Bonspiel Prizes Distributed by Rivers Curling Club
A large crowd gathered at Oddfellows Hall on Monday evening for prize distribution after the recent bonspiel. Alf Wareham and M Henderson handed out prizes as Alf Wareham read a humorous exposition of players duties. Winners included F Taylor, Musgrove, Offen, Buggey, and others across multiple prize categories.
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Oddfellows Hall
The
Rivers Curling Club
Alf. Wareham
Pleyyer
Messrs
M. Henderson
Alf. Warehams
Weather mild and town notes from 1922 Gazette
The week in 1922 Gazette notes mild weather and the arrival of summer school vans. Wareham's delivery horse ran away causing brief excitement. Birth at Rivers on February 24 to Mr and Mrs Rid dick a daughter. Joe Thompson's tank won first prize in the Forrest bonspiel Consolation event earning four wheelbarrows. Rivers School enrolls 138 with four teachers. Rev J S Woodsworth visits town to arrange night schools for foreign born citizens.
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Rivers
Robi. Riddick
Joe Thompson
Lodge Celebrates Twenty First Birthday With Guests
Friendship Rebekah Lodge marked its twenty first anniversary on Thursday with Pacific Lodge members and families as guests. The event featured court whist prizes, a humorous radio broadcast act, a contest, refreshments, and dancing led by Mr and Mrs Bob Lee and others.
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Friendship
Rebekah Lodge
Pacific Lodge
Grunot
W. Rea
Tivy
Ping-peng
Tominsic
Bob Lee
Misses P. Hedberg
Violet Borroff
Leonard Grant
John Borroff
Birthday greetings list from The Gazette
The Gazette extends best wishes for multiple readers celebrating birthdays. Names include A. J. Madden on March 3, Mrs Jas Messel and Harry Messel on the 3rd, Gordon Isbell on the 4th, Claude Westwood Jr. on the 4th, George Couch on the 5th, Verna Beach Daly on the 6th, Florence Dyer Daly on the 6th, George Tyerman Brandon on the 5th, Hubert Brown Bradwardine on the 7th, Maine and Bernard Goekoop on the 8th, Lottle Warren on the 9th.
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A. J. Madden
Jas Messel
Harry Messel
Gordon Isbell
Claude Westwood Jr
George Couch
Verna Beach
Daly
Florence Dyer
George Tyerman
Brandon
Hubert Brown
Bradwardine
Maine
Bernard Goekoop
Lottle Warren
Bishop of Brandon to visit Rivers for confirmations
The Bishop of Brandon travels to Rivers on Sunday March 13 conducting a 11 am Confirmation at Wheatland and a 3 pm sermon at St Matthew's Ancrum. He returns for a 7:30 pm Confirmation at St James' Rivers.
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Brandon
Rivers
Wheatland
St. Matthew’s, Ancrum
St. James
Builder's gift echoed through the ages on the bridge
A reflective verse recalls a bridge built sturdy through storms and daily traffic. The author praises the builder’s foresight while a later act of quiet kindness rekindles hope, connecting one small deed to lasting impact across many lives.
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J. HE
Community Club Holds Concert Featured Brandon Performers
Friday evening at Oddfellows Hall the Community Club Concert drew a fair audience. Brandon-based artists Scott and George Thurman showcased humorous dialect readings and sleight of hand tricks, with Rex Collingwood assisting. The program included piano duets, saxophone and violin performances, orchestral numbers, and a lively musical act, followed by a dance.
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Oddfellows Hall
Brandon
Mr. Scott
George Thurman
Rivers
Rex Collingwood
Doris
Jean Gunness
Bob Armstrong
Harvey
Lorne Forman
Pearl Hedberg
Miss Halythe Mitchell
Rod Copland
Jas
A. McKenzie
God’s Material as Church Subject for Next Sunday
The service centers on the idea that each person is God’s material shaping divine purposes. It asks whether human defects are solely private concerns or affect collective faith and mission.
Retiring Railroader Re calls Pioneer Days
R. Snider, formerly district right of way agent for Canadian National, recalls early prairie railroading. He slept in an Indian cabin with nineteen companions, was jailed for trespassing in Alberta, walked long distances for food, and bought the first 20 miles of every branch line for the Canadian Northern in 1901. He later became a senior right of way agent in Winnipeg in 1920.
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Prairies
R. ©. Snider
Canadian National Railways
Snider
Manitoba
Alberta
Canadian Northern Railway
Winnipeg
Western Prairies
Oddfellows and Rebekahs Hold 49th Grand Lodge Sessions
Manitoba Oddfellows and Rebekahs plan their Bran don gathering March 8 9 10 for the 49th Oddfellows Grand Lodge and 21st Rebekah assembly with a large attendance expected.
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Grand Lodge
Manitoba Oddfellows and Rebekahs
Brandon
Oddfellows’ Grand Lodge of Manitoba
Rebekah Assembly
Phone Number 32 when you have any News
A fragment notes a request for contact via phone number 32 for readers to share news tips. No further details on location, source, or event are provided in the readable text.
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Canada
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F Taylor
Musgrove
Offen
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If, Taylor
W. J. Stewart
R. Offen
E Hedberg
A Wareham
Jas. Frame
H. MM. Harvey
C. J. Collingwood
E Harburn
C. Tles
the Gazette
Wareham
Rivers School
J. S. Woodsworth
Lodge
Anglican News
J. H. Barker
Basa
George Conch
United Church
United Grain Growers Limited
Bank of Hamilton Chambers
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Forman & Harvey
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