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Newspaper
Rivers Banner
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 15, 2008
Page
5
Lorne Radcliffe Cardale recalls Ruby Gray his Grade One teacher at Moline School 543. He thanks Rita Friesen for the Banner tribute and notes Gray and husband Knox Gray lived in the company cottage at Moline while she taught the one room school. He mentions Gray’s July 2009 passing and her lasting impact.
A plant breakdown halted town electrical service from Friday evening to Wednesday night. CN has supplied power for 20 years but growth overwhelmed the line. Council discussed options and approved a resolution. Manitoba Hydro will rush in a new line tomorrow or Saturday to restore supply.
Rivers Youth Soccer thanks Wim and Marlies Verbruggen of Dutch Barn for donating a new set of shirts for the Boys Under 12 group after last year’s BU10 team moved up. The previous shirts went with the older players.
The column notes visits from Kenton News Bill and Carol Lonsdale to Minnedosa and other trips by Campbells and Kent cousins to Williams Lake for a bullriding finals. It marks Jack and Judy Forrest’s 50th anniversary in Alberta, plus visits by Curry, Siemens, Finnie families. A birth announces Terron William Johns with Ken and Merrilee Bond as grandparents and multiple relatives visiting from Scotland Ireland and England.
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