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Newspaper
Roblin Review
Location
Roblin, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 25, 1944
Page
3
Two bargains offered for cash. A vacant five room house in Togo priced at $500. Also 320 acres located W.234-27-390 S.W. of Togo, three miles, for $4,200. Apply J. W. Mitchell at 4529 W. 8th Ave., Vancouver, B C.
Wanted a girl for hotel work in Dauphin Manitoba. Must be at least 20 years old. Good wages with board and room. Apply to Unenemple ment Selective Service in Dauphin Man.
Bruce Rutherford and the Board of Trade Committee report good progress on a new swimming pool in Carman. The men’s building moved to the new site, a women’s building to start soon, river bank cleared, fencing underway, and a children’s wading pool to be completed in about two weeks.
The article urges immediate action on three federal priorities for Killarney and the community. A large housing program, public works projects, and extensive reforestation across the Dominion are highlighted, with calls for a new post office telegraph office and a forestry effort in the Turtle Mountains. It notes an agriculture school could be located near Killarney and showcased on a demonstration farm site.
The Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba runs July 3 to 7 with renewed Falk buildings, three display halls renovated for the event. Advance tickets are on sale nationwide at £1.00 admission. Entertainment includes a large musical Let Freedom Ring and horse racing on July 5 and 6. Children receive discounted or free admission under 12.
A son named James Gaylord was born to Mr and Mrs Milton Welker nee Kathleen Greenaway at Winninesy View 2F.
Brief item notes a final loan total of $130000 for buyers. The line cites a financial transaction or installment as part of a purchase process. Entities include buyers and the stated loan amount.
A message from GEO. KELSO thanks participants in the Victory Loan drive in Unit 43 Roblin. He commends salesmen and citizens for their cooperative efforts in selling bonds and supporting Canada’s war effort. He expresses hope the combined effort will hasten a speedy end to the conflict.
Sheila Jennie Yeats, daughter of Mrs. Ethel Yeats, married William H. Westwood of Roblin at Grace United church Win nipeg May 22 1914. Officiant Dr W G Martin, organist Agnes Forsyth, singer Harold Searth, reception at Marlborough hotel, couple to Vancouver and Victoria then reside in Winnipeg.
A tag day fundraiser for The Nave Lague of Canada is set for Saturday June 19 to raise aid for sailors. Volunteers will solicit donations in local communities and at public venues to support seafarers.
Mrs John Ritchie and the SONS visit Winnipeg this week while Mrs J A Williamson and her son return from Estevan. Wm McArthur enlisted in the Army at Winnipeg on May 9 and trains at Fort Osborne. A charity sale for the Rum mage proceeds 68 65 will aid the Soldiers Parcel fund. Notables include Allan Barry Richards visiting Roblin and district and M L A Allan Richards speaking at Tummel and Silverwood.
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