30 Aug 1962
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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1962
Page
1
A Rossburn correspondent warns of teenagers riding on busy streets without observing safety rules. He recalls a near miss at a bank corner when a rider ignored a stop sign, urging local authorities or wiser heads to address the issue to prevent costly accidents.
The Well Baby Clinic will be held at Angusville next Wednesday September Sth. No other details are provided in the readable text.
The Campbell family gathered in Calgary to visit their father at Calgary General Hospital. Saturday evening they enjoyed a turkey dinner hosted at Ken and Lorraine's home with relatives including Mrs. Wm Campbell of Calgary and numerous Campbells from Edmonton Winnipeg Island Ladner and Beach Grove among attendees. Mr and Mrs Murdock Campbell travelled from Ladner to join the visit arriving August 28.
Anton Swereda aged 75 years 3 months died Monday at Shoal Lake Hospital. Born in Austria 1887 he came to Canada at age 12 with parents. He married Jessie Kaskin in 1914 at St Michael's Greek Catholic Olha and buried there 48 years later. He resided in Oakburn past two and a half years after farming in the district. Survived by wife ten children in Winnipeg Regina Sask Fort William and Shoal Lake and sisters. Funeral August 2 in Greek Catholic church Olha with pallbearers his six sons Peter Matt Michael Walter Stanley Melvin.
Mr and Mrs Ted Neskar and sons of Selkirk Man visited Mrs Rose Waytowich. Mr and Mrs Peter Moroz and daughters and Mr and Mrs Peter Leskin of Dauphin were weekend visitors at Mrs Waytowich and other friends. N Unickow spends a few days in Winnipeg. Mrs Rose Waytowich vacationed with her daughter and son in law Mr and Mrs Bill Huget in Saskatoon Saskatchewan.
Questions urge women voters to support a waterworks proposal for improved sanitation and reliable supply. Voters are urged to vote YES at the September 14 election after noting a discovered well and surveyed lines. A public meeting is planned for September 12 to discuss the town’s better living conditions and fire safety.
Grateful thanks are extended to donors who supplied gifts in recent months to Rossburn Hospital. Seed potatoes, house coat, slippers, fans, frozen produce, canning beans, and other items were donated by listed local residents and helpers.
Sunday program highlights the rise of the National Rural Women’s Organization beginning with Adelaide Hunter Hoodless’s 1897 Stony Creek speech. It recalls the Federated Women’s Institutes growth to 94,000 Canadian members and 6% million worldwide in 27 countries.
The agricultural community endures more wet weather as showers hit Thursday afternoon after a drying spell. This month rainfall reaches 4.38 inches and totals since April 1 about 18 inches, with farm gauges near town reporting heavier totals than central readings. High/low last week were 77 and 37 degrees. rainfall last week 1.20 inches.
A poetic critique compares ancient witch doctors who controlled tribes with today’s medicine men in Saskatchewan. The narrator laments persistent superstition and fear across eras, suggesting society has not advanced beyond magical cures and manipulation by leaders. The piece links historical reverence for shamans to present distrust of medical authority.
Music lovers may attend an accordion recital at Rossburn Town Hall next Friday evening September 7 at 8 00 p m. The program features pupils of Lesia Chopp and senior students from Kent's Accordion College Brandon.
Local residents report visits and gatherings involving the Bucklaschuk family in Brandon and relatives in Sperling Rossburn Shoal Lake Winnipeg and Kelwood. The John Cormack home hosted a reunion for 21 nephews and nieces from Kelwood Shoal Lake Winnipeg and Rossburn with guests from Toronto. Regular travel includes trips to Sioux Narrows and Dauphin with family members returning home or resuming work.
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