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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 09, 1936
Page
8
In the greydown for the championship of the club, Friday evening concluded with Jack Wood as victor and E. J. Bretchford as runner-up. Saturday night saw the oldest member defeat the youngest by five points.
Rivera and district news appeal for contributions as Oakleigh District announces a fat call and show set for April 15. Readers encouraged to phone or mail local items from town or district.
Benry Roberts reports seeing the season’s first gopher on Saturday. Miss Jean Bullard starts for Portage la Prairie after visiting at the Hanlon home. Miss Evelyn Halsey returns to Melville after a few months with the Maxell family. Mrs. Walter Parker leaves for Winnipeg for an operation. wishes for a speedy recovery. Sinai Chapter Royal Arch Masons expects a large Winnipeg Transcona guest delegation Friday with grand officers in attendance.
The Gazette extends birthday wishes to several readers. Names include Mrs. D. M Stuart Transcona April 9 and Mrs. YT. Suthers Armstrong Cont., April 6 among others. Additional celebrants: Addie Paddock Edgar Stewart Jos Hanlon Frank G. Airey H. J. Chapman Pendennis P. A. Moore Winnipeg Alma Clu R. M. Tucker Hugh Stewart Bert Franklin C W Angel Beatrice Treloar S R Maneer with various dates through mid April.
A one sixth per cent reduction applies to auto licenses for 1936. Willam Harvey visits his daughter Mrs Wao Vickery in Oak River. A Daly municipality council special meeting was held in River town. Several residents travel to Vancouver and Winnipeg for visits and medical care.
A humorous verse lampoons penny pinching and social quirks. It mocks a man who borrows paper instead of buying, imagines a neighborly smoke cooking dinner, and gently ridicules churchgoers who keep money hidden. It also pokes fun at a cousin who weeds nothing and at a man who freezes his hair to cheat a barber.
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