Looking Backward July 16 1935 Dr Elw Spencer resigns as municipal doctor
A retrospective from Clear Lake and surrounding towns recalls July celebrations and civic notes across decades. References include Dr Elw Spencer resigning as municipal doctor, holiday attractions, parades, church conferences, and local developments such as pool debates and new homes, with mentions of Rivers Brandon Oak Lake Elkhorn and Riverhurst in Manitoba.
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Elw
Spencer
Brandon Deanery
Rivers
Elkhorn
Oak, Lake
Alexander
Brandon and
Service Personnel Guests of Honor at Local Function
The Rehabilitation Committee hosted a reception in the Four Star theatre on Thursday for armed forces recently returning from overseas. A Greek and Roman Catholic church supper preceded remarks by Jr. M. Harvey and welcomes from Mayor E. E. Grant, F. T. Taylor, J. Wanson, and Peter Luchuck. Captain R. Donogh replied for the guests, amid stories exchanged after a pleasant dinner.
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Four Star Theatre
Jr. M. Harvey
E. E. Grant
F. T. Taylor
The
Board of Trade
J. W.anson
Veterans
Peter Luchuck
Ukrainian Association
R. Donazgh
Long Leave for Douglas Spearin With Parents in Pettapiece
Douglas Spearin of Pettapiece, a member of RCMVR, is on an eighty eight day leave spent with his parents Mr and Mrs Reid Spearin.
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Douglas Spearin
RCMVR
Mrs
Reid Spearin
Pettapiece
Rivers Boys Bicycle Trip to Clear Lake
On Sunday John Wareham Alan Wareham Raymond Riddick Alvin Karlenzig and Frank Stewart left for Clear Lake to camp for a week.
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Vive Rivers
Clear Lake
John
Alan Wareham
Raymond Riddick
Alvin Karlenzig
Frank Stewart
Roseville Church Holds Annual Picnic Event
The Roseville church held its annual picnic last Tuesday. A large crowd enjoyed races and softball on the sports agenda and a meal served by church ladies. A well stocked booth did thriving business in ice cream and soft drinks.
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Roseville Church
Brandon Manitoba Named for Duke of Brandon and Wheat City
Brandon Manitoba bears a name tied to the Duke of Brandon of Suffolk England who was an HBC stockholder and gave Brandon House to a trading post 17 miles from the current city in 1794. The settlement sits on the Assiniboine River and is known as the Wheat City.
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Brandon
Manitoba
Duke of Brandon
Suffolk County
England
Hudson's Bay Company
Brandon House
Assiniboine
Wheat City
Pay-off urges reform and pay in old railing verse
A fragment in a harsh moral voice calls for mendacity and repentance. It mentions paying rents, bailiffs, and public halls, depicting the harsh conditions faced by those considered sinners and the need for reform. The tone is admonitory and social in nature.
Large Crowds Enjoy Sports Day on Friday the 13th
A perfect day drew a record crowd to the Rivers Board of Trade sports in Casey Shows. The RCAF band performed all afternoon and evening while baseball and softball drew large crowds. winners included Wheatland, Brandon, CNS Rivers, and Rivers Rural Schools. Races saw William Nolan and Boyd Diamond among winners. a Community Hall dance followed with Virden Nite Hawks providing music.
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The
Rivers Board of Trade
Casey
RCAF
No.1
CNS
Virden Nite Hawks
Neighborly Tractor Bee Clears 90 Acres For Mrs Pest
A Daly district community responded to Ross L. Pest by organizing a tractor driven land-bee to summer fallow 90 acres in a few hours. The effort, arranged by Edward Ratz and Albert Wareham, involved five tractor owners who completed the work by 4:80 pm with fuel provided by Rivers residents and land supplied by local women under Mrs William Connon. Mr Pest’s family recently faced the death of his youngest son in a farm accident. Two of his sons are overseas with the Canadian armed forces.
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Ross L. Pest
Daly District
Post
Edward Ratz
Wheatland
Albert Wareham
Rivers
R. Dyer
O. W. Brown
E. E. Grant
John Stobie
Mack Lally
William Common
Third Hail Storm Strikes Tarbolton District Again
Heavy hail swept Tarbolton district Monday evening with stones as large as hen's eggs. Windows avoided damage but crops suffered a 20 to 25 percent reduction. This marks the district's third hail event of the season.
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Tarbolton
Call for Old Rags Across Red Cross Drive
Mrs. B. J. D. Ellis announces a Red Cross rag drive. Housewives are asked to bring cotton rags to the United Church on July 24 for a meeting of the organization.
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Red Cross
United Church
Unique Christening Gown Worn by Child in Wareham Family
Carolyn Diane Wareham infant daughter of Mr and Mrs William Wareham wore a gown used at every baptism of the James Scott family for 95 years during a Sunday evening christening at the United Church.
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Carolyn Diane
William Wareham
Margaret Scott
United Church
Baby Wareham
James Scott
Returned Service Members Welcome Home in Wheatland
Five hundred returned men aboard a special train were met during the week by Wheatland residents and local women. Magazines and fruit were handed to the travelers who are home on a short leave before proceeding to the Pacific war zone.
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Rehabilitation Committee
Wheatland
The A B C of Post war Projects for Rural Canada
A wartime feature dedicated to youths who served the country and those who will return home or not return, outlining rural Canada postwar projects and their aims in a concise, period-appropriate tone.
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Canada
Postwar Excelsior Plant Aims Rural Salvation Army Project
A thoughtful piece argues towns attract ventures by clear gains for leaders and workers. It highlights the Salvation Army’s excelsior plant in Edmonton since 1944, using recycled paper to make packing material, employing four people, and stressing practical, movable industry as a postwar essential for rural communities.
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Edmonton
Flour or Grist Mill for Rivers Area Postwar Aim
A regional prospect highlights a missing postwar flour mill near Rivers Manitoba Saskatchewan. The piece notes hundreds of square miles lack local milling, forcing raw grain to be shipped long distances to nearest mills, hindering food processing.
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Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
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Crandall
Daly
Orlo W. Brown
Roy Stimers
Riverhurst
Sask
Alf, Vickery
W. EB. Sallous
Thei Methodist
Charles Howard
Justice
Cora Wilson
Winnipeg
William Ivens
J. L. Kyes
S. Willson
Toronto News
Women’s Press Club
Norris
Fenwick
Cyril J. Foster
Veterans’ Association
Wee
R. Donogh PO
Walter Czuboka
L. Janz
Janz
Lac Irwin Bland
L. Warnick
George Burt
Mras.d.cWi
Hanlon
Roseville
Montgomery
Simpson
U.S. 9Th Army
Germany
CNS Rivers
Brandon Mental Hospital
Bradwardine
Wm. Nolan
Boyd Diamond
Tom Nolan
Alvin Setter
John Wareham
William Connon
Holland
Timbuctoo
Excelsior
Salvation Army
South
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