Easter Seals Campaign Closed By Ross Burn Lions Club
The Easter Seals drive sponsored by the Ross burn Lions Club raised 178.50 in 1966. The Lions Club committee thanks all contributors and participants. Postage of 13 was absorbed by numerous named local supporters including Alexander Gordon Ament Alex Andrew James Andrew Jean Armstrong Ruby Armstrong Tom Armstrong Walter Armstrong Harry Aylwin Mike Bart Bette Barclay Mrs Louise Carson John Charney Betty Ann Clubley Norman Clubley and many others.
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Rossburn Lions Club
The
Lions Club
Alexander
Gordon Ament
Alex Andrew
James Andrew
Jean Armstrong
Ruby Armstrong
Tom Armstrong
Walter Armstrong
Harry Aylwin
Mike Bart
Bette Barclay
Louise
Harris Huston
William Kachan
Murray Kalyniuk
N. Karmazeruk
George Klapp
Harry Komhyr
Joe Kreshewski
Sylvia Lukie
J. Lehky
E. McFeeters
A. McIntosh
Matt, MecKietiuk
William McKietiuk
H. W. McTavish
Frank Melnyk
H. H. Metcalf
E. Michalechuk
Mike Misanchuk
Earl Moffat
K. Moulson
Mike Pawluk
W. Peden
George Phelps
C. Przybylski
George Lazaruk
G. G. Erickson
Ann Restan
Mike Ryzytylo
N. K. Scarrow
Joe Sidlar
Orest Smycnnik
Don Stitt
Lottie Stitt
Robert St
Rossburn Women’s Institute Meeting Summary
Rossburn Women’s Institute met in the annex on Tuesday May 3 at 3 pm. Creed opened the gathering with thanks to Mrs. Moan and Mrs. Lindsay for leadership in the presidents and secretary-treasurer absence. Mr Huston spoke on the Centennial meeting at Birtle and Rossburn plans, followed by Mrs MacPhail of Vista on the Russell board meeting. District convention is set for Roblin on May 18 with Mrs Cormack as delegate and Mrs Wilson Stitt as board member. Jackpot won by Mrs Moan donated by Mrs Lindsay. Mizpah benediction closed the meeting with hostesses Mrs Wilson Stitt and Mrs McIntosh. An unkind word is like a killing frost.
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Rossburn Women’s Institute
Annex
Moan
Lindsay
Pres
Sec.treas
Huston
Birtle
Rossburn
MacPhail
Vista
Russell
Roblin
Cormack
Wilson Stitt
Mcintosh
Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Service at Rossburn May 8
The Ukrainian Greek Orthodox Church will hold a service at Rossburn this Sunday May 8 at 10 00 am. A dinner will follow after the service at the Ukrainian National Home.
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Rossburn
Minor Baseball Opens May Nineteenth Across Region
The Mid Western Minor baseball league met in Strathclair on May 1 despite snow and playoff chatter. Over a dozen towns from the Saskatchewan border to Rivers Saskatchewan area entered bids for Bantam B and A Midget Pee Wee and Juvenile classes with May 8 deadline to secretary M Dunn Strathclair. League play begins May 19 with preliminary games and full schedule due by then. Officers elected include Wally Henderson Inglis president and Milt Dunn Strathclair secretary treasurer with Harris Huston Rossburn statistician.
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Strathclair Legion Hall
Saskatchewan
No. 10 Highway
Rivers, Man
Binscorth
Onanole
Hamiota
M. Dunn
Strathclair
Wally Henderson
Inglis
Mike Scrupa
Milt Dunn
Sec
Treas
Harris Huston
Rossburn
Parents Night Highlights Cubs and Scouts at Rossburn event
Tuesday evening at the Rossburn Collegiate Auditorium parents watched Cubs and Scouts demonstrate activities from the year. Two Scouts Larry Huston and Dwight Aylwin received the Religion and Life Badge from Rev. Gordon Fulford of the United Church. Group Committee chair Mrs H Komhyr led planning with help from mothers of the Cubs and Scouts who organized a lunch to close the evening.
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Rossburn Collegiate
Larry Huston
Dwight Aylwin
Gordon Fulford
The
United Church
Rossburn Hospital Auxiliary April Meeting Report
The April meeting at Ann Slon’s home had twenty two members. The group adopted minutes, reviewed finances, and read a Lions Carnival thank you note. Regional meeting will be in Virden on May 19 with registration 1:30 to 2:00 p.m. Masquerade Dance report given, lunch list distributed, Mother's Day Smorgasbord notes shared, and a portable suction machine purchase advertisement discussed.
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Hospital Auxiliary
Ann Slon
Jessie Caldwell
Doreen McMillan
Lions Club
Virden
Maureen Erickson
Pelly Trail to Adopt Single Board Education in Manitoba
A mid western Manitoba division, Pelly Trail, encompassing Russell Binscarth Rossburn and Oakburn, backs one board to run elementary and secondary schools. Local associations plan public meetings with the Manitoba Teachers Society and Department of Education as a referendum may be held for twenty percent petition or ministerial decision. If approved, divisions gain ten percent provincial grants with funds from a Smorgasbord. Public meeting at Rossburn Consolidated School on May 9 features George Strang.
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Manitoba
Pelly Trail
Russell
Binscarth
Rossburn
Oakburn
Board of Education
Mike Yakimyshyn
Manitoba Teacher’s Society
Manitoba Association of School Trustees
Department of Education
Education
Rossburn Consolidated $.D
Geo. Strang
Cross Canada Road Rally Hits Soft Saskatoon Route
The 4000 mile rally continued through a Saskatoon Winnipeg leg on Road No 577 Marco road where conditions were soft and muddy after heavy rain. Only 37 of 60 starters remained by Tuesday evening after Vancouver to Winnipeg segment.
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Saskatoon
Winnipeg
Vancouver
Raily
Winners Celebrate at Wednesday Evening Bingo
A large crowd attended the regular Wednesday bingo session. Winners included Miss Joan Glushka four dollars, Mrs Mike Verbowski fifteen dollars, George Herrmann four dollars, Mrs John Hullick four dollars, Mrs Alex Sawchuk four dollars, John Obedniak fifteen dollars, and several others with tied prizes at twenty five dollars.
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Joan Glushka
Mike Verbowski
George Herrmann
John Hullick
Alex Sawchuk
John Obedniak
Bill Mankir
Agnes Kachin
Andrew Gregorash
Wm. Pomehichuk
Peter Malchuk
Gerald Nychuk
Glushka Couple Mark 60th Wedding Anniversary
Mr and Mrs Michael Glushka celebrate sixty years of marriage on Friday May 6 1966. They wed May 6 1906 at the old Roman Catholic church near Oakburn which burned in 1928. Mrs Glushka remains in St Boniface Hospital after gallstone surgery. well wishes flow for a speedy recovery.
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Michael Glushka
Rev
Fihken
Oakburn
That Dear Little Mother o Mine Heartsong
A nostalgic verse laments a mother’s timeless comfort from childhood through adulthood. The speaker recalls tender moments of care after injuries and the solace found in a mother’s smile as life’s trials pass. The poem envisions a comforting reunion beyond life’s final boundary with a mother waiting.
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Birdtail
John York
Marco — Harold Hingie
E. Wowkotrubton
E. McDonald
Mike Mackedenski
Margaret Miller
Peter Woychyshyn
Willis Stitt Mears
George Semaniuk
Boy Scouts
Great Britain
Africa
Canada
Rossburn Hospital
Jessie Willet
Doris Caldwell
Doreen MecMillan
Vi. McKietiuk
Vi. MecKietiuk
Mother
Earth
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