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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 19, 1951
Page
2
The Times Star of Gerakiton reports a volunteer work party planted fourteen hundred seedling trees on the Kenog awade golf course as part of a future‑focused community project.
Due to time constraints and newspaper layout needs, classified advertisements are accepted later than 12 01 am on Mondays. The policy notes delays from posting, with staff limited and no additional assistance available.
Tenders for driving vans Nos 1 2 4 5 and 6 for the 1951 52 school year are invited by the board with bids due by noon August 1 1951. Fuel grease supplied by bidders and substitute drivers must be named. The board may adjust contract price for mileage changes. Also notices for gravelling Wheatland Harding road 10 miles with bids due July 28 1951 and purchase of town stable with bids due July 28 1951 from the Town of Rivers officials.
FOR SALE SECOND SIZE TRIcycle good condition $9 one wicker doll carriage $3 Mrs J J Ellicott T 42 Rivers Camp. FOR SALE ONE ELECTRIC range force model 110 volt two burner with two burner automatic oven control used two months Priced at $90 Selling for reasonable offer Apply S Larson D231 New Sarum.
Reenie Brown and John Borroff express gratitude to friends relatives Daly ladies aid Wheat land seed club and others for visits cards flowers gifts and support during hospital stay. special thanks to Dr Rubin and helpers for care and kindness.
Announcements invite attendance at two Legion hall dances. Friday July 20 features Old-Time and Modern dances with the Al Electric orchestra, 9:00 PM to 1:30 AM, admission 55 cents. July 27 hosts a square dance contest with prizes, no entry fee, contestants pay admission at door, music by the All Electric orchestra, entries via phone at Rivers 170.
Nudists from northwestern states and across Canada will converge in Vancouver to attend the fifth annual convention of the Canadian Sun bathing association on the north shore. At least 200 men women and children are expected to join the meet at the mountainside camp of the local Van Tans group on August 11 and 12.
A man shaving outdoors is quizzed by a friend who asks if he always shaves outside. He replies with a sharp retort, implying his method is practical and not extravagant. The exchange ends with a humorous dig about being fur-lined.
A collection of notices from Brandon general hospital visits to Calgary Stampede attendees and regional guests. It includes visits by families such as the Wolfe, Cochrane, Thomson, Wedderburn, and Morden households, plus recent travelers to Clear Lake and Port Arthur. Also recounted are a string of light anecdotes and a safety incident near Beardmore involving David Gordon and a telescope rod hitting a power line.
In Cranbrook British Columbia the Society Girt base metals mine is being reopened after a forty year lapse and is set to begin production soon. A separate note reports a wet tackle hitting a high voltage wire causing current to travel to a body during a high cast.
Gilbert Plains Consumers Co op Limited announced at its annual meeting that business has jumped 42 percent over the previous year, signaling strong growth for the cooperative and its members.
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