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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1950
Page
3
In Ontario, drainage practices threaten water resources and flood frequency. Authorities seek federal aid to restore swamps and curb groundwater decline, arguing local efforts raise countryside costs. Moose Jaw The Herald notes the new poor are white collar workers pushed into low income by industry, unions, and farming groups.
Miss Elizabeth Pringle, born in Scotland and now in Manitoba, returned to visit New Abbey and recount life in Canada during two months of rural meetings. The Dumfries & Galloway Standard notes her first trip home since emigrating before the war.
Oak River and area residents report visitors from Winnipeg Edmonton Fort William Redvers Flin Flon and Hamilton as well as travels to North Dakota and Dakota destinations. Families including Purvis Nesbitt McDonald Hutchings McCallum Pax ton Thompson and Bridgeman are noted with vacations and returns from Clear Lake Winnipegarea trips.
Bradwardine Miss Rita Common and companions visit family members here while others return from Crawford park instruction week. Local visitors include Mr and Mrs Ferguson from the west, and guests at Mrs C Post's home. The Wall Street Journal and St. Thomas Times-Journal items share anecdotes and a honeymoon tale, plus a Canadian British military law note on drunkenness as no excuse for crime.
Edward Bonsall of Willow Ranch Saskatchewan was sentenced to four years in prison for the robbery of the Alexander hotel night clerk, with a $109 theft at dagger point. Honeau confessed to the offense.
A foreign page notes that most Germans favor peace and cooperation with friendly nations following defeats in two world wars. It adds a Brantford newspaper proposal for renewal exams to ensure graduates have real competence, not just degrees.
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