Rivers Here Saturday at Local Arena
Rivers will play Rossburn Saturday night in a league game at the local arena. A large crowd is hoped for and the event is described as a must game for the locals.
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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 12, 1961
Page
2
Rivers will play Rossburn Saturday night in a league game at the local arena. A large crowd is hoped for and the event is described as a must game for the locals.
The Village of Rossburn council held its January 2 1961 meeting with Mayor J G Stitt and four councillors present. They approved by law numbers and set 1961 license fees, planned hall renovations, authorized expenditure for curling rink waiting rooms, and adjourned to January 17 1961.
The Pelly Trail School Division board met in Angusville on Friday January 6 to appoint officers and committees for 1961. Officers include Chairman H T Huston Vice Chairman W Warrian Sec Treas Adam Chaytor Returning Officer H Graham Auditor Municipal Auditors and ward committee members W War man W Burnett S Gerelus. Inspections planned for the new collegiate blog completion at Inglis. Board scheduled next meeting January 16 in Angusville at 2 pm.
An organizational meeting in Shoal Lake on January 9 established District 3 of the proposed Hog Producers Association of Manitoba. A seven member district board was elected including Wm. Longstaffe and H. T. Huston, with a provisional membership fee of five dollars and about 18 members enrolled out of approximately 35 attendees.
Poem laments a hungry Korean child left with nothing as war scars linger. It urges Christian readers to open purse strings and send CARE packages, appealing for aid across miles to ease a starving, homeless child’s plight.
J Nicholas Mandziuk of Oakburn MP for Marquette is named Queen's Counsel along with ten prominent lawyers in the New Year honors list announced by Attorney General Sterling Lyon. Born in West Ukraine, Mandziuk came to Canada as a youth and built a career in law and public service before his 1958 election to Parliament.
The Rural Municipality of Rossburn council met in the council chambers with Reeve M J Sotas presiding. Actions include reappointing Lotas to the Shoal Lake Hospital District No. 7 governing board, authorizing boiler culvert orders, and applying for Prairie Farm Assistance Act and Public Works grants for multiple road projects totaling 21 439.27 with 60 percent grants.
H. T. Huston steps down from the Liquor Control Commission due to work pressures, with Arthur A. Chipman and E. N. McGirr appointed to fill the seats. Hon. Sterling Lyon announced Harris Huston’s resignation effective January 1, while noting the commission’s July 1956 start and prior leadership changes.
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