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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 27, 1944
Page
1
In a western town Mrs. Smith faced hostile pupils after replacing departing teachers. She used moral lessons from Your Part in Total Victory to guide children toward honesty and cooperation, turning hostility into support as Billie the ringleader vows to help build a cleaner nation.
A letter from J N Kelly Canadian Red Cross publicity director cautions that notes or letters in socks or other Red Cross parcels to prisoners of war risk halting deliveries. He recalls past incidents where notes triggered parcel censorship and loss of shipments, urging donors to refrain from enclosing any communications.
Sgt. Andre Michaud of the Fusiliers Mont Royal told Westmount Rotary they are thriving in Stalag 8B. He praised Red Cross parcels and morale, noting weekly food and coffee keep prisoners alive. He recounted gifts sent to Russian camps and the camp's self-run school, orchestra, and prices board.
A wartime Canada promotes united military effort with Allied troops and domestic cooperation to curb inflation. The piece compares living cost increases across nations, noting Canada rose 18 percent since hostilities began, with only about three percent since price controls started in 1941.
A Manitoba grandmother crafts frocks from old evening gowns for the Blackett twins Mary and Margaret at a nurse presentation in Dauphin. Canadian wartime conservation promotes remaking garments to save cloth, with 25 463 women at 183 Remake centres saving 400 000 yards. Wardrobes from babies to mothers were shipped nationwide along with a booklet Like-Make Wrinkles guiding wardrobe maintenance.
Mears notes many district residents spent Sunday at Clear Lake. Miss Mary Selewieh returns home from Windsor Ontario to spend a long visit. Miss Nancy Barnesky arrives home from St Catharines Ontario. Good music expected at the dance with attendance promised.
The report mentions individuals including Mesars Andrew Ch and Leonard Wenitoway returning to Sudbury Ontario with their wives after a month long holiday. It also lists Mr and Mrs Wootko Vaydan iuk and Stanley as recent Winnipeg travelers, with Mrs Maydaniuk remaining for medical care after Maydaniuk and Stanley returned on Wednesday.
Mrs Claire Palmer and Elizabeth motor to Shoal Lake for medical care while Miss Sarah Brown of Brandon visits her mother. May Armstrong returns to duties at St Boniface Hospital via Shoal Lake. Various residents travel to Winnipeg Souris Chilliwack and Roland for leave visits, weddings, and engagements. Church and community events, fairs and local sports rounds noted.
Att Kines of Roblin was re elected president of the Manitoba Branch of the Canadian Postmasters Association. P Howard Selkirk named vice president and the executive includes C H Staples Angusville D MacDonald Ninette and Mrs F A McDonald Rainy River. The group visited No 12 S F T S and was hosted by A J McKenzie Seed Co for lunch then by Robert Simpson Ltd Regina for an evening program with the Kiwaitis Orchestra and Davies as master of ceremonies. Topics included standardizing mail bag locks numbering circulars loyalty to the King and postal department shortening hours and a proposed uniform postage charge for newspapers in cities under 10 000 with free postage within 40 miles. Charles Griffith Dominion Secretary spoke on pensions. Convention adjourned Friday with Mr Stitt's return.
Mr Samuel Crookshanks died Wednesday after a long illness at age 85 86 born in Millbank Ont in 1858 came west in 1882 to the Valley married May Naish in 1914 and moved to the present farm in 1926 survived by widow two sons Adam Walter and Charlie Wilfred three daughters Margaret Evelyn and Barbara a brother Tom and a sister Eliza many friends funeral at United Church Rev B P Parsons officiating interment Rossburn Cemetery pallbearers Eugene Caldwell Alee Sinclair Tom Sinclair Claire Palmer Charlie Brown Jack Stitt
Miss Eunice Joiner reports the Soldier's Aid and Red Cross meeting will be held at Mrs. Joe Kostecki's home on Thursday August 3. Winnipeg visitors, Mrs H Chamberland and daughter, stay with sister Mrs T Sinclair as Mr and Mrs York visit. Mr J Miskow and family with Miss Jessie Solski visited Gilbert Plains. Local residents regret that directors John Crookshanks and Miss Helen Smith are bedridden and wish them a speedy recovery.
Catherine Kendrick expresses sincere thanks for sympathy and assistance after bereavement. She notes appreciation for friends who presented the purse and acknowledges moving from Rogsburf to Winnipeg where she will reside.
The Crookshanks family expresses heartfelt gratitude for the kindness sympathy messages and floral tributes received after their recent bereavement.
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