Rivers News Through The Decades Chronicle
A digest of events from 1912 to 2012 includes Grand Trunk Pacific railway expansion, a 1952 accident injuring Len Turnbull, Kiwanis pool closure amid polio concerns, highway detour work, birth announcements, and local milestones. Also notes Rex Theatre reopening, Highland Games attendance, library expansion, anniversaries, sports, and police activity in Rivers Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Trunk Pacific
Rivers
Len Turnbull
Brandon
RM of Daly
Rivers Kiwanis Playpool
R. Callaway
Larry Desjardins
Heritage farm gate sign awarded to Wolstenholmes in Rivers area
Kaye and Sharon Wolstenholme received a Heritage Farm gate sign and wall plaque on July 29 to be displayed at their home 7.5 miles northeast of Rivers. The farm spans six generations and 133 years, meeting heritage criteria from Manitoba Historical Society and Agriculture. Acres of Hope held its harvest on Aug. 7 with winter wheat 1.75 miles north of Rivers averaging 61.5 bushels per acre. Kelsey Smith wed Cam Anderson on Aug. 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black
Oak River
Kaye
Sharon Wolstenholme
Rivers
Manitoba Historical Society
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Acres of Hope
Kelsey Smith
Cam Anderson
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lake Wahtopanah
Rivers Legion
Victor Lowe
Sarnold Brandon
Jim McCulloch
Mike
IGA
Les Dyer
Roy Adam
Rivers Town Council
Rivers Tennis Club
Prairie Crocus Regional Library
Rivers Orioles Mosquito
Bill McDonald
R. Hunter
Vivian Warner
Cam Stewart
Darlene Duck
Tony Hrabek
Heather Smith
Jim Bate
Kathy Plaseski
Tim Mercredi
Lorna Young
Shelly Esplin
Jim Harvey
Sandra Ferguson
Neil McNiven
Robin Duncan
Calgary
Joyce Wedderburn
Tarbolton
Carvey’s
Zion Pentecostal Church
Rivers Ukrainian Hall
Second Avenue
Ray Silbernegal Rivers
Souris
St. Lazare
Third Avenue
Doug Bros
Rivers Fire Department
Dickson Farms Ltd
Krahn
Wheatland
Oak Rivers
Wayne Ramsey
Sophia Hinsburg
Bruce Rainka
Monica Barrett
David Stevenson
Shawna Joynt
Tom Wilson
Carolyn Black
Jamie Brown
Lori Rudnnski
Warren Nickerson
Katherine Thompson
Todd Campbell
Ron Radford
Allan Dennison
George
Jet
Justin
Oakview
Minto-Odanah
Rosedale
Yellowhead
Harrison Park
Clanwilliam-Erickson
Riverdale
Minnedosa
Little Saskatchewan River Conservation District
LSRCD
Elphinstone
Hilltop Groceteria & Gas
Erickson
RM of
Newdale
Municipality of
Little Saskatchewan River
Onanole
Rapid City
Sandy Lake
Heritage Co-op
Strathclair
RM of Yellowhead
Little
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