Rivers area remembers decades of local milestones
From 1913 to 2003 headlines note church weddings, board formations, club presidents, and numerous anniversaries. Notable items include Honah Howard wedding to C Card in Wheatland, James McKenzie elected Rivers Board of Trade president in 1923, snowshoe club formed, multiple marriages and birth announcements, and community events across Rivers Oak River and Rapid City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
Christ Church
Honah Howard
C. Card
Rivers’ Board of Trade
James McKenzie
C. Anear
Snowshoe Club
Rivers
Elsie Barker
Maurice Bowman
Roger Dufour
Dufour
Second Avenue
Justice
Oak River and Area Lions Club
Oak River Community
Gary Doer
Peter Liba
Russell
Mystery faces names sought in Rivers Banner clue
Readers urged to identify faces in a “Three Kings” picture from the Rivers Banner. Call, fax, email, or visit by Tuesday 5 p.m. with the names of 1984 Rivers Elementary Grade 4 students Everett Smith, possibly Kyle Moffat, Bas van Lankvelt, as the deadline approaches. Stan Runions provided names previously.
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Riversbanner. Com
Second Avenue
Rivers Banner
Rivers
MB Rok
Stan Runions
Three Kings
Rivers Elementary School
L/R. Everett Smith
Kyle Moffat
Bas van Lankvelt
This Weekend in History Jan 11 12 13 Highlights
Jan 11 1957 HMCS Magnificent arrived in Port Said with Canadian troops and material for the UN Emergency Force along the Israeli Egyptian border. Jan 12 1598 Roberval received a fur trade monopoly to New France and landed a party on Sable Island Nova Scotia. only 11 of 40 colonists survived five years. Jan 13 1947 Canada’s Supreme Court became final court of appeal, ending recourse to the British Privy Council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
HMCS
Magnificent
Port Said
United Nations
Roberval
New France
Sable Island
Marquis de la Roche
Supreme Court of Canada
Canada
Privy Council
Also Mentioned on This Page
Grace Carlson
Michael Phillip
Edith Dyer
George Johns
Dorothy Harvey
Jack Hart
R. G. Sinclair
Rivers Consolidated School District
Thomas Offen
Rivers United Chuch
Wilson Humphries
Canadian Joint Air Training Centre
Betty King
Donald Ramm
S. Robins
George Brown
William Graham
Ronald Herd
Capt
Whitton
J. Felming
Eric Chapman
Verne Brown
Stu Johnstone
D. Harder
Len Tait
River
Karen Ranson
Garry Lathcum
Cheryl Whitton
David Climie
Evelyn Foster
I. White
Miss Duchant
Bob Crawfood
Gordon Fredrick
Bill Webb
Russell Millard
Brandon Co-op
Byron Hamilton
Bank of Montreal
Oak River
Melville
Phyllis Bell
Floyd Miller
Caroline Hoyak
Larry Friesen
Bonnie Harvey
John Farday
Bob McLaren
RCMP
Clark and Clark Insurance
Rapid City
Stewart’s
Hardy Wurtz
Joel Kudra
Zion Pentecostal Church
McBurney
Harvey Whelpton
Bob Young
Bill Cumming
Alison Wood
Robert Eaves
Rivers Super Thrifty Drug Mart
Rivers Liquor Commission
David Glenn
Charlie Lamb
Les Wood
Alf Wood
John Dyck
Rapid City School
Call
Victoria
Victoria Avenue
Brandon
Manitoba
Allseniorscare.com
Rasingback
Goldsmith
Elkhorn
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!