Eighteen Lines of Local History and Changes
Fifteen Years Ago July 8 1938 Ward 1 councillor vacancy filled by J E Mitchell. Twenty-Five Years Ago July 3 1922 staff Mieses Weir and Blunderfield given send off. Twenty Years Ago July 8 1927 Lansdowne poll results T C Norris 174 E D Alder 66 Tony Stelmach drowned in Oak River. Fifteen Years Ago July 8 1938 Rivers golfers win district Minnedosa scores J Clark J A Grummett Dave Emslie Tom Lawrie. Principal W I Stewart marking papers at Winnipeg. Caretaker Chas Nowe leaving for Nova Scotia. Mrs Geo E Jelliff and children move into town joining Mr Jeliff who bought blacksmith shop.
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Rivers
Minnedosa
John Clark
J. A. Grummett
Dave Emslie
Tom Lawrie
Chas. Nowe
Nova Scotia
Geo. E. Jelliff
Jeliff
Fishing records and local graduates noted
Five Years Ago July 8, 1942 reports heavy fishing in the Little Saskatchewan river with Walter Parker holding a twelve pound record. Local boy Harry Messel graduated from Kingston Military College with an unusually successful record.
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Little
Saskatchewan
Walter Parker
Harry Messel
Kingston Military College
Communists accused of sowing chaos and seeking coup
The piece portrays communists as salesmen of slavery and advance troops of conquest rather than reformers. It accuses them of expertise in devising chaos, dis sension, despair and paralysis to prepare a coup d etat. It urges Canadians to expose these facts publicly.
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Communists Financial Post
Lse
Ume
Canada
It Cant Be Gone On Faring Energy Into Heavy Mass
Fragmented OCR text appears garbled. It references investigation and energy transfer to heavy mass, mentions a wife, and hints at a concerted effort. No clear event, names, or dates are extractable from the readable fragments.
Memorial Service at Rivers July 13 with Rev Armstrong
The annual Memorial Service will be held at Rivers on Sunday afternoon July 13 at 2 00 o clock. The guest speaker will be Rev Mr Armstrong of Furreat.
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Rivers
Mr. Armstrong
Furreat
The Rivers Concrete Works opens for business
The Gazette notes the opening of a new firm The Rivers Concrete Works founded by Clifford Bellamy Anthony Bereznik and Jack Hain. The venture promises solid demand for their concrete products and the paper wishes them success.
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The
Rivers Concrete Works
Clifford Bellamy
Anthony Bereznik
Jack Hain
the Gazette
Sugar Ration Hike Planned With Expanded Individual Quota
In Ottawa Finance minister Abbott announced a further sugar ration rise, adding three to four pounds for individuals by year end. He cautioned the program would persist. Two extra coupons will be declared valid in August and one or two more in November. The industrial ration rises by 10 points per category, setting the basic quota at 90 percent of 1941 usage.
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Ottawa
Abbott
Commons
All British Troops To Leave India By August Fifteenth
New Delhi Reuters reports that the withdrawal of about 15 000 British troops from India will be completed by August 15. A number of British officers will remain to help with Indianization. The plan sets a maximum of 150 British officers across the three services in Hindustan if it leaves the commonwealth. unclear if Pakistan has a similar plan.
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New Delh
Reuters
India
Rivers' Sports Day Promises Big Crowds Friday July 11
The Board of Trade annual Rivers Sports Day set for Friday July 11 aims for a large attendance if weather cooperates. Prizes total 200 with divisions in Baseball and Men's fastball, Ladies Softball, plus two dances and performances by Casey Shows. Junior Baseball highlighted for Saturday July 12 with prizes 25, 15, 10.
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Sports Day Board of Trade
Rivers
The
Board of Trade
Casey
Notable July Bookings and Names Across Events
A list of names and dates for July events begins with Norman Harvey and Mrs. Henry Paradis on July 4, followed by A. Johnson, Victor W. Airey, Mrs. Join Boiroft on July 5. July 6 lists Eileen May McFadden and July 7 Rev. E. L. Williams. July 9 includes Eugene Bud Wilson and Lani gan, Sask.
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Norman Harvey
Henry Paradis
A. Johnson
Victor W. Airey
Join Boiroft
Eileen May McFadden
E. L. Williams
Appointed Chief Engineer at Joint Air School River
The Brandon Sun notes O. E. Wagner has been appointed chief engineer at the Joint Air School in River. The piece reflects on past events and mentions a historical detail from twenty years ago regarding the excise stamp on cheques not over ten dollars being discontinued, as referenced by the Rapid City Reporter.
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O. E. Wagner
Joint Air School
River
Brandon Sun
Rapid City
Forest wealth and fear in Canadian log trade
Canada reports the largest pulpwood cut in history ready to ship to mills by boat and rail. A southern trade journal notes foresters fear people more than lightning, while fires are blamed on human activity and caution grows among forest workers.
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St. Catharines
Canada
Hidden taxes erode wages and raise cost of living
The article argues that taxes people overlook or misunderstand, especially income tax and sales tax. It claims taxes reduce take home pay and, combined with sales tax, take about two thirds of what remains after income withholdings, affecting workers daily.
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Peterborough
Wiech
Greece pledges great effort to restore order and welfare
Greece promised the United States a great and continuous effort to restore order and economic well being. The pledge followed a note thanking Washington for its interest in Greek welfare amid the Greek Turkish aid program totaling 460 million dollars.
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Washington
Greece
United States
Hail Reported in Daly District Last Friday
A Daly district hailstorm struck Friday afternoon affecting residents including Ed Ratz John Gibbons Orlo Brown Dick Dyer and John Archibald. Damage extent remains uncertain.
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Daly District
Ed Ratz
John Gibbons
Orlo Brown
Dick Dyer
John Archibald
Lieut Governor to Visit Rivers Sunday
Lieut Governor of Manitoba R F McWilliams will visit Rivers next Sunday and attend the United Church evening service. The visit aims to foster a hearty local welcome to the lieutenant governor as part of Manitoba’s postwar outreach.
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Rivers
R. F. McWilliams
Manitoba
United Church
Rivera
Familiar Old Friend Getting Remodelled
Rivers town hall, once joint council chamber and fire hall, hosts court sittings and wartime air force club meetings upstairs. Airmen posed there for photos sent home across the globe. The bell tower has been removed as the building undergoes remodelling for further service.
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Airforce
Rivers Town Hall
Vacation School Held in United Church Annex
A vacation school under the Canadian Sunday School Mission opened Monday morning in the United Church annex. Misses Lebaum and Dick are in charge, with children from five to fourteen years of age attending from the local community.
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United Church
Nervous Strain in Modern Life
The piece reflects on rising nervous strain among middle aged and older adults. It cites the rapid pace of life, intensified competition, and the pressures of a highly mechanized age as factors behind increased stress and its impact on the human body. It notes that past hardships were harsher yet less damaging to the physique due to simpler conditions.
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Chatham News
Daly region stories mix legal rifts and strikes
The Gazette recalls William Fish Harriss Newton winning a fee dispute with a magistrate over a ten dollar deposit after an assault charge by Kelly of Rivers. It notes October weddings and births, the opening of a Somerville hotel, a Grand Trunk Pacific strike with pickets and pay, and a crowded hall hearing a Chittick versus Dufief case adjournment, plus church events and confirmations ahead.
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William Fish Harriss
Newton
James
Kelly
Rivers
William Fish Harriss Newton
the Gazette
C.P.R
C.N.R
Winnipeg
Jtvers
Marshall Hall
Franki Chittick
H. B. Dufief
G.T.P
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W. G. Wilson
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Mieses Weir
Blunderfield
Sons of England
Jas. Higginson
Lansdowne
T. C. Norris
E. D. Alder
Tony Stelmach
Oak River
W. I. Stewart
Ca Sey
Souris Valley
Playboys
Eugene
Bud) Wilson
Lanigan
Sask
Truman
Seigniory Club
Montebello
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J. Hugh Campbell
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Department of Public Relations
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Ress Corps
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Dee
Attlee
United Kingdom
North America
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B. L. Payster
Church Annex
Daly
Samuel Beever
Emma Roberts
W. E. Stephens
Somerville
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
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J. H. Gibson
W. W. Walker
Reston
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