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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 06, 1950
Page
2
A reader expresses gratitude for taste cards and flowers sent during illness and relocation. Special thanks go to the Pichardo family and friends in Rivers for their support, companionship, and prayers that aided healing and morale.
Bradwardine Mroarei and Mrs Weela of Ju hosted a gathering with teen guests amid a Canadian auxiliary event. Friends presented the couple with an electric teakettle and a comfort. Mr and Mrs F Dobson arrived from Flin, visiting Mrs RO W Dobsen. Peter Living s.Ohe’s new store is shaping up under T E Vley of Hivers. The former shop burned last fall. Builders PUCO are constructing a new basement under the United Church. John Thomson of Kelowna, Bt. and wife arrive to spend the summer in the district.
A Monday town council debated the title transfer for a resident’s lot, considering should be a show of faith or relocation. They approved a four to two vote to transfer title while noting town planning needs, including dwellings and surveys. Other items included bans on itinerant sellers and street sales, with plans to trim trees, cut grass, fix drains, and enforce stop signs. The council will tour sewage plants province wide to seek solutions. The piece notes shifts in trade with Soviet links using Swiss and Belgian agents amid postwar shift.
Mr aunt Mrs W Quinn and two children return to Marathon Ontario after visiting Mr and Mrs James Bromley. Mr and Mrs A Gomlale depart Rouleau Saskatchewan after visiting friends. Mr and Mrs Charles Mitchell holidaying at Saskatchewan points. A Abney and daughter return west coast after visiting J Bromley. Annual school picnic held at Robinville last Thursday with good crowd and pleasant weather. Miss Asti Carlson holidaying at Minnedosa. Regional language notes on baby carriages terms across the United States. Milwaukee Journal quotes Mrs Mary K Helner on housekeeping. critics call it insulting to wives and mothers.
Notices record two births at Maidens and Formans nursing homes on June 25 and June 30 1950 with parents Mr and Mrs Carruthers and Rev W G and Mrs Chapman plus son. Essays consider the seven deadly sins including sloth as a danger to democracy and comment on car laws and media tech arguing television demands surrender while radio can remain a backdrop.
Mrs. H. B. Ruse and her son Brock have reached Port Arthur to visit her parents, Mr. and Mrs. James Wederburn. The Port Arthur News-Chronicle reviews a Pakistan booklet noting irrigation ditches could encircle the globe twice, about 60,000 miles, and counters claims that Britain did nothing for that region.
Multiple notices list items for sale including a Remington typewriter with case and baby carriage by Cpl. Hopton of New Sarum, a Falcon Electric Washer for 85 dollars, and two bed outfits. Also rental ad for a six-person trailer at Clear Lake for 20 dollars weekly via Douglas Cafe Brandon, plus several houses for sale in Rivers with 3 to 7 rooms and modern plumbing options.
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