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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Mar 29, 1951
Page
1
Mr and Mrs Lon Bell express gratitude for kindness from neighbors during Mr Bell’s illness. They thank friends for cards magazines and fruit and give special thanks to Mr and Mrs Wonnell Mr Blandford and the Canadian Legion branch No 75.
Saint James in Washington holds a parish hall Easter bazaar on Saturday March 31 at 3 PM with tea priced at 35 cents. The event also features a sale of aprons and home cooking.
Creditors of the John Valentine Kneveti Valentine Schint estate must send claims to Canadati Bank of Commerce Chambers Brandon Manitoba by April 11 1951. Dated Brandon March 22 1951. Stordy Alder Buckingham Solicitors for Kathrine Schmidt and Amelia Gotthardt Executors.
In the matter of the Estate of Thomas Nevill at Carnegie Manitoba Retired Farmer all claims must be verified and sent to Coleman and Pearson Solicitors at 3 Security Building Brandon Manitoba before the Sunday of May AD 1951 Executors Thomas Charles Nevill and Wilfrid Henry Nevill custody of affairs label the notice to creditors and claimants
For sale brood sows and weanling pigs. One Willys Knight car. Cheap. One 1942 motorcycle. Clarence White. Phone 309-3. c29,7
Wickham Bridge WI observes St Patrick Day with a roll call joke session led by Mrs Evans. Mr Leeson named to district convention. Plans set for tea and concert. Citizenship Day planned for Hunt er and Harrow schools May 23. Farm history by Mrs Evans notes 1858 settlement by Charles Stewart. Mrs Gray presents on parliamentary procedure and motions. A light tea was served by Mesdames Hunter McLeod Holland Learmonth and Leeson.
Mrs E H Wolfe visits Winnipeg as guest of Mr and Mrs J Harris while Mrs James Wedderburn visits relatives there. Mrs William Graham senior of Bradwardine hosted Tarbolton ladies. ten members attended last week.
Johannesburg endures its worst milk shortage in a decade as drought reduces fresh milk supplies. Rationing has begun in schools with deliveries slashed below normal 3,500 gallons daily, while household distribution remains largely unregulated.
Kingston Whig Standard notes an inventor's forecast that combination cars and airplanes will be perfected and mass produced soon. The fragment hints at leapfrog travel on highways and airways, reflecting a mid century optimism about integrated transport.
Mrs Helen McConnell runs a Denver Barter Mart where 100 women were invited to swap unused items for wampum scrip. The store, billed as the store with nothing to sell, rates trades by appraising items and charging a service fee. The venture expanded with franchises planned for several midwest and southern cities.
Alfred Henry Matthews and George Edward Matthews, twins from Fort Frances Ontario, celebrated their 80th birthday. Born in Wiltshire England, they moved to Canada in 1884 and 1886, later settling near Aylmer and Barwick. They share a long life together, each with three children, four grandchildren, and one son lost in each family. Their annual party is postponed due to illness as they hope to fly in an airplane someday.
Nearby Kelvington and Sagman municipalities house a reseach team conducting experiments to fight louse smut a fungus that turns healthy weed heads into masses of black powder. Dr. R C Russell of Saskatoon leads the work with presoak and hot water treatments showing encouraging results toward a smut free zone within two years.
Kingston readers consider that pursuing rapid advancement via exclusive groups is outdated. The piece contrasts traditional upward mobility with modern shortcuts, noting a cultural shift toward slower, merit based progression and social networks.
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