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Newspaper

Rivers Gazette

Location

Rivers, Manitoba, Canada

Date

Mar 31, 1949

Page

2

Daly Story Municipality Chronicles December Weddings

The Daly town page recalls December weddings in Rivers and surrounding areas, noting Eleanor Wareham and James Kelly, M. D. Nesbitt and H. H. Nesbitt, Margaret Moore and Frank Taylor, and Florence Harvey with William Pettapiece. Also mentioned are anniversaries for Thomas Brown and Rivers residents, and Rev. H. B. Duckworth’s 140 marriages in a year. The article records community losses, a 50th anniversary, and a 25th anniversary, plus efforts to revive local agricultural societies and the opening of a carnival. It also notes the resignation of John A. Dyer after five decades as secretary-treasurer, with council honoring his service and appointing a successor, W. T. Dyer.

H. Nesbitt Margaret Roberta Moore Frank D. Taylor Florence Harvey Rivers William Pettapiece

Wedderburn and relatives visit in Manitoba

Mrs. James Wedderburn visits daughter Mrs Gordon Watson in Winnipeg and Mrs W McDonald in Roland. Harris Wolfe returns from Brandon after a short visit. Mrs J Alteman stays with her mother Mrs T Nesbitt at Bradwardine during illness. Miss Carolyn Wedderburn of Brandon visits her parents here over the weekend.

James Wedderburn Gordon Watson Winnipeg W. McDonald Roland Carolyn Wedderburn Brandon

Local travelers return from Winnipeg and Pacific coast

Carnegie Miss Win Bromley returned last week from Winnipeg where she had been visiting relatives. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Watt and Mr. and Mrs. C. Eyres have returned from a holiday trip to the Pacific coast.

Miss Win Bromley Winnipeg Mrs. C. Eyres Pacific Coast

Post Office Faces Space Shortage in Winkler

Officials say the existing post office, built 11 years ago, is too small with 400 customer boxes in use and 300 more applications pending. The town seeks additional space to handle growing mail volume and services.

Winkler

British court fines fascist march breakers in London

Twelve men who admitted breaking up a march of Sir Oswald Mosley’s Union Movement were fined £ each in a London magistrate's court. A New York police seizure involved pure cocaine worth $1,960,000 and three alleged narcotics ring members jailed, with a detective posing as a chamber maid aiding arrests. Tim Buck of the Labor Progressive party warned Ottawa reporters that wartime circumstances would shape Canadian communist attitudes if Russia entered war. Beaver club scholarships of about 4,000 each were awarded to 16 WWII veterans from eight Canadian universities, who will study in Britain next fall. Muckle Flugga lighthouse keepers in Lerwick, Shetland Islands, were moved after a 22-day hold-up, the longest in 34 years.

Sir Oswald Mosley London New York Underworld Tim Buck Labor Progressive Party Ottawa Russia Beaver Club Toronto Britain Lerwick Shetland Islands Muckle Flugga

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Ia Yotons Specioteed Service Gordon Smyth Main Street George E. Jellify General Blackworth Second Avenue Rivers, Man Alec Lasne Imperial Life Assurance Company Stratford Insurance Agency Rivers Corner Second & Main E.R. Fowlie Room Harry L. Tramp K Coleman West Wareham Tenth St Charles A. Campbell Brandon, Manitoba Reesor’s Jewelry Rosenman's Furniture Exchange Rosser Ave George Eb, Dunkin Daly In Rivers Eleanor Grace Ware Ham James C. Kelly M. D Transcona Thomas Brown J. H Young Sary Rivera H. B. Duckworth Sewartville Wiliam Hunter The Mennonite Peter PT. Friesen Carnegie Agricultural Society Local Trade Board and Rural Council Oak River Rapid City Council John A. Dyer Dyer J. W. Seater Dobson Smith W. T. Dyer Doora United Grill 10Th Street Borrowman & Howard«Rivers Alexandra Hotel T. E. Wright F. W. Decker & Sons WE Service Ford Parts M. Kqwalchuk Cn.r Manitoba Rivers Insurance Agency Aeal Albert Wareham Second Avenue Rivers Jack Ham Sanitation Equipment Co Man WHITE Magnetos Cruikshank, Johnson & Hood Newt McKenzie Tarbolton Harris Wolfe H. A. Watt Pha Pre Tonigt PRI Imis Butler Mickey Bill Goodwin Irene Hervey Rose Hobart Deborah Kerr Sabu David Farrar Flora Robson Technicolor Rex Harrison Linda Darnel Rudy Valley Barbara Lawrece Edgar Kennedy Robert Taylor P. Chareas, Talar Tim Breder's Baker's Dot Quinton J. W. Hanlon Phone Johns-Manville Gray Amery Lum Supply J. W. Heming Red Cross Gazette
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