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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 06, 1945
Page
4
Recital proceedings list pupils from Mount Vernon Wallace Oakleigh and Robinville with a dramatic contest held at Robinville school. Nine hockey clubs entered a local tournament here with Rivers losing to Kemnay in the final game.
The Canadian National Railways motive power team will test a German condenser type locomotive in Canada. E R Battley, chief of motive power and car equipment, announced the experiments to assess practicality.
John Todd, 66, longtime Cardale district farmer and renowned Clydesdale breeder, died suddenly in Rivers on Friday morning after a brief stay with the Whyte family. Born in East Kilbride Scotland in 1880, he came to Canada in 1908, farming at OrmAton and Rapid City before moving to Cardale in 1920. Funeral held at Cardale church with Rev. Reynolds officiating. pallbearers named. Left bereaved by a wife, two brothers, one sister in Scotland, and a nephew in Rapid City.
Hoar frost settled on buildings trees and wiring lowering visibility at times. For four hours on Thursday last electric power was off due to frost damage. Springlike weather followed melting snow and deteriorating ice. Ice harvest at the river halted.
The Gazette asks residents to contribute memories and data for a forthcoming historical series. It urges many participants, citing rivers, Daly, prairie fires, Sitting Bull, buffalo, Daly’s beginnings, and the Red River car as potential topics.
A large crowd attended last Wednesday's Curlers Danco Carling club dance in the Community hall. Prizes for oven ready turkeys were won by A. McRae of Brad warding Mrs Noel Greasley of The Pas and Raymond Riddick of Rivers. The Era plans more social events through the winter months.
In a May hearing William is found guilty of begging and is sent to a three month term in government care. His prior record shows multipleAug months of detention and work assignments. Charles protests and the magistrate grants a month to reconsider penalties.
A list of individuals with December birth dates including R N Duneimore Jean Smith Noel G Greasley Lorne Forman Irene Fletcher Brandon Robin Harvey Beryl McMannis James Slevin J Symons Calgary and Alia with dates ranging from December 1 to December 13.
The Gazette recounts how Toronto was first called York by early settlers, with its origin tied to Frederick, Duke of York. By 1834 it was incorporated as a city and officially named Toronto, marking a key transition in the town’s identity.
A nostalgic look at the Thompson Block at Main and Second in Rivers traces its 1908 origins. It details J E Thompson's brick building housing a hardware store, funeral equipment, and a poolroom barber shop, with McKenzie’s archery store nearby and later expansions.
Hong Kong veteran Pte Beltz who sang Tipperary staged a dramatic one-two finish at a welcome home supper hosted by the rehabilitation committee. Eleven returning men attended as Beltz recounted life under Japanese captivity while Alex Whyte's orchestra played and a sing-song followed.
Manitobans faced a week of foggy skies with drastic temperature swings. After freezing overnight, temperatures dropped to zero then jumped to around 40 above by Tuesday, wrapping a volatile spell of changeable weather.
Tara Berth leads B Harvseedtimes at WwW Dive in Winnipeg Manitoba as event details highlight line elevation and local teams.
The piece recalls past misuses of inferior seed and notes the 1939 formation of the Alberta Crop Improvement Association to promote pedigreed seeds. Seed moves from grower to farmer via elevator agents with free delivery, a system Manitoba and Saskatchewan also adopted, aiming to improve crop quality across the three provinces.
Six months shy of 87 years, Clarence Wagar, Rivers business pioneer, disposed of his poolhall to Howard White and Lee Forman. Born in Napanee Ontario on December 4 1866, Wagar moved to Rivers in 1909, later worked on the railroad until 1989, and lived in the United States before returning to Rivers in 1941 with Mrs. Wagar.
Postal officials urge early mailing to assure Christmas delivery. Postmaster G. M. Henderson notes deadlines: Salivary, Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia by Dec. 15. Ontario by Dec. 16. Manitoba and Saskatchewan by Dec. 17. local mail by Dec. 18.
Do You Know that Rivers earliest building was a sleeping hut still in use that a local resident served in the Boer War with a western film star and that Daly’s first church is over 60 years old and in use one man was saved from a collapsed well beneath what is now Rivers airport in a brush with death and rescue
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