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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 13, 1936
Page
8
A small crowd gathered for a Tuesday evening concert featuring McCul Copeland and Kenneth Duff in the LOO FP venue. The program offered varied numbers and was praised as one of the best heard locally in a long time, with expectations of a large audience if the artists return.
Wheatland area suffered Sunday as praisie fires caused loss to several farmers and more damage Monday. Hay stacks and telephone poles were destroyed while fences burned. Local youths blamed for the carelessness. Miss Mary McAndrew returned from Kenton and Wheatland School to reopen next Tuesday after holidays.
Mrs Jos Hanlon and family visit relatives in Portage la Prairie. Several residents travel to Moose Jaw and Minneap olis for visits and tennis success. Newcomers to Rivers include M L Cumming and family. others relocate to British Columbia. Census shows Rivers population at 663, down from 724 in 1931. plans for a post office opening and a curling rink are discussed.
United Sunday School staff member H A Treland was presented with cuff links and an address before leaving for Portage la Prairie. Rivers High School pupils Marjorie O'Brien Laura Shanks Phyllis Dawson May Paddock passed Grade XI. Rivers golfers faced Shoal Lake in Free Press Golf Contest final. Mrs Jas Warren and Mrs Jas Blake depart for a long visit to England. Chas Howard opens a garage on Second Avenue East.
The Daly Rural Council met at Rivers on Tuesday August 4 1936 with Reeve presiding and Councillors McDonald Seens Dobson Beattie and Smith present. The previous minutes were read and adopted. Correspondence included the Soldiers' Settlement Board and Child Welfare Board and a hospital note from Brandon General Hospital indicating Voa Eddy is a patient. Rivers School mentioned.
The Daly Rural Municipality council debates bylaw 887 for a Vax Sale 888 for a municipal office and 889 designating an outside newspaper as official paper. The meeting addresses seed grain advances, 1935 1936 appeals to the Electors Roll, and refers contested appeals for revision while adjourning to October 6.
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