Local Family News From Rivers and Bradwardine Districts
Found and Out notes three weeks with Mr s and Mrs R McLaren and parents after a holiday in Minnesota. Mr and Mrs Foster Bally returned from a stay in Minnesoa. Alex Roberts family also came back from Flinfton. Arthur Olfrey senior and junior visited relatives. Donald E Lowe and family of Regina visit Rivers and Brad wardine districts. Wilbur and Orville Bailey left for Port Credit Ontario after a recent holiday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R McLaren
Foster Bally
Donald E. Lowe
Regina
Rivers
Bradwardine
Engagement notice and scattered local notices from Rivers to Montreal
Mrs D H Ross of Montreal announces the engagement of her daughter Adrienne Sawyer Ross to Alvin Thomas Setter of Rivers Manitoba with the wedding planned at Knox Crescent and Kensington Presbyterian church Notre Dame de Grace. Also a lost silver plated wrist fetch in Rivers offered as a reward and several social notices from Saskatchewan and Ontario about visitors, reunions, and guests at various homes along with a Dunn family gathering in Virden.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. H. Ross
Montreal
Adrienne Sawyer Ross
Alvin Thomas Setter
G. M. Setter
Mrs. Setter
Rivers, Man
Knox Crescent
Kensington Presbyterian Church
Notré Dame de Grace
A. Hamilton
Borden Motors Limited
Community notes on gardens, paint, and local sights
A local page highlights home gardens, lawn care, and curb appeal with homes on Fifth and Third avenues, including tidy backyards and colorfully painted storefronts at Gilchrist’s, Berg’s, Forman’s, Setter’s, and White poolroom. It mentions new streets, remodels around Rivers, and immunization clinic closings for fall. A freak four legged chicken at Dick Hildebrandt farm draws visitors from across the country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Second Avenue
Adam Daniel
J. W. Lobb
Gilchrist
Berg’s
Forman's Hardware
Setter’s Drug Store
White Poolroom
Rivers
Third Avenue
Gordon Taylor
Fifth Avenue
George Mitchell
Alex Roberts
Birth Announcements Gathered From Local Notices
A sequence of birth notices lists several families welcomed to the community in July and August 1952. Names include Birch Gibson Pelletier Krahn Moncrief Callaway Kidsness Reagan Huffman Balcom Snider West Ranson Muir and Thompson, with newborn sons and a daughter noted at Forman’s Nursing Home and Brandon General Hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thompson
Brandon General Hospital
N. A
Rusty) Thompson
Rivers
Precautions Concerning Polio Cont. from Page 1
Public health guidance outlines steps to manage polio risk including observing symptoms fever headache and stiff neck for children and ensuring proper disposal of human excreta to prevent spread. The article emphasizes early recognition and isolation measures to reduce transmission and protect community health.
Northern man praises Rivers valley garden of Eden
John Silcox of Rivers visited Manitobas Swan River Valley and praised its fruit crops saying apples cherries plums and berries were sweeter than many regions. The former private garden near Swan River at Kenville grew fruits vegetables and flowers under Herman Loat until government ownership transformed it into a showplace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Exton
Manitoba
Swan River Valley
John Silcox
Herman Loat
Kenville
Swan River
Also Mentioned on This Page
Iday
Minnesoa
Flin Fton
Arthur Olfrey Sr
Mrs
Arthur Olfrey Jr
Wilbur
Orville Baily
Port Credit
Ont
Mary Polkinghorne
Marsden
E. 0. Dyer
Toronto
CCF
William Cannon
W. W. Banbury
London
Wilson
Ingersoll
Pacific Coast
J. Dunn
Virden
H. N. Dunn
Port Alberni
B.C
C. W. Dunn
A A. Ross
H. R. Dunn
Dunn
Sune Day
Rivery
A. Ross
Jack Hain
N. Wetherall
Bobby
G. Hood
Waterdown
M. Laspa
Atikokan
D. Hain
Melville, Sask
Weiners
Avliks Bakery
Nan
C. H. Farrend
Gay
Peter Luchuk
Andy MacKay
James Scott
J. R. Higginson
Uli Miediea
Stleox
Sullivan
Dick Hildebrandt Farm
Silcox
Indaw
John Cascaden
Brandon
Forman's Nursing Home
Gibson
C. H. Gibson
Pelletier
P. E. P. Pelletier
Callaway
R. B. Callaway
Kidsness
B. L. Hidsness
Reagan
J. L Reagan
Huffman
J. H. Huffman
Balcom
B. M. Balcom
West
W. J. West
Ranson
H. G. Ranson
Swansdown, Pkge
Bologna
Jim Rous
Nesses
Gilehrits Pug Store
LA U2
le Dad al
Phe
Ee Scane
John Deere
Taylor & Son Limited
McKenzie’s
Laurel
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