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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 18, 1918
Page
4
Miss Annie Brown daughter of Mr and Mrs Thomas Brown wed Mr Wilfred L Parson of McGraw New York USA at the Manse on Monday April 8. The couple departed Friday morning for the east to establish their future home.
A Girls' Baseball Club meeting last Wednesday elected officers for the year. Hon. Pres. Mrs. Thompson and Pres. Edith Dunsmore lead the group, with Vice Pres Millie Lambkin Sec Treas Jessie Miners and Manager Mr Webster. Practices are set for Wednesdays and Fridays at the Fair Grounds at 7 p.m.
The Daly Council will hold its next regular meeting on Tuesday May 7. At the last W A meeting it was decided to organize a handkerchief bazaar and apron sale early in the summer amid reports that recent rains were welcome.
The Riv ers Curling Club held its annual meeting on Monday evening. Visitors Young and H. Argue from Oak River attended Sunday. Jas A McKenzie plans to source a carload of potatoes arriving Tuesday. Wiedvens MAL B C of Winnipeg, formerly Rivers, will undertake a lecture tour of Western Canadian cities. The Dominion Department of Agriculture offers freight paid on breeding heifers two years old or under and young breeding cows to Manitoba farmers, with 25 percent off rail freight for stocker steers. Travel costs for farmers visiting Winnipeg to purchase cattle will be covered by the department.
Readers are invited to inform the column about visits by friends or relatives to outside points, or social functions. A phone message or postal card suffices, and readers should sign their names to communications.
The Gazette publishes a comprehensive directory listing General Stores J A Grummett and Jas A McKenzie, loans C W Angel, hardware J Moxley, and many more. It covers insurance, lumber, furniture, farm implements, automobile repairs, doctors, legal services, real estate, optician, and fraternal orders with officers and offices.
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