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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 09, 1949
Page
4
A group of neighbors gathered at Dave Davis' farm on Monday to plow land sow the crop and cultivate summer fallow. Participants included J. R. Mitchell George Laird John Noll Jr Henry Watson Robin Watson S. B. Simpson and Don Danis.
The Young Adults Club holds its final meeting Thursday June 15 at 4 p.m. at the church featuring a Weiner Roast and visitor access for paid-up members. An In Memoriam recalls Adam Thomas Johnstone, who died June 3, 1948, with family from Sudbury Ont. remembering him.
A reflective piece urges Canadians to participate in the ballot battle. Three men seek peace prosperity and security but need guidance, while citizens decide which road leads to a better country for themselves and their children. The essay frames voting as civic duty and a path to ideal nationhood.
Local briefs report business visits and travel as B Baskerville visits Dauphin and others journey to Winnipeg, Barrie, B.C., Ontario, and the Old Country for family and health ties. Sudden death is noted in Kelowna, with few details, and nursing graduates Isla Kelso and Winnifred Reed are praised. Also covered are a Roblin woman’s funeral in Mankota and a Roblin Women’s Institute meeting with screenings and a Comics for Children discussion.
A poem by Herbert Hartman in The C. A. Messenger contrasts attending church with worldly pleasures. The speaker admits choosing leisure and social events over worship, noting frequent rain and tire troubles yet prioritizing friends and feasting. The piece ends with a pledge to mend ways later at life's end.
The Dave Davis and family benefit reports additional contributions not previously listed. Donors include T L Dillin Isaac Beattie J R Mitchell Gibson Ritchie Ed Andres Sons Harry Robertson Mat Switzer and others. Several smaller gifts are recorded from James Kerswell Makaroff John and James Arnott of Makaroff.
A special afternoon showing of Fighting Father Dunne is set for this afternoon at 4.15 pm at Roblin Theatre with regular admission. If missed this Wednesday, a Thursday encore follows at 7.30 and 9.30 pm.
Mustard family of Holland Centre Ontario announces the birth of a son to Mr and Mrs Stewart Mustard formerly Laura Holstine on Tuesday May 31.
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