Look Backward at the Files 35 Years Ago Items
A memory column recalls events from 35 years prior including a service in Rivers shops for Sir Charles M Hays linked to the Titanic, a 1917 departure of Mr and Mrs Robert Wilkin to St Lazare, a 1922 note on K E Grant’s Mayo Clinic treatment, and the return of Mr and Mrs Hi Wareham from travels to England and Ontario.
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Charles M. Hays
Robert Wilkinson
St. Lazare
Hi. Wareham
England
Ontario
Rivers Hosts Visiting Royal Party Twenty Years Ago
The governor general Viscount Willingdon with Lady Willingdon spent 10 minutes in Rivers when their special train arrived. Other notes mention April 25 1982 council work in the old hotel basement at Main and Second, and April 29 1987 Aitken honored by town council before leaving for Yorkton. Rivers planned a coronation celebration.
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Viscount Willingdon
Lady Willingdon
Rivers
Council
Main and
Second
A.D. Aitken
Yorkton
Sask
Five Years Ago Mrs Walker Dies at 101 in Carnegie
Obituary notes Mrs Christian Walker of Carnegie died in her 102nd year. The report also mentions Mr and Mrs D Anderson longtime Rivers residents, who have left to relocate their home in Winnipeg.
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Christian Walker
Carnegie
Delegates Fill District Meet at Canadian Legion Session
Seventy four delegates attended the district meetings of the Canadian Legion BE SL district No 12 here last Wednesday with 116 persons at the evening smoker at the Alexandra Hotel. Resolutions were prepared for the Brandon provincial convention starting June 8 and attendees hailed from Brandon Norfolk Amaranth Langrath Gladstone Neepawa Onanocke Minnedosa Newdale Rapid City Bradwardine Oak Lake Carberry and Rivers. Nine Ladies Auxiliary members attended the Brandon auxiliary district meeting on Thursday.
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Canadian Legion
BESL
Alexandra Hotel
Brandon
Norfolk
Amaranth
Langrath
Gladstone
Neepawa
Onanocke
Minnedosa
Newdale
Rapid City
Bradwardine
Oak Lake
Carberry and
Rivers
Ladies Auxiliary
The
Ex-Service Man Joins Wareham Meat Market Staff
Phil Maxted, formerly with Burns and Co in Winnipeg, has joined Wareham's Meat Market staff. Maxted served over five years in the armed forces and is arriving here this week, Alfred Wareham announces.
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Meat Mart
Wareham
Phil. Maxted
Winnipeg
Alfred Wareham
Maxted
Burns & Co
New Yardmaster Appointed at CNR in Rivers
R G Johnson named yard master for Canadian National Railway in Rivers after E E Grant retires. Johnson arrives from Dauphin to fill the vacancy created by the former position.
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CNR
R. G. Johnson
Rivers
Johnson
Dauphin
E. E. Grant
Great Need For Doctors in Rural Manitoba
A Manitoba university faculty memorandum to the legislative health committee notes rural areas lack social, economic, educational and auxiliary professional support. It cites pre war graduate maldistribution with two thirds leaving the province, driven by economic and social factors, and calls for improved facilities as well as anatomical and clinical resources.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba University
Faculty of Medicine
Legislative Committee On Health Services
Manitoba 26 & Whale
Manitoba
Medical College
Canada
Burns From Steam Bath Fatal at Winnipeg Establishment
Winnipeg report says Mrs. Mary Honcharyk, 62, died from scalding burns after touching a hot water tap during a steam bath at a local establishment on April 2. Attendants forced the door, removed her to hospital. inquest decision pending.
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Winnipeg
Mary Honcharyk
Peace Treaties May Determine Our Standard of Living
Donald G. McKenzie chairman of the Board of Grain Commissioners of Canada warned at the rivers and district board of trade banquet that peace treaties may shape Canada’s living standards in coming years. He cited govt. thinking gaps and national confusion over ideologies, urging Canadians to guard freedom and seek foreign markets to keep costs competitive. Local officials and visiting guests spoke as musical numbers closed the program.
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D. G. McKenzie
Europe
Donald G. McKenzie
Board of Grain Commissioners ‘of Canada
Rivers and District Board of Trade
Mr. McKenzie
Canada
Tokes Suitcase of Cash To Buy Nylon Stockings In China at Present Rate
Vancouver reports nylon stockings in China available at 35 to 9 a pair in US currency. Prices range from 66,000 to 108,000 when using Chinese dai lira, requiring a suitcase to carry the money. Miss Zedah Ward of North Vancouver returned from a five month Orient visit noting many items offered there are scarce at home but costly.
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Tokes
China
Vancouver
United States
Zedah Ward
North Vancouver
Orient
Nickel bar movement stalls in Rivers district
A price rise from five to eight cents has boosted the nickel bar’s supply yet reduced its sales. In Canada some youths have staged a buyers strike, but the trend has not reached Rivers where few still buy the confection and merchants show tepid interest.
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Canada
Plans to form baseball club to be discussed at meeting
A committee of the board of trade will discuss forming a local baseball club at a meeting scheduled for tomorrow night at eight o clock.
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Board of Trade
Gangs Rush Work at New School in Preparation for First Trainees
Work crews rush to ready a former ONS centre in Rivers ahead of the first group of service men. Carpenters, electricians, and laborers from Rivers and nearby towns toil around the clock. Housing plans include up to 400 units, with Hydro and Manitoba Telephone System expanding with new trunk lines and service stations to serve the airport switchboard.
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New School
Rivers
No. 1
ONS
Bradwardine
Rapid City
Hydro
Manitoba
Number Please New Rule For Local Phones
The Gazette reports a shift to numeral dialing starting May 1 as the province expands an automatic telephone system. Rivers exchange serves about 200 telephones, with four more staff added as installations rise after the directory update. The operator will no longer give time or non numeric entries, per chief operator Mrs. O Hall.
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Rivers Exchange
O. Hall
Alterations in Times of Trains
Canadian National Railways shifts the cast and Montreal train to the Continental Limited first section. Rivers departures move to 2.40 p.m. from 4.25 p.m. The Limited arrives Winnipeg at 6.00 p.m. instead of 7.45 p.m. Local No. 11 now leaves Winnipeg at 6.00 p.m. and reaches Rivers at 10.05 p.m. Rivers departure changes to 10:15 p.m., 15 minutes earlier.
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Canadian National Railways
Montreal
D. W. McCarthy
Rivers
Winnipeg
Bonfire Sparks Burn Fuel Shed Behind Bert Ford Home
A bonfire sparked flames that damaged a fuel shed at the rear of Bert Ford's residence late Monday afternoon. Neighborhood residents contained the fire before firefighters arrived.
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Bert Ford
Fire at Taylor and Son hardware store minor damage
A spreading bonfire behind the Taylor and Son Limited hardware store ignited a blaze on Tuesday afternoon. Fire brigades responded quickly. damage was negligible.
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Taylor & Son Limited
The Common Round
A journal story notes a shift from traditional trades to top earnings and fast careers. It mentions an advertising campaign for help drawing dozens of replies from youths, including a reader asking about hours and pay and another who viewed a printing press and sought compensation and board. It ends with a continuation note to Page 2.
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Breafly
Daly residents hail first annual fair amid busy exhibits
A large Daly crowd, arriving by horse, auto, or train helped by reduced fare, enjoyed the Riverside exhibition featuring livestock, garden produce, and cooking contests. Two Wheatland baseball teams vied for prize money while Anglican church organizers hosted a concert.
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Daly
Wheatland
Rivers
Waldron, Sask
Messrs. Colquhoun
Middleton
Brandon
Steede
Bradwardine
Glint
Oak River
Howard
Gibson
Messrs
Saunders
Shanks
Marsh
Hodge
Morse
Milne
McGillivray
Mitchell
Pratt
Campbell
Clark
Bonner
Cousins
Lyons
Head
The
Miniola
Arrow River
St. Saviour’s
Rac
Also Mentioned on This Page
K. E. Grant
Mayo Institute
Rochester, Minn
Cy Mack
Raiz
Snow
Gazette
Dominion
J. A. McKenzie
Kenton and
Rivers Training School
F. G. Taylor
T. H. Seens
R. K. Cochrane
W. Radcliffe
Alex. Whyte
J. Frame
Great Field
C. E. R. Collins
Manitoba Telephones
Mr. Collins
A Caldwell
Central
G. F. Barker
Ing
B. Nunn
G. Rutherford
W. Broach
H. Dodson
H. Wilson
Downie
de Goshen
Daly Council
Methodist Church
Riv‘prs
Portage la Prairie
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