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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 25, 1945
Page
1
A meditation on sacrifice and gratitude asks how to console the bereaved with thanks and charity. It reflects on those who gave all including life in service, urging society to look inward and measure their own generosity and remembrance.
Mrs. Margaret McKay visited Winnipeg over the weekend as the local bonspiel nears completion with a winners list to be printed later. Miss Ann Dvorak of Winnipeg visits relatives for a couple of weeks. Frank Taylor attended the Liberal Convention in Winnipeg and reports good sessions. Mrs. H. Luke of Vancouver visited en route to Winnipeg to see her mother. 1945 license plates and drivers licenses required. non compliance after Jan 31 brings prosecution. The School Orchestra plans its Annual Concert on Wednesday in the Community Hall with a program of orchestral, piano, vocal numbers and a dance to follow. Nurse Bernice Harvey of Portage Hospital returns home to recover from a broken ankle. Jim Scott shows a copy of Sir Walter Scott's The Lady of the Lake, dated 1844, a family heirloom. A letter from J. C. Silcox notes cross-border prices and praises Canadian price stabilization, and mentions a Mr. John Wood seen in Bradwardine. Weather appears pleasant in the south.
Ten years ago Councillor Thos Seens won the pie eating contest at the Amateur Night held by the Bradwardine Army and Navy Veterans. Constance Offen won a medal from the British and Foreign Bible Society for the best essay on William Tyndall. Frank Hoy died in England. Town Council resolved the town bell will ring at 12 noon 1 and 6 p.m.
A gold sunburst keepsake with pearls was lost somewhere in Rivers on Saturday January 13. A reward is offered and the finder should return it to the Gazette Office.
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