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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1950
Page
1
An Ont resident reported a youth driving down a Windsor street at 245 in the morning. The rider allegedly threw lit fireworks as police heard gunfire reports nearby.
Fragmentary OCR shows a police confrontation with a man suspected of drunken wandering at night. The speaker asks for an explanation while the man blurts about going home to his wife, indicating confusion and possible domestic tension.
Arrivals from Regina and other towns set in motion a busy Rivers social week. Jn Foun and Gub Lac D R with Mrs Gibbs plan to reside in Rivers while Mr and Mrs Wilson Humphries visited the Humter district. Numerous relatives attended weddings and recitals, and a St James Anglican service was held with Fr Lt J Light officiating.
A series of birth announcements record new arrivals at Forman and Madden nursing homes. Names include Judd Leach Lockett McKay Proven Taylor Westfall with dates in May 1950 and locations New Sarum Wheatland and New Sarum. Ian Robert noted for Fred G. Taylor.
The prize cake contest offers $100 cash to the winner. Only non professional entrants may participate. Moscow radio reports China still says Britain has not severed ties with the reactionary clique of the Chinese Kuomintang.
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