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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 11, 1946
Page
4
Looking Backward at the File recalls a July 9 1986 Liberal-Progressive convention in Bradwardine with War veterans' memorial service led by chair J. W. Seater. Other notes include a 15th anniversary item for 1931, a river snapping turtle capture, and church acknowledgments.
A Mayo Clinic report from Rochester Minnesota outlines that tantalum, a metal with glasslike properties and strong durability, can be molded to fit misshapen skulls during surgery. The process uses a mold and a plate to shape skin coverage for repaired heads, enabling living skin to cover the area.
Defence headquarters announced that war veteran officers and non commissioned officers could retain their ranks in the reserve. Reorganization aims to use wartime knowledge by placing ex active service personnel in specified ranks as supernumeraries to the authorized establishment.
Rivers Quick-Freeze Locker Plant near completion will bring modern facilities to residents and strengthen the business district. Constructed under Charles Webster Elkhorn the 32 by 60 foot building includes a 8 by 16 compressor room with asbestos roof and stucco exterior. It features a complete waterworks sewage disposal system fluorescent lighting and will hire four or more workers once ready.
Roy Brown, editor of the Vancouver Son, hosts a luncheon at the exclusive Vancouver Club attended by mining heads industrialists and store owners. The tour includes remarks to Lieutenant-Governor Woodward and views from the fifth floor dining room overlooking Stanley Park and the Pacific.
Secretary-Treasurer W. T. Dyer attended the municipal secretary-treasurers association convention in Winnipeg. He noted speakers on zoning, soil surveys, health education criticism of country schools, a 15 percent bid for the Alexander bridge, and critiques of municipal offices. He closed with a Dyernic verdict on principle and capital.
A concise editorial asserts that steadfast integrity should govern all inquiry and judgment. It argues honesty streamlines decision making, builds trust, and underpins credible institutions by insisting on truthfulness as foundational in public discourse.
The McKenzie United Store adds a warehouse at the north end connected to the shop. Separate egg and bagged goods entry, rear truck deliveries with a loading platform, and a third door to the store. Planned renovations will emphasize self serve shopping, include rewiring, fluorescent lighting, and a new store front forthcoming.
A corrected notice lists birthday acknowledgments for July 13 to July 16 including A. K. MacKay Mrs. BE Wareham and others from Kenora Ontario to Edmonton. It notes an earlier omission and provides additions such as A Johnson Miss Irene Gabe Winnipeg Victor W Airey Mrs J Borroff and Eileen M McFadden Martin Wareham with dates July 5 and July 6.
Delegates at the Saskatchewan urban municipalities association annual convention approved a resolution urging the provincial government to pay municipalities a portion of motor vehicle license fees and the gasoline tax. The share would be in proportion to the number of vehicles in each urban area.
Premier Garson of Manitoba urged co operation between provinces and the Dominion under a Dominion provincial agreement. He warned a return to 1930s tax structure would wreck post war prospects. Manitoba backs a three year tax deal, not perfect, but better for provinces than no agreement. The conference seeks a new deal for fairer and efficient taxation and revenue sharing.
Ontario police arrested Claude Sampson of Norwood on a rustling charge in Warsaw district. Allan Darling reported cattle slaughter in a pasture. meat was recovered. This marks a second outbreak of alleged cattle thefts in three months.
A shipment of 1,185 pounds of used clothing was sent to Winnipeg for sorting and bundling, with a second lot leaving recently, totaling about one ton. The drive aided European war victims, supervised locally by Mrs. B. J. D. Ellis. Clothes included coats suits dresses and footwear with five cases of shoes, some new and boxed.
Manitoba shows elevated prosperity with doubled building permits versus last year. Winnipeg board of trade notes retail sales in 1945 at 284 million, up from 256 million in 1944 and 169.6 million seven years ago. First four months of 1946 see wholesaler trade in Canada up about 18 percent from 1945.
The question contrasts growing comforts with genuine progress, suggesting that visible comforts may not reflect real advancement. It explores whether societal development requires discomfort and challenge to foster deeper achievements and enduring improvements.
A several hour rain on Wednesday afternoon greatly improved crop conditions in the district. Wheat is heading out with straw 18 to 30 inches long. Barley crops are not large, vats are thick and heading out, and some areas show less than a foot of growth after a period of intense heat and a storm with hail earlier in the week.
A senior British naval officer said Helgoland, a 130 acre German island fortress with 4000 prewar inhabitants, will be blown up within three months and left as a bird sanctuary. He noted charges totaling hundreds of tons will create a rock pile unfit for habitation, despite protests by bird enthusiasts.
Matthew Kennedy once an engineer and later a real estate dealer, built a homestead in Daly while Mrs Kennedy knit for the growing family. Margaret Kennedy served as midwife as the stork traveled with them. Daly council debated a new school district, bylaw 152 with the Canadian Pacific Railway, and refunded $8,298.40 across 129 parcels dating to 1882. The 1893 outlook hinted at gopher pests, a two cent bounty, and a Mayne school district formation amid growing learning centers and hawkers. Walter J. Sargent was elected reeve. council members Westwood and Thom served as colleagues. Continued on Page 3
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