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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 04, 1946
Page
4
Ten years ago in 1936 the district faced heavy rain leaving hundreds of acres of crop, garden and summer fallow under water. The Little Saskatchewan River near the point was treacherous and bathers were warned against entering the water.
Twenty five years age June 80 1981 M Falconer sold his home on Fourth Avenue to N McConachie. Tenders were being called for as painting of St James.
Thirty years ago on June 20 the Rev W Ivens a Methodist pastor in the area was called to Mc Dougall church in Winnipeg casualty lists named Ivor Withers Rivers and John Snowdon Pettapiece among the casualties the report notes.
R Morris Saunders bank manager here departed for Nanton Alberta. Hen Mayne Daly died in Winnipeg. Daly municipality was named after him.
The tourist train nears Chilliwack where passengers feel disappointment as the town lacks railroad yards. Once a comfortable 8,000 population in the early 1940s, the city now with about 6,000 dwellers remains unsettled. War boosted growth for Fraser Valley, bringing military use and families, but postwar recovery shows sickness and lingering hardships.
Rev. W. A. Champness urged greater loyalty within St. James Church during a Sunday farewell to parishioners. He warned clergy leave for the United States due to weak local loyalty, urged unity before church union, and said the church must be strengthened to be a world power. He added that the Lord's prayer has not yet been answered.
Two ships carrying 17,000 tons of United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration wheat for Austria were diverted to Italy in mid ocean. Officials said the grain would provide about 300 calories daily for a month to Austria’s population, a setback for the Allied council which had just arranged 25,000 tons of food for UNRRA and the Austrian government amid a food crisis.
In the British House of Commons, George Hall recommended F. C. R. Douglas of North Battersea as Malta’s civilian governor and commander in chief. Douglas, born in Wakops Manitoba, has served as MP since 1940. He follows a line of military governors including Lord Gort and Sir William Dobbie.
In Niagara Falls New York no keep off the grass signs exist across 479 acres of parks. Major E R Aerner heads the city parks bureau and oversees the public space rules.
Cliff Bellamy of the Lakeland Superior Regiment is back in Rivers with his wife and young son after four years in service. Born in Minnedosa in 1913, he worked on the railroad before enlisting in 1942. He trained in Winnipeg and Calgary, served overseas from 1944, and noted Holland as appealing though Germany’s cities unsettled him. He praised Rivers’ welcome for returned men, saying the town surpassed others along the route home.
Dr J K Booth of the Dominion agriculture department economics division and A W Trueman of the University of Manitoba unveiled a cooperative study on land use and farm management in southwestern Manitoba drought areas. Field staff will gather farming business data from Reston Melita Boissevain and Souris to identify factors behind success or failure.
Capetown footwear manufacturers who have long supplied boots and shoes to the British forces are now asked to cancel those orders. Several South African factories have already begun converting to civilian production.
A Liberator wreck found in northern Quebec confirms the 1943 death of 24 RCAF personnel, including Riv ers man, after missing since October 20 1943. Local man LAC Albert J. Radcliffe is among the deceased. his family travels east following notification of the find. The crash was described as Canada’s worst RCAF loss.
A 25 pound snapping turtle visited the J Messel residence last Thursday near the bridge fill. Raccoons are said to be inhabiting the river district this year, with their natural habitat thought to be further south, according to Lorne B Forman.
Winnipeg CP reports University of Manitoba coeds shifted from fine arts to serving work at Clear Lake. A group of 20 left Winnipeg Wednesday to serve as cashiers counters salad girls and waitresses through September to help during the bush period.
Manitoba Court of Appeal holds a landlord is entitled to possession of a dwelling once a writ of possession is issued by a county court judge. The ruling, read by Justice Dennistoun, affects about 60 Winnipeg tenants with writs of possession outstanding. Appellant Thomas G. Kane of Winnipeg contested a September 17 1945 stay on proceedings tied to the writ. Mr and Mrs Helston and four dependents are named in the case.
Favorable weather drew one of the largest crowds in the event’s history as Bradwardine beat Douglas in the final of the hardball tournament. Brandon’s Brandon Canadian vocational training school led fastball, with Hamiota second and Bradwardine third. Cardale A and B won ladies softball, Rivers B took third, and visitors from across the province enjoyed two dances and old time and modern music in two halls.
The RCMP probed a body found on railway property after a boot and flesh portions were located on locomotives. Joseph D. Carriere of Jack Fish Lake Sask had been discharged from the army Tuesday and travelled through Rivers on train No 11. Flesh fragments were later found on train No 12 engine. Investigations showed the body had been dragged. no inquest will be held and the remains were sent to Jack Fish Lake.
John Borroff suffered severe burns to his left hand while working on a motor at the pumphouse. Pre ignition is thought to have started a fire inside the exhaust pipe as the machine was being disassembled after the motor had been shut off.
A reader notes that a message attributed to him appeared in The Gazette and was relayed to the Advertiser. The item references the source and highlights that readers saw the message in the Gazette first.
Instalment recalls 1892 work across the Assiniboine at Daly and Alexander, grading flats, John Bradley overseeing. The Great Northwest Central built west to Hamiota, enabling grain shipments to Brandon, with Pettapiece service. Dr P D Tyreman joined as teacher for $40 monthly, Lilian Mitchell hired at Hunter school. Daniel Leitch moved his farm near the Alexander bridge, with Benjamin Nevill guiding the departure. a brother took over Nevill’s land.
Notice lists farm produce prices with eggs at three dozen for cents and butter at 10 cents a pound, alongside land tax figures for a half section showing 1892 value at 14 dollars and 1946 value at 114 dollars.
J Kirkham and his wife recall Manitobas weather foibles from years ago before settling in Daly municipality. The couple remembers a brutal winter near Rapid City described as the coldest in history, endured in a tent, shaping memories of hardship and comforted by their new home.
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