Rossburn Fair and Sports Day Celebrates Fourth Decade
Last Thursday Rossburn Agricultural Society marked its thirty fourth annual fair with ideal weather, fine livestock, and strong turnout. Winners included Lucky Day and Old Bill Patch in harness and Mustard in the open race, with Sarah Brown taking both the bicycle and nail driving contests, as crowds enjoyed baseball football tug of war and a Foxwarren orchestra hall dance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossburn Agricultural Society
Lucky Day
Bill Patch
Wm. Preston
Miniota Man
Mustard
Watson Bone
Wanigal
J. Morton
Rusty
Blackie
R. Carson
Dan
A. Cameron
Prince
John Bluebird
Vista
Rossburn
Sarah Brown
Verna McIntyre
Jean Fermenko
Marion Kolachinski
Agricultural Society
Bert Mitchell
Ration Board Tightens Beef Ring Rules
The Wartime Prices and Trade Board ration administration bars nonfarmer members from beef rings, requiring them to buy meat through regular butcher channels. Farmers who slaughter their own meat may consume more with coupons surrendered monthly, limited to half of valid coupons, allowing balance for different meats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prices and Trade Board
Rathm
Prices and Rade Board
Ross Trimble
Power Building
Winnipeg
Sound homes and national strength questioned
A call ties home health to national resilience asking if homes are truly sound or just mentally resilient, urging readers to evaluate housing quality and stability as a core measure of national strength.
Community duty and prevention in child welfare discussed
A Manitoba era piece urges proactive civic effort to prevent children born out of wedlock from becoming future society problems. It frames care from neighbors and programs like Fresh Air Camps as vital and cites neighborly aid transforming dire homes into stable ones while stressing inner discipline and decency for democracy to endure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woman’s Institute
Manitoba
Neithor
Manitoba Department of Health and Public Welfare
Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association
Wartime Prices Column Answers Reader Inquiries
The information column notes subscription rates for weekly newspapers are exempt from max price controls. It also explains consumer and producer pricing for extracted honey, detailing bulk price of 12 percent per pound and a wholesale markup. eight pounds cost $1.24 when bought from the producer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Price Board
Power Building
Winnipeg
Women's
Power
A National Victory Garden and Its Wartime Craft
A nostalgic piece contrasts modern labor in victory gardens with past leisure activities like golf and fishing. It notes the pervasive voices of gardeners offering pest and soil tips, reflecting a shift in daily life during wartime.
Canadian Red Cross Scouts Care for War Wounded and POWs
Justice P H Jordan announces planning by the Canadian Red Cross to assist casualties and prisoners of war in the Sicilian campaign. Supplies and medical units are staged in Britain with overseas shipments totaling nearly twenty million items including bandages gowns and surgical supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Justice P. H.jordon
Canadian Red Cross Society
Canadian
Red Cross
Britain
Canadian Red Cross
Germany
Italy
Red Crow
London
Red Cross Prisoners of War Enquiry Bureau
Ottawa
Canada
A Night at Sea Wartime Vigil for U Boats and Freedom
A stormy night sea convoy keeps watch on the deck for U boats while wind bites and courage holds. The poem honors sailors who fight for freedom and asks supporters to help stamp out U boats. Edith Craig of Rossburn Manitoba signs the piece urging victory.
Stamp Out the U Boat Drives Reach Manitoba Total Over Top
The local U-Boat committee thanks the Secretary General Sales Manitoba for an excellent performance by the Miss Vanida girls aiding Fair Day. Rossburn and nineteen other towns have gone over the top. A. Gumienny L. Alexander and M. Locke are thanked for helping on Fair Day as stamps sales reached 47 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Vanida
Rossburn
Manitoba
A. Gumienny
L. Alexander
M. Locke
Municipal Act Auditors Reports Publicize to Ratepayers
Under section 663 the auditor reports must be published in a local newspaper or mailed to every ratepayer. Ratepayers are urged to ensure elected officials provide public access to these stewardship reports as required by law.
Wedding Kachan Kostecki United In Rossburn
A ceremony at the Roman Catholic Church in Angus ville on Sunday July 25 united Kachan of Rossburn to Kostecki of Rossburn with Rev Lopuszawski officiating. The couple will reside in Rogaburn and received many gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caure
Angusville
K. Wm. Kachan
Rossburn
Mias Carol In Kostecki
Father Lopuszawski
J. Kostecki
Kachan
M. Kombher
Sue
L. Urbanowski
M. Penonaék
B. K Kostecki
Iss Sylvia Banakowaki
Sudbury
Ontario
Mr. Kortecki
Rogaburn
National Economy Cited Amid Calls for Reform
A brief item notes proponents urge policy changes to secure a stable national economy amid concerns over steady growth and rising costs. Officials from key agencies stress coordinated action to restore confidence and curb inflation.
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The
Rossburn Review
of Victoria
Dex Gore
Manch
Bowley
Wee
Asmwintion
Church Services
United Church
B. F. Parsons
Rossburn Church Schooliam
Divine Service
Kelloe
Church School
A.m
Pentecostal Assembly
A. J. Hafl
Rossbuen
Divine Worship
Evangelistic Service
Ranchvale
the Chocolate Soldier
Nelson Eddy
Rise Stevens
Nigel Bruce
Florence Bates
Wake Island
Brian Donlevy MacDonald Carey
Robert Preston
Alsert Dekker
Quicky
Barlow & Dutton
Beef
Edith Craig, Rossburn
Man
Kachan—Kostecki
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