10 Mar 1949
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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
1
A lighthearted, period tone piece satirizes curling rituals and rink hierarchy. It outlines roles from lead to skip, detailing duties, etiquette, and the social penalties for poor play, bluster, or misfortune during a bonspiel.
The Ladies Curling Club annual bonspiel on March 7 and 8 featured eight rinks in two events. Prize winners included Grand Challenge first place team M Stitt R Mitchell E Peden B Duncanson and second place Miss Ellwood M Murphy Mrs H Graham Mrs d Smith with multiple placings by Williamson Von Hagen Peikoff Crookshanks Murray A Williamson Ament Armstrong Cleland Stechewich Cormack day Lindsay Reisa Peilkoff Snider Karmaz enuk Carson Butler and Drosdoski Veitch Klym Paisner.
Red Cross canvassers will visit every citizen in Rossburn in the coming days to collect for the Canadian Red Cross. The Manitoba quota is 308000 dollars with Rossburn expected to contribute its share. Meet the canvassers with as generous a donation as possible. Today and Every Day The Work of Mercy Never Ends.
Rossburn United Church held its annual meeting on a Monday in February with Mr. Wallen presiding. The favorable report from CSS organizations was read as the Board of Managers was listed by term length and new ushers and assistants were appointed.
Red Cross Bonspiel netted 46 for the Canadian Red Cross and 29 70 from lunch sales making 275 70 in total. Thirty two rinks competed with prize winners led by Grand Challenge Ist H Nield and Consolation Ist L Lawless. The column ends with a nurse and contractor quip.
A short note suggests that a chip on the shoulder points to higher wood remaining above. The idea ties a visible flaw to the presence of more material beneath.
Winners were Dale Von Hagen first M Cormack second dackie Kolanski third Eddie Strank fourth. A humorous line about rabbits and a child’s bedtime prayer follows, ending with a Twain quote about reading.
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