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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 12, 1943
Page
1
The Canadian Sunday School Mission teems Gospel Services in a tent on Second Avenue every week night at 8 o clock with three Sunday services at 10 30 a m 2 30 p m and 8 p m Members of the E C A F and the R A F are specially invited to these services offering hymns and a helpful message Come out as often as you can.
A summary of experimental findings on autumn grain sowing and coverage. Sweet clover should not be sown in autumn. Crested wheat grass brom e grass slender wheat gram and Lay Rad dato opt mink are discussed with timing tips late August to early September and just before freeze up to delay germination until spring. Better results come from sowing in stubble or weeds rather than on bare summer fallow. consult local experimental farms or agricultural representatives due to regional variation.
A busy afternoon involved packing twelve boxes for local boys overseas. Mr and Mrs 8 M Harvey and Mrs C C Harvey attended the funeral of Hepburn in Virden, aged 82. Mrs Geo Alvey hosts visitors from Kenton and Winnipeg, while Mr and Mrs Wm Pettapiece and child visited Manson Bray home. Wilbert Bray and sons visited Lenore. Eleanor Bray visited Oakner. Many locals from Lothair attended Mission services at Rivers last Sunday.
A cordial Monday gathering at Mr and Mrs Clifford Bradley's home celebrated their recent marriage and new residence in Mrs Rutherford's house. Mrs F Crane left Brandon after visiting her son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs William Cochrane. Carlyn Wedderburn of Brandon holidayed here as well, and Mr and Mrs Chas Lamb welcomed a newborn son.
Peter Robertson Macdonald aged about 66 or 67 died in an accidental fall near a deep culvert while walking home from a visit in Rapid City. The body was found near Pettapiece cemetery after a search by neighbours. Coroner Dr J N Andrew ruled no inquest. Funeral at Pettapiece United Church with Brockie’s Brandon in charge. Survivors include his widow two sons Frank and Robert and daughter Jessie, plus sisters Mrs W E Birkinshaw and Mrs Helen Fowler. Community sympathy extended.
H G Strange urges Canadian readers to donate to Chinese relief, highlighting China’s battlefield losses against Japan, dire needs for medical supplies and food for refugees, and the drive by Chinese elevator agents and others to raise funds. The appeal stresses urgency and modest gifts from all.
Postings note travel departures and visits among residents and relatives in Bradwardine. Louis Seens left for points east while spending leave at home. Visitors include Mrs. Edward Johnson of Edmonton and Mrs. J Crerar of Winnipeg. Officers welcome Hodkinson new principal and report hospital stays for Mrs Joynt. The Ladies Aid met at Mrs Dowland with a September meeting planned at Mrs Livingstone's.
The council held its August 3 meeting in the municipal office with the Reeve presiding and the previous minutes read and approved. Chas Freeman’s Old Age Pension application was received and forwarded to the Pension Board. An October 5 revision date was set for the 1944 assessment rolls and the electors roll for 1943 was finalized with 100 copies to be printed. The council approved funding to charter five buses for blood donors to Brandon and instructed the secretary-treasurer to mail a weed-cutting circular to ratepayers. A tax sale of arrears lands was scheduled for November 27, 1943, with the Reeve attending. the 1941 taxes and penalties would be withdrawn from the 1943 sale. The council declared the electors roll necessary and planned a yearly list of voters for municipal purposes.
The council discussed election margins for resident versus non resident status and the Eva Roll repealing. It proposed dividing $500 set aside for unforeseen 1943 expenditures among wards for road improvements, with the Finance Committee approving in order accounts. The meeting adjourned to October 5 or at the Reeve’s call.
A. Leslie, age 48, newly appointed CPR vice-president and comptroller continues a family CPR legacy begun by his father John Leslie who served as vice-president and comptroller from 1926 to 1928 and later as vice-president of finance and treasurer until 1932. Leslie studied at McGill on a CPR scholarship, served three years overseas as a lieutenant in the Canadian Artillery, and earned the Governor General's Silver Medal at Montreal High School and a British Association award at McGill.
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