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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 03, 1921
Page
1
Blanchard residents see census totals shared by Oak River Post listing population 1306 with Oak River 219 and Cardale 63. The data include counts of males and females, married and unmarried, school age children, horses cattle and pigs across the municipality.
Obituary notes the death of James Smith aged 59 at his Mayne home on Sunday last. Also reported are Frances Illen youngest child of Mr. and Mrs. Wm Thomas and the infant son of Mr. and Mrs. Chas Jackson of Wheatland. Rivers hockey team advances to final with 12 to 2 win over Danphi. Local lots change hands in town at marked advances last week.
Excelsior Lodge No 102 OOA hosts a bonspiel dance at Wagar Hall on Friday at 9 PM with music from the Asiakens Orchestra. Admission is 50 cents. gentlemen admitted at the door.
The Women’s Institute branch in Wagar held a largely local talent concert on Thursday to raise funds for Rivers Hospital. Mayor Wareham chaired, praising the crowd while performers including Miss Murdoch, Miss Howard, Messrs. Kite, McKenzie, and Miss Warren delivered piano, vocal, violin, and quartet items. The program closed with a Fairy Nurses Drill and “The Old Maids” quartet. final financial results were very gratifying.
Fifty one Transcona Lodge members arrived by special car at 11 08 p m and were hosted at Union Church for a banquet by Rebekahs. They then demonstrated the Initiatory Degree at Oddfellows Hall before attending Bijou Theatre for a Pacific Lodge reception. The party left at 6 30 a m praising the high class entertainment.
The Annual Bonspiel at the Rivers Curling Club narrows to finals with about twenty teams including Brandon Forrest Carnegie and Carlyle Sask led by Riddell. Weather earlier made the event a slugging contest but improved. next issue will report winners in the events.
The Sunday School Institute in connection with the Union Sunday School will be held on Sunday March 13 with Rev R O Armstrong General Secretary of the Provincial S S Association present. An open workers round table follows and a 3 pm open school session features Mr Armstrong as speaker.
The Gazette announces a one time shift with the next issue arriving Friday instead of Thursday. Readers are asked not to fear a catastrophe and to expect subsequent issues to release on the usual Thursday cadence.
The text argues that road allowances in Bree Rural are too wide at ninety-nine feet and serve as weeds’ spreaders and cattle pasture. It proposes reducing widths to fifty feet and selling the excess land to neighboring farmers to boost farm production.
St James Amateur Dramatic Society issues preliminary notice of an entertainment on Monday March 28 with a program not yet finalized. They promise something good and a little different from the usual, and urge readers to watch for future announcements.
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