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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 10, 1949
Page
4
Government proposes a provincial trunk highway from Forres to Rivers with extension to No 2 at Harding, while Daly council debates the plan amid financial concerns. In Rivers, Liberal Progressive delegates discuss candidates with Sutherland leading early rounds. Alder and De Gagne contest. Local weddings, a church funeral, and obituaries punctuate a busy community update.
A landmark downtown storefront will be replaced by a single modern River Service Station to be built this year by D. A. Mitchell. The project combines a 28 by 48 foot garage with a 21 by 21 foot office that includes an apartment above. The new building will feature round corners curved display windows and a stucco finish in Imperial Oil Limited colors.
A motorist paid a $10 fine and costs for a highway and traffic act infraction. W T Dyer P presided, with defense by B R Coleman. A district resident charged by his wife with assault appeared before the justice of the peace. After argument, both were bound over to keep the peace on $100 bonds.
Padre Marcel Lavallee of Berthierville Quebec, command chaplain of Quebec Command, received jump wings for five parachute jumps at the Joint Air School Hastings. A former Joliette college teacher, he served overseas with the 4th Field Ambulance and the Royal 22nd Regiment in Italy and northwest Europe.
Victoria MLA Mrs Tillie Rolston of Point Grey urged BC Legislature to promote British Columbia with honest tourism ads. She said you cannot escape the winter any more and proposed messaging that invites visitors to enjoy the bracing climate of BC.
Three Sussex county youths sailing on Lake Erie ice were spotted about 1,000 feet offshore from a plane and persuaded by town officials to return to solid ice, ending their risky outing near Leamington Ontario.
Funeral services were held in Rivers with a brief service in Brandon as the community marked changes. Auction sales in September signaled further shifts, including the departure of C and C. Card, early district residents, H. R. Moxley a longtime Rivers businessman, and J. H. Booth in the northeast corner of the municipality.
Rivers town council decided to keep the mill rate at 80 for 1949 and seek municipal approval to overexpend by $2,000. The 1949 assessment totals $349,240, up $54,120 from 1948, with allocations for municipal commissioner services general and special schools street lighting and other public works and debentures.
A warm Tuesday gave way to a drastic drop as a cold front swept the city. Sidewalks flooded from melting snow while birds sang and people ventured outside. By Monday of the week, temperatures plunged to below zero with strong winds.
Eleven members of the Rivers lodge delivered the travelling keystone to Keystone Chapter No 5 R A M Brandon on Monday evening. Attendees were Comp E E Grant R G Sinclair W G Thomas J R Stratford J E Greasley J Frame R G Dyer W T Dyer G H White H Evans.
Curlers compete nationwide as Rivers represents widely. A four-woman team led by J Gilchrist, R Mitchell, J Mitchel, and R Bellamy traveled to Flin Flon for the big bonspiel. Mrs F B D Taylor’s rink plays at Oak River. Men’s teams led by J Gilchrist play at Bradwardine while rinks skipped by J R Stratford and J Kenner attend the Cardale spiel.
During the past weeks more telephone installations occurred as equipment arrived, says chief operator Mrs. O Hall. She notes that blocks of residents could be added if lines were available, but poles and cable remain in short supply. New names visible on the exchange include names yet to be listed.
Two lots were sold by town authorities to LAC Duane for a dwelling of 22 by 24 feet on Third Avenue West. Two other applications were rejected. one requested a lot smaller than 50 feet, the other failed to submit a building plan for the intended Tand.
The Gazette notes a spring upswing in Rivers with demand for garden plots and builders seeking land on Second avenue and Main street. Local firms expand services and new machinery lowers cooking and wrapping times. City assessment near 350 000 with 1949 likely to approach half a million. wages surge, including large payrolls at the air school.
RCMP report two burglaries over the weekend with items stolen from Rex theatre and Claude Westwood home west of town. The theatre entry broke a glass pane. about $35 in small change taken. Westwood residence entry found Saturday night. two revolvers a shotgun three tins of soup four can openers and $1 in copper stolen. A half loaf of bread found nearby. Police think different offenders.
Bradwardine R W Dobson was appointed rector s warden at the annual meeting of Ancrum church congregation held at the home of Mrs A Hays A Wood is people's warden E H Dowland is secretary treasurer and A Baily auditor
The largest refund in Canadian history began last week as 2,250,000 Canadians are set to receive about 230 million dollars plus two percent interest. The refunds come from compulsory war savings of 1943 and 1944, with March expected for postal mailing. Address checks were complex as nearly a million recipients moved or changed names through marriage. In Rivers, residents received registered letters stirring excitement among contributors about taxability.
Dr. G. M. Little medical officer of health warns against selling fish door to door in Edmonton. Objections include potential wormy whitefish and lack of licensing for pedlars.
The first Netherlands immigrants to Nova Scotia arrive in Halifax aboard the Samaria. The group includes one family and four single men and are assigned to farms in Baddeck Truro Stenlacke Scotaurum and West River station.
Samuel Selomon reports that Saskatchewan projects a 356 million expenditure with a 9.79 million surplus, Alberta faces a 2.43 million deficit on a 66.66 million budget, and Manitoba shows a large surplus. Critics accuse underestimating revenue to flatter treasuries, sparking questions about future prospects across Saskatchewan, Alberta and Manitoba.
Robert Wilson, a former Rivers resident and railway blacksmith, has died at age 67 after a Wednesday death. He spent years at the Rivers shops before transferring to Transcons Ha and retired in 1844. He was predeceased by his wife and is survived by stepson Stanley Alsford of Kildonan.
The Italian assises court ruled itself incompetent to try Marshal Grasiani on treason and Nazi collaboration charges. The case returns to military courts. Grasiani, Mussolini's last war minister, faced this pivotal shift in wartime accountability.
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