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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 22, 1944
Page
1
Mrs. Chas. Tufts announces the engagement of her third daughter Helen Frances to Mr. Herbert Percival Hird. The wedding is planned for the early part of July.
Mrs F Harris of Melville Sask visits Mrs T Miners. Miss Constance Offen from NeePawa Collegiate weekends at home. Miss Lillian Floyde from McCreary Man visits sister Miss Mary Floyde. Mrs Ray Scott attends Sutherland Goodeve wedding. Edna Wareham holidays with parents after Dauphin college. Tag Day by young ladies raises 80 for Kinsmen Milk to Britain Fund. Congratulations to Mr and Mrs W G Thomas on 15th wedding anniversary. Various visits, a blood donor clinic success, and a June Beauty Shop update. Saskatchewan election landslide for CCF with T C Douglas as premier. Jim Arthurs elected for Melville. Bible Society speaker G H Vinall visits local churches. Choir social at J A McKenzie home with gifts to Mrs Donagh and Miss Morrison.
Albert Johnson and his Silver Strings will play for a dance in the I. O. F. Hall Rapid City on Monday July 3rd, a date to remember for local residents seeking entertainment.
Public notice seeks private home lodging in Rivers for two rooms suitable for light housekeeping. Contact Mrs Ray Scott Carroll Man for arrangements before September 1.
Item includes several keys recovered near the river. The Gazette office asks the finder to return them to identify ownership and reunite them with the rightful person. If you recognize any key, contact the Gazette office for verification.
The Brandon fair runs five days July 3 to 7 with prize money boosted by 25000 dollars and top exhibits expected. Renovated Royal Canadian Air Force buildings will host public training facilities and modern sanitary systems. All Canadian Conklin shows return with rides Frolicland and the grandstand will feature Let Freedom Ring with Tom Barry, Pallenberg bears, Wen Hai jugglers, Right Lucky Girls, Riding Hyd Fords, Irene Vermilion To, the Cervone Band and more.
Premier Stuart Garson will officially open the Exhibition immediately before the Grandstand performance on Monday evening, marking the event’s formal start and signaling government support for the fair.
Classified item from Mrs. M. Greenaway of Bradwardine offering a De Forest Crossley five tubed radio with batteries and tubes, a Toronto couch and mattress, and a set of sad irons. Contact via phone 59-2.
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