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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 07, 1934
Page
1
The Rivers Senior Baseball Club finalizes ballots for the Baseball Queen contest with a big Dance in the I.O.O.F. Hall. Readers are urged to vote promptly and attend the coronation night, though the Queen’s identity remains undecided at press time.
Stan Moersch Studio of Dancing presents Varieties of 1934 at 1 0 FB Hall on June 15. The program features tap waltz clog toe adagio by juniors and songs by seniors with Mr and Mrs L Reid performing a clever tap dance. Olympians 7 piece band to play after show. admission 25c adults and 1c per child for the show.
United Church announces a postponed Ladies Aid meeting to be held next Wednesday at the church. In the Sunday School business session on Monday evening, plans were made to hold the annual sale on Thursday June 28.
A son named Gordon Albert was born to Mr. and Mrs. Harry Seaborn at Rivers on Sunday June 3rd. The family resides in Moore Park.
A father reflects on answering his six year old child’s grave questions with honesty and care. He notes the child’s innocent curiosity probes sensitive topics, and asks for grace to guide the child in finding right from wrong while preserving truth. The poem honors parental responsibility and integrity.
Anglican News Services lists services for next Sunday. Wheatland hosts Holy Communion at 11 15 a.m. Rivers holds Morning Prayer at 9 30 a.m. Evening Prayer at 7 30 p.m. The Anerym service is withdrawn to allow the Rector to conduct a 3 p.m. service at Alexander.
The Brandon diocese purchased the Dr Cromarty cottage at Clear Lake for use as summer clergy residence. The Minedosa Tribune notes this buys space for church service leadership during summer months.
The Brandon Experimental Farm test years show oats Sudan grass and millets as viable hay sources. Oats give reliable yield and quality while Sudan grass and millets offer higher potential in warm seasons and drought tolerance. Sudan grass sowing can be rows three feet apart or close drills. Millets use about twenty pounds seed per acre in six inch drills.
A report notes rivers reach 1571 feet above sea level, marking them 796 feet higher than Winnipeg. The comparison emphasizes regional topography and drainage basins in the study.
William B. Howey died in Brandon after illness from acute kidney and heart disease. Born December 13, 1885 in Owen Sound Ontario, he lived in Birnie and Rivers before farming near Rivers. Survived by widow Myrtle Pope and three children Thelma Lila and Charles, plus four brothers and five sisters. Funeral services were held in Brandon with church ceremonies and floral tributes.
The Brandon Exhibition will feature television showing real people speaking singing and playing live at one location while appearing on a screen at another. Attend July 2 to July 6 to witness this mechanical marvel.
The text notes over six hundred babies born daily in Canada with about twenty five new arrivals per hour. It estimates one new Canadian every four to five minutes and provides ratios for multiple births including twins once in 73, triplets about once in many thousands, quadruplets once in 371,126, quintuplets rarely, and two authenticated sextuplet cases.
A large appreciative audience gathered at 1.0.C.F. Hall on a Wednesday evening to hear Alex Whyte present his annual concert. The program featured Whyte’s Orchestra, James Stewart, Elman Lowe, the Fraser Trio, local performers Lena Messel Nettie Kolotylo and Mary Maksymczuk, and the Round-Up Rangers with Morley Sparrow as announcer. Local and visiting artists followed with Miss An Whyte George Whyte Ivan Graham John Whyte H Graham Irving Fitzsimmons W Miller and others. The concert closed with the National Anthem and a late dance lasting past one o'clock.
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