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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 16, 1972
Page
1
On Thursday March 9 total livestock moved through Roblin Auction Mart reaching 473 head. breakdown includes 277 cattle 16 sows 9 boars 171 weanling and feeder pigs with prices listed for various categories such as butcher steers and cows and feeder pigs.
The Inglis 4H Beef Club held its fifth meeting on March 10 at the home of Mr and Mrs Herb Marshall. Six boys spoke publicly at Inglis on February 28 and Layton Bezan with Robbie Burla spoke at Roblin on March 3. Plans include touring Werford farm and stockyard, building a tack box, and June 8 Achievement Day at Roblin. Next meeting set for April 7 at the Bulbuck home.
Ronald Kozak son of Mr and Mrs Ross Kozak of Roblin left for Ottawa on February 28 1972 to pursue air traffic controller studies at Ottawa airport. Born in Roblin he attended local schools and the University of Manitoba before basic training at Winnipeg and Brandon airports. He will continue studies to obtain a permanent first class license. Community offers best wishes.
Mr and Mrs Tom Burnell and the Carter families from Winnipeg spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Adam Milcharek. Myrna and Michelle enjoyed a week's holiday at her home. Ted Burnell of Brandon joined relatives at the Milcharek home. George Purshega and son Brian from The Pas visited his wife’s parents, Mr and Mrs Milcharek, and extended family. Florence Fowler curled in the Gilbert Plains Legion bonspiel. Mr and Mrs Jim Ready and Grace Charles spent Monday in Dauphin. Charles visited her cousin and Ready visited his sister in hospital.
The board explains bus pay for division owned buses at eight fifty a day plus fifteen cents per mile one way. It notes half mile limit excludes the lane and discusses using school facilities for community events with a small custodian fee. It states no policy change on alcoholic beverage events in school facilities and notes some halls can host such occasions without altering policy.
Two break-ins occurred in Roblin in the early hours of Saturday March 11. The Post Office on Main Street and Parkside Motors on First Avenue were entered by kicking in two small doors. About three dollars is believed stolen. RCMP continue the investigation.
Manitoba's 1972 highway map, announced by Highways Minister Peter Burtniak, covers 3900 miles of Provincial Trunk Highways and 7500 miles of Provincial Roads with community maps, mileage guides, US border details, recreation areas, and safety information. The edition, featuring color photos, prints 500000 copies and will be distributed through stations, chambers of commerce, and government and tourist offices in Canada and the US.
Ephrem Paul, a local fiddler, placed second in the Grand View winter carnival. Friends of Les Henderson Jr. report his recovery from a forest accident is progressing well. The piece closes with a light note on income tax forms and the coming spring.
The Grand Narrows Lodbusters hosted a two event 4 H Bonspiel on March 11 with ten rinks. Brian Sylvester won the first event and Larry Sylvester won the second. Garland Bouvier and Rodney Bouvier placed, with other rinks receiving first out or hard luck prizes. Prizes included a grocery hamper and two chickens.
The Roblin Legion Mixed Bonspiel was held March 4 and 5 with 15 rinks. A banquet for about 100 Veterans and wives followed. Results show Rene Carriere San Clara led First Event with Lachance LaRocque and Yaka Mishyn from Roblin. Second Event winners were Souter and Livingstone Roblin with Around Yeo and Poucher. Third Event saw Hughes Roblin Carriere San Clara Brownlee Roblin with Morte more San Clara.
Residents recall the Goose Lake School as an old friend after a fire destroyed the building. Thousands of district children attended over 52 years, with teachers evacuating calmly and no injuries reported. The community thanks volunteers and the local fire department for their swift response as plans to begin anew are set.
A guidance piece on how play builds physical and mental skills in children through activities like running, drawing, and pretending. It details developmental stages from toddlers to four to seven year olds, offers a homemade play dough recipe, and mentions membership details for the Consumers Association of Canada with voting rights per household.
Stewart B. Simpson died suddenly at his home on March 7 at age 66. He is survived by his wife Islay two sons Gordon and Dale one brother Lisle one sister Mary and one grandchild. He moved to Roblin with his parents in 1920 was educated there and married Islay Holloway in 1939. Funeral services were held March 10 at Roblin Knox United Church with interment at Roblin District Cemetery. Active pallbearers and honorary pallbearers are named.
The Roblin Parkland Festival area promotes music education through competitions under the federation of music festivals. The tenth annual festival runs March 41, 22, 23, and 24 at Roblin Intermediate School with sessions daily and a final concert on Friday at 8 00 p.m. Awards must be returned to the trophy committee and program books are sold through local outlets.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bruce attends Evangeline Rebekah Lodge Assembly in Winnipeg representing Roblin. Mrs. Hazel Ford visits Winnipeg in March with local families. Roblin residents attend funeral of Mrs. Wm. Crawley in Winnipeg. she died there at 98. Collegiate Capers corrects Sno Queen misprint naming Donna Becker as Ist Princess instead of Donna Kozak.
Sympathy is extended to Mrs Islay Simpson Gordon and Dale on Stewart Simpsons death to Mrs Wilfred Gardner and family. Terry and Brian Watson visited as they attended the funeral. Cromarty hosts bonspiel entrants and curling season remarks. Cromarty Community Club met March 13 with Marie Mohr presiding and Erwin Baumung reporting finances. Correspondence thanked for fruit baskets and wedding gift. furnace committee recommends purchasing a furnace.
Roblin hosts the annual men’s bonspiel with 48 rinks, starting Friday and finishing Friday. The women’s bonspiel follows Saturday. No cash bingo at the rink until April 7. Ham Bingo set for March 25 at 8 p.m. March 27 features the Ladies Curling Club wind up with trophy presentations.
The Makaroff Curling Club hosted its Annual Mixed Bonspiel March 3 to 10 with 32 rinks. Winners included Wilf Mitchell and teammates from Togo in the First Event and A G Keast Roblin in the Second Event, among others.
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