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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1946
Page
7
Fragmentary quotation urges readers to recall one father and one God, questioning why people betray each other and profane ancestral covenants. The archaic phrasing echoes a moral appeal amid communal discord.
Fragmentary OCR reads like a terse Vista item: unclear time 1.30 a.m. and possible notation regarding an all or nothing status. No names, places, or actions clearly identifiable from the readable text.
A fragmented reminiscence details a Ontario to Manitoba pioneer journey from Stittsville to Rossburn. The narrator recalls family hardships, early work in Michigan lumber camps, a move to Atwood Ontario, and a western trek with a wagon, horses, and river fording, ending with arrival near Winnipeg and connections to Rossburn residents.
The Manitoba Federation of Agriculture congratulates Manitoba farmers on record food production during the war and calls for continued cooperative effort to feed starving Europe and Asia. It notes community needs, praises retirees and youth, and urges focus on peace era plans. Also reports on visits and a June 9 1946 marriage in Angusville.
The regular meeting was held Saturday Tune Suh with all members and Reeve H Huston present. Minutes were read and adopted. The council approved four age pension applications and decided to convert three thousand dollars in bonds to sash. A resolution bans tractors with steel higs on highways under section twenty one of the Highway Traffic Act. Tom Prus of Strathela’r was contracted to travel the highway. Ruthenia school district will be cared for and supplied with materials for a new school. An adjournment set for July 6 at 2 p.m. to hold a Court of Revision for the 1946 electors roll, then the regular meeting to follow. Municipal office closure set June 22 to June 28 for secretary at the municipal convention in Winnipeg.
Mr. Mike Saley has returned from Russell hospital much improved after a recent accident. Mr. Norm Witman has taken over the work driving the caterpillar. The road across the Riding.
Local paper records visits and departures including Mr and Mrs Cormack to Quebec for the Forester’s Convention and Mrs Donald Armstrong joining her husband in Winnipeg. Notes cover theatre showings, a local softball game, a birth, a U.G.C.C. picnic, a courtesy visit by Capt Shaver, a new town doctor, and the Rossburn Consumers Cooperative annual meeting with board elections.
Shirley Stitt spent the week end with Gerald Brown. Alis D McDonald entertained guests last Tuesday at a turkey dinner for Mrs Holman on her 91st birthday at the Lake View Hotel Shoal Lake. Guests included Mrs A T Chesney Mrs B Mitchell Mrs R Stitt and friends and relatives from Rapid City. The evening featured bowling and shared laughter.
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