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Newspaper
Rossburn Review
Location
Rossburn, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 11, 1956
Page
2
Poem celebrates autumn colors across Birdtail Valley with amber greens crimsons and golds. Dedicated to the Hiscock family and Agnes. Also notes Harvey and Mrs Raven wedding on October 6 and Pete Raginski anniversary on October 7 with a coffee table gift and speech by Ken Garret.
Nominations listed for Village and School Trustee positions with minimal turnout. Ward 2 faces a two candidate council contest while other wards and offices see acclamations and unfilled seats.
Mrs Nick Chopp visits relatives in Winnipeg while Hon Stuart Garson stops at the Review Office. Winnipeg and Solsgirth visits are listed alongside plans to move to California. Local sales dated October 12 15 18 20 22 and a note naming Michael J Kustiak as auctioneer accompany a short community roundup.
A Deloraine Times and Was kada News item highlights a garden at 758 Tenth Street noted for its glassed veranda, sweet peas, petunias, alyssums, geranium, fuchsia, and other blooms. The owner, who hosts eight boarders, also tends a model kitchen garden.
Oakburn residents welcomed relatives during the Thanksgiving weekend. Ernie Maduke visited Rosetown with his parents, while John Sajin and family from Jasper visited their in laws M B Wasilka. Marie, Diane Young, Nick Wasilka, and Bob Laird from Winnipeg joined the gatherings at Oakburn. Morris Wasilka and sons of Foxwarren visited Mark Ziemiansky and M B Wasilka’s home along with Joe Ziemiansky of Rossburn.
Mr and Mrs George Wight moved back to Rossburn. Birdtail W.I. will hold a Bazaar and Tea on October 20 in the United Church Annex. W.I. met at Mrs M Hrubeniuks home on Thursday. Mrs D Maxwell won the jackpot. Vivian Ruth Plant of Winnipeg visited over the weekend. Hilary Alston visited Diane Maxwell last Friday. Mr and Mrs Bert Barclay and Sheila of Rivers visited A Joiner and R Veitch over the long weekend.
A rural farmer asks the editor for details on a Bangs Disease by law reported in a previous issue. He questions whether the by law is in force and requests exact language or publication to guide farmers in compliance.
Local note lists numerous weekend visitors returning to their homes in Manitoba and surrounding areas. Names include Hay, Margaret, Slon, Johnson, Carson, Huston, Taylor, Urban, Gillespie, Veitch, McDonald, Karmazenuk, Scarfe, Oryniak, Pidlubney, Kemp, Stitt, Miller, Hamilton, Nahirniak, Koscielny, Heynke, Antonichuk, Kwiatkowski, Belmon, Klym, and Cormack among others visiting relatives and friends in Winnipeg, Belmont, Shoal Lake, Walpole, and Churchbridge.
The Council of the R M of Rossburn met Saturday in the Municipal Office with the Reeve presiding and all councillors present. Minutes were adopted, financial report confirmed, and one Municipal Aid request granted. A by law renews street lighting agreement with the Hyde commission and by law renomination and election received approval.
The committee thanks 18 ladies for sewing and knitting shipments from Winnipeg. It notes aid given to several families, beds and wheelchairs loaned to two households, and praises the Red Cross as a world wide aid group. Signed by Mrs. Viola Stitt Convenor.
A farewell dinner was held at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Chap Cummings in Brandon on September 30 for Sgt. and Mrs. Charlie Turnbull and their Winnipeg sons, who are posted to Quebec for two years of service. Family and friends present included Mrs. Turnbull’s parents and multiple local residents from Shoal Lake, Vista, Oakburn, and Garth, among others.
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