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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 17, 1918
Page
1
The notice proclaims readiness for business in new premises with full equipment and appliances, inviting the public to inspect and judge for themselves. The proprietor thanks past customers and friends and wishes a Happy and Prosperous New Year.
A Patriotic Mocassin Dance will be held at the skating rink on a Friday in February to raise funds for Balifax. Dancing starts at 9 pm with first class music. Mayor J Thompson leads the arranging committee along with Messrs J Irwin T Miners and R Withers. ladies committee includes Mrs J E Thompson and Mrs C We Angel. Admission is 50 cents. Red Cross ladies will handle catering.
The Daly Rivers School Trustees Association holds its annual meeting at Town Hall Rivers on Tuesday January 29 at 11 a.m. An afternoon spelling contest awards two bronze medals for best speller in Daly Municipality and best speller in Rivers School, under Free Press rules. J Hatcher will be present, with H W Coxe as secretary or provincial official.
Skating rink announces a hockey match at 8 o'clock tonight with admission 25 cents and 15 cents for curling. Presbyterian young people plan a skating party next Tuesday the 22nd with 15 cents admission. All tickets this week must be paid, special season rates offered for curling and skating. Sharpen your skates at the rink as a new schedule is prepared.
The Red Cross Auxiliary held its regular monthly meeting at the Rest Room with 18 in attendance. They packed three suits and pyjamas plus 46 pairs of socks and handkerchiefs and scarves for Winnipeg, and acknowledged January canvass totals including 6.50 on 1st and 2nd Avenues, 8.75 on 3rd Avenue, and 15.00 for Halifax funds. The group plans a Victrola concert and knitting contest this month with details to follow.
The Executive Board of the Canadian Railway Association for National Defence orders a rule requiring all passengers to have a ticket before boarding trains at stations with an agent on duty. The change aims to improve rail operation efficiency and is being issued to Canadian ticket agents and conductors.
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