Blood Donor Clinic Held Under Captain Stewart Direction
A list of donors visited Rivers Blood Donor Clinic on a Wednesday morning December 20 under Captain D A Stewart. Names include Babb Murray MacDonald Brinton Hutton Heywood Kerber Hatton Bennett Rivers Whyte Wareham Edwards Foster Keeling Oak River McDonald Horton McKenzie McCallum Thompson Moline Bollman Duncan Duncan Yorke Yorke Bridgeman Hamiota Vickery LePine LePine Butler Cartney Oakner Reid McLellan Pettapiece Stratford Shanks Snowdon Shoal Lake Reid McFadyen Demeson Hargreaves Slimmon Purdy Lindsay Kenton Garton Bradwardine Harvey Tremaine Decker Hanlin Oak Lake Butler Daniel Daniel McConnell Dynecan Percy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D. A. Stewart
Ten Years Ago From the Gasagte 1935 Sports
Rivers hockey team beat Moline 4 to 2. George Barefoot was elected mayor of St Boniface. Boxing Day business closures noted. Weather reported as severe with forty below zero.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Geo. Barefoot
Ties
St. Boniface
Local and Personal News From Brandon Area
Local residents and visitors include LAC and Mrs Thes Smith with infant Jeen of Brandon, visiting here for the holidays. Cecil Fung of Trinidad and Manitoba University students spent the weekend with Alf and Mrs Wareham. Lee-Cpl Tom Ivory of the Veterans Guard of Canada visited on his New Year leave. Haverstock Sisters offer Sunday afternoon shows at the Four Star Theatre with accordion music and song. Sgt Dave Emslie and Mrs Emslie with daughter from Mossbank spent weekend with James and Mrs Emslie. A New Year’s Rally at United Church included many boys and girls and adults. Rev F W Lee led. wishes of Happy New Year were exchanged and gifts given.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lac
Mrs. Thes. Smith
Jeen
Brandon
Cecil Fung
Trinidad
Manitoba University
Alf. Wareham
Lee-Cpl
Tom Ivory
Veterans Guard of Canada
Ontario
Thos. Nolan
United Church
F. W. Lee
Rivers Boys Enter Junior Benspiel at Winnipeg
A Rivers High School quartet— Raymond Riddick Alvin Karjenzig Bill Tivy and Frank Stewartskip—competed in the Junior Benspiel at Winnipeg last week. They faced Cornish Transcona in their opening game and endured a heavy setback but won one match and narrowly lost another to Burgess Neepawa. The event drew 111 rinks with strong theatre and Amphitheatre Rink entertainments and a banquet by the Manitoba Curling Association. The Rivers team plans to return next year with more rink experience and practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers High School
Winnipeg
Rivers
Raymond Riddick
Alvin Karjenzig
Bill Tivy
Frank Stewartskip
Cornish
Transcona
Burgess
Neepawa
Manitoba Curling Association
Christmas Visits and Local Movements in Bradwardine
Mrs Woodhead and daughter Mrs Ken Couling of Lauder visit Bradwardine while Cpl Wes Common and Marion Common of the Tribune staff spend the holiday at their home. Winnipeg visitors include Misses Steski, Houston, and LAC Donald Crawford. Several townsfolk travel west, and Louis Steski undergoes an appendicitis operation at Bradwardine hospital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. Wes. Common
Souris
Marion Common
Tribune
Winnipeg
Rosie
Minnie Steski
Mr. Steski
Margaret and Beatrice Houston
Lac Donald Crawford
Rivers
Mrs. J. Houston
Louis Steski
Bradwardine Hospital
Lumber industry warns of war demand shortages
An appeal from North American Lumber & Supply Co. Ltd notes spruce is prioritized for war needs as crates for aircraft and ammunition, with limited supply for retailers. The letter promises postwar home improvements and better kitchen cabinets and floor coverings as demand shifts after the conflict ends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
North American Lumber & Supply CO. Ltd
Visiting relatives and local families in Tarbolton
Mr and Mrs T Seens visit son in law Victor Lowe of Sherridan. Rod Fewing of Winnipeg spends holidays with uncle Alex Thomson. Edward Wolfe family visit at former's parents. Bill Cochrane back from Brandon hospital stay. Isla Langley visits brother in law Leslie Seens family last week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mrs. T. Seens
Mrs
Victor Lowe
Sherridan
Rod Fewing
Winnipeg
Mrs. Alex. Thomson
P/O
Edward Wolfe
Bill Cochrane
Brandon
Isla Langley
Leslie Seens
Germination Tests Urged For Sprouted Manitoba Grain
Wet harvest weather damaged wheat oats and barley across Manitoba especially Red River Valley and Southern regions. Sprouted grain shows 30 to 50 percent germination loss. farmers should test seed now or risk thin stands and lower yields.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Red River Valley
Plant Products Division
Dominion Public Building
Winnipeg
Line Elevators Farm Service
Grain Exchange Building
Stork’s Airlift: 26 Babies Fly Quebec Route
An Indian flight near Quebec carried 26 babies in three three-place cribs on a Pacific Air Lines trip from Quebec City to Chicoutimi. Sister Coeur Immacule and Sister Marie de la Reparation accompanied the flight, totaling 31 souls with crew. Babies weighed about five pounds each, wrapped in blankets and secured in boxes and seats. Passengers slept. stewardess Jo Ann Harland praised the crew’s calm conduct. Captain Art Ledch, First Officer Gordon Alexander noted minimal noise and some static.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec Queterc City
Ots da Iery
Chicoutimi
Ens
cent-de-Paul
Rmain
Quebec
Pacific Air Lines
Coeur Immacule
Marie de la Reparation
Joan Harland
Art Ledch
Gordon Alexander
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Cilak
N.S.— Babb
Murray MacDonald
B. A. Brinton
J. D. Marine
J. M. Hutton
J. H. Heywood
Cpl. W. Kerber
E. M. Hatton
R. H. Bennett
Col
G. W
Oak River
McDonald
Agnes Horton
Mary McKenzie
Ida McCallum
E. L. Thompson
Peter
Stratford
Evelyn Shanks
Myrtle Snowdon
Martha
Kenton— Vance
Garnet Garton
Edith
Bradwardine— Harvey, Fred Harvey
Leta
Lavinia— Tremaine
Laurence Tremaine
Harold
Oak Lake
Butler
Ivan Daniel
Clifford Daniel
John Jr
Rivers Hockey Team
Moline
J. H. Barker
T. McMannistina
Essing
Reeth Asariean Labor & ‘Supply Co
Areham
Paon
Haverstock Sisters
Four Star Theatre
Dave Emslie
R.C.A.F
Rivers Boys
Benspiel
Bradwardine
Jean Houston
Points West
Mr. G. Mawer
Vancouver
Mervyn Joynt
Mrs. D. Joynt
Alma Ferguson
Miss Leon Lindsay
Mr. and
Mrs. L. Lindsay
England
Tarbolton
Ganitoba Department OF Agriculture and Immigration
Manitoba Crop Improvement Association
D. L. Campbell
Agriculture and Immigration
J. F. Topinka
Coal
Imperial Oil
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