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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 05, 1948
Page
5
Che Rivers Gazette announces authoritative second last mail by the Post Office Department at Muzwa. The paper, established July 1908 by T. W. Offen, is issued Thursdays from The Gazette Office on Main Street. Subscriptions are 200 dollars a year in Canada and 230 dollars elsewhere, payable in advance.
The Old Home Week idea grows in favor as towns and cities invite former residents to reunite with familiar scenes. Visitors enjoy parades dinners church services and contests while locals relish changes on Main Street and reflect on whether they belong in the small town or the big city.
A Rivers Gazette reader voices concern about how parents may influence preschool children who shy away when he walks the street. He urges readers to reflect on manners and community behavior in this town.
A letter from Jack Bullen urges the public to stop frightening children with the phrase There's the Mountie. He defends the Royal Canadian Mounted Police as friendly and seeks to foster better relations with the younger generation.
A Polish veteran and farmer complain to The Gazette about unsatisfactory farm conditions in the municipality. He recalls being paid $45 and then $75 promised but never received, sleeping in damp cellars, cold winters, and harsh treatment by employers. He questions farmer compliance with regulations and contrasts with other workers earning more. The letter asks for space to address these issues.
A reminiscence recalls a 43 year marriage to Mr Brown and farm life. The piece notes spring arriving despite no snow, birds returning, and later a cold snap with wet snow. It covers seasonal change from January 1926 to May, then a brief obituary for Joseph W. Darragh aged 84, with family ties to local clergy. The piece ends with a promise to continue.
Bernard Trotter becomes CBC prairie talks chief at Winnipeg after serving in Kingston. He recalls a 1942 wartime harvesting trip to Swift Current, Saskatchewan. Lord McGowan, ICI chairman, urged American and Canadian capital to back colonial development. The Psalm verse is cited.
At Rivers on July 25, 1948, Mr. and Mrs. A C Ross of Alexander welcomed a daughter. Hastings Eng Wells were so low at Three Oaks near here that it required 600 pump turns to raise two gallons of water.
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