Rossburn RM approves 1980 provisional estimates
The Rural Municipality of Rossburn reconvened January 31 to complete business. The council approved December 1979 financial statements, bylaw 1073 for 1980 operating funding, and provisional operating and capital estimates totaling 120000.00 across General Government, Protective, Transportation, Environmental Health, Public Health and Welfare, Planning, Economic Development, Recreational and Fiscal Services. By-law 1074 covers council remuneration and mileage.
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Ward
R.M. of
Rossburn
Firsts in Rossburn area history include early phones and a traveling minister
The article recalls Rossburn region firsts such as the 1913 era home telephone of Robert Hiscock and William Butler, a 26 inch appliance, and the 62 below zero reading in 1943. It also notes the plain wall phones with crank bells, operator central service, and rings. It mentions the first saddlebag circuit rider Edmund Bradshaw Butler, known as the Valley Holy Roller, itinerant baptisms and burials and gifts from homesteaders.
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Rossburn
Wm. H. Butler
Butlers
Harold Brown
Riding Mountain National Park
Robert Hiscock
Wm. Butler
Paul
Hiscock
Mr. Ward
Edmund Bradshaw Butler
Valley
Homestead
The
Valley Holy Roller
Rossburn Game and Fish annual meeting notes filed
The Rossburn Game and Fish Association held its annual meeting at Alex Cleland's home on February 1 with ten members present. Minutes were read and approved, correspondence noted stocking of about 700 walleyes 7 to 9 inches in Rossman Lake in September, and discussions covered Rainbow Trout and an equitable share of the catch. Plans for 1980 stocking were discussed with several individuals and the association involved. Officers were elected: President Gordon Ament, Vice President Alex Cleland, Secretary Otto Elvers, Treasurer Rowat Veitch.
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Rossburn Game & Fish Association
Alex Cleland
Rossman Lake
Ed Kreshewski
Gordon Ament
George Cameron
Game & Fish Association
Game & Fish
Otto Elvers
Rowat Veitch
Ukrainian pioneers book earns Manitoba award medal
The Manitoba Historical Society awarded the Margaret McWilliams Medal for 1979 to the author of Spruce, Swamp and Stone at its January 12 dinner at the Fort Garry Hotel in Winnipeg. Dr Michael Ewanchuk accepted on site, with Dr J W Grant MacEwan as guest speaker. The author is compiling a new Manitoba Ukrainian pioneers book based on pioneer interviews, slated for 1980.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Manitoba Historical Society
Margaret McWilliams
Fort Garry
J.W. Grant MacEwan
Alberta
Margaret McWiliams
Michael Ewanchuk
Manitoba
Vita
Oakburn
Weather Report Reflects Mild Clouds and Winds Across Manitoba
Cold weather earlier last week gave way to cloudy mild conditions with periods of strong winds and flurries. Manitobans, including Rossburn residents now scattered across Canada, enjoy a winter with few complaints despite variable temperatures, with notable highs and lows recorded in late January and February.
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Manitoba
Canada
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R.M. Council
John Mitchell
John A. Klym
Wally Peleshok
William Antonow
Leonard Sitko
Rossburn Game and Fish
Weather Report
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