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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Mar 23, 1944

Page

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Tarbolton Social Evening and Hockey Trip Report

Mrs. Walfe visited relatives in Saskatoon and returned home last Monday. A Whist Drive and Dance at Spring Valley School produced prizes for ladies and gents, led by Mrs J Mawer and Mr H Joynt. The Tarbolton pick-up hockey team traveled to Griswold last Wednesday and later gathered at the Cochranes’ home for refreshments.

Spring Valley School J. Mawer Als. Wedderburn Hitchie Joynt Sanford Cochrane Hradwardine and Tarbelton Boys Griswold Lays

Birthday Greetings Page Wishes For Many Names

The iazette shares birthday wishes for numerous readers including Archie McKellar 28 and Mrs C Foster 24 and Thos Westwood 24. The list also names Luchuck 23 and Mra A Tiltman 27 along with residents of Libau Manitoba Hagersville Ontario and other communities.

Archie McKellar C. Foster Reg Luchuck Thos. Westwood Mra A. L. McFarlane Afra Russell Madden Freurge Henry Roberts Hugh Wood I. Westwood Frances Thomas Reta Dyer Jas. Emslie

Rivers School Board Curling Club Notes Meeting

The Rivers School Trustees held a regular meeting on Wednesday March 15 at 5 00 pm with Chairman J T Bowman presiding. Resolutions approved include adoption of last minutes payment of 169 26 auditor's 1943 report and publication of Receipts and Expenditures in the Gazette. The Red Cross Bonspiel progresses with lunch service noted and Frank and Bert Taylors rinks gaining momentum in the prize brackets.

Rivers School J. T. Bowman

Local Notes and Social News from Bradwardine

Mr Grover Cole visits with his father in Gilbert Plains and Mrs R McCrae returns from Brandon. J G Cruikshank of McAuley spends weekend at home. Wm Dowland leaves for the west coast after visiting his parents. Lyle Lindsay and son Donald visit Oak River and Hamota. Cpl Wes Common of Souris spends weekend with family. Mrs C Howey visits Brandon. Papinka of Whitewood arrives to run the hardware business from M Greenaway. Curling Club dance on Friday March 17 borrows a successful event with a Red Cross hog draw won by Bruce McKenzie. George Lowe returns home, wounded overseas. friends greet his homecoming.

Curling Club H. Pearce Red Cross Bruce McKenzie Harding Geo. Lowe Donald Lowe

Ten Years Ago From the Gazette 1834 Rivers items

Ten years ago this week 1834 several notes from Rivers include 100 Ring-Necked Pheasants released from Winnipeg on local farms and a fire brigade callout to John Bellamy’s home with no action needed. The Rivers Board of Trade sent a resolution to Ottawa urging a new post office. In bonspiel Railway Shops beat The Town and Britton's last week clinched victory. A steel bridge replaces the old wooden railway span as Thompson & Hellers depart for Gretna. Steve Mills won the Grand Challenge in the Charity Bonspiel. Jas A McKenzie organizes a men's choir and evangelical Gilbert Kellie will conduct special services in Rivers.

Visitors and family visits in Winnipeg and Virden

Mr. C. Airey was a visitor to Winnipeg last week. Mrs. Allan Thomson of Oakner is visiting Mrs. C. C. Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. A. Bradley of Neepawa are visiting Mrs. C. Airey. Mr. Frank Airey visited in. Mrs. C. C. Harvey is spending a week with her mother at Virden.

C. Airey Winnipeg Allan Thomson Oakner C. C. Harvey A. Bradley Neepawa Frank Airey

Thanks for kindness during illness from Louis Dyer

Gard of Thanks reads as a public notice from Louis Dyer Daly expressing deep appreciation to friends and neighbours for kindness and support during a recent illness.

Louis Dyer Daly

Brandon and nearby families visit at local homes

Mrs G Richardson and Miss M Pasquilie of Brandon visited at the home of Mr and Mrs W Erwin. Mr and Mrs Ramsay and family of Oak River spent Sunday at the home of Mr and Mrs Geo Bray. Alan Ross spent the weekend visiting relatives at Hamiota. Mr Jack Graham of Harding was a visitor at the home of Mrs W Erwin.

Alan Ross Hamiota Jack Graham Harding W. Erwin

Help the Russians with clothing donations drive

A Canadian appeal urges residents to aid Red Army families by collecting and parceling clothing donations. Communities are invited to consolidate goods locally and transport them by rail to depots for shipment to Russia, supporting the Allied war effort.

Freight Free to Cur nthice in Winnipeg

Freight free to cur nthice in Winnipeg. The text appears garbled and unreadable, lacking clear names, dates, or events. No verifiable entities or actions to summarize into a coherent news item.

Winnipeg

Fragmentary note on meeting in Russia with blankets

A fragmentary entry mentions new deaches at blankets and a meeting labeled Russia 443 Matn Meeet with unclear details. The legible items reference a gathering and possible aid or shipments but lack coherent names or outcomes to confirm.

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Tarbolton Walfe Logan Wilson Lanigan, Sask Iazette Blue Ribbon Elie Oil Neer Rivers School Board Frank Taylor Bert Taylor Bert Frank Gordon Bradwardine Grover Cole Mr. J. Cole Gilbert Plains Mrs. R. McCrae Brandon Mr. J.G. Cruikshank McAuley Mr. Wm. Dowland West Coast Mrs. E. Dowland Lyle Lindsay Donald Oak River Cpl Wes. Common Souris Mr. Papinka Whitewood, Sask M. Greenaway the Gazette Rivers District John Bellamy The Rivers Board of Trade Ottawa Britton Thompson & Hellers Bijou Gretna Steve Mills Jas. A. McKenzie Gilbert and Kellie Rivers Lothair Red Army Canada Russia Benom AMC Dia Aglif Unten Ato Rata Eam Cer Ea Ime Batous John William Boas Sherwood Wim Sees Sb Ray Bret Sabe Bonas FC Bessis Hag Wheatland Perrett's Livingstone's Prices and Trade Board
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