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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 27, 1947
Page
4
Tur Kuees Gazette notes the death of C E Crowe of Gent's Furnishing after a three day illness. Also mentioned are Rivers school gaining intermediate standing and plans for boys and girls clubs there.
In a March 25 1932 notice Anderson Brown a district pioneer died at his home on Sunday. A newly organized school band gave its first concert. Also reported is the death of John H Couch in Rivers who arrived 26 years ago. Five years later a March 26 1942 notice notes the marriage of Beryl Anne Hutchins to Clifford W Burt and Leonard Frank of Carnegie celebrating their 40th anniversary.
Mrs. Donalda Leeson a longtime Daly resident died March 19 at age 74. Born at East Williams she had lived in the southeast district for many years and spent 55 years in the Tobа area.
General Tu Li-cting announced the Communist attack on Changchun was broken, claiming 5,000 enemy dead and the forces in retreat. He stated his troops could now seize Harbin within ten days.
Royal Bank of Canada reports no branch for Rivers now noting the town and surrounding farms are too small to support a full bank operation. The letter to J A McKenzie says an analysis favors waiting and the bank will reassess if conditions improve and no other bank opens.
Twenty-five years of service to the town as a teamster were observed on March 20 by John Stevenson. He began duties on that day in 1922, marking the longest continuous service by any local municipal employee.
In Luxenburg Nova Scotia fishermen vote to resume deep sea fishing after 12 weeks off. About 400 Canadian Fishermen's Union members back return under share system. Vessels may sail by midnight Sunday as strike ends. Captain Ben Mackenzie says families have suffered without earnings.
Police and intelligence agents moved to smash a large drug ring found yesterday when £45 000 worth of opium and hashish was seized in a British army truck at Gaza. The network believed to extend into Syria and Lebanon, possibly Turkey, Egypt and Palestine, with one sergeant, one private, and one servicewoman already arrested.
John Zevgos former Greek agriculture minister and key communist figure was shot dead in a Salonika street three arrests reported. Zevgos had been wounded last January when about to address a meeting at Corinth with supporters blaming agents of the extreme right wing X movement.
Helen Hamilton 18 and Robert Wahl 19 of Vancouver were injured when their car collided with a vehicle driven by John Schalo 33 of Everson Washington while en route to Mount Baker for a ski trip. Schalo sustained facial cuts and shock, while Hamilton’s injuries were described as serious. Hamilton is the daughter of D A Hamilton, president of the Vancouver News-Herald.
Home seekers and buyers rush to secure town lots as Rivers becomes a hive of activity for a new three service training school. Government and personal equipment fill streets and rail yards. over 20 truckloads of gear arrived in one day while trains delivered scores of tons. Local men work on the project, with trucks hauling between town and the airport.
Mrs C V Gunn wife of the Glendale school principal perished in a blazing garage fire of unknown origin on March 11. The Gunns, married in Bradwardine and residents there for 12 years, were connected to Bradwardine School through Mr Gunn’s tenure as principal.
Donald Mitchell's planned trip to Bradwardine to grant an elderly woman's wish with bagpipe music was halted by bad roads last Friday. The local piper will reschedule the journey as soon as travel conditions permit.
Reliance Securities Corporation Limited of Winnipeg pledged $500 to the Rivers Daly Memorial Hospital fund on behalf of the Alexandra hotel. T. W. Offen, secretary treasurer, reported the gift boosts contributions that continue to arrive.
Mrs. C Blandford reports a starling has set up headquarters in her yard on Tuesday morning. John Stevenson also saw two crows and a gopher just north of town as spring signals arrival.
Rapid City Reporter notes Sord Aitken, a blacksmith, has disposed of his Rapid City business after years of operation there and a long prior period running a similar shop in Rivers.
The 4,355 ton Greek freighter Alexandria was towed toward Amsterdam after hitting a mine off the West Frisian islands. The ship listed heavily but the crew remained aboard. Alexandria left Baltimore February 19 en route to Amsterdam.
London lawmakers debated a near 50 million pounds supplementary food estimate as Britain faced a 20 percent rise in subsidies driven by higher prices in Canada Argentina and Denmark. Conservative J S Reid urged concern that Britain pays more for less food while overall food spend rose only four percent. Dr Edith Summerskill explained increases stem from rising Canadian bacon prices and Canada’s currency value shift.
Vancouver March reports that Mayor G G McGeer plans to urge the senate to assign Royal Canadian Mounted Police policing duties to Vancouver and other Canadian cities. The move aims to expand federal policing coverage in urban centers.
A new member joined the MacGregor club with a co signer who helped seal the sign in. The new member qualified after flying the Atlantic with Trans-Canada Airlines en route to Sweden for skating championships.
Albert and James Havlik plan to open Havliks lunch counter and bakery at Rivers first bakeshop on Main street. They moved from Brandon where they baked with their father in Czechoslovakia, came to Canada in 1924, and now operate a modern lunch counter for 18 customers.
An inquest will be held Friday to investigate the death of William Grasley, 70, found semi unconscious in a downtown parking lot after a March 12 incident. He died in hospital shortly after noon Wednesday. Grasley told police he was followed from a beer parlor by an unknown man and struck down in the lot, suffering a fractured vertebra in his neck.
The piece reflects a spring transition period with curling and skating fading and golfing and baseball not yet in full swing. It contrasts a curlers remark about work versus leisure and recalls a father’s spring routines tending garden boxes and dusting off the family car as Sunday routines shift with time.
Daly notes mix of community joys and tragedies as families welcome new arrivals and losses. Local hockey results feature Rivers Regulars beating Hamiota 5 to 2 and Rapid City 22 to 2. A 400-plus crowd attended a carnival in Rivers with grand prizes and a forthcoming Grand Ball at Wagarhall. Community events include a Pendennis return by J T Bowman and a box social at Daly with bids up to 6. Mary Kennedy wed John McKhagga and Eva Harvey wed Stephen Mills in area church ceremonies.
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