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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1944
Page
4
Screen preview Casablanca the feature picture this week end at our theatre received the honor of being chosen the most outstanding motion picture of the year by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
Arte and Sciences presents True to Life a colorful, well acted comedy about two radio serial writers who run dry of ideas. Their attempts to supply material for a radio soap opera provide hearty laughs and a taste of backstage showbiz.
Officials of the Provincial Exhibition in Brandon announce July 3 festivities featuring Patty Conklin with top All-Canadian midway acts. Highlights include black light swimming, auto speedway, daredevil stunts, and classic rides. A Russian tribute and Premier S Garson open the fair at 8 p.m. July 3. Farmers urged to repair binders now for harvest with 1944 wartime twine noted.
A Merridale wedding on Saturday June 3 united Florence Jean Cockerill and Cyril Robert McKay of Toronto stationed at Dauphin No. 10 Flying Field in a ceremony by Rev. Beveridge. The event drew a large crowd including Air Force personnel and local families. reception followed with a celebratory send off for a honeymoon to Toronto. In Livingston United Church on May 20, Fifelyn Blackmore wed Rev Lloyd James Coleman of Roblin with a Spring ceremony, reception for forty at Roberts’ Restaurant, and a show wedding trip planned. families and friends attended, including Gov. Jack Smith and other prominent locals.
An editorial piece by J Gordon Anderson imagines postwar peace built by everyday virtue. It cites biblical sayings and Proverbs to urge humility, honesty, and shared purpose in shaping a just world. The writer envisions nations uniting, ending racial hatred, and a peace grounded in love for fellow humans and selfless service.
A fragmentary opinion piece contrasts wartime rhetoric with public duty. It questions prioritizing safety and self interest and critiques evasive explanations while invoking home and military imagery. The tone is reflective and admonitory about national conduct.
An auditor signs off on the Roblin Rest Room books dated June 5 1944 claiming some items are correct to the best of their knowledge and belief while noting others may require review. The document bears a Roblin Manitoba location and the signature John Hit.
A collection of pithy maxims from religious and philosophical voices. Quotes from Matthew 12 55 Pascal and H K White emphasize virtue faith and enduring hope. The lines contrast holy life with inner strength against adversity and prudent living with long lasting pleasure.
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