Looking Backward with Filee of Tar Uaynes Garette
Thirty five years elapsed since July 10 1912 storms struck Tar Rivers area with Fred Hodge’s house hit by lightning. Rivers Fair Board bought 16 acres for a permanent fair ground while Rev H T Blake of St James relinquished charge to serve overseas. Rivers school received grant and high school standing noted. A masonic picnic hosted at John Shanks home. Albert Madden visited Ontario. Daly Rivers Trustees met for seventh annual session as Archie McKellar narrowly avoided a serious accident when harrows bolted. Sam McGlinch led a calithumpian parade for Canada’s Diamond Jubilee. Rivers softball team won first prize at Crandall. road conditions kept many from Brandon fair. Douglas Morrow chaired graduation exercises for Grades XI and XII. Norma Grummett and Bernie McLaughlin delivered the class prophecies. Alvaretta McMannis of the RCAF WD visited home folks. Postmaster Henderson attended a convention in Winnipeg.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers School
Douglas Morrow
Norma Grummett
Bernie McLaughlin
NFPA highlights fire role in aviation accidents after U.S. tragedies
The National Fire Protection Association reports that 67 percent of ill aviation accidents involve fire as cause or consequence. It notes its Standard Operating Procedure for Aircraft Accidents, approved at the first annual Chicago meeting, stressing rescue without fire control is a fatally delayed formality.
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St. Thomas Times-Journal
United States
National Fire Protection Esagelation
N.F.P.A
N.P.A
Chicago
Association
Alberta Farmers Seek Higher Wheat Payment Increase
Edmonton July 4 Canadian Press R J Boutilier secretary of Alberts Farmers union said to Gay demanded that the federal government raise the initial wheat payment retroactive to 1946 47 wheat year to $1.60 to address convention conceptions on the ARE.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edmonton
R J. Boutilier
Alberts Farmers’ Union
Gay
Reid
Lieut Governor Visited Rivers on Weekend Tour
Lieut.-Governor BR McWilliams of Manitoba visited Rivers last weekend. He arrived with Air Commodore Costello and was greeted by local officers. A guard of honor, town tours with civic leaders, and a United Church service followed, ending with a reception before flying back to Winnipeg.
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BR. PL McWilliams
Manitoba
Rivers
Lla
M. Costello
C.hl.e
No 11 Group
Winnipeg
M. G. Doyle
D. R. Eley
J. Frame
We Board of Trade
Frank Taylor
Council
C. Foster
The
Canadian Legion
Annual Memorial Sunday Next July 13 Guest Speaker
Major Armstrong, Rev. F. W. Armstrong, Forrest, leads memorial service with Rev. F. W. Lee and George Ebsary assisting. Service honors townsmen who sacrificed, urging reverent attendance and humility. Rivers' Roll of Honor lists inscribed names.
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F. W. Armstrong
B.A
Forrest
F. W. Lee
George Ebsary
Former Resident Passes of Kenora
Minnie Thompson wife of Joseph E. Thompson died at her Kenora Ontario home on Thursday July 3 after a lengthy illness. A Rivers resident for years she was born near Forrest and educated there. She married and moved to Rivers then to Kenora in 1930. Survived by husband a daughter Mrs J A Paterson Kenora and a son Donald. A daughter Eric and son Emerson predeceased her. Her service included church work and Eastern Star and Rebekah roles.
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Minnie Thompson
Joseph E. Thompson
Kenora
Ontario
Sirs. Thompson
Minnie Webster
Rivers
Forrest District
Forrest School
Methodist
United Church
Ladies Aid
Order of Eastern Star
Rebekah Lodge
Rivers Ladies
J. A. Paterson
Margaret
Donald
Eric
Emerson
Warning to Bathers in the River Here
A public warning urges bathers to take precautions in the river as water levels are high and the current fast. Officials advise against taking risks and emphasize safety to prevent accidents.
Mississippi Flood Hits St Louis Area and Surrounding States
The Mississippi River breached four levees near St Louis, flooding thousands of homes as the river reached a 103 year high of 40.2 feet. US Army engineers estimate near 2 million in damage across Missouri Illinois Iowa Nebraska. Red Cross reports 76,304 homeless in a four state area with farms and towns affected. A new threat arose at Grafton Illinois as the Issignois river joined the Mississippi.
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St. Louis
Harry F. Wahlgren
United States
United States Army
Louissana
Cairo
Red Cross
Missouri
Iingis
Iowa
Nebraska Bu
Grafton
Issignois
Mississippi
English Girl Seeks Marriage to German Prisoner Case Review
London AP A British 21 year old Oliva Reynolds asks Queen Elizabeth for help to marry a German war prisoner who she says is father of her 11 week old daughter. MP T C Skeffington Lodge will ask the War Office to review the case as a marriage statement for German prisoners is expected soon.
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London
Oliva Reynolds
Queen Elizabeth
Labor
T. C. Skeffington- Lodge
The
War Office
Italy Receives U S Relief Food and Medicine Aid
Italy and the United States signed a $256 million foreign relief agreement to supply food and medicines. The ceremony at Palazzo Chigi included US ambassador James Doon Italian premier Alcide De Gasperi and foreign minister Carlo Sforza. The Saint John Telegraph Journal notes plans to pave Magnetic Hill in New Brunswick to boost tourism and value of the landmark.
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Rome
Italy
United States
James Do. Doon
Alcida de Gasperi
Carl Sforza
Palazzo Chigi
Saint Johan Telegraph-Journal
Moncton
New Brunswick
Entries surge in western barley contest across two provinces
Figures from Alberta and Manitoba show nearly 1,000 entries in the 25 000 National Barley contest by late June. Alberta had 462 entries by June 18, Manitoba 447 by June 30, with 1946 results of 507 Manitoba, 336 Saskatchewan, and 39 Alberta. Final western division deadline is July 15 and Alberta lists may rise.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Life of the Clergy in Halifax Chronicle Opinion
The piece laments declining zeal for Holy Orders as families hesitate to join the clergy. It attributes this to poor financial rewards for ecclesiastics and rising costs that erode the appeal of holy poverty, noting married clergy face modern economic pressures.
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Halifax
All Set for Big Day of Sport in Rivers
Tomorrow Friday brings the Annual Sports sponsored by the Board of Trade in Rivers. The Baseball Tournament offers 200 in prizes with 100 to first, 60 to second, 40 to third. Men's fastball 30, 20, 10. Ladies Softball 20, 10, 5. Entries due by 9 p.m. July 10. Casey's Main Shows, two dances nightly, Souris Valley Playboys in Community Hall, Four Star Hall old time music. Saturday July 12 features Junior Baseball with 25, 15, 10 prizes and Casey Shows continuing.
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Board of Trade
Souris Valley
Casey
Manitoba Flood Relief Request Not Yet Made Says Howe
Reconstruc tion Minister Howe told the Commons he has no record of Manitoba seeking flood relief aid for damages. He said any request would be given careful consideration and priorities on lumber and steel for repairs could be weighed. Winnipeg housing plan calls for a 1000-unit low rent scheme financed by the city and built by private builders pending a by law vote next fall.
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Manitoba
Ottawa
Howe
Winnipeg Housing Plan
Winnipeg No
Indian states face risk in new India unity plan
The Baltimore Sun reports that prominent Indian states may be broken into segments of a federal India, arguing unity costs could fragment internal state cohesion beyond central control. It notes Hindu Muslim Sikh tensions as major disintegrating forces amid broader tribal and regional strains. Ottawa dispatch adds a CP note on Yugoslavs in Montreal being influenced by communist papers and the Yugoslav embassy.
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Baltimore Sun
India
Ottawa
Senate Immigration Committee
Montreal
Toronto
Story of the Rural Municipality of Daly turmoil and change
The Daly community faced railroad strike tensions as plans to move shops to Transcona circulated. Rumors of strikers and strike breakers sparked fears, while local developments included Mayor W. R. Head selling his lumber business, a suspended sentence in a manslaughter case, and a cow search episode. Notable visits by MP J. A. M. Rikers and social gatherings at Wagar hall and the Cecil House marked a period of political and social activity as residents adjusted to new homes, farming shifts, and business partnerships.
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Transcona
W. R. Head
North American Lumber and Supply Co
C. Nowe
Charlie Nowe
J. A. M. Rikers, M.P
Wagar Hall
Cecil House
W. Pitt
Frank R. Cluff
Elsie A. Killbank
W. G. Wilson
Grant & Kellar, Grocers
Wilson
Joseph H. Dyer
Laura Edith Porteous
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Uaynes Garette
Fred Hodge
Rivers Fair Board
H. T. Blake
St. James
John Shanks
Albert Madden
Daly Rivers School Trustees Association
Archie McKellar
Sam McGlinch
Canada
Crandall
Brandon Fair
Alvaretta McMannis
R.C.A.F
Wd) Duanville
Oat
Wm. Medlannis
Henderson
Laving
Holy City
Alex. W. Whyte
Batty McKay Brooks
R. Stratford
Brown A. Moore
R. Bowman Miller
H McFadden Donogh
Dutkas
G. Newman
Davies Porteous
Ferg Rix
Ferguson J. Radcliffe Fowler
Radcliffe H. Forman
Sargent
Gibbings
H Smith Hays Shelaga Higgins
Turner Hawkins N
J. Vickery
Kann
M. Wareham
J. Klassen
J Withers Konsmo
U.S
the Clergy
Daly
Charles Howard
Aikens
Conservaiive
Ambrose
George
John
Bertha Isaac
C. Johnstone
A. Eddy
Leslie Couch
Clarence Batty
Georgie Tyreman
Orlo Brown
Mattie Kennedy
George Rutherford
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