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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 21, 1949
Page
2
Announcements call attention to Rivers annual sports day on Monday August 1 with prize money totaling 500 dollars and two dances at night. The notice also promotes Ostrex Tonic Tablets claiming gains of 5 to 15 pounds and new vigor, including a get acquainted size for 66 cents available at all druggists.
White Poplar wood cut sawed and split in January 1M9 12 to 16 inches long will deliver load of or three cords to Rivers What offers R P Parker McConnell Phone 36-14 Strathclair YB ONE LHC 122 FOOT SWATHER 250 Apply Cliff Wood Bradwardine 1930 MODEL A COACH in good condition Recently reconditioned Phone 158 Rivers c2128 Male Help Wanted Bar Man Required for officers mess Canadian Joint Air Training Centre Rivers Prefer ex serviceman unmarried Quarters on station
July 21 listing includes Robert J. McKenzie James Messel Mrs T Lawrie in Winnipeg plus July 23 for Mrs J R Stratford Mrs J H Maxwell in Winnipeg and Libau May include Marjorie D Anderson. July 24 lists R B Riddick. July 25 features Mrs James Russell Randolph Schmidt Gail Maxted Lynn Harvey and Miss Constance Card. July 27 names Miss Evelyn Livingstone July 28 Mrs W H Humphries R L Post.
Workers uncover a five-gallon keg of rum about 30 years old in mid-town Sydney. After a few unofficial tastes, the keg was turned over to police for handling and disposal.
Montreal report from CP states 2,358,596 Canadians are served by the Blue Cross with E. D. Milligan, Canadian commissioner of the hospital service association, predicting about 300,000 new members by year end.
In Chatham Ontario a Detroit driver, Harry Jessup, crashed into a provincial police cruiser and two police officer owned cars. The collision occurred in front of the police station area causing investigation and possible injuries to the officers involved.
The defendant pleaded guilty to a charge of drunk driving. The crown attorney called the matter aggravated, stating the case involved heightened circumstances and legal gravity.
Waterloo Qnt CP reports about 1,000 descendants of the Ginrgich settlers from Pennsylvania Indiana and Ontario gathered for their first reunion in Canada. The gathering marks a milestone as families traced their roots to early Pennsylvanian origins with ties to Indiana and Ontario.
Frederick G. Smith of Ottawa found a massive bee swarm in his backyard. The queen led a cluster around a tree branch, spanning about three feet and seven inches in girth.
Scout Arthur Deslauriers received the Boy Scout gilt cross for rescuing his younger brother and sister from a burning home last April. The announcement came from Viscount Alexander, governor general and chief scout of Canada.
Ottawa officials report American visitors seek British bone china woollens and silverware this summer. Publicity chief Gerald Gelbert notes women tourists ask where to buy demi tasses and figurines near Parliament Building and Royal Canadian Mint.
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