Ten Years Ago at the reception for Rev John Dunnett and bride
The article recalls a decade old reception where gifts were carried in by Betty Hanlon and Jackie Stevenson, with Ada Wareham reciting The Newly Weds. Mrs J H Dodson plans coastal residence visit, and local notes report a new hotel nearing completion under T E Shore of Winnipeg. Crops show record heaviness, Town Council sets Fox News Cartoon tax at 73 mills, 20 mills lower than last year, rivers area may see a grist mill, and the GTP is building a large freight shed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Dunnett
Betty Hanlon
Jackie Stevenson
Ada Wareham
Fox News Cartoon
Local and Personal News From Rivers And Area
Local notes report several families visiting Clear Lake and Windsor Ontario while others return home from trips. An army convoy of armoured cars passed through town. Afghan knitting raffle tickets go on sale with a Red Cross draw next Tuesday. Colin Somerville, son of a pioneer Rivers hotelman, dies in Winnipeg General Hospital at 44, leaving five brothers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R.C.A.F. Knitting Club
McKenzie
Red Cross
Colin Somerville
Geo. B. Somerville
Pioneer
Rivers
Winnipeg General Hospital
Colin
Fred
Clifford
Winnipeg
Harry
Sioux Portage
Ontario
Lee
Melville, Sask
Harvey
Detroit
Michigan
No Ration Card Sugar Talk Confuses Airforce Lad
A comic exchange shows a cad in airforce blue asking for osculation and a gal explaining sugar is rationed. She reframes the moment with a polite goodnight, turning a flirtation into a rationed truth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Airforce Blue
Manitoba Premier John Bracken Eyes Agriculturally Trained Successor
John Bracken of Winnipeg spoke at a University of Manitoba dinner on his 20th anniversary as premier and said upon retirement he would like to see a successor trained in agriculture. Thanksgiving day was announced to be observed in Canada in a proclamation in the Canada Gazette dated October 12. Nurse Annie Daniel and her brother Walter of the RCAF, along with Mr and Mrs Adam Daniel, are noted in the fragment.
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H. Wareham
W. Coxon
Windsor
Ontario
Mr. Wareham
David Smith
Vancouver
B.C
Alex. Beattie
Beattie
Mrs. Smith
Annie Daniel
Walter
The
R.C.A.F
Adam Daniel
Canada
Canada Gazette
John Bracken
Winnipeg
University of Manitoba
Manitoba
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ETOR
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Zanzibar
J. H. Dodson
Coast
A. J. Madden
T. E. Shore
Virginia
G.T.P
Johnson
Johson
Pablum
Gilchrist
Rexall
Rivers, An
Taylor
Harold & Thompson Binder
Swift
Wareham
Mrs. Stephanson
Clear Lake
Robt
J. McKenzie
Little Son
Afiss
Constance Offen
Percy W. Neville
Edythe L. Mitchell
J. E. Mitchell
Lorne Buggey
Whitney
Portage la Prairie
Bruce Hopewell
Robert
LeGoff
Alta
R. N. Dunsmore
Fred Oakley
Edmonton
R. H. Higginson
S. B
Guille
St. James
Cooper
Alex M. Davidson
Norwood
Gazette
Davidson
McKenzie’s United Store News
Baker's
Oak River
Apply Gazette Office
N. Tiessen
Borrowman Bros
Goodrich Tire Savers Club
Naval Headquarters
Stewart & Son
J.H.C
J. C. Cousins
Fourth Avenue
7Th Street
Rivers Brandon
Anglican Church
Rivers Insurance Agency
Albert Wareham
Avenue
the Rivers Gazette
River Manitoba
Thomas W. Offen
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