Rural Municipality of Daly and Forrest Road Debate
A Manitoba region story recounts the Daly and Forrest road maintenance dispute with councils seeking federal and provincial takeover. It notes long service recognition for school board member Mr. Nowe, local weddings, notable deaths, a blizzard that disrupted travel, and April plebiscite results on military service conscription.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivera
Daly
Nnavigation
Forrest
Itelf
Forrest-Rivers- Harding
Charles Nowe
Nowe
John Solimka
Rivers
Canada
Windsor
Ont
H. A. Robins
Brandon General Hospital
Vancouver
John Lindsay
Neepawa
George B. Kelly
Carnegie
Christian Walker
Archbishop Murray Confirms Glass Parishioners in Rivers
The Rivers RC parish joined a large congregation at the C I A T C chapel on July 10 for a Confirmation ceremony led by His Grace Most Rev G C Murray CSsR coadjutor archbishop of Winnipeg. Thirty six children and six adults were confirmed in a Mass with pastel gladioli altar decor and a chapel choir.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joint Air Training Centre
G. C. Murray
Rivers
Joint Air School
Billy Hicks
Brian McKenzie
Jimmie Klemas
Terry Pyne
Wayne Elliott
Henri Marchessault
Richard Andrigshyn
Brian Pyne
Diana Carpenter
Sharon Elliott
Sandra Popiel
Edith Berga
Wendy Carpenter
Rita Marchessault
Beverly Kryschuk
Peggy Purcell
Pat Spelliscy
Sandra Piedalue
Lynn Piedalue
Angeline Hoyak
Blanche Reynolds
Rivers’ R.C
C.I.A.T.C
Cssr
Winnipeg
Youngsters Enjoy Week at Convent in Big City
Thirty six boys and girls from Rivers and JAS completed eight days of religious cultural and recreational activities in Winnipeg. The group traveled by CNR special car to St. Charles Convent and attended Mass daily. Lt. L Lafreniere RC Chaplain led a busy program with visits to parks civic and religious sites while absorbing Catholic devotions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
J.as
St. Charles Convent
C.N.R
Winnipeg
St. Boniface
L. Lafreniere
R.C
Rivers council approves 2 hp tornado fire siren purchase
Council voted for a 2% h.p. Tornado Tone fire alarm siren and planned building an addition to the Post Office to house the RCMP. A CJATC bus stop will be east of Setter's Drug Store near Taylor's Service Station. A permit system will tax goods sellers, and ten lots were allocated at the meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Department of Public Works
R.C.M.P
Cj.a-T.c
Setter's
R. Taylor
Song About A Shop Chorus At Gazette Office
Music lovers are invited to hear the Anvil Chorus at the Gazette office. We hope for sunny weather as attendees hurry about the shop to avoid falling into buckets and cans. A new roof is planned for the near future.
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Gazette Office
Storm Hits Town With 70 MPH Winds In July Morn
A combined electrical and wind storm in the early hours of July 8 reached 70 mph, severing lines between Bradwardine Wheatland and Rivers, tearing roofing from the Rex Theatre, scattering tiles and shingles, and tossing tree limbs. Gardens show wind damage while plants appear wind blown.
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Bradwardine
Wheatland
Rex Theatre
New Sarum Golf Club Opens In Rivers Dominion Day Event
Air Centre tees off the New Sarum Golf and Country Club opened by CJATC personnel with Group Captain A Gilchrist driving the first ball. The course is praised as one of the sportiest nine hole sand green layouts in the Prairie provinces. Prizes were awarded by Major E McClelland and others, with winners in the championship flight and six later flights named. Membership applications invited and an open tournament planned soon. Golf widows out of date encourage women to join husbands in the rough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Donald M. Morrow
Bernice M. Lawlor
Kenton
L.A.C
Albert F. Wyld
Anna L. Blandford
Flora W. Russell
Robert Hutton
Brandon
Frank Meabry
R.C.F
Patricia Supencer
Tisdale, Sask
Winnipeg
P. C. Bellamy
Lila D. MacDonald
Portage la Prairie
King Winter
Melville, Sask
Canora
Dauphin
New Sarum
Cj.a.t.c
Dominion Day Club
A. Gilchrist
D.F.C
Concensus
Golf and Country Club
Prairie Provinces
Major E. McClelland
A. B. Stewart
E. McClelland
W.O
D. Pirie
Harry Evans
F.co. O. B. Philp
J. Crosbie
P. A. Gilchrist
Sarum Golf and Country Club
Scouts Visit RCMP in Brandon Canada See Horses
In Brandon Manitoba police humorously turn away U S Boy Scouts asking to see horses. One stable owner still helps by lending a horse after prompting.
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Brandon
Man
R.C.M.P
United States
Buffalo Bill Friendship Highlighted By 88th Birthday Tale
Caribou Smith, born 1861 in Yakima, recalls his wild west years with Buffalo Bill and Calamity Jane. He rode with the Cody show, worked as a chore boy, and later became a cowhand before roaming the country with rodeos and stampedes. He settled in Manitoba then Alberta, ran a dray business, retired, and kept working in small hauling jobs.
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Cranberry Portage
Man
Buffalo Bill
Calamity Jane
Caribou
Yakima, Wash
Columbia River
Cody
Wyoming
Col
William
Calamity
United States
Alberta
Pas
Reindeer Lake
Flin Flon
What No Car Fred Murray Pays Price for Key Left Behind
Fred Murray found his car missing after leaving the key in it. Police recovered the vehicle abandoned and badly damaged in a ditch opposite Lorne Forman's home near the station.
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Fred Murray
Fred
RCMP
Lorne Forman
Baby Bonus In Effect Four Years In Manitoba
Four years into the family allowance program in Manitoba, mothers have received over 57.7 million dollars in benefits. The May average per family was 12.70 and per child 6.10 with 102,526 cheques for 213,225 children. A policy change in 1949 ensures every eligible child receives the full allowance, regardless of family size.
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Ottawa
C. B. Howden
Manitoba
O.hlm.s
Department of National Health and Welfare
Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Campbell Visits Rivers Centre
Air Vice-Marshal Hugh Campbell of North West Air Command paid a brief visit to the Air Training Centre at Rivers last Thursday, drawing attention to ongoing activities and programs at the centre.
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Rivers
Hugh Campbell
North West Air Command
Riverside memories and notable local notes from the era
Forty years ago Hon T C Norris Hon G R Coldwell and W J Cundy spoke at Rivers public meetings. Crops looked promising. Twenty five years ago T C Durnin named Rivers school principal. Seventeen teams entered sports day tournaments. Mrs Duncan McCallum of Moline died in Brandon at 63. Marriages in Montreal Rivers Winnipeg with local names. Brian Anderson died in Winnipeg in an accident.
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T. C. Norris
G. R. Coldwell
W. J. Cundy
Duncan McCallum
Moline
Brandon
Montreal
Dorothy Vaux
Harvey E. Forman
Rivers
Helen Frances Tufts
H. P. Bird
Winnipeg
Eileen M. Smears
Clarence L. Card
Brian Anderson
Winipeg
Cereal Field Day Set for July 28 at Brandon Farm
A cereal and beekeepers field day will be held at the Brandon Experimental farm on Thursday July 28. The program includes a tour of variety plots starting at 1 30 pm with specialists in plant breeding plant diseases and insect control to assist in appraisal and answer questions.
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Brandon Experimental Farm
Mrs W Lowe Dies In Tarbolton Funeral Rites
Agnes Scott Lowe died July 8 1949. Funeral held July 10 at Tarbolton church with pallbearers Mesars J Thomson A S Wedderburn E H Wolfe T Seens D Edwards and J Alteman. Interment in Tarbolton cemetery. Survived by four sons John Alvin Victor Norris and three daughters R McTaggart H Lamb E Harvey. Six brothers and one sister.
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Agnes Scott Lowe
Tarbolton Church
J. Thomson
A. S. Wedderburn
E. H. Wolfe
T. Seens
D. Edwards
J. Alteman
Tarbolton
Bradwardine
William Lowe
Scotland
Lowe
John
Alvin
Victor
Sherridan
Norris
Brandon
R. McTaggart
Harding
H. Lamb
E. Harvey
Rivers
James
John Wood
Winipeg
William
Woolford
Alto
Robert
Vancouver
George
United States
Hugh
M. Mort
Winnipeg
Natives Spit On Child As Omen Of Luck
In an interview Mrs. F G Stephenson recalls African customs when she and Rev. F G Stephenson served with the African Inland Mission in Kenyan Colony. They describe dowry customs, tent life, and later modern amenities. The couple notes rising literacy aided by mission literature in 18 languages and Nairobi planning for 250000 people.
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Winnipeg
F. G. Stephenson
Kenya
British East Africa
Nairobi
Stephenson
Canada
Kenya Missionary Carrier Corps
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G. F. Barker
R.c.af
Violet Bowman
Murray
Council
SIREN
Air Centre
Sydn. Ldr
J. C. Anstead
C.J.A.T.C
Messrs. W. Decker
J. Frame
K. Riley
A. Whyte
J. Gilchrist
M. Henderson
Hubby
Caribou Smith
Great Britain
Europe
F. N. McKenzie
J. S. Stephen
Canadian National Railways
Mr. McKenzie
Mr. Stephen
the Rivers Gazette
T. C. Durnin
Rivers School
W. Lowe
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