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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1952
Page
6
The Winnipeg Tribune reports that Lying boxcars are coming to Rivers assigned to the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre. Airmen will be trained to operate the C-110s recently purchased by the RCAF.
A new social organization for elderly residents is forming in Rivera called the senior citizens recreational group. It plans meetings on the second and fourth Mondays each month at St James parish hall to promote elder citizens' interests.
Liberals of the Brandon federal constituency convene an annual meeting at Brandon City Hall at 2:39 pm to elect officers and conduct business. Guest speaker is Hon. Stuart S. Garson minister of justice in Ottawa. Open meeting inviting all Liberals. president is Frank D. Taylor of Rivers.
Three additional persons charged in a Saturday night brawl in Rivers appeared before Justice W. T. Dyer last Thursday. Two defendants paid fines of 20 dollars plus costs, the third was fined 10 dollars and costs. The six convictions total arose from a disturbance that ended with a civilian injured.
About 15 cadets from eastern Canada arrive in Rivers by RCAF plane today. The group travels from Clinton Ontario where the air radio officer's school is located.
British Columbia once produced its own coins but only a small number remain today. The article notes the historical practice and the current rarity of these regional coins, highlighting their value to collectors and regional heritage.
An outbreak of scarlet fever at Brooke school New Sarum led to extended Easter recess for students. Fifteen cases reported in the area with one new case. Wheatland also affected, Rivers area clear. Airport-area children told to stay during holidays. It has been years since scarlet fever appeared locally. Early estimates of cases were higher, according to Dr Wortzman.
Forty University of Manitoba faculty and staff will visit the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre next week. They arrive on Monday and stay until Tuesday as guests of Group Captain H. G. M. Colpitts, CJATC commandant.
The 20th north western musical competition festival will be held May 15 and 16 at Hamiota. Adjudicators are Miss Phyllis Holtby and Miss Beth Douglas of Winnipeg.
Manitoba leads national Red Cross appeal with a provincial minimum quota of 330000 passed on April 8 as returns reach 336780. By April 15 the total rose to 353170 with canvassing ongoing. Six thousand canvassers worked across the province.
Hamiota residents well over twenty appealed their reassessments at a court of revision last week. The provincial reassessment raised overall assessments about nine percent, with appeals targeting 20 to 30 percent above the average due to cubic changes noted by the Ham ilta Echo. George Slogan and Robert Arbuckle assisted. Hogan explained department assessments reflect long term construction cost with a condition factor to equalize values across the province.
A Brandon resident faced three charges in police court this week for breaching the liquor act. He was fined $120 plus costs, as the court underscored that breaking the law does not pay.
A Morganfield Kentucky man faces arson charges after allegedly paying his ex wife’s 11 year old son four dollars to set fire to her house. In Vancouver street cars were tied up as crowds gathered at a downtown cafe fire. Police reserves rushed to the scene while patrons continued dining as water from upper floors cascaded down.
Easter week brings former Rivers district residents home for a breath of familiar air. Alex Sutherland, weekend guest of Mr and Mrs T McMannis, notes the spring scent in town. Nearby, firecrackers and the Victoria Day joke add local color as Forman nursing home welcomes twins to the Batchelor family. The Womens Institute readies for Pioneer supper while Prairie Conquest plays at the Rex with a cast of local names.
A 16 year old boy in Bemidji Minnesota confessed to police that he shot his father, dragged the body into a barn, dynamited it and then burned the barn. He disliked his father and this led to the fatal acts.
Ten years after an accident in New Westminster British Columbia Lois Teresa Manning lost her right eye after a BB gun incident. Donal Frederik Martin now 20 was ordered to pay Manning two thousand dollars. Manning and other boys were target shooting near Lois Mayo as she walked home when the injury occurred.
British Columbia will stage a plebiscite on daylight saving time during the upcoming provincial election. The province will observe standard time during this year's period from April 27 to September 28, with clocks advancing and then reverting as usual for the season.
A Calgary taxi driver hired by an Edmonton man for a trip to the Pacific coast discovered in Vancouver that the passenger’s cheque for 950 dollars was worthless. The passenger traveled about 1800 miles in the taxi.
A coyote attacked Dorothy Beacher in Pathlew district Sask after tearing her clothing and leaving scratches. Her family scared the animal away using firearms.
Easter morning at the J T Bowman farm brought a rare double birth as twin colts arrived, the first greeted by the master while the second foal was found dead hours later. Mother and healthy foal are recovering well as Easter week 1552 shines with perfect weather, bright services, and garden activity across the district.
Former Daly Union school teacher and Rivers postmaster mother of G M Henderson died Friday aged 76. Born Semima Cameron Pettapiece Oak River, she taught at Manitoban points before 1909, led Daly school in 1891, and was active in Oak River church and women’s groups. Survived by three sons and two daughters, funeral Tuesday at Pettapiece cemetery with Rev F W McNally and Rev A Friebert officiating. Fraser funeral chapel supervised arrangements.
The Russell Banner reports snakes waking early with the publisher noting little on garter snake habits and hibernation. John Hyra of Angusville claims spotting one on April 2 is an unusually early date for their emergence.
J R Stratford, a local insurance agent, explained automobile insurance coverage for vehicle occupants and protected property to Kiwanians Tuesday evening. He noted a near by centre paying Manitoba’s highest premium due to many accidents. Vice president James Frame presided. Plans for a May 31 concert at the Rex theatre were discussed and a singsong was enjoyed.
The Rev John E Bell former United church pastor at Rivers Daly and Pettapiece will broadcast on CBC Dominion network on Sunday April 27 from 430 to 5 00 p m. He later preached in Brandon and then moved east to lead Toronto Danforth Avenue church.
Canada Day will be celebrated at Dunvegan Castle with official government representation during Skye week starting May 24. A maple tree planting will take place and souvenir badges featuring the MacLeod emblem on a maple leaf will be distributed.
Work on a new one storey structure begins this week to house the Wareham Agencies. Located east of Rivers Quick Freeze Ltd the building will have two rooms and a stucco exterior. The project means the loss of the Wareham Agencies current offices, one of Rivers early structures.
The prairie anemone commonly known as the crocus bursts from the earth in pale hues. The first flowers of 1952 grace many homes as youngsters collect them by the bag, recognizing the crocus as Manitoba's floral emblem.
Hundreds of acres in and about the rural municipality of Daly have been seeded to wheat in recent days. Heavier soil areas await a start while Wheatland plains progress rapidly. Seeding should be general in this part of Manitoba by week’s end.
CJATC station authorities sponsor a four team midget baseball league for ages seven to twelve in 1952. Lt. Col. H. F. Cotton serves as president and organizer. Tournament play with inter league games may be arranged according to airport officials.
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