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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Apr 24, 1952
Page
6
Renewal notices went out in the fortnight. Many paid promptly, some did not respond. This will be the final copy to be mailed to those who do not indicate they wish to remain on the list. Those with lapsed papers who do not respond risk an empty mailbox next Thursday.
The Rivers and district chamber of commerce sponsors a local Clean Up Week. Committees are formed and the program will run under municipality health bylaws with Gr G Wortzman as health officer directing. Next week a fuller notice will request resident cooperation and a local group suggests awarding a shield for nearest prize. The cemetery committee backs cleaning the cemetery to finish last year’s work, emphasizing paint trees shrubs and town property appearance.
A large crowd enjoyed a concert by the local school orchestra directed by A. W. Whyte at the legion hall on Thursday evening. Performances featured Donald Stewart Joan Westwood and Donald Whyte on strings brass and woodwinds, with Mike Sinocca and his accordion ensemble from Brandon joining in. Proceeds fund instruments and festival trips, with Alex Whyte having led the group since the 1930s.
Government engineers have begun digging test holes east of the river crossing for a new bridge over the Little Saskatchewan. The road will connect Rivers with No. 10 highway and the airport. Seventeen miles remain to be built, with frost delaying work. contracts have been issued and construction will start when weather allows.
Charles Henry Freeman 79, a longtime Carnegie resident, died last Thursday. Funeral services were held at Roseville church, conducted by Rev. W. G. Chapman, with burial in Roseville cemetery. He was born in Reading England and sang as a choir boy at St Georges Windsor before moving to Canada. he is survived by one sister. Pallbearers included Harold Rorke and Gordon Byres among others. Brockie funeral service handled arrangements.
The Home and School Association will discuss the annual field day at the regular meeting next Monday at 8 00 p m at the school An invitation calls all interested to attend The first annual event was carried over from a year earlier and weather caused postponements in the past The 1951 event proceeded despite poor weather with schools and nearby institutions joining a day long outing starting with a parade in downtown streets
Fifteen Souris Kiwanis members visited Riv ers for the regular meeting at the Alexandra Annex. Wing Cmdr A L Bocking spoke on training of a partrooper and joint services coordination. The third program featured National Grain's Prairie Conquest film. Members also discussed reopening the kiddies playpool with swings back in use.
Wing Cmdr J H Hollis addressed Canadian Joint Air Training Centre officers on military law administration. He sits on the tri service committee revising the queen's rules for army navy and air force. He noted favorable comments on the revisions and credited the drafting committee.
In Manitoba a team sent south seeking summer prospects as eight foot drifts melt and early grain sprouts appear. Clean-up week begins while Dob Mitchell finds a dollar bill under a sidewalk. Joston J. Morrow turns 84, a long time clerk and community figure in Rivers.
A Rivers news item notes a fire call at noon for a chimney blaze at a W Joynt home with no damage. The piece pivots to a 1774 Stradivarius violin story linked to Alex Whyte and Donald Lowe, detailing its age, origin, varnish, and the Lowe-Whyte violinist family lineage amid festival wins.
Cadets from Clinton Ontario visited Rivers to tour the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre. FO Carr of Sudbury led the tour showing air transport, airborne operations, a 35 foot paratrooper training tower and the combined services handling. Fifteen cadets, finishing at the air radio officers school, include Manitobans Cadets Woodcock Walmsley and Cox among the group as they prepare to graduate as pilot officers.
Rivers Kiwanis Club will stage Kiwanis Koncert at the Rex theatre Thursday evening with emcee Doug Lee of CKX and local as well as outside talent. Proceeds go to support youth work in the community and a door prize will be offered.
The annual pioneers supper by the women's institute filled the legion hall with crowds enjoying ham beans and pies prepared by local ladies in period attire. A pre-dance moving picture Prairie Conquest by National Grain Co. traced agricultural progress with period machinery. Stars were district elevator company staff dressed in old-fashioned garb. A dance with two horse play by Humphries & Co. followed, with music by Orlo Brown.
Thursday next May 1 will be observed across Canada as May Day. The day, once tied to a child’s May pole dance, is now recognized for workers demonstrations, especially those with Bolshevik leanings. A Dutch road surface experiment using rubber mixtures is being tested in England and the United States.
University of Manitoba faculty from botany agriculture and engineering visited the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre on Monday. The group included theological members and traveled to the capital returning Monday afternoon.
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