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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 11, 1952
Page
4
A tourist named Jost asks an Ovark native about a road. The elder describes the route as fading after a few miles, first a beidal path, then a heg trai, and finally a squirrel track that climbs a tree to a knothole.
A Manitoba weekly urges each rural centre to preserve its pioneer story by creating a local archive or museum. It proposes a community fellowship to fund six to twelve months of research, interviews, and gathering material, to honor founders and strengthen local heritage.
Horticultural officials of the Dominion department of agriculture advise winter as a rest period for most house plants. Resting slows growth, ceases blooming in many cases, and requires low water, minimal root disturbance, and cooler indoor temperatures around 70 F by day and about 60 F at night. Humidity can be aided with evaporating pans and gravel trays.
Prince Rupert B C reports the first shipment of Japanese oranges arriving last week aboard the SS Talgon Maru with 144000 boxes loaded into refrigerator cars. Canadian National Railway distributed the fruit to the Prairie points and local Prince Rupert market, totaling 24,000 boxes for Prince Rupert and 19 carloads to Edison Alberta The Pas Burns Lake and Prince George also received consignments.
Local council announces new street lighting, enforces incineration for all burned refuse, and notes community events and obituaries. The list records deaths include Mrs. Robert Madden aged 73 and William Hunter, a Stewartville pioneer, along with marriages, relocations like D Rose family moving to Kelowna, and reminiscences of past decades.
Funeral services for the late Mrs. Alfred James Allen were held on Nov 2 from the Roman Catholic church in Rivers with interment in Rivers cemetery Pallbearers were Merrick Fleury Stanley Fleury Wayne Berg Lorne Forman John Allen and George Allen
A list of birthday wishes spans several days and locations. Names include Kathleen McLaren Henry Savage Mrs J H Symons Calgary Mrs W E Duncan Albert J Bowman Mrs A F Wyld Roy al Oak Mich Mrs W A Camp bel Brandon Sgt J Fleming St Hubert Que Wednesday entries J H Maxwell Winnipeg Jack Hanlon Brandon and Anne Lussier.
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