Looking Backward on the Files of The Bivaes Gaazarre
Looking backward on the files recalls P. A. Kennedy guest speaking at the Board of Trade banquet at the Alexandra Hotel. Ottawa applications were reported for caretaker of the new post office here. Obituaries note Mrs Adeline J McNair death in Winnipeg. Myra station fire destroyed the station. Rivers School chemistry room fire was contained. Veterans jewels presented to Mrs C W Angel and Mrs L Wiegand at the 15th chapter of Friendship Rebekah Lodge. Diptheria cases reported at Bradwardine and a local dance hall closur e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. A. Kennedy
Brandon
Alexandra Hotel
C. W. Angel
L. Wiegand
Rebekah Lod
Bradwardine
Hockey bonspiel draws many outsiders in 1916
Five sheets of ice were prepared for the bonspiel with about twenty two players, nearly half from out of town. Arthur Bishop moved to Calgary. Lyric theatre shifted from Main Street to Korman. Rivers hockey team defeated Dauphin 12 to 2 at Portage la Prairie.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rnke
Lyric Theatre
Main Street
Korman
Rivers
Dauphin
Portage la Prairie
Peer Anniversary Celebrated by T. H. Seens Reeve Family
Mr and Mrs T H Seens Reeve of RI Alexander marked their 90th wedding anniversary on February 26 with ten guests, after dinner, cards and games. They wed in Brandon in 1916 by Rev R S Laidlaw. Separately a Soviet trade delegation left for the United States en route to South America to discuss meat wheat and other commodities for rebuilding Russia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reeve
T. H. Seens
Alexander
Brandon
R. S. Laidlaw
Soviet Union
United States
South America
Russia
Rivers win Eaton Cup at Flin Flon in bold finish
Rivers earned top place last week as Frank Taylor's rink captured the Eaton Cup after a near perfect run in the 182 rink spiel in Flin Flon. The squad lost only one of ten games, finishing strong against Pete Hume's aggregate on the final day. Local visitors, including Constable Alex Scriber RCMP, greeted the victorious team with hospitality and gifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers
Flin Flon
Frank Taylor
Speed
Fred Bradt
Tim Breed
Ray Thompson
Rivers Quartette
Okinawa Status Unclear After Eisenhower Note
Washington report notes General Eisenhower says Okinawa has not become permanent American territory. He cites Potsdam limits and ongoing postwar occupation timing. The letter follows a year old Yalta agreement about Kurile islands with the Soviet Union being a separate matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Okinawa
Eisenhower
Howard Buffett
Omaha
Honshu
Hokkaido
Kyushu
Shikoku
Japan
Yalta
Roosevelt
Churchill
Kurile Islands
Soviet Union
United States
Church Members Honor Organist and Choir Master
Rivers United church members honored J A McKenzie and Mrs M McKay after Sunday service in the annex with hymns and thanks read by T W Offen for McKenzies long faithful service as organist and choir master. A brief case was presented, a lunch followed, and Rev F W Lee closed with prayer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rivers United Church
J. A. McKenzie
M. McKay
McKenzie
Rivers
T. W. Offen
Franco dismisses six Cortes members including Duke of Alba
Generalissimo Franco ousts six Cortes members amid political shifts as five sign loyalty to Prince Juan after his Lisbon arrival. No reason given for the dismissals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Franco
Cortes
Duke of Alba
Britain
Juan
Lisbon
Back Two Weeks Pie. T. A. Murray Died in Winnipeg After Operation
Thomas Albert Murray son of Mrs T Murray died Feb 26 after an operation at Deer Lodge military hospital in Winnipeg. Born Jan 21 1914 in Rivers he joined the armed forces July 11 1941 and was in fair health after a spell in England. He returned to Canada then fell ill and died three days after arriving in Winnipeg. Funeral services at St James' church with 15 person escort from Rivers Legion attending. Rev W A Hampness officiated. pallbearers listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Albert Murray
T. Murray
Deer Lodge
Canada
Rivers District
Albert
Armed Forces
England
Winnipeg
St. James’ ' Fioreh
Eton Chronicle Blames Whitehall For Verbal Infection
The Eton College Chronicle laments a flood of ill bred words invading England and blames Whitehall for this verbal infection. It critiques roving participles and shattered infinitives in newspapers and condemns fraudulent pomposity while praising American headlines and vivid slang.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eton College Chronicle
England
Whitehall
Ring Restored to Duquesne Graduate From World War II
A January 1946 Battle of the Bulge tale ends with James DeLuco, a university alumnus, regaining his ring after it resurfaced via a New Jersey woman who reported her husband took the ring from a German soldier. Duquesne University traced the initials J D L to DeLuco.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James DeLuco
New Jersey
J.D.L
Duquesne
DeLaco
Funeral details for Brandon's relative summarized
Brandon relatives mourn the deceased. Funeral arrangements were led by a Brandon party. Left to mourn beside his mother are three brothers Roy at home Fred who returned to Canada with the deceased and Garnet still overseas, and two sisters Mary and Effie of Toronto. His father predeceased him in 1927.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy
Fred
Canada
Garnet
Mary
Effie
Toronto
RYP Carnival Crowns Dorothy Taylor Queen at Night Festival
Ideal weather and large turnout fueled a Rivers Young People carnival featuring a coronation. Dorothy Taylor won the throne over Maurene Setter with attendants Betty Higginson and Jacqueline Walker. Norman Cameron crown bearer. Lindsay Forman and Brian McKensie train bearers. Maybelle Twigge Vileta Morrow Lois Jean Richardson Patsy Kennerley flower girls. Ice racing and a jam session followed the coronation and dance to raise funds for the rink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orothy Taylor
Maurene Setter
Dorothy
Board of Trade
Maurene
RYP
Betty Higginson
Jacqueline Walker
Norman Cameron
Lindsay Forman
Brian McKensie
Maybelle Twigge
Vileta Morrow
Lois Jean Richardson
Patsy Kennerley
Arrival on the prairie a settler’s pioneering tale
William Harvey arrives on a barren prairie to claim land near Portage la Prairie after a long arduous trek from Fort Garry and Simipster England. He builds a sod covered log shack, fights a prairie fire, endures harsh weather, and joins a growing wave of settlers, including John Shanks and Thomas Cousins, forging new homes in Manitoba.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Harvey
Fort Garry
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Emerson
Red River
John Shanks
Blaine
Beon
Thomas Cousins
Andrew Erby
James Turin Wilkinson
Wil
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Bivaes Gaazarre
Ottawa
Adeline J. McNair
Myra
Rivers School
Arthur Bishop
Calgary
Yeers
CBC
Prairie
R. D. Colquette
Ontario
Andy Clarke
Pete Hume
Pete
Taylor
Don Mitchell
Const. Alex. Scriber
B. J. D. Ellis
Board of Stewards
Mr. McKenzie
D. C. Coleman
Canadian Pacific Railway
Pie. T. A. Murray
Rivers Branch
Canadian Legion
Aly
W. A.ampness
Evan White
Tom Westwood
W. Broughton
Tom Gibbons
Mike Gibbons
George Samson
Brockie
Leagueage
Verbose
Seys College
Peper
Rink Fund
Blanshard
Cpality
Pheoteey
THE
Daly
G. F. Barker
Whitehead
Simipster
Somersetshire
States
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