Rivers Council Considers Manitoba Power Service
A petition asked Rivers to discuss extending hydro service. Herbert Cottingham of Manitoba Power Commission says extensions are paused during the war to conserve capital for war bonds and due to material shortages, but future talks will be welcomed when conditions ease.
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Rivers Town Council
Manitoba Power Commission
Hydro
W.T. Dyer
Sec
Treas
Herbert Cottingham
Rivers School Trustees Hold Burns Night Meeting 1941
A statutory Rivers School Board meeting on Wednesday January 1941 elected J T Bowman chairman for 1941 and appointed C Nowe as caretaker and R G Sinclair as secretary treasurer. Meetings set for the third Wednesday each month with expenses estimated at 14500 dollars. A Burns Night Concert and Dance sponsored by the Rivers OldTimers Association will follow at the I O C F Hall on January 24 with tickets 25 cents for concert or dance or 35 cents for both.
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Rivers School
Public Schools
Sec
R.G. Sinclair
Rivers School Board
The
Rivers Old- Timers’ Association
I.O.C.F
Jas. Taylor
Red Cross Notes Layette Shower at United Church Annex
Red Cross notes announce a layette shower on Tuesday afternoon January 28 at the United Church annex. Donations requested include shirts gowns jackets bonnets bootees diapers blankets safety pins nightgown wash cloth soap and linen. Despite bad weather a good turnout supported a supplies shipment and new wool for Red Cross work.
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United Church
Red Cross
I Know Something Good About You
Poem urging kindness and praise between people. It envisions a world where everyone recalls and acts on the good in others, prompting warmer handshakes and overall happiness. The verses advocate recognizing virtue in both the reader and speaker and applying it in daily interactions.
Birthday Greetings From The Gazette
The Gazette extends best wishes for a happy birthday to Patsy Tyerman on January 17, Robert J. Offen of Melville on the 19th, Mrs. Geo Wills of Winnipeg on the 19th, Eugene Robert Charron on the 21st, and Gordon McFarlane on the 21st.
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the Gazette
Patsy Tyerman
Robert J. Offen
Melville
Geo. Wills
Winnipeg
Eugene Robert Charron
Gordon McFarlane
Church Services and Activities List for St Matthews Ancrum and St James Rivers
The notice details Anglican church events on the second Sunday after Epiphany with St Matthews Ancrum holding Evening Prayer at 3.00 pm, and St James Rivers hosting a 2.00 pm Sunday School and 7.30 pm Evening Prayer. Choir practice is Friday at 7.30 at the home of Mr and Mrs W wea.
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St. Matthews
Ancrum
St. James
Rivers
Canada
Wings of Youth
Tallopin
Second Ave
Beyond the Horizons Sunday Service Notes
Sunday program includes services at Daly 11.00 a.m Pettapiece 2.30 p.m Rivers 7.30 p.m with hymn singing at 7.15 p.m. Members invited to annual meeting tonight and another meeting at Pettapiece on Wednesday January 22 at 1 p.m. social hour to follow. requests for hymn books.
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Hunter
Pettapiece
Increase in Mail Service to Rivers
Mail is brought in on No 1 from the East daily at 1 80 p.m. Mail is despatched on No 2 daily. This is a baggage car service, no letters accepted by mail carrier or at the train, must be in the Post Office by 2 00 p.m. to be made up for despatch. Air Mail posted for No 2 saves time over No 4.
Marriage of Eileen Lyon to Harry Williams in Ottawa
On December 26 1940 at St Johns Anglican Church Ottawa Ontario the marriage of Eileen Ruby May Lyon daughter of Mrs G R D Lyon and the late Dr G R D Lyon to Harry Victor Williams of Cornwall Ontario took place in the presence of Reverend Northcote R Burke The couple resided at 301 Augustus Street Cornwall Ontario prior to the ceremony
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St. John’s Anglican Church
Ottawa
Ontario
Northcote R. Burke
Eileen Ruby May
G. R. D. Lyon
Harry Victor Williams
Cornwall
H. Williams
Augustus Street
Ont
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