Hospital Aid Nets Over Four Hundred At Variety Fair
The Variety Fair on Florence Nightingale Day May 12 proved very successful with proceeds over 400 dollars. Mayor Moffat opened the fair at 3 pm and booth takings totaled 296.11 with individual receipts including Post Office 41.80 Novelties 38.40 Plants 11.95 Fish Pond 16.05 Home cooking 35.25 Candy 14.30 Fancy work 44.75 Plain sewing 6484 Kitchen Gadgets 19.05 Auction sale 31.90 Tea 64.10. Lucky ticket holder was Mrs Art Chesney of Vista and other contests and donations boosted the total.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moffat
Art Chesney
Vista
W. Day
Marion
Wm. Stitt
Norman Strong
Vista Couple Honored By Friends
A large number of friends gathered in the hall on Tuesday evening to bid farewell to Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Alexander. Presentations honored their many years of service with gifts and a rhinestone broach from Vista Ladies Aid. They have lived in the district all their lives and 29 years of marriage, active in church and community work, will be missed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. J. Alexander
Carman Brown
Wm. Stitt
Harvey Hamilton
Alexander
Art Chesney
Vista Ladies Aid
Eaton
United Church
Mr. Alexander
Municipal Office Sold To Locker Plant In Rossburn
Messrs Maurice Dutchak and Bill Wladyka purchased the Rossburn Municipal Building and will remodel it for a locker plant. A new 28 by 20 foot cinder block office to be built between the current office and the Co op Egg Station. J N Mandziuk Oakburn will also have office space in the Rossburn Hotel after June 1. The Village and County Court offices move to the new Municipal Building.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Dutchak
Bill Wladyka
Rossburn
R.M. of
Co-op
J. N. Mandziuk
Oakburn
J. G. L. Johnson
Harry Johnson
Massey-Harris
Jos. Peden
Bank of Toronto
Lil Johnson
Peden
Indian liquor sale sparks clash injures local constable
Const Ed Hadley, a well known figure in the Rossburn district, was hospitalized with a cracked collar bone after a scuffle with an intoxicated Indian in Elphinstone. The incident underscores the illegality of selling intoxicants to Indians and demands full penalties for violators. The writer labels the Indian as the innocent party and warns of ongoing consequences for liquor law violations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hadley
Rossburn
Elphinstone
Empress of Scotland Reenters St Lawrence Service
The 26 300 ton flagship Empress of Scotland sails from Quebec City outbound for Greenock Scotland and Liverpool. She will make the season’s first Quebec call on May 22 and depart three days later. With sister ships Empress of Canada and Empress of France docking at Montreal, the trio offer weekly St Lawrence to U K service. The Scotland has just returned from a winter Caribbean cruise from New York.
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Empress of Scotland
Chateau Frontenac
Quebec City
Greenock
Scotland
Liverpool
Quebec
Empress of Canada
Empress of France
Montreal
St. Lawrence River
U.K
New York
Caribbean
Presb yterial Meeting Highlights Missionary Drive
Birtle Presbyterial met in Newdale on Friday May 4 with a record 175 attendees. Mrs D Conly presided as officers were installed by Mrs Hunter. Miss Elizabeth Read of Angola Africa spoke on missionary work, sharing human interest stories and slides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Birtle Presbyterial
Newdale
New Church
D. Conly
Minnedosa
Foxwarren
Minniska
Hunter
Rev. Royal
Basswood
Cemetery Donations Recorded For Local Fund
The following donations to the cemetery fund have been received to date including gifts from Mrs. Nivan five dollars Mrs Stella Lobb ten dollars Mrs Sarah Young five dollars Mrs Martha Beatty ten dollars Miss Cassie McKee five dollars Dr Boyd McKee ten dollars Mrs Mabel McDonald five dollars Hazel and Willa Irwin five dollars Forme Rossburnite now living in Edmonton twenty five dollars Mr Ladies Aid fifty dollars Mr Chas Douglas five dollars Mr Archie McPhail six dollars Mrs Cugh five dollars Mrs Otto Miller ten dollars Mrs Florence Hasaid five dollars Mrs E M White five dollars Mr George Bolton five dollars Mr James Brown ten dollars Mr Fred Hodgkinson two dollars Mrs Geo Bolton five dollars Mr Hugh Armstrong two dollars Miss Pearl Ferguson ten dollars Wm Armstrong five dollars Mrs H Short six dollars and a half. Mrs Mabel Gunn ten dollars Mr Wilfred Miller ten dollars Late Wes Strong family material and cash eighteen dollars Donald MacKenzie ten dollars N Clubley two dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nivan
Stella Lobb
Stella Sleigh
Sarah Young
Martha Beatty
Martha Peden
Cassie McKee
Boyd McKee
Mabel McDonald
Hazel
Willa Irwin
Forme Rossburnite
E*monton
Ladies’ Aid
Chas. Douglas
Archie McPhail
Ugh
Otto Miller
Florence Has'aid
E. M. White
George Bolton
James Brown
Fred Hodgkinson
Geo. Bolton
Hugh Armstrong
Red Cross Faces New Challenge for More Blood Transfusions
J W H Milvaine reports to the Canadian Red Cross Society on increased blood collection and new centers while stressing the armed forces commitment and wartime example. He notes 92 893 patients benefited in 1950 with 136 799 bottles and calls for more donors amid unsettled international tensions. He cites Manitoba flood relief and the Canoe River troop train wreck as proof of a national service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Blood Transfusion Service
Canadian Red Cross
Iety
Armed Forces of Canada
J. W. H. Milvaine
K.C
Calgary
National Blood Donor Committee
H. H. Leather
M.B.E
Milvaine
Canada
Manitoba
Winnipeg
New Brunswick
St. John
Saskatchewan
Saskatoon
Regina
Vancouver
Edmonton
Hamilton
Canoe River
Graduation Exercises in Rossburn Town Hall May Twenty Ninth
School notes describe exam relief and upcoming graduation at Rossburn Town Hall on Tuesday May 29. Admission is free with a sixty cent chance to win a small prize. community excitement follows a yearly event. A Field Day in Oakburn on June 1 invites parent cooperation for children’s activities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oakburn
Rossburn Town Hall
Ross
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Mrs. Alberts
Sandy Lake
Bob Peden
O. Menzies
W. Armstrong
Murphy
Hodgkinson
J. Stitt
Clubley
St. Lawrence
Angusville, Rossburn, Vista
Oakburn and
Red Cross
Rossburn Srs
Inglis Srs
Rossburn Fair
GWU WE
Cme
Marksman
UI Aels
Rossburn, Man
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