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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1945
Page
4
The Rivers Gazette published daily from The Gazette Offices on Main Street Rivers Manitoba. Subscriptions cost $1.50 per year with payment due in advance. Graham F Barker is the publisher.
The Gazette argues for targeted zoning in Rivers to balance industrial expansion with residential areas. It supports residential use in the west and northwest, industrial development on First and Second Avenues, and commercial growth along Main Street and Second Avenue West to foster orderly progress.
First in a nine part series urging rural Canada to act in the post war era. Readers may resist and mock the cost, but the message honors the boys overseas who fought fascism and created a duty to repay their sacrifices with local action and support.
The first batch of notices to subscribers has been mailed and more will follow. Publishers insist on prompt payments and no more than three months in arrears to maintain THE GAZ.
A brief public notice urges citizens to cooperate with authorities and welcome state support. The message emphasizes immediate action and unity, framing participation as essential to progress and governance.
Hail fell in the Tarbolton district Monday afternoon turning ground white in places. A large amount of rain drenched the early week. Election Pell was held at J. Wedderburn home with A. S. Wedderburn deputy returning officer and John Thompson clerk. WREN Jean Ross is home on furlough from Halifax. Spring Valley School Junior Red Cross sold bath towel tickets. Garth Goring drew Thursday last with Harris Wolfe as winner. Mrs H B Rose and son Ray of Toronto and Mrs W McDonald and son Kent of Winnipeg visit J M Wedderburn family.
Mr and Mrs V Airey and family visited relatives at Hartney over the weekend. The Bridgemans and their children visited Mr and Mrs F Bridgeman. Mrs Frank Airey returned from Brandon hospital. The Ross family visited Pope relatives, and Mrs W Pettapiece stayed with the Harts. A Red Cross meeting at Mrs W Bray’s home drew 16 members for quilting and packing boxes for boys overseas, with Albert Murray winning the auto rug raffle.
Attended by councillors Welfe E C Smith H M Clark G E Butchart and J J McDonald the Daly municipality meeting was presided by reeve Thomas H Seens Growth is two to three weeks behind normal this season.
Carnegie W. H. Frank was re elected rector s warden and William Bromley people s warden at Roseville church annual meeting held Monday. A busy season turnout accompanied tea to honor Violet Nevill of Los Angeles. Mrs G Long and Nursing Sister Phyliss Long visited. Monthly Carnegie Red Cross met June 5 at Mrs Charles Eyres home with lawn social planned for June 21 at Mr and Mrs James Bromley.
A devotional line invoking the Lord God to turn toward the anointed and remember the mercies of David, drawn from II Chronicles chapter six verse forty two. The verse echoes royal faith and covenant mercy across biblical history.
In Roseville and nearby churches services are listed for Sunday including St Matthew Ancrum St James Rivers Daly and Sabbaths. An orchestra led by Mr A Whyte will assist in the service with a 15 piece ensemble next Sunday at 11.00. Rivers records 3.87 inches precipitation between April 1 and June 11, normal 13.46 inches.
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