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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1951
Page
2
Mr and Mrs R Kerry express heartfelt thanks to neighbors friends and relatives for cards sympathy and floral tributes after the death of Mrs Kerry's father. Special thanks to pall bearers Ross Seater Thomson and Hart families Nurse Westwood and others who helped in any way. Mrs H Wiens and Family
Town of Rivers requires bicycle licenses at the town clerk office with serial number and make for 1 dollar. Dog licenses available for the current year with discount if bought by February 1 1951. failure to license may lead to prosecution. W T Dyer secretary treasurer.
Preliminary notice announces a Burns Nite concert and dance hosted by the ladies auxiliary of the Canadian Legion with guest speaker Rev Donald M Burns of Brandon. Also items for sale include a cookstove wardrobe and household effects at Mrs P Luchuk Third and Columbia, and an electric steam heater at North American Lumber Yard Rivers.
Bradwardine and UC Wood teams skipped at the Foresters bonspiel in Cardale. St Matthew's W.A. members quilted for Prince Albert Indian school at Mrs A Hays home. A Foresters dance in the community hall featured Rivers Swing Tones. Brandon rinks visited January 6 led by Russell Richardson and Howard Graham. Donald Crawford returns from Wilkie Saskatchewan after holidays.
Tarbolton J. Alex Wedderburn has returned from Brandon where he was a patient in the general hospital.
Pictou Nova Scotia Mr and Mrs Alex Grant celebrate their 52nd wedding anniversary. They have three sons one daughter eight grandchildren and three great grandchildren. The family celebration reflects long years of marriage.
Four bred sows due to freshen in April priced at fifty dollars each and young pigs at twelve dollars each are advertised for sale. Apply J Fast Pettapiece Rapid City phone 312-31. Lou Snider, a pianist organist and arranger, contributes keyboard and background music to at least three CBC programs.
Vancouver CP report captures Capt Walter Peterson describing a massive herring boil in Ogden Channel and Kitkatlah Inlet near Prince Rupert. He says the horde thrashed water, some fish were tossed by propellers and others bloodied the water as inspectors ordered the fishery closed. The event, he says, may be the largest herring bonanza in B C history.
A flood damaged couple rebuilds their home only to lose it in a New Year blaze at St. Jean Baptiste. Allan Sask firefighters faced a faulty $1,000 chemical extinguisher during a separate garage fire near Allan. Lloyd Hann of Lethbridge was arrested in Toronto for drunk driving from an October accident. Mike Zacharusk, a 22 year old convict, saved from Gallows four times by insanity, has had his death sentence commuted to life. Jack Needham, driver, nearly died as carbon monoxide leaked in a bombardier cabin and his sled crash left him stranded until rescue.
A four hour blaze at the Florence Stove company in Kankakee, Illinois caused an estimated 3.5 to 4 million dollars in damage. Three firefighters were injured. The fire's cause was not immediately known. John Lempriere, the elderly Edmonton shoemaker who reportedly “came back from the dead,” was released from hospital as 1951 began. Hospital officials said there is no cause for concern over his condition. He had been declared dead last month and was en route to a mortuary when attendants noticed signs of life.
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