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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 12, 1945
Page
6
Carnegie Robinville district notes the Smiths leaving for Oakleigh after a well attended farewell party with court whist dancing and a gift presentation. A Red Cross unit meeting at Mrs. W H Franks completed a quilt and planned a concert for late May.
The Gazette extends best wishes for birthdays to Hugh Stewart on April 14 and others including Mrs. C. Folson and Mrs. C. W. Angel on the 14th, Beatrice Treloar, R. W. Greasley, and Russell E. Bridgeman on the 15th, Orlo Brown on the 17th, and Mrs. John Moore on the 18th. The Gazette for Job Printing.
Donors visited the Rivers Blood Donor Clinic on Wednesday morning April 4 1945 under Capt. L A Stewart. The item lists numerous donors and observers from various districts and units. The note closes with a remark about Canada producing enough ice cream in 1944 to give each person a gallon and a half, totaling 17,667,000 gallons.
The CN coastal liner Prince George returns to its regular biweekly Vancouver to Northern British Columbia and Ketchikan, Alaska route after an annual overhaul at Prince Rupert. The sister ship Prince Rupert joins in the service, with a five day round trip promoted for this summer by Wm. Stapleton, CN Vancouver.
The Crop Testing Plan advisor cautions editors to avoid vivid war terms like dashing surging sweeping plunging rushing racing when describing troop advances. He argues true progress seldom warrants such words and recalls veterans who read with a wry smile.
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