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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jul 26, 1945
Page
5
A house-to-house salvage paper collection is set for Saturday July 28. All proceeds go to the Rivers Rehabilitation Committee. Tie paper in secure bundles and place on the sidewalk outside the gate before 10 a.m. on the collection day.
A historical column notes past events in Rivers Manitoba with brief items including public baths being built at the river, a new church planned by Pettapiece, housing shortages, and local civic actions. It also mentions a railway special to Melville and a Laurier demonstration.
A candid voice reflects on innocence and the drift of modern life. The speaker rejects complexity, clings to basic truths learned long ago, and laments how evolving math and morals reshape daily thinking. The piece reads like a wary, rustic meditation on progress.
Canadian built Lancasters of No 6 Bomber Group will visit cities across Canada in aid of the Royal Canadian Air Force Benevolent Fund. The tour starts August 11 and will showcase aircraft from squadrons including The City of Vancouver Pathfinder, The Bluenose, and Alouettes, with displays of other war materiel.
The rehabilitation committee welcomed 835 returning service members this week with oranges magazines smokes and welcome home cards. Among trains July 17 carried about 150 RCAF repatriated prisoners of war bound for Vancouver while July 19 brought 240 RCAF and Canadian Army volunteers westward some for Pacific service. Local airmen FO Walter Daniel DFC and Sgt Willard LePage traveled with the latter group. Earlier July 14 485 service members were met all volunteering for Pacific duty. Volunteers from Rapid City and Wheatland aided the Rivers committee at the trains.
Sergeant L H Cameron of No 1 CNS was found dead Friday in the washroom of the United Services Centre in Brandon. Official cause listed as heart failure. His home was at Shoal Lake.
Before returning to civilian life, each serviceman is given a dental examination to assess mouth health prior to discharge from the armed forces.
Walter A Daniel DFC is back in Rivers Manitoba three years after leaving by rail amid cheers. The 25 year old bomber crew’s “best bomb aimer” spoke of flights over Germany Archangel and England with little detail on the Tromsø action that earned his DFC. He joined the RCAF March 19 1942 and returned with a reunion marked by family and townspeople.
Walter Daniel returns from two years abroad and, after 30 days home, a cavalcade escorts him through Winnipeg. He stays with his brother FLt. E. J. Daniel while a 100-strong Manitoba RCAF repatriate group arrives by train. Daniel, a bombardier, earned fame for a direct hit on a German battleship in 1944 and served with RAF pilot WC G G B Tait.
Rivers United church invites the community and St. James Anglican members to hear Miss Hambly, a returned missionary from China, speak at Sunday evening service. Mrs. McRae will be soloist.
Walter Blewitt handles about 40 pails of water daily for patrons at the Canada Railway News restaurant in Rivers. In a typical day the eatery also consumes gallons of milk, tea, and coffee.
The article notes the arrival of family allowance cheques in Canada, the first of their kind, negotiable at any Canadian bank and cashed within 80 days. It highlights how allowances enable purchases for children while hinting at differing opinions on income tax time.
Annauel field day at the Experimental Farm scheduled with an emphasis on farmer participation. Farmers are urged to attend to benefit from demonstrations and practical information.
Invalided home veteran Fred Beever of the 4th Field Regiment arrived in Canada on July 16 and returned to his home Friday. Met in Winnipeg by his mother Mrs S Beever, he sustained arm injuries in Germany. He is entitled to transportation benefits upon leaving the armed services, the amount not greater.
A dedication to youths who served or fell in war, outlining postwar rural Canadian projects and goals for returning personnel and communities. The piece frames national reconstruction efforts and youth involvement as a tribute and call to action for rebuilding rural areas.
The piece argues postwar changes are unavoidable and depend on individual action. It asserts no village or nation remains an isolated power and calls for a universal shift in attitudes before true brotherhood among nations and people can emerge. War will recur unless people change.
Two central Alberta brothers started a mobile repair business during hard times, traveling with a truck of machinery to farms and offering to fix parts. Their repeat visits grew, attracting demand from neighboring provinces, with work ranging from small fixes to large home foundry projects. Many armed forces veterans are skilled workers who may seek similar opportunities in stable times.
Rivers Board of Trade received a proposal from a provincial authority to deliver milk and cream in bulk to households daily. A local person would bottle and distribute from house to house as light, short daily work, offering extra income and a valued service. Interested parties should contact any Trade Board member.
A foundry in a rural town relies on skilled workers drawn from discharged service members and could attract patronage from a broad area. In a town the size of Rivers, such a venture might become profitable.
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