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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1934
Page
1
Miss Alice McFadden leaves Saturday for Vancouver with final departure set for Sept 9 aboard the SS Empress of Asia. She will join the United Church of Canada mission work in China, leaving behind a wide circle of friends wishing her welfare and success.
The piece extols advertisers and contributors who support local news. It praises merchants who advertise, women who report events accurately, readers who inform editors of happenings, timely copy submitters, cooperative townsfolk, and subscribers who pay promptly for their Gazette.
An item catalogues diverse plant and fruit origins. It states Staples Spinach from Arabia Quinine from Peru Celery from Germany Onion from Europe Oats from North America Tobacco native to Virginia Citron from Greece Poppy from the East Rye from Siberia Parsley Sardinia Cucumbers East Indies Sunflower from Peru Mulberry tree Persia Walnuts and peaches Persia Horse chestnut Tibet Corn America.
Records from Brandon Experimental Farm describe trials about ten years prior on Fall Rye sowing dates. August seeding underperformed compared with September sowing due to drought. October seeding failed after early germination due to frost. Early September sowing preferred when moisture allows germination. Tests in 1973 and 1924 substantiated these conclusions.
A regular Rivers Town Council meeting on August 22 with Mayor Duansmore presiding carried resolutions to adopt prior minutes, endorse St Andrew Rural Municipality hospital sweepstakes, accept L Wiegand's business tax as last year, enact bylaw licensing barber shops with a 30 dollar fee and operating hours, withdraw tax sale on Lots 15 and 16 Block 29, and then adjourn.
The Rivers Branch of the Canadian Legion announces a fiddlers contest in the 1.0.C. F. Hall on Friday September 14 at 8pm entries due to Cyril Foster by 8pm September 13. Prizes total 800 for first 500 second and 3 dollars third. A dance follows with music by the Rivers Nite Hawks and Old Time dancing at Ukrainian Hall with winners offered first option to play for a fee. Proceeds support the Memorial Fund. Admission 25c.
The Gazette extends best wishes for birthdays to Margaret Moore on August 30, Freda Wareham and Jimmy Slevin on the 30th, Frank Peddock Jr on the 31st, Mrs Robt White on September 1, A B Bradt on the 1st, Robt H White on the 2nd, Charlotte Lyon in Edmonton on the 3rd, Frank Tyerman and Gilbert Thomas on the 3rd, Mrs H Seaborn on the 4th, Rev S A Martin on the 4th, Mrs Walter Parker on the 5th, Shirley LePage on the 5th, and Mrs S Post on Bradwardine on the 5th.
A meditation on English verbiage highlighting puzzling phrases and mispronunciations. Included are a young woman correcting remarks about appearances, a child fitting a hat, Irish humor about being first, a hog market remark, a widow's dead husband timing, and a French guest mishearing cup of tea for cupatec.
Wheatland service at 3 pm with 11.15 Aucrum, Rivers service at 7.30 pm. The Rector presides at all services.
The church invites scholars and friends to attend next Sunday 11 AM when the sermon traces The Public Career of the Master from baptism to Gethsemane. Flower Sunday in Sunday School urges flowers or plants from visitors. United Ladies Aid meets Sept 4 at 3 PM in church parlors.
In a Rapid City Reporter note readers question the custom of newlyweds hosting treats on demand, calling the old practice a relic. The Hamota Echo cites a Rapid City farmer shipping a 900 lb steer last week and netting 680 dollars after shipping costs.
A reflective verse describes aging furniture as a comfort for weary returning men. The speaker notes the chesterfield stays for show while the kitchen sofa proves ideal for rough-clad loafers, offering a welcoming space that endures through years of wear.
The fire brigade attended a Friday call at the Aitken home with the fire quickly controlled. Miss E Semmens of London visited the town as a distinguished scientist. The Community Club hosted a tennis tournament with 46 couples entered.
Twenty years ago Rivers School reopened with Principal McNeil and four assistants. Enrollment stood at 140. Norman Ferguson left to join the Princess Pats, receiving a gold watch from the Orange Lodge. A Rivers crowd helped fend off a prairie fire threatening Chas Tufts’ farm buildings.
Five day open season for prairie chicken authorized by government on Manitoba game commission recommendation. Legal shooting days October 5 6 8 9 and 10 with October 7 Sunday. Daily limit ten birds and season limit twenty per hunter. Open season covers prairie chicken Hungarian partridge and ruffed grouse. pheasant remains protected. Last spring 1000 pheasants released from South Dakota.
Gross revenues of the all inclusive Canadian National Railways System for the week ending August 4 1934 were 2 830 053 00 compared with 2 752 604 for the same period in 1933 an increase of 77 449.
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