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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 29, 1946
Page
4
Ten years after a local take-off the airplane struck the fence and was damaged. Plans were underway for a Grade XII in Rivers school. Funeral services for Gordon Robertson, nineteen, were held from Brandon to Rivers cemetery after a drowning accident. Fruit in this district was scarce.
Twenty years ago McKenszie's store joined United stores. Four Zacharias children were placed in Salvation Army home. Twenty five years ago Salvation Army band from Brandon visited Rivers. Threshing was general. August 24 1916 ads show goods like Harvest boots 2.50 socks 3 for 25 cents overalls 1.50 shirts 90c. August 24 1911 death of Bert Franklin. Security Elevator destroyed by fire of unknown origin.
Ads show quick turnover of a pipeless furnace and a garage sale with profits reported. Investment costs and sale proceeds highlight the payoffs of advertising. The items sparked heavy calls and strong response from readers.
A Rivers youth, John Lusney, engineer now in Asia, writes of a long journey from Vancouver in December to Malaya and China. He anticipates a 1949 return via San Francisco, with time zones, trains, and possible planes shaping a plan. He recalls family, friends, and a homesick wish for baseball and hockey back home.
More than 1,300 people availed themselves of the tuberculosis survey x ray unit in Daly municipality and Rivers last week. Sponsored by the Rivera board of Trade, the unit operated at Carnegie Monday afternoon, then Rivers Monday night and Bradwardine Tuesday. The staff, assisted by local women under Nurse M Westwood, checked children and adults alike.
A Washington news note reports stress in wedding stationery amid a surge of weddings and strikes. Dan Cupid stays busy as orders flow to a credited printer. a wholesaler’s brief letter cites fatigue from too many weddings and strikes.
Britain will buy about 90 percent of Denmark's bacon exports for three years at a price about five dollars above Canadian bacon. The pact also covers 74 000 tons of butter in 1947 and larger future shipments, plus 85 percent of Denmark's egg surplus with prices set seasonally. Danish and British officials frame it as a compromise securing a stable market.
A reflective note marks the approach of September as Labor Day looms and Christmas Day follows, noting the month’s calendar quirks. The writer observes five Sundays five blue Mondays and four publishing days in the period, implying a slower pace and the peculiarities of the month.
Charles Blandford, 65, Boer War veteran and Riverlea resident since 1909, retired from the CNR yard this month. Fellow workers honored him with good wishes and a purse of money presented by locomotive foreman Frank Walker.
Charlie Blandford, born 1881 in Rassia India, served in the Boer War, moved from England to Canada arriving Winnipeg July 1 1903. He and Louise Fraser settled in Rivers in 1909 to railroading, had four children, and planned to raise mink as a hobby while his grandson John H Blandford carried on the family name.
In Johannesburg in August, Daphne Rooke and Elizabeth Daggerleave tied for the competition prize of £2060 and a 15 percent royalty on 14,000 copies. Rooke, a plasterer’s wife and mother, wrote The Sea Hath Bounds as her first novel attempt. Daggerleave was Elizabeth Webster, who moved to South Africa in 1925 and died in 1934. her sister submitted The Expiring Frog.
Peter Manchal contends Rivers east end can rival the west in gardens. He has raised sharp of tomatoes in a 10 by 20 space, with bushels of fruit: large, healthy, hanging on vines. Pickles in the vineyard accompany blooming flower beds and shaded hedges.
Due to the long weekend and Labor Day all copy for next week's issue must reach The Gazette by 6 p.m. Saturday Aug 81 Advertisers and correspondents are asked to note this deadline.
Dayton Ohio August AP report details German saboteurs and agents carried in bomb shaped containers dropped behind Allied lines during the war. Air Materiel Command at Wright Field disclosed 10 foot 499 pound units each held three men strapped inside with a separate parachute compartment above them.
Britain's new 18 000 ton light fleet aircraft carrier Triumph docked at Sheerness Kent after a voyage to Rusala for Red Navy day celebrations. The ship completed its maiden voyage and will be based at a southern port region for training and patrol duties.
A man insists on being called Tom not Thomas as he recounts a comic quest for proof of birth. He spends money chasing records from statistics offices, church baptism, family Bible entries, and finally a birth certificate. The tale ends with a mistaken legal name Tom and a final miscount of costs. A sparrow caused a village fire in Vauxbons eastern France by hitting a transformer.
In Daly, James Higginson’s dog Bobs guides a hunter pack to a coyote den, fights a dangerous wild mother, and helps end a winter storm voyage. The tale recalls the Higginson dog’s fame as neighbors praise his loyalty and skill.
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