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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 11, 1929
Page
4
Evening service at 7 30. Sunday School at 2 30. Ladies Aid meets first Wednesday at 3. W M S gathers third Thursday at 3. These times outline the monthly parish activities and group gatherings.
Advertisement notes a one year subscription deal for The Gazette and The Western Home Monthly priced at $2.00. It emphasizes a limited offer to attract readers. The item functions as a promotional notice in the newspaper.
The Bradwardine Curling Club met at Husters Hall with President G P Greeson presiding. Officers elected included R Dobson as President and E Dowland as Vice President, O Williams as Sec Treas, and executive members Gunn Wood Bailey Common and Houston. A sink committee was formed, and a dance closed the meeting. Separately a note urged care to avoid firing at ring necked pheasants released in Bradwardine district.
For sale includes a three year old rising pure bred Registered Shorthorn cow, weighs about 1800 pounds and quiet. Also several loads of cut dry wood 300 per load. Seed oats grown on summer fallow cut before frost. 15 young pigs ready to go. Six room house on First Ave in excellent condition with garage and stable, cash price or terms. Contact names and phone numbers listed.
Wheatland resident John MelTycan returned last week after two months in Pontiac Michigan. Miss Betty Howard, teaching in Saskatchewan, spent holidays with her parents. Ivan Mills visited Brandon at the week’s start. Nellie Weightman home for Easter from Brandon. Harold Wilkinson visited Brandon over the weekend. Fred Howard M A of Moose Jaw visited his mother here last week.
Daly Miss Sibbald spent the holiday at her Rapid City home. Ernie Dyer has been unwell, with hopes for a quick recovery. Daly school reopened Monday after Easter. Mrs. A. Tennant and two children departed Brandon to settle there after visiting Mr. M. Kennedy's home.
A lady reports a lost ring set with diamonds and two rubies and asks the finder to notify the Gazette. The notice seeks the return of the item and promises gratitude.
A classified line seeks a good second hand trunk in perfect condition. Applicants should apply via the Gazette for details and contact.
Baby Chicks Canada Bred-to-Lay guarantee offers Leghorns 1700 per 100, Anconas Barred Rocks 18 per 100, Rhode Island Reds Minorcas 19 per 200, White Rocks Wyandottes 20 per 100. 12 month poultry course free. Chick from pen matings 25c each. Ful-O-Pep starter 10 lbs. Biologically tested guaranteed, free analysis. Incubators brooders free catalogue. Alex Taylor's Hatchery 362 Furby St Winnipeg Man.
Reginald Baker CVO former secretary of the Canadian Pacific Railway and last surviving member of its original traffic group died April 1 at his Montreal home. Born York England 1852 he joined CPR in 1881 and retired 1917 after thirty five years as assistant to the general superintendent president vice president and secretary. He earlier served as private secretary to Lord Dufferin and held senior treasury posts. Baker was key in CPR’s early formation and later received royal and foreign honors for his service including the Royal Victorian Order and the Sacred Treasure of Japan.
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