19 Mar 1953
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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 19, 1953
Page
1
A compilation of notice text and advertisements references finds hidden value in old classifieds. The Rivers Farmers Bonspiel committee thanks donors for cash and prizes while Manitoba notices announce assessment rolls and revision sittings.
Help wanted to sell liquid fertilizer to farmers for a profitable part or full time position with no investment. Earn $50 or more weekly by taking orders for America’s largest nationally advertised product. Write No-Chars Plant Food Company London Canada December 12 19 26.
For sale based feed straw priced at 15 cents per bale. Interested buyers contact George Krahn at phone 203-24 in Rivers. Field note indicates available late December or 26th, with no other details provided.
James Alteman is hospitalized at Brandon General with a broken leg after a fall in Brandon last Thursday. He is reported in satisfactory condition.
The RCAF unveils the all country built Otter to replace the Norseman for northern operations and rescue missions. Approved by Associate Minister Ralph Campney the craft offers ski float or wheel gear, short takeoff, low stall speed and nine passenger cabin with cargo drop hatch and paratroop exit. It uses a single 600 hp Pratt Whitney Wasp engine and can be converted into an air ambulance carrying six stretchers four passengers and two crew.
Crook County state senator Albert C. Harding defended his record at a Lincoln Day dinner in Casper Wyoming. He vented frustration that newspapers consistently tag him as Republican Crook.
The speaker criticizes coalition weakness and praises a provincial report on municipal relations. He, an active farmer, urges nonpartisan committees and a forward agricultural policy to sustain Manitoba’s prosperity amid possible farm price declines. He notes ten years of prosperity but warns of future volatility and the need for proactive measures.
Edmonton reported scene as Dutch Secker family from Klundeit in southern Holland describe their old home submerged under over ten feet of floodwater. They arrived via a special CNR train from Halifax and are seeking resettlement in Canada.
The Secker family from Holland, seven children led by Mr and Mrs Secker, are the first to reach Canada amid the flood’s devastation. Gerard, 14, the only English speaker, outlines plans to find housing, learn English, and adjust to Canadian food while workers arrange jobs as carpenters and domestics for the two eldest daughters. A friend secured temporary lodgings and job assurances before they start anew. Elsewhere in Dallas a detective testifying about rubber-cheque writing was taken into custody by a deputy sheriff, and at Camp Pickett a soldier listed AWOL before later serving in another dining hall amid punchy comments on similar mess-hall layouts.
Mr and Mrs D R Bradley of Newdale celebrate their 62nd anniversary by asking guests to contribute money to flood relief instead of gifts. The donation, plus a personal contribution, brings the total to 43 dollars. The community note remains a light, unusual tribute.
A Vancouver newspaper man created a trap door opening for his cat Ananda to come and go. The clever pet learned to operate the trap door and a sense of pride spread through the family. One evening the family returned to find Ananda absent and six visiting cats settled inside. An insurance agency in Vernon, British Columbia, ran an advertisement in the local paper.
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