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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 19, 1952
Page
6
Classified notice offers a balloon-tired bike in good condition with light and Pixie motor for 75 dollars cash or trade for anything useful. Contact C. Dean in the 700 block of First Avenue, Rivers. p19,26.
Classified ads must reach by 6 00 pm Monday to appear in the current issue. Prepayment is required. Ads with cash incur a 2 10 percent charge. Minimum charge for a single insertion up to 25 words is 50 cents.
A cornerstone ceremony will mark the laying of a new supply building at the Canadian Joint Air Training Centre on June 25. A Edmonton job hunter ran a classified ad pondering the old saying go west, young man and asking what now.
The town of Birtle schedules its 72nd Dominion Day sports event for July 1. The note recalls the 1880 origins of Dominion Day, then a young Canada, and highlights ongoing annual celebrations for sports fans and participants. The issue advertises event particulars.
John Thomson visits Port Arthur Ontario as guest of his son in law and daughter Mr and Mrs Albert Stamp. Weekend visitors include Mrs E Poersch of Brunhild and J Goertzen of Winnipeg at the home of Mr and Mrs Edward Wolfe.
Publishers publish more books on religion than any other nonfiction topic. Newspaper syndicates expand religious features amid rising public interest. Bible sales double in five years to an all time high. Arthur Hall of the Chicago Daily News notes a shift in reading habits. An advertising executive says corruption drives people back to Jesus simple teachings seeking practical proof of God's power.
HMCS Nootka shielded a small island group off Korea from invasion by firing four inch guns at an enemy force crossing mud flats during low tide. Daylight visits distributed food medical aid and supplies while landing parties befriended villagers and refugees, with staff noting the islanders frugal cheerful way of life.
An African elephant reaches a mature weight of six to eight tons, representing a substantial mass for the species.
A seven team men s softball league was organized in Rivers on Monday evening with first games set to begin Thursday. Teams include Rivers Rivers Legion Pendennis two units Wheatland Kirkham s Bridge and St George s. Dodgers and Forman s Kiwanis Rubes were briefly noted in local play with rival rapid city clubs also billed for upcoming matches. The Rapid Citizens are slated to host a return game Friday with the local boys promising a hard game under new uniforms possibly this week.
The term athletics is traced to outdoor sports in origin and has since narrowed to trials of speed skill strength or endurance. It highlights how athletic activities evolved from broad outdoor sport to specialized competition domains.
The Canadian Joint Air Training Centre will observe armed forces day next Wednesday as part of an open house. Visitors may tour the training camp and see how young men are trained and what equipment is used. The event runs in the afternoon and early evening.
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