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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
4
A desert mouse hid in a sensitive camera at the Yurca Flat testing grounds near Las Vegas Nev. during the eighth spring atomic blast. The mouse was coaxed from its perch with cheese and placed into a container with juice. The effect of radiation on the mouse could not be determined as the experiment proceeded.
Ratepayers in Minnedosa will vote on funding a waterworks project. The Tribune reports a project cost of $453, though some figures appear garbled. The ballot asks residents to approve financing for essential town water services.
A judge remarks that life is full of trials while a lawyer responds with thanks. The exchange highlights courtroom civility and the tempered tension of legal proceedings.
The Royal Bank Monthly Letter argues growth and progress come from controlling our environment and improving health, food, sanitation, and work. It credits Canadian figures and emphasizes civilization as a pursuit built by us, with liberty as a doorway to opportunity and responsibility for a better future.
The San Gabriel Valley horseless carriage club in Pasadena California stages a revival of a scavenger hunt where members travel long distances seeking nickel door handles for a 1926 Packard or a rumble seat lid for a 1906 Buick. Wives search attics and sales for period wardrobe pieces to complete the look as outings occur.
Dr F P J Gheaney directs farm service in Winnipeg promoting 2 4 D weed killer for grain crops across Western Canada. Due to weather, many failed weed kills in 1951 and farmers are urged to apply early, with stage based guidance for wheat, barley, oats, and flax. Orders encouraged for 1952 supplies.
The reminiscence notes airmen of No. 1 CNS dying in a plane crash south of Newdale as a severe storm dumped over 34 inches of rain in hours. Mrs James Johnson of Carnegie died in Brandon hospital. Hr Bicknell, once a Rivers and Wheatlardi store operator, closed the former business. Rivers football tied Harding 1-1 in a league game Saturday.
W G Robinson known as Bill Robinson, an assistant mechanical engineer, retired in Winnipeg after 41 years in rail service. He joined the Grand Trunk Pacific at Rivers in 1911 as a mechanical assistant and later served as draftsman and chief draftsman at Transcona shops before becoming assistant mechanical engineer in 1929.
Tenders will be received by the undersigned up to noon Saturday June 28 1952 for laying plywood floors covered with Battleship linoleum cemented down finished around with quarter round. All materials supplied by the school board. In grade nine room and upstairs hallway of Rivers school. Work to be completed by August 15 1952. The lowest tender not necessarily accepted. R G Sinclair Secretary Treasurer.
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