Hospital Shower Draws Wide Community Support
A town hall shower on October 12 raised 15.67 from lunch and collected numerous donations of groceries canned goods and personal items for the Rossburn Hospital Aid. Donors include Mrs Caldwell J Sherritt Miss B Cormack H Taylor and many others with items ranging from fruit juice soap to jam and towels. The October Rossburn Hospital Aid meeting will be held October 21 at 8 p m at Mrs Jim Smiths home with thanks extended to all contributors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. Caldwell
J. Sherritt
H. Komhyr
Tom Armstrong
Jean
McKnight
O. Elvers
McFeeters
B. Cormack
Bill Stitt
M. Mischanchuk
H. Huston
J. Andrew
Alf Mitchell
Rowat Veitch
Jean Cleland
Clara Peden
Hutton
H. Middlemass
Norman Clubley
Ruby Armstrong
Pat Johnston
Lottie Stitt
J. J. Stitt
Angela Ryzytylo
J. G. Stitt
Joyce Mischanchuk
Langridge
Anne Slow
George Lawless
Aylwin
D. Andrew
Maxwell
Crookshanks
W. Sting
John Maydaniuk
Rossburn Hospital Aid
Jim Smith
Mrs M H Turnbull Rites Held at Angusville Church
The funeral for Mrs. M H Turnbull wife of the late James L Turnbull occurred Wednesday at Angusville United Church. She was 68 and a Seeburn School graduate with deep church ties and life membership in the Women’s Missionary Society. Survived by two daughters Mary and Jessie and son Arthur, she left nine grandchildren and two brothers John and George Bell. Interment followed at Silver Creek Cemetery with Rev G W Tindale officiating.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. H. Turnbull
Angusville United Church
James L Turnbull
Turnbull
Bell Farm
Seeburn School
Women’s Missionary Society
Silver Creek Cemetery
G. W. Tindale
Russell
Chas Armitage
Willis Kieper
Ed. Minshull
R. E. Pritchard
A. Coulter
G Forrest
Births at Rossburn Hospital KOLOSKY Daughter Born October 16
A daughter was born at Rossburn Hospital to Mr and Mrs Charlie Kolesky on October 16. The baby is reported in good health and is welcomed to the family by relatives and friends.
Community notes from Rossburn and area highlights
Rossburn area residents and guests share weekend visits and travels. Families including Woods, Hamiltons, Kalynovich, Karmazenuk and Mitchells travel to Swan River, Carman, Winnipeg, Kenora and Sioux Narrows. Local trips include Dauphin and Rivers, with several extended visits and family gatherings noted.
Weather notes on unusually warm October nights
The article remarks on an extended warm October with five nights above 50 degrees against 17 years of readings. It records no September snow for the first time and notes the pattern of warm, windy days with brief rain, warning the warmth may not continue.
Funeral Rites Held Saturday For Pioneer Resident
Joseph Irwin Huston longtime Rossburn resident and former rural councillor is remembered in a Saturday funeral at the Rossburn Town Hall. Surviving family includes Mildred Huston and children Irwin Harris Merridith. Rae's Funeral Home of Shoal Lake coordinated arrangements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rossburn
Joseph Irwin Huston
Mr. Huston
Mildred Huston
Irwin
Winnipeg
Harris
Merridith
Swan River
A. H. Skidmore
Selkirk
Earl Moffat
Peter Wladyka
Jim Armstrong
John Cormack
Henry Miller
Gordon Taylor
J. G. Stitt
H. McKnight
Rae
Shoal Lake
Teachers Hold Convention At Russell Last Week
The Western Marquette Teachers Association met in Russell with 96 teachers attending. The opening session featured greetings from the president and Russell officials. educators from the Department of Education spoke in the afternoon. Dr. J. R. Evans of Brandon College gave a banquet address on learning to leave a legacy. A Friday discussion proposed a local plan to raise and equalize testing standards using a common examination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ern Marquette Teachers’ Association
Russell
C. Gunn
Labassiere
Burgess
Shower In Honor Of Mary Dunits
A shower in honor of Mary Dunits bride elect was held in October. Guests arrived to find a corsage and escort to a decorated chair. Corsages were worn by Mary’s mother Helen Dunits and Mary Kaskiw. Gifts were presented by Irene Piasta and Agnes Shewchuk as Gail Woycheshin and Clarence Kaskiw arrived with gifts. Guests assisted in unwrapping. Mary thanked everyone and a choir sang. A lunch followed with 85 ladies signing the guest book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Dunits
Marion Gumieny
Helen Dunits
Mary Kaskiw
Shoal Lake
Irene Piasta
Agnes Shewchuk
Gail Woycheshin
Clarence Kaskiw
Marion Gummeny
Agnes Shevchuk
Mary
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Lynn Lake
F. C. Bell
Lorne Leech
Peter Cain
Canada
Mining and Resources
Rossburn Hospital
Rossburn News
Rodney Woods
Binscarth
Gertrude Woods
Ronald Hamilton
Cormack
Emelia
Douglas
Sonia Berzanski
Tony Kalynovich
Oakburn
Nick Karmazenuk
Carman
Manley Karmazenuk
Mrs Karmazenuk
Agnes Mitchell
Gertrude Moods
Stanley Taylor
Kenora
Sioux Narrows
Ont
Roger Harrison
Woods
Aitcheson
Dauphin
G. Bliss
Carson
Harvey Foxton
Fairfax
Rivers
Bill Peden
Brandon
Vernon Hamilton
Shirley and
Alex Hamilton
Joe Ryan
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WEATH
L. Neal
Pentecostal Church
Thos. Ferguson
Harriston
Ontario
Maine
Strathclair
Prince Albert Trail
Ranchvale
Valley District
Mike Sotas
Huston
Robert Taylor
Virden
Mildred Taylor
Joe
Vista
Birdtail
Birstail
Agricultural Society
Russell Ccf Association
Hamilton
Rowland
Selsgirth
Margaret Hamilton
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