20 Feb 1969
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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Feb 20, 1969
Page
1
Trustees meet February 3 to finalize the 1969 budget for presentation to Winnipeg Public Schools Finance Board. They outline staff cuts, extended business courses, integrated music programs, and higher pupil teacher ratios to save about 100000 in salaries and keep overall costs within grants.
Sunday afternoon finals closed the Oakburn Bonspiel with 28 rinks from Shoal Lake Sandy Lake Rossburn Vista Strathclair Elphinstone and Oakburn. Winners included Jerry Malchuk Rossburn first in Grand Challenge Electric Can Openers and Albert Ziemanski second with Car Warmers.
Rossburn council minutes from February 18 1969 show approval to enter policing by the RCMP replacing the village constable service. Actions include financial report, travel association grant, expense for a waterworks course, wage increase for hall caretaker, and notice to terminate local policing April 1 1969.
The Rossburn Home and School Association will meet at Rossburn Collegiate on Thursday February 27 at 7 30 p m The program offers a view of Collegiate activities and programs A Science demonstration by Mr G McKinnon a Collegiate Choir performance led by Mrs C Durston and photos from Mr J Kerbrat’s Europe trip will be shown All interested are welcome to attend.
The 16th annual Rossburn Credit Union Society meeting in Town Hall saw 131 members and guests dine, with entertainment by Miss Clark and Bat on Twirlers and musicians Miss Linda Kirk and Chris Matthews. Reports show 103 new members in 1968, assets at $602,055, and dividends declared 4 percent on insured and 5 percent on uninsured 1968 savings from undivided earnings. New officers elected include L. C. Johnston and George Lawless to the board for three years, Louis Kurchaba for two, Rowatt Veitch to the Supervisory Committee for three years, and Nicholas Stupinsky to the Credit Committee for three years.
Winners at the Mixed Bonspiel in Vista include Taylor Rossburn first and Waytowich Oakburn second in the first event, with Cameron Rossburn third and Tutkaluk Oakburn fourth. In subsequent events Mackedenski Vista led, Grismer Rossburn second, Verbowski Rossburn third, and Mackedenski Vista fourth. Flanigan Rossburn won another event with Miller Vista second and Waytowich Vista fourth. The Rink Committee thanks couriers, lunch volunteers, the draw master, and the caretaker for support.
Mr and Mrs Alex Wenitoway of Foxwarren marked their fiftieth wedding anniversary on February 6 1969. Messages came from Governor General Mitchener Prime Minister Trudeau and party leaders with greetings from Manitoba leaders and local MPs. A family dinner honored the pair who have two sons Leonard and Zane and four daughters. They have nineteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. A summer family reunion is planned.
An open house in honor of Dr S Peikoff was held at the Ukrainian National Home in Rossburn on February 17 with sixty guests signing the register. The event gave the doctor a nostalgic chance to meet former patients and old friends as he spoke briefly and thanked organizers for the successful surprise gathering.
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