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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Dec 27, 1945
Page
4
Files of Tas Rives Gaxerre Darby record a dog from the Thomas family receiving a Christmas card from the Steggles in Bog Towson as local bank changes frame accounts. Fifteen years earlier Mrs. Jack Bartlett won a Legion cake with a 14 pound guess, while Bradwardine curlers claimed the Pebberlin cup in a local opening match.
A local election saw Daly voters split on approving air travel taxation with 68 in favor and 102 against the plan. A good roads by law drew 67 votes for and 102 against. The luxury tax on timepieces was removed.
Thirty years ago on December 23 1915 a janitor hockey club formed here named The Vics. The piece mentions a seed grain fair a poultry show and a curling season opening. Rivers first council was elected with W R Head mayor and others. A freight train wreck near here destroyed one car and killed a livestock inspector with 81 injured. Deer deer.
A December 29 birthday note salutes Mrs Selby Brows Gilchrist with best wishes for happiness and health in the coming year.
Local sports notes describe a playful holiday tally in a close game where W. I. Stewart loses to his son Frank, with Frank, Jack Gilchrist, and Frank Taylor pulling key plays. The piece mixes festive chatter and game records, listing players and results across multiple matchups and dates.
The Gazette presents a retrospective of 1945 highlighting world events such as the fall of dictators and the deaths of leaders, alongside local happenings. It notes weddings in January and deeds like the Golden Wedding of Mr. and Mrs. Weldon Sargent in Wellington BC, plus a reported death in action and funeral services for Mrs. M D Moore.
The Christmas morning Empire program, including Canada, concluded with a greeting from the monarch. The war years ended and His Majesty marked the first peacetime broadcast, signaling a return to peace.
Joyful week of Christmas events featured pupils and teachers arriving for programs at Rivers School with music by Bill Radcliffe Alvin Karlen Sig Alfred Jellis George Walker Maureen Satter and others. Santa visited on December 18 in Robinville despite heavy roads while 13 scholars under Miss M Sullivan performed. Rivers United and Anglican services drew large crowds as the Sunday school program concluded with the old gentleman’s final grand entrance.
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