School Board Sets 1950 Expenses At $24,000
At the first Rivers School Trustees meeting for 1950 on January 4, the board set the annual expense estimate at 24000 under the Public Schools Act. J Gilchrist took the oath, Chester J McFadden was re-elected chairman, and succession of staff and meeting dates were affirmed.
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Rivers Seho
Public Schools
J. Gilchrist
Chester J. MicFadden
R. G. Sinclair
Sec.-Trens. Tor
Chas
T. Nolan
Daly Rural Council Sets 1950 Meeting Dates
In the Rural Municipality of Daly the first regular council meeting on Jan 3 saw oath of office for elected and re elected members. Chairman was R W Dobson in Reeve Thos Seens absence. Year 1950 meeting dates: Feb 21 Mar 28 May 2 Jun 6 Jul 4 Aug 1 Oct 3 Nov 7 Dec 5.
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Daly
R. W. Dobson
Thos. Seens
Rivers Teens Narrow Carnival Queen Candidate to Gail Maxted
News and Views of Rivers Keen Teens reports that Gail Maxted is chosen as Rivers Carnival Queen candidate for 1930. A February 3 rink-opening decision finalizes the choice, with other contenders advised not to appear.
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Wike
Gail Maxted
Seens Family Holiday Visit and Winnipeg Notables
Mr and Mrs T H Seens spent the holiday season at Sherridan Manitoba with their son in law and daughter. E H Wolfe recently visited Winnipeg. J A S Wedderburn spent the weekend with Mr and Mrs Gordon Watson in Winnipeg. Mrs John Hammond of Griswold is wintering with her son Thomas Hammond.
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T. H. Seens
Sherridan
Man
E. H. Wolfe
Winnipeg
J. A. S. Wedderburn
Gordon Watson
John Hammond
Griswold
Thos. Hammand
Pettapiece Bride Wed in Avonhurst Home Vows
Doreen Patricia Kite and John Edward Shanks exchanged marriage vows December 23 at the Avonhurst residence. Rev. W R Donagh officiated with Rev. Dr. H Dodd assisting. The bride wore white moire taffeta with a deep peplum and carried American beauty red roses. After a reception the couple, honeymooning in Winnipeg, will reside in Snow Lake Manitoba.
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Avonhurst
Doreen Patricia
G. R. Kite
John Edward Shanks
Lawson Shanks
Douglas Spearin
John L. Kite
Winnipeg
Rivers Keen Teener Photo Club Showcases Youth Portrait Skills
The Rivers Keen Teeners Photo Club in Gilchrist's Drug Store displays youth photography work. Under Alex Matheson the 10 members focus on basics of photography from film development to prints, aiming to process their own images and build a richer picture collection.
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Gilchrist
Rivers
Rivers Keen
Alex Matheson
Muriel Hunt
Marg Thomas
Ron Davis
Betsy Kenyon
Garry Maxted
Fritzie Thomas
Sheila Davis
Bill Chubako
Gail Maxted
Justine Hicks
Noted geographer Dean Bowman dies at 71 in Baltimore
Dr Isaiah Bowman Johns Hopkins university president emeritus and leading geographer died at Johns Hopkins hospital in Baltimore early today at age 71. Born in Waterloo Township Ontario he rose to prominence in geographical research and education.
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Baltimore
Isaiah Bowman
Johns Hopkins University
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Waterloo Township
Ont
Czech economist Josef Macek flees to American zone
Prague reports that professor Josef Macek, a 62 year old Czech economist and close ally of the late T. G. Masaryk, has fled to the United States zone of Germany. Friends provided the latest details last night.
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Prague
Josef Macek
United States
Germany
Macek
T. G. Masaryk
Czechoslovakia
IRELANDS SIR BASIL BROOKE TO VISIT CANADA AND U S
Sir Basil Brooke prime minister of Northern Ireland will visit Canada and the United States next spring. He is slated to arrive in New York on April 5 and to travel to Ottawa on May 9, then to Toronto Montreal and Quebec.
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Canada
Montreal
Basil Brooke
Northern Ireland
United States
Basil
New York
Ottawa
Toronto
Quebec
Drunken Driver Convicted in Brandon Court
Douglas Rodway was convicted of driving an automobile while intoxicated in Brandon city police court. He received seven days in jail, a four month driving ban across Canada, and a three month vehicle impoundment.
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Douglas Rodway
Brandon City
Canada
A New God is Manufactured
The Milwaukee Journal reports a striking historical development the deification of Josef Statl by bia communist followers. The text portrays a cobbler’s son born Josef Vissarionovich Derugashvili in Gori Georgia as a new god. Birthday pomp mirrors ancient pagan rites and potentates across a borderland region between Europe and Asia.
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Milwaukee Journal
Josef Statlin
Bia
Josef Vissarionovich Derugashvili
Gori
Caucasus
Europe
Asia
Official Rink Opening at Rivers Arena Friday
Rivers Arena hosts its official opening on Friday with Miss Jackie Porteous performing a 90 minute program. Rivers mayor R. G. Sinclair will preside, a mantel radio door prize is drawn, and a 25 cent ticket covers admission and 100 votes for Queen. Three candidates contest the crown: Margaret Food of Forman’s Hardware, Gail Maxted of Rivers High School, and Shirley King of CJA-TC school.
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Rivers Arena
Jackie Porteous
Brandon Figure Skating Club
R. G. Sinclair
Rivers
Mantel Radio
Margaret Food
Forman's Hardware
Kiwanis
Gail Maxted
Rivers High School
Keen-Teeners
Rivers School
Shirley King
C.J. A.T.C. School
Air School
Committees Named at Rivers Town Council Meeting in 1950
Rivers Town Council appointed standing committees for 1950 including Public Works Public Works Hurry Frame Humphries Police Mayor Sinclair Seaborn Stratford Finance Frank Taylor Jas Frame Health and Public Welfare Mayor Sinclair Taylor W T Dyer The council accepted Royal Bank of Canada offer to buy two lots for 200 and approved tender terms on other lots requiring title costs and health bylaw compliance A metal ash and garbage container policy was set with 25 gallon limits Grants supported skating rink expenses John Stevenson to be paid 25 monthly Rink Board members named Morrow Richardson Forman Evans Gilchrist Olson 1950 F D Taylor named council representative on rink board Regular meetings set for first Monday each month at 7 30 PM
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Rivers Town
Hurry
Frame and Humphries
Sinclair
Seaborn
Stratford
Frank Taylor
Jas
Frame
Taylor
Sec
Treas
W. T. Dyer
Royal Bank of Canada
John Stevenson
Municipal Commission
John Morrow
Alf Richardson
C. H. Forman
H. Evans
J. Gilchrist
W. Olson
F. D. Taylor
James scripture exhortation on listening and temper
A concise exhortation from James 1 19 urging believers to be swift to hear and slow to speak and to restrain anger in daily conduct. It emphasizes patient listening, measured speech, and self control as practical faith.
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James
Swedish Combat Units to Hold Winter Night Manoeuvres
All Swedish combat units will conduct eight hour night manoeuvres this winter including marching reconnoitring target shooting field work bivouacking and combat.
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Stockholm
Town Council Met and Adjourned in Rivers City
Town council met on Tuesday with new members taking oath and adjourned until Friday. Mayor RG Sinclair heads the council succeeding E E Grant who retires after long service. Sinclair previously served as deputy mayor. New officials J R Stratford W H Humphries and Jas Frame bring fresh faces to the body along with returning councillors Frank Taylor E Hurry and H Seaborn in their second year.
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Rivers Town
RG. Sinclair
E. E. Grant
Sinclair
J. R. Stratford
W. H. Humphries
Jas Frame
Frank Taylor
E. Hurry
H. Seaborn
Mar ried in Rivers Edna Evans and Pte Don Nutley wedding
The couple wed December 30 at the United Church manse Rivers with Rev Harry Dodd officiating. Edna Evans wore grey lace over pink taffeta, attended by Wilna Hiebert. Best man Bill Wareham. Reception at Wareham home. They left for a Winnipeg honeymoon and plan to settle in Rivers.
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United Church
Rivers
Edna Evans
Donald Nutley
C A.T.C
Harry Dodd
D.D
Wilna Hiebert
St. Ambroise
Bill Wareham
W. B. Popiel
Orlo Brown
Two New Judges Appointed to Ontario Supreme Court
Ottawa: Justice Minister Garson announces the appointment of two new judges to the Ontario supreme court trial division. Names are Wishart Flett Spence of Toronto and Ottawa and R. I. Ferguson of Toronto.
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Ottawa
Ontario Supreme Court
Garson
Wishart Flett Spence
Toronto
R. I. Ferguson
Royal 22nd Regiment Prepares for Airborne Training
About 300 members of the 22nd regiment in Quebec City are set to train as parachutists at Rivers next spring. The unit, part of the Canadian army, will join the Joint Air Centre at Rivers for airborne training and rope climbing. Capt. Guy D'Artois leads the program, which aims to build physical and psychological readiness for future field duties.
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22Nd Regiment
Quebec
Gazette Office Open Four Days a Week
Gazette announces reduced weekly hours with office open Tuesday Wednesday and Saturday. Advertisers and customers are asked to note the contact number 32 and available services during these four days.
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Gazette
Opinion notes on work, bets, and police horses in era press
A collage of clipped items from papers on topics including a Canadian minister and brush company remarks, comfort of workers and bosses, a 5,000 year Old Country discovery in East Anglia, London betting patrol hours, rail competition with public funds, St Lawrence Seaway disputes, Labrador ore prospects, and New York City police horses.
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London
London Daily Graphic
Harold Scott
Metropolitan Police
Royal Commission
Rivers Gazette Lookbacks Chronicle Old Local Happenings
Looking Backward at the Files of The Rivers Gazette recalls events from 35 years ago a fire brigade smoker Chas Ard and Hebert Wilkinson sang a touching duet The Bull Frog Bank then 26 years ago the town council faced the loss of a horse and a piano was purchased. 13 years ago traffic shifted to a new tank stop on the CPR near town named Ossar. Elmert Elliott was elected coach of Vers hockey club. 10 years ago Mrs J Grummett was elected delegate to a Manitoba Teachers Association convention. 5 years ago 20 rinks joined a Red Cross appeal and Mrs M D Moore died in Winnipeg.
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Chasard
Hebert Wilkinson
C.P.R
Breezelawn School Repeats Becomes Town Dwelling After 62 Years
The old Breezelawn school west of Souris, built fifty years after its recting, was sold for 700 dollars and hauled to town where it now serves as a residence. The building, once costly to construct, lies reinforced with five flooring layers, four added over time. Few children led to its closure, noted by Souris Plaindealer.
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Breezelawn
Souris
Uch
Brandon
Souris Plaindealer
Bishop Thomas Led Brandon Diocese Through 50 Years
The first Bishop of the Anglican diocese of Brandon completed two years in service and fifty years of ministry in Manitoba. He spent 34 years serving a diocese spanning 750 miles from the international boundary to the north. Elected Bishop in June 1924, his consecration occurred September 7 at St Matthew's pro cathedral. He traveled widely by car, train, dog sleigh and canoe, knowing his charge intimately.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Thomas
Train Service Uncurtailed Despite Coal Shortage
Canadian National Railways announced a temporary reduction in coal driven schedules effective January 9, but trains Nos. 1 2 3 and 4 continue as before. Nos 1 and 12 stay daily to Saskatoon with no curtailment yet for Rivers. The measure is viewed as temporary.
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Canadian National Railways
Saskatoon
Adult Skating Night Launch Thursday at Arena
The rink committee plans a weekly married couple and adult skating night starting tonight January 12 with regular Thursdays. If hockey is scheduled, adult skating shifts to Wednesday. Kiddies must be off the ice from 8:30 folk, and adults are urged to treat this as their night out.
Birthday wishes spread across cities and dates
A list of birthday acknowledgments appears with names and towns including Winnipeg Lanigan Sask Brandon Drumheller Alta New Westminster and Winnipeg again. Dates range January 13 to January 19, naming Mrs G E Rothwell Mrs G W Sleeman Alfred E Jelliff Fred Beever Barry Wayne Greasiey Le E Wilson Velma Trent Robert J Offen Mrs G Wills.
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Barry Wayne Greasiey
C. E. Brown
New Westminster
le .E. Wilson
Lanigan
Sask
Velma Trent
Brandon
Robert J. Offen
Drumheller
Alta
G. Wills
Winnipeg
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Reg. Coleman
Santa Claus
Tarbolton
Ottawa Citizen
Remson
Nutley—Evans
Byron Johnson
British Columbia
Timber Wade Federation
Aussie
Canberra
Australia
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Rivers Vs
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Rir
Montreal Star
Weing
Brush Company
Thomas Times-Jr
Qrantford Expositor
East Anglia
Waltham Abbey
Essex
Suffolk
Norfolk
Quebec Chronicle-Telegraph
Ttl
St. Lawrence Seaway
Newsweek
Lake Superior
U.S. Steel
Bethlehem
Venezuela
Republic
Youngstown
Hanna
Labrador
Great Lakes
Police Horses of
New York City
Coller’s Magazine
Police Department of
the Rivers Gazette
Red Cross
M. D. Moore
H.vans
Finnipeg
G. E. Rothwell
W. J. Stewart
G. W. Sleeman
Marie Henderson
Jack Hain
Alfred E. Jelliff
Fred Beever
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