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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 06, 1946
Page
6
In June 1931 Miss Jean Holt returned missionary from China addressed services at Rivers and Roseville churches. Mrs Cluff Sr former Rivers district resident died at Bowman Red Cross in Rivers adopted peace footing at a meeting. Postings in post offices carried notices beyond department scope.
Thirty years ago in Suna the town hall hosted a successful cookery demonstration. Transcona workers joined local shops, and preparations began for a Coronation day picnic and sports event. During a football game a hand kick fractured something for Ed Button.
Wheatland district resident Alpha Couch, who has lived in the district for 45 years, left Saturday to establish a home in Middlechurch Manitoba. He retired from farming in 1885 and has a daughter, Mrs. G F Draper, residing in Middlechurch.
The National has bought the freehold of a vast stretch in North Devon's Lyn Valley. The purchase covers Watersmeet where the River Lyn meets Hoer Oak Watersmeet, and Myrtleberry guest house near Watersmeet, securing a famous beauty spot for preservation.
At a five day men's apparel show in Boston two hotels report exhibitors frustrated by stock shortages. One dealer says they are merely shaking hands and displaying advertising pictures due to lack of products. The scene reflects slow supply affecting retailers and buyers at the event.
Danish authorities report discovery of a werewolf ammunition cache near the German frontier. The border town of Tosn dur and surrounding area placed under strict military police measures to secure the site and prevent further breaches.
Two crow shooting contests are under way sponsored by the Tigers Game and Fish Club. One contest is among club members, the other for school children under direction of Alfred Richardson who can provide details. May 24 fishing contest winner Roy Angus caught a 2% pound pickerel with J Greasley and Leonard Jones tying for second and third with two-pound jacks.
A travelogue along the CNR main line highlights Rivers connections of rail workers and local business figures now dispersed to the North West. Saskatoon flourishes as a railroad and manufacturing hub with the Bessborough hotel, while Edmonton expands with new industries and a $5,000,000 hotel as 1,400 housing units go up.
In 1885 the Daly area saw settlers like Thomas Nevill and his brother, plus Evans, Gaming, Wedderburn, Finlay, Shuttleworth, McTaggart, and Jackson, as a Winnipeg ad sought a Daly school teacher. W. A. Sherrin led the school at $40 monthly, Kennedy served as secretary treasurer amid epidemics and losses, and a preacher later operated an elevator and mill. By year sixteen a new district, Eton later Harrow, formed, school funding began, and a bylaw about farm animal destruction was repealed amid a growing educational push.
The text envisions Edmonton as a growing hub for diverse peoples and tourists. It foresees Alaska-bound travel by auto, expansion of railways into the Peace River region, and increasing growth beyond. It notes several visitors over the years and mentions Edmonton in 1944 enjoying more sunshine hours than Victoria.
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