Pelly Trail Unitary Board Advances School Policy and Bus Plans
The Pelly Trail Unitary School Division Board met June 5 and 12 with full trustees present. They thrashed transportation and ward boundary policy and approved bids, staffing changes, polling station use, and bus purchases for Shellmouth Inglis Rossburn routes, plus plans for a baby clinic and MLA attendance discussions.
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Pelly Trail
Minish
Bradshaw
Hille
Miss Quinn
Memorable rally features Diefenbaker backing Marquette hopeful
A crowd near 3000 at Russell Arena heard former Prime Minister John Diefenbaker address Progressive Conservative candidate Craig Stewart for Marquette. Diefenbaker condemned nation split proposals, urged unity, warned about high living costs, dollar decline, and unemployment, recalling past wheat surpluses in 1957.
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Russell Arena
John Diefenbaker
Marquette
Craig Stewart
Dauphin
Gordon Ritchie
M.P
Nick Mandziuk
Elmer Forbes
Russell
Burgess
Diefenbaker
Canada
United States
Cubs Awarded Plaque At Birtle
The Rossburn Wolf Cub Pack attended a Cuboree at Birtle on Saturday with Cubs from five towns. They received the Turkey Trail Plaque for most points and won the ball tournament along with two firsts two seconds and two thirds in Track and Field.
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Rossburn
Birtle
Rossburn Pack
Village of Rossburn notices waste disposal plan incinerator plan
The Rossburn village council appeals to residents to clean litter from fields and approve burning burnable garbage at home or at the nuisance grounds. An incinerator will be built to handle burnables excluding old tires. public cooperation is sought or a by law with penalties will follow. Mayor John W. Cormack signs the notice.
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Rossburn
Earle Taylor
John W. Cormack
Fire destroys old Roy Irwin Garage landmark in Rossburn
Late night blaze levelled Frank Melnyk's old garage across Mountain Avenue from his new building. Four new Case Tractors and a Case Combine were lost or badly damaged, with several other tractors saved. Strong south easterly wind fueled the fire, causing the United Church roof to catch fire twice and singeing Town Hall shingles. The old structure remains a Rossburn landmark despite the loss.
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Frank Melnyk
Mountain Avenue
Roy Irwin
Rossburn
United Church
Town Hall
Boy Scouts and Cubs Parents Night at Rossburn School
A Cub and Scout Parents Night was held at Rossburn Elementary School on a Wednesday evening with about 75 attendees. The program featured flag raising, grand howl, demonstrations on camp fire building, tumbling, and food prep, plus awards for Cub leaders and top sellers. Eleven of nineteen Cubs are advancing to Scouts next season as ceremonies closed with a flag lowering and a farewell handshake.
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Rossburn
Cubs
Lloyd Willett
Lions Club
Ed Harris
Pioneers
Cst
Bob Mow
Ernie Stefanik
Rossburn Lions Club
Senior Citizens
Ken Hamilton
Ron Hamilton
Randy Komhyr
Wayne Carson
Jim Charchuk
Kerry Lawless
Blaine Veitch
Bill Malchuk
Winnipeg
Gene Nahnybida
Dauphin
Bert Mitchell
Dennis Wrightson
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H. E. Way
Ted Bartram
Angusville
Way
R. M. of
Moorehead
Manitoba Teachers’ Society
Shellmouth
Inglis
Vista
Endecliffe
Inglis Collegiate
Wally MacKenzie
M.L.A
MacKenzie
Frank Schaak
Wally Henderson
Health Department
Minister of Education
Russell Agricultural Society
Pelly
Boy Scouts & Cubs
Rossburn Sports
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