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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1946
Page
6
Ten years earlier, December 17, 1936, Mrs. Harry A. King of Jasper and Rita, along with a former Rivers resident, died in Edmonton. The year also marked Edward VIII stepping down from the throne and the Duke of York becoming King George VI.
A 1931 brief notes Bradwardine being supplied with electric power and light. A historical item recalls weather data from December 16 1926 with rain on Saturday afternoon followed by a thermometer reading well below zero.
In December 14 1916 Rivers city government elected D. C. Jonason as mayor. The city office promised protection while Rivers school enrollment reached 140 pupils.
Safety services of Souris United Church took place Sunday. Improvements to the building included lowering the auditorium ceiling installing an oil heating system and rebuilding the pipe organ. The pew memorial chimes with tower amplification will be dedicated December 22.
The Gazette requests cooperation from all advertisers for the upcoming issue. All copy must be submitted by Saturday noon, with mailing set for Tuesday of the following week.
Montrealers faced police silence as special squads from municipal provincial and RCMP prepared a campaign against the distribution of the leaflet defending Fred Rose. Authorities weighed actions to curb what officials call seditious and unfounded material attacking the government courts and the espionage royal commission.
Calgary December report says the Alberta Wheat Pool accepted the federal tax offer in principle at its annual meeting, though officials protested the terms. Ottawa has not released the official offer details. Jerusalem dispatch notes the Jewish agency seeks $200 million in German reparations claims for losses during the Holocaust, reported by Ash Shaab.
In some communities charges or collections at Christmas tree entertainments are treated as advertising. Announcements about these concerts must be paid for at the regular advertising rates.
Christmas festivities open with Masons at Community hall as Santa distributed gifts from a decorated tree. High school students later joined teachers for contests and dancing. Rivers Legion and ladies auxiliary hosted a pre Christmas gathering in Frame's hall with laughter and games. Several more events are planned through December including school and religious group gatherings led by dates in mid December.
In St Boniface Manitoba a special meeting of businessmen condemned the local fire department as a disgrace after a Sunday blaze destroyed two grain elevators. They faulted the department for not seeking Winnipeg aid and losing a second elevator. Mayor George McLean plans a thorough blaze inquiry, with arson as a possible cause to be investigated.
Eight tender bids for school van driving were reviewed at the Rivers school board meeting on December 11. Contracts awarded to A J McDonald H S Treloar A J Treloar John Taylor E A Saville and R Madden with daily rates cited. C Nowe caretaker salary increase proposed with re engagement for 1947 at 1500 yearly. Accounts totaling 725.66 approved for payment.
Mrs. W. R. Sibbald 74, Tarbolton resident for 59 years, born in Stirling Scotland, came to Canada in 1887. Married 1888, active in community affairs, survived by husband two daughters Jessie at home and three sons Louis in Chelsea Michigan John at home and Harry of Winnipeg, a sister and four grandchildren. Funeral Thursday in Brandon with burial at Alexander family plot. pallbearers A D Blair T Fenwick C Haig J Thomson E H Wolfe and A S Wedderburn.
Lorne W. Young aged 36 of Rapid City formerly of Rivers died at Brandon General Hospital after a lengthy illness. He came to Rivers years ago to bake and worked for the Winnipeg Electric Railway before his illness. He was nephew of Mrs. C. W. Ange of Rivers. Funeral services were held December 8 with burial in Rapid City cemetery.
Winnipeg December. W R Cottingham chairman of the municipal and public utility board said the board will not recognize any new teachers salaries schedule beyond 1943. He noted the 1947 budget may authorize increases in districts that can afford them and payment of 1200 dollars for beginners.
In Clarksburg West Virginia three coal miners declared they were tired of coal strikes and signed up with the regular army, signaling a shift in wartime labor unrest and recruitment at the local level.
Plans to form three hockey teams in Rivers were announced at a Friday night meeting. J. W. Stratford was elected president and Dr. D. A. Stewart vice president. D. Parker is secretary, J. Gilchrist treasurer. Executive members include John Morrow HK McLeod C Forman R Stinson John Isaak and J Gilchrist. Coaches named for intermediates high school and midgets were listed.
A lone crow remains at a bluff by C. J. McFadden farm despite sub zero temperatures and the usual summer migration. McFadden notes the bird stayed behind because it missed the last train south, making it a curious winter resident.
Business places in Rivers will remain closed four days during the holiday season. The closures cover Christmas Day and Boxing Day next week, plus New Year’s Day and Thursday January 2 of the following week.
In a dim eating house two men argue over curling the ardent fan praising the sport while the skeptic doubts. The piece recalls hardy Scots curling last Thursday in extreme cold with jokes about drinking ends and a threat to trim pants and sell grand stand tickets to watch rivals fail.
Canada transfers residents to full citizenship on January 1 1947 as the Citizenship Act takes effect. Ottawa’s Secretary of State outlines Canadian Citizenship Week January 5 to January 11 with broad support from religious leaders.
A former missionary student Herbert Vanbon, 28, was jailed six months for assaulting Laurence Olivier and two policemen after trying to kiss Vivien Leigh in London. Magistrate E R Guest ruled he was sane and accountable, despite doctors' uncertainty.
They argue people seek happiness and leisure against gloom, favor circuses over bread, and enjoy dancing, singing, and play, insisting humans are not merely statistics but born to pursue happiness and joy.
J W Gray, a GTP railway pioneer who arrived in Rivers in 1908 as an engineer, retired in Regina Saskatchewan after 46 years of service, according to Canadian National Magazine.
Two Atlanta men linked to the anti Negro Columbians Inc testified to state prosecutors about the group’s plan to form a Nas-like government in the United States. Waller and James Ralph Childers said they furnished evidence connecting a Columbian reader to dynamite purchases aimed at homes of Black residents.
The column laments the effort of typesetting a four page paper and recalls readers’ frustration with evergreen costs. It notes winter storms drive dogs and horses into streets, suffering from hunger and cold, and argues farm animals wandering away deserve humane destruction rather than neglect.
The Gazette recalls Daly’s early optimism and growing pains as a rural municipality. It notes local sports chatter with Bradwardine and Wheatland, a 1908 railway visit, evolving town needs, a fatal Grand Trunk work train accident, and the debut of moving pictures for residents.
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