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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1948
Page
1
Subscription rates listed for Canada at 200 dollars per year and 2.50 dollars per year for the U.S. The notice is authorized as second class by the Post Office Department in Ottawa and references the Rossburn office.
Ellwood Elexander spent the weekend at his home. M Mathews of Weysomne Sask arrived to take a Bank of Toronto post. Curlers visited Shoal Lake for a few days. Marian Miller returned home from Winnipeg after medical treatment. Bernard Miller left for Princeton BC to visit uncle Stewart Hamilton. Ordella Payne of Grand view Man accepted as chief operator on the local fast telephone staff. Royal Wedding picture at Rossburn Theatre January 15 and 17 with shows at 7 and 9 pm. Curling bonspiel draws set for January 15 at 8:15 am. The six winning rinks will meet visiting rinks later. R Shaw transferred from Bank of Toronto to Benito branch. William Butler returned home from Birtle after two weeks visiting relatives.
Graham Towers announced on January 5 that the Bank of Canada will stop publishing a daily quotation list for Dominion of Canada bonds. The change returns to prewar practice, with the bank continuing to buy and sell in response to firm bids from dealers and banks.
Constable Edgar L. Peden and Alice Peden wed at Knox United Church Rossburn on Friday December 19 at 3 PM. The couple exchanged vows in a ceremony led by Rev M E Nixon with Hadley and Murray in uniform as ushers and 85 guests attending a turkey dinner at the Rossburn hotel.
Miss Margaret Maxwell accompanied by her nephew Wayne Bowcott returned to Winnipeg last week.
The Birdtail Women's Institute held its first meeting of the year at the home of Mrs. Alex Cleland. Mr. Wm. Kuzenko visits relatives in Winnipeg. Mrs. Wm. Finch stayed last weekend at Alex Cleland's before returning to St. Catharines. Miss Ruth Plante returns to Winnipeg to attend Commercial College.
Ekford W W Collingridge returned to Quill Lake from Winnipeg and called at the old farm home. A Ken Cameron dance featured music by Joe Berehwlis and Mrs John Gernick with Miss Ervin on guitar. A quiet Rossburn wedding joined Mrs Peden’s eldest daughter to Mr Walter Day of Ekford, a leading local farmer.
In an inquest at the town hall coroner H L Edwards found carbon monoxide poisoning from fumes from a gasoline engine in the dwelling basement caused the December 3 deaths of Malcolm and Donald J McKinnon. Neighbors described discovering the brothers about 9 45 pm. Dr Bardal testified and John Mallow of the Regina RPC laboratory analyzed food and stomach contents. Blood tests showed 72 percent carbon monoxide in the victims.
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