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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 24, 1943
Page
5
Two three year old mares missing from Roblin one black mare with a white star on the head and a grey mare with a cut foretop. Reward offered for information leading to their recovery. Contact Alex Schick.
OCR snippet lists varied occupations including entertainment venues theatres film agencies motion picture companies bowling alleys pool rooms and cleaning and pressing services plus guide service shoe inn and related trades an unclear context or record of individuals or events is not provided
A roundup of visitors and travels in Roblin and area includes Mrs J H Abercrombie in Winnipeg and Miss Mae Painter returning from Roblin, plus Er nest Painter and other locals visiting Saskatoon Sask and Wynyard. The CNR depot work and stockyards rebuild are noted as needed improvements.
Makaroff C E Rogers returned from Brandon Monday. Mrs J Beck and Steve spent Monday in Kamsack. J H Grundy is receiving medical treatment in Winnipeg. Mr and Mrs W Rogers returned home from Brandon. Mr A Boyce and Mrs S McGinnis returned from Winnipeg Thursday. Pte Phil McGinnis is spending his furlough with his wife and family. Mrs A Large has word her son Russell of the RCAF is missing. Miss Dorothy Pound of Winnipeg is spending holidays at the parental home. Special service Sunday evening added seventeen new members and three transfers.
Sgt Lomax of McDonald Airport returns home on leave. Mel Dunhop and Sig Olsen come back from Vancouver Monday night. Miss Viviar Argent of Dauphin returns for a two week holiday. C J Allen works on Argents house. Mr and Mrs Herbert visit Teepdale with friends. R G Ward couple spend weekend at home. Sgt John Ward RCAF of McDonald visits family. Argent leads a W I meeting trip to Roblin. School salvage drive tops targets with 14 Marshals 1 General 1 Major. student Billy Taylor noted for carrying bones long distances.
The Merridale district reports substantial land remains unsown for green feed. Visitor Adam Znak, working in Vernon British Columbia, recently stopped at his home. Sam Lyway attended the Canadian Ukrainian congress in Winnipeg this week. Nick Skublen bought a car to cut long road trips from Roblin. Evelyn Glasser led a Dauphin directed service with Miss Switzer at Roblin presiding at the piano. Bert Cockerill, though still partly in the fur trade, starts pig farming with about 500 pigs and daily increases as new arrivals total around fifty.
A number from the district attended the dance at Silverwood on Friday last. Pte Norman Dixon returned to Camp Shiro on Saturday night’s train. Mr and Mrs Fred Redman and Jim Donaldson of Silverwood visited with Mr and Mrs Paul Liberty on Sunday last. Pte Frank Middleton in training at Maple Creek Sask spent several days at his home here last week returning Monday morning.
Aram Cipryk visited Winnipeg last week on business. Mrs Breckenridge and Mrs Howard Armstrong drove to Yorkton Friday. The community expresses sympathy to Mrs Cartwright on the death of her father Mr Shrott of Millwood. Mrs Pulley and Barbary returned home after two weeks with daughter Mrs Peter Craig at Rochedale.
Silverwood hall hosts a dance on July 16 with local residents planning to attend. Over the weekend Mrs. Stanley Irvine visited with Mrs. Irvine, and Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Maguire visited with Mr. and Mrs. Olson. Mrs. John Dixon and family visited Mrs. Lawrence Maguire on Sunday.
The agriculture department notes farmers in the west joined a scrap iron and steel collection organized by country elevator agents starting July 1, 1942. About 3 200 cars of scrap totaling 130 thousand tons have shipped, with 40 thousand tons left in dumps. Farmers are paid 7.00 per ton for scrap and 4.50 per ton for heavy items. two stop overs now permit carloads, accelerating removal of remaining piles.
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