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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 18, 1949
Page
3
A magistrate fines a man for staring for 30 minutes at a couple in a parked car. The Stratford Deacon-Herald warns against offensive behavior and urges cleaning up, while discussing flies as polluting carriers of disease in a bizarre, disjointed fragment.
The Rivers Gazette, a community weekly newspaper established in July 1908 by T. W. Offen, is authorized as a second class mail publication by the Post Office Department in Ottawa. The Gazette Olive at 200 Main Street Rivers Manitoba lists subscription rates of 232 dollars per year in Canada and 500 in other places. G. F. Barker.
The Selkirk Enterprise editorial argues introducing new industries would boost employment and community wealth. It urges thorough preparation, marketing, and clear data on resources, rail access, and land, stressing proactive outreach to manufacturers to attract plants and retain local youth.
The Brockville Recorder and Times cautions river users about gasoline and fumes on gasoline powered boats. It urges vigilance as high-test fuel vapor can ignite with a single spark, stressing the risk even among seasoned sailors.
A nostalgic note on railway hat checks fading with streamlined cars and new signals. The piece contrasts old hat checks as fare receipts with modern window blind catches while recalling simpler times. It also cites Metropolitan Lite Bulletin figures on smallpox cases in the United States during 1948 and reports Fort William Times on regional farming shifts toward potatoes, orchards, and diverse crops in Ottawa and Manitoba.
The Daly municipality recounts deaths in Winnipeg and a fatal air collision near the George Howard farm. Residents Walter Parker and Enid Orth die, while Dawn Lyon and May Blakeney wed abroad. Marriages include Rev J W Nowe and Bertha Dey, Stephen Lusney and Jean Clife, and Margaret Thomson with George Seens in Bradwardine.
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