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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 16, 1948
Page
3
Miss Ruth Eveling of Winmersh Berkshire is famed as Mrs Santa Claus for sewing and gifting 3 900 dolls over three years to London's poorer children at Christmas. Despite waning eyesight she trains and travels for longer needlework tours to supply dolls this Christmas.
In Nanaimo British Columbia three horses forced entry into the city pound. Poundkeeper F. Cooper released the animals after they entered and the owners paid three dollars each to bail them out. One horse recently impounded reportedly returned with two companions seeking the good feed.
London to welcome a second giant Norwegian Christmas tree. Two London boys will visit Oslo to pick a 60 foot pine near the city, then the tree will be shipped to England on December 18 and erected beside Nelson Column for the Christmas season.
In Natal British Columbia a funeral director borrowed a hearse from Fernie as his own was tied up by the pink slip law requiring proof of insurance after auto accidents. Edmonton special officer A S Lawrence found a car with number up, affixed parking ticket 1595 to the vehicle, though no licence plate. The Empire radio broadcast on Christmas Day is titled Good Neighbors.
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