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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 27, 1927
Page
1
The Manitoba Department of Agriculture urges farmers to test seed due to a wet 1926 fall. It announces a poster contest with cash prizes on seed quality and provides two new circulars Good Seed Pays and Prevention of Cereal Smuts, mailed free on request to the Publications Branch in Winnipeg.
The Annual Meeting of the Rivers Daly School Trustees Association will be held in the Boardroom of Rivers Consolidated School on Wednesday February 2 1927 at 230 pm Mrs J P McArthur Norwood Winnipeg representing the Manitoba School Trustees Association executive will attend and address the meeting A good attendance is requested by President John W Sealer
Nellie Hallett wed John A Treloar of Pendennis in a small ceremony at 346 Hampton Street St. James. Rev H B Duckworth officiated. The couple will reside at Pendennis Manitoba with only close relatives present.
Emily Brada daughter of Rev. D A B Stoddart marries Frank Bridgeman Stoddart, second son of John E and Mrs Bridgesman, at St Stephen's Church New Denver. The ceremony was led by the bride’s father with the groom chosen by the bride’s brother D A B Stoddart Jr. They depart by car to Silverton then steam to their Rivers Manitoba home.
United Church plans a special Sunday service with youth addresses. The Riv ers Congregation will hold its annual meeting on Tuesday next February 1st, with department reports and lunch by Ladies Aid. The Maintenance and Extension Fund Committee will canvass members from February 1 to 16 for missionary work.
A surprise party and dance celebrated the marriage of Mr and Mrs J Treloar at their Pendennis farm home on Tuesday January 1. About sixty guests attended with music by Pendennis artists and Albert Bowman as floor manager. Lunch was served around 2 and the couple received many gifts. We wish the newlyweds health happiness and prosperity.
We are glad to report another clothing shipment to Red Cross Headquarters in Winnipeg for distribution among interlake settlers. Thanks are given to Mesdamen Robt. Mills O. C. Harvey C. Bell R. M. Tucker J. McFadden T. W. Otfen I. I. Carlson for their generous donations aiding needy families.
Discussion grows over the council action increasing the day license to five dollars. The Daly and Rivers School Trustees Association holds its annual convention at the town hall on Thursday February 1. Rev H B Duckworth and Mrs Duckworth returned Saturday from a holiday in the east.
A wedding and a public farm auction are described in comic detail. William Smith and Miss Lucy Anderson are wed under improvised ceremony with hay rope, on a farm setting near roses. The sale lists livestock and gear, including mules cows calves plow and buggy, with delivery prospects to buyers ten months hence.
On Tuesday January 25 at Rivers a son was born to Mr and Mrs Tom Doncaster. Wareham Bros shipped two car loads of stock from here on Monday featuring some of the finest cattle entering the St Boniface stockyards this season.
A reader testifies that Adlerika relieved gas and stomach discomfort for a wife and husband, noting rapid sleep and full relief after taking the first dose. The ad claims the product removes gas and waste matter from the system and aids chronic constipation with quick results.
The last regular meeting of S O E Lodge Colonial 305 installed officers led by President C Met and Past President A Richardson. New posts include Vice President P Lawrence, Chap W Parker, Sec A Johnson, Treas EK Harbara, First Guide W Blewitt, Second Guide H Higginson, Third Guide H Durrant, Fourth Guide J Chater, Fifth Guide G Goulding, Sixth Guide W Harman, Inside Guard E Harburn, Outside Guard Carver. Grand President R Harden presented Past Presidents Jewels to A Richardson and A Johnson. Delegates to Grand Lodge at Neepawa are P Lawrence and W Blewits.
Bradwardine Alex Wedderburn visits Winnipeg. Mrs D Rose Agnes Arnot Mrs Wm Graham and Mrs A Hunter leave Monday for the Brand on Bonspiel. Bob Wood visits Oak River weekend. Record Wheat Pool Meeting attendance at Hunters Hall January 6 with R A Hoey addressing, followed by a dance with music from Mr and Mrs Orlo Brown and Albert Stant.
A successful carnival at Bradwardine rink on Thursday January 13 featured prizes in multiple categories including Gents Character won by Clinton English and Gents Comic by John Blatchford and Bill Blatchford. Races crowned John Blatchford and Clara Blatchford among top finishers with a lunch served afterward.
A parish meeting at St Matthew's Ancrum praises Mr Offen of Rivers for kindly printing church notices. The motion, moved by Mr J Sea ter and Mr H Neal, was carried.
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