Ten Years Ago in Grvens Gazette June Highlights
Looking Backward at the Files recalls a 1936 death of Mrs. J McKellar aged 64 in June. Winnipeg Free Press calls Billy Radcliffe a key prodigy. A 1931 heat record is noted with sun 104 and shade 98. Charles Fox dies at 76 in Pendennis Brandon. Hospital aid society reorganized in 1926 granting $500 to memorial fund. Letter postage reduced to two cents from July 1. District men reported killed in action Barry Fowler Norman Ferguson Martin Wareham. Fred Addington injured under a moving train near Firvale.
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Barry Fowler
Norman Ferguson
Martin Wareham
City to Prepare By Law for Fire Engine and Hall
A 35 year old council meeting notes propose a by law to raise funds to buy a fire engine fire hall and site plus a bell. A man tried driving a horse and buggy over a railway bridge the horse fell and was removed with a clam shell. He was placed in the lock up.
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Council
Memorial Service to Be Held Sunday
Rivers annual memorial service will be held Sunday afternoon June 30. Arrangements are in the hands of the local Canadian Legion branch. Edmonton city commissioners authorized the hospital board to proceed with alterations to Royal Alexander hospital for an emergency admittance wing a blood bank waiting room and other facilities. Project cost estimated at 100000.
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Edmonton
Edmonton Hospital Board
Royal Alexander Hospital
Rector Champness to lead St Pauls Shoal Lake
The Rev. W. A. Champness of St James' Anglican church will take charge of St Pauls' Shoal Lake next week. He begins Sunday July 7 after farewell services at Roseville Ancrum and Rivers this Sunday. No successor at St James' has yet been named.
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St. James
W. A. Champness
St. James’ Anglican
St. Pauls
Shoal Lake
Champness
Roseville, Ancrum and Rivers
Electric Storm Triggers Local Blackout Saturday Night
An electrical storm caused a local blackout Saturday night after rain threatened earlier. About two inches of precipitation fell overnight and into Sunday morning as cooler air followed Friday's heat. Temperatures had climbed to 90 degrees, then dropped to just above freezing by Monday.
Elizabeth Keeps Grandpa Bromley’s Gift Pony
Elizabeth Frank of Carnegie refuses sale of her Welch pony Grandpa Bromley after a judge at Oakleigh offered $300. The pony impressed the judge, who admired its behavior, but Elizabeth cannot part with the gift, hoping Grandpa would understand.
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Oakleigh Show
Elizabeth Frank
Carnegie
Grandpa Bromley
Replaces Victory Bond And Savings Certificates
Ottawa June. Finance Minister Istey announced in the commons that a Canada savings bond replaces both the Victory bond and the war savings certificates and government security. Bonds will be issued in 50 100 500 and 1000 dollar denominations and go on sale this fall after the ninth Victory loan bond payments are completed and the war savings certificates are discontinued.
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Ottawa
Istey
Commons
Canada
Calendar for the Month Prominent holiday lands on Monday week start
The calendar notes a major holiday on Monday with four Sundays and four publishing days. It highlights no Friday the 13th this month and keeps track of weekly structure and dates.
Dominion Day Public Holiday Notices
July 1 is Dominion Day a public holiday with most places closed for the day advertisers must have copy reaching the office by Saturday to meet the scheduling deadline clear note of the statutory holiday and business closures in effect for that date
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The
Gazette
Memorial Service at Oak River United Church
The Oak River memorial service drew a large crowd at the United Church on Sunday evening. Rev. J. F. Palmer, chaplain of the local Canadian Legion, spoke as about 50 Legion members and the local Boy Scout detachment marched to the church. Afterward at the memorial hall, Palmer received a parting gift card case ahead of a July departure to Winnipeg.
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Oak River United Church
J. F. Palmer
The
Canadian Legion
Legion
Memorial Hall
Palmer
Winnipeg
Prairie land may lose fertility says Saskatoon expert
Bentley of the University of Saskatchewan soils department told the Western Canadian Society of Agronomy convention there is a danger of sterile prairie land and declining nutritional value in crops due to mineral depletion. He urged fertilizer use to raise yields, aiming for 200000 tons by 1955. Dr Johnson of Winnipeg’s Dominion plant pathology lab noted rust races threatening cereal varieties.
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Winnipeg
Bentley
University of Saskatchewan Soils Department
Western Canadian Society of Agronomy
Prairie
T. Johnson
Dominion Laboratory of Plant Pathology
Rotary meeting backs world federation for peace leadership
John N. McFadden of Dauphin Man urged Rotarians at district 316 in Jasper to back a world federation based on the rule of law as the path to lasting peace. Governor-Elect J Allan Pottruff of Winnipeg assumed office at the conference intro by Harold J Snell of Red Deer.
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Jasper
Alta
Rotary Clubs
Publi
John N. McFadden
Dauphin
Man
Rotary International
J. Allan Pottruff
Winnipeg
Harold J. Snell
Red Deer
Birthday Wishes for Readers in Canada
A sequence of birthday notices lists readers and dates across Ontario and Manitoba. Entries include June 23 Miss Jean Holt of Cookstown Ontario and June 29 Roberts J Bowman in Vancouver along with George Wareham and Ruth Stuart. Other names include Mrs J A Macnaughton nee Ruth Stuart West Kildonan Norma Wareham Winnipeg Noretta Lynne Seaborn and July 1 E J Blatchford Bradwardine Leslie Harvey Nelson Sargent Mrs G P Gleason Oak River plus July 2 Mrs Jack Greasley and July 4 Norman Harvey and Mrs Paradis.
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J. A. Macnaughton
Ruth Stuart
West Kildonan
Norma Wareham
Winonipeg
Noretta Lynne Seaborn
E. J. Blatchford
Bradwardine
Leslie Harvey Nelson Sargent
G. P. Gleason
Oak River
Oakleigh Fat Calf and Colt Show Among Best Yet
A large Oakleigh crowd attended the fat calf and colt show with entries from Carberry Griswold and Hamiota. Calf club had a record 23 exhibitors and prizes were awarded to many riders and handlers including John Lawson Colin Underhill and Gordon Shanks. The event featured Welsh games Shetland pony awards and showmanship honors. Ottawa veterans committee rejected a CCF motion for clear titles to soldier settler lands.
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Oakleigh
Carberry
Griswold
Hamiota
Ottawa
Veterans Committee of the Commons
C.C.F
Thieves Cut Hose At Borrowman's Gas Pump
Early Friday thieves cut a hose at Borrowman's garage pumping station to steal gasoline. They found gas left in the tank overnight and took some quantity, leaving the remainder to spill onto the pavement.
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Borrowman
Discontinue Incoming Mails Afternoon Train
Postmaster G. M. Henderson announces that effective July 1 incoming afternoon mail will be discontinued. Outgoing mail will continue on train No. 4, and other mail will be carried as usual on trains Nos. 11 and 12.
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G. M. Henderson
Greater Use of Hudson's Bay Route is Urged
Saskatoon June. Secretary Frank Eliason of the Hudson Bay Route association urged the interprovincial committee on the route to reconvene and press for using Churchill for storage and shipping of this year's wheat crop. He said he had written to the two association representatives, calling for a meeting soon, criticizing the Canadian Wheat Board's stance that no more wheat from this year's crop would be consigned to Churchill.
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Saskatoon
Frank Eliason
Hudson Bay Route Association
Churchill
Canadian Wheat Board
War Brides Told Bananas Not Sold But Given Away
A war-bride train in Rivera paused for a Rehabilitation Committee to hand out fruit on a Wednesday. A young woman wondered about the price of bananas, treating them as a special gift. A local resident traced one bride to England and, absorbed in chatter, nearly stayed aboard as the train departed.
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Rivera
Rehabilitation Committee
England
Vacations Begin for Rivers School Pupils
Rivers school will close tomorrow for the annual summer vacation and final exams are set for that day. Tests began on Wednesday last with outside scholars arriving to write here. You saw it in The Gazette.
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Rivers School
The
Gazette
Daly’s 1890 civic shakeup includes new tax collector and schools
A. A. Walker began a reeveship in Daly in 1890 with Chisholm Caporn and others as council aides and James S. Hays installed as tax collector for 11.65 a month. Claude Westwood and W. J. Creighton named assessors. Hunter and other locals filled pathmaster and appraiser roles. Hunter School opened with 43 pupils and became a Sunday worship site. Aaron Tyreman retired from the Daly school board and Donald Gildanders and John Bradley joined.
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A. A. Walker
Daly
Messrs
Daly School District
Aaron Tyreman
Donald Gillanders
James Thomson
John Bradley
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Billy Radcliffe
Mrs. J. Radcliffe
Rivers
Winnipeg Free Preas
Charles Fox
Pendennis
Brandon
Hospital Aid Society
Memorial Fund Committee
Fred Addington
Ieben
Elizabeth
Victory
Ailzssiadzsie
Jean Holt
Cookstown
Ont
Mrs
Jack Greasley
Norman Harvey
Paradis
John Lawson
Clyde
Colin Underhill
Gordon
R. Kedzie and
G. Shanks
Joe Williams
Harry Howard
W. E. Smith
Percheron
Gordon Shanks
Garry Brazzell
Dick Fast
Leslie Taylor
Edmund Seater
George Kroeger
Winnie Cornish
Ethel Ironside
Ronnie Tronside
Henry Smith
Ina Davies
L. Tronside
R. Reynolds
Lillian Reynolds
C. Underhill
D. Cornish
R. Kedzie
Ethel and
Muriel Ironside
Freddie Smith
Lorna Anderson
Leslie Ironside
Robert Reynolds
John Rankin
Arthur Freeborne
Minnedosa
J. E Hyndman
J. W. Smith
James Ironside
C. Nevill
Laura Muirhead
Extension Service
Mary Hyndman
Helen
Hilda
Betty Dick
Hudson's Bay
Dnly
Claude T. Westwood
W. J. Creighton
Obert Chapman
C. Robins
James Clegg
F. G. Hunter
William Chapman
A. McDonald
R. Dustan
John Peacock
James Weir
D. Cascaden
Dan Leitch
C. Moore
J. Harper
J. Sibbald
G. Buller
S. B. Nunn
W. Hays
E. McTaggart
D. Scott
M. Kennedy
W. Scott
Harry Neal
Zachary Bailey
John Cousins
D. Gillanders
John Evans
G. M. Butchart
George Arkell
C. Tufts
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R. Cousins
C. Fox
George Cousins
W. Braun
H. Lockhart
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Weirs
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Grays
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