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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1945
Page
3
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The piece accuses town leaders of neglecting Rivers by allowing unsafe, unhealthy living conditions. It contends officials who removed unused buildings or sold town property sought quick profits, leaving bizarre structures and crowded spaces that harm health and property values. The query asks town fathers to explain why people still face unhealthy housing.
The article lauds residents who cultivate pleasant spaces in a prairie town. James Scott restores Rivers Memorial Park and his Fourth Avenue home with garden care. Walter Bilewitz earns credit for the two railway parks. Other homeowners are noted for neat, well-kept premises as well.
The notice highlights residents like Mr. and Mrs. James Russell with blooming yards and neat fences, the forestette begun by the late Thomas M nera, and the Frame home on Main street. It notes widespread fence edging, concrete walks, and lawn care, encouraging others to follow suit.
The piece argues railways must avoid centralization and redeploy personnel after the war. It notes displaced rail workers will return home to farms and towns, needing maintenance crews at divisional points like Rivers. It warns politicians may place self before public service. Project names Apiary and Autocamp Bank appear in a scoreboard list.
A fragmented birthday notice lists several names with associated places such as Kelowna BC and Barrie Out, and dates in August. The item reads like a community birthday acknowledgement among neighbors, naming Mrs Hugh Wood, Gerald Tucker, Pauline Hazel Beever, Richard Parker, Tom Riddick, and others with partial titles and married names.
The forthcoming attraction at the Four Star promises light fun as rookies exchange letters about sarge and love. Dotty Labour stars while sailors watch sarongs amid a carefree, rationless scene with cheerful humor and no taxes on Rain-Low Island.
The piece argues Britain is Canada’s largest market for prairie farmers and warns that Britain’s avowed self-sufficiency policies may hurt exports. It urges the British government to embrace freer trade to benefit both nations, highlighting the need for less government control and more free enterprise.
Rivers church announces Sabbath School at 11 a.m. and regular service at 7:30 p.m. Mr G H Vinall of the British and Foreign Bible Society will speak, with lantern slides shown at the evening service. No services Sunday August 19.
Rev Roseville leads 11 a m service at St Matthew Ancrum service at 3 p m at St James Rivers 7 30 p m Sunday School 11 a m Holy Communion on first Sunday each month in local churches active this week
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