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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 30, 1944
Page
7
A wartime appeal stresses efficiency and loyalty among citizens, urging continued training and coordinated effort to support fighting units. It urges saving and lending money to fund farms, equipment, and home improvements for a stronger national war effort.
Peter Cherwonick left Saturday for Winnipeg to report for military training. Mrs. M Peiko returned from a two week visit in Los Angeles. Bill Dawson arrived for a short leave. Families and friends shared visits at various homes and the Vista Scout Troop joined the Rossburn Troop for first aid classes. A gathering for Corporal Strong’s relatives featured songs and a lunch. Oswald Armstrong in Great Britain and Harold Armstrong in North Africa sent word, and Blair Lindsay writes from England about Hardy’s Wessex. A correction notes 64 years rather than 62 for Mr Sinclair. A son, Terence Ross Hall, was born March 21 at Russell Sacred Heart Hospital to Rev A J Hall and wife.
A Bracebridge scene shows Corporal J M Strong returning from overseas with his daughter in his arms and his son’s excited call for mother at the cinema. Ivy travels from Toronto for the family reunion. In Ottawa, MPs approve spring farm leave rules allowing more soldiers to take unpaid agricultural leave with self-arranged transport, subject to military requirements.
New regulations to relieve manpower shortage extend spring seeding and provide leave for Canadian Army personnel aiding prairie grain fields. Provisions aim to boost agricultural production in western Canada during the planting season.
The notice requires all dog taxes to be paid to the collector Mr. H. Alexander or the Secretary of the Village of Russbura on or before April 15. The warning enforces timely payment and outlines the responsible officers.
Line Elevators Farm Service publishes the first Canadian bulletin on soil water erosion. Bulletin No 4, “Water Erosion of Soils in the Prairie Provinces and Its Control,” is now distributed. Advisory staff include La Coeme Swift Current Mitchell Albright Tinling Beaverlodge Brandon. Copies available through Line Elevator agents or by mail.
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