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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
May 08, 1947
Page
9
Publisher H J Bowley sets rates for Canadian subscriptions at $2.00 yearly and U S subscribers at $2.50 yearly. Card of thanks wording limited to seven lines costs 50 cents.
The article recalls early settlers who arrived in Rossburn District from 1879 to 1883, including the Warneck, Taylor, Irwin, Young, Warnock, Carson, Stewart, Menzies and other families. It notes harsh winters, first facilities like a lone thermometer, and an attempting oatmeal mill hoax shifting to Birtle. The CPR’s 1882 arrival spurred a new wave of settlers, expanding the community.
In 1879 the early Rossburn settlement welcomed Nellie and Eamond Attivmnain and Meinten d, with Henry Jose and C M Copeland representing local churches. Copeland became an ordained minister and spent years in YALC A work. The arrangement gave Rossburn weekly services and its first school taught by Mr Rose. Teachers included Thos Young, Sillers, Miss McLeod, Miss Starratt, and Alex rally.
A speech argues food is used as an ideological weapon under totalitarian regimes. It condemns famine caused by supply controls and urges care, sharing, and God’s abundance as a path to honest distribution, prosperity for farmers and manufacturers, and neighborly unity.
Local notes report Miss Alice Peden returning to Rossburn Exchange and visitors from Brandon and Winnipeg. A Mothers Day service at the United Church with appropriate music is announced for May 11. Summer travel, theatre showings, and district visits are noted along with a highway bus update and an organization meeting for Manitoba game and fish groups. Barley entry deadlines and contest administration details are included.
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