24 Aug 1950
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1950
Page
1
Town and Out notes list visitors from Calgary, Vancouver, Ottawa, Saskatoon and Kirkland Lake staying with local families in Rivers. Several guests travel on with family ties to Lethbridge and Chatham Nova Scotia, while St James evening branch and choir share a social hour honoring Mrs. W A Thompson as she relocates to Chatham NS.
The religious film The Calling of Matthew will be shown during the regular Sunday evening service at the United church on Sunday evening. Mr and Mrs J H Blandford and Johnny with Mr and Mrs Richard Batty of Fort Garry spent the holiday weekend with the Blandfords. L E Grant and G F Barker drove to St Paul Minn last week and returned early this week. Mrs G Lyon of Ottawa formerly Rivers resident arrived last week with two daughters Charlotte and Mrs E Williams to visit friends. Their family recently visited here with their parents Mrs P J Smith
Mrs A Johnson was guest of honor at a St James W A gathering on August 19 at Mrs C Blandford's home. Eleven ladies attended. She was leaving Rivers to live in Vancouver and received a gift from organization members presented by Mrs Roy Mitchell after remarks by vice-president A Richardson.
A Peterborough Examiner report notes a novel labor tactic described as a hiccup strike. Workers halt for ten minutes in series, with fright used as a cure for hiccups, such as a startled patrol scene.
Reports from India say the Sone river swamped the town of Bihti 26 miles west of Patea and its airfield. More than 100 villages along the river’s eastern bank were also under water.
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