lunch served and a door prize. Committees led by T Paley met May 80 at the Intermediate School to arrange logistics. posters tickets and display order are assigned and items must be in by June 10 for the draw on June 11.
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Parkland
Roblin Memorial Hall
Mabel Brade
T. Paley
Margaret Jerome
Millie Ashby
Frieda Gaber
Donna Winkler
Hertha Schmellinger
Arlie Shirley
Mable Brade
Emil Sebulski
New Water Rate By-Law First Reading Plans Higher Charges
Town Council gave first reading to By-Law No 1277 with new water and sewer rates. For a 5/8 inch meter the net quarterly charge would rise from 11.16 to 11.93, despite reduced minimum consumption, and the domestic rate would climb from 1.65 to 2.64 per 1000 gallons.
Court actions before Magistrate Fieldsend summarize numerous charges
In a list of court outcomes, various individuals faced fines and suspensions for offenses such as speeding, liquor possession, no valid license, and disturbing the peace. Amounts range from about 10 to 152 dollars, with several defendants noted as over by a judge or JP.
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W. A. Fieldsend
Nicholas Stephen Kutcher
Paul Anthony Ellingham
Delbert Edward Rattlesnake
Murray Dean Pearton
Joe Tucker
Wesley Gordon Sylvester
William Stanley Kozyk
Randolph Hiebert
Mike Halkewich
Blaine Logan
Glen Fredrick Rank
Allan Edward Gillie
Shirley Marlene Lungal
Sigurd Olson
Eugene Langan
Gustave Raymond Langan
James Frederick Cockerill
Peter Wall
Kelly Rose Lumber Co
Gerald Martens
Legion To Hold Memorial Day Service in Roblin
The Royal Canadian Legion Roblin Branch No 24 invites members and spouses to a June 1 service. A noon meeting at Roblin Memorial Hall precedes a 12 15 p.m. cenotaph service amid a postevent dinner at Saturn Motor Hotel at 1 00 p.m.
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Legion
Royal Canadian Legion
Roblin
Roblin Memorial Hall
Saturn Motor Hotel
Former Graduates Attend 1957 Class Reunion
Wayne Densmore and Ray Harkness with spouses attended the Provincial Normal School 1957 class reunion in Winnipeg on May 21 1977. Alumni gathered at the old normal school for a mock assembly and toured facilities, then dined and danced at the International Inn. About 286 of 486 graduates attended, with Earl Boyce and spouse also from Roblin.
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Wayne Densmore
Ray Harkness
Gilbert Plains
Man
Provincial Normal School
Winnipeg
Old Normal School
The
School For the Deaf
International Inn
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Art Schwartz
Citizens Committee
B. A. Hawryluk
Alice
Tlona
Debbie
Esther
P.T.H. No
Pine Street
Intercity
Mike Menzal
Harry Yaholnitsky
George Lungal
Onofriechuk
Alex Livingstone
Local Improvement District
Sparling
Edna Eliza Ironstand
Bernhard Solomon Laliberte
Joseph Franklin Winski
J. P. George Giles
Benedict Joseph Hodge
Mrs
Earl Boyce
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