Prairie Sky Divers Picked For Festival Jump
Town committee plans a Tuesday or Wednesday feature with Virden Manitoba parachute jumpers from Prairie Sky Divers. Jump set for 4 to 6 p.m. before Bingo as part of a week of events including Old Style Costumes Miss Roblin Contest and a big parade with several bands. Committee seeks volunteers to serve breakfast on Main Street Friday and notes no cash donations requested though help is welcome.
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Prairie Sky
Virden
Grandview
Gilbert Plains
Dauphin
Swan River
Main Street
Large Dauphin Fat Stock Show Drives High Prices
Dauphin Fat Stock Show and Sale on May 10 in the Skating Arena drew the largest crowd yet with strong livestock and robust prices. Sixty five 4-H club members from fourteen clubs competed in inter club show events. Larry Segwich of Brandon chose his 4-H grand champion a 840 pound Shorthorn steer shown by Raymond McQuarrie of Grandview and awarded Reserve Grand Champion to Richard Hunter of the Assiniboine Beef Calf Club for a 1005 pound Angus steer. Garry Digby of the Assiniboine Calf Club finished third with his Angus steer.
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Dauphin
Larry Segwich
Brandon
Raymond McQuarrie
Grandview
Richard Hunter
Assiniboine Beef
Richard
Castleavery
J. N. Smart
John Conner
Dauphin Veterinary Clinic
Raymond
Smart
Butler
Jack Topham
Grandview Calf Club
Wayne Digby
Assiniboine Calf Club
Gilbert Plains
Assiniboine Club
Watson Dunn
Russell
A. G. Little
McConnell
Stuart Harris
Durban
Joe Semeniuk
Pine River
Maurice Digby
Roblin
Henry Goebel
Camper
Alwyn Coulter
Silverton
Watson Cochrane
Garnet - Tolton
Newdale
Jock
Bill Blacklock
Saskatoon
Mail deliveries switch to trucks with adjusted times
Truck services from Winnipeg Yorkton Roblin and Roblin Canora update daily routes with new daylight saving times. Mail must be posted by 5 30 p m and registration closes at 5 p m. Several community changes list dispatch times from Roblin to Deepdale Makaroff Togo Shevlin Bield Shortdale with service improving toward Brandon Russell Yorkton and more.
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Winnipeg
Roblin
Yorkton
Canora
Brandon
Russell
Deepdale
Makaroff
Togo
Shevlin
M. Bield
Shortdale
Weekend Visitors and Relatives Gather in Snow Lake District
Snow Lake residents welcomed a steady flow of relatives and visitors over the weekend. Among those seen were Mr. and Mrs. Neil McGinnis and family, Evelyn Duffy from Winnipeg, Mrs. H Boyce, Edith McComb and infant Dwayne from Flin Flon, and many others from Winnipeg, Saskatoon, Swan River, and Stoney Mountain visiting local households. Several trips to Winnipeg for convocation and family gatherings were noted as well, with extended family plans continuing through the weekend.
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Neil McGinnis
Snow Lake
A. Boyce
Evelyn Duffy
Winnipeg
T. Duffy
H. Boyce
Flin Flon
O. McComb
Edith
Dwayne
R T. Duffy
Orville
Yorkton
C. Stogoski
M. Stogoski
Preeceville
Sask
T. Beck
Doris
Rheinold Nabe
P. Nabe
W. McGinnis
the Pass
E. Arnott
Saskatoon
J. Arnott
Harold Grundy
Swan River
R. Briggs
O. Sigurdson
Neice Carla Bates
Betty
Charleswood
Man
C. Grundy
Michael
Chas. Viddal
Junior Golf Club Meeting At Intermediate School
Junior golfers are invited to form a Junior Golf Club with a planning meeting at the Intermediate School on Thursday May 30 at 8 p.m.
Father and Son Banquet Promotes Roblin Minor Baseball
The Elks of Roblin held a Father and Son banquet on May 13 to boost minor league baseball. About seventy attended as Royal Purple members catered a supper. Exalted Ruler Lawrence Dietrich urged moral support, transportation help, and home game attendance to aid Roblin Inglis Grandview Gilbert Plains leagues and two coaches Albert Burdennik and Terry Paley.
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the Elks of
Albert Burdennik
Terry Paley
Roblin
Inglis
Grandview
Gilbert Plains
Local Notes From Cal gary to Winnipeg and Roblin
Local and social notes summarize visits and health updates across Manitoba and Alberta. Margaret McBride visited the Robert McBride home in Cal gary area, Mrs. Lawrence Lietz is a Roblin Hospital patient, and families from Flin Flon Winnipeg Dauphin and Edmonton are noted. Gerald Collins earns NRC chemistry scholarship at University of Alberta with awards announced at Manitoba graduation.
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Margaret McBride
Calgary
Robert McBride
Lawrence Lietz
Roblin Hospital
Lela
Alex Oliphant
Famly
Flin Flon
Oliphant
Albert Traub
Derek Harvey
Winnipeg
John Gardner
S. Homennik
Dauphin
Elaine Trakalo
Steve Dmyterko
Florence
G. Wildeman
Dale McBain
Coast
Gerald Collins
National Research Council
University of Alberta
Edmonton
Alberta
University of Manitoba
Barbara Anne Collins
Carolyn Tracy Eslinger
Harold Alexander Grundy
Alice Lorraine Schick
Elizabeth Grace Lowe
Boris Bo
Opening of New Diagnostic Unit Boosts Hospital Activity
Roblin hospital inaugurates a diagnostic unit housing provincial laboratory and X ray department with nurse clinics on the first and third Thursdays. Lab tests mostly free. X rays cost $1 per plate plus 25 cents for each additional. Visitors urged to use outside southeast stairs and obtain doctor requisitions and health IDs.
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Lawrence Tkaczuk
David Brownlee R. T
Margaret Dundas
Health Service
Roblin Hosts First Parkland Festival A Success
Roblin’s Goose Lake Intermediate Auditorium hosted the Parkland Festival closing with 65 items over 2 hours 4 minutes. Dr B Dorran and Mayor Fred Newton welcomed guests as prizes and scores for piano vocal and poetry were announced by adjudicators M Fisher Helen Henderson and Sanderson.
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Goose Lake
B. Dorran
Fred Newton
Ross Williams
Tha
Oliphant
Roblin
Ann Calvert
Janice Martin
M. Fisher
Helen Henderson
Sanderson
Verla Waggoner
Lynn Martin
Gary Eslinger
Roseanne
Beryl Carter to wed Christopher Ludwig in Minnedosa ceremony
Mr and Mrs Allen Carter of Clanwilliam announce the engagement of their daughter Beryl Alberta to Christopher Fredrick Ludwig, youngest son of Mr and Mrs Frank Ludwig of Roblin. The wedding will be held Friday July 5 at the Covenant Church in Minnedosa Manitoba.
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Allen Carter
Clanwilliam
Man
Beryl Alberta
Christopher Fredrick Ludwig
Frank Ludwig
Roblin
Covenant Church
Minnedosa
Boughton Heads Home and School for Second Term
The Roblin Home and School Association held its annual meeting on May 15 in the Intermediate School Auditorium. Officers were elected for the next year and committees formed for events including a Track and Field booth, Old Style Fashions for the 50th anniversary, and various fundraising efforts.
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Roblin Home and School Association
O Canada
Sanders
Souter
Collins
Ziolkoski
U.N
Manitoba
Paley
Kramer
Oliphant
Edel
Hargreaves
Missionary League Meeting At Lutheran Church
Lutheran Women's Missionary League met May 2 in the church basement with 12 members. Mrs. A Becker and Mrs. C Bork hosted. Rev P Borchardt led a talk on Spiritual Food on Your Table from the Quarterly. Mrs R Wilderman presided. New member Mrs A Andres joined. A skit, solo, hymn, and plan for L W M L Rally were discussed. A Lord's Supper picture will be ordered in memory of Mrs H Zorn.
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Lutheran Women's Missionary League
A. Becker
C. Bork
P. Borchardt
R. Wilderman
W. Doering
A. Andres
A. Orke
My Cathedral
E. Andres
H. Zorn
A. Otke
Makaroff Women’s Institute Honors Grandmothers
The May Makaroff W I meeting hosted by Mrs Jack Pound honored grandmothers with 12 members present and 2 visitors. President Arnott announced no delegate to Provincial Convention and named Elliott and Davis as District Convention delegates.
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Makaroff Women’s Institute
Jack Pound
Arnott
Cabr
Winnipeg
Binsearth
Elliott
J. Davis
Institute
Mabel Rogers
Tom Beck
Charles Rogers
Charles Grundy
James Curtis
Book Renewal Time for Unemployment Insurance
The Unemployment Insurance Commission urges employers to return expired books and obtain new ones. National Employment Offices in the Prairie Region renew about 600 000 books yearly and file expired volumes as part of each worker’s insurance account. The process creates a personal “bank book” recording contributions for benefit eligibility.
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Unemployment Insurance Commission
Prairie
W- C. Stewart
Winnipeg
Stewart
National Employment Office
National
The
Commission
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Your Ag
Harold Boughton
Chas. A. Elliott
Father & Son
Hospital
R. M
Shell River
Hillsburg
Shellmouth
Boulton
L.G. D
Park
Gayle Dillin
Zenovia Horbay
Jonathan Layng
Tanis Curtis
Spencer Newton
Vernelle Andres
Marcia Lebedovich
Joyce Otke
Dottie Kozak
Lorne Peter Twerdun
Tummel
Pat Bonazew
Bob Campbell
Castleavery School
David Titanich
Florette Simair
Lawrence Souter
Maureen Spear
James Bork
Giis
Delores Tiwerdun
Dianna Nabe
Inger Olsen
Jeannette Saunders
Lynn Baaken
Tummel School
Miss Dohan
Miss Erickson
Festival Executive
H. Boughton
Missionary League
W.I
Hospital Aid
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