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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 15, 1950
Page
4
The article notes June 18 as a day to honor the household head with family gatherings and homage at home. It emphasizes the domestic celebration and the role of the family in paying respect to the father or patriarch.
The Gazette wishes readers a pleasant Thursday with Father’s Day humor. Vignettes describe fathers receiving gifts, breakfast in bed and playful pride as families plan June 18 confections and a baby’s bottle moment while mothers supervise from the front.
A fishing contest postponed from May due to flood relief was held Sunday in the Minnedosa river. Results were not in by press time. Local firms offered awards in multiple classes while details remain incomplete. Toronto Star notes MP Jean Francis Pouliot’s view on war gains and loss. A treasure hunt near Tobermory bay yields £900 to the Duke of Argyll after spending £4,000 on the search.
The Gazette urges River city shops to submit changes by Saturday deadline to ensure publication in the next issue. Cooperation with the paper speeds pleasant dealings and helps both parties. Late copy will be held until the following week.
One DeForest table model radio phonograph and record cabinet in excellent condition. Price 65 dollars. Call George at 90 pis 22.
A spell of heavy rains dampened several activities including Oakleigh’s call show and a schools field day postponed from Friday, later cancelled to September. Roads near Powerville flooded, Wheatland Seed club’s relief dance drew a good crowd and raised 67.40, while Keen Teeners entertained and mothers vied for singing honors as showers lingered before clearing Saturday.
The Gazette reports another subscription to the Red Cross flood relief fund via Miss Florence Airey of Rivers. This is the third such donation this campaign, with proceeds from new subscriptions going to the Red Cross. The drive runs through June 30, and readers gain the paper while Red Cross receives full subscription price.
Albert J Madden of 555 Fourth Avenue was bruised and cut when he overbalanced operating a drill on his son Stuart's farm. He needed stitches, received town medical aid, and was later moved to Brandon General Hospital for further assessment of injuries.
Violin pupils of Alex W Whyte received results from Trinity College London exams. Remaining missing due to illness, Marlene Roberts earned grade one first class honors, Wayne Petta piece grade two first class honors, Shirley Frame grade four honors, and Barry Madden grade five honors. Examinations were conducted recently by Dr. A Lowry at St Michael's Academy Brandon.
Alvin Setter son of G M Setter of Rivers recently graduated from McGill University Montreal with a B S in chemical engineering and has accepted a post with De Laval in that eastern city.
Purple clusters burst forth across the district describing a late spring bloom. Boulevards gain builders William Common and Alex Roberts on Fourth and Fifth avenues. The Fourth Avenue block offers boating facilities in the 500 block. Lloyd Kenyon moves into a Fifth Avenue home near Main Street. Bert Ford moves into the Willers home as they go east, while Oak River’s Jack Henry buys the Fort property and renovates. Old timers recall the prior era.
The Observer notes cheerful summer scenes at several local houses around Quebec and Fourth, including John Grummmett and Mrs. J. E. Mitchell residences, Arthur Johnson, Roy W on Fifth, and the James Stevensons on Third. Gene Grant’s arbor makes a cool retreat on hot days. Foster-Father’s Day features F. D. Taylor hosting. Harry Sea born marks a third-time father who celebrated with cigars this week.
Backed by the Kiwanis club of Rivers, the Keen Teeners plan a bathing beach west of the traffic bridge. Teachers Fred Taylor and Lt. Harley Shaw say the project will benefit the community by creating a pleasant, safe resort for all, with shade and accessible waters. The site replaces the vandalized wartime grounds, offering quiet waters and natural shade.
Thomas Henry Nesbitt a longtime Rivers Oak River district resident died in Brandon general hospital Friday. Born September 10 1560 in Ontario he came to Manitoba at 21 and lived across Uplands Rivers Brandon Bradwardine and finally returned to a farm retirement. He left a wife seven daughters and one son. Funeral at Oak River United church followed by Uplands cemetery with Rev W A Champness officiating.
M. J. Sumpton, formerly of Redditt Ontario, has become foreman of the car department for Canadian National Railways in Yorkton Saskatchewan. He succeeds R. F. Davis, now at Port Arthur Ontario, and has worked at multiple Manitoba locations. Mrs Sumpton and four children have not yet joined him. Yorkton readers note a routine update on staff moves and family relocation.
Lieut Harley Shaw of the Canadian army Signals division spoke to the Kiwanis club on Tuesday about flood communications plans for Winnipeg. He cited emergency prep, radio at a department store for citywide contact, and army advisory role. Red Cross and other auxiliaries were praised. Nels Unicume of Brandon Kiwanis attended.
The Edmonton Journal reports the air cadet year closed with a social evening. Cadets swapped games for volleyball and basketball, shared lunch, and honored FO W. I. Stewart with two auto rugs and a car top carrier for service. Cadet R. Woolverton received a flash camera from Cpl Erickson for top photography.
Two communications were read at a Rivers Daly memorial hospital fund meeting last week from the national defence department and the health and public welfare department. The defence reply said hospital care for dependents is not a service responsibility and federal support for local institutions is unlikely. The health department letter dated December 23, 1949 discussed organizing a hospital unit and noted resolutions from local councils could gain ministerial approval if unanimously supported.
The article notes ongoing expansion at St James church with W Girling as contractor. It mentions other local items including sermons, stage productions by St James players, a piano recital by Miss Edythe Mitchell, and community deaths such as D D Turney age 78 and Alexander White age 7th year.
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