Readers urged to help identify faces in old Rivers School photo
The Rivers Banner invites readers to dispute or identify people in a 1920 Rivers School photograph, noting the image was enhanced nearly fourfold. Contact details and a call to submit era context or names accompany reminders of past local curlers from Neepawa and a request for 10 year old or older photos for reprint.
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Rivers School
Effie Weir McPhail
Rivers
Riversbanner.com
Second Avenue
Rivers Banner
Shirley Kamula
Neepawa
Skip Lome Forman
Bill Pettapiece
Wayne Berg
Glen Mitchell
Veterans, anniversaries, awards and incidents from Rivers records
Notes recount Walter Daniels triggering a 12 000 pound bomb on a German ship in 1944, Walter and Beatrice Spearing events in 1954, multiple births marriages and anniversaries, local crimes in 1964, high school athletics glory for Rivers Rams, 1974 Legion pins, community openings, and 1984 1994 and 2004 local happenings including Remembrance Day, ambulance upgrades, scarecrow displays, and a youth fundraiser bail-a-thon raising over $2 000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Daniel
Rivers
Tixpitz
Robert English
Bradwardine
St. John’s College
Beatrice Spearing
Ken Brown
C. Singris
Fred Cave
M. Rokosh
Rivers Legion
Ray Leaming
Dan McMurachy
Darrel Harris
Arnold Douglas
Rollingdale Workshop
Cardale
Wheatland and
Erickson
Carol
Robert Milne
Bev Coombs
Brian Barkman
Pat Haggarty
David Greenaway
Dwight Verboom
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Fiasinioacis
Barry Madden
Madden
John Siegel
Siegel
Hasting’s Motors
Taylor’s Hardware
Rivers Rams
Manitoba Secondary Schools Athletic Association
Sam Beever
Ken Campbell
Mary Sills
Barrie Cochrane
Noreen Airey
Doug Stewart
Karen Meikle
Lloyd Merchel
Danny Ewasiuk
Len Harvey
Legion
Donaton
Rivers and Area Lions Club
Ernie Citusky
Rivers and District Chamber of Commerce
Royal Bank
RAFT
Rivers Activities
Melissa
Cus
Gall
Book of
Hai
Minist
Gto the Whore
Autopac
Superior Auto Service
Brandons
Brandon
Box
TruDraw Drafting
Beuce Wolgemart
Bruce
Trudraw
Strathclair
Drama Club
Big River
Strathclair Bend Theatre
Beccy Ardhel
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!