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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 07, 1952
Page
2
The Cemetery Committee held its annual spring meeting and elected officers. Oliver Hodge was named Chairman and J. G. Stitt was chosen as an officer.
A roundup of local travels and visits from Vista and surrounding areas includes residents visiting relatives in Hamiota Shoal Lake Russell and Winnipeg. The piece notes a Mothers Day service and seed fair award results plus cemetery committee plans and a fundraiser dance in Rossburn to buy a cemetery mower.
The ACT C K X Spring series final broadcast in Brandon on May 10 invites two talent winners and one popularity winner from Rossburn and other towns. Talent prizes are 50, 30, 20 dollars, proceeds go to the Manitoba Sanatorium Board for mobile X Ray units.
A local father phoned the weekly to announce the birth, but the caller misheard and asked for a repeat. The father sharply replies he will not repeat the news.
Angusville resident Mr. Alexander Chuchmuch signs two contracts for recent songs. The first orchestral piece “Too Wrong To Say You’re Right” is recorded for use by Quality Motion Picture Studios in Hollywood. The second “Someday When Dreams Come True” is a Waltz with Hollyhit Records.
Mr and Mrs Albert Chambers and family of Winnipeg have moved to Rossburn and opened a Bakery and Lunch Bar. The town had lacked a bake shop, and residents welcome the new business. The bakeshop features electrical equipment and a 150 loaf oven. The couple has resided in Rossburn weeks but could not open until last Saturday. They hope to be well stocked for the weekend as pastry and cake offerings ramp up.
The Manitoba Power Commission reports over 77 000 customers served in the fiscal year ending March 31. Hydro notes 27 000 Manitoba farms now receive electricity with 91 towns adding street lighting and major line and substation upgrades. The 1952 program plans electrifying 5 000 more farms and extending service to 21 more villages and hamlets.
Alex Sawchuk, proprietor of Rossburn Transfers, bought a Super Power White semi trailer. The new truck enables him to haul twice as much in one trip as he formerly could in two trucks. The gross weight is about twenty tons with a net load of 12 tons. Removal of road restrictions would improve shipping.
A witty exchange features Johnny asking a young woman about Kip ling. She admits uncertainty and asks how to kipple, implying unfamiliarity with the term and a playful misunderstanding.
The White Cross Guild launches its third annual Rags to Riches drive May 10 to June 10 across Manitoba, with volunteers collecting acceptable old clothes and items to raise funds for hospital needs. Proceeds fund new equipment and materials for Manitoba hospitals. Rossburn hosts the central depot at the John Deere Building with transport by Rossburn Transfer.
The Manitoba angling season south of the 53rd Parallel starts May 10 instead of May 17 due to hot weather and early lake openings. Species affected include maskinonge pike pickerel perch sauger goldeye and moon eye while north of the parallel remains May 17. Gods River trout season runs May 15 to September 1 with single hooks only in the area and a reduced daily trout limit to five statewide with other creek limits amended.
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