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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 13, 1947
Page
1
Irene Mary Dora Turney and John Henry Piercy wed at the United church parsonage on Friday March 7 with Rev F W Lee officiating. Attendants were Hazel Turney and Ted Piercy. A reception followed at the bride's parents home five miles north of Rivers with about eighty guests.
In Town and Out notes visitations and arrivals from Riddick family to Hornepayne and Roosevelt Minnesota while McKenzies visit Edmonton and Bloom and Hanlon families travel to Campbell River and Portage la Prairie. A United church Lenten service led by Rev. F W Lee titled The social gospel on Main street. Neighbors and Rebekah friends congratulate Mrs W G Thomas on her 1st birthday March 4 and note improved health.
At Hornepayne Ontario on February 19 1947 Mr and Mrs S B Perkins nee Ruth Riddick welcomed a daughter The brief notice places the family in Ontario and notes a name origin from Ruth Riddick while a separate Reuters line references the Risorgimento Liberals in Italy.
Reports from Pola claim Italians withdrawing after the Adriatic port fell to Yugoslav forces are pursuing scorched earth tactics, cutting down fruit trees in gardens and orchards as they retreat. A separate Winnipeg note jokes about fashion changing women’s feet, while Manitoba traffic data show January 1947 road accidents rising though fatalities fell.
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