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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1949
Page
1
A long column lists residents and visitors from Rivers and Winnipeg on holidays and trips to Vancouver, California, the Pacific coast, and western United States. It notes arrivals, departures, and social visits, with cheerful travel anecdotes and a railway journey through Kamloops and Revelstoke.
Carnegie Miss Marion Wart of Winnipeg visited over the weekend at her home here. Mr and Mrs 1D Stevenson and son Neville of Sidney were visitors last week at the home of Mr and Mrs T Newill. Mrs Ralph Mitchell of Winnipeg is the cutest of her mother’s haw Mars. Visitors at the home of Mr and Mrs JL Frank include Mr and Mrs Morrison and sons Jack and Paul Brandon. Miss Margaret Brown of Moline is a visitor at the home of Mrs H A Watt. Robert and Heather Taylor of Rivers are holidaying with their uncle and aunt. Mr and Mrs W H Frank and Mr and Mrs James Bromley were Clear Lake visitors at the beginning of the week.
A damaged OCR fragment reveals a printing setback for The Gazette as color misprints and stray ink caused delays in completing the full run. The note cites salvage issues and production problems that interrupted the paper last week.
An Anglican minister completed his assignment at Naeriam Roseville and Rivers congregations with a farewell service led by Rev. G F Elsahy. He will return to Manitoba after marriage in Newfoundland and resume church work there. Lake Victoria is cited as the largest lake, with Lake Aral and Lake Flueren noted as other large bodies.
Big show days before Stampede lures crowds as Calgary fills quickly for accommodation. Canadians view the growing city from the Dominion as granite mounds loom and distant mountains rise. A news agent offers glasses to enjoy the scenic Banff highway buzzes with cars this weekend.
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