This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
Anniversaries and events span Rivers history through 1980
From Our Files highlights birthdays weddings and notable incidents dated April across years 1920 to 1980. It notes Mr and Mrs Jas McFadden 25th anniversary in 1920, resignations town secretary treasurer 1930s, 1940s fires at Wong Hongs Cafe and a chicken house, 1950 vandalism at Wheatland Anglican Church, multiple 1960s and 1970s marriages and births, and 1980 police activity and anniversaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. McFadden
E. J. Forman
Dorothy Elizabeth Booth
Rivers
John Selby Brown
St. George’s Church
A. W. Allen
Mike Chubak
Rivers Players
Rapid City
Wong Hong
Wheatland
CJTAC
Elizabeth Marjorie Robins
Jack Peter Antoniak
Mildred May Turney
Garnet L. Murray
Gwendolyn Harrison
Allan Angus
C. R. Parkinson
D. J. Lidster
John LaPort
John Tucker
Waldersee — Lutheran Church
Gladys Jonasson
Richard Fast
Centennial Committee
Earl Dawson
Winnipeg
Air Canada
Albert Mason
Mervin
Cheryl McMurachy
Strathclair
Rivers Town
Ken & Helen
Oak River
Newdale Lions Club