Rivers Town Council Adopts Minutes and Passes Several Bills
The Rivers Town Council met Monday August 3 with Mayor Grant presiding. Resolutions adopted include paying general accounts 429.74 and electric light 776.29, restricting occupancy changes without Town Secretary approval, not accepting Creany’s offer for town property, appointing a committee to handle Chura property, approving purchases of several lots by Rendle Whyte and Audet with purchasers paying legal fees, accepting ProssER for Lot 16 17 Plan 249 with title transfer fees on buyer, scheduling a tax sale for December 1942 at 2 p.m., adjournment, and expressing sympathy to Albert Wareham and family.
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Rivers Town Council
Grant
J. W. Prosser
Community News Notes from Pettapiece District
Mrs C C Harvey stayed with her daughter Mrs W E Pettapiece this week. Mr and Mrs F W Giles visited Reston to see Mrs Jas Forbes. A shower for Miss Margaret Stratford at Mrs Harry Starczuk’s home. Margaret Stratford leaves for Winnipeg business studies and thanked the hosts. Miss Margaret Nichol and Master Graham of Elkhorn visit grandmother Mrs Bessie Graham. Mrs I Shanks of Neepawa and daughter visit Mrs Shanks, and Mrs Martin Paddock.
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C. C. Harvey
W. E. Pettapiece
F. W. Giles
Reston
Jas. Forbes
Mrs. Giles
Harry Starczuk
Margaret Stratford
Winnipeg
Margaret
Margaret Nichol
Master Graham
Elkhorn
Bessie Graham
Family and visitors tour local homes as armed forces boost noted
BRADWARDINE Mr and Mrs J Scott and family and Mr Palmer of Mc Connell visited Mr and Mrs A PR Richardson on Sunday. Mrs M Greenaway and family returned from Sandy Lake holiday. Cooper Hunter left for Winnipeg en route to Vancouver. Mrs Butchart of Kenton visits sister-in-law Mrs G Titmus. A Innis and friends at Fairlight Sask. Lewis Seens RCA Brandon stays with mother Mrs G Seens. Dowland and son Vaughan travel west for holiday. Wiggins family visit Mrs Seens. Cpl Frank Richardson Debert NS visits brother and sister in law A Richardson. Helen Thomson leaves for Vancouver after holidays with her parents. Pte Hilbert Deg home on leave from Desert NS visiting his mother Mrs G Deg. Over 400 Canadian National apprentices left tools to join the armed forces.
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Cpl
Frank Richardson
Debert, N.S
Mrs
A. Richardson
Local visitors and military notes from Lothair district
Mr and Mrs Geo Airey hosted a visit from Mrs John Campbell Harding and Miss Violet Campbell Carberry last week. Mr and Mrs Foster Baily Cromer called on Mrs John Baily Sunday. Leonard Harvey has enlisted in the RCLNVR and will be called in October. Pte Eddy Piercy Debert N S visits district for a few days. Mr and Mrs K J Haggerty Kemnay visited Mr and Mrs J Airey Sunday.
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Geo. Airey
John Campbell
Harding
Violet Campbell
Carberry
Foster Baily
Cromer
John Baily
Leonard Harvey
R.cln.v.r
Pte
Eddy Piercy
Debert, N.S
Winnipeg guests at Taylor home last week
Visitors at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Jas. Taylor included Mr. and Mrs. J. Horne, Mr. and Mrs. John Taylor, Mrs. Tony Restivo, Mrs. R. Gowdie, and Mrs. Jas. Taylor and children, all of Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Taylor
J. Horne
John Taylor
Tony Restivo
R. Gowdie
Winnipeg
An Ounce of Prevention for Stored Grain Insects
Agricultural guidance urges thorough granary cleaning to prevent insects in 1942 storage. Steps include brushing walls, removing debris, damp sweeping, lime treatment, whitewashing with lye, drying, insecticide if needed, sealing leaks, moisture control, ventilation, and frequent grain checks with lab resources cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Research Laboratory
Winnipeg
Division of Entomology
Ottawa
H. E. Gray
Department of Agriculture
B. N. Smallman
Board of Grain Commissioners For
Canaia
Variety Test Plots For Farmers Across Prairie Provinces
The North-West Line Elevators Association reports 311 variety test plots across the prairie provinces. Plots include annual crops like wheat oats barley soybeans corn and, on many sites, perennial grasses and clovers with hybrid corn for comparison. Local line elevators hold location lists and invite schools clubs and other groups to visit and obtain small bundles for display.
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Prairie Provinces
Agricultural Department
North-West Line Elevators Association
Also Mentioned on This Page
Adams
Lawrence
Creany
Sec.Treas
Bellamy
Chura
Alex. Rendle
Alex. Whyte
Wm. Audet
W. Thomas
Albert Wareham
Wareham
I.shanks
Neepawa
Shanks
Ter
Martin Paddock
Bradwardine
Cooper Hunter
Vancouver
Mrs. Butchart
Kenton
Mrs. G. Titmus
Mrs. A. Innis
Fairlight, Sask
Lewis Seens
The
R.C.A.F. Brandon
Mrs. G. Seens
Wm. Dowland
Vaughan
Points West
Helen Thomson
J. J. Thomson
Hilbert Deg
Desert N. S
Mrs. G. Deg
Lothair
K. J. Haggerty
Kemnay
J. Airey
Armstrong, Kelowna, Penticton
Vernon
Raeet
National War Finance Committee
Memoriam
Lyon
G. R. Douglas Lyon
Rivers, Man
Edgar Madden
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