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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
1
A passage questions brothers treachery and division, invoking unity under one father and one God as created beings. It recalls the covenant of the ancestors and urges adherence to shared faith and lineage.
A reminiscence by a Manitoba settler recounts early life in Ireland and Ontario, minting a trek to western Canada in 1879. He describes family, hardships, a move to Atwood, encounters with notable locals, and a dramatic prairie journey including river fording and wagon travel. The tale ends with a promised continuation next week.
The Manitoba Federation of Agriculture and Co-operation salutes farmers for record wartime food output aiding Allied Victory. It notes per capita Manitoba contributions were outstanding, praises farm families and youths, and urges cooperative effort to feed starving Europe and Asia after peace. It calls MFAC ready to assist in community improvements and postwar goals.
The June meeting, presided by Reeve H Huston, adopts minutes, converts 3000 bonds to cash, approves four old age pension applications, bans tractors with steel lugs on the highway under the Highway Traffic Act, lets a contract to Tom Prus for highway travel, and arranges for Ruthenia district school material. The next meeting is July 6 with a court of revision for the 1946 electors roll, and the office closes June 22 to 28 for a municipal convention in Winnipeg.
Mr Mike Saley has returned from Russell hospital much improved after his recent accident. Mr Norman Witman has taken over the work driving the caterpillar. The road across the Riding
Report notes Park status and local visitations as residents Joe Orynick of Rossburn and Alex Kimber travel to Grandview. Also mentions Alex Kabechsky of Grand View visiting Mike Kozun and announces the June 9 1946 marriage of Waltes Pawhuk and Marie Michalchuk of Angusville.
Local residents return from holidays and visits. Several couples travel to Quebec Winnipeg and St Lazare for family and discharge arrangements. A birth is recorded in Russell Hospital. The theatre shows Here Come Abs Waves. A U.G.C.C. picnic is announced for July 12 at the Rossburn Fair Grounds. Capt Shaver arrives to serve as Medical Doctor. The Rossburn Consumers Cooperative holds its 2nd annual meeting with 71 members present.
Shirley Stitt spent the weekend with Gerald Brown. Mrs D McDonald hosted a turkey dinner at the Lake View Hotel Shoal Lake in honor of Mrs Holman's 91st birthday. Guests included Mrs A Chesney Mrs B Mitchell Mrs R Stitt and friends from Rapid City. The group enjoyed several bowling games.
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