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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1920
Page
5
Local brief lists visits by Mrs. J Putte Fast Tattiday and Mrs. Deldis of Varden to relatives, upcoming Union Church bazaar and home cooking sale on December 18, Christmas card promotions at Gazette Stationery, and various church and social events. Also notes a Whist Drive December 29 in Wayar Hall, matinees at Bijou Theatre, and a town visit by J Millfature.
The Gazette urges readers to subscribe now as the town’s latest events unfold. Vivid local notices, council updates, and community milestones fill the pages, underscoring the paper’s role in keeping residents informed.
Fragmentary funeral notice mentions Ernie H. and Mr Woulsey with sparse details. Text notes a funeral at a river location with limited readable names and vague dates. No coherent incident or outcome is clear.
Nomination day set for Daly Rural Municipality on Tuesday December 7 to elect four reeves and councillors amid expected council changes. Rivers Town will nominate on Tuesday December 14 with changes anticipated. Mayor Thompson reportedly will not seek re election after several terms.
The Rural Municipality of Daly passes a by law to bring the municipality under the Act respecting District Hall Insurance assented to March 27, 1920. The by law follows the prescribed form and was read a first and second time on November 9, 1920.
The text notes Wa Lodge No. 71 at 100 F and officers for the two term to be elected at a regular meeting on Tuesday evening. Grand and Parefoot named as officers and the fall list to be published later. A solicitation to subscribe to the Gazette for district news at $2 per year is included.
The Daly Rivers School Trustees Association holds its annual meeting in Rivers on Thursday afternoon December 9. Trustees from town and rural areas are urged to attend and the public is invited. Speakers include A. J. Hatcher Schools Inspector and Wm Tvetach Advisory Board member.
Mrs. Robert J. Madden and Mrs. Chester McFadden attended the Brandon Sunday vet convention sessions last week. The Ladies of the Porter Methodist Teachers Ltd met at Mrs R K Button's home to bid farewell to Mrs Goulds who was leaving town. The event featured music by Mrs H Warehan and an address by Mrs Morrow. Mrs Dousmore presented Mrs Gould with an aluminum double boiler.
A Saturday search by Dominion and Provincial Revenue officials located a working whisky still in a rural municipality near town. An accused local citizen paid $500 to satisfy justice. A second town visit Tuesday focused on several places with extra scrutiny of foreign born residents. Fire-water was seized at one site and the offender faces a substantial fine.
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