Rivers area remembers milestones across decades
Chronological notes recount local life from 1934 to 2004 in Rivers and Oak River region. Highlights include Christmas parcel letters from overseas boys, birth announcements at Forman Nursing Home, community parades, church hymnal changes, anniversaries, business moves, skaters club, and award recipients.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roseville Church Women’s Aid
Tom Smith
Forman Nursing Home
Roy Angus
John Wallace
Rivers
Brandon
Oak River
Tad Hoyak
Masonic
Red & White
Barbara Hughes
Janice Gusdal
David Faust
Wilf Paddock
A. Perrin
I. Larsen
E. Lussier
Rivers Catholic Church
Miss Gray
Farmers’ Co-op
Rolling Dale Association
Norman
Joan Lepp
Barry
Lorie Forman
Ford Mercury
Forman Motors Sales Limited
Cardale Women’s Institute
Les Rawlinson
Carol Thiessen
Carl Sablin
Lakeside Sno-Riders
Valley Riders Club
Alice Kemp
Dominion
Rapid City Legion Auxiliary
Adam Reid
Winnipeg
Rolling River
Sherrie-Lee Chiarot
Mental Health
Notable December milestones in Canadian political history
Annie Buller born in 1895 in Ukraine began full time party work for the Communist Party of Canada. The 1982 Law of the Sea treaty established a 200 mile international continental limit. The last Canadian hanging occurred in 1962 at Don Jail in Toronto for murder. Nancy Hodges became Speaker of the B C Legislature in 1949, first woman in the British Commonwealth. In 1999 the House voted 217 to 48 to grant Nisga a self government, with 2000 square kilometres of land and 253 million dollars, in exchange for taxes and waiving future claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annie Buller
Communist Party of Canada
Ukraine
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merv Tweed
Brandon-Souris
18Th Street
North
Killarney
Fletcher/Box
Eedmi Part Go
Suru Namare
Avenue
Ann
Shauna Yanouppucu
Wenr Storlai
Gar
Main Street
Council
Ats
Superior Auto Service
Brandor