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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Jul 16, 1942

Page

5

Local residents and visitors drop by town weekend

Miss Helen Thomson returned from Lake of the Woods after a holiday. Mr and Mrs McLenehan of Lenore and Miss Frances McLenehan of Kenton visited Mr and Mrs A Richardson on Sunday. Ebdr Leslie Cox of Brandon spent the weekend with local friends. Mr and Mrs Donald Lowe of Regina holidayed with the Lowe grandparents. Alex Gerrard, recently in Brandon Hospital, is now around again. Miss J Thomson of Vancouver spent several days with her uncle and aunt Mr and Mrs J J Thomson. Mrs S Searle of Brandon arrived Thursday to visit husband. Mr Searle works here with the CPR B and B gang.

Ebdr Leslie Cox Brandon Town Alex. Gerrard Brandon Hospital Miss J. Thomson Vancouver Mrs. J. J. Thomson

Local notes from Camp Shilo area

Murray Bray of Camp Shilo visited his home over the weekend. Mrs. Victor Airey is ill with lumbar bago. Sympathy is extended to Mr and Mrs Russell Couch on the loss of their infant son.

Murray Bray Camp Shilo Russell Couch Thos. H. Seens Bradwardine Helen Kathleen Victor Lowe Wm. Lowe R. F. Hunter Beresford

Harley and Eadie Wedding Attended by Local Figures

Mrs Frank Bridgeman and Mr and Mrs Geo Seater attended the wedding at East Kildonan of Miss Ina Harley of Winnipeg and LAC James Eadie of Hamilton Ontario. Allan Thomson has enlisted in the RCAF as an Air Gunner and is training at Brandon Manning Pool. The Seater family visited Gladstone and Neepawa for a few days with friends sending good wishes.

Frank Bridgeman Geo. Seater East Kildonan Ina Harley Winnipeg Lac Allan Thomson R.C.A.F Brandon Manning Pool George Seater Gladstone Neepawa National Defence J. L. Ralston Manitoba Ho'der D.S.O Brandon Manitobe

The World of Wheat by H G L Strange Director

H G L Strange, director of the research department at Searle Grain Company Ltd, surveys the world of wheat. He outlines plant development, global production trends, and future challenges facing farmers and traders in a concise industry overview.

H. G. L. Strange Searle Grain Company, Ltd

Crop Testing Plan sows 407 plots for variety trials

The Crop Testing Plan enters its eleventh year sowing 407 plots across districts to test true-to-type traits, demonstrate new varieties of wheat, oats, barley, flax, and corn maturity, and evaluate high-quality fibre flax for linen. The effort mobilizes over 12,000 farmers in field trials and yield demonstrations.

Daly Council Minutes Open Meeting July 7

Daly Rural Council met at the Municipal Office with Reeve Seens presiding. Read and confirmed the previous minutes. W H McDonald discussed hay and grazing lease for Section 22 11r 21. Resolutions: cooperate with Manitoba Weeds Commission on Noxious Weeds Act copies. grant W J McDonald hay and grazing permit for Section 22 11 21 for $50 for 1942.

Daly Rural Council Reeve Seens W. H. McDonald Wolfe Dobson Manitoba Weeds Commission Clark Davies W. J. McDonald

Demonstration plots show new crop varieties at Exeter and Ajax

The article notes consistent cats Exeter and Ajax along with Valor and a wilt resistant high yielding oil flax in demonstration plots. Farmers and visitors are urged to view the plots and see the experiments firsthand with Elevator Agents ready to explain details and demonstrations.

Sistent Exeter Ajax Valor

Court of Revision adjourns to hear Electors Roll complaints

At 7 pm the Council formed a Court of Revision with Reeve Seens as chair to hear complaints against the Electors' Roll. Assessor Thring asked to remove 66 resident electors and add 29, plus 4 additions/removals on the Non-Resident Roll. At 3:30 pm the Court completed, the Council resumed ordinary business. It was resolved to accept the revised Electors' Roll for 1942 and print two copies. A separate resolution rescinded a prior maintenance decision on Rivers-Forest road and urged Provincial aid for the Daly municipality project.

Reeve Seens Thring

Finance Committee Recommends Paying All In-Order Accounts

The Finance Committee reported recommending the payment of all accounts found to be in order. Council adjourned to August 4 or at the call of the Reeve.

Tenders for Myra slaughter house invited by July 22 1942

Tenders addressed to the un dersigned will be received up to July 22 1942 for purchase of the slaughter house at Myra. A shareholders meeting of the former Myra Beef Ring will be held there on Thursday July 23 at 8 p.m. to consider received tenders and deal with the same.

Myra

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