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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1947
Page
3
A reflection on declining courtesy among youths and eroding home discipline. The piece notes teenagers roaming streets late, schools and churches losing appeal, and older generation concerns about manners. It argues future hardship will teach resilience, independence, and the value of good manners as times toughen.
Virginia lawmakers approve a plan to erect sidewalks on busy roads with county boards funding half the cost. Projects run 9 000 to 16 000 dollars per mile and aim to lower the more than 550 highway deaths reported in the past three years. The measure, supported by the highway commission, reflects a broader push for safer open highways.
Agricultural efforts highlight training for junior farmers while an explosion and fire in Queen Charlotte Straits leaves eight year old Leonard Lindberg missing. Father Ivor Lindberg and Carl Markstrom suffer serious burns and are hospitalized.
The writer extends sincere thanks for practical kindness shown during a recent illness and home confinement and especially thanks the officers and members of Friendship Rebekah Lodge.
All premises must be cleaned up ready for the scavenger by May 1. Occupants failing to meet tidiness by this date will be prosecuted without further warning.
annual meeting of the Rivers branch of the Game and Fish Association will be held in Community Hall on Wednesday April 16 at 730 PM. The agenda includes motion pictures of wildlife election of officers and a guest speaker.
Ladies Auxiliary of the Canadian Legion hosts a Manitoba Cancer Relief and Research Institute meeting in the Community Hall on Tuesday April 15 at 8:00 p.m. Miss Alice Smith Winnipeg screens films and Dr D A Stewart delivers an address. Films also shown Tuesday afternoon for school children. A tag day and tea are planned in the Legion club room Saturday April 19 to raise funds for cancer relief. An auction sale opportunity is offered through George McCulloch Massey Harris dealer and auctioneer Brandon.
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