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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 10, 1952
Page
3
A truck reported stolen from a Main street parking area on Saturday night was recovered near the airport. It was found damaged with a smashed windshield after being left with keys in the ignition while the operator entered a business.
Fred Webster of the Brindon Toastmasters told Kiwanis members that many people struggle with English while driving. He called language a matter of "one suitable people driving eight-cylinder auturmet Hey." Frank Taylor reported on a trip to Rus Bell, noting only one member asked for a refund. Charlie Stalker walked to the northwestern town, and a busload of Kiwanians and wives visited Russell last Wednesday to entertain locals.
Seeding began in this district on Tuesday with C. W. Brown & Son of Daly making the first report move. They started cultivating and harrowing operations a day earlier.
The Rev. Sqdn. Ldr. Leo Lafreniere RC padre at Rivers air school is posted to Winnipeg as group chaplain of No. 14 air training group. He will assume duties on Apr. 20. Newsprint remains Canada's leading export. Nearby farmers tried land work the same day. W T Dyer moved his Daly district farm with a cultivator. A L McFarlane of Pettapiece planned an exploratory trip on his land. Pettapiece and surrounding areas have heavy soil delaying operations unlike the Wheatland Daly plains.
Carl Nichol a Calgary by election winner predicts within five years oil and gas will outstrip prairie agriculture in national income. Nichol, a noted oil authority, says Alberta will collect over a billion dollars in royalties in the next decade. He notes 98 new oil funds in Alberta last year and calls for continued current favorable trend amid election fever in Canada.
In Rivers on Wednesday smokers paid 8 1/2 cents per cigarette after a 12 cent price yesterday as Abbott unveiled the federal budget. Dealers faced higher prices on cars radios and electrical goods while households debated the measures described as tax conscious and even humorous by MPs. A cigarette package price hoped by manufacturers at 30 cents lingered as the budget sparked public reaction.
The Rev. Sydn Ldr Leo Lafreniere RC padre at CJATC told nearly 300 in the military chapel it is good and acceptable to pray for those in high station. He urged obedience to princes and powers and noted the new queen’s accession as one carrying a heavy burden and royal destiny. W F Smith led the service with Sqdn Ldr Ivor Shenfield as choir master.
Mrs. Katherine Hurd widow of Samuel Hurd, early Rivers resident, died last Friday in Winnipeg. The Hurds lived here when Mr. Hurd ran a blacksmith shop and several children were born. He later moved to Brandon and retired to Winnipeg in 1946. Funeral was held Tuesday in Brandon with interment there. Survived by two daughters, five sons. Mr. Hurd preceded her in 1947.
A powerful searchlight in New Mexico, operated by Air Force geophysics researchers, projected light into the upper atmosphere to collect data on density temperature and pressure. The study aims to inform missile and rocket flight at extreme altitudes.
Provincial government assessment team has begun revaluing Uy town as part of a province wide tax structure change. The board will survey rural areas in summer and towns in other seasons, with soil samples sent to the provincial agricultural college for classification. Aerial quarter section photos map arable land as three month Rivers operation nears completion.
Major Dumanoir, army service corps officer, is posted to the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre here. He will replace Maj. H. D. Jenner who is posted overseas. Dumanoir will leave Oakville, Ontario later this month. he is married and father of one child.
Alex Moore died in Calgary on March 29 and was buried with Masonic rites there in April. A Bruce county Ontario native born in 1875, he farmed at Cochrane before entering politics as Banff Cochrane MLA from 1919 to 1926. Survived by wife, three sons Robert Gordon Allister, two daughters and siblings.
Didicas volcano near Manila, long noted as one of the few active underwater craters, erupted violently lifting 300 feet from the seabed. A smoke column rose visible up to 40 miles away, marking a rare second undersea eruption in the past century.
In a Brandon police court report, a Saturday scuffle at a refreshment spot led to three defendants being charged with disturbing the peace. Penalties of 50, 30, and 10 dollars plus costs were imposed. Additional cases include speeding with a 10 dollar fine and liquor act violations carrying 20 and 50 dollar assessments.
The Canadian 30 piece tactical air group band performed at Rivers airport as part of a long running tour. Formed in Winnipeg in 1917, the group has logged about 126000 miles since its origin and entertained civilians and service members across western Canada. Currently directed by FC Leo Corcoran the ensemble covers Bach to Boogie Woogie and features musicians who play multiple instruments.
Weather notes describe a swing from a spring heat spike with temperatures in the 70s to a rapid deep freeze. Calm winds lifted dust while cracking ice, the Little Saskatchewan River runs low with little ice, and water flow remains weak after the warm spell. Temperatures fell to about 20 above by Tuesday night and Wednesday morning.
Quick Glances notes planning for Rose Valley event with horse racing as a feature and a claim the day will be the event of northern Saskatchewan. Also mentions awards of prospecting rights on four Indian reserves in northern Alberta and four parcels on Peigan reserve near Lethbridge to bidders from Winnipeg Calgary Hamilton and Detroit. An unknown GI in Stuttgart earned praise for a kind act helping an elderly woman pay her fare. He bought a full book of tickets and gave them to her saying you have a free ticket, baby.
A new type atomic explosion lit the Nevada desert last week signaling another series of U S A-bomb tests. Las Vegas 75 miles away felt the shock as a bomber released the device and flames rose hundreds of feet into the sky. This marked the 14th U S atomic blast on the continent and the 25th overall.
Oak River man Arthur Craigie, Vancouver Sun cameraman, captures a joyful moment as he plays with a Vancouver Scottish society fiddle contest winner’s circle. Nearby, a local man in a store caused staff to hysterically laugh after slipping from his chair and then requesting a belt or pin. the pants followed him twice, prompting more amusement. A reader from British Columbia cites a March issue reference about someone bound for Whitehorse in the Northwest Territories, humorously noting Rivers, Manitoba and Rivers, British Columbia on the map.
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