Rivers nostalgic notes span land buys storms and school openings
A 1912 entry records Walter Dynes buying land near Rivers railway to build a hotel. The 1952 item reports polio cases at Rivers airbase delaying Brooke School while health officials urge property cleanup. A midnight storm hit Rivers causing a house fire attic blaze and power outages, with crops hail and livestock losses.
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Walter Dynes
Rivers
Fred Smith
Carnegie
Brooke School
Department of Health
Wheatland
Brooke
W. Irvine
Fifth Avenue of Rivers
Mervyn Baily
Bradwardine District
Jesus Teaches By Story And Questions Not Lectures
The text emphasizes Jesus favored questions over direct yes or no answers. He used dilemmas like the Good Samaritan and tax queries to provoke deeper faith oriented inquiry. It urges Christians to ask about world, self, and God, and to love God with heart, soul, mind and strength.
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Jesus
Earth
God
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Adrienne Ross
Alvin Setter
Donald McKenzie
James White
Paul Hope
Borden Dennison
Manitoba
Riverside
Manitou
Rivers Collegiate
Rivers United Church
Rolling River School Division
Susan McKenzie
Normand Bilodeau
Sharon
Seens
Gordon Iverson
Manitoba Housing and Renewal Corporation
Oak River Women’s Institute
Joyce Espey
Jack Brown
Rivers Chamber of Commerce
Hwy
Joan Bridgeman
Ray Hoeppner
Orval Greer
Bill McTavish
Joel Kudra
Zion Pentecostal Church
Charlene Nicholson
Bill Madder
S. Bablitz
Rivers Hospital
John Lea
Rapid City
Bryan Matthews
Brandon
Joyce Wedderburn
Tarablton
Russell Crowe
Barry Dyck
Hangar Farms
Westman
Charlie Drost
Brittany Gapka
Cally ‘Tinkess
Winnipeg
Rapid City Lions
Tinkess
Gapka
Ancrum Cemetery
Daly
Association of Professional Engineers
DGH Engineering
Val Matthews
Andrew Grantham
Dawn Hofer
Chad McCharles
Wesman
Canada
Rivers Elementary
Glenna Beauchamp
Oak River United Churches
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