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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 02, 1968
Page
1
A Dauphin meeting of the Parkland Regional Development steering committee reports provincial approval for a charter. The Parkland group, with 23 municipalities and about 34 000 residents, expects to function once the charter is issued.
In April the Intermountain Division Board accepted Elmer Propp for the driver-mechanic post to manage transportation policies, bus routes, vehicle maintenance, and records. The board also moved to defer cross-transportation policy amid new University Entrance changes planned for fall 1969 and in April reviewed six bids for the Grandview Administration Office.
Loretta Ziebart and Florette Simair attended the Dauphin Leadership Conference during Easter holidays with 4 H members, leaders and guests detailing health talks and public speaking. Forty to fifty members left inspired as better uniformed citizens after sessions led by Pastor Keiser and Rev Dodds.
Ilona Truffyn daughter of Mr and Mrs Wm Trufffyn Rob lim selected as winner of a high school contest to join the 19th Annual Odd Fellows United Nations Pilgrimage for Youth this summer. She will visit New York from July 10 to July 13 joining 1 000 student observers from the U S and Canada. The trip includes UN briefings visits to WHO UNESCO FAO and more plus a boat tour Manhattan Island Radio City Music Hall Rockettes and Empire State Building. A parchment certificate will be presented locally.
The Roblin Fair date was reset to Monday July 8 after the Agricultural Society meeting in Marah. Harold Wenner elected 1st Vice President as Mrs Albert McFadyen resigned. Light Horse and Pony classes added with halter and riding events. Gymkhana features barrel racing pole bending and shoe scramble for juniors and seniors. Several events sponsored by local stores.
Prime Minister Mr. Trudeau announces dissolution of parliament and issuance of writs for a general election on June 23 1968. Speaker and officials depart amid shouts as the Mace is removed signaling the end of the 27th Parliament.
Jim Mitchell and Donna Lou Ford returned home from the University of Manitoba. Mrs Pearle Limb came back from Dauphin after visiting relatives. The Rosgen family spent Easter with Henry and Virginia Chick in Roblin. Donna Oliphant returned home from the university. A T Kines is on a UN study tour in Paris Geneva and Rome visiting UNESCO WHO and related agencies. He joined Ohiadians in Montreal for the trip. A postcard dated April 24 from Paris notes plans to Geneva and Rome.
The Tum mel 4-H Home Economics group met at Mrs. R. Zimmer's home with Leona Kurchak chairing. Members approved a April 6 card party at multiple members' homes and enjoyed two demonstrations on Tie and Dye and making a pie.
Funeral services for Agnes Mabel Rogers were held April 19 at Makaroff Community Hall. She died April 16 1968 at Roblin District Hospital aged 84. Born in Southampton England she wed Walter H Rogers in 1919 and the couple settled in Makaroff Manitoba. Survived by sons Henry Ottawa and Ted Makaroff Manitoba daughters Hilda Makaroff and Edith Campbell Calgary. Interment at Makaroff Community Cemetery. Pallbearers listed.
Roblin Volunteer Fire Department was called to a fire at the Roblin Forest Products yard on Thursday April 25 around 4 30 p.m. The Duck Mountain Forest Products office burned beyond saving. Later Monday night about 11 p.m. they rushed to a blaze near the Lutheran Church three miles south and six east of Roblin where wood piles fed by a strong east wind threatened the church but were contained.
Tummel U C W held its April meeting at Mrs. Grant Buick home with five members. Mrs. J C Brook chaired in the president’s absence, led the Worship Service and study of a pan. Plant slips were exchanged. Next meeting at Mrs. Ralph Jony’s home in May with roll call Beefs or Bouquets.
AG reports that 128 fields were tested this season with higher nitrogen needs and slightly elevated phosphorous. Fehr, director of the Manitoba soil testing lab, notes 41200 farmers submitted 28000 samples from 14000 fields, about 15 percent of commercial farmers. Results are returned within two weeks, aiding early spring decisions and second crop planning.
Roblin Kinsmen Club will sponsor one male student to the 7th Annual Kin-Hi Leadership Camp at Quetico Centre, July 7 to 20. The two week program, designed by Manitoba and Northwestern Ontario clubs, aims to build democratic leadership, team skills, and personal growth through small groups and hands on activities. Local youths 15 to 18 years old are urged to contact principals or Jim Layng for details.
Peggy notes honey is a natural sweetener richer in minerals vitamins and vitamin C. She states honey is 75 to 80 percent sugar and provides quick energy. Varieties include clover alfalfa and buckwheat with distinct flavors. Use honey as sugar substitute with equal amounts and add liquid per cup. Reduce baking temperature by 25 degrees and blend honey to improve texture. The Manitoba Co operative Honey Producers offers a booklet at 625 Roseberry Street Winnipeg 21 Manitoba.
Jehovah's Witnesses met in convention in Flin Fion. About 29 local people helped by delivering Bible discourses and enacting scenes showing Bible principles in daily life. Gwen Watson, eleven, spoke six minutes on Is College the Goal for Christians.
The Shell River Municipal Council held an April 3 meeting with Reeve F H Wilson presiding. Reports approved include March accounts amounting to 40 820 50. A bylaw setting 1008 tax rates passed and a recreation commission bylaw received first reading.
The Roblin Women s Institute reports 329 00 collected for the March of Dimes campaign the best canvass to date. They note a cash donation to the Red Cross six boxes of books sent to the Children's Hospital Book Mart for research. May events include a rally on May 3 and a district convention on May 14 with delegates Mrs Neabel and Mrs Quille and speakers Marjorie Martin and Vernelle Andres.
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