Ten Years Ago from the Gazette Highlights
Ten years ago in Rivers and vicinity a Winnipeg marriage linked Daisy B Gregory Rivers to Horace Bilton Gypsumville. A deadly Rivers accident injured several girls and fatally hurt Dr Templeton of Brandon. Rivers residents attended the Rapid City war memorial unveiling and James Suthers died in St BoniFace Hospital. Rivers ladies staged a Daly Church play featuring Mrs Wills Eyes Sargent Carlson Britton Morrow Moxley. The Winnipeg strike sparked concern and Knox Church Sunday School held its annual picnic at Robert White’s home.
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The
Gazette
Winnipeg
Daisy B. Gregory
Rivers
Horace Bilton
Gypsumville
Templeton
Brandon
Knox Church
Robert White
Brandon Fair Attracts Record Interest In Manitoba
Entries for several featured classes at the Provincial Exhibition of Manitoba are coming in fast. The Brandon Fair will be held July 3 to 7 in Brandon. Advance admission tickets are sold in strips of four for one dollar, saving fifty percent. A survey shows unprecedented ticket demand across Southern Manitoba and Saskatchewan with agents appointed to distribute tickets.
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Manitoba
Brandon
Saskatchewan
Death Defying Acts At Brandon Airport Display
Death defying acts headline a Brandon Airport show on Saturday June 17 at 230 pm led by Capt Arthur J Davis and His All American Air Aces. The troupe includes three dare devil pilots and famed bat wing jumper Charles Zuuda, performing from 10000 feet. Davis Circus recently set attendance records in Western Canada with 35000 in Regina 35000 in Lethbridge and 20000 in Saskatoon. This Brandon appearance is Davis final Canadian show of the year.
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Arthur J Davis
Brandon
Davis
Charles Zuuda
Davis Circus
Canada
Regina
Saskatoon
Lethbridge
Rivers Agricultural Society Meeting Notice
A Rivers Town Council Chamber meeting is set for Wednesday June 21 at 8 30 pm. A Dept of Agriculture representative will discuss forming a Boys and Guns Calf Club. All members and interested persons are urged to attend. C H Gabe Sec Treas
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Rivers Town
Dept. of Agriculture
Daly Strawberry Festival Draws Crowd Despite Drizzle
A lively Daly event at Mr and Mrs Orla Brown hosted by the Daly community attracted a large Rivers turnout. The Daly ladies served supper, a girls softball game was won by Rivers, a bonfire warmed the crowd, and the School Band added to the evening’s enjoyment.
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Orla Brown
Rivers
Daly
Orlo
Pettapiece Church Concert Showcases varied soloists
Alex Whyte and his Orchestra presented a full program at Pettapiece Church last Friday with cornet and vocal solos by Miss T Kristinson and Miss Isabelle Sinclair on piano, assisted by violinist Adolphe Charron. Rev W R Donagh chaired the event after a Ladies Aid pot luck supper.
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Alex Whyte
Pettapiece Church
T. Kristinson
Alex, Whyte
Adolphe Charron
Isabelle Sinclair
W R. Donagh
Ladies Aid
Rivers Sports Day Highlights and Delayed Detailed Report
Rivers Sports Day sponsored by the Board of Trade drew a strong entry in Men's Baseball. The damp cool morning discouraged some participants and a full detailed report will appear in the next issue.
Birthday Greetings from The Gazette
The Gazette extends best wishes for a happy birthday to CH Bellamy on June 16 Frank Waculka Jr on the 19th George E Jelliff on the 18th Gerald Post Bradwardine on the 19th George Chapman Pendennis on the 20th Ralph Post Bradwardine on the 20th and C H Gabe on the 21st.
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the Gazette
CH Bellamy
Frank Waculka Jr
George E. Jelliff
Gerald Post
Bradwardine
George Chapman
Pendennis
Ralph Post
C. H. Gabe
Early Visitors to Clear Lake Set New Record
Riding Mountain national park reports an early-season surge despite bad weather. May gate registrations rose by 940 cars and 1,945 passengers, bringing May totals to 2,403 cars and 7,461 passengers versus 1,463 cars and 5,516 passengers a year earlier. Preparations for a hard surfacing program begin inside the park with storm sewers in the townsite to avoid delays. Work will start at the golf course, move south through the townsite, and extend to the highway toward Cameron schoolhouse.
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Riding Mountain National Park
Cameron School House
Fair and Harness Races at Deloraine June 22 23
Deloraine Manitoba hosts a two day fair with harness races featuring four events per day and over four thousand dollars in prizes. Sixteen stalls for livestock and exhibits fill the grounds along with a Midway and Grand Show in front of the grandstand each evening. Thirty six horses are entered in stake races and other exhibits draw large crowds.
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Deloraine
Man
Lvestock
Summerfallowing as a moisture conserving practice in Western Canada
The article urges early summerfallowing in Western Canada to conserve moisture for the next year. It warns that ploughing wastes moisture and favors surface cultivation with a disc or duckfoot cultivator to reduce weed growth and preserve soil moisture, reserving ploughing for deeply rooted perennials only when necessary.
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Canada
Church News Sunday Topics and Services Schedule
The church posts a Sunday program for June 18 with topics Some Questions That Are Asked and sermons by Daly Pettapiece and Rivers at 10.45 a m 3.00 p m and 7.30 p m Prayer for the dead unpardonable sin and baptism by proxy are listed. The Sunday School meets at 1.00 a m. The Sunday School picnic is planned for Thursday June 22 at the home of Mr and Mrs C J McFadden.
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C. J. McFadden
Church of England Services and Picnic Schedule
Rev G M Armstrong leads Holy Communion and morning prayers at St James Rivers, with Sunday School and baptisms. Roseville and St Matthews Ancrum hold services and Sunday Schools. The Sunday School picnic is set for Saturday June 24.
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Church of England
G. M. Armstrong
Farmers of Manitoba Convene at Brandon June 21
A Brandon convention on June 21 will unite Manitoba farmer groups into a single educational body. Women may serve as delegates, with Premier Bracken to address western farm problems and solutions. Appointed organizing group includes Downing, Wood, McKenzie, Burnell, Hull, and Burnell leaders.
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Farmers of Manitoba
Brandon
Bracken
United Farm
F. H. Downing
The
Co-operative Promotion Board
J. 8. Wood
United Farmers of Manitoba
D G McKenzie
United Grain Growers
C. H. Burnell
Manitoba Poor Elevators
J T. Hull
Manitoba Cooperative Conference
Town of Rivers Electors Roll Open for Inspection
The Electors Roll of the Town of Rivers is deposited in the Clerk's office and open for inspection until July 15. Complaints against the roll must be lodged ten days before the Council sits as Court of Revision. The Council will meet August 7, 1939 at 7:30 PM in the Council Chamber to revise the roll and hear complaints. C. H. Gabe, Clerk.
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Town of Rivers
Rall
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