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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1921
Page
1
The Y P S notes from the Monday meeting at Binslair Bible record discussion on the reading from Rev Marcus Dodds book. The group votes to meet next Tuesday at 8 pm instead of Monday and weighs continuing July August meetings.
The officers and members of Lodge Colonial Sons of England express heartfelt thanks to the stewards of Union Church for use of the parlors and to Pacific Lodge of Oddfellows for the use of chairs, and to the ladies who assisted in providing and serving refreshments.
A birth is recorded for Mr and Mrs W L Parsons at Rivers on Sunday June 19. They announce the arrival of a baby, a son.
Miss Jessie Goring of Roden and Mr Henry Porteous of Daly wed at Brandon on June 14. Entrance exams at Rivers School show 23 sitting with six Rivers pupils. Rivers hosts Twelfth of July celebration. A man attempts to drive a horse and rig over the GTP bridge but becomes stuck. clam shell saves horse and rider. Wheatland beats Rivers Cubs 4 to 1.
Bradwardine Ted Dowland and family and Rex Braye visited Hays home over weekend. Cooper Hunter and Oak River joined locals at Hays on Saturday and Sunday. Bradwardine teams played at Griswold with finals set to be held there this week. Local sports events included Bradwardine football and a tie with Harding. Lulu Etsell from Lenore visited Mrs. H Gunn. The piece also comments on divorce rates and humorous remarks about marriages and diet.
The Sons of England Lodge Colonial held its annual church parade with strong local turnout and visitors from Alexander Brandon and Wawanesa. Brandon City Band led by Delapaer performed as two girls waved flags. After service at St James Church Rev. A R Hall spoke on Christian Patriotism. Rain cooled the return to the lodge, followed by supper at the Methodist Church parlors.
On Sunday morning a large Patriotic Service will be held in the Chautauqua Tent starting at 11 o clock. The program will be performed by members of the Union and St James Sunday Schools with representation from other district schools. All are invited to attend and a collection will be taken to support Sunday School work.
Messrs Wareham and Westwood announce shipments from Myra and Rivers next Monday the 27th. Farmers with stock to ship should phone Wareham Bros. A push to build silos increases in Western Canada with orders for two hundred silos in Manitoba and many more in Saskatchewan and Alberta. A conservative 1921 forecast predicts about a thousand silos in the three prairie provinces.
Rivers annual Chautauqua starts tomorrow with two sessions daily on Friday Saturday and Monday. The Gazette previews pictured readings and reminders, urging readers to buy tickets at 2 dollars for adults and 1 dollar for children covering all six entertainments.
A Rivers Manitoba reader urges forming a Community Club to stop money leaving town. A questionnaire to residents and a frank merchants meeting are proposed to uncover reasons and rekindle local commerce, aiming at broader citizenship and town progress.
A letter dated June 20 1921 from Mr Offen of Rivis Gazette thanks the Sons of England Church Parade organizers in Rivers for their hospitality and for the garage owner who provided his establishment for the band and cars free of charge. The writer notes wet weather but calls the experience a pleasant memory and extends personal gratitude.
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