This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1958
Page
7
The Rossburn Review is printed weekly at the Review Office Mountain Ave Boasburs Barry C W. AYLWIN serves as editor and publisher. Subscription rates are listed as $2.99 per year in Canada and $3.00 in the United States.
A carload of friends from Silverton traveled to Angusville to honor Mrs. Flynn on her 95th birthday. Her health remains fairly steady though she needs assistance to move about. Rosie Switzer visited Winnipeg for several days and traveled with L Glasman of Russell. Peter Sackney and family are spending a holiday at Clear Lake, Peter feeling unwell. Reg Chaytor and children from St Lazare visited Angusville Sunday afternoon. Dr Johnson and Mrs Johnson with Judy left Monday for holidays.
Funeral service for Cecil Hamilton Switzer was held June 5 at Angusville United Church with Mr. Woitte officiating. Interment followed in Russell. Survivors include widow Rosie Droscoski and son Percy, with daughters Joy and Frances, plus siblings and in-laws. Switzer died June 1 from a heart attack at Sacred Heart Hospital in Russell. He was born September 20, 1898, farmed in St Marys District, ran a General Store in Angusville, and was active in church, Orange Lodge, sports, and local government. Out-of-town mourners attended from several towns.
The Vista page notes 4-H members attended a Club Rally at Hamiota on Monday. It records numerous local visits and travels including families in Kirkella Foxwarren Winnipeg Brandon and Vancouver. It mentions a birthday birth of a son and a hospital recovery in Brandon.
Rossburn senior baseball team defeated Shoal Lake 14 to 1 on Tuesday. Jackie Kostiak started for Rossburn with relief by Bobby Carson, while Gerald Dawson pitched for Shoal Lake. Rossburn led 6 5 in scoring before finishing strong with a one sided win.
A scanned reminiscence piece questions local figures and events in Rossburn Manitoba. It ponders ex trustees of the school board, the Board of Trade, Roy Curtis in tennis, CNR rail labor and public phone service, past Rossburn baseball, and notable locals like Johnny McKinnon and George Sinclair. It asks who will join the Board of Trade and when critics will stop talking about various topics.
Josephine Senko of Angusville spent the past week with Betty Macktedenski, shared time in a close social visit and exchanged greetings during the period.
Mr ata suns and family travel from Vancouver to Oakburn to visit their parents, George Sheeshka. Mr J Sheeshka, employed at Burn's and Co Meat Packers plant in Vancouver, is noted in the nearby report.
A Vice-President leads the new YMCA Renfrew District in Vancouver. Hilda Matiowsky visits briefly arriving to meet her Winnipeg uncle, with Mr. and Mrs. Stan Wowryk of Winnipeg mentioned in attendance.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.