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Manitoba and Rivers area historical notes span polio fears to local milestones
A clip from 65 years past recounts Wheatland polio cases near Winnipeg, hospitalizations, and two deaths amid cooler weather hopes. It also notes Moline Co-op break in with $4,000 stolen, leadership meetings in Rivers, church anniversaries, births, and a series of civic events across Rivers Oak River Cardale and Rapid City with anniversaries, openings, and community milestones from 1952 through 2012.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wheatland
Wortzman
Claire Middelton
Bob
Winnipeg
Moline Co-op
Rapid City
Manitoba
Teacher’s Association
Muriel Samson
Edwin Bott
John Common
L. Gauthier
E. Ranger
George McKenzie
Rivers
Brandon
B.J.D. Ellis
Matt Wareham
John Morrow
Kay Gilchrist
Larry Bell
Rivers Collegiate
Riverdale Hospital Board
Manitoba Hospital Commission
Saskatchewan
Rivers Legion Hall
Fred Harvey
E. Smith
Cardale Ucw
G. Fortune
M. Greenaway
J. Shaw
S. McFarlane
E. Westbrook
John Deere
Zion Pentecostal Church
Canada
Arnold Fortune
Wes Peters
Vlis
Crosstown
Tempo
Wayne Paddock
al MacDonald
Marnie Henry
Gordon
Bobbi Gerrard
Oak River
Western
Trevor Veitch
Rivers Curling Club
Riverdale Recreation Facilities Review Committee
New
Riverdale Community Centre
RCC