12 Mar 1953
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1953
Page
1
Mr and Mrs George Seater express sincere thanks for flowers fruit boxes chocolates valentines reading material puzzles and visits at home and in the hospital. Your kindness was greatly appreciated.
A dated rural notice set records for a court revision on the Daly municipality assessment, while Rivers notices call for an executive meeting of the Agricultural Society and a tender for unsigned work. A rental ad seeks one half to one section on crop share, with local rail history and civic debates cited amid broader transport trends.
Workers in northern Saskatchewan applied dry ice to the Red Deer river to thicken ice under a bridge they were repairing. The fast current proved dangerous as it refused to support on the existing ice, prompting the method to ensure footing and safety.
Plan to attend events at the Firemen's hall Rivers Legion hall and Ken ton farm auction. William W Woods announces sale of power farm machinery and live stock at his farm three miles north and one mile east of Ken ton on Friday Mar 20 at 1 30 pm cash terms Lorne Curry Kenton auctioneer Also St Patrick s Tea and sale of home cooking by Circle No 1 United church W A in the Legion hall Saturday Mar 1d includes music by Newdale orchestra door prizes and other social activities
Mr and Mrs H Tait Hamio ta visited the home of Mr and Mrs E H Wolfe as families endured several days of isolation after last week’s heavy snow. Roads were blocked and the school van could not run. Friday.
About two acres of the Peace Garden in Turtle mountains on the Manitoba North Dakota border will be planted to trees and shrubs by the Manitoba horticultural society. Each plant will be labelled for visitors to learn local growth. Manitoba's 20 horticultural societies funded the project with hopes of a summer field day or picnic. Since 1932, the site has ornamental drives, natural amphitheatre, fountains, flower beds, broad lawns, picnic shelters, tourist cabins and the assembly lodge serving visitors.
Manitoba holds the lowest gasoline tax in the country, per Treasurer R. D. Turner. Operating costs per car in 1951 averaged 58 dollars versus a national 88 dollars in taxes and licenses, with registrations doubling from 1946 to 1952 to 200,332. Over 90 percent of Manitoba vehicle accidents involve insured drivers, and the unsatisfied judgment fund protects victims. The highways branch spent over 65 million dollars from 1946 to 1952 on safer, more durable roads, surpassing 44 million dollars from gas tax and registration fees in the same era.
The Edmonton, Yukon and Pacific is ridiculed as a grandiloquent label for a tiny line that barely touches Edmonton. The piece notes the railroad’s grandiose branding contrasts with its actual limited reach, sparking local debate.
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